2004–05 Shell Turbo Chargers season
# 2004–05 Shell Turbo Chargers season

The 2004–2005 Shell Turbo Chargers season was the 20th and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | College |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Rich Alvarez | Philippines | Ateneo de Manila |
| 2 | 12 | Carlo Sharma | Philippines | De La Salle |

## Transactions

* Transactions
* Kalani Ferreria $^{Rookiefreeagentsigned}$
* Billy Mamaril $^{AcquiredfromPurefoodswhentheytradedEddieLaureandtheir7thpickintherookiedraft}$
* Ervin Sotto
* Roger Yap $^{AcquiredfromFedExinthe2004–05PhilippineCupwhentheytradedtheirfirstroundpickinthe2005rookiedraft}$
* Celino Cruz $^{Signedinthe2004–05PhilippineCup}$
* Marlon Legaspi $^{Signedinthe2004–05PhilippineCup}$

## Occurrences

American John Moran was named Shell's new head coach starting the season, replacing Perry Ronquillo, Moran was signed to a six-month contract but on March 22, he was sacked by Shell management after the Turbo Chargers tallied a 1–5 won-loss record, Moran was succeeded by former Shell cager Leo Austria.

## Philippine Cup

### Game log

2005 PBA Philippine Cup game log :

October

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

October 6

Coca Cola

83–91

Tubid (15)

Araneta Coliseum

0–1

2

October 12

Red Bull

93–86

Alvarez (27)

Cagayan de Oro

1–1

3

October 15

Sta.Lucia

84–78

Dela Cruz (24)

Philsports Arena

2–1

4

October 20

San Miguel

70–67

Tubid (18)

Araneta Coliseum

3–1

5

October 24

Brgy.Ginebra

86–81

Dela Cruz (28)

Araneta Coliseum

4–1

6

October 28

Alaska

80–78 OT

Mamaril (16)

Iloilo City

5–1 :

November

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

7

November 3

Talk 'N Text

Araneta Coliseum

5–2

8

November 10

Red Bull

90–94

Araneta Coliseum

5–3

10

November 17

FedEx

101–99

Araneta Coliseum

6–4 :

December

GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

14

December 1

Alaska

89–85

Dela Cruz (24)

Araneta Coliseum

9–5

15

December 5

Sta. Lucia

84–83

Dela Cruz (27)

Araneta Coliseum

10–5

16

December 9

Brgy.Ginebra

Urdaneta City

10–6

17

December 15

Talk 'N Text

103–98

Tubid (28)

Araneta Coliseum

11–6

18

December 19

FedEx

90–85

Calaguio (28)

Makati Coliseum

12–6 :

2004–05 schedule :

## Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | # | Height | From | GP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference | Marek Ondera | 21 | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | California-Irvine | |
| 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference | Jameel Watkins | 40 | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | Georgetown University | |
| 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference | Wesley Wilson | 33 | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | Georgetown University | 10 |
| 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference | Melvin Robinson | 50 | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | Saint Louis University | 4 |
| 2005 PBA Fiesta Conference | Ajani Williams | 21 | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | Eastern Michigan | 13 |

$^{GP–Gamesplayed}$

