2006–07 Miami Heat season

2006–07 Miami Heat season
2006–07 Miami Heat season
Division champions
Head coach	Pat Riley
General manager	Randy Pfund
President	Pat Riley
Owner(s)	Micky Arison
Arena	American Airlines Arena
Results
Record	44–38 (.537)
Place	Division: 1st (Southeast); Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	First Round; (Lost to Bulls 0–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	FSN Florida, Sun Sports
Radio	WIOD
< 2005–06	2007–08 >

The 2006–07 Miami Heat season was the 19th season of the Miami Heat 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.^{[citation needed]} 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:

^t 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.
^af 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.

Roster

2006–07 Miami Heat roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
C	30	Barron, Earl	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1981-08-14	Memphis
F/C	51	Doleac, Michael	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	262 lb (119 kg)	1977-06-15	Utah
PF	40	Haslem, Udonis	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	1980-06-09	Florida
SG	6	Jones, Eddie	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1971-10-20	Temple
G/F	24	Kapono, Jason	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1981-02-04	UCLA
C	33	Mourning, Alonzo	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	261 lb (118 kg)	1970-02-08	Georgetown
C	32	O'Neal, Shaquille	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	325 lb (147 kg)	1972-03-06	LSU
PG	20	Payton, Gary	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1968-07-23	Oregon State
SF	42	Posey, James	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	1977-01-13	Xavier
PG	11	Quinn, Chris	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1983-09-27	Notre Dame
PF	25	Simien, Wayne	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1983-03-09	Kansas
SG	3	Wade, Dwyane	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	1982-01-17	Marquette
PF	8	Walker, Antoine	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1976-08-12	Kentucky
PG	55	Williams, Jason	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1975-11-18	Florida
SF	1	Wright, Dorell	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1985-12-02	Leuzinger HS (CA)

Head coach

Pat Riley

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: February 1, 2007

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	Detroit Pistons	84–64	Miami Heat		Loss	Coliseo Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico)	0–1
2	October 14	Miami Heat	81–91	Atlanta Hawks		Loss	Philips Arena	0–2
3	October 17	New Orleans Hornets	105–109	Miami Heat		Win	American Airlines Arena	1–2
4	October 20	Miami Heat	95–96	Memphis Grizzlies		Loss	FedEx Forum	1–3
5	October 21	Miami Heat	93–103	San Antonio Spurs		Loss	AT&T Center	1–4
6	October 24	Miami Heat	92–82	Orlando Magic		Win	TD Waterhouse Center	2–4
7	October 25	Houston Rockets	96–71	Miami Heat		Loss	American Airlines Arena	2–5

Regular season

Standings

Southeast Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Miami Heat	44	38	.537	-	27–14	17–24	9–7
x-Washington Wizards	41	41	.500	3	26–15	15–26	8–8
x-Orlando Magic	40	42	.488	4	25–16	15–26	9–7
Charlotte Bobcats	33	49	.402	11	20–21	13–28	9–7
Atlanta Hawks	30	52	.366	14	18–23	12–29	5–11

#	Eastern Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Detroit Pistons	53	29	.646	–
2	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	50	32	.610	3
3	y-Toronto Raptors	47	35	.573	6
4	y-Miami Heat	44	38	.537	9
5	x-Chicago Bulls	49	33	.598	4
6	x-New Jersey Nets	41	41	.500	12
7	x-Washington Wizards	41	41	.500	12
8	x-Orlando Magic	40	42	.488	13

9	Philadelphia 76ers	35	47	.427	18
10	Indiana Pacers	35	47	.427	18
11	New York Knicks	33	49	.402	20
12	Charlotte Bobcats	33	49	.402	20
13	Atlanta Hawks	30	52	.366	23
14	Milwaukee Bucks	28	54	.341	25
15	Boston Celtics	24	58	.293	29

Record vs. opponents

2006-07 NBA Records
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

Playoffs

2007 playoff game log

First Round: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	April 21	@ Chicago	L 91–96	Dwyane Wade (21)	O'Neal, Haslem (6)	five players tied (3)	United Center 22,183	0–1
2	April 24	@ Chicago	L 89–107	Dwyane Wade (21)	O'Neal, Posey (8)	Dwyane Wade (7)	United Center 23,097	0–2
3	April 27	Chicago	L 96–104	Dwyane Wade (28)	Shaquille O'Neal (13)	Dwyane Wade (5)	American Airlines Arena 20,280	0–3
4	April 29	Chicago	L 79–92	Dwyane Wade (24)	James Posey (18)	Dwyane Wade (10)	American Airlines Arena 20,283	0–4

2007 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Miami Heat statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Earl Barron	28	0	7.3	.289	.000	.944	1.5	.2	.2	.1	2.3
Michael Doleac	56	0	12.5	.469	.000	.878	2.8	.4	.3	.3	3.6
Udonis Haslem	79	79	31.4	.492	.000	.680	8.3	1.2	.6	.3	10.7
Robert Hite	12	0	11.3	.317	.217	.667	1.3	.7	.3	.2	4.3
Eddie Jones	35	27	29.5	.446	.378	.829	3.7	2.2	1.3	.2	9.5
Jason Kapono	67	35	26.4	.494	.514	.892	2.7	1.2	.6	.0	10.9
Alonzo Mourning	77	43	20.4	.560	.	.601	4.5	.2	.2	2.3	8.6
Shaquille O'Neal	40	39	28.4	.591	.	.422	7.4	2.0	.2	1.4	17.3
Gary Payton	68	28	22.1	.393	.260	.667	1.9	3.0	.6	.0	5.3
James Posey	71	19	27.0	.431	.375	.827	5.0	1.3	1.0	.3	7.7
Chris Quinn	42	1	9.7	.366	.351	.676	.7	1.5	.4	.0	3.4
Wayne Simien	8	0	11.6	.391	.	.714	1.4	.5	.3	.0	2.9
Dwyane Wade	51	50	37.9	.491	.266	.807	4.7	7.5	2.1	1.2	27.4
Antoine Walker	78	15	23.3	.397	.275	.438	4.3	1.7	.6	.2	8.5
Jason Williams	61	55	30.6	.413	.339	.913	2.3	5.3	1.0	.0	10.9
Dorell Wright	66	19	19.6	.445	.147	.744	4.1	1.4	.6	.7	6.0

Playoffs

Miami Heat statistics
Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Michael Doleac	1	0	1.0	.	.	.	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0
Udonis Haslem	4	4	25.8	.480	.	.750	5.3	1.0	.3	.5	7.5
Eddie Jones	3	2	22.0	.222	.167	.833	2.0	1.7	.3	.3	3.3
Jason Kapono	4	1	19.3	.471	.500	1.000	1.3	.5	.5	.0	5.0
Alonzo Mourning	4	0	13.8	.909	.	.385	2.0	.3	.0	.8	6.3
Shaquille O'Neal	4	4	30.3	.559	.	.333	8.5	1.3	.3	1.5	18.8
Gary Payton	2	0	16.0	.000	.000	.	2.0	1.5	.0	.0	.0
James Posey	4	1	34.8	.431	.385	1.000	7.8	1.5	2.0	1.3	7.8
Dwyane Wade	4	4	40.5	.429	.000	.688	4.8	6.3	1.3	.5	23.5
Antoine Walker	4	0	23.0	.405	.500	.818	2.3	1.5	.5	.3	11.8
Jason Williams	4	4	28.0	.250	.294	.800	2.0	3.5	1.3	.3	5.8
Dorell Wright	1	0	1.0	.	.	.	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

Records

Milestones

Injuries and surgeries

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

References

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

[1] "Lakers Acquire Odom, Butler, Grant and a Future First Rounder for Shaq". NBA.com/Lakers. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. July 14, 2004. Retrieved May 6, 2009.

[2] "Raptors Trade Aaron Williams". NBA.com/Raptors. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. January 31, 2006. Retrieved May 13, 2009.

[3] "Celtics Acquire Point Guard Dan Dickau". NBA.com/Celtics. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. September 30, 2005. Retrieved May 13, 2009.

[4] "Heat Acquire Antoine Walker, Jason Williams & James Posey". NBA.com/Heat. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. August 8, 2005. Retrieved May 13, 2009.

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