Sport Basketball Champions Melbourne Tigers Dates 2 Sep 2005 – 28 Feb 2006 Location Australia Season MVP Chris Anstey Finals champion Melbourne United | TV partner(s) Fox Sports Runners-up Sydney Kings Champion Melbourne United Number of teams 11 Top seed Melbourne United | |
League National Basketball League Duration 2 September 2005 – February 2006
8 – 16 February 2006 (Finals)
24 – 28 February 2006 (Grand Finals) | ||
The 2005–06 NBL season was the 28th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league.
Contents
Regular season
The home and away season took place over 23 rounds between 2 September 2005 and February 2006 with finals starting 8 February 2006 until 16 February 2006 and grand final on 24 February 2006 until 28 February 2006.
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.
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.
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.
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. (best-of-three series)
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.