2005–06 San Antonio Spurs season

2005–06 San Antonio Spurs season
Southwest Division Champions
Head coach	Gregg Popovich
General manager	R.C. Buford
Owner(s)	Peter Holt
Arena	AT&T Center
Results Record 63–19 (.768) Place Division: 1st (Southwest) Conference: 1st (Western) Playoff finish West Conference Semifinals (eliminated 3-4) Local media Television FSN Southwest, KENS, KRRT Radio WOAI < 2004–05 2006–07 >

The 2005-06 San Antonio Spurs season was the team's 39th overall season, the 33rd in San Antonio, and the 30th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 59-23 output from the previous season. They bested it by four games, finishing 63-19, and qualified for the playoffs for the ninth straight season.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College

Roster

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Players
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB (Y-M-D) From 1.5 !G 17 USA ! Barry, Brent style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1971-12-31 Oregon State 4.0 !F 12 USA ! Bowen, Bruce style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1971-06-14 Cal State Fullerton 5.5 !F/C 21 USA ! Duncan, Tim style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1973-04-25 Wake Forest 1.5 !G 4 USA ! Finley, Michael style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1976-03-06 Wisconsin 1.5 !G 20 ARG ! Ginobili, Manu style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1977-06-28 Argentina 4.0 !F 5 USA ! Horry, Robert style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1970-08-25 Alabama 4.0 !F 40 NZ ! Marks, Sean style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1975-08-23 California 6.0 !C 2 USA ! Mohammed, Nazr style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1977-09-05 Kentucky 6.0 !C 8 SLO ! Nesterovic, Rasho style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1976-05-30 Slovenia 6.0 !C 7 ARG ! Oberto, Fabricio style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1975-03-21 Argentina 1.5 !G 9 FRA ! Parker, Tony style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1982-05-17 France 1.5 !G 34 USA ! Sanders, Melvin style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1981-01-03 Oklahoma State 1.5 !G 25 USA ! Scales, Alex style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1978 -06-03 Oregon 1.5 !G 14 SLO ! Udrih, Beno style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1982-06-05 Slovenia 1.5 !G 31 USA ! Van Exel, Nick style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1971-11-27 Cincinnati Head Coach Gregg Popovich

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Rasho Nestrovic	Nazr Mohammed	Fabricio Oberto
PF	Tim Duncan	Robert Horry		Sean Marks
SF	Bruce Bowen	Michael Finley		Melvin Sanders
SG	Manu Giniobili	Brent Barry		Alex Scales
PG	Tony Parker	Nick Van Exel	Beno Udrih

Regular season

Season standings

Southwest Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
San Antonio Spurs	63	19	.768	-
Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	3
Memphis Grizzlies	49	33	.598	14
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	38	44	.463	25
Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	29

Playoffs

West First Round

(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (8) Sacramento Kings

Last Playoffs meeting: This is the first meeting between the Spurs and Kings.

West Conference Semifinals

(1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (4) Dallas Mavericks

Previous Playoffs meeting: 2003 Western Conference Finals (San Antonio won 4–2)

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

Awards and records

• Tim Duncan, All-NBA Second Team
• Bruce Bowen, NBA All-Defensive First Team
• Tim Duncan, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

References

San Antonio Spurs Formerly the Dallas Chaparrals and the Texas Chaparrals Founded in 1967 Based in San Antonio, Texas The Franchise Franchise All-time roster Draft history Seasons Current season Arenas State Fair Coliseum Moody Coliseum Tarrant County Coliseum Lubbock Municipal Coliseum HemisFair Arena Alamodome AT&T Center D-League Affiliate Austin Spurs Administration Owner Peter Holt General Manager R. C. Buford Head Coach Gregg Popovich Retired Numbers 00 6 12 13 32 44 50 Hall of Famers George Gervin Moses Malone Dominique Wilkins David Robinson Artis Gilmore Dennis Rodman NBA Championships (5) 1999 2003 2005 2007 2014 Conference Championships (6) 1999 2003 2005 2007 2013 2014 Rivals Houston Rockets Los Angeles Lakers Phoenix Suns Mascot The Coyote Culture and lore The Twin Towers The Big Three Hack-a-Shaq Memorial Day Miracle Media TV KENS KMYS Fox Sports Southwest Radio KCOR WOAI Announcers Bill Land Sean Elliott Bill Schoening Paul Castro

San Antonio Spurs seasons 1970s 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1980s 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1990s 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000s 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2010s 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

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