2006β07 Singapore Slingers season | |||
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Head coach | Gordon McLeod | ||
Captain | Ben Knight [1] | ||
Arena | Singapore Indoor Stadium | ||
NBL results | |||
Record | 13–20 (39.4%) | ||
Ladder | 8th | ||
Finals finish | Elimination finalist (lost to Crocodiles 106β93) | ||
Stats at NBL.com.au | |||
Player records | |||
Points |
Helms 22.7 | ||
Rebounds |
Knight 8.7 | ||
Assists |
B.Davidson 3.5 | ||
Uniforms | |||
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All statistics correct as of 14 February 2007. | |||
The 2006β07 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]
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Updated: 6 November 2006 |
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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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 |
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]
This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. The top 8 teams qualified for the finals series.
Pos | 2006β07 NBL season | |||||||||||
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Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Last 5 | Streak | Home | Away | PF | PA | PP | |
1 | Brisbane Bullets | 33 | 28 | 5 | 84.85% | 5β0 | W18 | 16β1 | 12β4 | 3804 | 3326 | 114.37% |
2 | Melbourne Tigers | 33 | 25 | 8 | 75.76% | 4β1 | W3 | 15β2 | 10β6 | 3453 | 3228 | 106.97% |
3 | Perth Wildcats | 33 | 23 | 10 | 69.70% | 2β3 | W1 | 14β3 | 8β8 | 3331 | 3113 | 107.00% |
4 | Sydney Kings | 33 | 20 | 13 | 60.61% | 3β2 | W1 | 14β2 | 6β11 | 3236 | 3119 | 103.75% |
5 | Townsville Crocodiles | 33 | 19 | 14 | 57.58% | 2β3 | L1 | 13β4 | 6β10 | 3626 | 3516 | 103.13% |
6 | Cairns Taipans | 33 | 17 | 16 | 51.52% | 2β3 | L2 | 11β6 | 5β11 | 3292 | 3284 | 100.24% |
7 | South Dragons | 33 | 15 | 18 | 45.45% | 2β3 | W1 | 8β8 | 7β10 | 3418 | 3514 | 97.27% |
8 | Singapore Slingers | 33 | 13 | 20 | 39.39% | 3β2 | L2 | 9β7 | 4β13 | 3297 | 3435 | 95.98% |
9 | Wollongong Hawks1 2 | 33 | 11 | 22 | 33.33% | 1β4 | L1 | 6β11 | 5β11 | 3237 | 3395 | 95.35% |
10 | New Zealand Breakers1 2 | 33 | 11 | 22 | 33.33% | 2β3 | L1 | 9β7 | 2β15 | 3382 | 3538 | 95.59% |
11 | Adelaide 36ers1 | 33 | 11 | 22 | 33.33% | 1β4 | W1 | 7β9 | 4β13 | 3326 | 3555 | 93.56% |
12 | West Sydney Razorbacks | 33 | 5 | 28 | 15.15% | 2β3 | W1 | 4β12 | 1β16 | 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.
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]
2007 finals game log Total: 0β1 (home: 0β0; road: 0β1) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Elimination finals: 0β1 (Home: 0β0; Road: 0β1)
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