2007–08 NBL season
Professional basketball season
The 2007–08 NBL season was the 30th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. On 21 November 2006, the Gold Coast Blaze joined the league, expanding it to 13 teams.[1]
2007–08 league participants
Stadiums and locations
Team
Region
CEO
Coach
Home ground
Capacity
Adelaide 36ers
SA
Mal Hemmerling
Phil Smyth
Distinctive Homes Dome
8,000
Brisbane Bullets
Qld
Jeff Van Groningen
Joey Wright
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
4,000
Cairns Taipans
Qld
Denis Keeffe
Alan Black
Cairns Convention Centre
5,300
Gold Coast Blaze
Qld
David Claxton
Brendan Joyce
Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre
5,269
Melbourne Tigers
Vic
Seamus McPeake
Alan Westover
State Netball & Hockey Centre
3,500
New Zealand Breakers
NZL
Richard Clarke
Andrej Lemanis
North Shore Events Centre
4,400
Perth Wildcats
WA
Nick Marvin
Scott Fisher
Challenge Stadium
4,500
Singapore Slingers
Sin
Bob Turner
Gordon McLeod
Singapore Indoor Stadium
12,000
South Dragons
Vic
Ryan Gardiner
Shane Heal
Vodafone Arena
10,500
Sydney Kings
NSW
Garry Hudson
Brian Goorjian
Sydney Entertainment Centre
10,517
Townsville Crocodiles
Qld
Ian Smythe
Trevor Gleeson
Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre
5,257
West Sydney Razorbacks
NSW
Darren Drysdale
Rob Beveridge
State Sports Centre
5,006
Wollongong Hawks
NSW
Eric Cooks
WIN Entertainment Centre
6,000
Preseason transactions
Unless stated otherwise the source for the above information is the NBL article "Movers and Shakers"[7]
Apparel
Team
Provider
Home colour
Away colour
Adelaide 36ers
ISC
Blue
White
Brisbane Bullets
Hoop2Hoop
Royal Blue
White
Cairns Taipans
Kombat
Orange
White
Gold Coast Blaze
ISC
Sky Blue
White
Melbourne Tigers
Kombat
Red
Yellow
New Zealand Breakers
Sport & Uniform
Black
White
Perth Wildcats
ISC
Red
White
Singapore Slingers
ISC
Red
Gold
South Dragons
Kombat
Black
White
Sydney Kings
ISC
Purple
White
Townsville Crocodiles
Kombat
Green
White
West Sydney Razorbacks
Soul Sports
Navy Blue
White
Wollongong Hawks
Kombat
Red
White
Regular season
The 2007–08 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 19 September 2007 and 16 February 2008.
Round 1
Date
Home
Score
Away
Venue
Crowd
Boxscore
19/09/2007
Gold Coast Blaze
105–115
Brisbane Bullets
Gold Coast Convention Centre
4,137
boxscore
19/09/2007
West Sydney Razorbacks
114–116
Townsville Crocodiles
State Sports Centre
1,860
boxscore
19/09/2007
Singapore Slingers
94–117
Melbourne Tigers
Singapore Indoor Stadium
3,200
boxscore
20/09/2007
New Zealand Breakers
90–95
Cairns Taipans
North Shore Events Centre
2,000
boxscore
21/09/2007
Adelaide 36ers
108–101
Illawarra Hawks
Adelaide Arena
4,126
boxscore
22/09/2007
Melbourne Tigers
100–88
Illawarra Hawks
State Netball and Hockey Centre
2,753
boxscore
22/09/2007
Cairns Taipans
99–75
Townsville Crocodiles
Cairns Convention Centre
4,006
boxscore
22/09/2007
South Dragons
106–116
West Sydney Razorbacks
Vodafone Arena
3,129
boxscore
23/09/2007
Sydney Kings
88–79
Gold Coast Blaze
Sydney Entertainment Centre
3,951
boxscore
23/09/2007
Perth Wildcats
112–80
Singapore Slingers
Challenge Stadium
4,000
boxscore
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Date
Home
Score
Away
Venue
Crowd
Boxscore
7/11/2007
Sydney Kings
114–109
Brisbane Bullets
Sydney Entertainment Centre
2,825
boxscore
8/11/2007
New Zealand Breakers
98–92
Singapore Slingers
North Shore Events Centre
2,336
boxscore
9/11/2007
Illawarra Hawks
87–101
Townsville Crocodiles
WIN Entertainment Centre
3,763
boxscore
10/11/2007
Melbourne Tigers
94–102
Sydney Kings
State Netball and Hockey Centre
3,468
boxscore
10/11/2007
West Sydney Razorbacks
102–93
Gold Coast Blaze
Sydney Superdome
4,675
boxscore
10/11/2007
South Dragons
97–103
Townsville Crocodiles
Vodafone Arena
4,215
boxscore
10/11/2007
Cairns Taipans
103–86
Illawarra Hawks
Cairns Convention Centre
4,170
boxscore
10/11/2007
Perth Wildcats
95–102
Brisbane Bullets
Challenge Stadium
4,000
boxscore
11/11/2007
Gold Coast Blaze
79–90
New Zealand Breakers
Gold Coast Convention Centre
3,400
boxscore
11/11/2007
Singapore Slingers
93–111
Adelaide 36ers
Singapore Indoor Stadium
2,500
boxscore
Round 9
Date
Home
Score
Away
Venue
Crowd
Boxscore
14/11/2007
West Sydney Razorbacks
95–106
South Dragons
State Sports Centre
1,902
boxscore
15/11/2007
New Zealand Breakers
121–100
Illawarra Hawks
North Shore Events Centre
2,302
boxscore
16/11/2007
Sydney Kings
105–75
West Sydney Razorbacks
Sydney Entertainment Centre
4,492
boxscore
16/11/2007
South Dragons
79–99
Gold Coast Blaze
Vodafone Arena
3,310
boxscore
17/11/2007
Cairns Taipans
87–107
New Zealand Breakers
Cairns Convention Centre
4,005
boxscore
17/11/2007
Perth Wildcats
92–69
Illawarra Hawks
Challenge Stadium
3,000
boxscore
17/11/2007
Townsville Crocodiles
110–98
Singapore Slingers
Townsville Entertainment Centre
4,078
boxscore
17/11/2007
Adelaide 36ers
96–93
South Dragons
Adelaide 36ers
4,379
boxscore
18/11/2007
Gold Coast Blaze
101–92
West Sydney Razorbacks
Gold Coast Convention Centre
3,203
boxscore
18/11/2007
Brisbane Bullets
109–90
Singapore Slingers
Brisbane Convention Centre
2,600
boxscore
Round 10
Round 11
Date
Home
Score
Away
Venue
Crowd
Boxscore
28/11/2007
West Sydney Razorbacks
126–95
Singapore Slingers
State Sports Centre
1,876
boxscore
28/11/2007
Sydney Kings
84–87
Perth Wildcats
Sydney Entertainment Centre
3,360
boxscore
28/11/2007
Gold Coast Blaze
117–109
Adelaide 36ers
Gold Coast Convention Centre
2,906
boxscore
29/11/2007
New Zealand Breakers
107–104
South Dragons
North Shore Events Centre
2,502
boxscore
29/11/2007
Brisbane Bullets
120–113
Townsville Crocodiles
Brisbane Convention Centre
3,087
boxscore
30/11/2007
Illawarra Hawks
82–115
Gold Coast Blaze
WIN Entertainment Centre
3,631
boxscore
1/12/2007
Melbourne Tigers
92–100
Sydney Kings
State Netball and Hockey Centre
3,396
boxscore
1/12/2007
Adelaide 36ers
125–118
West Sydney Razorbacks
Adelaide Arena
3,666
boxscore
1/12/2007
Cairns Taipans
125–96
South Dragons
Cairns Convention Centre
3,470
boxscore
1/12/2007
Townsville Crocodiles
97–93
Perth Wildcats
Townsville Entertainment Centre
4,290
boxscore
2/12/2007
Singapore Slingers
119–102
Brisbane Bullets
Singapore Indoor Stadium
3,000
boxscore
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Date
Home
Score
Away
Venue
Crowd
Boxscore
31/12/2007
Cairns Taipans
120–112
Brisbane Bullets
Cairns Convention Centre
4,790
boxscore
31/12/2007
Townsville Crocodiles
79–87
Gold Coast Blaze
Townsville Entertainment Centre
4,843
boxscore
2/01/2008
Melbourne Tigers
117–102
Gold Coast Blaze
State Netball and Hockey Centre
3,076
boxscore
2/01/2008
Singapore Slingers
87–124
Perth Wildcats
Singapore Indoor Stadium
2,000
boxscore
4/01/2008
Illawarra Hawks
111–101
New Zealand Breakers
WIN Entertainment Centre
3,383
boxscore
4/01/2008
Townsville Crocodiles
123–88
South Dragons
Townsville Entertainment Centre
4,347
boxscore
5/01/2008
West Sydney Razorbacks
97–113
New Zealand Breakers
State Sports Centre
1,821
boxscore
5/01/2008
Sydney Kings
115–107
Melbourne Tigers
Sydney Entertainment Centre
5,182
boxscore
5/01/2008
Brisbane Bullets
132–101
South Dragons
Brisbane Convention Centre
3,286
boxscore
5/01/2008
Perth Wildcats
90–88
Adelaide 36ers
Challenge Stadium
3,900
boxscore
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Date
Home
Score
Away
Venue
Crowd
Boxscore
30/01/2008
Melbourne Tigers
92–112
Brisbane Bullets
State Netball and Hockey Centre
3,341
boxscore
30/01/2008
Sydney Kings
105–86
Illawarra Hawks
Sydney Entertainment Centre
2,563
boxscore
30/01/2008
Singapore Slingers
108–93
South Dragons
Singapore Indoor Stadium
2,500
boxscore
31/01/2008
New Zealand Breakers
93–83
Perth Wildcats
North Shore Events Centre
3,223
boxscore
31/01/2008
West Sydney Razorbacks
104–111
Townsville Crocodiles
State Sports Centre
1,768
boxscore
1/02/2008
Illawarra Hawks
98–109
Melbourne Tigers
WIN Entertainment Centre
3,016
boxscore
1/02/2008
Cairns Taipans
87–85
Gold Coast Blaze
Cairns Convention Centre
3,099
boxscore
2/02/2008
South Dragons
93–104
New Zealand Breakers
Vodafone Arena
3,159
boxscore
2/02/2008
Adelaide 36ers
133–97
Brisbane Bullets
Adelaide Arena
5,023
boxscore
2/02/2008
Perth Wildcats
85–104
Sydney Kings
Challenge Stadium
4,100
boxscore
3/02/2008
Gold Coast Blaze
127–118
Adelaide 36ers
Gold Coast Convention Centre
3,107
boxscore
Round 21
Date
Home
Score
Away
Venue
Crowd
Boxscore
6/02/2008
South Dragons
95–90
Cairns Taipans
Vodafone Arena
2,715
boxscore
6/02/2008
Perth Wildcats
107–100
West Sydney Razorbacks
Marrara Indoor Stadium
1,200
boxscore
7/02/2008
New Zealand Breakers
105–91
Melbourne Tigers
North Shore Events Centre
3,416
boxscore
8/02/2008
Illawarra Hawks
94–115
Brisbane Bullets
WIN Entertainment Centre
3,097
boxscore
8/02/2008
Gold Coast Blaze
81–88
Sydney Kings
Gold Coast Convention Centre
4,612
boxscore
9/02/2008
Melbourne Tigers
132–104
South Dragons
State Netball and Hockey Centre
3,500
boxscore
9/02/2008
West Sydney Razorbacks
106–111
Illawarra Hawks
State Sports Centre
2,217
boxscore
9/02/2008
Sydney Kings
113–84
Singapore Slingers
Sydney Entertainment Centre
3,897
boxscore
9/02/2008
Adelaide 36ers
113–104
Cairns Taipans
Adelaide Arena
7,009
boxscore
9/02/2008
Townsville Crocodiles
117–100
Brisbane Bullets
Townsville Entertainment Centre
4,859
boxscore
Round 22
Date
Home
Score
Away
Venue
Crowd
Boxscore
13/02/2008
Illawarra Hawks
95–116
Cairns Taipans
WIN Entertainment Centre
3,046
boxscore
13/02/2008
Sydney Kings
103–93
New Zealand Breakers
Sydney Entertainment Centre
3,983
boxscore
13/02/2008
Gold Coast Blaze
69–90
Perth Wildcats
Gold Coast Convention Centre
3,303
boxscore
13/02/2008
Singapore Slingers
97–126
Adelaide 36ers
Singapore Indoor Stadium
3,000
boxscore
15/02/2008
Townsville Crocodiles
101–81
Gold Coast Blaze
Townsville Entertainment Centre
4,403
boxscore
16/02/2008
South Dragons
81–88
Sydney Kings
Vodafone Arena
4,312
boxscore
16/02/2008
West Sydney Razorbacks
97–117
Melbourne Tigers
State Sports Centre
2,562
boxscore
16/02/2008
Brisbane Bullets
129–98
Illawarra Hawks
Brisbane Convention Centre
3,549
boxscore
16/02/2008
Cairns Taipans
108–88
Townsville Crocodiles
Cairns Convention Centre
5,203
boxscore
16/02/2008
Perth Wildcats
98–85
New Zealand Breakers
Challenge Stadium
4,300
boxscore
Ladder
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2008. 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.
1 Cairns Taipans won Head-to-Head (2-1).
Finals
Playoff bracket
Elimination Finals
Semi-finals
Grand Final
All Star Game
Most Valuable Player
2007–08 NBL statistics leaders
NBL awards
TV coverage
External links
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