2005-06 PBA SEASON

The '2005-06 PBA Season' is the 31st season of the Philippine Basketball Association. It began on October 2, 2005 and ended on July 21, 2006. The season had two conferences played, the import-laiden '2005-06 San Mig Coffee Fiesta Conference' and the season-ending '2006 Gran Matador Brandy Philippine Cup'.

Contents

Fiesta Conference

Final results

Philippine Cup

Final results

Cumulative standings

Overall standings

Classification rounds

Playoffs

Individual awards

External links

Fiesta Conference

Main articles: 2005-06 PBA Fiesta Conference

Red Bull Barako won the 2005-06 Fiesta Conference defeating the Purefoods Chunkee Giants in six games. The Air21 Express defeated Barangay Ginebra Kings to capture third place in a one-game playoff.
Enrico Villanueva of Red Bull won the Best Player of the Conference honors while Purefoods' import Marquin Chandler won the Best Import Award.
The league introduced a 'Give Me 5 Promo', in which tickets for Upper Box B and General Admission seats would cost only five pesos. The marketing scheme paid off as the league had multiple soldout games during the conference.

In the 2005 PBA All-Star Game held in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte on November 26, 2005, the North All-Stars defeated the South All-Stars. Ginebra's Jayjay Helterbrand won the All-Star Game MVP honors.

Final results

★ 'Fiesta Conference Finals': (3) Red Bull (9-7) def. (1) Purefoods (10-6), 4 games to 2

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★ 'Finals MVP:' Lordy Tugade (Red Bull)

★ 'Third place': Air21 (def. Brgy. Ginebra 108-98 in a one-game playoff)

★ 'Best Player of the Conference': Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull)

★ 'Best Import Award': Marquin Chandler (Purefoods)

Philippine Cup

Main articles: 2006 PBA Philippine Cup

The Purefoods Chunkee Giants defeated the Red Bull Barako, 4-2, in their best-of-seven Finals series to win the Philippine Cup. On the third place playoff, the Alaska Aces defeated the San Miguel Beermen.
The South All-Stars defeated the North All-Stars 122-120 in the All-Star Game held in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental on April 29, 2006. Asi Taulava was named as the All-Star Game MVP.
On May 14, 2006, an incident occurred when Purefoods' Eugene Tejada suffered a career-threatening injury against Red Bull, suffering extensive neck and spinal cord injuries.

Final results

★ 'Philippine Cup Finals': (1) Purefoods (12-4) def. (3) Red Bull (10-6), 4 games to 2.

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★ 'Finals MVP:' Marc Pingris (Purefoods)

★ 'Third place': Alaska (def. San Miguel 102-95 in a one-game playoff)

★ 'Best Player of the Conference': Danny Seigle (San Miguel)

Cumulative standings

Overall standings

Team	GP	W	L	PCT	Best finish
Purefoods Chunkee Giants	66	42	24	0.636	Champion
Red Bull Barako	58	34	24	0.586	Champion
San Miguel Beermen	48	25	23	0.521	Fourth place
Alaska Aces	50	26	24	0.520	Third place
Barangay Ginebra Kings	50	26	24	0.520	Fourth place
Air21 Express	47	21	26	0.447	Third place
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	39	18	21	0.462	Quarterfinalist
Coca-Cola Tigers	41	16	25	0.390	Quarterfinalist
Sta. Lucia Realtors	37	12	25	0.324	Wildcard qualifier

Classification rounds

Includes one-game playoffs.

Team	W	L	PCT
Purefoods Chunkee Giants	22	10	0.688
Red Bull Barako	19	14	0.576
San Miguel Beermen	17	15	0.531
Barangay Ginebra Kings	17	16	0.515
Alaska Aces	16	16	0.500
Air21 Express	16	18	0.471
Talk N' Text Phone Pals	15	17	0.469
Coca-Cola Tigers	14	19	0.424
Sta. Lucia Realtors	11	21	0.344

Playoffs

Team	W	L	PCT
Purefoods Chunkee Giants	20	14	0.588
Red Bull Barako	14	11	0.560
Alaska Aces	10	8	0.556
Barangay Ginebra Kings	9	8	0.529
San Miguel Beermen	8	8	0.500
Air21 Express	5	8	0.385
Talk N' Text Phone Pals	2	4	0.333
Coca-Cola Tigers	2	6	0.250
Sta. Lucia Realtors	1	4	0.200

Individual awards

★ 'Most Valuable Player': James Yap (Purefoods)

★ 'Rookie of the Year': Larry Fonacier (Red Bull)

★ 'Most Improved Player': Marc Pingris (Purefoods)

★ 'Mythical Five':

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★ Kerby Raymundo (Purefoods)

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★ James Yap (Purefoods)

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★ Roger Yap (Purefoods)

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★ Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull)

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★ Lordy Tugade (Red Bull)

★ 'Mythical Second Team':

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★ Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra)

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★ Dorian Peña (San Miguel)

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★ Danny Seigle (San Miguel)

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★ Mike Cortez (Alaska)

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★ Marc Pingris (Purefoods)

★ 'All-Defensive Team':

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★ Dorian Peña (San Miguel)

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★ Marc Pingris (Purefoods)

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★ Wynne Arboleda (Air21)

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★ Topex Robinson (Red Bull)

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★ Nic Belasco (Alaska)

External links

★ PBA.ph