2005–06 Memphis Grizzlies season

The 2005-06 Memphis Grizzlies season was the team's 11th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 45-37 output from the previous season. They bested it by four games, finishing 49–33, and qualified for the playoffs for the third straight season.^[1]

2005–06 Memphis Grizzlies season
Head coach	Mike Fratello
President	Jerry West
General manager	Jerry West
Owner(s)	Michael Heisley
Arena	FedExForum
Results
Record	49–33 (.598)
Place	Division: 3rd (Southwest) Conference: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round (lost to Mavericks 0–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	WMC-TV WPXX-TV FSN South
Radio	WREC
< 2004–05 2006–07 >

Chauncey Billups of the Detroit Pistons attempts a shot over Lorenzen Wright of the Memphis Grizzlies.

Draft picks

Main article: 2005 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	19	Hakim Warrick	PF	United States	Syracuse

Roster

2005–06 Memphis Grizzlies roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From PG 32 Chucky Atkins 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1974-08-14 South Florida SF 31 Shane Battier 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1978-09-09 Duke PG 1 Antonio Burks 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1980-02-25 Memphis PF 35 Brian Cardinal 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1977-05-02 Purdue PF 16 Pau Gasol 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1980-07-06 Spain PG 24 Bobby Jackson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1973-03-13 Minnesota SF 30 Dahntay Jones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980-12-27 Duke SG 6 Eddie Jones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1971-10-20 Temple SG 33 Mike Miller 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1980-02-19 Florida PG 3 Anthony Roberson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1983-02-14 Florida C 44 Lawrence Roberts 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1982-10-20 Mississippi State PG 20 Damon Stoudamire  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 171 lb (78 kg) 1973-09-03 Arizona C 12 Jake Tsakalidis 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 285 lb (129 kg) 1979-06-10 Republic of Georgia PF 21 Hakim Warrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1982-07-08 Syracuse C 42 Lorenzen Wright 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1975-11-04 Memphis

Head coach Mike Fratello Assistant(s) Mitchell Anderson Lionel Hollins Eric Musselman Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Updated: April 17, 2006

Regular season

Season standings

Southwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-San Antonio Spurs	63	19	.768	-	34–7	29–12	13–3
x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	3	34–7	26–15	13–3
x-Memphis Grizzlies	49	33	.598	14	30–11	19–22	6–10
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	38	44	.463	25	24–17	14–27	7–9
Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	29	15–26	19–22	1–15

#	Western Conference v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	63	19	.768	-
2	y-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9
3	y-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	19
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	3
5	x-Memphis Grizzlies	49	33	.598	14
6	x-Los Angeles Clippers	47	35	.573	16
7	x-Los Angeles Lakers	45	37	.549	18
8	x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	19
9	Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	22
10	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	38	44	.463	25
11	Seattle SuperSonics	35	47	.427	28
12	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	29
13	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	29
14	Minnesota Timberwolves	33	49	.402	30
15	Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256	42

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	—

Game log

Playoffs

2006 playoff game log
First Round: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 23 @ Dallas L 93–103 Pau Gasol (24) Jake Tsakalidis (8) Gasol, Jackson (4) American Airlines Center 20,340 0–1 2 April 26 @ Dallas L 79–94 Pau Gasol (16) Pau Gasol (7) Pau Gasol (5) American Airlines Center 20,612 0–2 3 April 29 Dallas L 89–94 (OT) Chucky Atkins (20) Lorenzen Wright (10) Eddie Jones (5) FedExForum 17,871 0–3 4 May 1 Dallas L 76–102 Pau Gasol (25) Shane Battier (7) Chucky Atkins (4) FedExForum 15,104 0–4
2006 schedule

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Shane Battier	SF	81	81	2,839	429	136	92	114	818	35.0	5.3	1.7	1.1	1.4	10.1
Pau Gasol	PF	80	80	3,135	713	371	46	153	1,628	39.2	8.9	4.6	.6	1.9	20.4
Lorenzen Wright	C	78	58	1,689	395	48	52	46	454	21.7	5.1	.6	.7	.6	5.8
Eddie Jones	SG	75	75	2,437	279	177	131	27	885	32.5	3.7	2.4	1.7	.4	11.8
Mike Miller	SG	74	9	2,268	397	200	52	27	1,014	30.6	5.4	2.7	.7	.4	13.7
Bobby Jackson	PG	71	15	1,775	223	195	61	1	808	25.0	3.1	2.7	.9	.0	11.4
Dahntay Jones	SF	71	4	967	104	39	38	15	281	13.6	1.5	.5	.5	.2	4.0
Hakim Warrick	PF	68	2	724	144	30	14	21	278	10.6	2.1	.4	.2	.3	4.1
Antonio Burks	PG	57	1	570	37	76	20	0	113	10.0	.6	1.3	.4	.0	2.0
Jake Tsakalidis	C	51	19	732	212	13	14	32	257	14.4	4.2	.3	.3	.6	5.0
Chucky Atkins†	PG	43	39	1,161	75	129	29	2	491	27.0	1.7	3.0	.7	.0	11.4
Brian Cardinal	PF	36	0	402	55	33	23	0	124	11.2	1.5	.9	.6	.0	3.4
Lawrence Roberts	C	33	0	181	49	5	8	2	51	5.5	1.5	.2	.2	.1	1.5
Damon Stoudamire	PG	27	27	862	95	128	19	1	317	31.9	3.5	4.7	.7	.0	11.7
Anthony Roberson	PG	16	0	88	6	5	1	0	35	5.5	.4	.3	.1	.0	2.2
John Thomas†	C	3	0	25	0	1	0	1	4	8.3	.0	.3	.0	.3	1.3

Playoffs

Player	POS	GP	GS	MP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Pau Gasol	PF	4	4	158	27	12	2	5	81	39.5	6.8	3.0	.5	1.3	20.3
Shane Battier	SF	4	4	129	23	2	4	2	24	32.3	5.8	.5	1.0	.5	6.0
Chucky Atkins	PG	4	4	103	3	12	2	0	39	25.8	.8	3.0	.5	.0	9.8
Eddie Jones	SG	4	3	119	11	10	3	1	41	29.8	2.8	2.5	.8	.3	10.3
Jake Tsakalidis	C	4	3	59	11	2	1	1	13	14.8	2.8	.5	.3	.3	3.3
Mike Miller	SG	4	1	107	15	7	2	2	34	26.8	3.8	1.8	.5	.5	8.5
Bobby Jackson	PG	4	0	100	8	5	1	0	33	25.0	2.0	1.3	.3	.0	8.3
Lorenzen Wright	C	4	0	86	20	3	0	4	29	21.5	5.0	.8	.0	1.0	7.3
Dahntay Jones	SF	4	0	46	7	0	1	0	17	11.5	1.8	.0	.3	.0	4.3
Hakim Warrick	PF	3	1	43	7	0	1	0	20	14.3	2.3	.0	.3	.0	6.7
Brian Cardinal	PF	3	0	22	4	1	1	0	3	7.3	1.3	.3	.3	.0	1.0
Antonio Burks	PG	2	0	13	1	2	1	0	3	6.5	.5	1.0	.5	.0	1.5

• ^† Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only.

Awards and records

• Mike Miller, NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
• Pau Gasol, NBA All-Star Game

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