2006 Houston Comets season

2006 Houston Comets season
Head Coach Van Chancellor
Arena Toyota Center
Attendance 7,682 per game
Results
Record 18–16
(.529)
Place 3rd (Western)
Playoff Finish Lost First Round (2-0) to Sacramento Monarchs
Houston Comets seasons
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The 2006 WNBA season was the 10th season for the Houston Comets. The Comets qualified for the WNBA Playoffs for the 9th and last time in franchise history. It would also be the end of Van Chancellor's tenure as head coach of the Comets.

Contents

Offseason

Kiesha Brown was picked up by the Chicago Sky in the WNBA Expansion Draft.

WNBA Draft

Round Pick Player Nationality College/School/Team
2 15 *Ann Strother (G)  United States Connecticut
2 24 Renae Camino  Australia -
3 29 Tiffany Stansbury (F/C)  United States North Carolina State

NOTE: The Comets received Liz Shimek and Mistie Williams from the Mercury during the draft.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference W L PCT GB Home Road Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks x 25 9 .735 – 15–2 10–7 15–5
Sacramento Monarchs x 21 13 .618 4.0 14–3 7–10 10–10
Houston Comets x 18 16 .529 7.0 12–5 6–11 11–9
Seattle Storm x 18 16 .529 7.0 9–8 9–8 10–10
Phoenix Mercury o 18 16 .529 7.0 10–7 8–9 8–12
San Antonio Silver Stars o 13 21 .382 12.0 6–11 7–10 10–10
Minnesota Lynx o 10 24 .294 15.0 8–9 2–15 6–14

Season schedule

Date Opponent Score Result Record
May 21 San Antonio 63-79 Loss 0-1
May 23 @ Seattle 84-59 Win 1-1
May 25 @ Sacramento 81-66 Win 2-1
May 31 Indiana 73-60 Win 3-1
June 2 Chicago 71-60 Win 4-1
June 4 Minnesota 85-62 Win 5-1
June 6 @ Washington 79-93 Loss 5-2
June 9 New York 97-62 Win 6-2
June 11 @ Minnesota 62-75 Loss 6-3
June 14 Sacramento 73-66 (OT) Win 7-3
June 16 @ New York 72-58 Win 8-3
June 17 @ Detroit 55-71 Loss 8-4
June 21 @ Los Angeles 55-75 Loss 8-5
June 23 Charlotte 85-70 Win 9-5
June 25 Seattle 84-74 Win 10-5
June 27 @ Connecticut 57-73 Loss 10-6
June 29 Washington 83-76 Win 11-6
July 2 Sacramento 77-62 Win 12-6
July 5 @ Los Angeles 62-74 Loss 12-7
July 7 @ San Antonio 75-94 Loss 12-8
July 9 Detroit 60-66 Loss 12-9
July 14 @ Chicago 82-77 Win 13-9
July 16 @ Indiana 56-60 Loss 13-10
July 18 @ San Antonio 64-67 Loss 13-11
July 20 Minnesota 78-55 Win 14-11
July 25 Los Angeles 52-56 Loss 14-12
July 27 Phoenix 98-95 Win 15-12
July 30 @ Phoenix 82-80 Win 16-12
August 1 @ Sacramento 62-74 Loss 16-13
August 4 @ Minnesota 77-73 (OT) Win 17-13
August 6 Connecticut 67-86 Loss 17-14
August 8 @ Charlotte 57-68 Loss 17-15
August 10 Phoenix 110-111 (3OT) Loss 17-16
August 12 Seattle 89-72 Win 18-16
August 17 (First Round, G1) Sacramento 78-93 Loss 0-1
August 19 (First Round, G2) @ Sacramento 64-92 Loss 0-2

Player stats

Player Games Played Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Points
Sheryl Swoopes 31 183 115 64 9 482
Michelle Snow 34 269 47 33 38 442
Tina Thompson 21 118 47 20 13 392
Dawn Staley 34 75 133 35 5 250
Roneeka Hodges 33 65 32 16 4 247
Dominique Canty 15 52 44 17 0 164
Tamecka Dixon 23 60 54 13 2 162
Sancho Lyttle 29 114 8 25 4 106
Mistie Williams 27 64 16 11 3 79
Anastasia Kostaki 32 25 19 7 0 67
Tari Phillips 21 47 4 9 5 59
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 11 30 8 1 1 35
Kayte Christensen 6 19 4 0 0 18
Edwina Brown 4 4 1 1 0 4

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References

  1. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/HOU/2006.html
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