2004–05 Coca-Cola Tigers season

2004–05 Coca-Cola Tigers season
Head coachChot Reyes
Eric Altamirano
General ManagerHector Calma
Owner(s)Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines
Fiesta Conference (Transition) results
Record16–10
(61.5%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Philippine Cup results
Record9–12
(42.9%)
Place7th
Playoff finishWildcard
Fiesta Conference results
Record6–13
(31.6%)
Place10th
Playoff finishWildcard
Coca-Cola Tigers seasons
← 2003

The 2004–2005 Coca-Cola Tigers season was the third season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

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Round Pick Player Nationality College
1 10 Gary David  Philippines Lyceum
2 19 Manny Ramos  Philippines La Salle

Occurrences

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Coach Eric Altamirano became the new head coach of Coca-Cola starting the 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference, taking over from Chot Reyes, who was assigned to coach the national team, Altamirano handled the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs in 2002 before he was called to serve the national team in the Busan Asian Games.[1]

Roster

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2004–05 Coca-Cola Tigers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 2 United States Peek, Ali (A) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Saint Mary's
F 4 United States Reavis, Rafi 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Coppin State
G 5 United States Wainwright, Rob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Solano CC
G 8 Philippines Chia, Gec 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo
C 9 Philippines Lao, Gilbert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) UST
G 10 Philippines Morano, Renato 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Beda
G 14 Philippines Abarrientos, Johnny 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Far Eastern
G 18 Philippines Avenido, Leo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern
F 31 United States Arigo, John (A) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) North Florida
C 32 Philippines Juinio, Poch 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Philippines
C 33 Philippines Ramos, Manny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) De La Salle
G 34 United States Antonio, William 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Chaminade
G 50 Philippines Singson, Dale (A) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UST
F 88 Philippines Bacani, Edwin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern
F 99 United States Hatfield, Rudy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UM–Dearborn
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (A) Acquired
  • Injured Injured

Philippine Cup

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Game log

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2005 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 October 6 Shell 91-83 David (20) Araneta Coliseum 1–0
2 October 10 Purefoods 76–78 Hatfield (17) Araneta Coliseum 1–1
3 October 14 Alaska 71-68 Hatfield (16) Butuan 2–1
4 October 17 San Miguel 92-84 Cariaso (20) Araneta Coliseum 3–1
5 October 22 Talk 'N Text 77–96 Juinio (20) Philsports Arena 3–2
6 October 27 FedEx 84-67 Reavis (19) Araneta Coliseum 4–2
November
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
10 November 17 Red Bull 101-88 Araneta Coliseum 5–5
December
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
14 December 2 Purefoods 76–82 Peek (19) Lipa City 5–9
15 December 5 Talk 'N Text 93-81 Avenido (17) Araneta Coliseum 6–9
16 December 12 Red Bull 102-96 Peek (28) Araneta Coliseum 7–9
17 December 16 San Miguel 75–80 Wainwright (17) Dagupan 7–10
January
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
18 January 5 FedEx 104–97 Arigo (35) Philsports Arena 8–10
2004–05 schedule

Transactions

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Recruited imports

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Tournament Name # Height From GP
2004 PBA Fiesta Conference Mark Sanford 3 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) University of Washington
2005 PBA Fiesta Conference Jaja Richards 00 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Loyola-Chicago 4
Bakari Hendrix 35 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Gonzaga University 2
Darrell Johns 23 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Chicago State College 3
Mark Sanford 3 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) University of Washington 10

GP – Games played

References

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  1. ^ "Eric back as Coke faces SLR". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. ^ "Cariaso back with Aces vs Beermen today". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. ^ "FedEx Express acquire David". Philippine Daily Inquirer.