2005–06 PBA season

2005-06 PBA season
Duration October 2, 2005 - July 21, 2006
Number of teams 9
TV partner/s ABC
Annual Draft
Top draft pick Jay Washington
Picked by Air21 Express
Conferences
Fiesta Conference champions Red Bull Barako
Philippine Cup champions Purefoods Chunkee Giants
Awards
Season MVP James Yap (Purefoods Chunkee Giants)
Seasons
← 2004–05

2006–07 →

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

Main article: 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.

Classification round

# Team W L PCT GB PD PO
1 Purefoods Chunkee Giants 10 6 .625 -
2 Barangay Ginebra Kings 9 7 .563 1 +4
3 Red Bull Barako 9 7 .563 1 +31
4 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 9 7 .563 1 -28
5 Air21 Express 9 7 .563 1 -7
6 Alaska Aces 7 9 .438 3 +9
7 Sta. Lucia Realtors 7 9 .438 3 -9
8 San Miguel Beermen 6 10 .375 4 +12
9 Coca Cola Tigers 6 10 .375 4 -12

Bracket

  Wildcard phase
(Best-of-3)		 Quarterfinals
(Best-of-5)		 Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		 Finals
(Best-of-7)
5  Air21 2  
8  San Miguel 1     5  Air21 3  
         4  Talk 'N Text 2  
           5  Air21 2  
           1  Purefoods 4  
               
               
           1  Purefoods 2
6  Alaska 2       3  Red Bull 4
7  Sta. Lucia 0     6  Alaska 0  
         3  Red Bull 3  
           3  Red Bull 4  
           2  Barangay Ginebra 3  
                    
                    
      
  Third place
(One-game playoff)
5  Air21 108
2  Barangay Ginebra 98

Final results

Philippine Cup

Main article: 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.

Classification round

# Team W L PCT GB PD PO
1 Purefoods Chunkee Giants 12 4 .750 -
2 San Miguel Beermen 11 5 .689 1
3 Red Bull Barako 9 7 .563 3 +11
4 Alaska Aces 9 7 .563 3 -11
5 Coca-Cola Tigers 7 9 .438 5 +10
6 Air21 Express 7 9 .438 5 +16
7 Barangay Ginebra Kings 7 9 .438 5 -26
8 Talk N' Text Phone Pals 6 10 .375 6
9 Sta. Lucia Realtors 4 12 .250 8

Bracket

Wildcard phase Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                       
    3  Red Bull 3  
      7  Brgy. Ginebra 2  
  Total WC     3  Red Bull 4  
6  Air21 9-10 2-1       2  San Miguel 3  
7  Brgy. Ginebra 10-9 3-0       3  Red Bull 2
8  Talk 'N Text 6-13 0-3       1  Purefoods 4
9  Sta. Lucia 5-14 1-2       1  Purefoods 4
      4  Alaska 3      Third-place playoff
  4  Alaska 3     4  Alaska 102
  5  Coca-Cola 1     2  San Miguel 95

Final results

Cumulative standings

Overall standings

Team GP W L PCT Best finish
Purefoods Chunkee Giants 57 36 21 0.632 Champion
Red Bull Barako 67 38 29 0.567 Champion
Alaska Aces 49 25 24 0.510 Third place
Barangay Ginebra Kings 49 25 24 0.510 Fourth place
Air21 Express 47 26 26 0.500 Third place
San Miguel Beermen 48 22 23 0.489 Fourth place
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 41 18 23 0.439 Quarterfinalist
Coca-Cola Tigers 39 16 23 0.410 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 14 11 0.560
Red Bull Barako 19 15 0.559
Air21 Express 10 8 0.556
Alaska Aces 9 8 0.529
Barangay Ginebra Kings 8 8 0.500
San Miguel Beermen 8 8 0.500
Talk N' Text Phone Pals 3 6 0.333
Coca-Cola Tigers 2 4 0.333
Sta. Lucia Realtors 1 4 0.200

Individual awards

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

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