2004–05 PBA season

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Barangay Ginebra won its first back-to-back titles and sixth overall crown with a 4-2 conquest over Talk 'N Text Phone Pals. The series was marred by a controversial reversal of the Phone Pals' Game 1 victory after fielding in an ineligible Taulava in the said game. Taulava was serving an indefinite suspension after being cited as one of six Filipino-American players with questionable citizenship papers.

The San Miguel Beermen won third place after beating the Shell Turbo Chargers in a one-game match.

Eric Menk won another Best Player of the Conference Award, his third in his PBA career.

Chot Reyes left his post as the Coca Cola Tigers head coach to become the new coach of the Philippine national basketball team. [1]

Classification round

	Qualified for semifinals
	Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-beat advantage
	Qualified for wildcards
	Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-win disadvantage

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	PD	PO
1	Barangay Ginebra Kings	13	5	.722	-
2	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	12	6	.667	1	NA*
3	Shell Turbo Chargers	12	6	.667	1	NA*
4	Alaska Aces	9	9	.500	4	+16
5	San Miguel Beermen	9	9	.500	4	+11
6	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	9	9	.500	4	-27
7	Coca-Cola Tigers	8	10	.444	5
8	Sta. Lucia Realtors	6	12	.333	6	+15
9	FedEx Express	6	12	.333	6	+4
10	Red Bull Thunder	6	12	.333	6	-19

NA* = teams tied for 2nd and 3rd would have to play an extra game regardless of the results of their classification round games.

San Miguel won its 17th PBA title with a 4-1 series victory over Talk N' Text. The league finally allowed Asi Taulava to play in the finals series.

Shell won third place over Red Bull in a one-game playoff, which turn out to be the last appearance of the Turbo Chargers in the league as it filed a leave of absence in August 2005. [2] Shell eventually sell their rights to Welcoat.

Talk N' Text's Willie Miller was named the Best Player of the Conference while teammate Jerald Honeycutt won the Best Import plum.

Classification round

	Qualified for semifinals
	Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-beat advantage
	Qualified for wildcards
	Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-win disadvantage

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Ties
1	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	12	6	.667	--
2	San Miguel Beermen	11	7	.611	1
3	Alaska Aces	11	7	.611	1
4	Sta. Lucia Realtors	10	8	.556	2
5	FedEx Express	9	9	.500	3	+15
6	Red Bull Thunder	9	9	.500	3	-15
7	Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	10	.444	4
8	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	7	11	.389	5	+6
9	Shell Turbo Chargers	7	11	.389	5	-6
10	Coca-Cola Tigers	6	12	.333	6

• Most Valuable Player: Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra)
• Rookie of the Year: Rich Alvarez (Shell)
• Most Improved Player: Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull)
• Mythical First Team
  • Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra)
  • Jimmy Alapag (Talk N' Text)
  • Willie Miller (Talk N' Text)
  • Nic Belasco (San Miguel)
  • Dorian Peña (San Miguel)
• Mythical Second Team
  • Mark Caguioa (Brgy. Ginebra)
  • Olsen Racela (San Miguel)
  • Mark Telan (Talk N' Text)
  • Tony dela Cruz (Shell)
  • Rommel Adducul (Brgy. Ginebra)
• All-Defensive Team
  • Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull)
  • Rich Alvarez (Shell)
  • Junthy Valenzuela (Red Bull)
  • Johnny Abarrientos (Coca-Cola)
  • Dennis Espino (Sta. Lucia)

• Coach of the Year: Siot Tanquincen (Barangay Ginebra)
• Mr. Quality Minutes: Ronald Tubid (Shell)
• Comeback Player of the Year: Jayjay Helterbrand (Barangay Ginebra)
• Referee of the Year: Luisito Cruz
• All-Rookie Team
  • Paul Artadi (Purefoods)
  • James Yap (Purefoods)
  • Rich Alvarez (Shell)
  • Ranidel de Ocampo (Air21)
  • Sonny Thoss (Alaska)

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