2005–06 Portland Trail Blazers season

2005–06 Portland Trail Blazers season
Head coach	Nate McMillan
Arena	Rose Garden
Results
Record	21–61 (.256)
Place	Division: 5th (Northwest) Conference: 15th (Western)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Local media
Television	FSN Northwest, KGW
Radio	KXL

The 2005–06 Portland Trail Blazers season was the team's 36th in the NBA and their first with new coach Nate McMillan. The team began the season hoping to improve upon their 27–55 output from the previous season. However, they came up six games shy of tying it, finishing 21–61 and failing to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight season.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	6	Martell Webster	G/F	United States	Seattle Prep. School (Seattle, WA)
1	27	Linas Kleiza	F	Lithuania	Missouri
2	35	Ricky Sanchez	F	Puerto Rico	IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL)

Roster

Portland Trail Blazers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From PG 2 Blake, Steve 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Maryland SG 3 Dixon, Juan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Maryland PG 1 Jack, Jarrett 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Georgia Tech SF 38 Khryapa, Viktor 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Russia SG 0 Lenard, Voshon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Minnesota SF 23 Miles, Darius 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) East St. Louis (HS) SF 25 Outlaw, Travis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Starkville (HS) C 10 Przybilla, Joel 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Minnesota PF 50 Randolph, Zach 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Michigan State C 42 Ratliff, Theo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Wyoming C 5 Seung-jin, Ha 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) 305 lb (138 kg) Yonsei C 54 Skinner, Brian 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Baylor PG 31 Telfair, Sebastian 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Abraham Lincoln (HS) SF 8 Webster, Martell 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Seattle Prep (HS)	Head coach Nate McMillan Assistant coach(es) Dean Demopoulos (West Chester) Tim Grgurich (Pittsburgh) Maurice Lucas (Marquette) Monty Williams (Notre Dame) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	-	26–15	18–23	10–6
Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	3	22–19	19–22	11–5
Seattle SuperSonics	35	47	.427	9	22–19	13–28	10–6
Minnesota Timberwolves	33	49	.402	11	24–17	9–32	6–10
Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256	23	15–26	6–35	3–13

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-San Antonio Spurs	63	19	.768	-
2	y-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	9
3	y-Denver Nuggets	44	38	.537	19
4	x-Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	3
5	x-Memphis Grizzlies	49	33	.598	14
6	x-Los Angeles Clippers	47	35	.573	16
7	x-Los Angeles Lakers	45	37	.549	18
8	x-Sacramento Kings	44	38	.537	19
9	Utah Jazz	41	41	.500	22
10	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	38	44	.463	25
11	Seattle SuperSonics	35	47	.427	28
12	Golden State Warriors	34	48	.415	29
13	Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	29
14	Minnesota Timberwolves	33	49	.402	30
15	Portland Trail Blazers	21	61	.256	42

z - clinched division title

y - clinched division title

x - clinched playoff spot

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

References

1. 2005–06 Portland Trail Blazers