2005–06 NBL season


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 home and away season took place over 23 rounds between 2 September 2005 to 5 February 2006 with finals starting 8 February 2006 until 16 February 2006 and grand final on 24 February 2006 until 28 February 2006.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

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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.
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.

Finals Series

Elimination 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 3rd placed team, while the winner of Game 2 went on to play the 4th placed team.

(6) Brisbane Bullets vs. (7) Perth Wildcats

(5) Cairns Taipans vs. (8) Hunter Pirates

(3) Wollongong Hawks vs. (7) Perth Wildcats

(4) Adelaide 36ers vs. (5) Cairns Taipans

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.

(2) Melbourne Tigers vs. (7) Perth Wildcats

(1) Sydney Kings vs. (5) Cairns Taipans

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.

(1) Sydney Kings vs. (2) Melbourne Tigers

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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.

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