2004–05 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals season

Basketball team season

2004–05 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals season
Head coach	Joel Banal
General Manager	Frankie Lim
Owner(s)	Smart Communications
Fiesta Conference (Transition) results
Record	17–9 (65.4%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Philippine Cup results
Record	18–10 (64.3%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Runner-up
Fiesta Conference results
Record	16–11 (59.3%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Runner-up
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals seasons
← 2003 2005–06 →

The 2004–2005 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals season was the 15th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

Transactions
Yancy De Ocampo
Niño Gelig
Willie Miller
Allan Salangsang
Don Camaso

Occurrences

Game one of the 2004–05 Philippine Cup finals won by Talk 'N Text, 89–71 over the Barangay Ginebra Kings on January 30, were placed under protest when the Phone Pals violated the PBA's suspension on Asi Taulava which the board refused to lift despite a recent Quezon City court ruling ordering the PBA to reinstate the Phone Pals' top player, the league forfeited the series opener in favor of Barangay Ginebra.

Roster

2004–05 Talk 'N Text Phone Pals roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	From
G	1	Ravena, Bong	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	UE
G	3	Alapag, Jimmy	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Cal State San Bernardino
F	4	Carey, Harvey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sonoma State
G	8	Fran, Patrick	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	UST
G	11	Miller, Willie	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Letran
F	13	Telan, Mark	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	De La Salle
G/F	14	Gelig, Niño	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	UST
C	18	De Ocampo, Yancy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Saint Francis of Assisi
F	20	Camaso, Don	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Metro Manila Colleges
F	24	Salangsang, Allan	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Letran
F	33	Pablo, Victor	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Far Eastern
G	42	Belano, Donbel	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Visayas
C	88	Taulava, Asi	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	BYU–Hawaii
G	99	De Guzman, Jonathan	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Adamson
F	00	Villa, Kahi	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	BYU–Hawaii

Head coach

Joel Banal

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Philippine Cup

Game log

2005 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 3	San Miguel	93–89	Telan (20)	Araneta Coliseum	1–0
2	October 8	Alaska	94–86	Miller (22)	Makati Coliseum	2–0
3	October 13	FedEx	119–98	Taulava (22)	Araneta Coliseum	3–0
4	October 19	Purefoods	109–87	Miller (26)	Dumaguete	4–0
5	October 22	Coca Cola	96–77	Pablo (27)	Philsports Arena	5–0
6	October 27	Brgy.Ginebra	80–91	Miller (17)	Araneta Coliseum	5–1

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
7	November 3	Shell	80–63		Araneta Coliseum	6–1
8	November 9	FedEx	103–93		Ormoc City	7–1
9	November 14	Purefoods	94–86	Miller (22)	Araneta Coliseum	8–1
10	November 18	Alaska	97–84		Cebu City	9–1
11	November 24	Red Bull	98–80		Cuneta Astrodome	10–1
12	November 30	Sta.Lucia	102–104	Miller (27)	Puerto Princesa	10–2

December

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
13	December 5	Coca Cola	81–93	Telan (16)	Araneta Coliseum	10–3
14	December 8	Red Bull	96–105	Telan (26)	Philsports Arena	10–4
15	December 10	San Miguel	97–82	Telan (23)	Araneta Coliseum	11–4
16	December 15	Shell	98–103	Pablo (18)	Araneta Coliseum	11–5
17	December 19	Sta.Lucia	102–83	Alapag (20) De Ocampo (20)	Makati Coliseum	12–5
18	December 25	Brgy.Ginebra	102–108	Alapag (39)	Cuneta Astrodome	12–6

2004–05 schedule

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	#	Height	From	GP
2004 PBA Fiesta Conference	Randy Holcomb	23	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	San Diego State	6
2004 PBA Fiesta Conference	Jerald Honeycutt	40	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Tulane University	20
2005 PBA Fiesta Conference	Jerald Honeycutt	40	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Tulane University	22
	Earl Ike		6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Montevallo University	2
	Noel Felix		6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Fresno State	3