- 2006–07 NBL season
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NBL 2006-07 League Philips Championship NBL Sport Basketball Number of teams 12 NBL season Champions Brisbane Bullets Premiers Brisbane Bullets Season MVP Sam Mackinnon NBL seasons ← 2005-06 The 2006-07 National Basketball League is the 29th season of professional basketball in Australia. 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
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
- The top four teams of each pool qualify for quarter-finals.
Pool A Team Pts W L PF PA Diff 1 Brisbane Bullets 9 3 0 197 169 +28 2 Perth Wildcats 7 2 1 173 172 -1 3 Adelaide 36ers 5 1 2 173 161 +12 4 Melbourne Tigers 5 1 2 159 165 -6 5 South Dragons 5 1 2 149 159 -10 6 West Sydney Razorbacks 5 1 2 142 167 -25 Fri 8 Sept. 18:00 South Dragons 51 42 West Sydney Razorbacks Fri 8 Sept. 18:00 Brisbane Bullets 57 45 Perth Wildcats Fri 8 Sept. 18:00 Melbourne Tigers 63 56 Adelaide 36ers Fri 8 Sept. 18:55 South Dragons 36 50 Adelaide 36ers Fri 8 Sept. 18:55 Brisbane Bullets 68 57 West Sydney Razorbacks Fri 8 Sept. 18:55 Melbourne Tigers 53 61 Perth Wildcats Sat 9 Sept. 11:25 Melbourne Tigers 43 48 West Sydney Razorbacks Sat 9 Sept. 11:25 Adelaide 36ers 67 72 Brisbane Bullets Sat 9 Sept. 11:25 Perth Wildcats 67 62 South Dragons Pool B Team Pts W L PF PA Diff 1 Townsville Crocodiles 9 3 0 177 156 +21 2 Sydney Kings 9 3 0 174 158 +16 3 Cairns Taipans 7 2 1 179 165 +14 4 Wollongong Hawks 5 1 2 185 164 +21 5 New Zealand Breakers 3 0 3 159 189 -30 6 Singapore Slingers 3 0 3 140 182 -42 Fri 8 Sept. 19:50 Singapore Slingers 50 58 Townsville Crocodiles Fri 8 Sept. 19:50 Wollongong Hawks 60 67 Sydney Kings Fri 8 Sept. 19:50 New Zealand Breakers 61 74 Cairns Taipans Fri 8 Sept. 20:45 Singapore Slingers 51 56 Cairns Taipans Fri 8 Sept. 20:45 Wollongong Hawks 57 58 Townsville Crocodiles Fri 8 Sept. 20:45 New Zealand Breakers 49 54 Sydney Kings Sat 9 Sept. 12:20 Cairns Taipans 49 53 Sydney Kings Sat 9 Sept. 12:20 Townsville Crocodiles 61 49 New Zealand Breakers Sat 9 Sept. 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)
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 Adelaide Arena 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 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 Sydney Olympic Park 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 Adelaide Arena 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
Round 5
Round 6
Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report 25 October Adelaide 36ers 103-88 South Dragons Adelaide Arena 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 Sydney Olympic Park 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
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 Adelaide Arena 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 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 Adelaide Arena 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 Sydney Olympic Park ???? 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 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 Centre ???? box score report 24 November West Sydney Razorbacks 104-105 South Dragons Sydney Olympic Park ???? box score report Round 11
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 Adelaide Arena 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 Adelaide Arena 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 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 Adelaide Arena 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 Centre 3386 box score report Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
League Ladder
Regular Season Team P W L Last 5 Streak Home Away % Pts % Won 1 Brisbane Bullets 33 28 5 5-0 W18 16-1 12-4 114.4% 85% 2 Melbourne Tigers 33 25 8 4-1 W3 15-2 10-6 107.0% 76% 3 Perth Wildcats 33 23 10 2-3 W1 15-2 8-8 107.0% 70% 4 Sydney Kings 33 20 13 3-2 W1 14-2 6-11 103.8% 61% 5 Townsville Crocodiles 33 19 14 2-3 L1 13-4 6-10 103.1% 58% 6 Cairns Taipans 33 17 16 2-3 L2 12-5 5-11 100.2% 52% 7 South Dragons 33 15 18 2-3 W1 8-8 7-10 97.3% 45% 8 Singapore Slingers 33 13 20 3-2 L2 9-7 4-13 96.0% 39% 9 Wollongong Hawks 33 11 22 1-4 L1 6-11 5-11 95.4% 33% 10 New Zealand Breakers 33 11 22 2-3 L1 9-7 2-15 96.6% 33% 11 Adelaide 36ers 33 11 22 1-4 W1 7-9 4-13 93.6% 33% 12 West Sydney Razorbacks 33 5 28 2-3 W1 4-12 1-16 89.5% 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
Main article: 2006/07 NBL (Australia) All-Star GameDate Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report 25 November Aussie All Stars 133-136 World All Stars Adelaide Arena 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
- NBL Most Valuable Player: Sam Mackinnon, Brisbane Bullets
- Larry Sengstock Medal (GF MVP): Sam Mackinnon, Brisbane Bullets
- Coach of the Year: Joey Wright, Brisbane Bullets
- Best Defensive Player: Sam Mackinnon, Brisbane Bullets
- Rookie of the Year: Joe Ingles, South Dragons
- Most Improved Player: Liam Rush, West Sydney Razorbacks
- Best Sixth Man: Stephen Hoare, Melbourne Tigers
- All-NBL First Team:
Philips Player of the Week
- Round 1: John Rillie (Townsville Crocodiles)
- Round 2: Martin Cattalini (Cairns Taipans)
- Round 3: Shawn Redhage (Perth Wildcats)
- Round 4: Cortez Groves (Wollongong Hawks)
- Round 5: Carlos Powell (New Zealand Breakers)
- Round 6: Brad Newley (Townsville Crocodiles)
- Round 7 – Carlos Powell (New Zealand Breakers) Named twice
- Round 8 – Shawn Redhage (Perth Wildcats) Named twice
- Round 9 – Larry Abney (Townsville Crocodiles)
- Round 10 – Martin Cattalini (Cairns Taipans) Named twice
- Round 11 - John Rillie (Townsville Crocodiles) Named twice
- Round 12: - Marquin Chandler (Singapore Slingers)
- Round 13 – Carlos Powell (New Zealand Breakers) Named three times
- Round 14 - Sam Mackinnon (Brisbane Bullets)
- Round 15 - Rosell Ellis (South Dragons)
- Round 16 - Ed Scott (Sydney Kings)
- Round 17 - Adam Ballinger (Wollongong Hawks)
- Round 18 - Chris Anstey (Melbourne Tigers)
- Round 19 - Dusty Rychart (Brisbane Bullets)
- Round 20 - Chris Anstey (Melbourne Tigers) Named twice
- Round 21 - John Rillie (Townsville Crocodiles) Named three times
Philips Player of the Month
- September/October: Martin Cattalini (Cairns Taipans)
- November – Carlos Powell (New Zealand Breakers)
- December - Carlos Powell (New Zealand Breakers) Named twice
Coach of the Month
- September/October: Scott Fisher (Perth Wildcats)
- November – Joey Wright (Brisbane Bullets)
- December - Trevor Gleeson (Townsville Crocodiles)
Statistics
- Matches played = 49 (Round 6)
- Points scored = 9,849 (Round 6)
- Total attendance = 133,036
- Average attendance = 3,596 (12 attendance figures missing)
- Points p/g leader = M.Cattalini 27.4
- Rebounds p/g leader = A.Ballinger 11.4
- Assists p/g leader = D.McDonald 6.3
- Steals p/g leader = D.McDonald 2.1
External links
- NBL official website, including live scores and fixtures
- International Basketball Federation
- AussieBBall
Notes and references
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mark Watkins was sacked as West Sydney Razorbacks coach on 16 November 2006, Cal Bruton took over as head coach
- ^ Brendan Joyce was sacked as Wollongong Hawks coach on 27 December 2006, Eric Cooks took over as head coach
- ^ NBL media guide, NBL media, accessed 28 January 2008.
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