2006–07 NBL season

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.

Pre-Season Blitz finals series

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

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

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

League Ladder

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.

Semi Finals

Grand Final

All Star Game

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:
  • Sam Mackinnon, Brisbane Bullets
  • Chris Anstey, Melbourne Tigers
  • Martin Cattalini, Cairns Taipans
  • Carlos Powell, New Zealand Breakers
  • Dave Thomas, Melbourne Tigers^[4]

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