The 2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup, or known as the 2004–05 Gran Matador Brandy-PBA Philippine Cup for

sponsorship Sponsoring something (or someone) is the act of supporting an event, activity, person, or organization financially or through the provision of products or services. The individual or group that provides the support, similar to a benefactor, is k ...

reasons, was the All-Filipino Conference of the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia ...

's (PBA) 2004–05 season. The

Barangay Ginebra Kings The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the precolonial polities of the same name, modern barangays are political subdivisio ...

won its first back-to-back titles with a 4–2 conquest of the

Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Talk may refer to: Communication * Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people * Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people * Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct * ...

. The series was marred by a controversial reversal of the Phone Pals' Game One victory after fielding in an ineligible Asi Taulava in the said game. Taulava was serving an indefinite suspension after being cited as one of six

Filipino-American Filipino Americans () are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipinos in North America were first documented in the 16th century and other small settlements beginning in the 18th century. Mass migration did not begin until after the end of the Sp ...

players with questionable

citizenship Citizenship is a membership and allegiance to a sovereign state. Though citizenship is often conflated with nationality in today's English-speaking world, international law does not usually use the term ''citizenship'' to refer to nationalit ...

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

Classification round

Team standings

Second seed playoff

Fourth seed playoff

Bracket

Wildcard phase

The #3 vs. #10 and the #4 vs. #9 matchups are in the "twice-to-beat" format; the team with the higher seed only needs to win once to advance, but needs to be beaten twice in order to be eliminated. The other two matchups are a best-of-three series.

(3) Shell vs. (10) Red Bull

(4) Alaska vs. (9) FedEx

(5) San Miguel vs. (8) Sta. Lucia

(6) Purefoods vs. (7) Coca-Cola

Quarterfinals

(3) Shell vs. (6) Purefoods

(4) Alaska vs. (5) San Miguel

Semifinals

(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) San Miguel

(2) Talk 'N Text vs. (3) Shell

Third place playoff

Finals

References

External links

PBA.ph
{{DEFAULTSORT:2004-05 PBA Philippine Cup Philippine Cup PBA Philippine Cup