- 2006 in basketball
Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.
Championships
International
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2006 FIBA World Championship :
**Gold medal: flagicon|Spain Spain
**Silver medal: flagicon|Greece Greece
**Bronze medal: flagicon|USA USA
**MVP: flagicon|SpainPau Gasol , Spain
**All-tournament team:
***flagicon|Spain Pau Gasol
***flagicon|USACarmelo Anthony (USA)
***flagicon|SpainJorge Garbajosa (Spain)
***flagicon|ArgentinaManu Ginobili (Argentina)
***flagicon|GreeceTheodoros Papaloukas (Greece)
*2006 FIBA World Championship for Women
**Gold medal: flagicon|Australia Australia
**Silver medal: flagicon|Russia Russia
**Bronze medal: flagicon|USA USA
**MVP: flagicon|Australia Penny Taylor, Australia
*Basketball at the 2006 Asian Games
**Men's tournament:
***Gold medal: flagicon|China China
***Silver medal: flagicon|Qatar Qatar
***Bronze medal: flagicon|Iran Iran
**Women's tournament:
***Gold medal: flagicon|China China
***Silver medal: flagicon|Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
***Bronze medal: flagicon|Japan JapanProfessional
Men
*flagicon|USAflagicon|Canada NBA season and playoffs:
**2006 NBA Finals :Miami Heat 4,Dallas Mavericks 2. MVP:Dwyane Wade
*Euroleague (Europe -wide):
**CSKA Moscow defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 73-69 in the final
*flagicon|Croatia Croatian League:
**Cibona defeated Zadar 2-1 in the best-of-three finals
*flagicon|France French League:
**Le Mans defeated Nancy 93-88 in the one-off final
*flagicon|Germany German Bundesliga:
**RheinEnergie Köln defeatedALBA Berlin 3-1 in the best-of-five finals
*flagicon|Greece Greek League:
**Panathinaikos defeated Olympiakos 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
*flagicon|Israel Israel Premier League:
**Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Jerusalem 96-66 in the one-off final (the first such final in Israel history)
*flagicon|Italy Italian Serie A:
**Benetton Treviso defeated Climamio Bologna 3-1 in the best-of-five finals
*flagicon|Lithuania Lithuanian LKL:
**Lietuvos Rytas defeated Žalgiris 4-0 in the best-of-seven finals
*flagicon|PhilippinesPhilippine Basketball Association 2005-06 season:
**Red Bull Barako over thePurefoods Chunkee Giants 4-2 in the Fiesta Conference Finals. Finals MVP:Lordy Tugade
**Purefoods Chunkee Giants overRed Bull Barako 4-2 in the Philippine Cup Finals. Finals MVP: Marc Pingris
*flagicon|Poland Polish League:
**Prokom Trefl Sopot overAnwil Włocławek 4-1 in the best-of-seven finals
*flagicon|Russia Russian Super League:
**CSKA Moscow over Khimki 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
*flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro Super League:
**Partizan over Red Star 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
*flagicon|Spain Spanish ACB:
**Unicaja Málaga over TAU Cerámica 3-0 in the best-of-five finals
***2005-06 season, 2005-06 playoffs
*flagicon|TurkeyTurkish Basketball League :
**Ülkerspor over Efes Pilsen 4-0 in the best-of-seven finals. Only three matches were actually played; under Turkish rules, Ülker was granted a 1-0 lead by virtue of its regular-season sweep of Efes.
*flagicon|United KingdomBritish Basketball League :
**Newcastle Eagles defeatedScottish Rocks 83-68 in the one-off final
*flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovinaflagicon|Croatiaflagicon|Sloveniaflagicon|Serbiaflagicon|Montenegroflagicon|MacedoniaAdriatic League :
**FMP defeated Partizan 73-72 in the one-off finalWomen
*flagicon|USA
2006 WNBA Finals :Detroit Shock 3,Sacramento Monarchs 2
**MVP:Deanna Nolan , DetroitCollege
*Men
**flagicon|USANCAA
***Division I:University of Florida 73,University of California, Los Angeles 57
***National Invitation Tournament :University of South Carolina 76,University of Michigan 64
***Division II:Winona State University 73,Virginia Union University 61
***Division III:Virginia Wesleyan College 59,Wittenberg University 56
**flagicon|USA NAIA
***NAIA Division I:Texas Wesleyan University 67,Oklahoma City University 65
***NAIA Division II:University of the Ozarks (Mo.) 74,Huntington University (Ind.) 56
**flagicon|USANJCAA
***Division I: Arkansas-Ft. Smith 68,Tallahassee Community College (FL) 59
***Division II: Cecil CC 9 (MD) 64, Kirkwood CC (IA) 63
***Division III: North Lake College (TX) 78, Gloucester County College (N.J.) 65
**flagicon|PHLUAAP Men's: University of Santo Tomas over Ateneo de Manila University, 2 games to 1
**flagicon|PHLNCAA (Philippines) Seniors': San Beda College over Philippine Christian University, 2 games to 1
*Women
**flagicon|USANCAA
***Division I: University of Maryland 78,Duke University 75 OT
***WNITKansas State University 77,Marquette University 65
***Division II:Grand Valley State University 58,American International College 52
***Division IIIHope College 69,University of Southern Maine 56
**flagicon|USA NAIA
***NAIA Division I:Union University 79,Lubbock Christian University (TX) 62
***NAIA Division IIHastings College (Neb.)58,University of the Ozarks (Mo.) 39
**flagicon|USANJCAA
***Division I: Monroe CC (Rochester, NY) 76, Odessa College (TX) 64
***Division II: Illinois Central College 71, Kirkwood CC (IA) 54
***Division III: Monroe College (Bronx, NY) 100, Mohawk Valley CC (NY) 70
**flagicon|PHLUAAP Women's: University of Santo Tomas over Far Eastern University, 2 games to 1Prep
*flagicon|USA
USA Today Boys Basketball Ranking #1:Lawrence North High School ,Indianapolis, Indiana
*flagicon|USAUSA Today Girls Basketball Ranking #1: Christ the King,Queens, New York
*flagicon|PHL NCAA (Philippines) Juniors: San Sebastian Recoletos High School over Philippine Christian University Union High School, 2 games to 0
*flagicon|PHL UAAP Juniors: Ateneo de Manila High School over Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Educational Foundation, 2 games to 1Awards and Honors
Professional
*Men
**NBA Most Valuable Player Award :Steve Nash
**NBA Rookie of the Year Award :Chris Paul
**NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award :Ben Wallace
**NBA Coach of the Year Award :Avery Johnson
*Women
**WNBA Most Valuable Player Award :Lisa Leslie
**WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award :Tamika Catchings
**WNBA Rookie of the Year Award :Seimone Augustus
**WNBA Coach of the Year Award :Mike Thibault Collegiate
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Naismith College Player of the Year
** Men:J. J. Redick , Duke
** Women:Seimone Augustus , LSU
*John R. Wooden Award
** Men: J. J. Redick, Duke
** Women: Seimone Augustus, LSU
*Naismith College Coach of the Year
** Men:Jay Wright , Villanova
** Women:Sylvia Hatchell , North Carolina
*Women's awards:
**Wade Trophy : Seimone Augustus, LSU
**Nancy Lieberman Award :Ivory Latta , North CarolinaEvents
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December 13 - after a few months in use and complaints from players, theNBA announces it will disuse the new synthetic ball in favor of the classic leather one.
*December 16 - a brawl erupted at theMadison Square Garden game between theNew York Knicks and theDenver Nuggets .Movies
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Church Ball
*Crossover (film)
*The Heart of the Game
*Glory Road (film) Deaths
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February 11 -Harry Vines , 67, American wheelchair basketball coach
*March 17 -Ray Meyer 92, Hall of Fame coach of theDePaul University men's team
*April 30 -Harold "Bunny" Levitt , 96, player for theHarlem Globetrotters who once sank 499 consecutive free throws
*April 28 - Ron Mather, 68, Scottish coach
*April 6 -Maggie Dixon , 28, women's coach at Army.
*May 9 -Bob Rogers , former Texas A&M coach
*October 28 - Arnold "Red" Auerbach, 89, Hall of Fame coach and president of theBoston Celtics
*December 12 -Paul Arizin , 78, Hall of Famer for the Philadelphia Warriors who twice led the NBA in scoring
*December 13 -Lamar Hunt , 74, Last remaining [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2697040 original ownership partner] of theChicago Bulls
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