2005–06 Los Angeles Clippers season
Player Signed Former team
Cuttino Mobley August 3 Sacramento Kings
James Singleton August 30 Armani Jeans Milano ( Lega Basket Serie A )
Walter McCarty September 29 Phoenix Suns
Anthony Goldwire October 23 Milwaukee Bucks
Boniface N'Dong October 23 TSK uniVersa Bamberg ( BBL )
Howard Eisley November 17 Utah Jazz
Kaniel Dickens January 10 Dallas Mavericks
Vin Baker February 20 Houston Rockets
The 2005-06 Los Angeles Clippers season was their 36th season in the NBA and their 22nd in Los Angeles. The Clippers finished with 47 wins and 35 losses in the regular season, their best record since the 1974-75 season when they were the Buffalo Braves and made the playoffs for the first time since 1997 as the 6th seed, finishing with a better record than their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, who finished two games behind them with a 45-37 record as the 7th seed, since 1992. In the playoffs, the Clippers defeated the 3rd seeded Denver Nuggets in the First Round in five games, marking the first time they have won a series since moving to California in 1978. The Clippers would then advance to the Semifinals, where they lose in seven games to the Phoenix Suns. The Suns had previously defeated the Clippers' Staples Center co-tenants, the Los Angeles Lakers, in seven games in the First Round after being down 1-3 in the series. The Clippers would not return to the playoffs until 2012.