2005–06 PBA Fiesta Conference
| 2005–06 PBA Fiesta Conference | |
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| Duration | October 2, 2005 – February 19, 2006 |
| TV partner(s) | ABC |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Red Bull Barako |
| Runners-up | Purefoods Chunkee Giants |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull) |
| Best Import | Marquin Chandler (Purefoods) |
| Finals MVP | Enrico Villanueva (Red Bull) |
| PBA Fiesta Conference chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Qualified for quarterfinals | |
| Qualified for wildcards | |
| Qualified for survivors |
The 2005-06 Philippine Basketball Association Fiesta Conference or known as the 2005-06 San Mig Coffee PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2005-06 PBA season. It started on October 2, 2005 and ended on February 19, 2006.
The tournament has five rounds, the survivor playoff, the wildcard playoffs, quarterfinals, semi-finals and the Finals. All nine teams are included in the playoffs.
Final standings after ties were broken:
Tiebreak procedure:
Purefoods won the first two games, with Marquin Chandler scoring 46 points in Game 1, and 29 in Game 2 to put the Giants up, 2–0. In Game 3, Air21's Ren-Ren Ritualo scored 40 points to prevent a sweep at Antipolo City. The Express had an awful shooting night on Game 4 to pave way for a 3– series lead for Purefooods.
In the closing minutes of Game 5, Air21 had a 17–9 run, but Purefoods had their run thanks to a rare four-point play from Kerby Raymundo. Ranidel de Ocampo split his free-throws to pad Air21's lead into three. With Air21 up by one, Raymundo rebounded the ball with 11 seconds remaining, but Roger Yap flubbed his pass and missed his lay-up against Shawn Daniels to give Air21 the victory. Purefoods erected a 20-point lead in Game 7, and Air21's run came up short as they entered the PBA Finals for the first time in four years.
After losing Game 1, James Penny converted clutch three-pointers to prevent a 0–2 hole for Red Bull. Clutch plays from former Ateneo teammates Enrico Villanueva and Larry Fonacier prevented a Ginebra run late in the fourth quarter in Games 3 to 4 that placed Red Bull in an imposing 3–1 series lead. With Penny resting on Game 6, Ginebra had a difficult win to close the series gap to one game; Ginebra's defensive stand forced a Game 7, which put them on the way of replicating the Ginebra team of 15 seasons earlier when they won the championship after trailing 3–1.
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