2006 Houston Comets season explained

The 2006 WNBA season was the tenth season for the Houston Comets. The Comets qualified for the WNBA Playoffs for the 9th and last time in franchise history. It would also be the end of Van Chancellor's tenure as head coach of the Comets.

Offseason

Kiesha Brown was picked up by the Chicago Sky in the WNBA Expansion Draft.

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalityCollege/School/Team
215 Connecticut
224Renae Camino-
329Tiffany Stansbury (F/C)North Carolina State

NOTE: The Comets received Liz Shimek and Mistie Williams from the Mercury during the draft.

Regular season

Season schedule

DateOpponentScoreResultRecord
May 21San Antonio63-79Loss0-1
May 23@ Seattle84-59Win1-1
May 25@ Sacramento81-66Win2-1
May 31Indiana73-60Win3-1
June 2Chicago71-60Win4-1
June 4Minnesota85-62Win5-1
June 6@ Washington79-93Loss5-2
June 9New York97-62Win6-2
June 11@ Minnesota62-75Loss6-3
June 14Sacramento73-66 (OT)Win7-3
June 16@ New York72-58Win8-3
June 17@ Detroit55-71Loss8-4
June 21@ Los Angeles55-75Loss8-5
June 23Charlotte85-70Win9-5
June 25Seattle84-74Win10-5
June 27@ Connecticut57-73Loss10-6
June 29Washington83-76Win11-6
July 2Sacramento77-62Win12-6
July 5@ Los Angeles62-74Loss12-7
July 7@ San Antonio75-94Loss12-8
July 9Detroit60-66Loss12-9
July 14@ Chicago82-77Win13-9
July 16@ Indiana56-60Loss13-10
July 18@ San Antonio64-67Loss13-11
July 20Minnesota78-55Win14-11
July 25Los Angeles52-56Loss14-12
July 27Phoenix98-95Win15-12
July 30@ Phoenix82-80Win16-12
August 1@ Sacramento62-74Loss16-13
August 4@ Minnesota77-73 (OT)Win17-13
August 6Connecticut67-86Loss17-14
August 8@ Charlotte57-68Loss17-15
August 10Phoenix110-111 (3OT)Loss17-16
August 12Seattle89-72Win18-16
August 17 (first round, G1)Sacramento78-93Loss0-1
August 19 (first round, G2)@ Sacramento64-92Loss0-2

Player stats

PlayerGames PlayedReboundsAssistsStealsBlocksPoints
Sheryl Swoopes 31 183 115 64 9 482
Michelle Snow 34 269 47 33 38 442
Tina Thompson 21 118 47 20 13 392
Dawn Staley 34 75 133 35 5 250
Roneeka Hodges 33 65 32 16 4 247
Dominique Canty 15 52 44 17 0 164
Tamecka Dixon 23 60 54 13 2 162
Sancho Lyttle 29 114 8 25 4 106
Mistie Williams 27 64 16 11 3 79
Anastasia Kostaki 32 25 19 7 0 67
Tari Phillips 21 47 4 9 5 59
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta 11 30 8 1 1 35
Kayte Christensen 6 19 4 0 0 18
Edwina Brown 4 4 1 1 0 4
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2006 Houston Comets Stats.