in 2005, there were doubts. however, unlike the team of 1959, the 2005 edition played with many ups and downs during the regular season and also in the "round robin", for example beating the best in the league but losing to last-placed teams. the reason for not dominating as expected was the failure of the team's "refuerzo" (reinforcement player), former rebounding leader and prolific scorer, center nick davis, who did not meet the team and fan's expectations, as well as his following replacements until the arrival of richard lugo.