2005–06 NBL season

2005–06 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
Season2005–06
Dates2 September 2005 – 28 February 2006
Teams11
TV partner(s)Australia:
New Zealand:
Regular season
Season championsSydney Kings
Season MVPAustralia Chris Anstey (Melbourne)
Finals
ChampionsMelbourne Tigers (3rd title)
  Runners-upSydney Kings
SemifinalistsCairns Taipans
Perth Wildcats
Finals MVPAustralia Chris Anstey (Melbourne)
Statistical leaders
Points United States Cortez Groves (Wollongong) 24.0
Rebounds United States Larry Abney (Townsville) 11.3
Assists Australia Darryl McDonald (Melbourne) 7.0
NBL seasons

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

Regular season

The 2005–06 regular season took place over 23 rounds between 2 September 2005 to 5 February 2006.

Round 1

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
2/09/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 97–111 Townsville Crocodiles State Sports Centre 3,246 boxscore
2/09/2005 Adelaide 36ers 102–93 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena 4,392 boxscore
3/09/2005 Melbourne Tigers 102–61 Illawarra Hawks State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,636 boxscore
4/09/2005 New Zealand Breakers 104–126 Cairns Taipans Trusts Stadium 2,315 boxscore

Round 2

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
8/09/2005 Illawarra Hawks 99–85 New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
10/09/2005 Sydney Kings 85–83 Illawarra Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,889 boxscore
10/09/2005 Melbourne Tigers 115–105 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,753 boxscore
10/09/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 124–104 New Zealand Breakers State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
11/09/2005 Cairns Taipans 105–90 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre 4,190 boxscore

Round 3

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
14/09/2005 Brisbane Bullets 108–97 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention Centre 3,061 boxscore
14/09/2005 Hunter Pirates 98–86 Sydney Kings Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,837 boxscore
16/09/2005 Townsville Crocodiles 108–100 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
16/09/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 78–104 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
17/09/2005 Sydney Kings 112–101 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,533 boxscore
17/09/2005 Illawarra Hawks 101–105 West Sydney Razorbacks WIN Entertainment Centre 2,769 boxscore
18/09/2005 New Zealand Breakers 112–94 Hunter Pirates Trusts Stadium 1,790 boxscore
18/09/2005 Cairns Taipans 90–92 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
18/09/2005 Perth Wildcats 108–124 Townsville Crocodiles Challenge Stadium 4,037 boxscore
18/09/2005 Brisbane Bullets 83–85 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention Centre N/A boxscore

Round 4

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
21/09/2005 Sydney Kings 118–85 Hunter Pirates Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,188 boxscore
23/09/2005 Townsville Crocodiles 122–113 New Zealand Breakers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,057 boxscore
23/09/2005 Illawarra Hawks 100–93 Brisbane Bullets WIN Entertainment Centre 3,584 boxscore
23/09/2005 Adelaide 36ers 99–94 Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena 5,122 boxscore
25/09/2005 Cairns Taipans 117–95 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
25/09/2005 Perth Wildcats 73–91 Melbourne Tigers Challenge Stadium 4,178 boxscore

Round 5

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
28/09/2005 Townsville Crocodiles 107–116 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,913 boxscore
30/09/2005 Hunter Pirates 104–115 Perth Wildcats Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,836 boxscore
1/10/2005 Melbourne Tigers 88–95 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
1/10/2005 Adelaide 36ers 109–108 Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena 4,850 boxscore
1/10/2005 Illawarra Hawks 105–91 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre 3,375 boxscore
2/10/2005 New Zealand Breakers 109–102 West Sydney Razorbacks Trusts Stadium 2,340 boxscore
3/10/2005 Sydney Kings 128–94 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,688 boxscore

Round 6

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
5/10/2005 Adelaide 36ers 94–92 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
5/10/2005 Hunter Pirates 104–99 Townsville Crocodiles Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,693 boxscore
7/10/2005 Perth Wildcats 87–95 Cairns Taipans Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore
8/10/2005 Brisbane Bullets 116–87 Hunter Pirates Brisbane Convention Centre N/A boxscore
8/10/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 106–107 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre 2,381 boxscore
8/10/2005 Melbourne Tigers 97–72 Townsville Crocodiles State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,847 boxscore
9/10/2005 New Zealand Breakers 86–77 Illawarra Hawks Trusts Stadium 2,346 boxscore
9/10/2005 Cairns Taipans 104–83 Hunter Pirates Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore

Round 7

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
12/10/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 112–101 Cairns Taipans State Sports Centre 1,876 boxscore
14/10/2005 Adelaide 36ers 113–103 Illawarra Hawks Adelaide Arena 5,375 boxscore
15/10/2005 Perth Wildcats 92–75 Hunter Pirates Challenge Stadium 4,107 boxscore
15/10/2005 Sydney Kings 116–104 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,301 boxscore
15/10/2005 Brisbane Bullets 105–94 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3,427 boxscore
16/10/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 86–112 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre N/A boxscore

Round 8

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
19/10/2005 Townsville Crocodiles 93–119 Hunter Pirates Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,667 boxscore
19/10/2005 Perth Wildcats 100–93 Melbourne Tigers Challenge Stadium 3,900 boxscore
19/10/2005 New Zealand Breakers 94–121 Adelaide 36ers Trusts Stadium 2,712 boxscore
22/10/2005 Melbourne Tigers 94–85 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre N/A boxscore
22/10/2005 Illawarra Hawks 96–99 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre 4,537 boxscore
23/10/2005 Perth Wildcats 113–92 West Sydney Razorbacks Challenge Stadium 3,552 boxscore
23/10/2005 Sydney Kings 106–88 New Zealand Breakers Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,274 boxscore
23/10/2005 Cairns Taipans 85–101 Hunter Pirates Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
23/10/2005 Adelaide 36ers 90–89 Brisbane Bullets Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore

Round 9

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
26/10/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 77–106 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre 1,875 boxscore
28/10/2005 Perth Wildcats 121–100 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore
28/10/2005 Cairns Taipans 86–94 Illawarra Hawks Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
28/10/2005 Hunter Pirates 85–83 Brisbane Bullets Newcastle Entertainment Centre 2,242 boxscore
29/10/2005 Sydney Kings 106–74 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,357 boxscore
29/10/2005 Townsville Crocodiles 97–101 Illawarra Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,943 boxscore
30/10/2005 Melbourne Tigers 109–91 Hunter Pirates State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,689 boxscore
30/10/2005 Brisbane Bullets 93–104 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention Centre 3,391 boxscore
30/10/2005 Adelaide 36ers 122–101 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore

Round 10

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
2/11/2005 Sydney Kings 124–91 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,068 boxscore
4/11/2005 Brisbane Bullets 115–129 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention Centre N/A boxscore
4/11/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 123–73 New Zealand Breakers State Sports Centre 3,108 boxscore
5/11/2005 Adelaide 36ers 100–92 West Sydney Razorbacks Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
5/11/2005 Hunter Pirates 90–98 Cairns Taipans Newcastle Entertainment Centre 2,136 boxscore
5/11/2005 Townsville Crocodiles 95–99 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,039 boxscore
5/11/2005 Perth Wildcats 92–119 Illawarra Hawks Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore
6/11/2005 New Zealand Breakers 97–103 Brisbane Bullets Trusts Stadium 2,700 boxscore

Round 11

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
9/11/2005 Illawarra Hawks 112–95 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre 3,500 boxscore
11/11/2005 Townsville Crocodiles 115–99 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
11/11/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 105–114 Hunter Pirates State Sports Centre 2,886 boxscore
12/11/2005 Perth Wildcats 103–96 Brisbane Bullets Singapore Indoor Stadium 8,000 boxscore
12/11/2005 Melbourne Tigers 115–103 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
12/11/2005 Hunter Pirates 96–116 Illawarra Hawks Newcastle Entertainment Centre 2,056 boxscore
12/11/2005 New Zealand Breakers 113–130 Sydney Kings TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre 1,867 boxscore
13/11/2005 Cairns Taipans 92–78 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre 3,057 boxscore

Round 12

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
16/11/2005 Adelaide 36ers 102–95 Townsville Crocodiles Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
17/11/2005 Sydney Kings 94–90 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
18/11/2005 New Zealand Breakers 93–109 Perth Wildcats Trusts Stadium 1,356 boxscore
19/11/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 90–94 Sydney Kings Sydney Super Dome 4,509 boxscore
19/11/2005 Melbourne Tigers 97–88 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre N/A boxscore
20/11/2005 Brisbane Bullets 129–84 West Sydney Razorbacks Brisbane Convention Centre N/A boxscore
20/11/2005 Illawarra Hawks 105–99 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre 3,398 boxscore
20/11/2005 New Zealand Breakers 74–95 Perth Wildcats TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre 1,264 boxscore
20/11/2005 Hunter Pirates 102–104 Adelaide 36ers Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,698 boxscore

Round 13

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
23/11/2005 Cairns Taipans 94–87 Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
23/11/2005 Melbourne Tigers 103–88 New Zealand Breakers State Netball and Hockey Centre N/A boxscore
25/11/2005 Perth Wildcats 82–93 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore
26/11/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 91–115 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre 2,622 boxscore
26/11/2005 Townsville Crocodiles 119–115 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
26/11/2005 Adelaide 36ers 109–92 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena 5,487 boxscore
27/11/2005 Hunter Pirates 117–102 New Zealand Breakers Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,788 boxscore
27/11/2005 Illawarra Hawks 93–94 Cairns Taipans WIN Entertainment Centre 3,000 boxscore

Round 14

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
30/11/2005 Brisbane Bullets 130–109 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention Centre N/A boxscore
2/12/2005 Cairns Taipans 98–121 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
2/12/2005 Hunter Pirates 101–91 West Sydney Razorbacks Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
2/12/2005 Adelaide 36ers 104–98 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena 4,783 boxscore
3/12/2005 Melbourne Tigers 117–106 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,720 boxscore
3/12/2005 Illawarra Hawks 103–85 Hunter Pirates WIN Entertainment Centre 3,464 boxscore
3/12/2005 Townsville Crocodiles 128–131 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,909 boxscore
3/12/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 103–107 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre 1,100 boxscore

Round 15

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
7/12/2005 Brisbane Bullets 110–107 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention Centre N/A boxscore
9/12/2005 Hunter Pirates 108–90 Cairns Taipans Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,557 boxscore
9/12/2005 Sydney Kings 122–95 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,385 boxscore
10/12/2005 Adelaide 36ers 96–109 Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena 5,756 boxscore
10/12/2005 Townsville Crocodiles 118–128 Illawarra Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,984 boxscore
10/12/2005 Melbourne Tigers 106–99 Hunter Pirates State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,643 boxscore
10/12/2005 West Sydney Razorbacks 94–103 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre 2,249 boxscore
11/12/2005 New Zealand Breakers 107–117 Brisbane Bullets TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre 1,124 boxscore
11/12/2005 Cairns Taipans 120–104 Illawarra Hawks Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore

Round 16

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
14/12/2005 Hunter Pirates 102–121 Melbourne Tigers Newcastle Entertainment Centre 2,001 boxscore
16/12/2005 Townsville Crocodiles 122–100 West Sydney Razorbacks Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,843 boxscore
16/12/2005 Illawarra Hawks 96–93 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre 3,622 boxscore
17/12/2005 Cairns Taipans 97–84 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
17/12/2005 Adelaide 36ers 102–114 Hunter Pirates Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
17/12/2005 Melbourne Tigers 108–99 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
17/12/2005 Perth Wildcats 115–93 Brisbane Bullets Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore
18/12/2005 New Zealand Breakers 109–98 Illawarra Hawks Trusts Stadium 2,039 boxscore

Round 17

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
21/12/2005 Melbourne Tigers 111–104 Adelaide 36ers Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
21/12/2005 Hunter Pirates 96–85 West Sydney Razorbacks Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,622 boxscore
23/12/2005 Melbourne Tigers 102–89 Illawarra Hawks State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,650 boxscore
23/12/2005 Sydney Kings 133–89 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,869 boxscore
23/12/2005 New Zealand Breakers 118–103 Cairns Taipans North Shore Events Centre 1,842 boxscore
23/12/2005 Brisbane Bullets 128–90 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention Centre 3,350 boxscore

Round 18

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
30/12/2005 Cairns Taipans 93–88 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
30/12/2005 Illawarra Hawks 136–97 Brisbane Bullets WIN Entertainment Centre 3,727 boxscore
30/12/2005 Sydney Kings 109–92 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,842 boxscore
31/12/2005 New Zealand Breakers 82–105 Hunter Pirates Trusts Stadium N/A boxscore
31/12/2005 Adelaide 36ers 87–73 West Sydney Razorbacks Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
31/12/2005 Townsville Crocodiles 106–105 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 19

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
4/01/2006 Illawarra Hawks 116–113 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre 3,802 boxscore
4/01/2006 Brisbane Bullets 121–108 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention Centre 3,500 boxscore
6/01/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 106–120 New Zealand Breakers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,026 boxscore
6/01/2006 Brisbane Bullets 93–118 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore
7/01/2006 Hunter Pirates 95–107 Brisbane Bullets Newcastle Entertainment Centre 3,539 boxscore
7/01/2006 Sydney Kings 114–103 Illawarra Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,414 boxscore
7/01/2006 Melbourne Tigers 118–92 West Sydney Razorbacks State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
7/01/2006 Cairns Taipans 102–96 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre 4,055 boxscore
8/01/2006 Perth Wildcats 98–87 New Zealand Breakers Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 20

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
11/01/2006 Adelaide 36ers 100–91 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
13/01/2006 Sydney Kings 123–96 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,331 boxscore
13/01/2006 Illawarra Hawks 111–93 Hunter Pirates WIN Entertainment Centre 3,769 boxscore
13/01/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 100–103 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,138 boxscore
14/01/2006 Cairns Taipans 110–104 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre 3,886 boxscore
14/01/2006 Perth Wildcats 100–116 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium 3,700 boxscore
14/01/2006 Brisbane Bullets 115–103 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention Centre N/A boxscore
15/01/2006 Hunter Pirates 96–134 Sydney Kings Newcastle Entertainment Centre 3,058 boxscore
15/01/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 59–80 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre 2,572 boxscore

Round 21

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
18/01/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 117–102 Townsville Crocodiles State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
20/01/2006 Sydney Kings 93–83 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,758 boxscore
21/01/2006 Adelaide 36ers 111–91 Hunter Pirates Adelaide Arena 6,149 boxscore
21/01/2006 New Zealand Breakers 116–112 Townsville Crocodiles Trusts Stadium N/A boxscore
21/01/2006 Illawarra Hawks 92–98 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre 5,837 boxscore
21/01/2006 Brisbane Bullets 111–100 West Sydney Razorbacks Brisbane Convention Centre 3,043 boxscore
22/01/2006 Perth Wildcats 91–81 Cairns Taipans Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 22

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
25/01/2006 Melbourne Tigers 95–88 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
27/01/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 101–93 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,823 boxscore
27/01/2006 Brisbane Bullets 111–108 Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore
27/01/2006 Hunter Pirates 98–116 New Zealand Breakers Newcastle Entertainment Centre 2,322 boxscore
28/01/2006 Cairns Taipans 103–79 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre 4,220 boxscore
28/01/2006 Illawarra Hawks 94–91 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre 3,676 boxscore
28/01/2006 West Sydney Razorbacks 99–110 Sydney Kings Sydney Super Dome 3,623 boxscore
29/01/2006 Perth Wildcats 117–84 Townsville Crocodiles Marrara Indoor Stadium 1,481 boxscore
29/01/2006 Sydney Kings 104–115 New Zealand Breakers Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,575 boxscore

Round 23

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
1/02/2006 New Zealand Breakers 93–109 Melbourne Tigers Trusts Stadium N/A boxscore
1/02/2006 Hunter Pirates 109–104 Townsville Crocodiles Newcastle Entertainment Centre 2,078 boxscore
3/02/2006 Townsville Crocodiles 90–107 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,047 boxscore
4/02/2006 New Zealand Breakers 94–108 Melbourne Tigers Trusts Stadium N/A boxscore
4/02/2006 Cairns Taipans 107–84 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
4/02/2006 Illawarra Hawks 90–89 West Sydney Razorbacks WIN Entertainment Centre 3,917 boxscore
4/02/2006 Brisbane Bullets 120–77 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention Centre N/A boxscore
5/02/2006 Perth Wildcats 112–89 Hunter Pirates Challenge Stadium 3,800 boxscore

Ladder

Pos 2005–06 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Sydney Kings 32 26 6 81.25% 3–2 L2 15–1 11–5 3472 3094 112.22%
2 Melbourne Tigers 32 25 7 78.13% 3–2 W2 15–1 10–6 3305 2984 110.76%
3 Wollongong Hawks1 32 19 13 59.38% 3–2 W2 12–4 7–9 3231 3101 104.19%
4 Adelaide 36ers1 32 19 13 59.38% 2–3 L3 14–2 5–11 3222 3277 98.32%
5 Cairns Taipans 32 18 14 56.25% 3–2 W3 12–4 6–10 3200 3107 102.99%
6 Brisbane Bullets 32 17 15 53.13% 4–1 W4 12–4 5–11 3373 3280 102.84%
7 Perth Wildcats 32 16 16 50.00% 4–1 W3 10–5 5–10 3219 3168 101.61%
8 Hunter Pirates 32 13 19 40.63% 1–4 L1 8–8 5–11 3126 3315 94.30%
9 New Zealand Breakers2 32 9 23 28.13% 3–2 L2 6–10 3–13 3179 3471 91.59%
10 Townsville Crocodiles2 32 9 23 28.13% 1–4 L3 7–9 2–14 3283 3483 94.26%
11 West Sydney Razorbacks 32 5 27 15.63% 1–4 L3 4–12 1–15 2994 3324 90.07%

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2006. Source: NBL.com.au

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.

1Wollongong Hawks won Head-to-Head (2-1).

2New Zealand Breakers won Head-to-Head (2-1).

Finals

Main article: 2006 NBL Finals

Playoff bracket

Elimination FinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsGrand Final
1Sydney Kings11284X
4Adelaide 36ers1035Cairns Taipans8782X
5Cairns Taipans885Cairns Taipans1061Sydney Kings939983XX
8Hunter Pirates802Melbourne Tigers10010388XX
2Melbourne Tigers94106X
3Wollongong Hawks1017Perth Wildcats78101XThird place
6Brisbane Bullets917Perth Wildcats121
7Perth Wildcats96


Elimination Finals

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
8/02/2006 Brisbane Bullets 91–96 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention Centre 3,996 boxscore
9/02/2006 Cairns Taipans 88–80 Hunter Pirates Cairns Convention Centre 4,726 boxscore
10/02/2006 Illawarra Hawks 101–121 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre 3,345 boxscore
11/02/2006 Adelaide 36ers 103–106 (OT) Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena 5,492 boxscore

Semi-finals

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
14/02/2006 Melbourne Tigers 94–78 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,107 boxscore
15/02/2006 Sydney Kings 112–87 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,192 boxscore
16/02/2006 Perth Wildcats 101–106 Melbourne Tigers Challenge Stadium 4,400 boxscore
17/02/2006 Cairns Taipans 82–84 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre 4,852 boxscore

Grand Final

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
24/02/2006 Sydney Kings 93–100 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre 5,890 boxscore
26/02/2006 Melbourne Tigers 103–99 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
28/02/2006 Sydney Kings 83–88 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre 5,561 boxscore

All Star Game

Main article: 2005–06 NBL All-Star Game
23 December 2005
18:30
Aussie All Stars 151–116 World All Stars
Scoring by quarter: 44–23, 28–27, 40–33, 39–33
Pts: Anstey 23
Rebs: Bradtke 14
Asts: McDonald 10		 Pts: Groves 19
Rebs: Redhage, Rychart 13
Asts: Redhage, Rychart 5
Aussie All Stars win, 151–116

Most Valuable Player

Awards

The MVP was awarded to Chris Anstey of the Melbourne Tigers.[1]

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
PG Brett Maher[2] Adelaide 36ers
SG C. J. Bruton Sydney Kings
SF Cortez Groves Wollongong Hawks
PF Larry Abney Townsville Crocodiles
C Chris Anstey Melbourne Tigers

References

  1. ^ "Anstey wins MVP". NBL.com.au. 10 March 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006.
  2. ^ "All-NBL Teams revealed". NBL.com.au. 10 March 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006.