NBA
2005-06 Season
Champions: Miami Heat (4-2)
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The 2005-06 NBA season featured 30 teams across 1319 recorded games. Detroit Pistons posted the league's best record at 64-18. Miami Heat won the championship, defeating Dallas Mavericks 4-2 in the Finals. Dwyane Wade was named Finals MVP; Steve Nash took the regular-season MVP award.
Final Standings
Eastern Conference
- Detroit Pistons 64-18 0.780
- Miami Heat 🏆 52-30 0.634
- Cleveland Cavaliers 50-32 0.610
- New Jersey Nets 49-33 0.598
- Washington Wizards 42-40 0.512
- Indiana Pacers 41-41 0.500
- Chicago Bulls 41-41 0.500
- Milwaukee Bucks 40-42 0.481
- Philadelphia 76ers 38-44 0.463
- Orlando Magic 36-46 0.439
- Boston Celtics 33-49 0.402
- Toronto Raptors 27-55 0.329
- Charlotte Bobcats 26-56 0.317
- Atlanta Hawks 26-56 0.317
- New York Knicks 23-59 0.280
Western Conference
- San Antonio Spurs 63-19 0.768
- Dallas Mavericks 60-22 0.732
- Phoenix Suns 54-28 0.659
- Memphis Grizzlies 49-33 0.598
- Los Angeles Clippers 47-35 0.573
- Los Angeles Lakers 45-37 0.549
- Denver Nuggets 44-38 0.537
- Sacramento Kings 44-38 0.537
- Utah Jazz 41-41 0.500
- New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets 38-44 0.463
- Seattle SuperSonics 35-47 0.427
- Houston Rockets 34-48 0.415
- Golden State Warriors 34-48 0.415
- Minnesota Timberwolves 33-49 0.402
- Portland Trail Blazers 21-61 0.256
Season Leaders
Scoring
- 1 Kobe Bryant LAL 35.4 PPG
- 2 Allen Iverson PHI 33.0 PPG
- 3 LeBron James CLE 31.4 PPG
- 4 Gilbert Arenas WAS 29.3 PPG
- 5 Dwyane Wade MIA 27.2 PPG
Rebounding
- 1 Kevin Garnett MIN 12.7 RPG
- 2 Dwight Howard ORL 12.5 RPG
- 3 Shawn Marion PHO 11.8 RPG
- 4 Ben Wallace DET 11.3 RPG
- 5 Tim Duncan SAS 11.0 RPG
Assists
- 1 Steve Nash PHO 10.5 APG
- 2 Brevin Knight CHA 8.8 APG
- 3 Chauncey Billups DET 8.6 APG
- 4 Jason Kidd NJN 8.4 APG
- 5 Andre Miller DEN 8.2 APG
2005 Draft — Top Picks
- #1 Andrew Bogut Milwaukee Bucks
- #2 Marvin Williams Atlanta Hawks
- #3 Deron Williams Utah Jazz