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2006–07 Miami Heat season

NBA professional basketball team season

(lost to Bulls 0–4) The 2006–07 Miami Heat season was the 19th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Heat, for the first time in franchise history, entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals in six games. On January 3, 2007, head coach Pat Riley took a leave of absence citing hip and knee problems and was replaced by Ron Rothstein. Despite injuries to several players, including Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade, the Heat repeated as Southeast division champions. With a record of 44–38, it was clear that the Heat was not the same team of years past. The Heat ended the season with a four-game playoff loss in a sweep to the Chicago Bulls in the first round and the Heat became the first defending NBA champions since the Philadelphia Warriors back in 1957 to be swept in the first round. Following the season, Gary Payton retired.

Key dates

June 28 – The 2006 NBA draft took place in New York City.
July 8 – The free agency period started.
October 10 – The Heat played their first preseason game versus the Detroit Pistons at Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
October 31 – The Heat's regular season began with a home game versus the Chicago Bulls, where the championship rings were handed out to the members of the 2005-06 championship team.

Offseason

2006 NBA draft

The Miami Heat had no selections in the 2006 NBA draft after the following trades:

On July 14, 2004, the L.A. Lakers acquired a 2006 first-round draft pick, Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and Brian Grant from Miami in exchange for Shaquille O'Neal. The L.A. Lakers used the 26th pick to draft Jordan Farmar.
On January 31, 2006, Toronto acquired Miami's 2006 second-round draft pick and New Orleans's 2009 second-round draft pick from New Orleans/Oklahoma City in exchange for Aaron Williams. Previously, New Orleans/Oklahoma City acquired Miami's 2006 second-round draft pick on September 30, 2005, from Boston in exchange for Dan Dickau. Previously, Boston acquired 2006 and 2008 second-round draft picks, Qyntel Woods and the draft rights to Albert Miralles on August 8, 2005, from Miami in a five-team trade with Miami, Memphis, New Orleans/Oklahoma City and Utah. Toronto used the 56th pick to draft Edin Bavčić.

Roster

Pat Riley
Keith Askins
Bill Foran
Bob McAdoo
Ron Rothstein
Erik Spoelstra

Pre-season

2006 Pre-season game log: 2–5–0 (home: 1–2–0; road: 1–3–0)
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Regular season

Standings

Game log

October:4-4

Miami Heat 101 Oklahoma City Thunder 88 1–0 Dwyane Wade 57 Points

Miami Heat 368 Brooklyn Nets 367 2–0 Dwyane Wade 204 points Berekia Kabamba 108 points

Playoffs

0–4

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	PF	79	79	2,483	654	97	49	26	844	31.4	8.3	1.2	.6	.3	10.7
	PF	78	15	1,818	339	130	48	17	660	23.3	4.3	1.7	.6	.2	8.5
	C	77	43	1,572	350	18	13	178	661	20.4	4.5	.2	.2	2.3	8.6
	SF	71	19	1,919	357	94	71	23	550	27.0	5.0	1.3	1.0	.3	7.7
	PG	68	28	1,503	132	201	43	3	358	22.1	1.9	3.0	.6	.0	5.3
	SF	67	35	1,767	180	81	38	2	730	26.4	2.7	1.2	.6	.0	10.9
	SF	66	19	1,292	272	95	41	46	393	19.6	4.1	1.4	.6	.7	6.0
	PG	61	55	1,865	141	322	58	1	664	30.6	2.3	5.3	1.0	.0	10.9
	C	56	0	698	155	22	18	15	200	12.5	2.8	.4	.3	.3	3.6
	SG	51	50	1,931	239	384	107	62	1,397	37.9	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	27.4
	PG	42	1	408	30	65	15	0	141	9.7	.7	1.5	.4	.0	3.4
	C	40	39	1,135	297	79	8	55	690	28.4	7.4	2.0	.2	1.4	17.3
†	SG	35	27	1,033	129	76	46	8	332	29.5	3.7	2.2	1.3	.2	9.5
	C	28	0	203	41	5	6	4	65	7.3	1.5	.2	.2	.1	2.3
	SG	12	0	136	16	8	3	2	51	11.3	1.3	.7	.3	.2	4.3
	PF	8	0	93	11	4	2	0	23	11.6	1.4	.5	.3	.0	2.9

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

Playoffs

POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
SG	4	4	162	19	25	5	2	94	40.5	4.8	6.3	1.3	.5	23.5
C	4	4	121	34	5	1	6	75	30.3	8.5	1.3	.3	1.5	18.8
PG	4	4	112	8	14	5	1	23	28.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	.3	5.8
PF	4	4	103	21	4	1	2	30	25.8	5.3	1.0	.3	.5	7.5
SF	4	1	139	31	6	8	5	31	34.8	7.8	1.5	2.0	1.3	7.8
SF	4	1	77	5	2	2	0	20	19.3	1.3	.5	.5	.0	5.0
PF	4	0	92	9	6	2	1	47	23.0	2.3	1.5	.5	.3	11.8
C	4	0	55	8	1	0	3	25	13.8	2.0	.3	.0	.8	6.3
SG	3	2	66	6	5	1	1	10	22.0	2.0	1.7	.3	.3	3.3
PG	2	0	32	4	3	0	0	0	16.0	2.0	1.5	.0	.0	.0
C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
SF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

References

(July 14, 2004). "Lakers Acquire Odom, Butler, Grant and a Future First Rounder for Shaq". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
(January 31, 2006). "Raptors Trade Aaron Williams". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
(September 30, 2005). "Celtics Acquire Point Guard Dan Dickau". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.
(August 8, 2005). "Heat Acquire Antoine Walker, Jason Williams & James Posey". Turner Sports Interactive, Inc.

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