2005–06 Phoenix Suns season

2005–06 Phoenix Suns season
Division Champions
Head coach	Mike D'Antoni
General manager	Bryan Colangelo, Mike D'Antoni
Owner(s)	Robert Sarver
Arena	America West Arena, US Airways Center
Results
Record	54–28 (.659)
Place	Division: 1st Conference: 3rd
Playoff finish	Lost in Conference Finals to Dallas (2–4)
Local media
Television	FSN Arizona, KUTP
Radio	KTAR

The 2005–06 Phoenix Suns season was the 38th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Suns were led by head coach Mike D'Antoni, posting a 54–28 record, third best in the Western Conference. All home games were played at the former America West Arena, which changed its name to US Airways Center in January 2006.

The Suns looked to improve on their league-best 62–20 record and a trip to the Western Conference Finals in the 2004–05 season. The Suns suffered a major setback before the season, when All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire underwent microfracture surgery on his left knee. Stoudemire returned for three games, before undergoing another surgery on his right knee. The team was led by defending MVP Steve Nash and All-Star Shawn Marion. Marion led the team in points (21.8), rebounds (11.8), steals (2.0) and blocks (1.7) per game. Nash led the league in assists with 10.5 a game, while posting a career- high 18.8 points a game, earning his second consecutive MVP award.

With injuries to Stoudemire and backup forward-center Kurt Thomas, the Suns looked to second-year forward Boris Diaw to fill in the middle. Listed in the Suns' media guide as a guard before the season, the 6-foot 8-inch Diaw started at small forward, power forward and center throughout the season, posting 13 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and a block a game, earning Most Improved Player honors.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Suns fell into a 1–3 hole against their longtime rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers. They became the (at the time) eighth team in NBA history to recover from a 3–1 deficit, winning the final three games of the series to advance to the semifinals. They defeated the Lakers' Staples Center co-tenants, the Los Angeles Clippers, in another seven-game series. The Suns fell in the Conference Finals to the Dallas Mavericks in six games.^[1]

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	21	Nate Robinson	Guard	United States	Washington
2	57	Marcin Gortat	Center	Poland

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (Y-M-D)	From
1.5 !G	10	BRA !	Barbosa, Leandro	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	1982-11-28	Brazil
1.5 !G	19	VIR !	Bell, Raja	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	1976-09-19	Florida International
6.0 !C	11	IRE !	Burke, Pat	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1973-12-14	Auburn
5.5 !F/C	3	FRA !	Diaw, Boris	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1982-04-16	France
4.0 !F	55	USA !	Grant, Brian	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	254 lb (115 kg)	1972-03-05	Xavier
1.5 !G	50	USA !	House, Eddie	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1978-05-14	Arizona State
4.0 !F	22	USA !	Jones, James	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1980-10-04	Miami
4.0 !F	31	USA !	Marion, Shawn	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1978-05-07	UNLV
1.5 !G	13	CAN !	Nash, Steve (C)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1974-02-07	Santa Clara
5.5 !F/C	32	USA !	Stoudemire, Amar'e	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1982-11-16	Cypress Creek HS
5.5 !F/C	40	USA !	Thomas, Kurt	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1972-10-04	Texas Christian
4.0 !F	2	USA !	Thomas, Tim	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1977-02-26	Villanova
2.5 !G/F	1	USA !	Thompson, Dijon	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1982-02-23	UCLA
4.0 !F	15	GEO !	Tskitishvili, Nikoloz	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1983-04-14	Georgia (country)

Head coach

Mike D'Antoni (Marshall)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Reserve	Inactive
C	Boris Diaw	Pat Burke	Kurt Thomas	Amar'e Stoudemire
PF	Shawn Marion	Brian Grant	Nikoloz Tskitishvili
SF	Tim Thomas	James Jones
SG	Raja Bell	Leandro Barbosa		Dijon Thompson
PG	Steve Nash	Eddie House

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	-	31–10	23–18	10–6
x-Los Angeles Clippers	47	35	.573	7	27–14	20–21	7–9
x-Los Angeles Lakers	45	37	.549	9	27–14	18–23	9–7
x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	10	27–14	17–24	10–6
Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	20	21–20	13–28	4–12

Record vs. opponents

2005-06 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOK	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–1	1–3	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–3
Boston	1–2	—	2–1	0–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	1–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–3
Charlotte	3–1	1–2	—	2–2	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	0–3	1–1	1–3	0–2	3–0	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–3
Chicago	3–0	4–0	2–2	—	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	3–1
Cleveland	2–1	4–0	3–0	4–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–3
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	—	3–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	2–0
Denver	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	—	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–3	1–1
Detroit	3–1	3–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	0–3
Golden State	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	—	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	0–4	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–2
Houston	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	3–1	—	1–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	1–2	2–0
Indiana	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–2
L.A. Clippers	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	—	2–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–0	0–4	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0
L.A. Lakers	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	—	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1
Memphis	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	3–0	4–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	—	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–0
Miami	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–0	2–2	3–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	4–0
Milwaukee	3–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	—	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–1
Minnesota	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1
New Jersey	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	—	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
New Orleans/Oklahoma City	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–1
New York	2–2	1–3	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–2	—	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–3
Orlando	2–2	3–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	3–1	—	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2
Philadelphia	2–1	1–3	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	—	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–2
Phoenix	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	2–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1
Portland	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–4	1–2	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	—	1–2	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–4	1–1
Sacramento	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	—	1–2	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2
San Antonio	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	4–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–1
Seattle	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–2	—	1–1	3–1	1–1
Toronto	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–4	0–3	0–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–3	1–2	2–0	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–2
Utah	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	4–0	1–3	0–3	1–3	2–0	—	1–1
Washington	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	—

Playoffs

Game log

2006 playoff game log

First Round: 4–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–2)

Conference Semifinals: 4–3 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–2)

Conference Finals: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)

2006 playoff schedule

Awards and honors

Steve Nash

Shawn Marion

Boris Diaw

Week/Month

Shawn Marion was named Western Conference Player of the Month for February.
Steve Nash was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played November 21 through November 27.
Shawn Marion was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played December 26 through January 1.
Steve Nash was named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played January 2 through January 8.

All-Star

Steve Nash was voted as a starter for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his fourth All-Star selection. Nash finished second in voting among Western Conference guards with 1,818,230 votes.
Shawn Marion was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his third All-Star selection. Marion finished ninth in voting among Western Conference forwards with 285,505 votes.
Raja Bell was selected to compete in the Three-Point Shootout. Bell did not participate due to personal issues and was replaced by Gilbert Arenas.
Steve Nash was selected to compete in the Skills Challenge. Nash lost the competition to Dwyane Wade.
Team Phoenix, consisting of Shawn Marion, Kelly Miller and Dan Majerle, competed in the Shooting Stars Competition, losing to Team San Antonio.

Season

Steve Nash received the Most Valuable Player Award.
Boris Diaw received the Most Improved Player Award.
Steve Nash was named to the All-NBA First Team.
Shawn Marion was named to the All-NBA Third Team. Marion also finished seventh in Defensive Player of the Year voting.
Steve Nash led the league in assists per game with a 10.5 average, and total assists with 826.
Steve Nash led the league in free throw percentage, making 92.1% of his attempts.
Raja Bell finished 13th in Defensive Player of the Year voting, and 23rd in Most Improved Player voting.
Leandro Barbosa finished seventh in Sixth Man of the Year voting.
Eddie House finished 13th in Sixth Man of the Year voting.

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

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Barbosa, Leandro !Leandro Barbosa	57	11	27.9	.481	.444	.755	2.6	2.8	.8	.1	13.1
Barrett, Andre !Andre Barrett*	2	0	10.5	.429	.000	1.000^	1.5	1.0	.0	.0	4.5
Bell, Raja !Raja Bell	79	79	37.5	.457	.442	.788	3.2	2.6	1.0	.3	14.7
Burke, Pat !Pat Burke	42	0	8.2	.496	.286	.619	1.7	0.4	.1	.3	3.4
Davis, Josh !Josh Davis*	1	0	5.0	.333	.000	.667	1.0	0.0	1.0	.0	4.0
Diaw, Boris !Boris Diaw	81	70	35.5	.526†	.267	.731	6.9	6.2	.7	1.0	13.3
Ford, Sharrod !Sharrod Ford	3	0	4.3	.667†	.	.	1.0	0.0	.0	.3	1.3
Grant, Brian !Brian Grant	21	2	11.8	.415	.	.875	2.7	0.3	.2	.1	2.9
House, Eddie !Eddie House	81	0	17.5	.422	.389	.805	1.6	1.8	.5	.1	9.8
Jackson, Jim !Jim Jackson*	27	1	15.6	.295	.222	.692	2.4	1.1	.4	.2	3.7
Jones, James !James Jones	75	24	23.6	.418	.386	.851	3.4	0.8	.5	.7	9.3
Marion, Shawn !Shawn Marion	81	81	40.3	.525	.331	.809	11.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	21.8
Nash, Steve !Steve Nash	79	79	35.4	.512	.439	.921^	4.2	10.5	.8	.2	18.8
Stoudemire, Amar'e !Amar'e Stoudemire	3	3	16.7	.333	.000	.889	5.3	0.7	.3	1.0	8.7
Thomas, Kurt !Kurt Thomas	53	50	26.6	.486	.	.815	7.8	1.1	.4	1.0	8.6
Thomas, Tim !Tim Thomas*	26	10	24.4	.435	.429	.667	4.9	0.7	.6	.2	11.0
Thompson, Dijon !Dijon Thompson	10	0	4.3	.440	.364	1.000^	1.1	0.1	.3	.1	2.8
Tskitishvili, Nikoloz !Nikoloz Tskitishvili*	12	0	7.2	.364	.333	.667	1.7	0.3	.1	.2	2.8

* – Stats with the Suns.
† – Minimum 300 field goals made.
^ – Minimum 125 free throws made.

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Barbosa, Leandro !Leandro Barbosa	20	3	31.6	.470	.391	.862	1.6	2.7	.8	.2	14.2
Bell, Raja !Raja Bell	17	17	39.6	.479	.465^	.829	2.8	2.2	.6	.2	13.6
Burke, Pat !Pat Burke	3	0	2.3	.500	.500^	.000	1.0	0.0	.0	.3	1.7
Diaw, Boris !Boris Diaw	20	20	39.8	.526	.429	.761	6.7	5.2	.9	1.1	18.7
Grant, Brian !Brian Grant	5	0	2.4	.333	.	.000	0.4	0.0	.0	.0	0.4
House, Eddie !Eddie House	14	0	9.3	.365	.214	.750	0.6	0.4	.1	.1	3.1
Jones, James !James Jones	20	6	17.7	.341	.308	.846	3.6	0.3	.3	.9	4.3
Marion, Shawn !Shawn Marion	20	20	42.5	.489	.314	.881	11.7	1.6	1.9	1.2	20.4
Nash, Steve !Steve Nash	20	20	39.9	.502	.368	.912	3.7	10.2	.4	.3	20.4
Thomas, Kurt !Kurt Thomas	1	0	6.0	.	.	.500	1.0	0.0	.0	.0	1.0
Thomas, Tim !Tim Thomas	20	14	31.8	.491	.444	.776	6.3	1.3	.9	.4	15.1
Tskitishvili, Nikoloz !Nikoloz Tskitishvili	4	0	2.0	.000	.000	.500	0.3	0.5	.0	.0	0.3

^ – Minimum 5 three-pointers made.

References

↑ "2005-06 Phoenix Suns Roster and Stats - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 11, 2017.

Phoenix Suns
Founded in 1968 Based in Phoenix, Arizona
Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft History Draft history All-time roster Head coaches Seasons Records Current season
Arenas	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Talking Stick Resort Arena
General managers	J. Colangelo B. Colangelo D'Antoni Kerr Blanks McDonough
G League affiliate	Northern Arizona Suns
Culture & lore	The Suns Gorilla The Shot 'Heard' Round the World 07 Seconds or Less STAT The Matrix Sir Charles Nashty The Greyhound Thunder Dan Shazam Oklahoma Kid Original Sun Hawk
Rivals	San Antonio Spurs
Ring of Honor & Retired numbers	5 6 7 9 13 24 33 34 42 44 Jerry Colangelo Cotton Fitzsimmons John MacLeod Al McCoy Joe Proski
Hall of Famers	Charles Barkley Jerry Colangelo Gail Goodrich Connie Hawkins Dennis Johnson Gus Johnson Ann Meyers Shaquille O'Neal Pat Riley
Key personnel	Owner Robert Sarver President & CEO Jason Rowley General Manager & President of Basketball Operations Ryan McDonough Vice President of Basketball Operations James Jones Director of Player Personnel Mark West Head Coach Earl Watson Voice of the Suns Al McCoy
Western Conference Championships (2)	1976 1993
Pacific Division Championships (6)	1981 1993 1995 2005 2006 2007
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Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Portland Seattle Utah
Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento
Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans/Oklahoma City San Antonio

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