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2005-06 NBA Finals

2005-06 season · playoff bracket · 2006-06-08 to 2006-06-20

◀ 2004-05 2006-07 ▶

Champion

Miami Heat 4
52–30 season, coach Pat Riley

Runner-up

Dallas Mavericks 2
60–22 season, coach Avery Johnson

Series

4–2

Finals MVP

pending

Games

G	Date	Away	Score	Home	Att.	Series
1	2006-06-08	Heat	80–90	Mavericks	20,475	MIA 0–1
2	2006-06-11	Heat	85–99	Mavericks	20,459	MIA 0–2
3	2006-06-13	Mavericks	96–98	Heat	20,145	MIA 1–2
4	2006-06-15	Mavericks	74–98	Heat	20,145	MIA 2–2
5	2006-06-18	Mavericks	100–101	Heat	20,145	MIA 3–2
6	2006-06-20	Heat	95–92	Mavericks	20,522	MIA 4–2

Finals leaders

Player	Team	G	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P	TS%
Dwyane Wade	Heat	6	43.5	208	34.7	7.8	3.8	2.7	1.0	.468	3-11	.562
Dirk Nowitzki	Mavericks	6	43.7	137	22.8	10.8	2.5	0.7	0.7	.390	6-24	.522
Jason Terry	Mavericks	6	40.0	132	22.0	2.2	3.5	1.8	0.0	.478	13-41	.549
Josh Howard	Mavericks	6	38.4	88	14.7	8.2	1.8	1.2	0.7	.388	5-19	.476
Antoine Walker	Heat	6	36.6	83	13.8	5.5	2.2	0.7	0.5	.391	10-37	.455
Shaquille O'Neal	Heat	6	35.2	82	13.7	10.2	2.8	0.5	0.8	.607	0-0	.520
Jerry Stackhouse	Mavericks	5	30.0	64	12.8	3.4	3.0	0.8	0.6	.355	7-19	.466
Jason Williams	Heat	6	31.3	53	8.8	1.8	4.7	0.5	0.0	.360	10-29	.480
Devin Harris	Mavericks	6	24.5	44	7.3	0.8	2.8	0.8	0.0	.364	0-3	.426
James Posey	Heat	6	29.5	44	7.3	6.0	0.3	1.0	0.0	.419	8-20	.592
Udonis Haslem	Heat	6	29.2	39	6.5	6.2	0.3	1.2	0.0	.500	0-0	.479
Erick Dampier	Mavericks	6	24.6	34	5.7	8.2	0.3	1.0	0.7	.722	0-0	.664

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