2005–06 NBL season

NBL 2005-06
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 11
NBL season
Champions Melbourne Tigers
Premiers Sydney Kings
Season MVP Chris Anstey
NBL seasons
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Here are the results and statistics from the National Basketball League (Australia) season of 2005-2006.

Contents

End of Season Ladder

This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 176 games were played, 32 for each team. The top 8 teams qualified for the finals series.

Team Played Won Lost Home Away % Won %
1 Sydney Kings 32 26 6 15-1 11-5 112.2 81
2 Melbourne Tigers 32 25 7 15-1 10-6 110.8 78
3 Wollongong Hawks 32 19 13 12-4 7-9 104.2 59
4 Adelaide 36ers 32 19 13 14-2 5-11 98.3 59
5 Brisbane Bullets 32 17 15 12-4 5-11 102.8 53
6 Cairns Taipans 32 18 14 12-4 6-10 103.0 56
7 Perth Wildcats 32 16 16 10-6 6-10 101.6 50
8 Hunter Pirates 32 13 19 8-8 5-11 94.3 41
9 New Zealand Breakers 32 9 23 6-10 3-13 91.6 28
10 Townsville Crocodiles 32 9 23 7-9 2-14 94.3 28
11 West Sydney Razorbacks 32 5 27 4-12 1-15 90.1 16

Key

Green: Qualified for Semi-final
Purple: Qualified for Quarter Final
Blue: Qualified for Elimination Final

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 3rd placed team, while the winner of Game 2 went on to play the 4th placed team.

Game 1 - Brisbane Bullets 91 v Perth Wildcats 96 @ Brisbane Convention Centre. Crowd: ???.

Game 2 - Cairns Taipans 88 v Hunter Pirates 80 @ Cairns Convention Centre. Crowd: 4726

Game 3 - Wollongong Hawks 101 v Perth Wildcats 121 @ WIN Entertainment Centre. Crowd: 3345.

Game 4 - Adelaide 36ers 103 v Cairns Taipans 106 in OT @ Adelaide Arena. Crowd: ???

Semi Finals

The semi finals took place in a best of 3 series. But, both teams that advanced through to the Grand Final didn't need the 3rd game, winning 2-0.

Semi Final 1 - Melbourne Tigers vs Perth Wildcats

Game 1 - Melbourne Tigers 94 v Perth Wildcats 78 @ State Netball and Hockey Centre. Crowd: 3107.

Game 2 - Perth Wildcats 101 v Melbourne Tigers 106 @ Challenge Stadium. Crowd: 4400

Semi Final 2 - Sydney Kings vs Cairns Taipans

Game 1 - Sydney Kings 112 v Cairns Taipans 87 @ Sydney Entertainment Centre. Crowd: 3192.

Game 2 - Cairns Taipans 82 v Sydney Kings 84 @ Cairns Convention Centre. Crowd: ???.

Grand Final

The Melbourne Tigers beat the Sydney Kings 3-0 in the best of 5 series. Two of these games were played at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, while one was played at Melbourne's home ground, State Netball and Hockey Centre.

Game 1 - Sydney Kings 93 v Melbourne Tigers 100 @ Sydney Entertainment Centre. Crowd: 5890.

Game 2 - Melbourne Tigers 103 v Sydney Kings 99 @ State Netball and Hockey Centre. Crowd: ???

Game 3 - Sydney Kings 83 v Melbourne Tigers 88 @ Sydney Entertainment Centre. Crowd: 5561.

Awards

The MVP was awarded to Chris Anstey of the Melbourne Tigers.

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.