2005–06 Air21 Express season

{{Infobox PBA season2

| team = Barako Bull Energy

| team2 = Air21 Express

| PBAyear = 2005–06

| coach = Bo Perasol

| 1c-name = Fiesta Conference

| 1c-wins = 17

| 1c-losses = 15

| 1c-place = 3rd

| 1c-playoffs = Semifinals

| 2c-name = Philippine Cup

| 2c-wins = 9

| 2c-losses = 11

| 2c-place = 7th

| 2c-playoffs = Wildcard

| owners =

| pol_team =

| prevseason = 2004–05

| nextseason = 2006–07

}}

The 2005–06 Air21 Express season was the fourth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 14: The 2005 PBA Draft took place in Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall, Cainta, Rizal.

Draft picks

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! style="{{PBA color cell|Air21 Express|border=2}}" width="10%"| Round

! style="{{PBA color cell|Air21 Express|border=2}}" width="10%"| Pick

! style="{{PBA color cell|Air21 Express|border=2}}" width="20%"| Player

! style="{{PBA color cell|Air21 Express|border=2}}" width="15%"| Height

! style="{{PBA color cell|Air21 Express|border=2}}" width="15%"| Position

! style="{{PBA color cell|Air21 Express|border=2}}" width="20%"| Nationality

! style="{{PBA color cell|Air21 Express|border=2}}" width="20%"| College

style="text-align: center"

| 1

| Anthony Washington

| 6'7"

| Forward

| {{USA}}

| Eckerd

style="text-align: center"

| 1

| 5

| Mark Cardona

| 6'1"

| Guard-Forward

| {{PHI}}

| La Salle

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| 1

| 6

| Niño Canaleta

| 6'6"

| Forward

| {{PHI}}

| UE

Roster

{{PBA roster header

|team=Air21 Express

|season=2005–06

}}

{{player2 | num = 5 | first = Shawn | last = Daniels |dab=basketball | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 250 | college = Utah State | nat = USA | note = I }}

{{player2 | num = 8 | first = Ronald | last = Tubid | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 185 | college = UE | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 9 | first = Niño | last = Canaleta | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 200 | college = UE | nat = PHI | note = R }}

{{player2 | num = 13 | first = Mark | last = Telan | pos = FC | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 210 | college = De La Salle | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 16 | first = Homer | last = Se | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 220 | college = San Sebastian | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 17 | first = Bruce | last = Dacia | pos = GF | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 180 | college = Visayas | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 18 | first = Yancy | last = De Ocampo | pos = FC | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 235 | college = Saint Francis of Assisi College System | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 19 | first = Wynne | last = Arboleda | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 180 | college = MLQU | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 20 | first = Gary | last = David | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 180 | college = Lyceum | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 25 | first = Leo | last = Avenido | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 170 | college = FEU | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 26 | first = Ryan | last = Bernardo | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 235 | college = UST | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 29 | first = Stephen | last = Padilla | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 165 | college = Visayas | nat = PHI }}

{{player2 | num = 33 | first = Ranidel | last = De Ocampo | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 225 | college = Saint Francis of Assisi College System | nat = PHI }}

{{PBA roster footer

| head_coach =

{{player||PHI|Bo Perasol}}

| asst_coach =

{{player||PHI|Ricky Dandan}}
{{player||PHI|Allan Gregorio}}
{{player||PHI|Johny Tam}}

|otherlegend =

}}

Fiesta Conference

=Game log=

{{PBA game log start|type=Fiesta Conference|Air21 Express|end_year = 2005–06}}

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 1

| October 7

| Purefoods

| 88-86

| Ritualo (17)

| Ynares Center

| 1–0

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 2

| October 12

| Talk 'N Text

| 91–109

| Ritualo (23)

| Ynares Center

| 1–1

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 3

| October 16

| Red Bull

| 77–84

| Daniels (23)

| Araneta Coliseum

| 1–2

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 4

| October 21

| Alaska

| 108–111 (2OT)

| Daniels (24)

| Araneta Coliseum

| 1–3

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 5

| October 23

| Sta. Lucia

| 110-95

| Daniels (30)

| Araneta Coliseum

| 2–3

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 6

| October 29

| San Miguel

| 119–123 (2OT)

| De Ocampo (21)

| Roxas City

| 2–4

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 7

| November 4

| Talk 'N Text

| 90-88

| Ritualo (17)

| Ynares Center

| 3–4

|- bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 8

| November 6

| Brgy.Ginebra

| 83–93

| Ferriols (22)

| Araneta Coliseum

| 3–5

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 9

| November 11

| San Miguel

| 90-86

| Daniels (22)

| Araneta Coliseum

| 4–5

|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 10

| November 16

| Alaska

| 88-83

| David (28)

| Araneta Coliseum

| 5–5

|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 11

| November 20

| Sta.Lucia

| 114-103

| Daniels (24)

| Cuneta Astrodome

| 6–5

|-bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 12

| November 23

| Coca Cola

| 106–115

| Ritualo (31)

| Araneta Coliseum

| 6–6

|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 13

| December 10

| Brgy.Ginebra

| 109-101

| Daniels (30)

| Ormoc City

| 7–6

|-bgcolor="#edbebf"

| 14

| December 14

| Red Bull

| Cuneta Astrodome

| 7–7

|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 15

| December 16

| Coca Cola

| 98-94

| De Ocampo (28)

| Cuneta Astrodome

| 8–7

|-bgcolor="#bbffbb"

| 16

| December 18

| Purefoods

| 110-109

| Ritualo (22)

| Ynares Center

| 9–7

Transactions

=Pre-season=

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valign="top"|Players Added

Via Draft

Niño Canaleta

Via Free Agency

Ronald Tubid (From defunct Shell Turbo Chargers)

Via Trade

Yancy De Ocampo (From Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) {{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H641AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1535%2C18009094|title=Back-up slotman key to Yancy-Anthony swap|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}
Patrick Fran (From Talk 'N Text Phone Pals)

| valign="top"|Players Lost

Via Trade

Egay Billones (To Purefoods Chunkee Giants)
Marc Pingris (To Purefoods Chunkee Giants)
Roger Yap (To Purefoods Chunkee Giants)
Jay Washington (Drafted rookie to Talk 'N Text Phone Pals)
Mark Cardona (Drafted rookie to Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) {{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ga41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3301%2C15326967|title=Air21 trades Cardona for veteran Fran|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}

=Trades=

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| style="width:12%" | March, 2006

| style="width:44%" valign="top"| To Air21 Express

Mark Telan

| style="width:44%" valign="top"| To Talk 'N Text Phone Pals

John Ferriols{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vlM1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=YCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1028%2C8466169|title=Tigers, Express clash in opener|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}

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| style="width:12%" | May 8, 2006

| style="width:44%" valign="top"| To Air21 Express

Leo Avenido

| style="width:44%" valign="top"| To Talk 'N Text Phone Pals

Renren Ritualo, Patrick Fran{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k1c1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=iiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1967%2C3562119|title=Miller, Ritualo, 4 others traded|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}