The 2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season was the 26th season of the franchise in the

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(NBA).https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/2006.html 2005-06 Dallas Mavericks season The season saw Dallas go to the

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for the first time in franchise history, but lost to the

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, 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 were the only members of both 2006 and 2011 Finals teams. In the playoffs, the Mavericks defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round. In the Western Conference semifinals, they met the San Antonio Spurs once again in the playoffs for the first time since the 2003 Western Conference finals, and defeated the Spurs in seven games. They got to Conference finals once again for the first time since 2003, where they beat the Phoenix Suns in six games and won their first conference title in franchise history. In the NBA Finals, they faced the Miami Heat but lost to them in six games. Starting the season, the Mavericks started with a 35–10 record as Dirk Nowitzki was selected for the 2006 NBA All-Star Game in

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. The Mavericks finished with a 60–22 record overall 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

Draft picks

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

Roster

Regular season

Standings

Division

Conference

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

, - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 11 , November 25, 2005
7:00p.m. CST , @

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W 103–90
, Howard (25) , Howard (11) , Terry (10) , American Airlines Arena
20,246 , 9–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 49 , February 9, 2006
7:00p.m. CST ,

W 112–76
, Nowitzki (27) , Dampier (11) , Terry (7) ,

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20,273 , 39–10 , - align="center" , colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff", All-Star Break , - style="background:#cfc;" , - bgcolor="#bbffbb"

Playoffs

, - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , April 23 , Memphis
W 103–93
, Dirk Nowitzki (31) , Erick Dampier (12) , Jason Terry (4) ,

20,340 , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , April 26 , Memphis
W 94–79
, Dirk Nowitzki (31) , three players tied (6) , Jason Terry (9) ,

20,612 , 2–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 3 , April 29 , @ Memphis
W 94–89 (OT)
, Dirk Nowitzki (36) , three players tied (9) , Dirk Nowitzki (5) , FedExForum
17,871 , 3–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 4 , May 1 , @ Memphis
W 102–76
, Dirk Nowitzki (27) , Josh Howard (9) , Stackhouse, Terry (5) , FedExForum
15,104 , 4–0 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 1 , May 7 , @

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L 85–87
, Jerry Stackhouse (24) , Dirk Nowitzki (14) , Marquis Daniels (3) , AT&T Center
18,797 , 0–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , May 9 , @

W 113–91
, Josh Howard (27) , Howard, Nowitzki (9) , three players tied (3) , AT&T Center
18,797 , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 3 , May 13 ,

W 104–103
, Dirk Nowitzki (27) , Dirk Nowitzki (15) , Jason Terry (4) ,

20,865 , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 4 , May 15 ,

W 123–118 (OT)
, Jason Terry (32) , Dampier, Nowitzki (9) , Devin Harris (6) ,

20,969 , 3–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 5 , May 17 , @

L 97–98
, Dirk Nowitzki (31) , Dirk Nowitzki (12) , Jason Terry (5) , AT&T Center
18,797 , 3–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 6 , May 19 ,

L 86–91
, Dirk Nowitzki (26) , Dirk Nowitzki (21) , Dirk Nowitzki (5) ,

20,986 , 3–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 7 , May 22 , @

W 119–111 (OT)
, Dirk Nowitzki (37) , Dirk Nowitzki (15) , Jerry Stackhouse (6) , AT&T Center , 4–3 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 1 , May 24 , Phoenix
L 118–121
, Devin Harris (30) , Dirk Nowitzki (19) , Terry, Stackhouse (3) ,

20,789 , 0–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , May 26 , Phoenix
W 105–98
, Dirk Nowitzki (30) , Dirk Nowitzki (14) , Dirk Nowitzki (6) ,

20,934 , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 3 , May 28 , @ Phoenix
W 95–88
, Dirk Nowitzki (28) , Dirk Nowitzki (17) , Dirk Nowitzki (5) , US Airways Center
18,422 , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 4 , May 30 , @ Phoenix
L 86–106
, Josh Howard (16) , Josh Howard (9) , Devin Harris (5) , US Airways Center
18,422 , 2–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 5 , June 1 , Phoenix
W 117–101
, Dirk Nowitzki (50) , Dirk Nowitzki (12) , Jason Terry (9) ,

20,977 , 3–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 6 , June 3 , @ Phoenix
W 102–93
, Dirk Nowitzki (24) , Josh Howard (15) , Nowitzki, Terry (3) , US Airways Center
18,422 , 4–2 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , June 8, 2006
8:00p.m. CDT ,

W 90–80
, Terry (32) , Howard (12) , Howard,
Nowitzki
Stackhouse (4) ,

20,475 , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , June 11, 2006
8:00p.m. CDT ,

W 99–85
, Nowitzki (26) , Nowitzki (16) , Terry (9) ,

20,459 , 2–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 3 , June 13, 2006
8:00p.m. CDT , @

L 96–98
, Nowitzki (30) , Dampier (9) , Terry (5) , American Airlines Arena
20,145 , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 4 , June 15, 2006
8:00p.m. CDT , @

L 74–98
, Terry (17) , Nowitzki (9) , Stackhuse (4) , American Airlines Arena
20,145 , 2–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 5 , June 18, 2006
8:00p.m. CDT , @

L 100–101 (OT)
, Terry (35) , Howard (10) , Daniels (4) , American Airlines Arena
20,145 , 2–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 6 , June 20, 2006
8:00p.m. CDT ,

L 92–95
, Nowitzki (29) , Nowitzki (15) , Terry (5) ,

20,522 , 2–4 , -

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

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

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

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2005–06 NBA season by team

Offseason

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Standings

Division

Conference

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

See also

References