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2005–06 Houston Rockets season
Head coach	Jeff Van Gundy
Arena	Toyota Center

Results
Record	34–48 (.415)
Place	Division: 5th
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Houston Rockets seasons
< 2004–05	2006–07 >

The 2005-06 Houston Rockets season was the team's 39th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 51-31 output from the previous season. They came up seventeen games shy of tying it, finishing 31-48, and failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in three seasons.^[1]

Standings

**Southwest Division**
Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
San Antonio Spurs	63	19	.768	-
Dallas Mavericks	60	22	.732	3
Memphis Grizzlies	49	33	.598	14
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	38	44	.463	25
Houston Rockets	34	48	.415	29

Awards

Yao Ming, All-NBA Third Team
Luther Head, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team

References

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v t e Houston Rockets

Formerly the San Diego Rockets Founded in 1967 Based in Houston, Texas

The Franchise	Franchise Team History Expansion Draft All-Time roster Seasons Records Draft history Head coaches Current season

Arenas	San Diego Sports Arena Hofheinz Pavilion HemisFair Arena The Summit/Compaq Center Toyota Center

Culture and Lore	Red Rowdies Clutch City Clutch The Rockets Bear The Clock Incident 13 points in 35 seconds The Kiss of Death The Dream Shake The Glide Rudy T 22 in a row Chairman Yao Pip

Head Coaches	McMahon Hannum Winter Egan Nissalke Harris Fitch Chaney Tomjanovich Van Gundy Adelman McHale

NBA Championships (2)	1994 1995

Western Conference Titles (4)	1981 1986 1994 1995

Division Titles (4)	1977 (Central) 1986 (Midwest) 1993 (Midwest) 1994 (Midwest)

Administration	Owner Leslie Alexander General Manager Daryl Morey Head Coach Kevin McHale

Retired Jerseys	22 23 24 34 45 CD

Most Valuable Players	Moses Malone Hakeem Olajuwon

Hall of Famers	Charles Barkley Rick Barry Clyde Drexler Elvin Hayes Moses Malone Calvin Murphy Hakeem Olajuwon Scottie Pippen Pat Riley

D-League Affiliate	Rio Grande Valley Vipers

Rivals	Los Angeles Lakers Utah Jazz San Antonio Spurs Dallas Mavericks

Media	TV KTXH Fox Sports Houston Radio KILT Announcers Bill Worrell Clyde Drexler Matt Bullard Craig Ackerman

San Diego/Houston Rockets seasons

1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70 • 1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00 • 2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 • 2010–11 • 2011–12 •
Bold indicates NBA Finals victory

v t e 2005–06 NBA season by team

2005 NBA Draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Portland Seattle Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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