2005–06 Boston Celtics season

2005–06 Boston Celtics season
Head coach	Doc Rivers
General manager	Chris Wallace
President	Danny Ainge
Owners	Boston Basketball Partners
Arena	TD Banknorth Garden
Results
Record	33–49 (.402)
Place	Division: 3rd (Atlantic) Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN New England
Radio	WRKO

The 2005–06 Boston Celtics season was the 60th season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was the 56th and final season of Arnold "Red" Auerbach's official involvement with the team. Auerbach (who continued to hold the title of team president) died shortly before the next season.

Draft picks

Main article: 2005 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/School
1	18	Gerald Green	SG	United States	Gulf Shores Academy (TX)
2	50	Ryan Gomes	PF	United States	Providence
2	53	Orien Greene	SG	United States	Louisiana

Roster

2005–06 Boston Celtics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From PG 42 Allen, Tony 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 213 lb (97 kg) 1982–01–11 Oklahoma State PG 20 Dickau, Dan 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1978–09–16 Gonzaga PF 4 Gomes, Ryan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1982–09–01 Providence SG 5 Green, Gerald 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1986–01–26 Gulf Shores Academy (TX) PG 0 Greene, Orien 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1982–02–04 Louisiana PF 7 Jefferson, Al 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 289 lb (131 kg) 1985–01–04 Prentiss HS (MS) PF 27 Jones, Dwayne 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1983–06–09 Saint Joseph's PF 45 LaFrentz, Raef 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1976–05–29 Kansas C 41 Olowokandi, Michael 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) 1975–04–03 Pacific C 43 Perkins, Kendrick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 280 lb (127 kg) 1984–11–10 Clifton J. Ozen HS (TX) SF 34 Pierce, Paul 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1977–10–13 Kansas PF 44 Scalabrine, Brian 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 241 lb (109 kg) 1978–03–18 USC SF 55 Szczerbiak, Wally 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 244 lb (111 kg) 1977–03–05 Miami (OH) PG 13 West, Delonte 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1983–07–26 Saint Joseph's

Head coach Doc Rivers Assistant coach(es) Jim Brewer Tony Brown Armond Hill Paul Pressey Dave Wohl Kevin Eastman Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster Last transaction: 2006–02–21

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-New Jersey Nets	49	33	.598	-	29–12	20–21	10–6
Philadelphia 76ers	38	44	.463	11	23–18	15–26	10–6
Boston Celtics	33	49	.402	16	21–20	12–29	10–6
Toronto Raptors	27	55	.329	22	15–26	12–29	6–10
New York Knicks	23	59	.280	26	15–26	8–33	4–12

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Detroit Pistons	64	18	.780	-
2	y-Miami Heat	52	30	.634	12
3	y-New Jersey Nets	49	33	.598	15
4	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	50	32	.610	14
5	x-Washington Wizards	42	40	.512	22
6	x-Indiana Pacers	41	41	.500	23
7	x-Chicago Bulls	41	41	.500	23
8	x-Milwaukee Bucks	40	42	.488	24
9	Philadelphia 76ers	38	44	.463	26
10	Orlando Magic	36	46	.439	28
11	Boston Celtics	33	49	.402	31
12	Toronto Raptors	27	55	.329	37
13	Charlotte Bobcats	26	56	.317	38
14	Atlanta Hawks	26	56	.317	38
15	New York Knicks	23	59	.280	41

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	—

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

Regular season

Boston Celtics statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Raef LaFrentz	82	63	24.8	.431	.392	.680	5.0	1.4	.4	.9	7.8
Orien Greene	80	5	15.4	.395	.225	.662	1.8	1.6	1.0	.1	3.2
Paul Pierce	79	79	39.0	.471	.354	.772	6.7	4.7	1.4	.4	26.8
Delonte West	71	71	34.1	.487	.385	.851	4.1	4.6	1.2	.6	11.8
Brian Scalabrine	71	1	13.2	.383	.356	.722	1.6	.7	.3	.3	2.9
Kendrick Perkins	68	40	19.6	.515	.000	.615	5.9	1.0	.3	1.5	5.2
Ryan Gomes	61	33	22.6	.487	.333	.752	4.9	1.0	.6	.1	7.6
Al Jefferson	59	7	18.0	.499	.000	.642	5.1	.5	.5	.8	7.9
Tony Allen	51	9	19.2	.471	.324	.746	2.2	1.3	1.0	.4	7.2
Ricky Davis†	42	42	41.6	.464	.320	.787	4.5	5.3	1.2	.2	19.7
Mark Blount†	39	25	27.8	.511		.764	4.2	1.7	.4	.9	12.4
Wally Szczerbiak†	32	31	36.7	.476	.393	.898	3.8	3.2	.6	.1	17.5
Gerald Green	32	3	11.7	.478	.300	.784	1.3	.6	.4	.1	5.2
Justin Reed†	32	0	9.1	.338		.625	.9	.2	.2	.1	2.3
Dan Dickau	19	0	12.3	.370	.500	1.000	.8	2.1	.6	.1	3.3
Marcus Banks†	18	1	14.9	.413	.316	.900	1.1	1.8	.4	.0	5.5
Michael Olowokandi†	16	0	10.4	.444		.625	2.6	.4	.2	.4	2.8
Dwayne Jones	14	0	6.2	.400		.462	2.2	.1	.1	.2	1.0

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

Transactions

Trades

August 2, 2005

To Boston Celtics Curtis Borchardt, Qyntel Woods, the 39th pick in the 2004 NBA draft (Albert Miralles), two future 2nd round picks, and cash considerations

To Miami Heat Antoine Walker

September 30, 2005

To Boston Celtics Dan Dickau

To New Orleans Hornets 2006 2nd round pick

January 26, 2006

To Boston Celtics Wally Szczerbiak, Michael Olowokandi, and Dwayne Jones

To Minnesota Timberwolves Ricky Davis, Mark Blount, Marcus Banks, Justin Reed, and two future 2nd round picks

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Brian Scalabrine	August 2	Boston Celtics
Antoine Walker	August 2	New York Knicks
Will Bynum	August 19	Detroit Pistons

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Gary Payton	September 22	Miami Heat
Qyntel Woods	October 4	Toronto Raptors
Will Bynum	October 25	Detroit Pistons
Curtis Borchardt	October 27	Club Baloncesto Granada

External links

• 2005–06 Boston Celtics season at Basketball Reference

See also

• 2005–06 NBA season