2005–06 Houston Rockets season

Roster

• Jeff Van Gundy
• Steve Clifford
• Patrick Ewing
• Andy Greer
• Jim Sann
• Tom Thibodeau

Roster notes

• Small forward Tracy McGrady played 47 games (his last game being on March 8, 2006) but missed the rest of the season due to severe back spasms.
• Point guard Bob Sura missed the entire season after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured disc in his back.

Regular season

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | 80 || 80 || 31.7 || .459 || .000 || .806 || 6.7 || 1.4 || .6 || .1 || 11.8 |- | 80 || 27 || 28.9 || .403 || .361 || .699 || 3.3 || 2.7 || 1.1 || .1 || 8.8 |- | 71 || 59 || 33.4 || .403 || .365 || .807 || 2.5 || 2.9 || .8 || .1 || 9.9 |- | 68 || 19 || 9.6 || .298 || .136 || .786 || 1.3 || .4 || .3 || .1 || 1.3 |- | 66 || 5 || 20.4 || .491 || .000 || .651 || 4.4 || .4 || .6 || .8 || 8.9 |- | 64 || 23 || 14.9 || .526 || || .758 || 4.8 || .1 || .3 || .9 || 2.6 |- | 63 || 63 || 38.6 || .379 || .327 || .692 || 4.0 || 6.7 || 1.6 || .2 || 12.1 |- | 57 || 57 || 34.2 || .519 || .000 || .853 || 10.2 || 1.5 || .5 || 1.6 || 22.3 |- | 47 || 47 || 37.1 || .406 || .312 || .747 || 6.5 || 4.8 || 1.3 || .9 || 24.4 |- | 40 || 0 || 13.4 || .562 || .000 || .644 || 4.5 || .4 || .7 || .4 || 3.7 |- | 33 || 22 || 32.2 || .395 || .314 || .580 || 4.5 || 2.5 || 1.0 || .2 || 8.5 |- | 29 || 0 || 8.3 || .400 || .000 || .765 || 1.2 || 1.0 || .5 || .0 || 2.2 |- | 23 || 0 || 12.2 || .458 || || .842 || 3.7 || .1 || .4 || .3 || 3.6 |- | 23 || 0 || 9.3 || .348 || .417 || .583 || .9 || 1.4 || .3 || .0 || 1.9 |- | 20 || 8 || 29.1 || .393 || .284 || .836 || 4.2 || 2.7 || .8 || .2 || 10.8 |- | 20 || 0 || 17.1 || .385 || .375 || .828 || 1.6 || 1.3 || .7 || .1 || 4.3 |- | 13 || 0 || 8.2 || .389 || .222 || || .4 || .9 || .4 || .0 || 2.3 |- | 8 || 0 || 14.6 || .429 || .364 || .800 || 1.3 || .8 || .1 || .0 || 5.3 |- | 6 || 0 || 6.3 || .375 || .200 || 1.000 || 1.2 || .5 || .3 || .0 || 2.8 |- | 4 || 0 || 3.0 || .286 || || .000 || 1.3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0 |- | 1 || 0 || 0.0 || || || || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |}

• † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Rockets only.

Awards

• Yao Ming, All-NBA Third Team
• Luther Head, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

References

References

1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2006.html 2005-06 Houston Rockets]
2. Brandon Ribak. (November 18, 2008). "The Tracy McGrady Injury Curse". [[Bleacher Report]].
3. (January 9, 2006). "N.B.A. ROUNDUP; McGrady Is Taken to a Hospital After Back Spasms Return". [[The New York Times]].
4. (January 8, 2006). "McGrady taken to hospital with severe back spasms". [[ESPN]].