2006–07 NBL season

Professional basketball season August 2022 March 2026 2006–07 NBL season Philips Championship NBL.png 250px Logo of the league sponsored by Philips National Basketball League 2006–07 Finals 2007 NBL Finals Brisbane Bullets (3rd title) Melbourne Tigers Sydney KingsCairns Taipans 12 20 September 2006 – 9 March 2007 Brisbane Bullets Australia: Fox Sports New Zealand: Sky Sport Sam Mackinnon (Brisbane) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player AUS Sam Mackinnon (Brisbane) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final AUS Carlos Powell (New Zealand) 28.2 USA List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders Rosell Ellis (South) 11.4 USA Brett Maher (Adelaide) 6.6 AUS List of NBL seasons NBL 2005–06 NBL season 2005–06 2007–08 NBL season 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 NBL location map.jpg 500 none -58.0 -55.0 -1 Slingers -450.0 -52.0 -1 Breakers -345.0 -95.0 -1 Taipans -347.0 -115.0 -1 Crocodiles -405.0 -200.0 -1 Bullets -325.0 -255.0 -1 Kings, Razorbacks -375.0 -275.0 -1 Hawks -300.0 -307.0 -1 Tigers, Dragons -263.0 -277.0 -1 Sixers -59.0 -250.0 -1 Wildcats 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 PriceMark 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. Shane Heal Melbourne 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 WatkinsMark Watkins was sacked as West Sydney Razorbacks coach on 16 November 2006, Cal Bruton took over as head coachCal Bruton State Sports Centre 5,006 Wollongong Hawks NSW Paul Young Brendan JoyceBrendan Joyce was sacked as Wollongong Hawks coach on 27 December 2006, Eric Cooks took over as head coachEric 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 The top four teams of each pool qualify for quarter-finals. Pool A TeamPtsWLPFPADiff1Brisbane Bullets 9 3 0 197 169 +282Perth Wildcats 7 2 1 173 172 -13Adelaide 36ers 5 1 2 173 161 +124Melbourne Tigers 5 1 2 159 165 -65South Dragons 5 1 2 149 159 -106West Sydney Razorbacks 5 1 2 142 167 -25Fri 8 September 18:00South Dragons5142West Sydney RazorbacksFri 8 September 18:00Brisbane Bullets5745Perth WildcatsFri 8 September 18:00Melbourne Tigers6356Adelaide 36ersFri 8 September 18:55South Dragons3650Adelaide 36ersFri 8 September 18:55Brisbane Bullets6857West Sydney RazorbacksFri 8 September 18:55Melbourne Tigers5361Perth WildcatsSat 9 September 11:25Melbourne Tigers4348West Sydney RazorbacksSat 9 September 11:25Adelaide 36ers6772Brisbane BulletsSat 9 September 11:25Perth Wildcats6762South DragonsPool B TeamPtsWLPFPADiff1Townsville Crocodiles 9 3 0 177 156 +212Sydney Kings 9 3 0 174 158 +163Cairns Taipans 7 2 1 179 165 +144Wollongong Hawks 5 1 2 185 164 +215New Zealand Breakers 3 0 3 159 189 -306Singapore Slingers 3 0 3 140 182 -42Fri 8 September 19:50Singapore Slingers5058Townsville CrocodilesFri 8 September 19:50Wollongong Hawks6067Sydney KingsFri 8 September 19:50New Zealand Breakers6174Cairns TaipansFri 8 September 20:45Singapore Slingers5156Cairns TaipansFri 8 September 20:45Wollongong Hawks5758Townsville CrocodilesFri 8 September 20:45New Zealand Breakers4954Sydney KingsSat 9 September 12:20Cairns Taipans4953Sydney KingsSat 9 September 12:20Townsville Crocodiles6149New Zealand BreakersSat 9 September 12:20Singapore Slingers3968Wollongong Hawks Pre-Season Blitz finals series Quarterfinals Semifinals Grand final 150 30 A1 Brisbane Bullets 82 B4 Wollongong Hawks 63 B2 Sydney Kings 73 A3 Adelaide 36ers 45 B1 Townsville Crocodiles 50 A4 Melbourne Tigers 73 A2 Perth Wildcats (OT) 63 B3 Cairns Taipans 57 Brisbane Bullets 67 Sydney Kings 46 Melbourne Tigers 67 Perth Wildcats 49 Brisbane Bullets 53 Melbourne Tigers 39 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 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 20 September 2006 SS 98–91 A36 Singapore Indoor Stadium 4,212 36083 22 September 2006 TC 117–103 SK Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,715 36084 22 September 2006 PW 94–82 SS Challenge Stadium 3,000 36085 23 September 2006 MT 94–86 CT State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,820 36086 24 September 2006 SK 109–100 BB Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,313 36087 24 September 2006 WH 85–89 A36 WIN Entertainment Centre 4,620 36088 Round 2 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 26 September 2006 NZ 112–106 SD North Shore Events Centre 3,433 36089 27 September 2006 SS 100–109 PW Singapore Indoor Stadium 1,900 36090 27 September 2006 A36 115–122 SK Adelaide Arena 3,980 36091 29 September 2006 CT 103–101 WH Cairns Convention Centre N/A 36092 29 September 2006 PW 119–84 A36 Challenge Stadium 4,132 36093 29 September 2006 SK 109–83 SD AIS Arena N/A 36094 Round 3 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 3/10/2006 BB 98–85 MT Brisbane Convention Centre 3,380 36095 4/10/2006 PW 117–107 TC Challenge Stadium 4,200 36096 4/10/2006 WSR 84–101 CT State Sports Centre 2,354 36097 5/10/2006 NZ 94–99 SK North Shore Events Centre 1,911 36098 6/10/2006 A36 103–113 WH Adelaide Arena 4,421 36099 7/10/2006 TC 108–102 CT Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,722 36100 8/10/2006 WH 101–108 MT WIN Entertainment Centre 2,879 36101 Round 4 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 9/10/2006 SS 126–89 WSR Singapore Indoor Stadium N/A 36102 11/10/2006 BB 123–104 TC Brisbane Convention Centre 3,018 36103 12/10/2006 SS 87–105 WH Singapore Indoor Stadium 1,000 36104 12/10/2006 NZ 88–105 PW Trusts Stadium 1,475 36105 13 October 2006 A36 93–115 BB Adelaide Arena 4,766 36106 13 October 2006 TC 115–111 SK Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,487 36107 14 October 2006 CT 91–90 SK Cairns Convention Centre N/A 36108 14 October 2006 MT 113–102 SS State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,860 36109 14 October 2006 WSR 104–97 NZ State Sports Centre 2,200 36110 14 October 2006 SD 93–102 WH Vodafone Arena 5,106 36111 15 October 2006 BB 87–90 PW Brisbane Convention Centre 3,004 36112 Round 5 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 16 October 2006 WH 98–95 NZ WIN Entertainment Centre 3,462 36113 18 October 2006 SS 104–96 SD Singapore Indoor Stadium 1,200 36114 18 October 2006 TC 96–86 PW Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,333 36115 18 October 2006 NZ 111–106 BB North Shore Events Centre 1,481 36116 20 October 2006 A36 113–86 TC Adelaide Arena 4,921 36117 20 October 2006 WSR 97–80 SS State Sports Centre 2,592 36118 20 October 2006 WH 86–115 BB WIN Entertainment Centre 3,945 36119 21 October 2006 CT 89–79 PW Cairns Convention Centre 4,244 36120 21 October 2006 MT 118–96 A36 State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,530 36121 21 October 2006 SK 142–99 WSR Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,401 36122 22 October 2006 SD 108–128 MT Vodafone Arena 7,910 36123 Round 6 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 25 October 2006 PW 99–97 MT Challenge Stadium 4,282 36124 25 October 2006 A36 103–88 SD Adelaide Arena 3,896 36125 26 October 2006 SS 98–102 CT Singapore Indoor Stadium 1,500 36126 26 October 2006 NZ 126–127 TC North Shore Events Centre N/A 36127 28 October 2006 MT 98–83 TC State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,898 36128 28 October 2006 WSR 103–105 BB State Sports Centre 2,687 36129 29 October 2006 SD 96–86 CT Ballarat Stadium 2,000 36130 29 October 2006 SS 83–90 SK Singapore Indoor Stadium N/A 36131 Round 7 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 1/11/2006 PW 99–100 BB Challenge Stadium 4,100 36132 1/11/2006 TC 98–111 SD Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,292 36133 2/11/2006 NZ 118–97 MT North Shore Events Centre 1,112 36134 3/11/2006 WSR 114–116 A36 State Sports Centre 2,482 36135 3/11/2006 SK 116–97 TC Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,449 36136 3/11/2006 SD 95–111 BB Vodafone Arena 2,982 36137 3/11/2006 CT 98–90 SS Cairns Convention Centre N/A 36138 4/11/2006 MT 117–120 BB State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,150 36139 4/11/2006 A36 90–99 NZ Adelaide Arena 5,012 36140 4/11/2006 WH 113–107 TC WIN Entertainment Centre 3,520 36141 5/11/2006 PW 119–107 WSR Challenge Stadium 4,155 36142 Round 8 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 6/11/2006 SD 113–92 SK Vodafone Arena 3,851 36143 8/11/2006 WH 104–85 CT WIN Entertainment Centre 2,200 36144 10/11/2006 A36 95–116 TC Adelaide Arena 4,721 36145 11/11/2006 MT 111–102 BB State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,220 36146 11/11/2006 PW 90–81 SK Challenge Stadium 4,350 36147 11/11/2006 CT 113–99 NZ Cairns Convention Centre N/A 36148 11/11/2006 WSR 121–126 WH Bridgecoast Stadium 1,000 36149 11/11/2006 SD 121–110 TC Vodafone Arena 3,861 36150 12/11/2006 BB 116–95 A36 Brisbane Convention Centre 3,283 36151 Round 9 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 15 November 2006 A36 110–102 WSR Adelaide Arena 2,615 36152 16 November 2006 NZ 88–109 SK North Shore Events Centre N/A 36153 17 November 2006 WSR 80–115 PW State Sports Centre N/A 36154 18 November 2006 CT 88–94 MT Cairns Convention Centre N/A 36155 18 November 2006 SK 92–88 SD Sydney Entertainment Centre 5,544 36156 18 November 2006 TC 117–96 WH Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,468 36157 18 November 2006 BB 105–86 PW Brisbane Convention Centre N/A 36158 Round 10 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 22 November 2006 CT 122–119 BB Cairns Convention Centre 3,358 36159 22 November 2006 SD 115–104 WSR Vodafone Arena 3,017 36161 22 November 2006 MT 101–92 WH State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,380 36160 23 November 2006 NZ 110–101 A36 North Shore Events Centre 1,312 36162 23 November 2006 SK 80–67 PW AIS Arena N/A 36163 24 November 2006 BB 100–85 CT Brisbane Convention Centre N/A 36164 24 November 2006 WSR 104–105 SD State Sports Centre N/A 36165 Round 11 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 27 November 2006 BB 131–93 SS Brisbane Convention Centre 2,547 36167 29 November 2006 TC 120–101 SS Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,396 36168 29 November 2006 NZ 116–104 WSR North Shore Events Centre 1,517 36169 30 November 2006 SD 99–103 PW Vodafone Arena 3,514 36170 1/12/2006 CT 109–96 A36 Cairns Convention Centre N/A 36171 2/12/2006 WH 106–114 SD WIN Entertainment Centre 3,766 36172 2/12/2006 TC 105–93 A36 Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,373 36173 2/12/2006 WSR 104–107 MT State Sports Centre 2,504 36174 2/12/2006 BB 106–90 NZ Brisbane Convention Centre 3,042 36175 3/12/2006 SK 107–104 CT Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,808 36176 Round 12 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 6/12/2006 MT 106–92 PW State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,865 36177 7/12/2006 NZ 113–106 CT North Shore Events Centre 1,685 36178 8/12/2006 TC 115–102 SD Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,484 36179 8/12/2006 SK 97–99 A36 Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 36180 9/12/2006 WSR 90–93 SK Sydney SuperDome N/A 36181 9/12/2006 CT 126–100 SD Cairns Convention Centre N/A 36182 10/12/2006 PW 102–80 NZ Challenge Stadium 4,400 36183 10/12/2006 WH 84–110 SS WIN Entertainment Centre 3,410 36184 Round 13 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 13 December 2006 A36 107–90 WSR Adelaide Arena 4,427 36185 13 December 2006 SS 111–94 NZ Singapore Indoor Stadium 3,000 36186 15 December 2006 SK 68–93 MT AIS Arena 2,400 36187 16 December 2006 A36 102–100 SS Adelaide Arena 4,072 36188 16 December 2006 TC 118–92 CT Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,432 36189 16 December 2006 SD 117–109 NZ Vodafone Arena 4,201 36190 17 December 2006 PW 113–85 WH Challenge Stadium 3,700 36191 17 December 2006 MT 119–117 NZ State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,653 36192 17 December 2006 BB 110–101 WSR Brisbane Entertainment Centre 3,051 36193 Round 14 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 20 December 2006 WH 108–101 A36 WIN Entertainment Centre 3,420 36194 20 December 2006 SS 115–93 WSR Singapore Indoor Stadium N/A 36195 20 December 2006 SD 94–126 BB Vodafone Arena 3,588 36196 21 December 2006 NZ 95–111 TC North Shore Events Centre 3,024 36197 22 December 2006 CT 91–72 WH Cairns Convention Centre N/A 36198 23 December 2006 A36 102–107 SD Adelaide Arena 5,151 36199 23 December 2006 MT 99–84 WSR State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,512 36200 23 December 2006 PW 113–94 SK Challenge Stadium 4,300 36201 23 December 2006 BB 137–97 TC Brisbane Convention Centre 3,386 36202 Round 15 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 26 December 2006 SD 107–94 MT Vodafone Arena 9,175 36203 27 December 2006 SK 96–83 CT Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,230 36204 27 December 2006 PW 105–88 SS Challenge Stadium 4,200 36205 29 December 2006 MT 106–94 CT State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,990 36206 29 December 2006 SS 109–96 NZ Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,706 36207 29 December 2006 WSR 106–111 TC Bridgecoast Stadium 1,000 36208 30 December 2006 BB 112–108 SK Brisbane Convention Centre 3,600 36209 30 December 2006 SD 104–108 PW Vodafone Arena 4,692 36210 31 December 2006 CT 105–90 WSR Cairns Convention Centre 4,460 36211 31 December 2006 WH 100–105 SD WIN Entertainment Centre 3,620 36212 31 December 2006 A36 94–88 PW Adelaide Arena 4,345 36213 31 December 2006 TC 110–97 MT Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 36214 Round 16 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 1/01/2007 SK 100–89 NZ Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 36215 3/01/2007 BB 121–113 WH Brisbane Convention Centre 3,053 36216 3/01/2007 SS 85–110 SD Singapore Indoor Stadium N/A 36217 4/01/2007 SS 114–103 TC Singapore Indoor Stadium N/A 36218 5/01/2007 WH 111–117 MT WIN Entertainment Centre 3,680 36219 6/01/2007 CT 112–106 NZ Cairns Convention Centre N/A 36220 6/01/2007 MT 96–114 A36 State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 36221 6/01/2007 SK 95–90 WH Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,593 36222 6/01/2007 PW 101–81 WSR Challenge Stadium N/A 36223 6/01/2007 BB 131–116 SS Brisbane Convention Centre 3,051 36224 7/01/2007 TC 113–94 NZ Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,480 36225 Round 17 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 10/01/2007 SS 96–88 SK Singapore Indoor Stadium N/A 36226 10/01/2007 MT 106–94 SD State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 36227 10/01/2007 WSR 90–129 TC Coffs Harbour Stadium N/A 36228 10/01/2007 A36 99–111 CT Adelaide Arena 5,475 36229 11/01/2007 NZ 102–132 WH North Shore Events Centre N/A 36230 12/01/2007 CT 101–113 SS Cairns Convention Centre N/A 36231 12/01/2007 PW 107–96 A36 Challenge Stadium 4,400 36232 13 January 2007 WH 102–106 WSR WIN Entertainment Centre 3,418 36233 13 January 2007 TC 140–100 SS Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,707 36234 14 January 2007 BB 108–95 SK Brisbane Convention Centre 3,600 36235 14 January 2007 WSR 82–115 MT State Sports Centre N/A 36236 14 January 2007 SD 103–115 CT Geelong Arena 1,720 36237 Round 18 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 17 January 2007 SS 89–96 MT Singapore Indoor Stadium 5,000 36238 17 January 2007 WH 115–97 TC WIN Entertainment Centre 3,320 36239 18 January 2007 NZ 122–114 A36 North Shore Events Centre N/A 36240 18 January 2007 WSR 112–132 BB Albury Stadium 1,000 36241 19 January 2007 CT 103–119 PW Cairns Convention Centre N/A 36242 20 January 2007 MT 106–101 NZ State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 36243 20 January 2007 SK 115–75 A36 Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 36244 20 January 2007 TC 122–124 PW Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,666 36245 20 January 2007 BB 121–86 WH Brisbane Convention Centre 3,600 36246 20 January 2007 SD 90–84 WSR Dandenong Stadium 2,100 36247 Round 19 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 22 January 2007 WH 84–88 SK WIN Entertainment Centre 3,620 36248 24 January 2007 BB 117–101 SD Brisbane Convention Centre 3,435 36249 24 January 2007 NZ 103–100 SS North Shore Events Centre N/A 36250 25 January 2007 TC 103–110 MT Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,572 36251 25 January 2007 PW 97–88 WH Challenge Stadium 3,200 36252 25 January 2007 WSR 106–75 SK State Sports Centre 3,126 36253 27 January 2007 A36 99–131 BB Adelaide Arena 5,044 36254 27 January 2007 WH 80–99 NZ WIN Entertainment Centre 3,336 36255 27 January 2007 CT 92–93 TC Cairns Convention Centre 4,792 36256 27 January 2007 MT 125–114 SS State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,904 36257 28 January 2007 PW 100–98 SD Challenge Stadium 4,286 36258 28 January 2007 SK 82–81 MT Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 36259 Round 20 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 31 January 2007 SS 105–100 A36 Singapore Indoor Stadium N/A 36260 31 January 2007 MT 95–90 PW State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,895 36261 1/02/2007 NZ 102–106 SD North Shore Events Centre N/A 36262 2/02/2007 CT 97–92 WSR Cairns Convention Centre 3,538 36263 2/02/2007 WH 93–96 SS WIN Entertainment Centre 3,419 36264 3/02/2007 SK 105–81 WH AIS Arena 2,047 36265 3/02/2007 TC 123–93 WSR Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,612 36266 3/02/2007 A36 96–125 MT Adelaide Arena 4,103 36267 3/02/2007 SD 100–114 SS Vodafone Arena 6,249 36268 3/02/2007 BB 132–98 NZ Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 36269 4/02/2007 PW 104–109 CT Marrara Indoor Stadium 1,500 36270 Round 21 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 7/02/2007 SD 149–147 A36 Geelong Arena 1,001 36271 7/02/2007 WH 94–92 PW WIN Entertainment Centre 2,980 36272 7/02/2007 SS 102–134 BB Singapore Indoor Stadium N/A 36273 8/02/2007 NZ 125–104 WSR North Shore Events Centre 1,810 36274 9/02/2007 A36 98–89 CT Adelaide Arena 4,663 36275 10/02/2007 TC 128–130 BB Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 36276 10/02/2007 MT 99–83 SK State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 36277 10/02/2007 WSR 101–91 WH State Sports Centre N/A 36278 11/02/2007 CT 102–103 BB Cairns Convention Centre N/A 36279 11/02/2007 PW 99–94 NZ Challenge Stadium 4,500 36280 11/02/2007 SK 102–76 SS Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 36281 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 2007 NBL Finals Playoff bracket Elimination Finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 14 February 2007 TC 106–93 SS Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,964 36282 15 February 2007 CT 118–97 SD Cairns Convention Centre 5,006 36283 16 February 2007 SK 122–89 TC Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,178 36284 17 February 2007 PW 78–82 CT Challenge Stadium 4,400 36285 Semi-finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 20 February 2007 BB 91–84 SK Brisbane Entertainment Centre 5,388 36286 21 February 2007 MT 100–87 CT State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,839 36287 22 February 2007 SK 86–93 BB Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,368 36288 23 February 2007 CT 87–95 MT Cairns Convention Centre 5,343 36289 Grand Final |- style="background:#ccf; font-size:0.8em;" |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 2/03/2007 BB 98–95 MT Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,291 36290 4/03/2007 MT 105–91 BB State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 36291 7/03/2007 BB 113–93 MT Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,539 36292 9/03/2007 MT 94–103 BB State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 36293 All Star Game 2006–07 NBL All-Star Game #eee 25 November 2006 19:40 boxscorereport Aussie All Stars 133 136 34–34 38–34 30–26 34–39 World All Stars Anstey 30 Pepper 9 Bruton, McDonald 11 Farley 25 Tucker 13 Tucker 9 Adelaide Arena, Adelaide 5,124 Fox Sports World All Stars win, 136–133 Aussie All Stars 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 World All Stars 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 #PlayerTeam PG Dave ThomasAll-NBL team released Melbourne Tigers 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 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20080112174938/http://www.aussiebball.com/ 12 January 2008 Notes and references Australia, NBL Category:2006 in Australian men's sport Category:2007 in Australian men's sport Category:2006–07 in Australian basketball Category:2006 in New Zealand basketball Category:2007 in New Zealand basketball