2005–06 Houston Rockets season

March 2026 August 2023 Houston Rockets 2006 34 48 Southwest 5 13 Jeff Van Gundy Carroll Dawson Leslie Alexander Toyota Center Did not qualify HOU KNWSFSN Houston KILT The 2005-06 Houston Rockets season was the team's 39th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 51–31 output from the previous season. However, they came up seventeen games shy of tying it, finishing 34–48, and failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in three seasons.2005-06 Houston Rockets Tracy McGrady played in only 47 games after complaining about back spasms while Yao Ming missed time due to foot injuries. Despite their injuries, they were still voted to play in the 2006 NBA All-Star Game held in Houston. Roster Houston Rockets 2005–06 #B50000 white #CBD4D8 black 12 Rafer Alston G 6 2 190 1976-07-24 Fresno State 10 Keith Bogans F 6 5 215 1980-05-12 Kentucky 40 Ryan Bowen F 6 7 215 1975-11-20 Iowa 9 Rick Brunson G 6 4 190 1972-06-14 Temple 14 Richie Frahm G 6 5 210 1977-08-14 Gonzaga 44 Chuck Hayes F 6 6 250 1983-06-11 Kentucky 2 Luther Head G 6 3 185 1982-11-26 Illinois 5 Juwan Howard F 6 9 240 1973-02-07 Michigan 15 Maciej Lampe C 6 11 275 1985-02-05 Poland 1 Tracy McGrady F 6 8 225 1979-05-24 Mt. Zion Christian Academy (HS) 55 Dikembe Mutombo C 7 2 260 1966-06-25 Georgetown 3 Bob Sura G 6 5 200 1973-03-25 Florida State 4 Stromile Swift C 6 9 225 1979-11-21 LSU 7 David Wesley G 6 1 203 1970-11-14 Baylor 11 Yao Ming C 7 6 310 1980-09-12 China Jeff Van Gundy Steve Clifford Patrick Ewing Andy Greer Jim Sann Tom Thibodeau https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/2006.html March 20, 2006 Roster notes Small forward Tracy McGrady played 47 games (his last game being on March 8, 2006) but missed the rest of the season due to severe back spasms.Brandon Ribak https://bleacherreport.com/articles/83123-the-tracy-mcgrady-injury-curse The Tracy McGrady Injury Curse Bleacher Report November 18, 2008 March 25, 2021https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/09/sports/nba-roundup-mcgrady-is-taken-to-a-hospital-after-back-spasms-return.html N.B.A. ROUNDUP; McGrady Is Taken to a Hospital After Back Spasms Return The New York Times January 9, 2006 March 25, 2021https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2285167 McGrady taken to hospital with severe back spasms ESPN January 8, 2006 March 25, 2021 Point guard Bob Sura missed the entire season after undergoing surgery to repair a ruptured disc in his back. Regular season HOU HOU Player statistics Regular season Houston Rockets |- | style="text-align:left;"|Juwan Howard | 80 || 80 || 31.7 || .459 || .000 || .806 || 6.7 || 1.4 || .6 || .1 || 11.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Luther Head | 80 || 27 || 28.9 || .403 || .361 || .699 || 3.3 || 2.7 || 1.1 || .1 || 8.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"|David Wesley | 71 || 59 || 33.4 || .403 || .365 || .807 || 2.5 || 2.9 || .8 || .1 || 9.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Ryan Bowen | 68 || 19 || 9.6 || .298 || .136 || .786 || 1.3 || .4 || .3 || .1 || 1.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Stromile Swift | 66 || 5 || 20.4 || .491 || .000 || .651 || 4.4 || .4 || .6 || .8 || 8.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Dikembe Mutombo | 64 || 23 || 14.9 || .526 || || .758 || 4.8 || .1 || .3 || .9 || 2.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Rafer Alston | 63 || 63 || 38.6 || .379 || .327 || .692 || 4.0 || 6.7 || 1.6 || .2 || 12.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Yao Ming | 57 || 57 || 34.2 || .519 || .000 || .853 || 10.2 || 1.5 || .5 || 1.6 || 22.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Tracy McGrady | 47 || 47 || 37.1 || .406 || .312 || .747 || 6.5 || 4.8 || 1.3 || .9 || 24.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Chuck Hayes | 40 || 0 || 13.4 || .562 || .000 || .644 || 4.5 || .4 || .7 || .4 || 3.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Keith Bogans† | 33 || 22 || 32.2 || .395 || .314 || .580 || 4.5 || 2.5 || 1.0 || .2 || 8.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Moochie Norris† | 29 || 0 || 8.3 || .400 || .000 || .765 || 1.2 || 1.0 || .5 || .0 || 2.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Lonny Baxter† | 23 || 0 || 12.2 || .458 || || .842 || 3.7 || .1 || .4 || .3 || 3.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Rick Brunson† | 23 || 0 || 9.3 || .348 || .417 || .583 || .9 || 1.4 || .3 || .0 || 1.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Derek Anderson basketball† | 20 || 8 || 29.1 || .393 || .284 || .836 || 4.2 || 2.7 || .8 || .2 || 10.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Jon Barry | 20 || 0 || 17.1 || .385 || .375 || .828 || 1.6 || 1.3 || .7 || .1 || 4.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|John Lucas III | 13 || 0 || 8.2 || .389 || .222 || || .4 || .9 || .4 || .0 || 2.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Richie Frahm† | 8 || 0 || 14.6 || .429 || .364 || .800 || 1.3 || .8 || .1 || .0 || 5.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Stephen Graham basketball† | 6 || 0 || 6.3 || .375 || .200 || 1.000 || 1.2 || .5 || .3 || .0 || 2.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Maciej Lampe† | 4 || 0 || 3.0 || .286 || || .000 || 1.3 || .0 || .0 || .0 || 1.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Josh Davis basketball, born 1980† | 1 || 0 || 0.0 || || || || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |} † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Rockets only. Awards Yao Ming, All-NBA Third Team Luther Head, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team References Category:Houston Rockets seasons Houston Category:2005 in sports in Texas Category:2006 in sports in Texas Category:2005 in Houston Category:2006 in Houston