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2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season

NBA professional basketball team season

(lost to Heat 2–4) KTXA FSN Southwest

The 2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season was the 26th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The season saw Dallas go to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, but lost to the Miami Heat, who were led by Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade, in six games. Dallas and Miami met again in the 2011 NBA Finals, where the Mavericks avenged the loss and defeated the favored Heat in six games to win their first NBA championship. Teammates Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry were the only members of both 2006 and 2011 Finals teams.

In the playoffs, the Mavericks defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round. In the Western Conference semifinals, they met the San Antonio Spurs once again in the playoffs for the first time since the 2003 Western Conference finals, and defeated the Spurs in seven games. They got to Conference finals once again for the first time since 2003, where they beat the Phoenix Suns in six games and won their first conference title in franchise history. In the NBA Finals, they faced the Miami Heat but lost to them in six games.

Starting the season, the Mavericks started with a 35–10 record as Dirk Nowitzki was selected for the 2006 NBA All-Star Game in Houston. The Mavericks finished with a 60–22 record overall and second place in the Southwest Division. Head coach Avery Johnson was named Coach of The Year. Following the season, Keith Van Horn retired.

Draft picks

Main article: 2005 NBA draft

The Mavericks did not have any selections in the 2005 NBA Draft.

Roster

Avery Johnson
Rolando Blackman
Brad Davis (player development)
Del Harris
Joe Prunty
Larry Riley

Regular season

Standings

Division

Conference

Game log

Regular season

Playoffs

4–0
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1
May 7
@ San Antonio
L 85–87
Jerry Stackhouse (24)
Dirk Nowitzki (14)
Marquis Daniels (3)
AT&T Center
18,797
0–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
2
May 9
@ San Antonio
W 113–91
Josh Howard (27)
Howard, Nowitzki (9)
three players tied (3)
AT&T Center
18,797
1–1
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3
May 13
San Antonio
W 104–103
Dirk Nowitzki (27)
Dirk Nowitzki (15)
Jason Terry (4)
American Airlines Center
20,865
2–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
4
May 15
San Antonio
W 123–118 (OT)
Jason Terry (32)
Dampier, Nowitzki (9)
Devin Harris (6)
American Airlines Center
20,969
3–1
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5
May 17
@ San Antonio
L 97–98
Dirk Nowitzki (31)
Dirk Nowitzki (12)
Jason Terry (5)
AT&T Center
18,797
3–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
6
May 19
San Antonio
L 86–91
Dirk Nowitzki (26)
Dirk Nowitzki (21)
Dirk Nowitzki (5)
American Airlines Center
20,986
3–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
7
May 22
@ San Antonio
W 119–111 (OT)
Dirk Nowitzki (37)
Dirk Nowitzki (15)
Jerry Stackhouse (6)
AT&T Center
4–3
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
1
May 24
Phoenix
L 118–121
Devin Harris (30)
Dirk Nowitzki (19)
Terry, Stackhouse (3)
American Airlines Center
20,789
0–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
2
May 26
Phoenix
W 105–98
Dirk Nowitzki (30)
Dirk Nowitzki (14)
Dirk Nowitzki (6)
American Airlines Center
20,934
1–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
3
May 28
@ Phoenix
W 95–88
Dirk Nowitzki (28)
Dirk Nowitzki (17)
Dirk Nowitzki (5)
US Airways Center
18,422
2–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
4
May 30
@ Phoenix
L 86–106
Josh Howard (16)
Josh Howard (9)
Devin Harris (5)
US Airways Center
18,422
2–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
5
June 1
Phoenix
W 117–101
Dirk Nowitzki (50)
Dirk Nowitzki (12)
Jason Terry (9)
American Airlines Center
20,977
3–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
6
June 3
@ Phoenix
W 102–93
Dirk Nowitzki (24)
Josh Howard (15)
Nowitzki, Terry (3)
US Airways Center
18,422
4–2
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
1
June 8, 2006
8:00p.m. CDT
Miami
W 90–80
Terry (32)
Howard (12)
Howard,
Nowitzki
Stackhouse (4)
American Airlines Center
20,475
1–0
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2
June 11, 2006
8:00p.m. CDT
Miami
W 99–85
Nowitzki (26)
Nowitzki (16)
Terry (9)
American Airlines Center
20,459
2–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
3
June 13, 2006
8:00p.m. CDT
@ Miami
L 96–98
Nowitzki (30)
Dampier (9)
Terry (5)
American Airlines Arena
20,145
2–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
4
June 15, 2006
8:00p.m. CDT
@ Miami
L 74–98
Terry (17)
Nowitzki (9)
Stackhuse (4)
American Airlines Arena
20,145
2–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
5
June 18, 2006
8:00p.m. CDT
@ Miami
L 100–101 (OT)
Terry (35)
Howard (10)
Daniels (4)
American Airlines Arena
20,145
2–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
6
June 20, 2006
8:00p.m. CDT
Miami
L 92–95
Nowitzki (29)
Nowitzki (15)
Terry (5)
American Airlines Center
20,522
2–4
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Player statistics

Regular season

POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
C	82	36	1,934	640	51	27	106	469	23.6	7.8	.6	.3	1.3	5.7
PF	81	81	3,089	728	226	58	83	2,151	38.1	9.0	2.8	.7	1.0	26.6
C	81	45	1,510	374	23	44	146	190	18.6	4.6	.3	.5	1.8	2.3
PG	80	80	2,798	158	306	100	27	1,371	35.0	2.0	3.8	1.3	.3	17.1
SG	62	29	1,766	224	172	67	13	634	28.5	3.6	2.8	1.1	.2	10.2
PG	62	2	622	81	86	27	3	130	10.0	1.3	1.4	.4	.0	2.1
SF	59	58	1,915	371	111	68	26	923	32.5	6.3	1.9	1.2	.4	15.6
PG	56	4	1,275	125	177	53	16	554	22.8	2.2	3.2	.9	.3	9.9
SG	55	11	1,525	153	160	37	10	715	27.7	2.8	2.9	.7	.2	13.0
SF	53	0	1,090	192	37	31	11	472	20.6	3.6	.7	.6	.2	8.9
SG	52	45	1,245	227	89	51	9	237	23.9	4.4	1.7	1.0	.2	4.6
C	43	1	237	56	2	6	25	74	5.5	1.3	.0	.1	.6	1.7
PF	37	2	429	81	9	7	4	110	11.6	2.2	.2	.2	.1	3.0
SF	23	9	241	31	10	8	7	71	10.5	1.3	.4	.3	.3	3.1
SG	7	7	185	13	14	9	1	26	26.4	1.9	2.0	1.3	.1	3.7
C	1	0	18	7	0	0	1	3	18.0	7.0	.0	.0	1.0	3.0

Playoffs

POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
PF	23	23	983	268	67	25	14	620	42.7	11.7	2.9	1.1	.6	27.0
SF	23	23	824	171	32	23	14	384	35.8	7.4	1.4	1.0	.6	16.7
PG	23	15	558	39	50	18	3	216	24.3	1.7	2.2	.8	.1	9.4
PG	22	22	844	64	83	26	1	416	38.4	2.9	3.8	1.2	.0	18.9
C	22	18	407	109	2	14	28	59	18.5	5.0	.1	.6	1.3	2.7
SG	22	1	711	62	56	12	6	302	32.3	2.8	2.5	.5	.3	13.7
SG	20	8	349	71	24	15	2	71	17.5	3.6	1.2	.8	.1	3.6
SG	20	0	222	21	26	5	1	68	11.1	1.1	1.3	.3	.1	3.4
C	19	2	454	127	6	11	24	95	23.9	6.7	.3	.6	1.3	5.0
SF	14	3	172	32	2	0	4	51	12.3	2.3	.1	.0	.3	3.6
PG	11	0	47	7	2	3	1	8	4.3	.6	.2	.3	.1	.7
C	7	0	25	8	0	0	1	4	3.6	1.1	.0	.0	.1	.6
PF	6	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	4.2	.3	.2	.0	.0	.0

Awards

Avery Johnson, NBA Coach of the Year Award
Dirk Nowitzki, All-NBA First Team
Dirk Nowitzki, NBA All-Star Game
Dirk Nowitzki, NBA All-Star Weekend Three Point Shootout Champion

References

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/2006.html 2005-06 Dallas Mavericks season

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