2006–07 Miami Heat season explained

The 2006–07 Miami Heat season was the 19th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Heat, for the first time in franchise history, entered the season as the defending NBA champions, having defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals in six games. On January 3, 2007, head coach Pat Riley took a leave of absence citing hip and knee problems and was replaced by Ron Rothstein. Despite injuries to several players, including Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade, the Heat repeated as Southeast division champions. With a record of 44–38, it was clear that the Heat was not the same team of years past. The Heat ended the season with a four-game playoff loss in a sweep to the Chicago Bulls in the first round and the Heat became the first defending NBA champions since the Philadelphia Warriors back in 1957 to be swept in the first round. Following the season, Gary Payton retired.

Key dates

• June 28 – The 2006 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 8 – The free agency period started.
• October 10 – The Heat played their first preseason game versus the Detroit Pistons at Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• October 31 – The Heat's regular season began with a home game versus the Chicago Bulls. Where the championship rings were handed out to the members of the 05-06 Championship team

Offseason

2006 NBA draft

The Miami Heat had no selections in the 2006 NBA draft after the following trades:

• On July 14, 2004, the L.A. Lakers acquired a 2006 first-round draft pick, Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and Brian Grant from Miami in exchange for Shaquille O'Neal.^[1] The L.A. Lakers used the 26th pick to draft Jordan Farmar.
• On January 31, 2006, Toronto acquired Miami's 2006 second-round draft pick and New Orleans's 2009 second-round draft pick from New Orleans/Oklahoma City in exchange for Aaron Williams.^[2] Previously, New Orleans/Oklahoma City acquired Miami's 2006 second-round draft pick on September 30, 2005 from Boston in exchange for Dan Dickau.^[3] Previously, Boston acquired 2006 and 2008 second-round draft picks, Qyntel Woods and the draft rights to Albert Miralles on August 8, 2005 from Miami in a five-team trade with Miami, Memphis, New Orleans/Oklahoma City and Utah.^[4] Toronto used the 56th pick to draft Edin Bavčić.

Pre-season

2006 Pre-season Game Log: 2–5–0 (home: 1–2–0 ; road: 1–3–0)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Venue	Record	Recap
1	October 10		84–64			Loss	Coliseo Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico)	0–1
2	October 14		81–91			Loss		0–2
3	October 17		105–109			Win		1–2
4	October 20		95–96			Loss		1–3
5	October 21		93–103			Loss		1–4
6	October 24		92–82			Win		2–4
7	October 25		96–71			Loss		2–5

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

2006-07 NBA Records
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	–	3–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–4	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–3
Boston	1–3	–	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–3
Charlotte	3–1	2–2	–	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	2–2
Chicago	4–0	3–0	2–1	–	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	3–1
Cleveland	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	–	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	–	3–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	–	0–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1
Detroit	2–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	–	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–3	2–0	–	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	–	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	2–0
Indiana	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–3
L.A. Clippers	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	–	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	–	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Memphis	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–3	2–2	–	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1
Miami	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	–	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1
Milwaukee	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	–	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	–	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–1
New Jersey	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	–	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	4–0
New Orleans/Oklahoma City	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	3–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–1
New York	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	–	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
Orlando	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	–	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–0	2–2
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–3
Phoenix	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	–	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–1
Portland	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	–	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	–	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2
San Antonio	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	–	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–4	–	1–1	2–2	0–2
Toronto	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	0–2	3–1
Utah	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	–	1–1
Washington	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	—

Game log

October:4-4

Miami Heat 101Oklahoma City Thunder 881-0Dwyane Wade 57 Points

Miami Heat 368Brooklyn Nets 3672-0Dwyane Wade 204 pointsBerekia Kabamba 108 points

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| April 21| @ Chicago| L 91–96| Dwyane Wade (21)| O'Neal, Haslem (6)| five players tied (3)| United Center
22,183| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| April 24| @ Chicago| L 89–107| Dwyane Wade (21)| O'Neal, Posey (8)| Dwyane Wade (7)| United Center
23,097| 0–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| April 27| Chicago| L 96–104| Dwyane Wade (28)| Shaquille O'Neal (13)| Dwyane Wade (5)| American Airlines Arena
20,280| 0–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| April 29| Chicago| L 79–92| Dwyane Wade (24)| James Posey (18)| Dwyane Wade (10)| American Airlines Arena
20,283| 0–4|-

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	PF	79	79	2,483	654	97	49	26	844	31.4	8.3	1.2	.6	.3	10.7
	PF	78	15	1,818	339	130	48	17	660	23.3	4.3	1.7	.6	.2	8.5
	C	77	43	1,572	350	18	13	178	661	20.4	4.5	.2	.2	2.3	8.6
	SF	71	19	1,919	357	94	71	23	550	27.0	5.0	1.3	1.0	.3	7.7
	PG	68	28	1,503	132	201	43	3	358	22.1	1.9	3.0	.6	.0	5.3
	SF	67	35	1,767	180	81	38	2	730	26.4	2.7	1.2	.6	.0	10.9
	SF	66	19	1,292	272	95	41	46	393	19.6	4.1	1.4	.6	.7	6.0
	PG	61	55	1,865	141	322	58	1	664	30.6	2.3	5.3	1.0	.0	10.9
	C	56	0	698	155	22	18	15	200	12.5	2.8	.4	.3	.3	3.6
	SG	51	50	1,931	239	384	107	62	1,397	37.9	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	27.4
	PG	42	1	408	30	65	15	0	141	9.7	.7	1.5	.4	.0	3.4
	C	40	39	1,135	297	79	8	55	690	28.4	7.4	2.0	.2	1.4	17.3
^†	SG	35	27	1,033	129	76	46	8	332	29.5	3.7	2.2	1.3	.2	9.5
	C	28	0	203	41	5	6	4	65	7.3	1.5	.2	.2	.1	2.3
	SG	12	0	136	16	8	3	2	51	11.3	1.3	.7	.3	.2	4.3
	PF	8	0	93	11	4	2	0	23	11.6	1.4	.5	.3	.0	2.9

Playoffs

Player
	SG	4	4	162	19	25	5	2	94	40.5	4.8	6.3	1.3	.5	23.5
	C	4	4	121	34	5	1	6	75	30.3	8.5	1.3	.3	1.5	18.8
	PG	4	4	112	8	14	5	1	23	28.0	2.0	3.5	1.3	.3	5.8
	PF	4	4	103	21	4	1	2	30	25.8	5.3	1.0	.3	.5	7.5
	SF	4	1	139	31	6	8	5	31	34.8	7.8	1.5	2.0	1.3	7.8
	SF	4	1	77	5	2	2	0	20	19.3	1.3	.5	.5	.0	5.0
	PF	4	0	92	9	6	2	1	47	23.0	2.3	1.5	.5	.3	11.8
	C	4	0	55	8	1	0	3	25	13.8	2.0	.3	.0	.8	6.3
	SG	3	2	66	6	5	1	1	10	22.0	2.0	1.7	.3	.3	3.3
	PG	2	0	32	4	3	0	0	0	16.0	2.0	1.5	.0	.0	.0
	C	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
	SF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Season

Milestones

Transactions

Free agents

Subtractions

References

1. Web site: Lakers Acquire Odom, Butler, Grant and a Future First Rounder for Shaq. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com/Lakers. May 6, 2009. July 14, 2004.
2. Web site: Raptors Trade Aaron Williams . Turner Sports Interactive, Inc . NBA.com/Raptors . May 13, 2009 . January 31, 2006 .
3. Web site: Celtics Acquire Point Guard Dan Dickau. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com/Celtics. May 13, 2009. September 30, 2005.
4. Web site: Heat Acquire Antoine Walker, Jason Williams & James Posey. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. NBA.com/Heat. May 13, 2009. August 8, 2005.