2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Dallas Mavericks 2006 yes 60 22 Southwest 2 4 Avery Johnson Donnie Nelson Donnie Nelson Mark Cuban American Airlines Center NBA Finals(lost to Heat 2–4) DAL KTVTKTXAFSN Southwest KESN The 2005–06 Dallas Mavericks season was the 26th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/2006.html 2005-06 Dallas Mavericks season The season saw Dallas go to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, but lost to the Miami Heat, who were led by Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade, in six games. Dallas and Miami met again in the 2011 NBA Finals, where the Mavericks avenged the loss and defeated the favored Heat in six games to win their first NBA championship. Teammates Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry were the only members of both 2006 and 2011 Finals teams. In the playoffs, the Mavericks defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round. In the Western Conference semifinals, they met the San Antonio Spurs once again in the playoffs for the first time since the 2003 Western Conference finals, and defeated the Spurs in seven games. They got to Conference finals once again for the first time since 2003, where they beat the Phoenix Suns in six games and won their first conference title in franchise history. In the NBA Finals, they faced the Miami Heat but lost to them in six games. Starting the season, the Mavericks started with a 35–10 record as Dirk Nowitzki was selected for the 2006 NBA All-Star Game in Houston. The Mavericks finished with a 60–22 record overall and second place in the Southwest Division. Head coach Avery Johnson was named Coach of The Year. Following the season, Keith Van Horn retired. Draft picks 2005 NBA draft The Mavericks did not have any selections in the 2005 NBA Draft. Roster Dallas Mavericks 2005–06 #1D2951 #A6A6A6 #0055BA #FFFFFF 10 Darrell Armstrong PG 6 0 170 1968-06-22 Fayetteville State 25 Erick Dampier C 6 11 265 1975-07-14 Mississippi State 6 Marquis Daniels SG 6 6 200 1981-01-07 Auburn 7 DeSagana Diop C 7 0 280 1982-01-30 Oak Hill Academy (HS) 44 Adrian Griffin SG 6 5 217 1974-07-04 Seton Hall 34 Devin Harris PG 6 3 192 1983-02-27 Wisconsin 5 Josh Howard SF 6 7 210 1980-04-28 Wake Forest 28 D. J. Mbenga C 7 0 255 1980-12-30 DR Congo 1 Rawle Marshall SF 6 7 190 1982-02-20 Oakland 41 Dirk Nowitzki PF 7 0 245 1978-06-19 Germany 24 Pavel Podkolzin C 7 5 305 1985-01-15 Russia 33 Josh Powell PF 6 10 225 1983-01-25 North Carolina State 42 Jerry Stackhouse SG 6 6 218 1975-11-05 North Carolina 31 Jason Terry PG 6 2 185 1977-09-15 Arizona 2 Keith Van Horn SF 6 10 240 1975-10-23 Utah Avery Johnson Rolando Blackman Brad Davis (player development) Del Harris Joe Prunty Larry Riley https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/DAL/2006.html April 23, 2006 Regular season Standings Division DAL Conference yes DAL Game log Dallas Mavericks 2006 #0055BA #898D8F Total: 60–22 (home: 34–7; road: 26–15) Dallas Mavericks November yes #898D8F #0055BA 5 1 5 3 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | November 1 | @ Phoenix | 20051101 PHO 111 108 2 | Dirk Nowitzki (28) | Dirk Nowitzki (15) | Darrell Armstrong (5) | America West Arena17,961 | 1–0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | November 2 | @ Utah | 20051102 UTA 82 93 | Jason Terry (21) | Keith Van Horn (11) | Keith Van Horn (3) | Delta Center18,249 | 1–1 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 3 | November 5 | San Antonio | 20051105 DAL 103 84 | Dirk Nowitzki (34) | Josh Howard (12) | Jason Terry (8) | American Airlines Center20,468 | 2–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 | November 9 | @ Philadelphia | 20051109 PHI 97 112 | Keith Van Horn (19) | Keith Van Horn (13) | Josh Howard (6) | Wachovia Center13,392 | 2–2 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 5 | November 11 | @ Charlotte | 20051111 CHA 98 88 | Dirk Nowitzki (23) | Dirk Nowitzki (16) | Dirk Nowitzki (4) | Charlotte Bobcats Arena18,130 | 3–2 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | November 12 | @ New Orleans/Oklahoma City | 20051112 NOK 109 103 | Dirk Nowitzki (30) | DeSagana Diop (5) | Devin Harris (5) | Ford Center19,163 | 4–2 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 7 | November 15 | Denver | 20051115 DAL 83 80 | Dirk Nowitzki (35) | DeSagana Diop (16) | Devin Harris (8) | American Airlines Center20,189 | 5–2 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 8 | November 17 | Atlanta | 20051117 DAL 87 78 | Josh Howard (25) | Dirk Nowitzki (13) | Daniels, Harris (4) | American Airlines Center20,148 | 6–2 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 9 | November 19 | Detroit | 20051119 DAL 119 82 | Josh Howard (26) | Erick Dampier (14) | Marquis Daniels (6) | American Airlines Center20,337 | 7–2 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 10 | November 22 | Houston | 20051122 DAL 102 93 | Dirk Nowitzki (31) | Josh Howard (11) | Jason Terry (5) | American Airlines Center20,304 | 8–2 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 11 | November 25 | @ Miami | 20051125 MIA 103 90 | Josh Howard (25) | Josh Howard (11) | Jason Terry (10) | American Airlines Arena20,246 | 9–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 12 | November 26 | Memphis | 20051126 DAL 92 112 | Dirk Nowitzki (27) | Howard, Nowitzki (9) | Marquis Daniels (3) | American Airlines Center20,135 | 9–3 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 13 | November 28 | @ Toronto | 20051128 TOR 93 91 | Dirk Nowitzki (29) | Nowitzki, Dampier (11) | Jason Terry (6) | Air Canada Centre15,789 | 10–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 14 | November 29 | @ Milwaukee | 20051129 MIL 111 113 1 | Jason Terry (37) | Dirk Nowitzki (12) | Marquis Daniels (4) | Bradley Center14,996 | 10–4 Dallas Mavericks December #898D8F #0055BA 6 3 6 1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 15 | December 1 | San Antonio | 20051201 DAL 90 92 | Marquis Daniels (28) | Nowitzki, Diop (9) | Dirk Nowitzki (6) | American Airlines Center20,076 | 10–5 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 16 | December 3 | New Orleans/Oklahoma City | 20051203 DAL 97 88 | Dirk Nowitzki (30) | Nowitzki, Diop (8) | Daniels, Harris (5) | American Airlines Center19,651 | 11–5 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 17 | December 5 | @ Chicago | 20051205 CHI 102 94 | Dirk Nowitzki (35) | Adrian Griffin (12) | Devin Harris (10) | United Center21,733 | 12–5 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 18 | December 6 | @ Indiana | 20051206 IND 84 75 | Dirk Nowitzki (31) | Dirk Nowitzki (11) | Devin Harris (5) | Conseco Fieldhouse14,627 | 13–5 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 19 | December 9 | @ Memphis | 20051209 MEM 90 83 | Dirk Nowitzki (35) | Erick Dampier (11) | Devin Harris (8) | FedExForum17,176 | 14–5 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 20 | December 10 | Boston | 20051210 DAL 103 94 | Dirk Nowitzki (24) | Adrian Griffin (10) | four players tied (4) | American Airlines Center20,156 | 15–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 21 | December 12 | L.A. Lakers | 20051212 DAL 106 109 | Dirk Nowitzki (27) | Dirk Nowitzki (15) | Jason Terry (5) | American Airlines Center19,680 | 15–6 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 22 | December 14 | Phoenix | 20051214 DAL 102 96 | Dirk Nowitzki (29) | Josh Howard (18) | Terry, Harris (4) | American Airlines Center19,731 | 16–6 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 23 | December 16 | Orlando | 20051216 DAL 109 103 1 | Dirk Nowitzki (31) | Adrian Griffin (9) | Dirk Nowitzki (5) | American Airlines Center19,876 | 17–6 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 24 | December 18 | Minnesota | 20051218 DAL 102 95 | Josh Howard (23) | Erick Dampier (8) | Devin Harris (6) | American Airlines Center20,134 | 18–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 25 | December 20 | @ L.A. Lakers | 20051220 LAL 90 112 | Nowitzki, Harris (18) | Dirk Nowitzki (11) | Nowitzki, Griffin (3) | Staples Center18,997 | 18–7 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 26 | December 22 | @ Sacramento | 20051222 SAC 105 95 | Dirk Nowitzki (37) | Josh Howard (13) | Josh Howard (6) | ARCO Arena17,317 | 19–7 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 27 | December 23 | @ Seattle | 20051223 SEA 101 98 | Dirk Nowitzki (34) | Dirk Nowitzki (13) | Dirk Nowitzki (7) | KeyArena16,211 | 20–7 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 28 | December 26 | Indiana | 20051226 DAL 102 80 | Dirk Nowitzki (23) | Erick Dampier (14) | Devin Harris (5) | American Airlines Center20,337 | 21–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 26 | December 30 | Golden State | 20051230 DAL 109 111 | Dirk Nowitzki (24) | Erick Dampier (11) | Marquis Daniels (7) | American Airlines Center20,348 | 21–8 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 30 | December 31 | @ New Orleans/Oklahoma City | 20051231 NOK 95 90 | Dirk Nowitzki (24) | Dirk Nowitzki (10) | Dirk Nowitzki (5) | Ford Center19,170 | 22–8 Dallas Mavericks January #898D8F #0055BA 6 0 7 2 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 31 | January 3 | Portland | 20060103 DAL 95 81 | Terry, Nowitzki (22) | Josh Howard (10) | Jason Terry (7) | American Airlines Center20,018 | 23–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 32 | January 4 | @ Minnesota | 20060104 MIN 78 91 | Dirk Nowitzki (23) | Erick Dampier (10) | four players tied (2) | Target Center15,702 | 23–9 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 33 | January 6 | @ Denver | 20060106 DEN 114 112 1 | Terry, Nowitzki (27) | Dirk Nowitzki (10) | Jason Terry (7) | Pepsi Center18,256 | 24–9 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 34 | January 7 | Minnesota | 20060107 DAL 83 79 | Dirk Nowitzki (26) | Howard, Dampier (10) | Jason Terry (4) | American Airlines Center20,151 | 25–9 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 35 | January 9 | @ Boston | 20060109 BOS 104 102 | Jason Terry (30) | Nowitzki, Diop (7) | Adrian Griffin (5) | TD Banknorth Garden15,064 | 26–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 36 | January 11 | @ New York | 20060111 NYK 115 117 1 | Dirk Nowitzki (32) | Josh Howard (9) | Jason Terry (5) | Madison Square Garden17,469 | 26–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 37 | January 14 | New Jersey | 20060114 DAL 110 77 | Josh Howard (29) | DeSagana Diop (7) | Devin Harris (7) | American Airlines Center20,367 | 27–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 38 | January 16 | Milwaukee | 20060116 DAL 114 95 | Dirk Nowitzki (35) | Josh Howard (11) | Jason Terry (5) | American Airlines Center19,935 | 28–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 39 | January 18 | @ Houston | 20060118 HOU 103 76 | Dirk Nowitzki (29) | Erick Dampier (8) | Jerry Stackhouse (6) | Toyota Center15,966 | 29–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 40 | January 20 | @ L.A. Clippers | 20060120 LAC 101 81 | Dirk Nowitzki (26) | Erick Dampier (12) | Jerry Stackhouse (6) | Staples Center17,883 | 30–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 41 | January 22 | @ Portland | 20060122 POR 95 89 1 | Jerry Stackhouse (29) | Erick Dampier (10) | Josh Howard (4) | Rose Garden13,042 | 31–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 42 | January 25 | @ Golden State | 20060125 GSW 102 93 | Jerry Stackhouse (23) | Adrian Griffin (10) | Jason Terry (5) | Oakland Arena16,842 | 32–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 43 | January 26 | @ Seattle | 20060126 SEA 104 97 | Dirk Nowitzki (29) | Dirk Nowitzki (12) | Jason Terry (4) | KeyArena15,891 | 33–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 44 | January 28 | Utah | 20060128 DAL 103 89 | Josh Howard (24) | DeSagana Diop (6) | Terry, Stackhouse (4) | American Airlines Center20,394 | 34–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 45 | January 31 | Chicago | 20060131 DAL 98 94 | Josh Howard (22) | Josh Howard (9) | Jason Terry (5) | American Airlines Center19,567 | 35–10 Dallas Mavericks February #898D8F #0055BA 9 0 1 1 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 46 | February 1 | @ Memphis | 20060201 MEM 81 80 | Josh Howard (19) | Dirk Nowitzki (12) | Terry, Howard (3) | FedExForum15,817 | 36–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 47 | February 4 | Seattle | 20060204 DAL 110 91 | Josh Howard (23) | Erick Dampier (14) | Jerry Stackhouse (7) | American Airlines Center20,369 | 37–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 48 | February 7 | L.A. Lakers | 20060207 DAL 102 87 | Dirk Nowitzki (26) | Dirk Nowitzki (12) | Howard, Harris (4) | American Airlines Center20,379 | 38–10 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 49 | February 9 | Miami | 20060209 DAL 112 76 | Dirk Nowitzki (27) | Erick Dampier (11) | Jason Terry (7) | American Airlines Center20,273 | 39–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 50 | February 10 | @ Denver | 20060210 DEN 104 113 | Keith Van Horn (21) | Dirk Nowitzki (8) | Jason Terry (10) | Pepsi Center18,853 | 39–11 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 51 | February 13 | New York | 20060213 DAL 100 72 | Dirk Nowitzki (21) | Erick Dampier (12) | Jason Terry (5) | American Airlines Center19,749 | 40–11 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 52 | February 15 | Washington | 20060215 DAL 103 97 | Josh Howard (26) | Erick Dampier (9) | Marquis Daniels (5) | American Airlines Center19,714 | 41–11 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |-style="background:#cfc;" | 53 | February 21 | L.A. Clippers | 20060221 DAL 93 91 | Josh Howard (23) | Dirk Nowitzki (10) | Terry, Griffin (4) | American Airlines Center19,584 | 42–11 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 54 | February 23 | Memphis | 20060223 DAL 97 87 | Dirk Nowitzki (31) | Erick Dampier (10) | Jason Terry (6) | American Airlines Center19,912 | 43–11 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 55 | February 25 | Toronto | 20060225 DAL 115 113 1 | Dirk Nowitzki (32) | Dirk Nowitzki (11) | Jerry Stackhouse (8) | American Airlines Center19,791 | 44–11 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 56 | February 27 | Philadelphia | 20060227 DAL 104 92 | Dirk Nowitzki (32) | Dirk Nowitzki (13) | Marquis Daniels (8) | American Airlines Center20,425 | 45–11 Dallas Mavericks March #898D8F #0055BA 4 2 5 6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 57 | March 2 | @ San Antonio | 20060302 SAS 89 98 | Terry, Nowitzki (23) | Dirk Nowitzki (11) | three players tied (2) | SBC Center18,797 | 45–12 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 58 | March 3 | Charlotte | 20060303 DAL 90 76 | Dirk Nowitzki (26) | Erick Dampier (14) | Marquis Daniels (8) | American Airlines Center20,075 | 46–12 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 59 | March 5 | Phoenix | 20060305 DAL 107 115 | Dirk Nowitzki (25) | Erick Dampier (11) | Dirk Nowitzki (5) | American Airlines Center20,340 | 46–13 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 60 | March 7 | Portland | 20060307 DAL 93 87 | Jason Terry (26) | Dirk Nowitzki (10) | Nowitzki, Harris (4) | American Airlines Center20,216 | 47–13 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 61 | March 9 | @ Portland | 20060309 POR 109 92 | Dirk Nowitzki (33) | Dirk Nowitzki (10) | Devin Harris (7) | Rose Garden15,433 | 48–13 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 62 | March 11 | @ Utah | 20060311 UTA 90 87 | Dirk Nowitzki (34) | Dirk Nowitzki (9) | Dirk Nowitzki (5) | Delta Center19,790 | 49–13 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 63 | March 12 | @ Sacramento | 20060312 SAC 80 85 | Dirk Nowitzki (24) | Dirk Nowitzki (13) | Nowitzki, Terry (5) | ARCO Arena17,317 | 49–14 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 64 | March 14 | Cleveland | 20060314 DAL 91 87 | Dirk Nowitzki (30) | Nowitzki, Dampier (13) | Dirk Nowitzki (6) | American Airlines Center20,425 | 50–14 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 65 | March 15 | @ Houston | 20060315 HOU 95 81 | Dirk Nowitzki (30) | Dirk Nowitzki (11) | Jason Terry (4) | Toyota Center18,222 | 51–14 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 66 | March 17 | @ Washington | 20060317 WAS 104 94 | Nowitzki, Terry (25) | Dirk Nowitzki (13) | Marquis Daniels (8) | MCI Center18,954 | 52–14 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 67 | March 19 | @ New Jersey | 20060319 NJN 89 100 | Dirk Nowitzki (37) | Dirk Nowitzki (8) | Terry, Stackhouse (5) | Continental Airlines Arena18,883 | 52–15 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 68 | March 21 | Houston | 20060321 DAL 88 72 | Dirk Nowitzki (28) | Erick Dampier (9) | Jerry Stackhouse (5) | American Airlines Center20,283 | 53–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 69 | March 23 | Golden State | 20060323 DAL 121 122 | Dirk Nowitzki (51) | Erick Dampier (10) | Jason Terry (7) | American Airlines Center20,165 | 53–16 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 70 | March 25 | @ Atlanta | 20060325 ATL 98 83 | Dirk Nowitzki (27) | Dirk Nowitzki (13) | Terry, Daniels (3) | Philips Arena18,729 | 54–16 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 71 | March 28 | @ Detroit | 20060328 DET 90 97 | Nowitzki, Stackhouse (25) | Dirk Nowitzki (11) | Jason Terry (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 54–17 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 72 | March 29 | @ Cleveland | 20060329 CLE 94 107 | Dirk Nowitzki (29) | Erick Dampier (6) | Jason Terry (4) | Quicken Loans Arena19,401 | 54–18 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 73 | March 31 | @ Orlando | 20060331 ORL 99 108 | Dirk Nowitzki (38) | Dirk Nowitzki (15) | Jerry Stackhouse (5) | TD Waterhouse Centre17,283 | 54–19 Dallas Mavericks April #898D8F #0055BA 4 1 2 2 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 74 | April 2 | Denver | 20060402 DAL 103 79 | Dirk Nowitzki (30) | Dirk Nowitzki (12) | Nowitzki, Terry (4) | American Airlines Center20,251 | 55–19 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 75 | April 4 | Sacramento | 20060404 DAL 127 101 | Dirk Nowitzki (29) | Howard, Dampier (8) | Jason Terry (8) | American Airlines Center20,128 | 56–19 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 76 | April 7 | @ San Antonio | 20060407 SAS 92 86 | Dirk Nowitzki (30) | Nowitzki, Howard (10) | Jason Terry (4) | SBC Center18,797 | 57–19 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 77 | April 8 | New Orleans/Oklahoma City | 20060408 DAL 101 77 | Dirk Nowitzki (20) | Erick Dampier (10) | Jerry Stackhouse (8) | American Airlines Center20,336 | 58–19 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 78 | April 10 | @ L.A. Clippers | 20060410 LAC 75 73 | Dirk Nowitzki (20) | Dirk Nowitzki (14) | Stackhouse, Daniels (4) | Staples Center17,691 | 59–19 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 79 | April 12 | @ Golden State | 20060412 GSW 102 114 | Dirk Nowitzki (29) | Dirk Nowitzki (10) | Jason Terry (6) | Oakland Arena17,527 | 59–20 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 80 | April 13 | @ Phoenix | 20060413 PHO 104 117 | Dirk Nowitzki (36) | Dirk Nowitzki (11) | Jason Terry (3) | US Airways Center18,422 | 59–21 |-style="background:#cfc;" | 81 | April 16 | Utah | 20060416 DAL 111 95 | Dirk Nowitzki (22) | Erick Dampier (12) | Jason Terry (6) | American Airlines Center19,961 | 60–21 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 82 | April 19 | L.A. Clippers | 20060419 DAL 71 85 | Rawle Marshall (13) | Powell, Diop (9) | Powell, Griffin (2) | American Airlines Center20,315 | 60–22 DAL 2006 Playoffs Dallas Mavericks 2006 yes #0055BA #898D8F Dallas Mavericks First Round no yes yes #898D8F #0055BA 2 0 2 0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 23 | Memphis | W 103–93 | Dirk Nowitzki (31) | Erick Dampier (12) | Jason Terry (4) | American Airlines Center20,340 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 26 | Memphis | W 94–79 | Dirk Nowitzki (31) | three players tied (6) | Jason Terry (9) | American Airlines Center20,612 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 29 | @ Memphis | W 94–89 (OT) | Dirk Nowitzki (36) | three players tied (9) | Dirk Nowitzki (5) | FedExForum17,871 | 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 1 | @ Memphis | W 102–76 | Dirk Nowitzki (27) | Josh Howard (9) | Stackhouse, Terry (5) | FedExForum15,104 | 4–0 |- Dallas Mavericks Conference Semifinals no yes #898D8F #0055BA 2 1 2 2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | May 7 | @ San Antonio | L 85–87 | Jerry Stackhouse (24) | Dirk Nowitzki (14) | Marquis Daniels (3) | AT&T Center18,797 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 9 | @ San Antonio | W 113–91 | Josh Howard (27) | Howard, Nowitzki (9) | three players tied (3) | AT&T Center18,797 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | May 13 | San Antonio | W 104–103 | Dirk Nowitzki (27) | Dirk Nowitzki (15) | Jason Terry (4) | American Airlines Center20,865 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 15 | San Antonio | W 123–118 (OT) | Jason Terry (32) | Dampier, Nowitzki (9) | Devin Harris (6) | American Airlines Center20,969 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 17 | @ San Antonio | L 97–98 | Dirk Nowitzki (31) | Dirk Nowitzki (12) | Jason Terry (5) | AT&T Center18,797 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | May 19 | San Antonio | L 86–91 | Dirk Nowitzki (26) | Dirk Nowitzki (21) | Dirk Nowitzki (5) | American Airlines Center20,986 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | May 22 | @ San Antonio | W 119–111 (OT) | Dirk Nowitzki (37) | Dirk Nowitzki (15) | Jerry Stackhouse (6) | AT&T Center | 4–3 |- Dallas Mavericks Conference Finals no yes #898D8F #0055BA 2 1 2 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | May 24 | Phoenix | L 118–121 | Devin Harris (30) | Dirk Nowitzki (19) | Terry, Stackhouse (3) | American Airlines Center20,789 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | May 26 | Phoenix | W 105–98 | Dirk Nowitzki (30) | Dirk Nowitzki (14) | Dirk Nowitzki (6) | American Airlines Center20,934 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | May 28 | @ Phoenix | W 95–88 | Dirk Nowitzki (28) | Dirk Nowitzki (17) | Dirk Nowitzki (5) | US Airways Center18,422 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 30 | @ Phoenix | L 86–106 | Josh Howard (16) | Josh Howard (9) | Devin Harris (5) | US Airways Center18,422 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | June 1 | Phoenix | W 117–101 | Dirk Nowitzki (50) | Dirk Nowitzki (12) | Jason Terry (9) | American Airlines Center20,977 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | June 3 | @ Phoenix | W 102–93 | Dirk Nowitzki (24) | Josh Howard (15) | Nowitzki, Terry (3) | US Airways Center18,422 | 4–2 |- Dallas Mavericks NBA Finals no yes #898D8F #0055BA 2 1 0 3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | June 8, 20068:00p.m. CDT | Miami | W 90–80 | Terry (32) | Howard (12) | Howard,NowitzkiStackhouse (4) | American Airlines Center20,475 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | June 11, 20068:00p.m. CDT | Miami | W 99–85 | Nowitzki (26) | Nowitzki (16) | Terry (9) | American Airlines Center20,459 | 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | June 13, 20068:00p.m. CDT | @ Miami | L 96–98 | Nowitzki (30) | Dampier (9) | Terry (5) | American Airlines Arena20,145 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | June 15, 20068:00p.m. CDT | @ Miami | L 74–98 | Terry (17) | Nowitzki (9) | Stackhuse (4) | American Airlines Arena20,145 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | June 18, 20068:00p.m. CDT | @ Miami | L 100–101 (OT) | Terry (35) | Howard (10) | Daniels (4) | American Airlines Arena20,145 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | June 20, 20068:00p.m. CDT | Miami | L 92–95 | Nowitzki (29) | Nowitzki (15) | Terry (5) | American Airlines Center20,522 | 2–4 |- DAL 2006 yes Player statistics Regular season Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameErick DampierC82 36 1,934 640 51 27 106 469 23.6 7.8 .6 .3 1.3 5.7Dirk NowitzkiPF 81 81 3,089 728 226 58 83 2,151 38.1 9.0 2.8 .7 1.0 26.6DeSagana DiopC 81 45 1,510 374 23 44 146 190 18.6 4.6 .3 .5 1.8 2.3Jason TerryPG 80 80 2,798 158 306 100 27 1,371 35.0 2.0 3.8 1.3 .3 17.1Marquis DanielsSG 62 29 1,766 224 172 67 13 634 28.5 3.6 2.8 1.1 .2 10.2Darrell ArmstrongPG 62 2 622 81 86 27 3 130 10.0 1.3 1.4 .4 .0 2.1Josh HowardSF 59 58 1,915 371 111 68 26 923 32.5 6.3 1.9 1.2 .4 15.6Devin HarrisPG 56 4 1,275 125 177 53 16 554 22.8 2.2 3.2 .9 .3 9.9Jerry StackhouseSG 55 11 1,525 153 160 37 10 715 27.7 2.8 2.9 .7 .2 13.0Keith Van HornSF 53 0 1,090 192 37 31 11 472 20.6 3.6 .7 .6 .2 8.9Adrian GriffinSG 52 45 1,245 227 89 51 9 237 23.9 4.4 1.7 1.0 .2 4.6D. J. MbengaC 43 1 237 56 2 6 25 74 5.5 1.3 .0 .1 .6 1.7Josh PowellPF 37 2 429 81 9 7 4 110 11.6 2.2 .2 .2 .1 3.0Rawle MarshallSF 23 9 241 31 10 8 7 71 10.5 1.3 .4 .3 .3 3.1Doug ChristieSG 7 7 185 13 14 9 1 26 26.4 1.9 2.0 1.3 .1 3.7Pavel PodkolzinC 1 0 18 7 0 0 1 3 18.0 7.0 .0 .0 1.0 3.0 Playoffs Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameDirk NowitzkiPF23 23 983 268 67 25 14 620 42.7 11.7 2.9 1.1 .6 27.0Josh HowardSF23 23 824 171 32 23 14 384 35.8 7.4 1.4 1.0 .6 16.7Devin HarrisPG23 15 558 39 50 18 3 216 24.3 1.7 2.2 .8 .1 9.4Jason TerryPG 22 22 844 64 83 26 1 416 38.4 2.9 3.8 1.2 .0 18.9DeSagana DiopC 22 18 407 109 2 14 28 59 18.5 5.0 .1 .6 1.3 2.7Jerry StackhouseSG 22 1 711 62 56 12 6 302 32.3 2.8 2.5 .5 .3 13.7Adrian GriffinSG 20 8 349 71 24 15 2 71 17.5 3.6 1.2 .8 .1 3.6Marquis DanielsSG 20 0 222 21 26 5 1 68 11.1 1.1 1.3 .3 .1 3.4Erick DampierC 19 2 454 127 6 11 24 95 23.9 6.7 .3 .6 1.3 5.0Keith Van HornSF 14 3 172 32 2 0 4 51 12.3 2.3 .1 .0 .3 3.6Darrell ArmstrongPG 11 0 47 7 2 3 1 8 4.3 .6 .2 .3 .1 .7D. J. MbengaC 7 0 25 8 0 0 1 4 3.6 1.1 .0 .0 .1 .6Josh PowellPF 6 0 25 2 1 0 0 0 4.2 .3 .2 .0 .0 .0 Awards Avery Johnson, NBA Coach of the Year Award Dirk Nowitzki, All-NBA First Team Dirk Nowitzki, NBA All-Star Game Dirk Nowitzki, NBA All-Star Weekend Three Point Shootout Champion See also 2005–06 NBA season References 2 Category:Dallas Mavericks seasons Category:Western Conference (NBA) championship seasons Dallas Dallas Dallas