2004 PBA Fiesta Conference

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2004 PBA Fiesta Conference
PBA2004 fiestaconference.png
DurationFebruary 22 – July 7, 2004
TV partner(s) ABC
Finals
Champions Barangay Ginebra Kings
Runners-up Red Bull Barako
Awards
Best Player Eric Menk
(Barangay Ginebra Kings)
Best Import Victor Thomas
(Red Bull Barako)
Finals MVP Eric Menk
(Barangay Ginebra Kings)
PBA Fiesta Conference chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference, or known as the 2004 Gran Matador Brandy-PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, was tournament held by the Philippine Basketball Association and the first ever edition of the PBA Fiesta Conference. [1]

Contents

Prior to the formation of the said conference, the league had two import-laced conferences known as the PBA Commissioner's Cup (with an import height-limit of 6–8), and the PBA Governor's Cup (with an import height-limit of 6–4). However, in 2003, the two conferences were scrapped and was replaced with an Invitational tournament, with an All-Filipino local squad along with foreign teams) and an import-laced Reinforced Conference.

But, in 2004, the league changed its calendar from a calendar year to a fiscal year. As a preparation for the new format, the tournament was institutionalized in 2004 as a transitional tournament. The first Fiesta Conference was played from February–July 2004. [2]

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

TeamMuse
Alaska Aces Iya Villania
Barangay Ginebra Kings Belinda Bright and Maricar de Mesa
Coca-Cola Tigers Iza Calzado
FedEx Express Katarina Perez
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Jennylyn Mercado
Red Bull Barako
San Miguel Beermen Jenny Manuel
Shell Turbo Chargers Michelle Estevez
Sta. Lucia Realtors
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Nancy Castiglione

2004 PBA All-Star Game

The league held its All-Star Weekend on August 15, 2004, at the jampacked New Cebu City Coliseum, with the revived North vs South All-Stars format. [3] The South All-Stars defeated the Northern selection, 130–128, in a closely fought contest. Asi Taulava and Jimmy Alapag were named co-MVP of the All-Star Game.

Classification round

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 162.889—Advance to quarterfinals
2 Alaska Aces 117.611 [lower-alpha 1] 5
3 Coca-Cola Tigers 117.611 [lower-alpha 1] 5Advance to wildcard phase
4 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 117.611 [lower-alpha 1] 5
5 Red Bull Barako 108.5566
6 Sta. Lucia Realtors 810.4448
7 Barangay Ginebra Kings 711.389 [lower-alpha 2] 9
8 Shell Turbo Chargers 711.389 [lower-alpha 2] 9
9 FedEx Express 513.27811
10 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 414.22212
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Alaska +41, Coca-Cola −14, Talk 'N Text −27
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +5, Shell −5

Wildcard phase

ABC
June 5
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 92, Coca-Cola Tigers 94

Quarterfinals

Groupings

Group AGroup B
#1 seeded team#2 seeded team
Winner of #4 vs #9 wildcard playoffWinner of #3 vs #10 wildcard playoff
Winner of #5 vs #8 wildcard playoffWinner of #6 vs #7 wildcard playoff
U.S. Pro-Am SelectionUBC Thunderbirds

Group A

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 301.000—Advance to semifinals
2 Red Bull Thunder 21.6671
3 San Miguel Beermen 12.3332
4U.S. Pro-Am Selection (G)03.0003
Source: PBA.ph
(G) Guest

Group B

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 Coca-Cola Tigers 301.000—Advance to semifinals
2 Barangay Ginebra Kings 21.6671
3 Alaska Aces 12.3332
4 UBC Thunderbirds (G)03.0003
Source: PBA.ph
(G) Guest
ABC
June 9
Barangay Ginebra Kings 80, Alaska Aces 73
ABC
June 12
Alaska Aces 76, Coca-Cola Tigers 92
ABC
June 13
UBC Thunderbirds 79, Barangay Ginebra Kings 110
ABC
June 16
Coca-Cola Tigers 110, UBC Thunderbirds 95
ABC
June 19
Barangay Ginebra Kings 90, Coca-Cola Tigers 91
ABC
June 20
UBC Thunderbirds 70, Alaska Aces 90

Two guest teams participated in the tournament, the University of British Columbia men's basketball team and the US Pro-Am Selection. Both never won a single game in the quarterfinals of the tournament.

Bracket

Semifinals (original seed)
(Best-of-3) 		Finals
(Best-of-5)
      
A1 Talk 'N Text (4) 1
B2 Barangay Ginebra (7) 2
A2 Barangay Ginebra (7) 3
B2 Red Bull (5) 1
B1 Coca-Cola (3) 1
A2 Red Bull (5) 2Third place playoff
A1 Talk 'N Text (4) 113
B1 Coca-Cola (3) 104

Semifinals

(A1) Talk 'N Text vs. (B2) Barangay Ginebra

(B1) Coca-Cola vs. (A2) Red Bull

Third place playoff

ABC
June 30
Coca-Cola Tigers 104, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 113

Finals

ABC
June 30
Barangay Ginebra Kings 94, Red Bull Barako 92
ABC
July 2
Red Bull Barako 107, Barangay Ginebra Kings 103
ABC
July 4
Barangay Ginebra Kings 94, Red Bull Barako 84
ABC
July 7
Red Bull Barako 86, Barangay Ginebra Kings 103
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 3–1
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 16,468

The Barangay Ginebra Kings ended their seven-year title drought with a 3–1 series victory over Red Bull Barako in the Finals. They became the lowest seed (7th seed) ever to win a PBA championship, to be followed by the San Miguel Beermen in the 2019 PBA Commissioner's Cup.

Awards

Eric Menk of Barangay Ginebra was named the Best Player of the Conference while Red Bull's Victor Thomas is the conference Best Import.

Broadcast notes

Game Play-by-play Analyst
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4 Mico Halili TJ Manotoc

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References

  1. ↑ "PBA Fiesta Conference reels off". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. ↑ "It's Barakos against Kings for Fiesta title". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. ↑ "All-Star game in Cebu today". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Preceded by PBA seasons
Transitional conference		Succeeded by
Preceded by PBA conferences
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