2009–10 NBL season
The 2009–10 NBL season was the 32nd season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 24 September 2009 and 14 February 2010, followed by a post-season involving the top four teams. The schedule was announced on 5 June 2009.[1]
2009–10 NBL season | |
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League | National Basketball League |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | 24 September 2009 – 14 February 2010 18 – 27 February 2010 (Semi-Finals) 5 – 11 March 2010 (Grand Finals) |
Number of teams | 8 |
TV partner(s) |
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Regular season | |
Top seed | Perth Wildcats |
Season MVP | Corey Williams (Townsville) |
Top scorer | Kirk Penney (New Zealand) |
Finals | |
Champions | Perth Wildcats (5th title) |
Runners-up | Wollongong Hawks |
Finals MVP | Kevin Lisch (Perth) |
The 48-minute game switched to a 40-minute game.
Pre-season
Pre-season training began for a majority of clubs during the last week of July.[2][3][4][5][6]
A pre-season tourney, dubbed the NBL Top End Challenge, involving all eight sides was contested during August in Darwin, Northern Territory.[7]
Wollongong Hawks exhibition games
10 August |
Wollongong Hawks 78, St. Mary's Gaels 59 |
Illawarra Basketball Stadium, Wollongong Attendance: 1,100 |
Burger King Breakers Pre-season Tour
Melbourne Tigers exhibition games
Gold Coast Blaze exhibition games
2009 Crocs Pre-season Assault
2009 Coca-Cola Pre-season Championship
Cairns Taipans exhibition games
NBL Top End Challenge
Wollongong Hawks win Top End Challenge.
Hood Sweeney Pre-season Challenge
Regular season
Round 1
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
24 September | New Zealand Breakers | 95–75 | Cairns Taipans | North Shore Events Centre | 2,428 | box score | report |
25 September | Gold Coast Blaze | 79–82 | Townsville Crocodiles | Gold Coast Convention Centre | box score | report | |
25 September | Wollongong Hawks | 94–92 | Perth Wildcats | WIN Entertainment Centre | 3,556 | box score | report |
26 September | Cairns Taipans | 86–75 | Adelaide 36ers | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report |
Round 2
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
30 September | Melbourne Tigers | 86–81 | New Zealand Breakers | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 2,857 | box score | report |
2 October | Gold Coast Blaze | 84–78 | Wollongong Hawks | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 1,943 | box score | report |
2 October | Townsville Crocodiles | 89–91 | Perth Wildcats | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 4,276 | box score | report |
3 October | Cairns Taipans | 89–71 | Perth Wildcats | Cairns Convention Centre | 3,114 | box score | report |
3 October | Adelaide 36ers | 80–76 | New Zealand Breakers | Adelaide Arena | 4,671 | box score | report |
Round 3
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
7 October | Cairns Taipans | 83–66 | Gold Coast Blaze | Cairns Convention Centre | 2,575 | box score | report |
8 October | New Zealand Breakers | 79–74 | Melbourne Tigers | North Shore Events Centre | 3,437 | box score | report |
9 October | Perth Wildcats | 89–84 | Gold Coast Blaze | Challenge Stadium | 4,400 | box score | report |
9 October | Adelaide 36ers | 90–89 | Townsville Crocodiles | Adelaide Arena | 4,759 | box score | report |
10 October | Melbourne Tigers | 68–103 | Townsville Crocodiles | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 2,762 | box score | report |
10 October | Wollongong Hawks | 71–59 | Cairns Taipans | WIN Entertainment Centre | 3,316 | box score | report |
Round 4
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
14 October | Gold Coast Blaze | 98–86 | Melbourne Tigers | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 2,823 | box score | report |
16 October | Townsville Crocodiles | 101–91 | Gold Coast Blaze | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 3,963 | box score | report |
17 October | Perth Wildcats | 110–80 | Adelaide 36ers | Challenge Stadium | 4,100 | box score | report |
17 October | Wollongong Hawks | 76–65 | New Zealand Breakers | WIN Entertainment Centre | 3,696 | box score | report |
Round 5
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
21 October | Adelaide 36ers | 70–81 | Melbourne Tigers | Adelaide Arena | 3,919 | box score | report |
22 October | New Zealand Breakers | 92–82 | Townsville Crocodiles | North Shore Events Centre | 2,271 | box score | report |
23 October | Gold Coast Blaze | 80–63 | Cairns Taipans | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 2,336 | box score | report |
24 October | Cairns Taipans | 69–106 | Adelaide 36ers | Cairns Convention Centre | 3,043 | box score | report |
24 October | Wollongong Hawks | 99–77 | Townsville Crocodiles | WIN Entertainment Centre | 3,546 | box score | report |
25 October | Perth Wildcats | 93–90 | Melbourne Tigers | Challenge Stadium | 4,100 | box score | report |
Round 6
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
28 October | Melbourne Tigers | 94–88 | Gold Coast Blaze | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 2,317 | box score | report |
28 October | Wollongong Hawks | 77–67 | Cairns Taipans | WIN Entertainment Centre | 2,936 | box score | report |
29 October | New Zealand Breakers | 99–91 | Adelaide 36ers | North Shore Events Centre | 1,912 | box score | report |
30 October | Townsville Crocodiles | 94–87 | Melbourne Tigers | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 3,879 | box score | report |
31 October | Perth Wildcats | 87–80 | Wollongong Hawks | Challenge Stadium | 4,250 | box score | report |
31 October | Adelaide 36ers | 87–81 | Cairns Taipans | Adelaide Arena | 5,511 | box score | report |
Round 7
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
4 November | Wollongong Hawks | 92–80 | Melbourne Tigers | WIN Entertainment Centre | 2,876 | box score | report |
5 November | New Zealand Breakers | 96–110 | Gold Coast Blaze | North Shore Events Centre | 2,262 | box score | report |
6 November | Cairns Taipans | 89–78 | Wollongong Hawks | Cairns Convention Centre | 4,324 | box score | report |
7 November | Adelaide 36ers | 80–77 | Gold Coast Blaze | Adelaide Arena | 4,883 | box score | report |
7 November | Townsville Crocodiles | 69–93 | Wollongong Hawks | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 3,815 | box score | report |
8 November | Perth Wildcats | 94–74 | New Zealand Breakers | Challenge Stadium | 4,000 | box score | report |
Round 8
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
11 November | Cairns Taipans | 70–85 | Townsville Crocodiles | Cairns Convention Centre | 3,420 | box score | report |
12 November | New Zealand Breakers | 83–74 | Perth Wildcats | North Shore Events Centre | 2,106 | box score | report |
13 November | Gold Coast Blaze | 93–77 | Townsville Crocodiles | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 3,308 | box score | report |
14 November | Perth Wildcats | 79–64 | Cairns Taipans | Challenge Stadium | 4,200 | box score | report |
14 November | Adelaide 36ers | 83–76 | Wollongong Hawks | Adelaide Arena | 4,832 | box score | report |
14 November | Melbourne Tigers | 91–98 | Townsville Crocodiles | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 2,804 | box score | report |
Round 9
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
18 November | Cairns Taipans | 77–64 | New Zealand Breakers | Cairns Convention Centre | 2,673 | box score | report |
20 November | Townsville Crocodiles | 73–85 | New Zealand Breakers | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 3,778 | box score | report |
21 November | Melbourne Tigers | 83–86 | Cairns Taipans | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 3,187 | box score | report |
21 November | Gold Coast Blaze | 84–79 | Perth Wildcats | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 2,598 | box score | report |
Round 10
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
25 November | Wollongong Hawks | 59–82 | Adelaide 36ers | WIN Entertainment Centre | 2,945 | box score | report |
26 November | New Zealand Breakers | 94–77 | Cairns Taipans | North Shore Events Centre | 2,750 | box score | report |
27 November | Townsville Crocodiles | 100–88 | Adelaide 36ers | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 3,433 | box score | report |
28 November | Perth Wildcats | 78–82 | Gold Coast Blaze | Challenge Stadium | 4,200 | box score | report |
Round 11
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
2 December | Townsville Crocodiles | 73–64 | Cairns Taipans | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 3,543 | box score | report |
3 December | New Zealand Breakers | 91–93 | Wollongong Hawks | North Shore Events Centre | 1,896 | box score | report |
4 December | Gold Coast Blaze | 69–68 | Cairns Taipans | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 2,579 | box score | report |
5 December | Perth Wildcats | 94–89 | Townsville Crocodiles | Challenge Stadium | 4,400 | box score | report |
5 December | Adelaide 36ers | 84–87 | Melbourne Tigers | Adelaide Arena | 5,894 | box score | report |
Round 12
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
9 December | Gold Coast Blaze | 80–72 | Adelaide 36ers | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 2,930 | box score | report |
10 December | New Zealand Breakers | 100–106 | Perth Wildcats | North Shore Events Centre | 2,163 | box score | report |
11 December | Cairns Taipans | 89–74 | Melbourne Tigers | Cairns Convention Centre | 3,105 | box score | report |
12 December | Adelaide 36ers | 85–92 | New Zealand Breakers | Adelaide Arena | 4,589 | box score | report |
12 December | Townsville Crocodiles | 89–79 | Melbourne Tigers | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 3,813 | box score | report |
12 December | Wollongong Hawks | 109–84 | Perth Wildcats | WIN Entertainment Centre | 3,567 | box score | report |
Round 13
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
16 December | Adelaide 36ers | 91–81 | Gold Coast Blaze | Adelaide Arena | 4,260 | box score | report |
17 December | New Zealand Breakers | 80–87 | Townsville Crocodiles | North Shore Events Centre | 2,343 | box score | report |
18 December | Cairns Taipans | 71–70 | Wollongong Hawks | Cairns Convention Centre | 3,100 | box score | report |
19 December | Perth Wildcats | 70–82 | Adelaide 36ers | Challenge Stadium | 4,200 | box score | report |
19 December | Melbourne Tigers | 68–77 | New Zealand Breakers | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 3,351 | box score | report |
20 December | Gold Coast Blaze | 88–84 | Wollongong Hawks | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 3,539 | box score | report |
Round 14
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
23 December | Adelaide 36ers | 73–94 | Perth Wildcats | Adelaide Arena | 4,846 | box score | report |
26 December | Melbourne Tigers | 90–88 | Wollongong Hawks | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 2,439 | box score | report |
31 December | Cairns Taipans | 76–69 | Melbourne Tigers | Cairns Convention Centre | 4,369 | box score | report |
31 December | Wollongong Hawks | 93–88 | Adelaide 36ers | WIN Entertainment Centre | 4,088 | box score | report |
31 December | Gold Coast Blaze | 90–83 | New Zealand Breakers | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 3,872 | box score | report |
31 December | Townsville Crocodiles | 83–74 | Perth Wildcats | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 4,684 | box score | report |
2 January | Perth Wildcats | 91–57 | Wollongong Hawks | Challenge Stadium | 4,168 | box score | report |
2 January | Melbourne Tigers | 87–64 | Cairns Taipans | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 2,857 | box score | report |
Round 15
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
6 January | Wollongong Hawks | 83–78 | New Zealand Breakers | WIN Entertainment Centre | 3,353 | box score | report |
8 January | Perth Wildcats | 76–72 | New Zealand Breakers | Challenge Stadium | 4,400 | box score | report |
8 January | Melbourne Tigers | 84–65 | Wollongong Hawks | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 2,823 | box score | report |
8 January | Townsville Crocodiles | 100–89 | Gold Coast Blaze | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 4,072 | box score | report |
9 January | Cairns Taipans | 66–79 | Gold Coast Blaze | Cairns Convention Centre | 3,851 | box score | report |
10 January | Adelaide 36ers | 72–84 | Perth Wildcats | Adelaide Arena | 5,627 | box score | report |
Round 16
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
13 January | Adelaide 36ers | 91–77 | Cairns Taipans | Adelaide Arena | 5,510 | box score | report |
14 January | New Zealand Breakers | 89–94 | Melbourne Tigers | North Shore Events Centre | 2,600 | box score | report |
15 January | Gold Coast Blaze | 104–89 | Adelaide 36ers | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 3,674 | box score | report |
16 January | Perth Wildcats | 86–61 | Cairns Taipans | Challenge Stadium | 4,400 | box score | report |
16 January | Melbourne Tigers | 89–87 | Adelaide 36ers | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 3,262 | box score | report |
16 January | Wollongong Hawks | 96–75 | Gold Coast Blaze | WIN Entertainment Centre | 3,402 | box score | report |
Round 17
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
20 January | Melbourne Tigers | 100–86 | Perth Wildcats | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 2,943 | box score | report |
20 January | Wollongong Hawks | 93–86 | Townsville Crocodiles | WIN Entertainment Centre | 3,077 | box score | report |
21 January | New Zealand Breakers | 103–89 | Adelaide 36ers | North Shore Events Centre | 2,358 | box score | report |
22 January | Townsville Crocodiles | 73–59 | Wollongong Hawks | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 4,067 | box score | report |
23 January | Perth Wildcats | 94–78 | Melbourne Tigers | Challenge Stadium | 4,400 | box score | report |
23 January | Cairns Taipans | 87–81 | Townsville Crocodiles | Cairns Convention Centre | 4,123 | box score | report |
23 January | Gold Coast Blaze | 81–95 | New Zealand Breakers | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 3,751 | box score | report |
Round 18
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
27 January | Townsville Crocodiles | 86–91 | New Zealand Breakers | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 3,480 | box score | report |
27 January | Melbourne Tigers | 95–85 | Adelaide 36ers | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 2,899 | box score | report |
30 January | Adelaide 36ers | 87–88 | Townsville Crocodiles | Adelaide Arena | 6,991 | box score | report |
30 January | Gold Coast Blaze | 99–91 | Melbourne Tigers | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 4,020 | box score | report |
Round 19
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
3 February | Cairns Taipans | 79–76 | Perth Wildcats | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report | |
4 February | New Zealand Breakers | 88–60 | Wollongong Hawks | North Shore Events Centre | box score | report | |
5 February | Gold Coast Blaze | 86–73 | Perth Wildcats | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 4,588 | box score | report |
6 February | Melbourne Tigers | 78–84 | Perth Wildcats | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 3,368 | box score | report |
6 February | Townsville Crocodiles | 89–76 | Cairns Taipans | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 4,313 | box score | report |
6 February | Wollongong Hawks | 100–88 | Gold Coast Blaze | WIN Entertainment Centre | 3,620 | box score | report |
Round 20
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
10 February | Townsville Crocodiles | 102–87 | Adelaide 36ers | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 3,443 | box score | report |
11 February | New Zealand Breakers | 109–94 | Gold Coast Blaze | North Shore Events Centre | 2,835 | box score | report |
12 February | Wollongong Hawks | 94–82 | Melbourne Tigers | WIN Entertainment Centre | 4,268 | box score | report |
13 February | Cairns Taipans | 79–84 | New Zealand Breakers | Cairns Convention Centre | 4,747 | box score | report |
13 February | Adelaide 36ers | 79–82 | Wollongong Hawks | Adelaide Arena | 5,973 | box score | report |
13 February | Melbourne Tigers | 73–91 | Gold Coast Blaze | State Netball and Hockey Centre | 3,500 | box score | report |
14 February | Perth Wildcats | 92–73 | Townsville Crocodiles | Challenge Stadium | 4,423 | box score | report |
Ladder
# | Team | Pld | Won | Lost | Last 5 | Streak | Home | Away | For | Against | % Pts | % Won |
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1 | Perth Wildcats | 28 | 17 | 11 | 3-2 | W2 | 12-2 | 5-9 | 2,401 | 2,285 | 105.08% | 60.71% |
2 | Wollongong Hawks | 28 | 16 | 12 | 3-2 | W3 | 13-1 | 3-11 | 2,299 | 2,270 | 101.28% | 57.14% |
3 | Townsville Crocodiles | 28 | 16 | 12 | 3-2 | L1 | 10-4 | 6-8 | 2,418 | 2,369 | 102.07% | 57.14% |
4 | Gold Coast Blaze | 28 | 16 | 12 | 3-2 | W1 | 12-2 | 4-10 | 2,410 | 2,376 | 101.43% | 57.14% |
5 | New Zealand Breakers | 28 | 15 | 13 | 5-0 | W6 | 9-5 | 6-8 | 2,415 | 2,340 | 103.21% | 53.57% |
6 | Melbourne Tigers | 28 | 11 | 17 | 1-4 | L4 | 8-6 | 3-11 | 2,338 | 2,423 | 96.49% | 39.29% |
7 | Cairns Taipans | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2-3 | L2 | 10-4 | 1-13 | 2,092 | 2,239 | 93.43% | 39.29% |
8 | Adelaide 36ers | 28 | 10 | 18 | 0-5 | L7 | 7-7 | 3-11 | 2,353 | 2,424 | 97.07% | 35.71% |
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
The 2009–10 National Basketball League Finals played between 18 February 2010 and 12 March 2010, consisting of two best-of-three semi-finals and final series in which the higher seed hosts the first and deciding third game.
Playoff Seedings
- Perth Wildcats
- Wollongong Hawks
- Townsville Crocodiles
- Gold Coast Blaze
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of a tie of three or more teams, winning percentage in games played only between those teams will determine order of finish.
Under that system, Wollongong (5–3) will finish second, Townsville (4–4) third and Gold Coast (3–5) fourth.[8]
Playoff bracket
Semi Finals | Grand Final | ||||||||
1 | Perth Wildcats | 2 | |||||||
4 | Gold Coast Blaze | 0 | |||||||
1 | Perth Wildcats | 2 | |||||||
2 | Wollongong Hawks | 1 | |||||||
2 | Wollongong Hawks | 2 | |||||||
3 | Townsville Crocodiles | 1 | |||||||
Semi Finals
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
18 February | Perth Wildcats | 81–68 | Gold Coast Blaze | Challenge Stadium | 4,400 | box score | report |
19 February | Wollongong Hawks | 87–68 | Townsville Crocodiles | WIN Entertainment Centre | 4,451 | box score | report |
23 February | Gold Coast Blaze | 78–82 | Perth Wildcats | Gold Coast Convention Centre | 3,699 | box score | report |
24 February | Townsville Crocodiles | 82–53 | Wollongong Hawks | Townsville Entertainment Centre | 3,499 | box score | report |
27 February | Wollongong Hawks | 88–76 | Townsville Crocodiles | WIN Entertainment Centre | 4,451 | box score | report |
Grand Final
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
5 March | Perth Wildcats | 75–64 | Wollongong Hawks | Challenge Stadium | 4,600 | box score | report |
9 March | Wollongong Hawks | 75–63 | Perth Wildcats | WIN Entertainment Centre | 5,786 | box score | report |
12 March | Perth Wildcats | 96–72 | Wollongong Hawks | Challenge Stadium | 4,700 | box score | report |
Season awards
- Most Valuable Player: Corey Williams, Townsville Crocodiles[9]
- Rookie of the Year: Jesse Wagstaff, Perth Wildcats
- Best Defensive Player: Dillon Boucher, New Zealand Breakers
- Best Sixth Man: Erron Maxey, Gold Coast Blaze
- Most Improved Player: Anthony Petrie, Gold Coast Blaze
- Coach of the Year: Gordie McLeod, Wollongong Hawks
- Finals MVP: Kevin Lisch, Perth Wildcats
- All-NBL First Team:
- Corey Williams – Townsville Crocodiles
- Kirk Penney – New Zealand Breakers
- Tywain McKee – Wollongong Hawks
- Mark Worthington – Melbourne Tigers
- Shawn Redhage – Perth Wildcats
- All-NBL Second Team:
- All-NBL Third Team:
- Julius Hodge – Melbourne Tigers
- Glen Saville – Wollongong Hawks
- John Gilchrist – Adelaide 36ers
- Cameron Tragardh – Wollongong Hawks
- Larry Davidson – Wollongong Hawks
See also
References
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- "You searched for newsdisplay – Official Website of the CQUniversity Cairns Taipans". Taipans.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "The Official Website of Melbourne United – NBL – We are Melbourne". Tigers.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Semi Finals schedule set". NBL.com.au. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- "NBL Basketball – Australia". Insidehoops.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.