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.[1] The Nets lost in the second round to the eventual champions, the Miami Heat.
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| width=100 | Team | ATL | BOS | CHA | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN | NJN | NOK | NYK | ORL | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | SEA | TOR | UTA | WAS |
| Atlanta | – | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
| Boston | 1–2 | – | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
| Charlotte | 3–1 | 1–2 | – | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
| Chicago | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | – | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| Cleveland | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
| Dallas | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | – | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Denver | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | – | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| Detroit | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |
| Golden State | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | – | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | |
| Houston | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | – | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| Indiana | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| L.A. Clippers | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | – | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| L.A. Lakers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | – | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Memphis | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Miami | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| Milwaukee | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | – | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |
| Minnesota | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| New Jersey | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| New Orleans/Oklahoma City | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| New York | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | – | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
| Orlando | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | – | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Philadelphia | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
| Phoenix | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Portland | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | – | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | |
| Sacramento | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | – | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | |
| San Antonio | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | – | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |
| Seattle | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | – | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Toronto | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
| Utah | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | |
| Washington | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | |
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| April 23| Indiana| L 88–90| Vince Carter (31)| Vince Carter (13)| Jason Kidd (8)| Continental Airlines Arena
18,752| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| April 25| Indiana| W 90–75| Vince Carter (33)| Jason Kidd (11)| Jason Kidd (13)| Continental Airlines Arena
18,472| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| April 27| @ Indiana| L 95–107| Carter, Jefferson (25)| Collins, Kidd (6)| Richard Jefferson (7)| Conseco Fieldhouse
14,706| 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 4| April 29| @ Indiana| W 97–88| Vince Carter (28)| Nenad Krstić (8)| Jason Kidd (8)| Conseco Fieldhouse
16,401| 2–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 5| May 2| Indiana| W 92–86| Vince Carter (34)| Vince Carter (15)| Jason Kidd (15)| Continental Airlines Arena
18,804| 3–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 6| May 4| @ Indiana| W 96–90| Richard Jefferson (30)| Jason Kidd (12)| Jason Kidd (11)| Conseco Fieldhouse
16,586| 4–2|-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 1| May 8| @ Miami| W 100–88| Vince Carter (27)| Jason Kidd (9)| Jason Kidd (7)| American Airlines Arena
20,208| 1–0|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| May 10| @ Miami| L 89–111| Vince Carter (22)| Nenad Krstić (7)| Jason Kidd (6)| American Airlines Arena
20,227| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| May 12| Miami| L 92–103| Vince Carter (43)| Jason Collins (11)| Jason Kidd (12)| Continental Airlines Arena
20,102| 1–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| May 14| Miami| L 92–102| Vince Carter (26)| Nenad Krstić (14)| Jason Kidd (12)| Continental Airlines Arena
19,474| 1–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| May 16| @ Miami| L 105–106| Carter, Jefferson (33)| three players tied (7)| Jason Kidd (8)| American Airlines Arena
20,255| 1–4|-
|-|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|}
|-|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|}Player Statistics Citation:[2]
| August 9, 2005 | To New Jersey Nets Marc Jackson To Philadelphia 76ers 2006 second-round pick | February 23, 2006 | To New Jersey Nets Boštjan Nachbar To New Orleans Hornets Marc Jackson Linton Johnson |
| Additions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Date signed | Former team | |
| Jeff McInnis | August 11 | Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Linton Johnson | September 1 | San Antonio Spurs | |
| Lamond Murray | September 8 | Toronto Raptors | |
| Scott Padgett | September 8 | Houston Rockets | |
| Derrick Zimmerman | October 4 | Austin Toros (D-League) | |
| John Thomas | April 18 | Atlanta Hawks | |
| Subtractions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Date signed | New Team | |
| Brian Scalabrine | August 2 | Boston Celtics | |
| Ron Mercer | August 15 | ||
| Billy Thomas | October 27 | Washington Wizards | |
| Scott Padgett | June 30 | ||