2005–06 NBL season explained

2005–06 NBL season
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League:	National Basketball League
Season:	2005–06
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	2006 NBL Finals
Runners Up:	Sydney Kings
Semifinalists:	Cairns Taipans Perth Wildcats
Teams:	11
Dates:	2 September 2005 – 28 February 2006
Season Champs:	Sydney Kings
Tv:	Australia: New Zealand:
Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player
Mvp N:	AUS
Finals Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final
Finals Mvp N:	AUS
Ppg:	24.0
Ppg N:	USA
Top Scorer Link:	List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders
Rpg:	11.3
Rpg N:	USA
Apg:	7.0
Apg N:	AUS
Seasonslist:	List of NBL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	NBL
Prevseason Link:	2004–05 NBL season
Prevseason Year:	2004–05
Nextseason Link:	2006–07 NBL season
Nextseason Year:	2006–07

The 2005–06 NBL season was the 28th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league.

Regular season

The 2005–06 regular season took place over 23 rounds between 2 September 2005 to 5 February 2006.

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

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Round 17

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Round 18

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

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Round 22

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Round 23

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Ladder

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.

¹Wollongong Hawks won Head-to-Head (2-1).

²New Zealand Breakers won Head-to-Head (2-1).

Finals

See main article: 2006 NBL Finals.

Elimination Finals

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Semi-finals

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Grand Final

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All Star Game

See main article: 2005–06 NBL All-Star Game.

Most Valuable Player

Darryl McDonald (Melbourne Tigers)

Awards

The MVP was awarded to Chris Anstey of the Melbourne Tigers.^[1]

The Grand Final MVP was also awarded to Chris Anstey.

The Coach of the Year went to Alan Westover of the Melbourne Tigers who coached the team to the title.

The Rookie of the Year went to Mark Worthington of the Sydney Kings.

All NBL Team

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PG	Brett Maher^[2]	Adelaide 36ers
SG		Sydney Kings
SF		Wollongong Hawks
PF		Townsville Crocodiles
C		Melbourne Tigers

Notes and References

Web site: Anstey wins MVP . NBL.com.au . 10 March 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060830065951/http://www.nbl.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=3150 . 30 August 2006.
Web site: All-NBL Teams revealed . NBL.com.au . 10 March 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060830065826/http://www.nbl.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=3151 . 30 August 2006.