2006 NBA Finals - Playoff Rosters

Playoff Rosters

Dallas Mavericks
2006 Finals Roster
Head Coach: Avery Johnson
PG 10 Darrell Armstrong (Fayetteville State)
C 25 Erick Dampier (Mississippi State)
SG 6 Marquis Daniels (Auburn University)
C 7 DeSagana Diop (Oak Hill Academy (VA))
SG/SF 44 Adrian Griffin (Seton Hall)
PG 34 Devin Harris (Wisconsin)
SF 5 Josh Howard (Wake Forest)
C 28 D.J. Mbenga (DR Congo /Belgium)
PF 41 Dirk Nowitzki – Captain (Germany)
F 21 Josh Powell (NC State)
G/F 42 Jerry Stackhouse (North Carolina)
PG 31 Jason Terry (Arizona)
F 2 Keith Van Horn (Utah)
Miami Heat
2006 Finals Roster
Head Coach: Pat Riley
G/F 5 Derek Anderson (Kentucky)
G/F 49 Shandon Anderson (University of Georgia)
C 30 Earl Barron (Memphis)
C 51 Michael Doleac (Utah)
PF 40 Udonis Haslem (Florida)
SF 24 Jason Kapono (UCLA)
C/PF 33 Alonzo Mourning (Georgetown)
C 32 Shaquille O'Neal – Captain (LSU)
PG 20 Gary Payton (Oregon State)
SF/G 42 James Posey (Xavier (Ohio))
PF 25 Wayne Simien (Kansas)
SG 3 Dwyane Wade – Captain (Marquette)
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 55 Jason Williams (Florida/Marshall)
SF 1 Dorell Wright (South Kent Prep HS,
Lawndale, California)
F 8 Antoine Walker (University of Kentucky)
  • Shaquille O'Neal and Gary Payton became the 6th and 7th players to play in the NBA Finals for three different teams. O'Neal played in the 1995 NBA Finals with the Orlando Magic and four times with the Los Angeles Lakers, while Payton played in the 1996 NBA Finals with the Seattle SuperSonics and with O'Neal on the 2004 Lakers team that lost to the Pistons. The other five players to play in the Finals for three teams are: Danny Ainge, Sam Perkins, John Salley, Horace Grant and Robert Horry.
  • Also, O'Neal and Alonzo Mourning achieved the rare feat of being the former first-round picks from the same year (1992) to win a championship with the same team. O'Neal was the first overall draft pick of the Orlando Magic, while Mourning went second to the Charlotte (now New Orleans) Hornets.

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