2006–07 Singapore Slingers season

The 2006–07 NBL season was the 1st season for the Singapore Slingers in the NBL.[2] The Singapore Slingers were the first Asian team to compete in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL).[3][4]

2006–07 Singapore Slingers season
Head Coach Gordon McLeod
Captain Ben Knight[1]
StadiumSingapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
NBL results
Ladder8th
FinalsElimination-finalist
(Lost to Townsville Crocodiles in Elimination-Final game, 106–93)
Wins13
Losses21
Player Records
Scoring leader Mike Helms
22.7
Rebounding leader Ben Knight
8.7
Assists leader Bradley Davidson
3.5
Uniforms

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 nationality not displayed.

2006–07 Singapore Slingers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 1 Hyams, Eban 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
C 3 Vasiljevic, Pero 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
F 7 Moore, David (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (212 lb)
G 8 Kench, Jeremy 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
F 10 Davidson, Larry 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
G 12 Koon, Koh Meng (DP) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
F 13 Trahair, Aaron 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 101 kg (223 lb)
G 14 Davidson, Bradley 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb)
F 15 Matialakan, Pathman (DP) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 23 Helms, Mike (I) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 94 kg (207 lb)
C 30 Melmeth, Ben 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb)
F 33 Knight, Ben (C) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 106 kg (234 lb)
F 35 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
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 Bradley 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.

# Team Played Won Loss Win% Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Points%
1 Brisbane Bullets 33 28 5 84.85% 5-0 Won 18 16-1 12-4 3,804 3,326 114.37%
2 Melbourne Tigers 33 25 8 75.76% 4-1 Won 3 15-2 10-6 3,453 3,228 106.97%
3 Perth Wildcats 33 23 10 69.70% 2-3 Won 1 14-3 8-8 3,331 3,113 107.00%
4 Sydney Kings 33 20 13 60.61% 3-2 Won 1 14-2 6-11 3,236 3,119 103.75%
5 Townsville Crocodiles 33 19 14 57.58% 2-3 Lost 1 13-4 6-10 3,626 3,516 103.13%
6 Cairns Taipans 33 17 16 51.52% 2-3 Lost 2 11-6 5-11 3,292 3,284 100.24%
7 South Dragons 33 15 18 45.45% 2-3 Won 1 8-8 7-10 3,418 3,514 97.27%
8 Singapore Slingers 33 13 20 39.39% 3-2 Lost 2 9-7 4-13 3,297 3,435 95.98%
9 Wollongong Hawks1 2 33 11 22 33.33% 1-4 Lost 1 6-11 5-11 3,237 3,395 95.35%
10 New Zealand Breakers1 2 33 11 22 33.33% 2-3 Lost 1 9-7 2-15 3,382 3,538 95.59%
11 Adelaide 36ers1 33 11 22 33.33% 1-4 Won 1 7-9 4-13 3,326 3,555 93.56%
12 West Sydney Razorbacks 33 5 28 15.15% 2-3 Won 1 4-12 1-16 3,221 3,600 89.47%

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.

Game log
2006–07 season game log
September: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1 20 September Adelaide 36ers W 98–91 Marquin Chandler (21) Helms, Melmeth (8) Chandler, Melmeth, Trahair (3) Singapore Indoor Stadium 1–0
2 22 September @ Perth Wildcats L 94–82 Mike Helms (24) Ben Knight (11) Mike Helms (5) Challenge Stadium 1–1
3 27 September Perth Wildcats 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
4 9 October West Sydney Razorbacks W 126–89 Marquin Chandler (28) Ben Knight (10) Ben Knight (7) Singapore Indoor Stadium 2–2
5 12 October Wollongong Hawks L 87–105 Mike Helms (14) Ben Knight (13) Chandler, L.Davidson, Kench (2) Singapore Indoor Stadium 2–3
6 14 October @ Melbourne Tigers L 113–102 Mike Helms (24) Ben Knight (8) Marquin Chandler (4) State Netball and Hockey Centre 2–4
7 18 October South Dragons W 104–96 Marquin Chandler (32) Chandler, Knight (9) Bradley Davidson (5) Singapore Indoor Stadium 3–4
8 20 October @ West Sydney Razorbacks L 97–80 Mike Helms (21) Mike Helms (11) Helms, Vasiljevic (3) State Sports Centre 3–5
9 26 October Cairns Taipans L 98–102 Mike Helms (27) Ben Knight (11) Bradley Davidson (3) Singapore Indoor Stadium 3–6
10 29 October Sydney Kings 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
11 3 November @ Cairns Taipans L 98–90 Mike Helms (20) Ben Knight (9) Chandler, Helms, Trahair (3) Cairns Convention Centre 3–8
12 27 November @ Brisbane Bullets L 131–93 Ben Melmeth (21) Ben Knight (11) Ben Knight (3) Brisbane Convention Centre 3–9
13 29 November @ Townsville Crocodiles 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
14 10 December @ Wollongong Hawks W 84–110 Marquin Chandler (31) Marquin Chandler (11) B.Davidson, Helms (6) WIN Entertainment Centre 4–10
15 13 December New Zealand Breakers W 111–94 Marquin Chandler (34) Ben Knight (7) Bradley Davidson (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 5–10
16 16 December @ Adelaide 36ers L 102–100 Chandler, Helms (20) Ben Knight (14) Chandler, B.Davidson (5) Adelaide Arena 5–11
17 20 December West Sydney Razorbacks W 115–93 Mike Helms (31) Marquin Chandler (10) Bradley Davidson (6) Singapore Indoor Stadium 6–11
18 27 December @ Perth Wildcats L 105–88 Marquin Chandler (26) Ben Melmeth (10) Ben Melmeth (5) Challenge Stadium 6–12
19 29 December New Zealand Breakers 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
20 3 January South Dragons L 85–110 Mike Helms (17) Ben Knight (14) Bradley Davidson (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 7–13
21 4 January Townsville Crocodiles W 114–103 Mike Helms (34) Ben Melmeth (14) B.Davidson, Trahair (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 8–13
22 6 January @ Brisbane Bullets L 131–116 Marquin Chandler (31) Ben Melmeth (10) Marquin Chandler (5) Brisbane Convention Centre 8–14
23 10 January Sydney Kings W 96–88 Marquin Chandler (24) Chandler, Knight (6) Mike Helms (5) Singapore Indoor Stadium 9–14
24 12 January @ Cairns Taipans W 101–113 Marquin Chandler (30) Chandler, Melmeth (7) Bradley Davidson (4) Cairns Convention Centre 10–14
25 13 January @ Townsville Crocodiles L 140–100 Bradley Davidson (22) Ben Melmeth (8) Ben Knight (5) Townsville Entertainment Centre 10–15
26 17 January Melbourne Tigers L 89–96 Marquin Chandler (24) Mike Helms (11) Bradley Davidson (4) Singapore Indoor Stadium 10–16
27 24 January @ New Zealand Breakers L 103–100 Mike Helms (26) Ben Melmeth (7) Bradley Davidson (6) North Shore Events Centre 10–17
28 27 January @ Melbourne Tigers L 125–114 Ben Knight (33) Ben Knight (9) Bradley Davidson (7) State Netball and Hockey Centre 10–18
29 31 January Adelaide 36ers 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
30 2 February @ Wollongong Hawks W 93–96 Mike Helms (26) Ben Knight (13) Aaron Trahair (7) WIN Entertainment Centre 12–18
31 3 February @ South Dragons W 100–114 Aaron Trahair (28) Ben Melmeth (10) Bradley Davidson (12) Vodafone Arena 13–18
32 7 February Brisbane Bullets L 102–134 Mike Helms (30) Pero Vasiljevic (6) Aaron Trahair (6) Singapore Indoor Stadium 13–19
33 11 February @ Sydney Kings L 102–76 Mike Helms (29) Larry Davidson (8) Aaron Trahair (4) Sydney Entertainment Centre 13–20

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]

2007 playoff game log
Elimination-finals: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1 14 February @ Townsville Crocodiles 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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  2. "NBL heads to Singapore". nbl.com.au.
  3. "'Slingers will be competitive'". FIBA.basketball.
  4. "Slingers have muscle". nbl.com.au.
  5. "Singapore Slingers at a glance". nbl.com.au.
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  9. "2007 Finals dates revealed". nbl.com.au.
  10. "boxscore". websites.sportstg.com.
  11. "2007–08 Singapore Slingers Media Guide" (PDF). nbl.com.au.
  12. "World All-Stars 136, Aussie All-Stars 133". hoops.com.au.
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