2006–07 NBL season explained

2006–07 NBL season
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League:	National Basketball League
Season:	2006–07
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	2007 NBL Finals
Runners Up:	Melbourne Tigers
Semifinalists:	Sydney Kings Cairns Taipans
Teams:	12
Dates:	20 September 2006 – 9 March 2007
Season Champs:	Brisbane Bullets
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:	28.2
Ppg N:	USA
Top Scorer Link:	List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders
Rpg:	11.4
Rpg N:	USA
Apg:	6.6
Apg N:	AUS
Seasonslist:	List of NBL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	NBL
Prevseason Link:	2005–06 NBL season
Prevseason Year:	2005–06
Nextseason Link:	2007–08 NBL season
Nextseason Year:	2007–08

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

Stadiums and locations

Team	Region	CEO	Coach	Home Venue	Capacity
					8,000
					4,000
					5,300
					3,500
		Richard Clarke			4,400
					4,500
					12,000
					10,500
					10,517
					5,257
					5,006
		Paul Young			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

• 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 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 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 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 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

The 2006-07 Regular Season will take place over 21 Rounds between 20 September 2006 and 11 February 2007.

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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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 18

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Round 19

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Round 20

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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.

¹3-way Head-to-Head between Wollongong Hawks (4-2), New Zealand Breakers (4-2) and Adelaide 36ers (1-5).

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

Finals

See main article: 2007 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: 2006–07 NBL All-Star Game.

Starters

Name	Club	Position
Chris Anstey	Melbourne Tigers	Centre
Joe Ingles	South Dragons	Small forward
Sam Mackinnon	Brisbane Bullets	Power forward
Darryl McDonald	Melbourne Tigers	Point guard
Brad Newley	Townsville Crocodiles	Shooting guard

Reserves

Name	Club	Position
Ben Pepper	New Zealand Breakers	Centre
C. J. Bruton	Brisbane Bullets	Guard
Tony Ronaldson	Perth Wildcats	Forward
Paul Rogers	Perth Wildcats	Centre
Martin Cattalini	Cairns Taipans	Forward

Starters

Name	Club	Position
Shawn Redhage	Perth Wildcats	Centre
Rashad Tucker	Melbourne Tigers	Power forward
Larry Abney	Townsville Crocodiles	Small forward
Cortez Groves	Wollongong Hawks	Point guard
Willie Farley	Adelaide 36ers	Shooting guard

Reserves

Name	Club	Position
Nick Horvath	Adelaide 36ers	Power forward
Carlos Powell	New Zealand Breakers	Forward
Mike Helms	Singapore Slingers	Guard
Dave Thomas	Melbourne Tigers	Forward
Kevin Owens	Cairns Taipans	Centre

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 Team

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PG	Dave Thomas^[4]	Melbourne Tigers
SG		Brisbane Bullets
SF		Cairns Taipans
PF		New Zealand Breakers
C		Melbourne Tigers

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)

External links

• NBL official website, including live scores and fixtures
• International Basketball Federation
• AussieBBall

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. https://web.archive.org/web/20070914074808/http://www.nbl.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=4802 All-NBL team released