2006–07 Singapore Slingers season

2006–07 Singapore Slingers season
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Head coachAustralia Gordon McLeod
CaptainAustralia Ben Knight[1]
ArenaSingapore Indoor Stadium
NBL results
Record13–20 (39.4%)
Ladder8th
Finals finishElimination finalist
(lost to Crocodiles 106–93)
Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
PointsUnited States Helms
22.7
ReboundsAustralia Knight
8.7
AssistsAustralia B.Davidson
3.5
Uniforms
All statistics correct as of 14 February 2007.

The 2006–07 Singapore Slingers season was the 1st season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL).[2]

The Singapore Slingers were the first Asian team to compete in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL).[3][4] The Slingers play their home games at the 10,000 seat Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.[5]

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

2006–07 Singapore Slingers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G 1 India Hyams, Eban 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
C 3 Australia Vasiljevic, Pero 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
F 7 Australia Moore, David (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb)
G 8 New Zealand Kench, Jeremy 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
F 10 Australia Davidson, Larry 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
G 12 Singapore Koon, Koh Meng (DP) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
F 13 Australia Trahair, Aaron 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 101 kg (223 lb)
G 14 Australia Davidson, Brad 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb)
F 15 Singapore Matialakan, Pathman (DP) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 23 United States Helms, Mike (I) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 94 kg (207 lb)
C 30 Australia Melmeth, Ben 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb)
F 33 Australia Knight, Ben (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb)
F 35 United States Chandler, Marquin (I) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 6 November 2006

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Ben Melmeth Pero Vasiljevic
PF Ben Knight Larry Davidson
SF Marquin Chandler Aaron Trahair David Moore
SG Mike Helms Jeremy Kench Pathman Matialakan
PG Brad Davidson Eban Hyams Koh Meng Koon

Regular season

Main article: 2006–07 NBL season

The regular season of the National Basketball League consisted of 33 games, with each team playing each other 3 times.[6] Slinger's will play 16 home games and 17 away games. The Slingers opening match is against the Adelaide 36ers at Singapore's home which is the Singapore Indoor Stadium.[7][8]

Ladder

This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. The top 8 teams qualified for the finals series.

Pos 2006–07 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Brisbane Bullets 33 28 5 84.85% 5–0 W18 16–1 12–4 3804 3326 114.37%
2 Melbourne Tigers 33 25 8 75.76% 4–1 W3 15–2 10–6 3453 3228 106.97%
3 Perth Wildcats 33 23 10 69.70% 2–3 W1 14–3 8–8 3331 3113 107.00%
4 Sydney Kings 33 20 13 60.61% 3–2 W1 14–2 6–11 3236 3119 103.75%
5 Townsville Crocodiles 33 19 14 57.58% 2–3 L1 13–4 6–10 3626 3516 103.13%
6 Cairns Taipans 33 17 16 51.52% 2–3 L2 11–6 5–11 3292 3284 100.24%
7 South Dragons 33 15 18 45.45% 2–3 W1 8–8 7–10 3418 3514 97.27%
8 Singapore Slingers 33 13 20 39.39% 3–2 L2 9–7 4–13 3297 3435 95.98%
9 Wollongong Hawks1 2 33 11 22 33.33% 1–4 L1 6–11 5–11 3237 3395 95.35%
10 New Zealand Breakers1 2 33 11 22 33.33% 2–3 L1 9–7 2–15 3382 3538 95.59%
11 Adelaide 36ers1 33 11 22 33.33% 1–4 W1 7–9 4–13 3326 3555 93.56%
12 West Sydney Razorbacks 33 5 28 15.15% 2–3 W1 4–12 1–16 3221 3600 89.47%

Updated to match(es) played on 11 February 2007. 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.

Regular season

2006–07 game log
Total: 13–20 (home: 9–7; road: 4–13)
September: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 20 September Adelaide W 98–91 Marquin Chandler (21) Helms, Melmeth (8) Chandler, Melmeth, Trahair (3) Singapore Indoor Stadium 1–0
2 22 September @ Perth L 94–82 Mike Helms (24) Ben Knight (11) Mike Helms (5) Challenge Stadium 1–1
3 27 September Perth L 100–109 Mike Helms (38) Ben Melmeth (10) Marquin Chandler (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 1–2
October: 2–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 9 October West Sydney W 126–89 Marquin Chandler (28) Ben Knight (10) Ben Knight (7) Singapore Indoor Stadium 2–2
5 12 October Wollongong L 87–105 Mike Helms (14) Ben Knight (13) Chandler, L.Davidson, Kench (2) Singapore Indoor Stadium 2–3
6 14 October @ Melbourne L 113–102 Mike Helms (24) Ben Knight (8) Marquin Chandler (4) State Netball Hockey Centre 2–4
7 18 October South W 104–96 Marquin Chandler (32) Chandler, Knight (9) Brad Davidson (5) Singapore Indoor Stadium 3–4
8 20 October @ West Sydney L 97–80 Mike Helms (21) Mike Helms (11) Helms, Vasiljevic (3) State Sports Centre 3–5
9 26 October Cairns L 98–102 Mike Helms (27) Ben Knight (11) Brad Davidson (3) Singapore Indoor Stadium 3–6
10 29 October Sydney L 83–90 Mike Helms (28) L.Davidson, Knight (8) Aaron Trahair (6) Singapore Indoor Stadium 3–7
November: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 3 November @ Cairns L 98–90 Mike Helms (20) Ben Knight (9) Chandler, Helms, Trahair (3) Cairns Convention Centre 3–8
12 27 November @ Brisbane L 131–93 Ben Melmeth (21) Ben Knight (11) Ben Knight (3) Brisbane Convention Centre 3–9
13 29 November @ Townsville L 120–101 Marquin Chandler (23) Larry Davidson (11) Helms, Trahair (4) Townsville Entertainment Centre 3–10
December: 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 10 December @ Wollongong W 84–110 Marquin Chandler (31) Marquin Chandler (11) B.Davidson, Helms (6) WIN Entertainment Centre 4–10
15 13 December New Zealand W 111–94 Marquin Chandler (34) Ben Knight (7) Brad Davidson (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 5–10
16 16 December @ Adelaide L 102–100 Chandler, Helms (20) Ben Knight (14) Chandler, B.Davidson (5) Adelaide Arena 5–11
17 20 December West Sydney W 115–93 Mike Helms (31) Marquin Chandler (10) Brad Davidson (6) Singapore Indoor Stadium 6–11
18 27 December @ Perth L 105–88 Marquin Chandler (26) Ben Melmeth (10) Ben Melmeth (5) Challenge Stadium 6–12
19 29 December New Zealand W 109–96 Mike Helms (31) Ben Melmeth (13) Melmeth, Trahair (5) Singapore Indoor Stadium 7–12
January: 4–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–4)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
20 3 January South L 85–110 Mike Helms (17) Ben Knight (14) Brad Davidson (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 7–13
21 4 January Townsville W 114–103 Mike Helms (34) Ben Melmeth (14) B.Davidson, Trahair (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 8–13
22 6 January @ Brisbane L 131–116 Marquin Chandler (31) Ben Melmeth (10) Marquin Chandler (5) Brisbane Convention Centre 8–14
23 10 January Sydney W 96–88 Marquin Chandler (24) Chandler, Knight (6) Mike Helms (5) Singapore Indoor Stadium 9–14
24 12 January @ Cairns W 101–113 Marquin Chandler (30) Chandler, Melmeth (7) Brad Davidson (4) Cairns Convention Centre 10–14
25 13 January @ Townsville L 140–100 Brad Davidson (22) Ben Melmeth (8) Ben Knight (5) Townsville Entertainment Centre 10–15
26 17 January Melbourne L 89–96 Marquin Chandler (24) Mike Helms (11) Brad Davidson (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 10–16
27 24 January @ New Zealand L 103–100 Mike Helms (26) Ben Melmeth (7) Brad Davidson (6) North Shore Events Centre 10–17
28 27 January @ Melbourne L 125–114 Ben Knight (33) Ben Knight (9) Brad Davidson (7) State Netball Hockey Centre 10–18
29 31 January Adelaide W 105–100 Aaron Trahair (27) Ben Knight (20) B.Davidson, Melmeth (3) Singapore Indoor Stadium 11–18
February: 2–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
30 2 February @ Wollongong W 93–96 Mike Helms (26) Ben Knight (13) Aaron Trahair (7) WIN Entertainment Centre 12–18
31 3 February @ South W 100–114 Aaron Trahair (28) Ben Melmeth (10) Brad Davidson (12) Vodafone Arena 13–18
32 7 February Brisbane L 102–134 Mike Helms (30) Pero Vasiljevic (6) Aaron Trahair (6) Singapore Indoor Stadium 13–19
33 11 February @ Sydney L 102–76 Mike Helms (29) Larry Davidson (8) Aaron Trahair (4) Sydney Entertainment Centre 13–20
2006–07 season schedule

Postseason

Main article: 2007 NBL 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 4th placed team, while the winner of Game 2 went on to play the 3rd placed team.[9][10][11]

Finals

2007 finals game log
Total: 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1)
Elimination finals: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 14 February @ Townsville L 106–93 Ben Knight (21) Ben Knight (17) B.Davidson, Trahair (6) Townsville Entertainment Centre 0–1

Awards

Player of the Week

Singapore Slingers Awards

2006–07 NBL All-Star Game

See also

References

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