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2006–07 Washington Wizards season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Washington Wizards
end_year	2007
wins	41
losses	41
division	Southeast
division_place	2
conf_place	7
coach	Eddie Jordan
owners	Raul Fernandez, Abe Pollin
gm	Ernie Grunfeld
president	Ernie Grunfeld
arena	Verizon Center
playoffs	[First Round](2007-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to [Cavaliers](2006-07-cleveland-cavaliers-season) 0–4)
bbr_team	WAS
television	CSN Mid-Atlantic, MyNetworkTV Washington, News Channel 8
radio	ESPN 980

(lost to Cavaliers 0–4)

The 2006–07 Washington Wizards season was their 46th season in the National Basketball Association. The Wizards made the playoffs for the third straight season. The Wizards were then eliminated for the second straight time by the Cavaliers in just the first round. The Wizards had the fourth best team offensive rating and the third worst team defensive rating in the NBA.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2006 NBA draft took place in New York City on June 28.
The free agency period begins in July.

Draft picks

Washington's selections from the 2006 NBA draft in New York City.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club team
1	18	Oleksiy Pecherov	Power Forward
2	48	Vladimir Veremeenko	Small forward	/Russia

Roster

Eddie Jordan
Phil Hubbard
Mike O'Koren
Wes Unseld Jr.
Tom Young
Eric Waters (trainer)

Regular season

Standings

Game log

November

Record: 5–9; home: 5–2; road: 0–7

14	28 November 2006	Hawks	95–96	Wizards	NA	Two-way tie (21)	--	5–9

December

Record: 12–4; home: 6–1; road: 6–3

30	30 December 2006	Wizards	102–119	Bucks	NA	Caron Butler (29)	--	17–13

January

Record: 10–5; home: 7–1; road: 3–4

45	31 January 2007	Wizards	109–119	Raptors	NA	Gilbert Arenas (27)	--	27–18

February

Record: 4–7; home: 3–4; road: 1–3

56	28 February 2007	Heat	92–83	Wizards	NA	DeShawn Stevenson (19)	--	31–25

March

Record: 7–8; home: 5–2; road: 2–6

71	30 March 2007	Raptors	123–118	Wizards	1	Gilbert Arenas (34)	--	38–33

April

Record: 3–8; home: 0–5; road: 3–3

82	18 April 2007	Wizards	98–95	Pacers	NA	Antawn Jamison (19)	--	41–41

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates loss.

Playoffs

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 || April 22 || @ Cleveland || L 82–97 || Antawn Jamison (28) || Antawn Jamison (14) || Antonio Daniels (11) ||Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 || April 25 || @ Cleveland || L 102–109 || Antawn Jamison (31) || Antawn Jamison (10) || Antonio Daniels (11) ||Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 || 0–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 || April 28 || Cleveland || L 92–98 || Antawn Jamison (38) || Antawn Jamison (11) || Antonio Daniels (13) ||Verizon Center 20,173 || 0–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 || April 30 || Cleveland || L 90–97 || Antawn Jamison (31) || Antonio Daniels (6) || Antonio Daniels (12) ||Verizon Center 20,173 || 0–4 |-

Player stats

Regular season

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
82	82	29.5	.461	.404	.704	2.6	2.7	.8	.2	11.2
81	17	20.1	.410	.361	.845	2.6	1.0	.6	.2	7.2
80	8	22.0	.442	.302	.832	1.9	3.6	.5	.1	7.1
77	49	22.6	.558		.548	6.2	.6	.4	1.1	6.6
74	73	39.8	.418	.351	.844	4.6	6.0	1.9	.2	28.4
70	70	38.0	.450	.364	.736	8.0	1.9	1.1	.5	19.8
65	32	19.2	.574		.558	5.8	.4	.3	1.4	6.1
63	63	39.3	.463	.250	.863	7.4	3.7	2.1	.3	19.1
62	0	7.9	.330	.324	.875	.7	.6	.2	.1	2.7
56	13	12.2	.437	.148	.612	3.4	.7	.3	.6	3.7
47	1	7.9	.400	.176	.524	1.1	1.0	.4	.1	2.7
44	1	8.6	.470	.500	.600	1.8	.4	.1	.7	1.6
37	1	18.9	.524	.000	.852	3.6	1.0	.5	.3	7.6
30	0	9.0	.278		.368	2.1	.2	.2	.3	.6
11	0	5.0	.444		.600	1.0	.2	.0	.3	1.0
2	0	6.5	.250			1.0	.5	.0	.0	1.0

Playoffs

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
4	4	44.0	.447	.200	.857	4.5	11.8	1.3	.3	13.3
4	4	43.3	.476	.346	.750	9.8	1.3	.5	1.0	32.0
4	4	34.8	.326	.368	.857	3.5	1.0	.5	.3	10.8
4	4	30.5	.196	.158	.429	2.5	1.8	.5	.8	6.0
4	4	21.0	.412		.667	5.5	.3	.5	.8	5.0
4	0	22.5	.488	.000	1.000	3.3	1.0	.8	.0	10.8
4	0	14.0	.438	.500	.833	.5	.3	.3	.0	6.0
4	0	7.0	.333	.000		2.3	.0	.8	.0	.5
3	0	11.3	.714		.750	1.7	.3	.3	.0	4.3
2	0	12.5	.667		1.000	3.5	.0	.0	.0	4.5
2	0	8.5	.167		1.000	1.5	2.0	.0	.0	1.5
1	0	18.0	.667			4.0	1.0	1.0	.0	4.0

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

Awards and records

Awards

Gilbert Arenas, All-NBA Second Team

OC Chanel

Transactions

The Wizards have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season. Transactions listed are from July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007.

July 19, 2006- Signed Darius Songaila as a free agent.

August 5, 2006- Signed DeShawn Stevenson as a free agent.

September 13, 2006- Signed Roger Mason as a free agent. Signed Kevinn Pinkney as a free agent.

September 14, 2006- Signed James Lang as a free agent.

October 10, 2006- Waived Kevinn Pinkney.

February 28, 2007- Signed Mike Hall to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season. Waived James Lang.

June 28, 2007- Drafted Nick Young in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 2007 NBA Draft. Drafted Dominic McGuire in the 2nd round (47th pick) of the 2007 NBA Draft.

References

"Teams Defense". [[NBA.com]].

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