2006 Houston Comets season

2006 Houston Comets season
Head Coach	Van Chancellor
Arena	Toyota Center
Attendance	7,682 per game
Results Record 18–16 (.529) Place 3rd (Western) Playoff Finish Lost First Round (2-0) to Sacramento Monarchs Houston Comets seasons < 2005 2007 >

The 2006 WNBA season was the tenth season for the Houston Comets. The Comets qualified for the WNBA Playoffs for the 9th and last time in franchise history. It would also be the end of Van Chancellor's tenure as head coach of the Comets.

Offseason

Kiesha Brown was picked up by the Chicago Sky in the WNBA Expansion Draft.

WNBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/School/Team
2	15	*Ann Strother (G)	United States	Connecticut
2	24	Renae Camino	Australia	-
3	29	Tiffany Stansbury (F/C)	United States	North Carolina State

• Ann Strother was later traded to the Phoenix Mercury.

NOTE: The Comets received Liz Shimek and Mistie Williams from the Mercury during the draft.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	25	9	.735	–	15–2	10–7	15–5
Sacramento Monarchs ^x	21	13	.618	4.0	14–3	7–10	10–10
Houston Comets ^x	18	16	.529	7.0	12–5	6–11	11–9
Seattle Storm ^x	18	16	.529	7.0	9–8	9–8	10–10
Phoenix Mercury ^o	18	16	.529	7.0	10–7	8–9	8–12
San Antonio Silver Stars ^o	13	21	.382	12.0	6–11	7–10	10–10
Minnesota Lynx ^o	10	24	.294	15.0	8–9	2–15	6–14

Season schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
May 21	San Antonio	63-79	Loss	0-1
May 23	@ Seattle	84-59	Win	1-1
May 25	@ Sacramento	81-66	Win	2-1
May 31	Indiana	73-60	Win	3-1
June 2	Chicago	71-60	Win	4-1
June 4	Minnesota	85-62	Win	5-1
June 6	@ Washington	79-93	Loss	5-2
June 9	New York	97-62	Win	6-2
June 11	@ Minnesota	62-75	Loss	6-3
June 14	Sacramento	73-66 (OT)	Win	7-3
June 16	@ New York	72-58	Win	8-3
June 17	@ Detroit	55-71	Loss	8-4
June 21	@ Los Angeles	55-75	Loss	8-5
June 23	Charlotte	85-70	Win	9-5
June 25	Seattle	84-74	Win	10-5
June 27	@ Connecticut	57-73	Loss	10-6
June 29	Washington	83-76	Win	11-6
July 2	Sacramento	77-62	Win	12-6
July 5	@ Los Angeles	62-74	Loss	12-7
July 7	@ San Antonio	75-94	Loss	12-8
July 9	Detroit	60-66	Loss	12-9
July 14	@ Chicago	82-77	Win	13-9
July 16	@ Indiana	56-60	Loss	13-10
July 18	@ San Antonio	64-67	Loss	13-11
July 20	Minnesota	78-55	Win	14-11
July 25	Los Angeles	52-56	Loss	14-12
July 27	Phoenix	98-95	Win	15-12
July 30	@ Phoenix	82-80	Win	16-12
August 1	@ Sacramento	62-74	Loss	16-13
August 4	@ Minnesota	77-73 (OT)	Win	17-13
August 6	Connecticut	67-86	Loss	17-14
August 8	@ Charlotte	57-68	Loss	17-15
August 10	Phoenix	110-111 (3OT)	Loss	17-16
August 12	Seattle	89-72	Win	18-16
August 17 (First Round, G1)	Sacramento	78-93	Loss	0-1
August 19 (First Round, G2)	@ Sacramento	64-92	Loss	0-2

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocks	Points
Sheryl Swoopes	31	183	115	64	9	482
Michelle Snow	34	269	47	33	38	442
Tina Thompson	21	118	47	20	13	392
Dawn Staley	34	75	133	35	5	250
Roneeka Hodges	33	65	32	16	4	247
Dominique Canty	15	52	44	17	0	164
Tamecka Dixon	23	60	54	13	2	162
Sancho Lyttle	29	114	8	25	4	106
Mistie Williams	27	64	16	11	3	79
Anastasia Kostaki	32	25	19	7	0	67
Tari Phillips	21	47	4	9	5	59
Astou Ndiaye-Diatta	11	30	8	1	1	35
Kayte Christensen	6	19	4	0	0	18
Edwina Brown	4	4	1	1	0	4

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References

1. http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/teams/HOU/2006.html