2005–06 Los Angeles Clippers season


The 2005–06 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 36th season in the NBA and their 22nd in Los Angeles. The Clippers finished with 47 wins and 35 losses in the regular season, their best record since the 1974–75 season when they were the Buffalo Braves and made the playoffs for the first time since 1997 as the 6th seed, finishing with a better record than their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, who finished two games behind them with a 45–37 record as the 7th seed, since 1992.
In the playoffs, the Clippers defeated the 3rd seeded Denver Nuggets in the First Round in five games, marking the first time they have won a series since moving to California in 1978. The Clippers would then advance to the Semifinals, where they lose in seven games to the Phoenix Suns. The Suns had previously defeated the Clippers' Staples Center co-tenants, the Los Angeles Lakers, in seven games in the First Round after being down 1–3 in the series.
The Clippers would not return to the playoffs until 2012.

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
112Yaroslav KorolevFCSKA Moscow
232Daniel EwingPGDuke

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

West First Round

Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Clippers
Last Playoffs meeting: This is the first meeting between the Suns and Clippers.

West Conference Semifinals

Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Clippers

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Transactions

The Clippers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2005-06 season.

Trades

Free Agents

Additions

PlayerSignedFormer team
Cuttino MobleyAugust 3Sacramento Kings
James SingletonAugust 30Armani Jeans Milano
Walter McCartySeptember 29Phoenix Suns
Anthony GoldwireOctober 23Milwaukee Bucks
Boniface N'DongOctober 23TSK uniVersa Bamberg
Howard EisleyNovember 17Utah Jazz
Kaniel DickensJanuary 10Dallas Mavericks
Vin BakerFebruary 20Houston Rockets

Subtractions