2006-07 Golden State Warriors season

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The 2006-07 Golden State Warriors season was their 61st season in the NBA and their 34th in Oakland.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• On June 28, the 2006 NBA Draft took place in New York City, New York.
• From July 1 to July 11, the free agency period took place.^[1]

[edit] Offseason

[edit] Draft picks

Golden State's selections from the 2006 NBA Draft in New York, New York.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	9	Patrick O'Bryant	Center	United States	Bradley University
2	38	Kosta Perović	Center	Serbia	Partizan Belgrade

[edit] Roster

2006-07 Golden State Warriors roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From 2.5 G/F 7 Nigeria Azubuike, Kelenna 77 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Kentucky 3.5 F 22 USA Barnes, Matt (C) 79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UCLA 5.0 C 15 Latvia Biedriņš, Andris 83 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Latvia 1.0 PG 5 USA Davis, Baron (C) 75 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UCLA 1.5 G 8 USA Ellis, Monta 75 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 177 lb (80 kg) Lanier HS (MS) 4.5 F/C 3 USA Harrington, Al 81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) St. Patrick HS (NJ) 3.0 SF 1 USA Jackson, Stephen (C) 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Oak Hill Academy (VA) 5.0 C 26 USA O'Bryant, Patrick 84 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Bradley 2.5 G/F 2 France Piétrus, Mickaël 78 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) France 4.5 F/C 11 Serbia Čabarkapa, Žarko 83 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Serbia & Montenegro 5.0 C 31 USA Foyle, Adonal 82 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Colgate 1.5 G 33 LTU Jasikevičius, Šarūnas 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Maryland 3.5 F 21 USA Powell, Josh 81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) North Carolina State 2.5 G/F 23 USA Richardson, Jason 78 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Michigan State	Head coach Don Nelson (Iowa) Assistant coach(es) Larry Riley (Chadron State) Keith Smart (Indiana) Stephen Silas (Brown) Russell Turner (Hampden-Sydney) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Draft pick (FA) Free agent Injured Roster

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

[edit] Game log

[edit] November

Record: 9–7 ; Home: 8–4 ; Road: 1–3

[edit] December

Record: 7–9 ; Home: 5–1 ; Road: 2–8

[edit] January

Record: 5–9 ; Home: 4–3 ; Road: 1–6

[edit] February

Record: 5–8 ; Home: 3–1 ; Road: 2–6

[edit] March

Record: 8–6 ; Home: 6–1 ; Road: 2–5

[edit] April

Record: 8–1 ; Home: 4–0 ; Road: 4–1

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates regulation loss.

[edit] Playoffs

Main article: 2007 NBA Playoffs

[edit] First Round

[edit] (1) Dallas Mavericks vs. (8) Golden State Warriors

The Warriors qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1994, the second longest such streak in league history. However, the Warriors were heavy underdogs against the Dallas Mavericks despite sweeping the regular season series between the teams, as Dallas had one of the best records in NBA regular season history. Expectations of a short series were immediately dashed by Golden State's Game 1 victory in Dallas, behind guard Baron Davis and his rather frantic style of play. The Mavericks came back to win Game 2 to tie the series at a game apiece.

But when the series shifted to Oakland for the next two games, a new X-factor emerged for the Warriors: their home crowd at the Oracle Arena. The electric crowd, which was the highest paid attendance crowd for an NBA game in the history of that arena, gave the Warriors a huge lift as they blew out Dallas in Game 3, and edged out a close victory in Game 4. As the series shifted back to Dallas, the top-ranked Mavericks found themselves one game from seeing their record breaking season end prematurely. The Mavericks gave their all and were able to stave off elimination in Game 5, but had nothing left in Game 6 in Oakland. The Warriors used a third-quarter 18–0 run, sparked by Stephen Jackson's 13 straight points en route to a franchise playoff record seven three-pointers, and an unexpected collapse from MVP candidate Dirk Nowitzki (2-13 from the field with 8 points) to finish Dallas and become the first #8 seed to win a best-of-seven series in the first round, and just the third overall in NBA history, in one of the biggest upsets in NBA playoff history. The Warriors also won their first playoff series since 1991.

Both 2006 NBA Finalists (Dallas and Miami) were eliminated in the first round. This was the first time since 1956 that this had happened.

[edit] Conference Semifinals

[edit] (4) Utah Jazz vs. (8) Golden State Warriors

The Warriors play the Jazz at Oracle Arena in game 3.

Fresh off their stunning upset of the top-seeded Dallas Mavericks, the Golden State Warriors faced a very different team in Utah. The Warriors continued the frantic style of play they exhibited against the Mavericks, but the Jazz, a more defensive-minded team, managed to shut them down to take Game 1. The Warriors tried to bounce back in Game 2, and took the Jazz to overtime. But the Jazz were able to prevail, due to the inspired clutch play of guard Derek Fisher, who arrived at halftime after being with his family in New York City because of his daughter's emergency eye cancer surgery.

The series shifted back to Oakland and the raucous Oracle Arena crowd, which lifted the Warriors to a resounding blowout in Game 3, a game which saw the Warriors hit a playoff record 11 threes in the first half, and saw guard Baron Davis delivering a series of spectacular plays. However, the Jazz were able to shrug off the crowd and handed the Warriors their only playoff home loss of the year in Game 4. The Warriors' magical playoff run ended as the Jazz finished them off in Game 5. The Jazz advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 1998.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Awards and records

[edit] Awards

• NBA Most Improved Player: Monta Ellis^[2]

[edit] Records

[edit] Milestones

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

[edit] Free Agents

[edit] See also

• 2006-07 NBA season

[edit] References

[edit] External links