2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season

2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season
Conference champions
Head coach	Avery Johnson
General manager	Donnie Nelson
President	Donnie Nelson
Owner(s)	Mark Cuban
Arena	American Airlines Center
Results
Record	60–22 (.732)
Place	Division: 2nd (Southwest) Conference: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals (Lost to Heat 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	KTXA FSN Southwest
Radio	KESN
< 2004–05 2006–07 >

The 2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season was the 26th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] The season saw Dallas go to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, 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 are the only members of both 2006 and 2011 Finals teams.

Starting the season, the Mavericks earned 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 and second place in the Southwest Division. Head coach Avery Johnson was named Coach of The Year. Following the season, Keith Van Horn retired.

Offseason[]

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Draft picks[]

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

Roster[]

2005–06 Dallas Mavericks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From PG 10 Armstrong, Darrell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1968-06-22 Fayetteville State C 25 Dampier, Erick 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1975-07-14 Mississippi State SG 6 Daniels, Marquis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1981-01-07 Auburn C 7 Diop, DeSagana 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1982-01-30 Oak Hill Academy (HS) SG 44 Griffin, Adrian 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 217 lb (98 kg) 1974-07-04 Seton Hall PG 34 Harris, Devin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1983-02-27 Wisconsin SF 5 Howard, Josh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980-04-28 Wake Forest C 28 Mbenga, D. J. 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1980-12-30 DR Congo SF 1 Marshall, Rawle 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1982-02-20 Oakland PF 41 Nowitzki, Dirk (C) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1978-06-19 Germany C 24 Podkolzin, Pavel 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) 305 lb (138 kg) 1985-01-15 Russia PF 33 Powell, Josh 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1983-01-25 North Carolina State SG 42 Stackhouse, Jerry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1975-11-05 North Carolina PG 31 Terry, Jason 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1977-09-15 Arizona SF 2 Van Horn, Keith 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1975-10-23 Utah

Head coach Avery Johnson Assistant coach(es) Rolando Blackman Brad Davis (player development) Del Harris Joe Prunty Larry Riley Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: April 23, 2006

Regular season[]

Standings[]

Division[]

Southwest Division v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	63	19	.768	-	34–7	29–12	13–3
x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	3	34–7	26–15	13–3
x-Memphis Grizzlies	49	33	.598	14	30–11	19–22	6–10
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	38	44	.463	25	24–17	14–27	7–9
Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	29	15–26	19–22	1–15

Conference[]

#	Western Conference v t
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	63	19	.768	-
2	y-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9
3	y-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	19
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	3
5	x-Memphis Grizzlies	49	33	.598	14
6	x-Los Angeles Clippers	47	35	.573	16
7	x-Los Angeles Lakers	45	37	.549	18
8	x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	19
9	Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	22
10	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	38	44	.463	25
11	Seattle SuperSonics	35	47	.427	28
12	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	29
13	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	29
14	Minnesota Timberwolves	33	49	.402	30
15	Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256	42

Record vs. opponents[]

2005-06 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOK	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–1	1–3	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–3
Boston	1–2	—	2–1	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–3
Charlotte	3–1	1–2	—	2–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–2	3–0	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–3
Chicago	3–0	4–0	2–2	—	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2���2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	3–1
Cleveland	2–1	4–0	3–0	4–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–3
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Denver	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	—	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–1
Detroit	3–1	3–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–3
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	—	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	0–4	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–2
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	3–1	—	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	1–2	2–0
Indiana	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2
L.A. Clippers	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–4	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	—	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1
Memphis	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	3–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	—	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–0
Miami	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0
Milwaukee	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	—	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–1
Minnesota	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1
New Jersey	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	—	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
New Orleans/Oklahoma City	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–1
New York	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–2	—	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–3
Orlando	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	2–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	—	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–2
Phoenix	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1
Portland	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–2	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	—	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–4	1–1
Sacramento	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	—	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1
Seattle	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–2	—	1–1	3–1	1–1
Toronto	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–4	0–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–2
Utah	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	1–3	0–3	1–3	2–0	—	1–1
Washington	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	—

Game log[]

Playoffs[]

2006 playoff game log
First Round: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 23 Memphis W 103–93 Dirk Nowitzki (31) Erick Dampier (12) Jason Terry (4) American Airlines Center 20,340 1–0 2 April 26 Memphis W 94–79 Dirk Nowitzki (31) three players tied (6) Jason Terry (9) American Airlines Center 20,612 2–0 3 April 29 @ Memphis W 94–89 (OT) Dirk Nowitzki (36) three players tied (9) Dirk Nowitzki (5) FedExForum 17,871 3–0 4 May 1 @ Memphis W 102–76 Dirk Nowitzki (27) Josh Howard (9) Stackhouse, Terry (5) FedExForum 15,104 4–0
Conference Semifinals: 4–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 7 @ San Antonio L 85–87 Jerry Stackhouse (24) Dirk Nowitzki (14) Marquis Daniels (3) AT&T Center 18,797 0–1 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 3 May 13 San Antonio W 104–103 Dirk Nowitzki (27) Dirk Nowitzki (15) Jason Terry (4) American Airlines Center 20,865 2–1 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 5 May 17 @ San Antonio L 97–98 Dirk Nowitzki (31) Dirk Nowitzki (12) Jason Terry (5) AT&T Center 18,797 3–2 6 May 19 San Antonio L 86–91 Dirk Nowitzki (26) Dirk Nowitzki (21) Dirk Nowitzki (5) American Airlines Center 20,986 3–3 7 May 22 @ San Antonio W 119–111 (OT) Dirk Nowitzki (37) Dirk Nowitzki (15) Jerry Stackhouse (6) AT&T Center 4–3
Conference Finals: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 24 Phoenix L 118–121 Devin Harris (30) Dirk Nowitzki (19) Terry, Stackhouse (3) American Airlines Center 20,789 0–1 2 May 26 Phoenix W 105–98 Dirk Nowitzki (30) Dirk Nowitzki (14) Dirk Nowitzki (6) American Airlines Center 20,934 1–1 3 May 28 @ Phoenix W 95–88 Dirk Nowitzki (28) Dirk Nowitzki (17) Dirk Nowitzki (5) US Airways Center 18,422 2–1 4 May 30 @ Phoenix L 86–106 Josh Howard (16) Josh Howard (9) Devin Harris (5) US Airways Center 18,422 2–2 5 June 1 Phoenix W 117–101 Dirk Nowitzki (50) Dirk Nowitzki (12) Jason Terry (9) American Airlines Center 20,977 3–2 6 June 3 @ Phoenix W 102–93 Dirk Nowitzki (24) Josh Howard (15) Nowitzki, Terry (3) US Airways Center 18,422 4–2
NBA Finals: 2–4 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 June 8 Miami W 90–80 Jason Terry (32) Josh Howard (12) three players tied (4) American Airlines Center 20,475 1–0 2 June 10 Miami W 99–85 Dirk Nowitzki (26) Dirk Nowitzki (16) Jason Terry (9) American Airlines Center 20,459 2–0 3 June 13 @ Miami L 96–98 Dirk Nowitzki (30) Erick Dampier (9) Jason Terry (5) American Airlines Arena 20,145 2–1 4 June 15 @ Miami L 74–98 Jason Terry (17) Dirk Nowitzki (9) Jerry Stackhouse (4) American Airlines Arena 20,145 2–2 5 June 18 @ Miami L 100–101 (OT) Jason Terry (35) Josh Howard (10) Marquis Daniels (4) American Airlines Arena 20,145 2–3 6 June 20 Miami L 92–95 Dirk Nowitzki (29) Dirk Nowitzki (15) Jason Terry (5) American Airlines Center 20,522 2–4
2006 schedule

Player statistics[]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season[]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Darrell Armstrong	62	2	10.0	.336	.229	.786	1.3	1.4	.4	.0	2.1
Doug Christie	7	7	26.4	.346	.000	.667	1.9	2.0	1.3	.1	3.7
Erick Dampier	82	36	23.6	.493	.000	.591	7.8	.6	.3	1.3	5.7
Marquis Daniels	62	29	28.5	.480	.211	.754	3.6	2.8	1.1	.2	10.2
DeSagana Diop	81	45	18.6	.487	.500	.542	4.6	.3	.5	1.8	2.3
Adrian Griffin	52	45	23.9	.480	.000	.774	4.4	1.7	1.0	.2	4.6
Devin Harris	56	4	22.8	.469	.238	.716	2.2	3.2	0.9	0.3	9.9
Josh Howard	59	58	32.5	.471	.429	.734	6.3	1.9	1.2	.4	15.6
Didier Ilunga-Mbenga	43	1	5.5	.533	.000	.500	1.3	.0	.1	.6	1.7
Rawle Marshall	23	9	10.5	.400	.333	.759	1.3	.4	.3	.3	3.1
Dirk Nowitzki	81	81	38.1	.480	.406	.901	9.0	2.8	.7	1.0	26.6
Pavel Podkolzin	1	0	18.0	.000	.000	.500	7.0	.0	.0	1.0	3.0
Josh Powell	37	2	11.6	.457	.000	.800	2.2	.2	.2	.1	3.0
Jerry Stackhouse	55	11	27.7	.401	.277	.882	2.8	2.9	.7	.2	13.0
Jason Terry	80	80	35.0	.470	.411	.800	2.0	3.8	1.3	.3	17.1
Keith Van Horn	53	0	20.6	.424	.368	.832	3.6	.7	.6	.2	8.9

Playoffs[]

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Darrell Armstrong	11	0	4.3	.200	.000	1.000	.6	.2	.3	.1	.7
Erick Dampier	19	2	23.9	.540	.000	.614	6.7	.3	.6	1.3	5.0
Marquis Daniels	20	0	11.1	.446	.400	.762	1.1	1.3	03	.1	3.4
DeSagana Diop	22	18	18.5	.615	.000	.611	5.0	.1	.6	1.3	2.7
Adrian Griffin	20	8	17.5	.542	.000	.875	3.6	1.2	.8	.1	3.6
Devin Harris	23	15	24.3	.480	.000	.703	1.7	2.2	.8	.1	9.4
Josh Howard	23	23	35.8	.453	.369	.808	7.4	1.4	1.0	.6	16.7
Didier Ilunga-Mbenga	7	0	3.6	.333	.000	1.000	1.1	.0	.0	.1	.6
Dirk Nowitzki	23	23	42.7	.468	.343	.895	11.7	2.9	1.1	.6	27.0
Josh Powell	6	0	4.2	.000	.000	.000	.3	.2	.0	.0	.0
Jerry Stackhouse	22	1	32.3	.402	.338	.784	2.8	2.5	.5	.3	13.7
Jason Terry	22	22	38.4	.442	.307	.831	2.9	3.8	1.2	.0	18.9
Keith Van Horn	14	3	12.3	.339	.286	1.000	2.3	.1	.0	.3	3.6

Awards and records[]

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

Records[]

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Transactions[]

Trades[]

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Free Agents[]

See also[]

• 2005–06 NBA season

References[]