2005–06 NBL season

The 2005–06 NBL season was the 28th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league.

2005–06 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration2 September 2005 – February 2006
8 – 16 February 2006 (Finals)
24 – 28 February 2006 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)Fox Sports
Regular season
Top seedSydney Kings
Season MVPChris Anstey (Melbourne)
Top scorerCortez Groves (Wollongong)
Finals
ChampionsMelbourne Tigers (3rd title)
  Runners-upSydney Kings
Finals MVPChris Anstey (Melbourne)

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 23 rounds between 2 September 2005 to 5 February 2006 with finals starting 8 February 2006 until 16 February 2006 and grand final on 24 February 2006 until 28 February 2006.

Round 1
3 September 2005
Melbourne Tigers 102–61 Wollongong Hawks
4 September 2005
New Zealand Breakers 104–126 Cairns Taipans
Trusts Stadium, Auckland

Round 2
8 September 2005
Wollongong Hawks 99–85 New Zealand Breakers
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
10 September 2005
Melbourne Tigers 115–105 Perth Wildcats
10 September 2005
Sydney Kings 85–83 Wollongong Hawks

Round 3
14 September 2005
Brisbane Bullets 108–97 New Zealand Breakers
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
16 September 2005
Townsville Crocodiles 108–100 Adelaide 36ers
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
17 September 2005
Wollongong Hawks 101–105 West Sydney Razorbacks
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
18 September 2005
New Zealand Breakers 112–94 Hunter Pirates
Trusts Stadium, Auckland
18 September 2005
Brisbane Bullets 83–85 Melbourne Tigers
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
18 September 2005
Perth Wildcats 108–124 Townsville Crocodiles
Challenge Stadium, Perth

Round 4
23 September 2005
Wollongong Hawks 100–93 Brisbane Bullets
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
23 September 2005
Adelaide 36ers 99–94 Sydney Kings
23 September 2005
Townsville Crocodiles 122–113 New Zealand Breakers
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
25 September 2005
Perth Wildcats 73–91 Melbourne Tigers
Challenge Stadium, Perth

Round 5
28 September 2005
Townsville Crocodiles 107–116 Brisbane Bullets
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
1 October 2005
Melbourne Tigers 88–95 Sydney Kings
1 October 2005
Wollongong Hawks 105–91 Perth Wildcats
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
2 October 2005
New Zealand Breakers 109–102 West Sydney Razorbacks
Trusts Stadium, Auckland

Round 6
5 October 2005
Adelaide 36ers 94–92 Melbourne Tigers
7 October 2005
Perth Wildcats 87–95 Cairns Taipans
Challenge Stadium, Perth
8 October 2005
Brisbane Bullets 116–87 Hunter Pirates
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
8 October 2005
Melbourne Tigers 97–72 Townsville Crocodiles
9 October 2005
New Zealand Breakers 86–77 Wollongong Hawks
Trusts Stadium, Auckland

Round 7
14 October 2005
Adelaide 36ers 113–103 Wollongong Hawks
15 October 2005
Brisbane Bullets 105–94 Townsville Crocodiles
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
15 October 2005
Perth Wildcats 92–75 Hunter Pirates
Challenge Stadium, Perth
15 October 2005
Sydney Kings 116–104 Melbourne Tigers
16 October 2005
West Sydney Razorbacks 86–112 Melbourne Tigers

Round 8
19 October 2005
Perth Wildcats 100–93 Melbourne Tigers
Challenge Stadium, Perth
19 October 2005
Townsville Crocodiles 93–119 Hunter Pirates
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
19 October 2005
New Zealand Breakers 94–121 Adelaide 36ers
Trusts Stadium, Auckland
22 October 2005
Melbourne Tigers 94–85 Brisbane Bullets
22 October 2005
Wollongong Hawks 96–99 Sydney Kings
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
23 October 2005
Perth Wildcats 113–92 West Sydney Razorbacks
Challenge Stadium, Perth

Round 9
26 October 2005
West Sydney Razorbacks 77–106 Melbourne Tigers
28 October 2005
Cairns Taipans 86–94 Wollongong Hawks
28 October 2005
Perth Wildcats 121–100 Adelaide 36ers
Challenge Stadium, Perth
29 October 2005
Townsville Crocodiles 97–101 Wollongong Hawks
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
30 October 2005
Brisbane Bullets 93–104 Perth Wildcats
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
30 October 2005
Melbourne Tigers 109–91 Hunter Pirates

Round 10
4 November 2005
Brisbane Bullets 115–129 Cairns Taipans
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
5 November 2005
Perth Wildcats 92–119 Wollongong Hawks
Challenge Stadium, Perth
5 November 2005
Townsville Crocodiles 95–99 Melbourne Tigers
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
6 November 2005
New Zealand Breakers 97–103 Brisbane Bullets
Trusts Stadium, Auckland

Round 11
9 November 2005
Wollongong Hawks 112–95 Adelaide 36ers
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
11 November 2005
Townsville Crocodiles 115–99 Cairns Taipans
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
12 November 2005
Hunter Pirates 96–116 Wollongong Hawks
12 November 2005
Melbourne Tigers 115–103 Adelaide 36ers

Round 12
18 November 2005
New Zealand Breakers 93–109 Perth Wildcats
Trusts Stadium, Auckland
19 November 2005
Melbourne Tigers 97–88 Cairns Taipans
19 November 2005
West Sydney Razorbacks 90–94 Sydney Kings
Sydney Superdome, Sydney
20 November 2005
Brisbane Bullets 129–84 West Sydney Razorbacks
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
20 November 2005
Wollongong Hawks 105–99 Townsville Crocodiles
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong

Round 13
23 November 2005
Melbourne Tigers 103–88 New Zealand Breakers
25 November 2005
Perth Wildcats 82–93 Sydney Kings
Challenge Stadium, Perth
26 November 2005
West Sydney Razorbacks 91–115 Wollongong Hawks
26 November 2005
Adelaide 36ers 109–92 Melbourne Tigers
26 November 2005
Townsville Crocodiles 119–115 Brisbane Bullets
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
27 November 2005
Wollongong Hawks 93–94 Cairns Taipans
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong

Round 14
30 November 2005
Brisbane Bullets 130–109 Adelaide 36ers
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
3 December 2005
Townsville Crocodiles 128–131 Sydney Kings
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
3 December 2005
Melbourne Tigers 117–106 Perth Wildcats
3 December 2005
Wollongong Hawks 103–85 Hunter Pirates
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong

Round 15
7 December 2005
Brisbane Bullets 110–107 Cairns Taipans
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
10 December 2005
Melbourne Tigers 106–99 Hunter Pirates
10 December 2005
Adelaide 36ers 96–109 Sydney Kings
10 December 2005
Townsville Crocodiles 118–128 Wollongong Hawks
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
11 December 2005
Cairns Taipans 120–104 Wollongong Hawks

Round 16
14 December 2005
Hunter Pirates 102–121 Melbourne Tigers
16 December 2005
Wollongong Hawks 96–93 Adelaide 36ers
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
16 December 2005
Townsville Crocodiles 122–100 West Sydney Razorbacks
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
17 December 2005
Melbourne Tigers 108–99 Sydney Kings
17 December 2005
Perth Wildcats 115–93 Brisbane Bullets
Challenge Stadium, Perth
17 December 2005
New Zealand Breakers 109–98 Wollongong Hawks
Trusts Stadium, Auckland

Round 17
21 December 2005
Melbourne Tigers 111–104 Adelaide 36ers
22 December 2005
New Zealand Breakers 118–103 Cairns Taipans
North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
23 December 2005
Melbourne Tigers 102–89 Wollongong Hawks
23 December 2005
Brisbane Bullets 128–90 Townsville Crocodiles
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane

Round 18
30 December 2005
Wollongong Hawks 136–97 Brisbane Bullets
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
30 December 2005
New Zealand Breakers 82–105 Hunter Pirates
Trusts Stadium, Auckland
31 December 2005
Townsville Crocodiles 106–105 Perth Wildcats
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville

Round 19
4 January 2006
Wollongong Hawks 116–113 Perth Wildcats
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
4 January 2006
Brisbane Bullets 121–108 Sydney Kings
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
6 January 2006
Townsville Crocodiles 106–120 New Zealand Breakers
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
6 January 2006
Brisbane Bullets 93–118 Melbourne Tigers
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
7 January 2006
Sydney Kings 114–103 Wollongong Hawks
7 January 2006
Melbourne Tigers 118–92 West Sydney Razorbacks
8 January 2006
Perth Wildcats 98–87 New Zealand Breakers
Challenge Stadium, Perth

Round 20
13 January 2006
Wollongong Hawks 111–93 Hunter Pirates
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
13 January 2006
Townsville Crocodiles 100–103 Melbourne Tigers
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
14 January 2006
Cairns Taipans 110–104 Melbourne Tigers
14 January 2006
Brisbane Bullets 115–103 New Zealand Breakers
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
14 January 2006
Perth Wildcats 100–116 Adelaide 36ers
Challenge Stadium, Perth
15 January 2006
West Sydney Razorbacks 59–80 Wollongong Hawks

Round 21
20 January 2006
New Zealand Breakers 116–112 Townsville Crocodiles
Trusts Stadium, Auckland
21 January 2006
Wollongong Hawks 92–98 Sydney Kings
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
21 January 2006
Brisbane Bullets 111–100 West Sydney Razorbacks
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
22 January 2006
Perth Wildcats 91–81 Cairns Taipans
Challenge Stadium, Perth

Round 22
25 January 2006
Melbourne Tigers 95–88 Cairns Taipans
27 January 2006
Townsville Crocodiles 101–93 Adelaide 36ers
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
27 January 2006
Brisbane Bullets 111–108 Wollongong Hawks
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
28 January 2006
Wollongong Hawks 94–91 Melbourne Tigers
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
28 January 2006
West Sydney Razorbacks 99–110 Sydney Kings
Sydney Superdome, Sydney
29 January 2006
Perth Wildcats 117–84 Townsville Crocodiles
Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin

Round 23
31 January 2006
New Zealand Breakers 93–109 Melbourne Tigers
Trusts Stadium, Auckland
3 February 2006
Townsville Crocodiles 90–107 Cairns Taipans
Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
3 February 2006
New Zealand Breakers 94–108 Melbourne Tigers
Trusts Stadium, Auckland
4 February 2006
Wollongong Hawks 90–89 West Sydney Razorbacks
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
4 February 2006
Brisbane Bullets 120–77 Adelaide 36ers
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
5 February 2006
Perth Wildcats 112–89 Hunter Pirates
Challenge Stadium, Perth

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 Pld Won Lost Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against % Pts % Won
1 Sydney Kings 32 26 6 3-2 L2 15-1 11-5 3,472 3,094 112.22% 81.25%
2 Melbourne Tigers 32 25 7 3-2 W2 15-1 10-6 3,305 2,984 110.76% 78.13%
3 Wollongong Hawks 32 19 13 3-2 W2 12-4 7-9 3,231 3,101 104.19% 59.38%
4 Adelaide 36ers 32 19 13 2-3 L3 12-3 5-11 3,222 3,277 98.32% 59.38%
5 Cairns Taipans 32 18 14 3-2 W3 12-4 6-10 3,200 3,107 102.99% 56.25%
6 Brisbane Bullets 32 17 15 4-1 W4 12-4 5-11 3,373 3,280 102.84% 53.13%
7 Perth Wildcats 32 16 16 4-1 W3 10-5 5-10 3,219 3,168 101.61% 50.00%
8 Hunter Pirates 32 13 19 1-4 L1 8-8 5-11 3,126 3,315 94.30% 40.63%
9 Townsville Crocodiles 32 9 23 1-4 L3 7-9 2-14 3,283 3,483 94.26% 28.13%
10 New Zealand Breakers 32 9 23 3-2 L2 6-10 3-13 3,179 3,471 91.59% 28.13%
11 West Sydney Razorbacks 32 5 27 1-4 L3 4-12 1-15 2,994 3,324 90.07% 15.63%

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.

Finals Series

Elimination Finals

The elimination 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.

Fox Sports
8 February 2006
18:40
Brisbane Bullets 91–96 Perth Wildcats
Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
Attendance: not available
Fox Sports
9 February 2006
18:40
Cairns Taipans 88–80 Hunter Pirates
Fox Sports
10 February 2006
19:40
Wollongong Hawks 101–121 Perth Wildcats
WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
Attendance: 3,345
Fox Sports
11 February 2006
19:40
Adelaide 36ers 103–106 Cairns Taipans
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: not available

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.

Fox Sports
14 February 2006
19:40
Melbourne Tigers 94–78 Perth Wildcats
Melbourne leads series, 1–0
Fox Sports
15 February 2006
19:40
Sydney Kings 112–87 Cairns Taipans
Sydney leads series, 1–0
Fox Sports
16 February 2006
18:40
Perth Wildcats 101–106 Melbourne Tigers
Melbourne wins series, 2–0
Challenge Stadium, Perth
Attendance: 4,400
Fox Sports
17 February 2006
18:40
Cairns Taipans 82–84 Sydney Kings
Sydney wins series, 2–0
Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
Attendance: not available

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.

Fox Sports
24 February 2006
19:40
Sydney Kings 93–100 Melbourne Tigers
Melbourne leads series, 1–0
Fox Sports
26 February 2006
19:40
Melbourne Tigers 103–99 Sydney Kings
Melbourne leads series, 2–0
Fox Sports
28 February 2006
19:40
Sydney Kings 83–88 Melbourne Tigers
Melbourne wins series, 3–0

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.

All NBL Team
# Player Team
PGBrett Maher[1]Adelaide 36ers
SGC. J. BrutonSydney Kings
SFCortez GrovesWollongong Hawks
PFLarry AbneyTownsville Crocodiles
CChris AnsteyMelbourne Tigers

References
  1. All-NBL Teams revealed
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