2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup
| 2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup | |
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| Duration | October 3, 2004 – February 11, 2005 |
| TV partner(s) |
ABC (Local) The Filipino Channel (International) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Barangay Ginebra Kings |
| Runners-up | Talk 'N Text Phone Pals |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra) |
| Finals MVP | Eric Menk (Brgy. Ginebra) |
| PBA Philippine Cup chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-beat advantage |
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| Qualified for wildcards | |
| Qualified for wildcards with the twice-to-win disadvantage |
The 2004–05 PBA Philippine Cup, or known as the 2004-05 Gran Matador Brandy-PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the All-Filipino Conference of the Philippine Basketball Association's (PBA) 2004-05 season.
The Barangay Ginebra Kings won its first back-to-back titles, with a 4-2 conquest of the 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 Asi 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 playoff.
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
NA* = teams tied for 2nd and 4th would have to play an extra game regardless of the results of their classification round games.
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.
On January 26, 2005, Judge Rogelio Pizarro of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 222 issued a writ of preliminary mandatory injunction "commanding and directing" the PBA to allow Taulava "to play in the current All Filipino Conference and succeeding Conferences of the PBA" during the term of his contract. This was after Taulava passed citizenship papers that should've allowed him to play in the league; earlier, he was indefinitely suspended from playing after his Filipino citizenship was nullified (only Filipinos are allowed to play in the Philippine Cup).
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