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The 2006-07 NBA season was the 61st season of the National Basketball Association. The regular season began on October 31, 2006 and ran through April 18, 2007. The league fielded 30 teams, each playing an 82 game regular season schedule. The top eight seeds from each conference reached the NBA Playoffs, which began on April 21, 2007 and ended on June 14, 2007. The San Antonio Spurs were crowned the champions after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals.
[edit] Notable occurrences
- A new design for the official NBA game ball was revealed on June 28, 2006, at the NBA Draft. Amid complaints by players and coaches, the league switched back to the previous ball on January 1, 2007.
- The 2007 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 18, 2007, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, the first time the event was held in a non-NBA city. The West defeated the East 153-132, with Kobe Bryant winning the game's MVP award.[1]
- For the second straight year, the Hornets played a split home schedule between New Orleans, Louisiana and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, due to Hurricane Katrina.
- The Denver Nuggets and the New York Knicks entered into a brawl near the end of a December 16 match up. All ten players on the court at the time, including Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony (the league's leading scorer at the time), were ejected. Seven players were suspended as a result of the incident, the most notable of which was Carmelo Anthony's 15 game suspension.
- After 11 seasons with the Philadelphia 76ers, All-Star guard Allen Iverson was traded to the Denver Nuggets.[2]
- After the 2006 Playoff controversy, the format of team seeds changed. Each division winner may be seeded no lower than 4th, but the top non-division-winning playoff team may seed higher than a divisional champ if they have a better win-loss record. Home court advantage is given to the team with the better record, regardless of seeding.
- The Phoenix Suns and the Dallas Mavericks notched multiple 12+ game win-streaks during the course of the regular season. The Suns rattled off streaks of 15 and 17 games straight (tied for fifth longest in NBA history), while the Mavericks' streaks stretched to 12, 13, and 17 games straight.[3] The San Antonio Spurs joined these two teams by notching a 13 game winning streak.
- Kobe Bryant notched four consecutive 50+ point games against the Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Hornets; his streak ranks fourth behind streaks by Wilt Chamberlain.[4]
- Jason Kidd and Vince Carter of the New Jersey Nets become only the tenth pair of teammates in NBA history to record triple doubles in the same game. Nearly 20 years had passed since the last tandem, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, performed this feat.
- The Toronto Raptors won their first division title in the franchise's twelve year history. It also marked the first time a Canadian-based NBA team had won a division title.[5]
- The Golden State Warriors, who had not qualified for the playoffs since 1994, became the first 8 seed to defeat a 1 seed in a best-of-seven playoff series, defeating the 67-win Dallas Mavericks in 6 games.[6]
- Dirk Nowitzki won the NBA MVP Award and Tony Parker won the NBA Finals MVP Award,[7] the first time either award was won by a European-born player.
[edit] Final standings
- x - Clinched playoff berth
- y - Clinched division title
- z - Clinched top conference record
- (1) - (8) - Playoff seedings
- C - NBA Champions[8]
[edit] 2006–07 NBA statistics leaders
[edit] NBA awards
- All-NBA First Team:
- All-NBA Second Team:
- All-NBA Third Team:
- NBA All-Defensive First Team:
- NBA All-Defensive Second Team:
- All-NBA Rookie First Team:
- All-NBA Rookie Second Team:
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ NBA All-Star Game, nba.com/allstar2007, accessed 25 April 2007.
- ^ Miller, Smith go to Sixers in deal for Iverson, sports.espn.go.com, 20 December 2006, accessed 25 April 2007.
- ^ All-Time Winning Streaks, nba.com, 13 March 2007, accessed 1 May 2007.
- ^ Associated Press. Kobe scores 50 (again), leads Lakers past Hornets, scores.espn.go.com, 23 March 2007, accessed 1 May 2007.
- ^ Associated Press. Gelston, Dan, Toronto 94, Philadelphia 85, sports.yahoo.com, 6 April 2007, accessed 25 April 2007.
- ^ Warriors Make History, Close Out Mavs, nba.com, 7 May 2007, accessed 16 November 2007.
- ^ Parker, Spurs Close Out Cavs for Fourth Title, nba.com, 15 June 2007, accessed 15 June 2007.
- ^ 2006-07 DIVISION STANDINGS, nba.com, accessed 1 July 2007.
- ^ "Dirk Nowitzki Wins 2006-07 MVP Award", nba.com, 15 May 2007, accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ a b c Roy Headlines 2006-07 NBA T-Mobile All-Rookie Team, nba.com, 8 May 2007, accessed 12 May 2007.
- ^ Nuggets’ Camby Wins NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, nba.com, 27 April 2007, accessed 27 April 2007.
- ^ Phoenix’s Barbosa Wins 2006-07 NBA Sixth Man Award, nba.com, 23 April 2007, accessed 25 April 2007.
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Golden State’s Ellis Wins 2006-07 NBA Most Improved Player Award, nba.com, 26 April 2007, accessed 26 April 2007.
- ^ Sam Mitchell Named 2006-07 Coach of the Year, nba.com/raptors, 24 April 2007, accessed 24 April 2007.
- ^ Raptors’ Bryan Colangelo Named Executive of the Year, nba.com, 14 May 2007, accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^
Chicago's Deng wins sportsmanship award, nba.com, 3 May 2007, accessed 8 May
2007.
- ^ a b c Phoenix Duo Highlights All-NBA First Team, nba.com, 10 May 2007, accessed 12 May 2007.
- ^ a b San Antonio Teammates Bowen and Duncan Top 2006-07 NBA All-Defensive Team Selections, nba.com, 30 April 2007, accessed 12 May 2007.
[edit] External links
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