The 2005âÂÂ06 New Jersey Nets season was the team's 39th season in the NBA. Without Brian Scalabrine, who was signed as a free agent with the Boston Celtics in the offseason, they began the season hoping to improve upon their 42-40 output from the previous season. They bested it by seven wins, finishing 49-33 and qualifying for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. The Nets lost in the second round to the eventual champions, the Miami Heat.
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 23 | Indiana | L 88âÂÂ90 | Vince Carter (31) | Vince Carter (13) | Jason Kidd (8) | Continental Airlines Arena<br>18,752 | 0âÂÂ1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 25 | Indiana | W 90âÂÂ75 | Vince Carter (33) | Jason Kidd (11) | Jason Kidd (13) | Continental Airlines Arena<br>18,472 | 1âÂÂ1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 27 | @ Indiana | L 95âÂÂ107 | Carter, Jefferson (25) | Collins, Kidd (6) | Richard Jefferson (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse<br>14,706 | 1âÂÂ2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 29 | @ Indiana | W 97âÂÂ88 | Vince Carter (28) | Nenad Krstià(8) | Jason Kidd (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse<br>16,401 | 2âÂÂ2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | May 2 | Indiana | W 92âÂÂ86 | Vince Carter (34) | Vince Carter (15) | Jason Kidd (15) | Continental Airlines Arena<br>18,804 | 3âÂÂ2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | May 4 | @ Indiana | W 96âÂÂ90 | Richard Jefferson (30) | Jason Kidd (12) | Jason Kidd (11) | Conseco Fieldhouse<br>16,586 | 4âÂÂ2 |-
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | May 8 | @ Miami | W 100âÂÂ88 | Vince Carter (27) | Jason Kidd (9) | Jason Kidd (7) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,208 | 1âÂÂ0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | May 10 | @ Miami | L 89âÂÂ111 | Vince Carter (22) | Nenad Krstià(7) | Jason Kidd (6) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,227 | 1âÂÂ1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | May 12 | Miami | L 92âÂÂ103 | Vince Carter (43) | Jason Collins (11) | Jason Kidd (12) | Continental Airlines Arena<br>20,102 | 1âÂÂ2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 14 | Miami | L 92âÂÂ102 | Vince Carter (26) | Nenad Krstià(14) | Jason Kidd (12) | Continental Airlines Arena<br>19,474 | 1âÂÂ3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 16 | @ Miami | L 105âÂÂ106 | Carter, Jefferson (33) | three players tied (7) | Jason Kidd (8) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,255 | 1âÂÂ4 |-
|- |Vince Carter |79 |79 |36.8 |.430 |.341 |.799 |5.8 |4.3 |1.2 |0.7 |24.2 |- |Richard Jefferson |78 |78 |39.2 |.493 |.319 |.812 |6.8 |3.8 |0.8 |0.2 |19.5 |- |Nenad Krstic |80 |80 |30.9 |.507 |.250 |.698 |6.4 |1.1 |0.4 |0.8 |13.5 |- |Jason Kidd |80 |80 |37.2 |.404 |.352 |.795 |7.3 |8.4 |1.9 |0.4 |13.3 |- |Clifford Robinson |80 |13 |23.3 |.427 |.343 |.658 |3.3 |1.1 |0.6 |0.5 |6.9 |- |Jeff McInnis |28 |1 |17.4 |.441 |.188 |.690 |1.8 |1.9 |0.4 |0.1 |5.3 |- |Marc Jackson |37 |0 |11.7 |.446 | |.792 |2.4 |0.6 |0.1 |0.2 |4.6 |- |Jason Collins |71 |70 |26.7 |.397 |.250 |.512 |4.8 |1.0 |0.6 |0.6 |3.6 |- |Jacque Vaughn |80 |6 |15.4 |.437 |.167 |.728 |1.1 |1.5 |0.5 |0.0 |3.4 |- |Scott Padgett |62 |1 |11.6 |.353 |.347 |.794 |2.7 |0.7 |0.5 |0.2 |3.4 |- |Zoran Planinic |56 |1 |10.6 |.361 |.232 |.697 |1.3 |0.9 |0.4 |0.1 |3.4 |- |Lamond Murray |57 |1 |10.1 |.398 |.346 |.625 |2.3 |0.2 |0.3 |0.1 |3.4 |- |Bostjan Nachbar |11 |0 |8.8 |.375 |.143 |.625 |1.0 |0.5 |0.3 |0.0 |2.8 |- |Derrick Zimmerman |2 |0 |16.0 |.667 | | |2.0 |3.5 |0.0 |0.0 |2.0 |- |Antoine Wright |39 |0 |9.5 |.358 |.067 |.500 |0.8 |0.3 |0.1 |0.1 |1.8 |- |Linton Johnson |9 |0 |3.9 |.500 | |.250 |0.8 |0.2 |0.2 |0.0 |1.2 |- |John Thomas |2 |0 |18.0 |.167 | | |5.0 |0.0 |0.5 |0.5 |1.0
|- |Vince Carter |11 |11 |40.9 |.463 |.241 |.796 |7.0 |5.3 |1.8 |0.5 |29.6 |- |Richard Jefferson |11 |11 |39.7 |.545 |.414 |.825 |4.1 |4.1 |0.9 |0.4 |22.2 |- |Nenad Krstic |11 |11 |33.3 |.504 | |.711 |6.8 |0.7 |0.5 |0.9 |14.7 |- |Jason Kidd |11 |11 |40.9 |.371 |.300 |.826 |7.6 |9.6 |1.5 |0.2 |12.0 |- |Lamond Murray |11 |0 |17.9 |.389 |.353 |.818 |3.5 |0.2 |0.3 |0.0 |5.7 |- |Clifford Robinson |8 |0 |24.8 |.333 |.316 |.800 |3.3 |0.6 |1.1 |0.4 |4.5 |- |Jason Collins |11 |11 |27.5 |.360 | |.591 |5.0 |0.3 |0.5 |0.2 |2.8 |- |Jacque Vaughn |11 |0 |14.5 |.364 |.000 |.571 |1.0 |1.1 |0.2 |0.0 |2.5 |- |Scott Padgett |3 |0 |3.0 |.500 |.000 |.500 |1.0 |0.0 |0.3 |0.0 |1.0 |- |John Thomas |8 |0 |7.0 |.500 | |.500 |1.3 |0.3 |0.4 |0.1 |0.9 |- |Antoine Wright |5 |0 |2.0 |.250 | |.667 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.8 |- |Zoran Planinic |3 |0 |2.0 |.000 | |.000 |0.3 |0.7 |0.3 |0.0 |0.0 |- |Bostjan Nachbar |1 |0 |1.0 | | | |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0 |0.0
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