| Prevseason: | 2005 |
| Nextseason: | 2007–08 |
| 2006 LNBP season | |
| Season: | 7 |
| Champions: | Soles de Mexicali |
| Runners Up: | Halcones UV Xalapa |
| Teams: | 24 |
| Dates: | July 6, 2006 – November 17, 2006 |
| Efficiency Leader: | Greg Lewis[1] |
| Epg: | 968 |
| Epg N: | USA |
| Top Scorer: | Devon Ford |
| Ppg: | 961 |
| Ppg N: | USA |
| Rebounds Leader: | Galen Robinson |
| Rpg: | 304 |
| Rpg N: | USA |
| Assists Leader: | Jacinto Álvarez |
| Apg: | 166 |
| Apg N: | MEX |
The 2006 LNBP was the 7th season of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional, one of the professional basketball leagues of Mexico. It started on July 6, 2006 and ended on November 17, 2006. The league title was won by Soles de Mexicali, which defeated Halcones UV Xalapa in the championship series, 4–3.
24 teams participate. The teams are divided in two groups of 12 teams each, called Zonas (zones): Zona Norte (North) and Zona Sur (South). The first 8 teams in each group qualify for the playoffs. The group playoffs have quarterfinals (best-of-5), semifinals (best-of-7) and finals (best-of-7). The winner of each group series qualify for the championship series (best-of-7), named Final de Finales (Final of Finals).
Source[2]
The third edition of the Copa Independencia took place between July 18 and October 3, 2006. The LNBP changed the format of the competition: all the 24 teams played, divided in groups of 4 teams each.[3] The two best teams of each group advanced to the following round.
The competition was won by Lobos Grises de la UAD, which defeated Halcones UV Xalapa over 2 games: the first saw Lobos Grises win, 114–108; the second game went to overtime and saw Halcones win, 107–102, but the Lobos Grises won the series, having scored more points overall.[4]
All games played on August 29.
All games played on September 5.
Qualified for the semifinals: Correcaminos UAT Reynosa, Guerreros de Morelia, Halcones UV Xalapa, Lobos Grises de la UAD.
All games played on September 12.
All games played on September 19.
Qualified for the final game: Halcones UV Xalapa, Lobos Grises de la UAD.
Lobos Grises de la UAD wins the 2006 Copa Independencia.
The 2006 LNBP All-Star Game was played in Mérida, Yucatán at the Gimnasio Polifuncional on September 19, 2006. The game format was changed: from 2000 to 2005, the game was played between a team of foreign players, and a team of Mexican players; in 2006 the game became Zona Norte vs. Zona Sur, with no distinction between foreign and Mexican players.[5] Zona Norte won, 122–104.[6] The game MVP was Galen Robinson.
Zona Norte
Miguel Acuña (Lobos Grises de la UAD)
Myron Allen (Lobos Grises de la UAD) Noé Alonzo (Correcaminos UAT Matamoros) Romel Beck (Correcaminos UAT Victoria) Steven Esselink (Cimarrones de Ensenada) Nick Jones (Lobos Grises de la UAD) Greg Lewis (Soles de Mexicali) Horacio Llamas (Soles de Mexicali) Jamario Moon (Fuerza Regia de Monterrey) Galen Robinson (Correcaminos UAT Reynosa) Jamaal Thomas (Santos Reales de San Luis) Lewis LaSalle Taylor (Lobos Grises de la UAD) and José Luis Yebra (Correcaminos UAT Reynosa)Zona Sur
Víctor Ávila (Halcones UV Xalapa)
Boubacar Aw (La Ola Roja del Distrito Federal) Samuel Bowie (Halcones UV Xalapa) Juan Pablo Bravo (Guerreros de Morelia) Charles Byrd (Halcones UV Veracruz) Daryl Dorsey (Mayas de Yucatán) Devon Ford (Panteras de Aguascalientes) Reggie Jordan (Cometas de Querétaro) Yahir Malpica (Bucaneros de Campeche) Omar Quintero (Pioneros de Quintana Roo) Jorge Rochín (Halcones UV Veracruz) Enrique Zúñiga (Lechugueros de León) José Luis Arroyos (Halcones UV Veracruz) and Reggie Fox (Cometas de Querétaro)