The 2005-06 Utah Jazz season was the team's 32nd in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 26-56 output from the previous season. They managed to improve by 15 games, finishing 41-41, but failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight season.2005-06 Utah Jazz
On March 23, 2006, the Jazz' retired Karl Malone's jersey number 32 on his rafters reunited with his former teammate John Stockton, Frank Layden, his son Scott Layden, Jeff Hornacek, Mark Eaton, Antoine Carr, and head coach Jerry Sloan.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 3 Deron Williams PG Illinois 2 34 C.J. Miles SF 2 51 Robert Whaley C Walsh
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
Game log
Player statistics
Regular season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 82 82 35.9 .460 .342 .780 9.1 2.4 .5 .9 18.0 81 14 21.1 .393 .331 .745 2.6 1.3 .5 .2 7.5 80 47 28.8 .421 .416 .704 2.4 4.5 .8 .2 10.8 79 41 21.9 .461 .717 4.2 1.2 .5 .3 5.3 71 32 27.4 .475 .359 .725 5.2 1.4 .8 .2 12.5 71 18 19.4 .424 .063 .653 1.9 2.7 .7 .2 6.2 69 63 37.7 .460 .308 .699 8.0 4.3 1.5 3.2 15.3 66 32 18.7 .353 .293 .797 1.2 2.3 .6 .1 5.6 62 2 10.0 .379 .000 .523 2.5 .5 .4 .3 3.0 60 22 13.5 .492 .500 3.8 1.0 .1 1.1 2.4 37 36 25.8 .433 .305 .754 1.9 1.7 .4 .1 10.6 33 19 31.1 .549 .723 8.6 2.7 .9 .2 16.3 23 2 9.1 .365 .188 .667 .9 .3 .2 .0 3.0 23 0 9.2 .404 .500 1.9 .7 .3 .3 2.1 23 0 8.8 .368 .250 .750 1.7 .7 .3 .1 3.4
Awards and records Andrei Kirilenko, NBA All-Defensive First Team Deron Williams, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team
References