2005–06 New Jersey Nets season

The 2005–06 New Jersey Nets season was the team's 39th season in the NBA. Without Brian Scalabrine, who was signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics in the offseason, they began the season hoping to improve upon their 42-40 output from the previous season. They bested it by seven wins, finishing 49-33 and qualifying for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. The Nets lost in the second round to the eventual champions, the Miami Heat.

Playoffs

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 * 1
 * April 23
 * Indiana
 * L 88–90
 * Vince Carter (31)
 * Vince Carter (13)
 * Jason Kidd (8)
 * Continental Airlines Arena 18,752
 * 0–1
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 * 2
 * April 25
 * Indiana
 * W 90–75
 * Vince Carter (33)
 * Jason Kidd (11)
 * Jason Kidd (13)
 * Continental Airlines Arena 18,472
 * 1–1
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 * 3
 * April 27
 * @ Indiana
 * L 95–107
 * Carter, Jefferson (25)
 * Collins, Kidd (6)
 * Richard Jefferson (7)
 * Conseco Fieldhouse 14,706
 * 1–2
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 * 4
 * April 29
 * @ Indiana
 * W 97–88
 * Vince Carter (28)
 * Nenad Krstić (8)
 * Jason Kidd (8)
 * Conseco Fieldhouse 16,401
 * 2–2
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 * 5
 * May 2
 * Indiana
 * W 92–86
 * Vince Carter (34)
 * Vince Carter (15)
 * Jason Kidd (15)
 * Continental Airlines Arena 18,804
 * 3–2
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 * 6
 * May 4
 * @ Indiana
 * W 96–90
 * Richard Jefferson (30)
 * Jason Kidd (12)
 * Jason Kidd (11)
 * Conseco Fieldhouse 16,586
 * 4–2


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 * 1
 * May 8
 * @ Miami
 * W 100–88
 * Vince Carter (27)
 * Jason Kidd (9)
 * Jason Kidd (7)
 * American Airlines Arena 20,208
 * 1–0
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 * 2
 * May 10
 * @ Miami
 * L 89–111
 * Vince Carter (22)
 * Nenad Krstić (7)
 * Jason Kidd (6)
 * American Airlines Arena 20,227
 * 1–1
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 * 3
 * May 12
 * Miami
 * L 92–103
 * Vince Carter (43)
 * Jason Collins (11)
 * Jason Kidd (12)
 * Continental Airlines Arena 20,102
 * 1–2
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 * 4
 * May 14
 * Miami
 * L 92–102
 * Vince Carter (26)
 * Nenad Krstić (14)
 * Jason Kidd (12)
 * Continental Airlines Arena 19,474
 * 1–3
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 * 5
 * May 16
 * @ Miami
 * L 105–106
 * Carter, Jefferson (33)
 * three players tied (7)
 * Jason Kidd (8)
 * American Airlines Arena 20,255
 * 1–4

Regular season

 * Vince Carter
 * 79
 * 79
 * 36.8
 * .430
 * .341
 * .799
 * 5.8
 * 4.3
 * 1.2
 * 0.7
 * 24.2
 * Richard Jefferson
 * 78
 * 78
 * 39.2
 * .493
 * .319
 * .812
 * 6.8
 * 3.8
 * 0.8
 * 0.2
 * 19.5
 * Nenad Krstic
 * 80
 * 80
 * 30.9
 * .507
 * .250
 * .698
 * 6.4
 * 1.1
 * 0.4
 * 0.8
 * 13.5
 * Jason Kidd
 * 80
 * 80
 * 37.2
 * .404
 * .352
 * .795
 * 7.3
 * 8.4
 * 1.9
 * 0.4
 * 13.3
 * Clifford Robinson
 * 80
 * 13
 * 23.3
 * .427
 * .343
 * .658
 * 3.3
 * 1.1
 * 0.6
 * 0.5
 * 6.9
 * Jeff McInnis
 * 28
 * 1
 * 17.4
 * .441
 * .188
 * .690
 * 1.8
 * 1.9
 * 0.4
 * 0.1
 * 5.3
 * Marc Jackson
 * 37
 * 0
 * 11.7
 * .446
 * .792
 * 2.4
 * 0.6
 * 0.1
 * 0.2
 * 4.6
 * Jason Collins
 * 71
 * 70
 * 26.7
 * .397
 * .250
 * .512
 * 4.8
 * 1.0
 * 0.6
 * 0.6
 * 3.6
 * Jacque Vaughn
 * 80
 * 6
 * 15.4
 * .437
 * .167
 * .728
 * 1.1
 * 1.5
 * 0.5
 * 0.0
 * 3.4
 * Scott Padgett
 * 62
 * 1
 * 11.6
 * .353
 * .347
 * .794
 * 2.7
 * 0.7
 * 0.5
 * 0.2
 * 3.4
 * Zoran Planinic
 * 56
 * 1
 * 10.6
 * .361
 * .232
 * .697
 * 1.3
 * 0.9
 * 0.4
 * 0.1
 * 3.4
 * Lamond Murray
 * 57
 * 1
 * 10.1
 * .398
 * .346
 * .625
 * 2.3
 * 0.2
 * 0.3
 * 0.1
 * 3.4
 * Bostjan Nachbar
 * 11
 * 0
 * 8.8
 * .375
 * .143
 * .625
 * 1.0
 * 0.5
 * 0.3
 * 0.0
 * 2.8
 * Derrick Zimmerman
 * 2
 * 0
 * 16.0
 * .667
 * 2.0
 * 3.5
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * 2.0
 * Antoine Wright
 * 39
 * 0
 * 9.5
 * .358
 * .067
 * .500
 * 0.8
 * 0.3
 * 0.1
 * 0.1
 * 1.8
 * Linton Johnson
 * 9
 * 0
 * 3.9
 * .500
 * .250
 * 0.8
 * 0.2
 * 0.2
 * 0.0
 * 1.2
 * John Thomas
 * 2
 * 0
 * 18.0
 * .167
 * 5.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.5
 * 0.5
 * 1.0
 * }
 * 3.9
 * .500
 * .250
 * 0.8
 * 0.2
 * 0.2
 * 0.0
 * 1.2
 * John Thomas
 * 2
 * 0
 * 18.0
 * .167
 * 5.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.5
 * 0.5
 * 1.0
 * }
 * 0.5
 * 0.5
 * 1.0
 * }

Playoffs
Player Statistics Citation:
 * Vince Carter
 * 11
 * 11
 * 40.9
 * .463
 * .241
 * .796
 * 7.0
 * 5.3
 * 1.8
 * 0.5
 * 29.6
 * Richard Jefferson
 * 11
 * 11
 * 39.7
 * .545
 * .414
 * .825
 * 4.1
 * 4.1
 * 0.9
 * 0.4
 * 22.2
 * Nenad Krstic
 * 11
 * 11
 * 33.3
 * .504
 * .711
 * 6.8
 * 0.7
 * 0.5
 * 0.9
 * 14.7
 * Jason Kidd
 * 11
 * 11
 * 40.9
 * .371
 * .300
 * .826
 * 7.6
 * 9.6
 * 1.5
 * 0.2
 * 12.0
 * Lamond Murray
 * 11
 * 0
 * 17.9
 * .389
 * .353
 * .818
 * 3.5
 * 0.2
 * 0.3
 * 0.0
 * 5.7
 * Clifford Robinson
 * 8
 * 0
 * 24.8
 * .333
 * .316
 * .800
 * 3.3
 * 0.6
 * 1.1
 * 0.4
 * 4.5
 * Jason Collins
 * 11
 * 11
 * 27.5
 * .360
 * .591
 * 5.0
 * 0.3
 * 0.5
 * 0.2
 * 2.8
 * Jacque Vaughn
 * 11
 * 0
 * 14.5
 * .364
 * .000
 * .571
 * 1.0
 * 1.1
 * 0.2
 * 0.0
 * 2.5
 * Scott Padgett
 * 3
 * 0
 * 3.0
 * .500
 * .000
 * .500
 * 1.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.3
 * 0.0
 * 1.0
 * John Thomas
 * 8
 * 0
 * 7.0
 * .500
 * .500
 * 1.3
 * 0.3
 * 0.4
 * 0.1
 * 0.9
 * Antoine Wright
 * 5
 * 0
 * 2.0
 * .250
 * .667
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.8
 * Zoran Planinic
 * 3
 * 0
 * 2.0
 * .000
 * .000
 * 0.3
 * 0.7
 * 0.3
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * Bostjan Nachbar
 * 1
 * 0
 * 1.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * }
 * .000
 * 0.3
 * 0.7
 * 0.3
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * Bostjan Nachbar
 * 1
 * 0
 * 1.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * }
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * 0.0
 * }