Surf Wiki
Save to docs
sports

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2005–06 Los Angeles Clippers season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

(lost to Suns 3–4) FSN West 2/Prime Ticket

The 2005–06 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 36th season in the NBA and their 22nd in Los Angeles. The Clippers finished with 47 wins and 35 losses in the regular season for their first winning season since 1991-92. their best record since the 1974–75 season when they were the Buffalo Braves and made the playoffs for the first time since 1997 as the 6th seed, finishing with a better record than their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, who finished two games behind them with a 45–37 record as the 7th seed, for the first time since 1992.

In the playoffs, the Clippers defeated the 3rd seeded Denver Nuggets in the First Round in five games, marking the first time they won a series since moving to California in 1978. The Clippers then advanced to the Semi-finals, where they lost in seven games to the Phoenix Suns. The Suns previously defeated the Clippers' Staples Center co-tenants, the Los Angeles Lakers, in seven games in the First Round after being down 1–3 in the series.

The Clippers would not return to the playoffs until 2012.

Draft picks

Main article: 2005 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
112Yaroslav KorolevFCSKA Moscow (Russia)
232Daniel EwingPGDuke

Roster

  • Mike Dunleavy Sr.
  • Jim Eyen
  • Neal Meyer
  • Rory White
  • Kim Hughes
  • Jasen Powell (trainer)

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 22 | Denver | W 89–87 | Elton Brand (21) | Chris Kaman (13) | Sam Cassell (7) | Staples Center 19,162 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 24 | Denver | W 98–87 | Cuttino Mobley (21) | Elton Brand (11) | Sam Cassell (11) | Staples Center 18,794 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 27 | @ Denver | L 87–94 | Corey Maggette (23) | Brand, Livingston (8) | Brand, Livingston (4) | Pepsi Center 19,099 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 29 | @ Denver | W 100–86 | Corey Maggette (19) | Elton Brand (10) | Shaun Livingston (6) | Pepsi Center 19,099 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | May 1 | Denver | W 101–83 | Maggette, Mobley (23) | Elton Brand (13) | Shaun Livingston (14) | Staples Center 18,648

4–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
1
May 8
@ Phoenix
L 123–130
Elton Brand (40)
Elton Brand (9)
Shaun Livingston (9)
US Airways Center
18,422
0–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
2
May 10
@ Phoenix
W 122–97
Elton Brand (27)
Chris Kaman (16)
Sam Cassell (6)
US Airways Center
18,422
1–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
3
May 12
Phoenix
L 91–94
Elton Brand (20)
Corey Maggette (14)
Elton Brand (8)
Staples Center
19,877
1–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
4
May 14
Phoenix
W 114–107
Elton Brand (30)
Corey Maggette (15)
Sam Cassell (9)
Staples Center
19,897
2–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
5
May 16
@ Phoenix
L 118–125 (2OT)
Elton Brand (33)
Elton Brand (15)
Brand, Cassell (5)
US Airways Center
18,422
2–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
6
May 18
Phoenix
W 118–106
Elton Brand (30)
Elton Brand (13)
Sam Cassell (8)
Staples Center
19,985
3–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
7
May 22
@ Phoenix
L 107–127
Elton Brand (36)
Brand, Maggette (9)
Sam Cassell (6)
US Airways Center
18,422
3–4
-

Player statistics

Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
797939.2.527.333.77510.02.61.02.524.7
797437.7.426.339.8394.33.01.2.514.8
787832.8.523.000.7709.61.0.61.411.9
787534.0.443.368.8633.76.3.9.117.2
674522.6.422.000.7602.51.2.8.24.7
66514.7.380.282.7831.31.3.6.13.8
611425.0.427.125.6883.04.5.8.55.8
591012.8.510.500.7803.3.5.3.43.4
†48113.7.536.000.6443.6.4.3.44.5
3619.8.333.222.5711.9.6.2.12.4
321329.5.445.338.8285.32.1.6.117.8
†301129.5.417.418.7315.72.11.0.510.7
29214.2.542.7562.2.3.2.74.7
2405.3.300.286.700.5.4.1.01.1
2316.6.415.000.6671.6.3.1.22.2
†1308.6.235.2501.11.9.2.0.7
8110.6.467.7222.4.5.5.53.4
307.3.143.000.3.7.0.0.7

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
121243.1.551.000.75010.34.0.92.625.4
121239.4.427.367.8974.82.0.7.313.3
121233.7.437.349.8094.05.8.7.218.0
121024.5.534.8752.7.8.6.77.7
12224.3.467.333.9107.31.4.6.415.3
12220.5.470.463.6964.01.1.6.58.1
12027.7.4741.000.8104.74.8.6.57.5
111029.5.593.7628.0.9.5.810.7
801.3.250.000.1.0.0.0.3
701.7.333.000.4.3.0.0.3
600.81.000.0.0.0.0.3
307.3.3331.3.0.0.3.7
  • † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Clippers only.

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

  • general manager Elgin Baylor won the NBA Executive of the Year.
  • Forward Elton Brand won the NBA Sportsmanship Award.

All-Star

  • Elton Brand selected as a reserve forward for the Western Conference All-Stars. This is his second All-Star Game appearance.

Injuries and surgeries

PlayerInjury DateInjury Type
Kaniel DickensJanuary 11, 2006Sprained right ankle

Transactions

The Clippers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2005–06 season.

Trades

February 14, [2006](2005-06-nba-season)To **Los Angeles Clippers**To **Seattle SuperSonics**

Free agents

Additions

Vin BakerFebruary 20Houston Rockets

Subtractions

Kaniel Dickenscontract expired, January 20Atlanta Hawks

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAC/2006.html 2005-06 Los Angeles Clippers]
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

los-angeles-clippers-seasons 2006-in-sports-in-los-angeles 2005–06-nba-season-by-team 2005-in-sports-in-los-angeles
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2005–06 Los Angeles Clippers season — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report