2005–06 Washington Wizards season

The 2005–06 Washington Wizards season was the team's 45th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 45-37 output from the previous season. They came up three games short of matching it, finishing 42-40, but qualified for the playoffs for the second straight season. In January 2006, the MCI Center's name was changed to Verizon Center, which lasted until 2017.

Playoffs

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 * 1
 * April 22
 * @ Cleveland
 * L 86–97
 * Gilbert Arenas (26)
 * Antawn Jamison (7)
 * Antonio Daniels (6)
 * Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
 * 0–1
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 * 2
 * April 25
 * @ Cleveland
 * W 89–84
 * Gilbert Arenas (30)
 * Caron Butler (9)
 * Gilbert Arenas (6)
 * Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
 * 1–1
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 * 3
 * April 28
 * Cleveland
 * L 96–97
 * Gilbert Arenas (34)
 * Caron Butler (11)
 * Daniels, Jamison (3)
 * Verizon Center 20,173
 * 1–2
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 * 4
 * April 30
 * Cleveland
 * W 106–96
 * Gilbert Arenas (34)
 * Jared Jeffries (11)
 * Gilbert Arenas (6)
 * Verizon Center 20,173
 * 2–2
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 * 5
 * May 3
 * @ Cleveland
 * L 120–121 (OT)
 * Gilbert Arenas (44)
 * Caron Butler (11)
 * Antonio Daniels (7)
 * Quicken Loans Arena 20,562
 * 2–3
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 * 6
 * May 5
 * Cleveland
 * L 113–114 (OT)
 * Gilbert Arenas (36)
 * Caron Butler (20)
 * Gilbert Arenas (11)
 * Verizon Center 20,173
 * 2–4

Awards and records

 * Gilbert Arenas, All-NBA Third Team

Transactions
Transactions listed are from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006.

August 2, 2005- Traded Kwame Brown and Laron Profit to the Los Angeles Lakers for Chucky Atkins and Caron Butler. Signed Antonio Daniels as a free agent.

September 7, 2005- Signed Calvin Booth as a free agent.

October 3, 2005- Signed Awvee Storey as a free agent. Signed Billy Thomas as a free agent.

November 10, 2005- Signed Donell Taylor as a free agent.

January 17, 2006- Waived Chucky Atkins.

February 24, 2006- Signed Billy Thomas to two 10-day contracts, then signed to a contract for the rest of the season.

June 28, 2006- Drafted Oleksiy Pecherov in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 2006 NBA Draft. Drafted Vladimir Veremeenko in the 2nd round (48th pick) of the 2006 NBA Draft.