2006–07 NBL season

2006–07 NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Duration 20 September 2006 – 11 February 2007
14 – 23 February 2007 (Finals)
2 – 9 March 2007 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams 12
TV partner(s) Fox Sports
Regular season
Top seed Brisbane Bullets
Season MVP Sam Mackinnon
Finals
Champions Brisbane Bullets
  Runners-up Melbourne Tigers
Finals MVP Sam Mackinnon

The 2006–07 NBL season was the 29th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. For the first time, a team was established from outside the Australasian area, with the Singapore Slingers taking over the licence of the Hunter Pirates. A new franchise, the South Dragons, was established in Melbourne, taking the number of teams to twelve.

The Brisbane Bullets established a new NBL record of 21 straight wins, including 18 in the regular season.

2006–07 league participants

Team Region CEO Coach Home Venue Capacity
Adelaide 36ers SA Mike Daws Phil Smyth Distinctive Homes Dome 8,000
Brisbane Bullets QLD Jeff Van Groningen Joey Wright Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 4,000
Cairns Taipans QLD Juanita O'Brien Alan Black Cairns Convention Centre 5,300
Melbourne Tigers VIC Seamus McPeake Alan Westover State Netball Centre 3,500
New Zealand Breakers NZL Richard Clarke Andrej Lemanis North Shore Events Centre 4,400
Perth Wildcats WA Nick Marvin Scott Fisher Challenge Stadium 4,500
Singapore Slingers SIN Bob Turner Gordon McLeod Singapore Indoor Stadium 12,000
South Dragons VIC Craig Armstead Mark Price[1]
Shane Heal
Vodafone Arena 10,500
Sydney Kings NSW Simon Allatson Brian Goorjian Sydney Entertainment Centre 10,517
Townsville Crocodiles QLD Ian Smythe Trevor Gleeson Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257
West Sydney Razorbacks NSW Robbie Cadee Mark Watkins[2]
Cal Bruton
State Sports Centre 5,006
Wollongong Hawks NSW Paul Young Brendan Joyce[3]
Eric Cooks
WIN Entertainment Centre 6,000

Pre-Season Blitz

The Blitz, which is the official pre-season tournament of the Philips Championship, was held in Coffs Harbour on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales from 8–10 September and featured all 12 NBL teams including the Dragons and Slingers, who were on show for the first time.

Blitz Group Stage

Pool A
  Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1Brisbane Bullets 9 3 0 197 169 +28
2Perth Wildcats 7 2 1 173 172 -1
3Adelaide 36ers 5 1 2 173 161 +12
4Melbourne Tigers 5 1 2 159 165 -6
5South Dragons 5 1 2 149 159 -10
6West Sydney Razorbacks 5 1 2 142 167 -25
Fri 8 September 18:00 South Dragons 51 42 West Sydney Razorbacks
Fri 8 September 18:00 Brisbane Bullets 57 45 Perth Wildcats
Fri 8 September 18:00 Melbourne Tigers 63 56 Adelaide 36ers
Fri 8 September 18:55 South Dragons 36 50 Adelaide 36ers
Fri 8 September 18:55 Brisbane Bullets 68 57 West Sydney Razorbacks
Fri 8 September 18:55 Melbourne Tigers 53 61 Perth Wildcats
Sat 9 September 11:25 Melbourne Tigers 43 48 West Sydney Razorbacks
Sat 9 September 11:25 Adelaide 36ers 67 72 Brisbane Bullets
Sat 9 September 11:25 Perth Wildcats 67 62 South Dragons
Pool B
  Team Pts W L PF PA Diff
1Townsville Crocodiles 9 3 0 177 156 +21
2Sydney Kings 9 3 0 174 158 +16
3Cairns Taipans 7 2 1 179 165 +14
4Wollongong Hawks 5 1 2 185 164 +21
5New Zealand Breakers 3 0 3 159 189 -30
6Singapore Slingers 3 0 3 140 182 -42
Fri 8 September 19:50 Singapore Slingers 50 58 Townsville Crocodiles
Fri 8 September 19:50 Wollongong Hawks 60 67 Sydney Kings
Fri 8 September 19:50 New Zealand Breakers 61 74 Cairns Taipans
Fri 8 September 20:45 Singapore Slingers 51 56 Cairns Taipans
Fri 8 September 20:45 Wollongong Hawks 57 58 Townsville Crocodiles
Fri 8 September 20:45 New Zealand Breakers 49 54 Sydney Kings
Sat 9 September 12:20 Cairns Taipans 49 53 Sydney Kings
Sat 9 September 12:20 Townsville Crocodiles 61 49 New Zealand Breakers
Sat 9 September 12:20 Singapore Slingers 39 68 Wollongong Hawks

Pre-Season Blitz finals series

Quarterfinals Semifinals Grand Final
         
A1 Brisbane Bullets 82
B4 Wollongong Hawks 63
Brisbane Bullets 67
Sydney Kings 46
B2 Sydney Kings 73
A3 Adelaide 36ers 45
Brisbane Bullets 53
Melbourne Tigers 39
B1 Townsville Crocodiles 50
A4 Melbourne Tigers 73
Melbourne Tigers 67
Perth Wildcats 49
A2 Perth Wildcats (OT) 63
B3 Cairns Taipans 57

Pre-Season Blitz Awards

Most Valuable Player

C. J. Bruton (Brisbane Bullets)

All-Star Five

C. J. Bruton (Brisbane Bullets)

Cortez Groves (Wollongong Hawks)

Nick Horvath (Adelaide 36ers)

Sam Mackinnon (Brisbane Bullets)

Darryl McDonald (Melbourne Tigers)

Regular season

Home and away season

The home and away season will take place over 21 rounds between 20 September 2006 and 11 February 2007 with finals starting 14 February 2007

Round 1

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
20 September Singapore Slingers 98-91 Adelaide 36ers Singapore Indoor Stadium 4,212 box score report
22 September Townsville Crocodiles 117-103 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,715 box score report
22 September Perth Wildcats 94-82 Singapore Slingers Challenge Stadium 3,000 box score report
23 September Melbourne Tigers 94-86 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,820 box score report
24 September Sydney Kings 109-100 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,313 box score report
24 September Wollongong Hawks 85-89 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre 4,620 box score report

Round 2

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
26 September New Zealand Breakers 112-106 South Dragons North Shore Events Centre 3,433 box score report
27 September Singapore Slingers 88-100 Perth Wildcats Singapore Indoor Stadium 3,000 box score report
27 September Adelaide 36ers 115-122 (OT) Sydney Kings Distinctive Homes Dome 3980 box score report
29 September Cairns Taipans 103-101 Wollongong Hawks Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report
29 September Perth Wildcats 117-84 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium 4,132 box score report
29 September Sydney Kings 109-83 South Dragons AIS Arena 2,615 box score report

Round 3

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
3 October Brisbane Bullets 98-85 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3,380 box score report
4 October Perth Wildcats 117-107 Townsville Crocodiles Challenge Stadium 4,200 box score report
4 October West Sydney Razorbacks 84-101 Cairns Taipans State Sports Centre 2,354 box score report
5 October New Zealand Breakers 94-99 Sydney Kings North Shore Events Centre ???? box score report
6 October Adelaide 36ers 103-113 Wollongong Hawks Distinctive Homes Dome 4,421 box score report
7 October Townsville Crocodiles 108-102 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
8 October Wollongong Hawks 101-108 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre 2,879 box score report

Round 4

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
9 October Singapore Slingers 126-89 West Sydney Razorbacks Singapore Indoor Stadium ???? box score report
11 October Brisbane Bullets 123-104 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3,018 box score report
12 October Singapore Slingers 87-105 Wollongong Hawks Singapore Indoor Stadium 1,000 box score report
12 October New Zealand Breakers 88-105 Perth Wildcats Trusts Stadium 1,475 box score report
13 October Adelaide 36ers 93-115 Brisbane Bullets Distinctive Homes Dome 4,766 box score report
13 October Townsville Crocodiles 115-111 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,487 box score report
14 October Cairns Taipans 91-90 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report
14 October Melbourne Tigers 113-102 Singapore Slingers State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,860 box score report
14 October West Sydney Razorbacks 104-97 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre 2,200 box score report
14 October South Dragons 93-102 Wollongong Hawks Vodafone Arena 5,106 box score report
15 October Brisbane Bullets 87-90 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3,004 box score report

Round 5

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
16 October Wollongong Hawks 98-95 New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre 3,462 box score report
18 October Singapore Slingers 104-96 South Dragons Singapore Indoor Stadium ???? box score report
18 October Townsville Crocodiles 96-86 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,333 box score report
18 October New Zealand Breakers 111-106 Brisbane Bullets North Shore Events Centre 1,481 box score report
20 October Adelaide 36ers 113-85 Townsville Crocodiles Distinctive Homes Dome 4,921 box score report
20 October West Sydney Razorbacks 97-80 Singapore Slingers State Sports Centre 2,592 box score report
20 October Wollongong Hawks 86-115 Brisbane Bullets WIN Entertainment Centre 3,945 box score report
21 October Cairns Taipans 89-79 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre 4,244 box score report
21 October Melbourne Tigers 118-96 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre ???? box score report
21 October Sydney Kings 142-99 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,401 box score report
22 October South Dragons 108-128 Melbourne Tigers Vodafone Arena 7,910 box score report

Round 6

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
25 October Adelaide 36ers 103-88 South Dragons Distinctive Homes Dome 3,896 box score report
25 October Perth Wildcats 99-97 (OT) Melbourne Tigers Challenge Stadium 4,325 box score report
26 October New Zealand Breakers 126-127 Townsville Crocodiles North Shore Events Centre ???? box score report
26 October Singapore Slingers 98-102 Cairns Taipans Singapore Indoor Stadium ???? box score report
28 October Melbourne Tigers 98-83 Townsville Crocodiles State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,898 box score report
28 October West Sydney Razorbacks 103-105 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre 2,687 box score report
29 October South Dragons 96-86 Cairns Taipans WIN Minerdome ???? box score report
29 October Singapore Slingers 83-90 Sydney Kings Singapore Indoor Stadium ???? box score report

Round 7

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
1 November Townsville Crocodiles 98-111 South Dragons Townsville Entertainment Centre 4292 box score report
1 November Perth Wildcats 99-100 Brisbane Bullets Challenge Stadium 4100 box score report
2 November New Zealand Breakers 118-97 Melbourne Tigers North Shore Events Centre 1112 box score report
3 November Sydney Kings 116-97 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre 3449 box score report
3 November South Dragons 95-111 Brisbane Bullets Vodafone Arena 2982 box score report
3 November West Sydney Razorbacks 114-116 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre 2482 box score report
3 November Cairns Taipans 98-90 Singapore Slingers Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report
4 November Melbourne Tigers 117-120 (2OT) Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre 3150 box score report
4 November Wollongong Hawks 113-107 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre 3520 box score report
4 November Adelaide 36ers 90-99 New Zealand Breakers Distinctive Homes Dome 5012 box score report
5 November Perth Wildcats 119-107 West Sydney Razorbacks Challenge Stadium 4100 box score report

Round 8

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
6 November South Dragons 113-92 Sydney Kings Vodafone Arena 3851 box score report
8 November Wollongong Hawks 104-85 Cairns Taipans WIN Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
10 November Adelaide 36ers 85-116 Townsville Crocodiles Distinctive Homes Dome 4721 box score report
11 November Melbourne Tigers 111-102 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre 3220 box score report
11 November Perth Wildcats 90-81 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium 4400 box score report
11 November Cairns Taipans 113-99 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report
11 November West Sydney Razorbacks 121-126 Wollongong Hawks Bridgecoast Stadium ???? box score report
11 November South Dragons 121-110 Townsville Crocodiles Vodafone Arena 3861 box score report
12 November Brisbane Bullets 116-95 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3283 box score report

Round 9

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
15 November Adelaide 36ers 110-102 West Sydney Razorbacks Distinctive Homes Dome 3482 box score report
16 November New Zealand Breakers 88-109 Sydney Kings North Shore Events Centre ???? box score report
17 November West Sydney Razorbacks 80-115 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre ???? box score report
18 November Sydney Kings 92-88 (OT) South Dragons Sydney Entertainment Centre 5544 box score report
18 November Cairns Taipans 88-94 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report
18 November Brisbane Bullets 105-86 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre ???? box score report
18 November Townsville Crocodiles 117-96 Wollongong Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre 4468 box score report

Round 10

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
22 November Cairns Taipans 122-119 (OT) Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre 3358 box score report
22 November Melbourne Tigers 101-92 Wollongong Hawks State Netball and Hockey Centre 2380 box score report
22 November South Dragons 115-104 West Sydney Razorbacks Vodafone Arena 3017 box score report
23 November New Zealand Breakers 110-101 Adelaide 36ers North Shore Events Centre 1312 box score report
23 November Sydney Kings 80-67 Perth Wildcats AIS Arena ???? box score report
24 November Brisbane Bullets 100-85 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre ???? box score report
24 November West Sydney Razorbacks 104-105 South Dragons State Sports Centre ???? box score report

Round 11

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
27 November Brisbane Bullets 131-93 Singapore Slingers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2547 box score report
29 November Townsville Crocodiles 120-101 Singapore Slingers Townsville Entertainment Centre 4396 box score report
29 November New Zealand Breakers 116-104 West Sydney Razorbacks North Shore Events Centre 1517 box score report
30 November South Dragons 99-103 Perth Wildcats Vodafone Arena 3514 box score report
1 December Cairns Taipans 109-96 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report
2 December Wollongong Hawks 106-114 South Dragons WIN Entertainment Centre 3766 box score report
2 December Townsville Crocodiles 105-93 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre 4373 box score report
2 December West Sydney Razorbacks 104-107 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre ???? box score report
2 December Brisbane Bullets 106-90 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre ???? box score report
3 December Sydney Kings 107-104 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre ???? box score report

Round 12

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
6 December Melbourne Tigers 106-92 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre 2865 box score report
7 December New Zealand Breakers 113-106 Cairns Taipans North Shore Events Centre 1685 box score report
8 December Townsville Crocodiles 115-102 South Dragons Townsville Entertainment Centre 4484 box score report
8 December Sydney Kings 97-99 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
9 December West Sydney Razorbacks 90-93 Sydney Kings Sydney SuperDome ???? box score report
9 December Cairns Taipans 126-100 South Dragons Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report
10 December Perth Wildcats 102-80 New Zealand Breakers Challenge Stadium ???? box score report
10 December Wollongong Hawks 84-110 Singapore Slingers WIN Entertainment Centre 3410 box score report

Round 13

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
13 December Adelaide 36ers 107-90 West Sydney Razorbacks Distinctive Homes Dome 4427 box score report
13 December Singapore Slingers 111-94 New Zealand Breakers Singapore Indoor Stadium 3000 box score report
15 December Sydney Kings 68-93 Melbourne Tigers AIS Arena ???? box score report
16 December Adelaide 36ers 102-100 Singapore Slingers Distinctive Homes Dome 4072 box score report
16 December Townsville Crocodiles 118-92 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre 4432 box score report
16 December South Dragons 117-109 New Zealand Breakers Vodafone Arena 4201 box score report
17 December Perth Wildcats 113-85 Wollongong Hawks Challenge Stadium ???? box score report
17 December Melbourne Tigers 119-117 New Zealand Breakers State Netball and Hockey Centre 2653 box score report
17 December Brisbane Bullets 110-101 West Sydney Razorbacks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3051 box score report

Round 14

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
20 December Wollongong Hawks 108-101 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre 3420 box score report
20 December Singapore Slingers 115-93 West Sydney Razorbacks Singapore Indoor Stadium ???? box score report
20 December South Dragons 94-126 Brisbane Bullets Vodafone Arena 3588 box score report
21 December New Zealand Breakers 95-111 Townsville Crocodiles North Shore Events Centre 3024 box score report
22 December Cairns Taipans 91-72 Wollongong Hawks Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report
23 December Adelaide 36ers 102-107 South Dragons Distinctive Homes Dome 5151 box score report
23 December Melbourne Tigers 99-84 West Sydney Razorbacks State Netball and Hockey Centre 2512 box score report
23 December Perth Wildcats 113-94 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium 4300 box score report
23 December Brisbane Bullets 137-97 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3386 box score report

Round 15

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
26 December South Dragons 107-94 Melbourne Tigers Vodafone Arena 9175 box score report
27 December Sydney Kings 96-83 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
27 December Perth Wildcats 105-88 Singapore Slingers Challenge Stadium 4200 box score report
29 December Melbourne Tigers 106-94 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre 2990 box score report
29 December Singapore Slingers 109-96 New Zealand Breakers Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1706 box score report
29 December West Sydney Razorbacks 106-111 Townsville Crocodiles Bridgecoast Sports Stadium ???? box score report
30 December Brisbane Bullets 112-108 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre ???? box score report
30 December South Dragons 104-108 Perth Wildcats Vodafone Arena 4692 box score report
31 December Cairns Taipans 105-90 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre 4460 box score report
31 December Wollongong Hawks 100-105 South Dragons WIN Entertainment Centre 3620 box score report
31 December Adelaide 36ers 94-88 Perth Wildcats Distinctive Homes Dome 4345 box score report
31 December Townsville Crocodiles 110-97 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5257 box score report

Round 16

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
1 January Sydney Kings 100-89 New Zealand Breakers Sydney Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
3 January Brisbane Bullets 121-113 Wollongong Hawks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3053 box score report
3 January Singapore Slingers 85-100 South Dragons Singapore Indoor Stadium ???? box score report
4 January Singapore Slingers 114-103 Townsville Crocodiles Singapore Indoor Stadium ???? box score report
5 January Wollongong Hawks 111-117 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre 3680 box score report
6 January Cairns Taipans 112-106 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre box score report
6 January Melbourne Tigers 96-114 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre box score report
6 January Sydney Kings 95-90 Wollongong Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre box score report
6 January Perth Wildcats 101-81 West Sydney Razorbacks Challenge Stadium box score report
6 January Brisbane Bullets 131-116 Singapore Slingers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre box score report
7 January Townsville Crocodiles 113-94 New Zealand Breakers Townsville Entertainment Centre box score report

Round 17

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
10 January Melbourne Tigers 106-94 South Dragons State Netball and Hockey Centre ???? box score report
10 January Adelaide 36ers 99-111 Cairns Taipans Distinctive Homes Dome 5475 box score report
10 January West Sydney Razorbacks 90-129 Townsville Crocodiles Coffs Harbour ???? box score report
10 January Singapore Slingers 96-88 Sydney Kings Singapore Indoor Stadium ???? box score report
11 January New Zealand Breakers 102-132 Wollongong Hawks North Shore Events Centre ???? box score report
12 January Cairns Taipans 101-113 Singapore Slingers Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report
12 January Perth Wildcats 107-96 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium ???? box score report
13 January Wollongong Hawks 102-106 West Sydney Razorbacks WIN Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
13 January Townsville Crocodiles 140-100 Singapore Slingers Townsville Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
14 January West Sydney Razorbacks 82-115 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre ???? box score report
14 January South Dragons 105-115 Cairns Taipans Geelong Arena ???? box score report
14 January Brisbane Bullets 108-95 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre ???? box score report

Round 18

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
17 January Wollongong Hawks 115-97 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
17 January Singapore Slingers 89-96 Melbourne Tigers Singapore Indoor Stadium ???? box score report
18 January New Zealand Breakers 122-114 Adelaide 36ers North Shore Events Centre ???? box score report
18 January West Sydney Razorbacks 112-132 Brisbane Bullets Albury ???? box score report
19 January Cairns Taipans 103-119 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report
20 January Melbourne Tigers 106-101 New Zealand Breakers State Netball and Hockey Centre ???? box score report
20 January Sydney Kings 115-75 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
20 January South Dragons 90-84 West Sydney Razorbacks Dandenong Stadium ???? box score report
20 January Brisbane Bullets 121-86 Wollongong Hawks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre ???? box score report
20 January Townsville Crocodiles 122-124 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre ???? box score report

Round 19

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
22 January Wollongong Hawks 84-88 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
24 January New Zealand Breakers 103-100 Singapore Slingers North Shore Events Centre ???? box score report
24 January Brisbane Bullets 117-101 South Dragons Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre ???? box score report
25 January West Sydney Razorbacks 106-75 Sydney Kings State Sports Centre ???? box score report
25 January Perth Wildcats 97-88 Wollongong Hawks Challenge Stadium ???? box score report
25 January Townsville Crocodiles 103-110 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
27 January Melbourne Tigers 125-114 Singapore Slingers State Netball and Hockey Centre ???? box score report
27 January Adelaide 36ers 99-131 Brisbane Bullets Distinctive Homes Dome 5044 box score report
27 January Wollongong Hawks 80-99 New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
27 January Cairns Taipans 92-93 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report
28 January Perth Wildcats 100-98 South Dragons Challenge Stadium ???? box score report
28 January Sydney Kings 82-81 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre ???? box score report

Round 20

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
31 January Melbourne Tigers 95-90 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre ???? box score report
31 January Singapore Slingers 105-100 Adelaide 36ers Singapore Indoor Stadium ???? box score report
1 February New Zealand Breakers 102-106 South Dragons North Shore Events Centre ???? box score report
2 February Wollongong Hawks 93-96 Singapore Slingers WIN Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
2 February Cairns Taipans 97-92 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report
3 February Sydney Kings 105-81 Wollongong Hawks AIS Arena ???? box score report
3 February Adelaide 36ers 96-125 Melbourne Tigers Distinctive Homes Dome 4103 box score report
3 February South Dragons 100-114 Singapore Slingers Vodafone Arena 6249 box score report
3 February Brisbane Bullets 132-98 New Zealand Breakers Chandler Arena ???? box score report
3 February Townsville Crocodiles 123-93 West Sydney Razorbacks Townsville Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
4 February Perth Wildcats 104-109 Cairns Taipans Marrara Indoor Stadium ???? box score report

Round 21

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
7 February Wollongong Hawks 94-92 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
7 February South Dragons 149-147 Adelaide 36ers Geelong Arena ???? box score report
7 February Singapore Slingers 102-134 Brisbane Bullets Singapore Indoor Stadium ???? box score report
8 February New Zealand Breakers 125-104 West Sydney Razorbacks North Shore Events Centre ???? box score report
9 February Adelaide 36ers 98-89 Cairns Taipans Distinctive Homes Dome 4663 box score report
10 February Melbourne Tigers 99-83 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre ???? box score report
10 February West Sydney Razorbacks 101-91 Wollongong Hawks State Sports Centre ???? box score report
10 February Townsville Crocodiles 128-130 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
11 February Sydney Kings 102-76 Singapore Slingers Sydney Entertainment Centre ???? box score report
11 February Perth Wildcats 99-94 New Zealand Breakers Challenge Stadium ???? box score report
11 February Cairns Taipans 102-103 Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre ???? box score report

League Ladder

Team Pld Won Lost Last 5 Streak Home Away % Pts % Won
1 Brisbane Bullets 39 33 6 4-1 W2 19-1 14-5 113.13% 84%
2 Melbourne Tigers 39 28 11 2-3 L2 17-3 11-8 105.99% 71%
3 Perth Wildcats 34 23 11 1-4 L1 15-3 11-8 106.70% 67%
4 Sydney Kings 36 21 15 2-3 L2 15-3 6-12 104.01% 58%
5 Townsville Crocodiles 35 20 15 3-2 L1 14-4 6-11 102.41% 57%
6 Cairns Taipans 37 19 18 2-3 L2 13-6 6-12 100.33% 51%
7 South Dragons 34 15 19 2-3 L1 8-8 7-11 96.78% 44%
8 Singapore Slingers 34 13 21 2-3 L3 9-7 4-14 95.74% 38%
9 New Zealand Breakers 33 11 22 2-3 L1 9-7 2-15 95.59% 33%
10 Wollongong Hawks 33 11 22 1-3 L1 6-11 5-11 95.35% 33%
11 Adelaide 36ers 33 11 22 1-4 W1 7-9 4-13 93.56% 33%
12 West Sydney Razorbacks 33 5 28 2-3 W1 4-12 1-16 89.47% 15%

Finals

Quarter Finals

The quarter finals were played over 4 days. The first two teams automatically went ahead to the semi finals. The winner of Game 1 went on to play the 4th placed team, while the winner of Game 2 went on to play the 3rd placed team.

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
14 February Townsville Crocodiles 106-93 Singapore Slingers Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,964 box score report
15 February Cairns Taipans 118-97 South Dragons Cairns Convention Centre TBA box score report
16 February Sydney Kings 122-89 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre TBA box score report
17 February Perth Wildcats 78-82 Cairns Taipans Challenge Stadium 4,400 box score report

Semi Finals

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
20 February Brisbane Bullets 91-84 Sydney Kings Brisbane Entertainment Centre 5,388 box score report
21 February Melbourne Tigers 100-87 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,839 box score report
22 February Sydney Kings 86-93 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,368 box score report
23 February Cairns Taipans 87-95 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre 5,343 box score report

Grand Final

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
2 March Brisbane Bullets 98-95 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,291 box score report
4 March Melbourne Tigers 105-91 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 box score report
7 March Brisbane Bullets 113-93 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,539 box score report
9 March Melbourne Tigers 94-103 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 box score report

All Star Game

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
25 November Aussie All Stars 133-136 World All Stars Distinctive Homes Dome 5,124 box score report

Dunk Competition

Carlos Powell (New Zealand Breakers)

Most Valuable Player

Rashad Tucker (Melbourne Tigers) representing the World All Starts - 21 points, 12 rebounds, 9 assists

Awards

All NBL Team

# Player Team
PG Dave Thomas[4] Sydney Kings
SG Sam Mackinnon Brisbane Bullets
SF Martin Cattalini Cairns Taipans
PF Carlos Powell New Zealand Breakers
C Chris Anstey Melbourne Tigers

Philips Player of the Week

Philips Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

Statistics

External links

Notes and references

  1. Mark Price resigned as South Dragons coach on 23 October 2006, Shane Heal took over the role as coach and became only the 23rd player/coach in NBL history.
  2. Mark Watkins was sacked as West Sydney Razorbacks coach on 16 November 2006, Cal Bruton took over as head coach
  3. Brendan Joyce was sacked as Wollongong Hawks coach on 27 December 2006, Eric Cooks took over as head coach
  4. All-NBL team released
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