2006–07 NBL season

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.

2006–07 NBL season
Logo of the league sponsored by Philips
LeagueNational Basketball League
Season2006–07
Teams12
Dates20 September 2006 – 11 February 2007
14 – 23 February 2007 (Finals)
2 – 9 March 2007 (Grand Finals)
TVAustralia:
New Zealand:
Finals
Top seedBrisbane Bullets
ChampionsBrisbane Bullets (3rd title)
Runners-upMelbourne Tigers
SemifinalistsSydney Kings
Cairns Taipans
Awards
MVP Sam Mackinnon (Brisbane)
Finals MVP Sam Mackinnon (Brisbane)
Statistical leaders
Points Carlos Powell (New Zealand) 28.2
Rebounds Rosell Ellis (South) 11.4
Assists Brett Maher (Adelaide) 6.6

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

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
1Brisbane Bullets930197169+28
2Perth Wildcats721173172-1
3Adelaide 36ers512173161+12
4Melbourne Tigers512159165-6
5South Dragons512149159-10
6West Sydney Razorbacks512142167-25
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
1Townsville Crocodiles930177156+21
2Sydney Kings930174158+16
3Cairns Taipans721179165+14
4Wollongong Hawks512185164+21
5New Zealand Breakers303159189-30
6Singapore Slingers303140182-42
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 finals series
Quarterfinals Semifinals Grand Final
         
A1 Brisbane Bullets 82
B4 Wollongong Hawks 63
Brisbane Bullets 67
Sydney Kings 46
B2 Sydney Kings 73
A3 Adelaide 36ers 45
Brisbane Bullets 53
Melbourne Tigers 39
B1 Townsville Crocodiles 50
A4 Melbourne Tigers 73
Melbourne Tigers 67
Perth Wildcats 49
A2 Perth Wildcats (OT) 63
B3 Cairns Taipans 57

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
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
20/09/2006 Singapore Slingers 98–91 Adelaide 36ers Singapore Indoor Stadium 4,212 boxscore
22/09/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 117–103 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,715 boxscore
22/09/2006 Perth Wildcats 94–82 Singapore Slingers Challenge Stadium 3,000 boxscore
23/09/2006 Melbourne Tigers 94–86 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,820 boxscore
24/09/2006 Sydney Kings 109–100 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,313 boxscore
24/09/2006 Wollongong Hawks 85–89 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre 4,620 boxscore

Round 2
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
26/09/2006 New Zealand Breakers 112–106 South Dragons North Shore Events Centre 3,433 boxscore
27/09/2006 Singapore Slingers 100–109 Perth Wildcats Singapore Indoor Stadium 3,000 boxscore
27/09/2006 Adelaide 36ers 115–122 Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena 3,980 boxscore
29/09/2006 Cairns Taipans 103–101 Wollongong Hawks Cairns Convention Centre 4,232 boxscore
29/09/2006 Perth Wildcats 119–84 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium 4,132 boxscore
29/09/2006 Sydney Kings 109–83 South Dragons AIS Arena 2,615 boxscore

Round 3
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
3/10/2006 Brisbane Bullets 98–85 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention Centre 3,380 boxscore
4/10/2006 Perth Wildcats 117–107 Townsville Crocodiles Challenge Stadium 4,200 boxscore
4/10/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 84–101 Cairns Taipans State Sports Centre 2,354 boxscore
5/10/2006 New Zealand Breakers 94–99 Sydney Kings North Shore Events Centre 3,467 boxscore
6/10/2006 Adelaide 36ers 103–113 Wollongong Hawks Adelaide Arena 4,421 boxscore
7/10/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 108–102 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,454 boxscore
8/10/2006 Wollongong Hawks 101–108 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre 2,879 boxscore

Round 4
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
9/10/2006 Singapore Slingers 126–89 West Sydney Razorbacks Singapore Indoor Stadium 2,034 boxscore
11/10/2006 Brisbane Bullets 123–104 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention Centre 3,018 boxscore
12/10/2006 Singapore Slingers 87–105 Wollongong Hawks Singapore Indoor Stadium 1,000 boxscore
12/10/2006 New Zealand Breakers 88–105 Perth Wildcats Trusts Stadium 1,475 boxscore
13/10/2006 Adelaide 36ers 93–115 Brisbane Bullets Adelaide Arena 4,766 boxscore
13/10/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 115–111 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,487 boxscore
14/10/2006 Cairns Taipans 91–90 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre 4,345 boxscore
14/10/2006 Melbourne Tigers 113–102 Singapore Slingers State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,860 boxscore
14/10/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 104–97 New Zealand Breakers State Sports Centre 2,200 boxscore
14/10/2006 South Dragons 93–102 Wollongong Hawks Vodafone Arena 5,106 boxscore
15/10/2006 Brisbane Bullets 87–90 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention Centre 3,004 boxscore

Round 5
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
16/10/2006 Wollongong Hawks 98–95 New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre 3,462 boxscore
18/10/2006 Singapore Slingers 104–96 South Dragons Singapore Indoor Stadium 2,116 boxscore
18/10/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 96–86 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,333 boxscore
18/10/2006 New Zealand Breakers 111–106 Brisbane Bullets North Shore Events Centre 1,481 boxscore
20/10/2006 Adelaide 36ers 113–86 Townsville Crocodiles Adelaide Arena 4,921 boxscore
20/10/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 97–80 Singapore Slingers State Sports Centre 2,592 boxscore
20/10/2006 Wollongong Hawks 86–115 Brisbane Bullets WIN Entertainment Centre 3,945 boxscore
21/10/2006 Cairns Taipans 89–79 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre 4,244 boxscore
21/10/2006 Melbourne Tigers 118–96 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,010 boxscore
21/10/2006 Sydney Kings 142–99 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,401 boxscore
22/10/2006 South Dragons 108–128 Melbourne Tigers Vodafone Arena 7,910 boxscore

Round 6
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
25/10/2006 Perth Wildcats 99–97 Melbourne Tigers Challenge Stadium 4,325 boxscore
25/10/2006 Adelaide 36ers 103–88 South Dragons Adelaide Arena 3,896 boxscore
26/10/2006 Singapore Slingers 98–102 Cairns Taipans Singapore Indoor Stadium 1,508 boxscore
26/10/2006 New Zealand Breakers 126–127 Townsville Crocodiles North Shore Events Centre 1,300 boxscore
28/10/2006 Melbourne Tigers 98–83 Townsville Crocodiles State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,898 boxscore
28/10/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 103–105 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre 2,687 boxscore
29/10/2006 South Dragons 96–86 Cairns Taipans Ballarat Stadium 2,000 boxscore
29/10/2006 Singapore Slingers 83–90 Sydney Kings Singapore Indoor Stadium 2,096 boxscore

Round 7
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
1/11/2006 Perth Wildcats 99–100 Brisbane Bullets Challenge Stadium 4,100 boxscore
1/11/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 98–111 South Dragons Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,292 boxscore
2/11/2006 New Zealand Breakers 118–97 Melbourne Tigers North Shore Events Centre 1,112 boxscore
3/11/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 114–116 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre 2,482 boxscore
3/11/2006 Sydney Kings 116–97 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,449 boxscore
3/11/2006 South Dragons 95–111 Brisbane Bullets Vodafone Arena 2,982 boxscore
3/11/2006 Cairns Taipans 98–90 Singapore Slingers Cairns Convention Centre 4,000 boxscore
4/11/2006 Melbourne Tigers 117–120 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,150 boxscore
4/11/2006 Adelaide 36ers 90–99 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena 5,012 boxscore
4/11/2006 Wollongong Hawks 113–107 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre 3,520 boxscore
5/11/2006 Perth Wildcats 119–107 West Sydney Razorbacks Challenge Stadium 4,100 boxscore

Round 8
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
6/11/2006 South Dragons 113–92 Sydney Kings Vodafone Arena 3,851 boxscore
8/11/2006 Wollongong Hawks 104–85 Cairns Taipans WIN Entertainment Centre 2,856 boxscore
10/11/2006 Adelaide 36ers 95–116 Townsville Crocodiles Adelaide Arena 4,721 boxscore
11/11/2006 Melbourne Tigers 111–102 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,220 boxscore
11/11/2006 Perth Wildcats 90–81 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium 4,400 boxscore
11/11/2006 Cairns Taipans 113–99 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre 4,112 boxscore
11/11/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 121–126 Wollongong Hawks Bridgecoast Stadium 1,000 boxscore
11/11/2006 South Dragons 121–110 Townsville Crocodiles Vodafone Arena 3,861 boxscore
12/11/2006 Brisbane Bullets 116–95 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention Centre 3,283 boxscore

Round 9
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
15/11/2006 Adelaide 36ers 110–102 West Sydney Razorbacks Adelaide Arena 3,482 boxscore
16/11/2006 New Zealand Breakers 88–109 Sydney Kings North Shore Events Centre 1,588 boxscore
17/11/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 80–115 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre 2,348 boxscore
18/11/2006 Cairns Taipans 88–94 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre 4,568 boxscore
18/11/2006 Sydney Kings 92–88 South Dragons Sydney Entertainment Centre 5,544 boxscore
18/11/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 117–96 Wollongong Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,468 boxscore
18/11/2006 Brisbane Bullets 105–86 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention Centre 3,378 boxscore

Round 10
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
22/11/2006 Cairns Taipans 122–119 Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre 5,300 boxscore
22/11/2006 South Dragons 115–104 West Sydney Razorbacks Vodafone Arena 3,017 boxscore
22/11/2006 Melbourne Tigers 101–92 Wollongong Hawks State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,380 boxscore
23/11/2006 New Zealand Breakers 110–101 Adelaide 36ers North Shore Events Centre 2,525 boxscore
23/11/2006 Sydney Kings 80–67 Perth Wildcats AIS Arena 2,705 boxscore
24/11/2006 Brisbane Bullets 100–85 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention Centre 3,924 boxscore
24/11/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 104–105 South Dragons State Sports Centre 2,446 boxscore

Round 11
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
27/11/2006 Brisbane Bullets 131–93 Singapore Slingers Brisbane Convention Centre 2,547 boxscore
29/11/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 120–101 Singapore Slingers Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,396 boxscore
29/11/2006 New Zealand Breakers 116–104 West Sydney Razorbacks North Shore Events Centre 1,517 boxscore
30/11/2006 South Dragons 99–103 Perth Wildcats Vodafone Arena 3,514 boxscore
1/12/2006 Cairns Taipans 109–96 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre 3,967 boxscore
2/12/2006 Wollongong Hawks 106–114 South Dragons WIN Entertainment Centre 3,766 boxscore
2/12/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 105–93 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,373 boxscore
2/12/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 104–107 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre 2,678 boxscore
2/12/2006 Brisbane Bullets 106–90 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention Centre 3,076 boxscore
3/12/2006 Sydney Kings 107–104 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,183 boxscore

Round 12
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
6/12/2006 Melbourne Tigers 106–92 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,865 boxscore
7/12/2006 New Zealand Breakers 113–106 Cairns Taipans North Shore Events Centre 1,685 boxscore
8/12/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 115–102 South Dragons Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,484 boxscore
8/12/2006 Sydney Kings 97–99 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,108 boxscore
9/12/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 90–93 Sydney Kings Sydney SuperDome 7,356 boxscore
9/12/2006 Cairns Taipans 126–100 South Dragons Cairns Convention Centre 3,879 boxscore
10/12/2006 Perth Wildcats 102–80 New Zealand Breakers Challenge Stadium 4,200 boxscore
10/12/2006 Wollongong Hawks 84–110 Singapore Slingers WIN Entertainment Centre 3,410 boxscore

Round 13
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
13/12/2006 Adelaide 36ers 107–90 West Sydney Razorbacks Adelaide Arena 4,427 boxscore
13/12/2006 Singapore Slingers 111–94 New Zealand Breakers Singapore Indoor Stadium 3,000 boxscore
15/12/2006 Sydney Kings 68–93 Melbourne Tigers AIS Arena 2,895 boxscore
16/12/2006 Adelaide 36ers 102–100 Singapore Slingers Adelaide Arena 4,072 boxscore
16/12/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 118–92 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,432 boxscore
16/12/2006 South Dragons 117–109 New Zealand Breakers Vodafone Arena 4,201 boxscore
17/12/2006 Perth Wildcats 113–85 Wollongong Hawks Challenge Stadium 4,100 boxscore
17/12/2006 Melbourne Tigers 119–117 New Zealand Breakers State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,653 boxscore
17/12/2006 Brisbane Bullets 110–101 West Sydney Razorbacks Brisbane Entertainment Centre 3,051 boxscore

Round 14
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
20/12/2006 Wollongong Hawks 108–101 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre 3,420 boxscore
20/12/2006 Singapore Slingers 115–93 West Sydney Razorbacks Singapore Indoor Stadium 2,800 boxscore
20/12/2006 South Dragons 94–126 Brisbane Bullets Vodafone Arena 3,588 boxscore
21/12/2006 New Zealand Breakers 95–111 Townsville Crocodiles North Shore Events Centre 3,024 boxscore
22/12/2006 Cairns Taipans 91–72 Wollongong Hawks Cairns Convention Centre 3,089 boxscore
23/12/2006 Adelaide 36ers 102–107 South Dragons Adelaide Arena 5,151 boxscore
23/12/2006 Melbourne Tigers 99–84 West Sydney Razorbacks State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,512 boxscore
23/12/2006 Perth Wildcats 113–94 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium 4,300 boxscore
23/12/2006 Brisbane Bullets 137–97 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention Centre 3,386 boxscore

Round 15
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
26/12/2006 South Dragons 107–94 Melbourne Tigers Vodafone Arena 9,175 boxscore
27/12/2006 Sydney Kings 96–83 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre 2,896 boxscore
27/12/2006 Perth Wildcats 105–88 Singapore Slingers Challenge Stadium 4,200 boxscore
29/12/2006 Melbourne Tigers 106–94 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,990 boxscore
29/12/2006 Singapore Slingers 109–96 New Zealand Breakers Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,706 boxscore
29/12/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 106–111 Townsville Crocodiles Bridgecoast Stadium 1,000 boxscore
30/12/2006 Brisbane Bullets 112–108 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention Centre 3,874 boxscore
30/12/2006 South Dragons 104–108 Perth Wildcats Vodafone Arena 4,692 boxscore
31/12/2006 Cairns Taipans 105–90 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre 4,460 boxscore
31/12/2006 Wollongong Hawks 100–105 South Dragons WIN Entertainment Centre 3,620 boxscore
31/12/2006 Adelaide 36ers 94–88 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena 4,345 boxscore
31/12/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 110–97 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore

Round 16
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
1/01/2007 Sydney Kings 100–89 New Zealand Breakers Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,885 boxscore
3/01/2007 Brisbane Bullets 121–113 Wollongong Hawks Brisbane Convention Centre 3,053 boxscore
3/01/2007 Singapore Slingers 85–110 South Dragons Singapore Indoor Stadium 2,583 boxscore
4/01/2007 Singapore Slingers 114–103 Townsville Crocodiles Singapore Indoor Stadium 2,292 boxscore
5/01/2007 Wollongong Hawks 111–117 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre 3,680 boxscore
6/01/2007 Cairns Taipans 112–106 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre 4,234 boxscore
6/01/2007 Melbourne Tigers 96–114 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,043 boxscore
6/01/2007 Sydney Kings 95–90 Wollongong Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,561 boxscore
6/01/2007 Perth Wildcats 101–81 West Sydney Razorbacks Challenge Stadium 4,200 boxscore
6/01/2007 Brisbane Bullets 131–116 Singapore Slingers Brisbane Convention Centre 3,089 boxscore
7/01/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 113–94 New Zealand Breakers Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,133 boxscore

Round 17
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
10/01/2007 Singapore Slingers 96–88 Sydney Kings Singapore Indoor Stadium 3,100 boxscore
10/01/2007 Melbourne Tigers 106–94 South Dragons State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
10/01/2007 West Sydney Razorbacks 90–129 Townsville Crocodiles Coffs Harbour Stadium 1,000 boxscore
10/01/2007 Adelaide 36ers 99–111 Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena 5,475 boxscore
11/01/2007 New Zealand Breakers 102–132 Wollongong Hawks North Shore Events Centre 2,682 boxscore
12/01/2007 Cairns Taipans 101–113 Singapore Slingers Cairns Convention Centre 4,031 boxscore
12/01/2007 Perth Wildcats 107–96 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium 4,500 boxscore
13/01/2007 Wollongong Hawks 102–106 West Sydney Razorbacks WIN Entertainment Centre 3,043 boxscore
13/01/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 140–100 Singapore Slingers Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,617 boxscore
14/01/2007 Brisbane Bullets 108–95 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention Centre 3,339 boxscore
14/01/2007 West Sydney Razorbacks 82–115 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre 2,456 boxscore
14/01/2007 South Dragons 103–115 Cairns Taipans Geelong Arena 2,000 boxscore

Round 18
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
17/01/2007 Singapore Slingers 89–96 Melbourne Tigers Singapore Indoor Stadium 4,000 boxscore
17/01/2007 Wollongong Hawks 115–97 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre 3,974 boxscore
18/01/2007 New Zealand Breakers 122–114 Adelaide 36ers North Shore Events Centre 3,253 boxscore
18/01/2007 West Sydney Razorbacks 112–132 Brisbane Bullets Albury Stadium 2,000 boxscore
19/01/2007 Cairns Taipans 103–119 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre 5,003 boxscore
20/01/2007 Melbourne Tigers 106–101 New Zealand Breakers State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,790 boxscore
20/01/2007 Sydney Kings 115–75 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,256 boxscore
20/01/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 122–124 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,756 boxscore
20/01/2007 Brisbane Bullets 121–86 Wollongong Hawks Brisbane Convention Centre 3,046 boxscore
20/01/2007 South Dragons 90–84 West Sydney Razorbacks Dandenong Stadium 2,500 boxscore

Round 19
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
22/01/2007 Wollongong Hawks 84–88 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre 4,248 boxscore
24/01/2007 Brisbane Bullets 117–101 South Dragons Brisbane Convention Centre 2,906 boxscore
24/01/2007 New Zealand Breakers 103–100 Singapore Slingers North Shore Events Centre 2,704 boxscore
25/01/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 103–110 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,016 boxscore
25/01/2007 Perth Wildcats 97–88 Wollongong Hawks Challenge Stadium 4,300 boxscore
25/01/2007 West Sydney Razorbacks 106–75 Sydney Kings State Sports Centre 3,854 boxscore
27/01/2007 Adelaide 36ers 99–131 Brisbane Bullets Adelaide Arena 5,044 boxscore
27/01/2007 Wollongong Hawks 80–99 New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre 3,021 boxscore
27/01/2007 Cairns Taipans 92–93 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre 5,237 boxscore
27/01/2007 Melbourne Tigers 125–114 Singapore Slingers State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,330 boxscore
28/01/2007 Perth Wildcats 100–98 South Dragons Challenge Stadium 4,400 boxscore
28/01/2007 Sydney Kings 82–81 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre 6,445 boxscore

Round 20
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
31/01/2007 Singapore Slingers 105–100 Adelaide 36ers Singapore Indoor Stadium 4,100 boxscore
31/01/2007 Melbourne Tigers 95–90 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
1/02/2007 New Zealand Breakers 102–106 South Dragons North Shore Events Centre 3,557 boxscore
2/02/2007 Cairns Taipans 97–92 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre 4,963 boxscore
2/02/2007 Wollongong Hawks 93–96 Singapore Slingers WIN Entertainment Centre 3,004 boxscore
3/02/2007 Sydney Kings 105–81 Wollongong Hawks AIS Arena 2,381 boxscore
3/02/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 123–93 West Sydney Razorbacks Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,262 boxscore
3/02/2007 Adelaide 36ers 96–125 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena 4,103 boxscore
3/02/2007 South Dragons 100–114 Singapore Slingers Vodafone Arena 6,249 boxscore
3/02/2007 Brisbane Bullets 132–98 New Zealand Breakers Sleeman Sports Centre 2,700 boxscore
4/02/2007 Perth Wildcats 104–109 Cairns Taipans Marrara Indoor Stadium 1,500 boxscore

Round 21
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
7/02/2007 South Dragons 149–147 Adelaide 36ers Geelong Arena 2,000 boxscore
7/02/2007 Wollongong Hawks 94–92 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre 4,502 boxscore
7/02/2007 Singapore Slingers 102–134 Brisbane Bullets Singapore Indoor Stadium 2,500 boxscore
8/02/2007 New Zealand Breakers 125–104 West Sydney Razorbacks North Shore Events Centre 3,230 boxscore
9/02/2007 Adelaide 36ers 98–89 Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena 4,663 boxscore
10/02/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 128–130 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,123 boxscore
10/02/2007 Melbourne Tigers 99–83 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,286 boxscore
10/02/2007 West Sydney Razorbacks 101–91 Wollongong Hawks State Sports Centre 2,358 boxscore
11/02/2007 Cairns Taipans 102–103 Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre 5,124 boxscore
11/02/2007 Perth Wildcats 99–94 New Zealand Breakers Challenge Stadium 4,000 boxscore
11/02/2007 Sydney Kings 102–76 Singapore Slingers Sydney Entertainment Centre 2,632 boxscore

Ladder
# Team Played Won Loss Win% Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Points%
1 Brisbane Bullets 33 28 5 84.85% 5-0 Won 18 16-1 12-4 3,804 3,326 114.37%
2 Melbourne Tigers 33 25 8 75.76% 4-1 Won 3 15-2 10-6 3,453 3,228 106.97%
3 Perth Wildcats 33 23 10 69.70% 2-3 Won 1 14-3 8-8 3,331 3,113 107.00%
4 Sydney Kings 33 20 13 60.61% 3-2 Won 1 14-2 6-11 3,236 3,119 103.75%
5 Townsville Crocodiles 33 19 14 57.58% 2-3 Lost 1 13-4 6-10 3,626 3,516 103.13%
6 Cairns Taipans 33 17 16 51.52% 2-3 Lost 2 11-6 5-11 3,292 3,284 100.24%
7 South Dragons 33 15 18 45.45% 2-3 Won 1 8-8 7-10 3,418 3,514 97.27%
8 Singapore Slingers 33 13 20 39.39% 3-2 Lost 2 9-7 4-13 3,297 3,435 95.98%
9 Wollongong Hawks1 2 33 11 22 33.33% 1-4 Lost 1 6-11 5-11 3,237 3,395 95.35%
10 New Zealand Breakers1 2 33 11 22 33.33% 2-3 Lost 1 9-7 2-15 3,382 3,538 95.59%
11 Adelaide 36ers1 33 11 22 33.33% 1-4 Won 1 7-9 4-13 3,326 3,555 93.56%
12 West Sydney Razorbacks 33 5 28 15.15% 2-3 Won 1 4-12 1-16 3,221 3,600 89.47%

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
Main article: 2007 NBL Finals

Playoff bracket
Elimination Finals Elimination Finals Semi Finals Grand Final
1 Brisbane Bullets X
X Bye X
1 Brisbane Bullets 91 93 X
4 Sydney Kings 84 86 X
4 Sydney Kings 122
5 Townsville Crocodiles 106 5 Townsville Crocodiles 89
8 Singapore Slingers 93 1 Brisbane Bullets 98 91 113 103 X
2 Melbourne Tigers 95 105 93 94 X
2 Melbourne Tigers X
X Bye X
2 Melbourne Tigers 100 95 X
6 Cairns Taipans 87 87 X
3 Perth Wildcats 78
6 Cairns Taipans 118 6 Cairns Taipans 82
7 South Dragons 97

Elimination Finals
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
14/02/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 106–93 Singapore Slingers Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,964 boxscore
15/02/2007 Cairns Taipans 118–97 South Dragons Cairns Convention Centre 5,006 boxscore
16/02/2007 Sydney Kings 122–89 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,178 boxscore
17/02/2007 Perth Wildcats 78–82 Cairns Taipans Challenge Stadium 4,400 boxscore

Semi Finals
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
20/02/2007 Brisbane Bullets 91–84 Sydney Kings Brisbane Entertainment Centre 5,388 boxscore
21/02/2007 Melbourne Tigers 100–87 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,839 boxscore
22/02/2007 Sydney Kings 86–93 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,368 boxscore
23/02/2007 Cairns Taipans 87–95 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre 5,343 boxscore

Grand Final
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
2/03/2007 Brisbane Bullets 98–95 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,291 boxscore
4/03/2007 Melbourne Tigers 105–91 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
7/03/2007 Brisbane Bullets 113–93 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7,539 boxscore
9/03/2007 Melbourne Tigers 94–103 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore

All Star Game
Main article: 2006–07 NBL All-Star Game
25 November 2006
19:40
Aussie All Stars 133–136 World All Stars
Scoring by quarter: 34–34, 38–34, 30–26, 34–39
Pts: Anstey 30
Rebs: Pepper 9
Asts: Bruton, McDonald 11		 Pts: Farley 25
Rebs: Tucker 13
Asts: Tucker 9
World All Stars win, 136–133
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,124

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

Most Valuable Player
  • Rashad Tucker (Melbourne Tigers) Representing the World All Starts - 21 points, 12 rebounds, 9 assists.

Awards

All NBL Team
# Player Team
PGDave Thomas[4]Melbourne Tigers
SGSam MackinnonBrisbane Bullets
SFMartin CattaliniCairns Taipans
PFCarlos PowellNew Zealand Breakers
CChris AnsteyMelbourne Tigers

Philips Player of the Week

Philips Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

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. All-NBL team released
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