2005–06 Detroit Pistons season

NBA team season March 2026 August 2023 Detroit Pistons 2006 yes 64 18 Central 1 1 Flip Saunders Joe Dumars Joe Dumars Bill Davidson The Palace of Auburn Hills Eastern Conference Finals(lost to Heat 2–4) DET WMYDWDIV-TVFSN Detroit WDFN The 2005–06 Detroit Pistons season was the 65th season of the franchise, the 58th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 49th in the Detroit area. The team entered the season as the two-time defending Eastern Conference champions. The Pistons began the season hoping to improve upon their 54–28 output from the previous season and have another chance of going to the NBA Finals after losing to the San Antonio Spurs in last season's NBA Finals in seven games. They bested it by ten games, finishing 64–18—their best record in franchise history—and qualifying for the playoff for the fifth straight season.2005-06 Detroit Pistons The Pistons defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in five games in the first round, and the Cleveland Cavaliers in a tough, hard-fought seven-game series to reach the Eastern Conference finals for the fourth consecutive year before losing to the eventual NBA champions Miami Heat, whom they had beaten in a seven-game playoff series the year before. Detroit's offseason was soon marked by the departure of star defensive player Ben Wallace, who signed a free-agent deal with the Chicago Bulls. For the season, the Pistons had a new logo, and, though they kept the uniforms, the horse logo was replaced by the letter 'P' on the left side of the shorts, they added new red road alternate uniforms with blue side panels to their jerseys and shorts, their alternate uniforms remained in used until 2009, while the logo and uniforms lasted until 2017. Ben Wallace won his fourth and final Defensive Player of the Year Award and he along with Rasheed Wallace, Richard Hamilton, and Chauncey Billups were selected as reserves for the 2006 NBA All-Star Game. Draft picks 2005 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 26 Jason Maxiell PF Cincinnati 2 56 Amir Johnson PF 2 60 Alex Acker SG Pepperdine Roster Detroit Pistons 2005–06 #006BB7 #FFFFFF #B50000 #FFFFFF 6 Alex Acker SG 6 5 185 1983-01-21 Pepperdine DL 1 Chauncey Billups PG 6 3 202 1976-09-25 Colorado 13 Kelvin Cato C 6 11 255 1974-08-26 Iowa State 34 Dale Davis basketball C 6 11 252 1969-03-25 Clemson 20 Carlos Delfino SG 6 6 230 1982-08-29 Argentina 00 Tony Delk PG 6 1 189 1974-01-28 Kentucky 5 Maurice Evans basketball SG 6 5 220 1978-11-08 Texas 32 Richard Hamilton basketball SG 6 7 193 1978-02-14 Connecticut 10 Lindsey Hunter PG 6 2 195 1970-12-03 Jackson State 25 Amir Johnson SF 6 9 240 1987-05-01 Westchester HS (CA) DL 54 Jason Maxiell PF 6 7 260 1983-02-18 Cincinnati 24 Antonio McDyess PF 6 9 245 1974-09-07 Alabama 22 Tayshaun Prince SF 6 9 215 1980-02-28 Kentucky 3 Ben Wallace basketball C 6 9 245 1974-09-10 Virginia Union 36 Rasheed Wallace PF 6 11 230 1974-09-17 North Carolina Flip Saunders Igor Kokoškov Sidney Lowe Don Zierden Mike Abdenour (trainer) (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DET/2006.html April 17, 2006 Regular season Season standings DET DET Game log Playoffs Detroit Pistons 2006 yes Detroit Pistons First Round yes yes no 3 0 1 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 23 | Milwaukee | W 92–74 | Rasheed Wallace (22) | Ben Wallace (17) | Chauncey Billups (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 26 | Milwaukee | W 109–98 | Tayshaun Prince (22) | Ben Wallace (11) | Richard Hamilton (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 29 | @ Milwaukee | L 104–124 | Chauncey Billups (26) | Antonio McDyess (8) | Chauncey Billups (6) | Bradley Center18,717 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 1 | @ Milwaukee | W 109–99 | Chauncey Billups (34) | Antonio McDyess (11) | Tayshaun Prince (7) | Bradley Center16,296 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | May 3 | Milwaukee | W 122–93 | Richard Hamilton (40) | Ben Wallace (14) | Chauncey Billups (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 4–1 |- Detroit Pistons Conference Semifinals yes no 3 1 1 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | May 7 | Cleveland | W 113–86 | Tayshaun Prince (24) | Ben Wallace (11) | Chauncey Billups (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 9 | Cleveland | W 97–91 | Rasheed Wallace (29) | Ben Wallace (15) | Chauncey Billups (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 13 | @ Cleveland | L 77–86 | Richard Hamilton (22) | Ben Wallace (13) | Billups, Hamilton (5) | Gund Arena20,562 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 15 | @ Cleveland | L 72–74 | Richard Hamilton (30) | Ben Wallace (10) | Chauncey Billups (7) | Gund Arena20,562 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 17 | Cleveland | L 84–86 | Tayshaun Prince (21) | Ben Wallace (13) | Chauncey Billups (5) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | May 19 | @ Cleveland | W 84–82 | Rasheed Wallace (24) | Ben Wallace (10) | Billups, Wallace (4) | Gund Arena20,562 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | May 21 | Cleveland | W 79–61 | Tayshaun Prince (20) | Ben Wallace (9) | Billups, Prince (3) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 4–3 |- Detroit Pistons Conference Finals yes no 2 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | May 23 | Miami | L 86–91 | Richard Hamilton (22) | Ben Wallace (14) | Chauncey Billups (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 25 | Miami | W 92–88 | Tayshaun Prince (24) | Ben Wallace (12) | Chauncey Billups (8) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 27 | @ Miami | L 83–98 | Chauncey Billups (31) | Rasheed Wallace (10) | Tayshaun Prince (4) | American Airlines Arena20,245 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 29 | @ Miami | L 78–89 | Tayshaun Prince (15) | Ben Wallace (11) | Chauncey Billups (7) | American Airlines Arena20,248 | 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | May 31 | Miami | W 91–78 | Tayshaun Prince (29) | Richard Hamilton (10) | Chauncey Billups (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | June 2 | @ Miami | L 78–95 | Richard Hamilton (33) | Rasheed Wallace (8) | Chauncey Billups (8) | American Airlines Arena20,258 | 2–4 |- DET 2006 yes Player statistics Regular season PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGTayshaun Prince 82 82 35.3 .455 .350 .765 4.2 2.3 .8 .5 14.1Ben Wallace basketball 82 82 35.2 .510 .000 .416 11.3 1.9 1.8 2.2 7.3Antonio McDyess 82 0 21.1 .509 .000 .557 5.3 1.1 .6 .6 7.8Chauncey Billups 81 81 36.1 .418 .433 .894 3.1 8.6 .9 .1 18.5Richard Hamilton basketball 80 80 35.3 .491 .458 .845 3.2 3.4 .7 .2 20.1Rasheed Wallace 80 80 34.8 .430 .357 .743 6.8 2.3 1.0 1.6 15.1Maurice Evans basketball 80 1 14.2 .452 .371 .800 2.0 .8 .5 .2 5.0Carlos Delfino 68 1 10.7 .403 .333 .672 1.7 .6 .3 .2 3.6Carlos Arroyo† 50 0 12.0 .363 .333 .724 1.4 3.1 .4 .1 3.2Lindsey Hunter 30 1 11.8 .370 .256 .500 1.3 2.1 .6 .0 2.9Dale Davis basketball 28 2 6.4 .375 .000 .533 1.9 .2 .0 .3 .9Jason Maxiell 26 0 6.1 .426 .333 1.1 .1 .2 .2 2.3Darko Miličić† 25 0 5.6 .515 .000 .375 1.1 .4 .1 .6 1.5Tony Delk† 23 0 16.4 .444 .426 .720 2.2 1.4 .6 .0 7.8Alex Acker 5 0 7.0 .250 .200 1.0 .8 .2 .0 1.8Kelvin Cato† 4 0 8.5 .417 1.8 .5 .0 .5 2.5Amir Johnson 3 0 13.0 .700 .667 1.000 1.3 1.0 .0 .7 6.7 Playoffs PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGTayshaun Prince 18 18 41.4 .459 .457 .829 5.7 3.0 .7 .8 16.4Chauncey Billups 18 18 39.2 .406 .340 .905 3.4 6.5 1.2 .1 17.9Richard Hamilton basketball 18 18 38.3 .413 .350 .851 2.9 2.7 .9 .3 20.4Ben Wallace basketball 18 18 35.7 .465 .000 .273 10.5 1.7 1.3 1.2 4.7Rasheed Wallace 18 18 34.9 .430 .405 .527 6.3 1.8 .6 .8 14.1Antonio McDyess 18 0 20.6 .559 .000 .548 6.1 .6 .4 .7 7.6Lindsey Hunter 18 0 12.1 .333 .318 1.000 1.1 1.6 .8 .1 4.2Tony Delk 16 0 8.6 .404 .200 .700 1.1 .5 .4 .0 3.0Maurice Evans basketball 16 0 6.3 .533 .636 .875 .9 .2 .1 .1 3.3Dale Davis basketball 8 0 4.5 .000 .500 1.1 .1 .0 .0 .3Carlos Delfino 8 0 4.0 .167 .500 1.000 .5 .3 .1 .0 .6Kelvin Cato 4 0 3.8 .600 1.8 .0 .0 .0 1.5 † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Pistons only. Awards and records Ben Wallace, NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award Ben Wallace, All-NBA Second Team Chauncey Billups, All-NBA Second Team Ben Wallace, NBA All-Defensive First Team Chauncey Billups, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Tayshaun Prince, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Ben Wallace, Allstar reserve Chauncey Billups, Allstar reserve Richard Hamilton, Allstar reserve Rasheed Wallace, Allstar reserve References Category:Detroit Pistons seasons Detroit Detroit Detroit