2004–05 Coca-Cola Tigers season

2004–05 Coca-Cola Tigers season
Head coach	Chot Reyes Eric Altamirano
General Manager	Hector Calma
Owner(s)	Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines
Fiesta Conference (Transition) results
Record	16–10 (61.5%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Philippine Cup results
Record	9–12 (42.9%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Wildcard
Fiesta Conference results
Record	6–13 (31.6%)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Wildcard
Coca-Cola Tigers seasons

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

Draft picks

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

Main article: 2004 PBA Draft

Occurrences

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.

Roster

2004–05 Coca-Cola Tigers roster

Players

Coaches

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

Head coach Eric Altamirano Assistant(s) Biboy Ravanes Nash Racela Aboy Castro Mike Reyes Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (A) Acquired Injured

Philippine Cup

Game log

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

Trades

Traded	to	For
Reynel Hugnatan	Alaska Aces	Ali Peek
Jeffrey Cariaso	Alaska Aces	John Arigo
Gary David	FedEx Express	Dale Singson

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Edwin Bacani	2005 Fiesta	Shell Turbo Chargers

Subtractions

Player	Signed	New team
Bong Hawkins	2004–05 Philippine Cup	Alaska Aces

Recruited imports

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}