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2006–07 NBL season

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Champions
  
Brisbane Bullets

Finals MVP
  
Sam Mackinnon

Champion
  
Brisbane Bullets

Season MVP
  
Sam Mackinnon

Finals champion
  
Brisbane Bullets

Runners-up
  
Melbourne Tigers

Dates
  
20 Sep 2006 – 9 Mar 2007

Number of teams
  
12

Top seed
  
Brisbane Bullets

TV partner
  
Fox Sports

League
  
National Basketball League

Duration
  
20 September 2006 – 11 February 200714 – 23 February 2007 (Finals)2 – 9 March 2007 (Grand Finals)

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.

Contents

The Brisbane Bullets established a new NBL record of 21 straight wins, including 18 in the regular season.

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.

    • 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)

    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

    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.

    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

    • 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

    • References

    2006–07 NBL season Wikipedia
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