2010–11 NBL season

2010–11 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
Season2010–11
Dates15 October 2010 – 29 April 2011
Teams9
TV partner(s)Australia:
New Zealand:
Regular season
Season championsNew Zealand Breakers
Season MVP Gary Ervin (Wollongong)
Finals
ChampionsNew Zealand Breakers (1st title)
Runners-upCairns Taipans
SemifinalistsTownsville Crocodiles
Perth Wildcats
Finals MVP Thomas Abercrombie (New Zealand)
Statistical leaders
Points Kirk Penney (New Zealand) 20.1
Rebounds Julian Khazzouh (Sydney) 10.0
Assists Corey Williams (Melbourne) 6.1

The 2010–11 NBL season was the 33rd season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of nine teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2010 and April 2011, followed by a post-season involving the top four. On 23 February 2010, it was announced that the Sydney Kings would return in 2010–11. The schedule was announced on 27 May 2010.

Broadcast rights during the off-season reverted from subscription channel Fox Sports to free-to-air network Channel Ten and its digital sports sister station One HD in a five-year deal, through to the 2014–15 season. In New Zealand, Sky Sport once again provided coverage, replacing Maori TV.

On 13 September 2010, iiNet was announced as the league naming rights sponsor and Centrebet as the official sports betting partner. Spalding provide equipment including the official game ball, with AND1 supplying team apparel.

Preseason

NBL Top End Challenge, a round robin competition with a final series, involving all nine sides, will begin on 28 September in Alice Springs and continue in Darwin, Northern Territory from 30 September.[1] Wollongong Hawks are defending pre-season champions.

Melbourne Tigers pre-season

5 August 2010 England 55–73 Melbourne Tigers Belfast, United Kingdom
10 September 2010 Melbourne Tigers 105–95 Wollongong Hawks Traralgon Sports Stadium, Traralgon
12 September 2010 Melbourne Tigers 88–78 Wollongong Hawks Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne
5 October 2010 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 59–75 Melbourne Tigers China
6 October 2010 Beijing Ducks vs. Melbourne Tigers China

Belfast International Basketball Classic

6 August 2010 Melbourne Tigers 76–92 University of Pittsburgh Odyssey Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom
Attendance: 3,309
7 August 2010 Melbourne Tigers 106–74 USNI All-Stars Odyssey Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom

Lu'An Invitational

Group stage

10 August 2010 Melbourne Tigers vs. Shanghai Sharks Changzhi, China
11 August 2010 Liaoning Dinosaurs 87–97 (OT) New Zealand Breakers Changzhi, China
12 August 2010 CB Axarquía 92–98 (OT) Melbourne Tigers Changzhi, China
12 August 2010 New Zealand Breakers 87–76 TGBTG Changzhi, China

Semi-finals

13 August 2010 CB Axarquía 73–75 New Zealand Breakers Changzhi, China
13 August 2010 Melbourne Tigers vs. TGBTG Changzhi, China

Third-place playoff

14 August 2010 CB Axarquía vs. Melbourne Tigers Changzhi, China

Final

14 August 2010 New Zealand Breakers 69–67 TGBTG Changzhi, China

New Zealand Breakers win Lu'An Invitational.

Wollongong Hawks pre-season

20 August 2010 Wollongong Hawks 84–63 University of Hartford Illawarra Basketball Stadium, Wollongong
3 September 2010 Wollongong Hawks 86–80 Sydney Kings Illawarra Basketball Stadium, Wollongong

Sydney Kings pre-season

21 August 2010 Sydney Kings 111–60 University of Hartford Alexandria Basketball Stadium, Sydney
28 August 2010 Maitland Mustangs 74–82 Sydney Kings Maitland Basketball Stadium, Maitland
11 September 2010 Sydney Kings 111–77 Carfino All Stars Bridgecoast Stadium, Terrigal
23 September 2010 Hoopdreamz Jets 74–94 Sydney Kings Kevin Betts Stadium, Mt Druitt
28 September 2010 Sydney Kings 65–63 New Zealand Breakers The Brickpit Sports Stadium, Hornsby

Perth Wildcats pre-season

24 August 2010 Perth Wildcats 100–95 Lakeside Lightning Waroona Recreation Centre, Waroona
26 August 2010 Perth Wildcats 81–72 Lakeside Lightning Lakeside Recreation Centre, Perth
28 August 2010 Perth Wildcats 74–73 Lakeside Lightning Joondalup Basketball Stadium, Perth

Gold Coast Blaze pre-season

26 August 2010 Gold Coast Blaze 97–50 University of Hartford Carrara Indoor Stadium, Gold Coast
5 September 2010 Gold Coast Blaze 98–81 Anyang Kites Logan Sports Centre, Logan
18 September 2010 Gold Coast Blaze 58–92 Cairns Taipans Carrara Indoor Stadium, Gold Coast
4 October 2010 Gold Coast Blaze 53–67 New Zealand Breakers Carrara Indoor Stadium, Gold Coast

Cairns Taipans pre-season

5 September 2010 Cairns Taipans 76–79 Townsville Crocodiles Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns
8 October 2010 Cairns Taipans 103–67 Gold Coast Blaze Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns

Adelaide 36ers pre-season

9 September 2010 Adelaide 36ers 87–86 Townsville Crocodiles Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 2,294
10 September 2010 Adelaide 36ers 79–82 Townsville Crocodiles Mount Barker
17 September 2010 Adelaide 36ers 80–79 Wollongong Hawks Whyalla Basketball Stadium, Whyalla
19 September 2010 Adelaide 36ers 89–84 Wollongong Hawks STARplex Gawler, Adelaide

Townsville Crocodiles pre-season

16 September 2010 Townsville Crocodiles 68–79 Cairns Taipans NPA Stadium, Townsville
23 September 2010 Townsville Crocodiles 76–79 Gold Coast Blaze NPA Stadium, Townsville
25 September 2010 Townsville Crocodiles 74–80 Gold Coast Blaze Mackay Basketball Stadium, Mackay

Friendship Games

17 September 2010 Sydney Kings 73–69 Beijing Ducks WA Basketball Centre, Perth
17 September 2010 Perth Wildcats 95–52 Shanghai Sharks WA Basketball Centre, Perth
18 September 2010 Sydney Kings 106–49 Shanghai Sharks WA Basketball Centre, Perth
18 September 2010 Perth Wildcats 98–56 Beijing Ducks WA Basketball Centre, Perth
19 September 2010 Perth Wildcats 89–80 Sydney Kings WA Basketball Centre, Perth

NBL Top End Challenge

28 September 2010 Adelaide 36ers 90–92 Perth Wildcats Alice Springs Basketball Stadium, Alice Springs
30 September 2010 Cairns Taipans 83–75 Wollongong Hawks Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
30 September 2010 New Zealand Breakers 100–86 Townsville Crocodiles Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
30 September 2010 Adelaide 36ers 90–99 Melbourne Tigers Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
30 September 2010 Gold Coast Blaze 77–83 Sydney Kings Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
1 October 2010 Sydney Kings 74–82 Townsville Crocodiles Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
1 October 2010 Cairns Taipans 75–77 Gold Coast Blaze Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
1 October 2010 New Zealand Breakers 82–90 Wollongong Hawks Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
1 October 2010 Melbourne Tigers 81–97 Perth Wildcats Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
2 October 2010 Townsville Crocodiles 74–88 Melbourne Tigers Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
2 October 2010 Sydney Kings 80–70 Gold Coast Blaze Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
2 October 2010 New Zealand Breakers 72–64 Wollongong Hawks Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
2 October 2010 Adelaide 36ers 98–55 Darwin All-Stars Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
2 October 2010 Perth Wildcats 72–52 Cairns Taipans Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin

Perth Wildcats win Top End Challenge.

New Zealand Breakers pre-season

10 October 2010 New Zealand Breakers 98–53 NZNBL Invitational North Shore Events Centre, Auckland

Regular season

The 2010–11 regular season took place over 25 rounds between 28 October 2010 and 2 April 2011.

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

Round 24

Cairns vs. Perth was moved from 4 February 2011 to 26 March 2011 due to Cyclone Yasi.

Round 25

Ladder

Pos 2010–11 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 New Zealand Breakers 28 22 6 78.57% 4–1 W3 12–2 10–4 2463 2367 104.06%
2 Townsville Crocodiles 28 17 11 60.71% 3–2 L1 13–1 4–10 2225 2163 102.87%
3 Cairns Taipans1 28 16 12 57.14% 4–1 W4 12–2 4–10 2186 2107 103.75%
4 Perth Wildcats1 28 16 12 57.14% 3–2 L2 10–4 6–8 2380 2192 108.58%
5 Wollongong Hawks 28 15 13 53.57% 4–1 W1 10–4 5–9 2272 2209 102.85%
6 Gold Coast Blaze 28 13 15 46.43% 2–3 W1 8–6 5–9 2396 2440 98.20%
7 Melbourne Tigers 28 10 18 35.71% 1–4 L3 5–9 5–9 2209 2357 93.72%
8 Adelaide 36ers 28 9 19 32.14% 1–4 L1 7–7 2–12 2212 2362 93.65%
9 Sydney Kings 28 8 20 28.57% 2–3 L3 5–9 3–11 2171 2317 93.70%

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2011. 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.

1Cairns Taipans won Head-to-Head (3-1).

Ladder Progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
2010–11 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Adelaide 36ers 4 6 8 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 8 8
Cairns Taipans 8 4 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 4
Gold Coast Blaze 7 5 3 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Melbourne Tigers 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7
New Zealand Breakers 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Perth Wildcats 6 7 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
Sydney Kings 5 3 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 9 9
Townsville Crocodiles 2 8 5 7 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
Wollongong Hawks 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5

Finals

Main article: 2011 NBL Finals

The 2010–11 National Basketball League Finals will be played between 7 April 2011 and 29 April 2011, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and final series, where the higher seed hosts the first and, if necessary, third game.

Playoff Seedings

  1. New Zealand Breakers
  2. Townsville Crocodiles
  3. Cairns Taipans
  4. Perth Wildcats

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 two teams will determine order of seeding.

Under that system, Cairns will finish third (3–1), and Perth fourth (1–3).

Playoff bracket

Semifinals Grand Final
          
1 New Zealand Breakers 78 93 99
4 Perth Wildcats 101 89 83
1 New Zealand Breakers 85 81 71
3 Cairns Taipans 67 85 53
2 Townsville Crocodiles 76 57 83
3 Cairns Taipans 73 74 93


Semi-finals

Grand Final

Season statistics

Statistics leaders

Category Player Games
played		 Totals Average
Points per game Kirk Penney (New Zealand Breakers) 23 463 20.1
Rebounds per game Julian Khazzouh (Sydney Kings) 26 271 10.0
Assists per game Corey Williams (Melbourne Tigers) 23 140 6.1
Steals per game Damian Martin (Perth Wildcats) 28 64 2.3
Blocks per game Adam Ballinger (Adelaide 36ers) 26 50 1.9
Field goal percentage Mika Vukona (New Zealand Breakers) 28 105–173 60.7%
Three-point field goal percentage Russell Hinder (Townsville Crocodiles) 26 30–67 44.8%
Free throw percentage Daryl Corletto (Melbourne Tigers) 28 27–28 96.4%

Note: regular season only

Top 10 Attendances

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue
9,535 25 1/04/2011 Sydney Kings 79–96 Gold Coast Blaze Sydney Entertainment Centre
8,533 1 16/10/2010 Sydney Kings 70–83 New Zealand Breakers Sydney Entertainment Centre
6,132 22 13/03/2011 Sydney Kings 76–72 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre
5,586 5 13/11/2010 Sydney Kings 59–64 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre
5,430 5 12/11/2010 Adelaide 36ers 78–82 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena
5,345 SF 9/04/2011 Cairns Taipans 74–57 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre
5,300 12 31/12/2010 Cairns Taipans 60–48 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre
5,278 17 4/02/2011 Sydney Kings 99–90 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre
5,261 13 8/01/2011 Adelaide 36ers 85–90 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena
5,250 25 1/04/2011 Cairns Taipans 80–64 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre

Awards

Player of the Week

Round Player Team
1 Julian Khazzouh Sydney Kings
2 Gary Ervin Wollongong Hawks
3 Luke Schenscher Townsville Crocodiles
4 Gary Wilkinson New Zealand Breakers
5 Shawn Redhage Perth Wildcats
6 Oscar Forman Wollongong Hawks
7 Michael Cedar Townsville Crocodiles
8 Corey Williams Melbourne Tigers
9 Kirk Penney New Zealand Breakers
10 Kirk Penney New Zealand Breakers
11 Luke Schenscher Townsville Crocodiles
12 Corey Williams Melbourne Tigers
13 Mark Worthington Gold Coast Blaze
14 Kirk Penney New Zealand Breakers
15 Ira Clark Gold Coast Blaze
16 Julian Khazzouh Sydney Kings
17 Julian Khazzouh Sydney Kings
18 Cameron Tragardh Melbourne Tigers
19 Kirk Penney New Zealand Breakers
20 Peter Crawford Townsville Crocodiles
21 Matthew Knight Perth Wildcats
22 Damian Martin Perth Wildcats
23 Phill Jones Cairns Taipans
24 Gary Ervin Wollongong Hawks
25 Thomas Abercrombie New Zealand Breakers

Player of the Month

Round Player Team
October Gary Ervin Wollongong Hawks
November Gary Ervin Wollongong Hawks
December Kirk Penney New Zealand Breakers
January Gary Wilkinson New Zealand Breakers
February Kirk Penney New Zealand Breakers
March Damian Martin Perth Wildcats

Coach of the Month

Round Player Team
October Gordie McLeod Wollongong Hawks
November Gordie McLeod Wollongong Hawks
December Rob Beveridge Perth Wildcats
January Andrej Lemanis New Zealand Breakers
February Darryl McDonald Melbourne Tigers
March Aaron Fearne Cairns Taipans

Season

The end-of-season awards ceremony was held in the Palladium Room at Crown Casino in Melbourne on Monday, 4 April 2011.[2][3][4]

Finals

References

  1. ^ Tiffen, Peter (6 July 2010). "NT's NBL challenge". Northern Territory News. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  2. ^ NBL MVP Award Winners Wrap
  3. ^ Hawks’ star Gary Ervin wins Andrew Gaze Trophy
  4. ^ Gary Ervin MVP & Oscar Forman MIP for 2010/11
  5. ^ All-NBL Teams named for 2010/11 season
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