2007–08 NBL season

2007–08 NBL season
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League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	19 September 2007 – 16 February 2008; 20 February 2008 – 1 March 2008 (Finals); 5 – 14 March 2008 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams	13
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports (Australia) (Live) Nine Network (Australia) (Highlights) Sky Sport (New Zealand) Maori Television (New Zealand)
Regular season
Top seed	Sydney Kings
Season MVP	Chris Anstey
Finals
Champions	Melbourne Tigers
Runners-up	Sydney Kings
Finals MVP	Chris Anstey
NBL seasons
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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

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 and Exhibition Centre	5,269
Melbourne Tigers	VIC	Seamus McPeake	Alan Westover	State Hockey Netball 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 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

Pre-season transactions

Player	Recruited from	Signed by
Larry Abney	Townsville Crocodiles	Cairns Taipans
Adam Ballinger	Wollongong Hawks	Adelaide 36ers
David Barlow	Sydney Kings	Melbourne Tigers
Stephen Black	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Taipans
Mark Bradtke	Brisbane Bullets	Retired^[2]
Brad Davidson	Singapore Slingers	Adelaide 36ers
Casey Frank	Wollongong Hawks	Gold Coast Blaze
Kavossy Franklin	South Dragons	Wollongong Hawks
Cortez Groves	Wollongong Hawks	South Dragons
Brad Hill	Adelaide 36ers	South Dragons
Nick Horvath	Adelaide 36ers	South Dragons
Nathan Jawai	Australian Institute of Sport	Cairns Taipans^[3]
Ryan Kersten	University of New Mexico	New Zealand Breakers
Alex Loughton	Gandía BA (LEB Spain)	Perth Wildcats^[4]
Luke Martin	Cairns Taipans	South Dragons
Ben Melmeth	Singapore Slingers	Gold Coast Blaze
Scott McGregor	West Sydney Razorbacks	Gold Coast Blaze
Brad Newley	Townsville Crocodiles	Adelaide 36ers
Ben Pepper	New Zealand Breakers	Townsville Crocodiles
Anthony Petrie	Canberra Gunners (ABA)	West Sydney Razorbacks^[5]
Tony Rampton	Wollongong Hawks	West Sydney Razorbacks
Tony Ronaldson	Perth Wildcats	New Zealand Breakers
Bradley Sheridan	Sydney Kings	Townsville Crocodiles
Anthony Stewart	Cairns Taipans	Retired^[6]

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 and 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 home and away season took place over 22 rounds between 19 September 2007 and 16 February 2008 with finals starting 20 February 2008

Round 1

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
19 September	Gold Coast Blaze	105–115	Brisbane Bullets	Gold Coast Convention Centre	4,137^[8]	box score	report
19 September	West Sydney Razorbacks	114–116	Townsville Crocodiles	State Sports Centre	1,860	box score	report
19 September	Singapore Slingers	94–117	Melbourne Tigers	Singapore Indoor Stadium	3,200	box score	report
20 September	New Zealand Breakers	90–95	Cairns Taipans	North Shore Events Centre	2,000	box score	report
21 September	Adelaide 36ers	108–101	Wollongong Hawks	Distinctive Homes Dome	4,126	box score	report
22 September	South Dragons	106–116	West Sydney Razorbacks	Vodafone Arena	3,129	box score	report
22 September	Cairns Taipans	99–75	Townsville Crocodiles	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
22 September	Melbourne Tigers	100–88	Wollongong Hawks	State Netball and Hockey Centre	2,753	box score	report
23 September	Perth Wildcats	112–80	Singapore Slingers	Challenge Stadium	4,000	box score	report
23 September	Sydney Kings	88–79	Gold Coast Blaze	Sydney Entertainment Centre	3,951	box score	report

Round 2

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
26 September	Townsville Crocodiles	78–85	Sydney Kings	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,500	box score	report
26 September	Singapore Slingers	93–99	Gold Coast Blaze	Singapore Indoor Stadium	1,300	box score	report
28 September	Wollongong Hawks	88–113	Brisbane Bullets	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
28 September	Adelaide 36ers	85–101	Melbourne Tigers	Distinctive Homes Dome	4,400	box score	report
29 September	West Sydney Razorbacks	108–95	Perth Wildcats	State Sports Centre	2,234	box score	report
29 September	Cairns Taipans	88–72	Gold Coast Blaze	Cairns Convention Centre	3,949	box score	report

Round 3

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
2 October	Singapore Slingers	101–86	Townsville Crocodiles	Singapore Indoor Stadium	1,300	box score	report
3 October	South Dragons	81–97	Perth Wildcats	Vodafone Arena	3,952	box score	report
4 October	New Zealand Breakers	96–104	West Sydney Razorbacks	North Shore Events Centre		box score	report
5 October	Brisbane Bullets	116–107	Perth Wildcats	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
5 October	Wollongong Hawks	84–89	Cairns Taipans	WIN Entertainment Centre	2,898	box score	report
6 October	Sydney Kings	92–85	Cairns Taipans	Sydney Entertainment Centre	4,224	box score	report
6 October	Gold Coast Blaze	90–96	Melbourne Tigers	Gold Coast Convention Centre		box score	report
6 October	Townsville Crocodiles	84–113	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,549	box score	report
6 October	Adelaide 36ers	115–108	South Dragons	Distinctive Homes Dome	4,959	box score	report

Round 4

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
10 October	Cairns Taipans	82–99	Melbourne Tigers	Cairns Convention Centre	3,843	box score	report
10 October	Perth Wildcats	95–91	Adelaide 36ers	Challenge Stadium	4,200	box score	report
11 October	New Zealand Breakers	98–97	Townsville Crocodiles	North Shore Events Centre		box score	report
12 October	Wollongong Hawks	132–109	West Sydney Razorbacks	WIN Entertainment Centre	2,999	box score	report
13 October	Gold Coast Blaze	97–82	Singapore Slingers	Gold Coast Convention Centre	3,853	box score	report
13 October	Melbourne Tigers	101–98	South Dragons	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,500	box score	report
14 October	South Dragons	85–95	Sydney Kings	Vodafone Arena	3,928	box score	report
14 October	Brisbane Bullets	127–106	Singapore Slingers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	2,500	box score	report

Round 5

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
17 October	Brisbane Bullets	117–127	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	3,117	box score	report
17 October	Singapore Slingers	96–105	Melbourne Tigers	Singapore Indoor Stadium	2,500	box score	report
18 October	New Zealand Breakers	116–109	Adelaide 36ers	North Shore Events Centre		box score	report
20 October	South Dragons	109–110	Brisbane Bullets	Vodafone Arena	4,198	box score	report
20 October	Gold Coast Blaze	106–92	Wollongong Hawks	Gold Coast Convention Centre	3,638	box score	report
20 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	103–96	Sydney Kings	State Sports Centre	3,850	box score	report
20 October	Townsville Crocodiles	112–90	Adelaide 36ers	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,388	box score	report
21 October	Perth Wildcats	87–73	Cairns Taipans	Challenge Stadium	4,000	box score	report
21 October	Singapore Slingers	99–116	New Zealand Breakers	Singapore Indoor Stadium		box score	report

Round 6

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
24 October	Sydney Kings	100–82	Adelaide 36ers	Sydney Entertainment Centre	2,483	box score	report
26 October	Wollongong Hawks	114–97	Perth Wildcats	WIN Entertainment Centre	3,316	box score	report
26 October	Townsville Crocodiles	129–126	West Sydney Razorbacks	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,119	box score	report
27 October	Adelaide 36ers	94–98	Gold Coast Blaze	Distinctive Homes Dome	4,301	box score	report
27 October	Melbourne Tigers	115–90	New Zealand Breakers	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,221	box score	report
27 October	Cairns Taipans	112–90	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Convention Centre	4,110	box score	report
28 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	104–115	Wollongong Hawks	State Sports Centre	2,476	box score	report
28 October	Singapore Slingers	90–99	Sydney Kings	Singapore Indoor Stadium	2,000	box score	report
28 October	South Dragons	102–90	New Zealand Breakers	Vodafone Arena	3,443	box score	report

Round 7

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
31 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	95–93	Cairns Taipans	State Sports Centre	1,726	box score	report
1 November	New Zealand Breakers	127–126	Brisbane Bullets	North Shore Events Centre		box score	report
2 November	Sydney Kings	106–79	Townsville Crocodiles	Sydney Entertainment Centre	3,280	box score	report
3 November	Melbourne Tigers	84–74	Townsville Crocodiles	State Netball and Hockey Centre	2,942	box score	report
3 November	Adelaide 36ers	87–70	New Zealand Breakers	Distinctive Homes Dome	4,443	box score	report
4 November	South Dragons	115–108	Wollongong Hawks	Vodafone Arena	4,512	box score	report
4 November	Gold Coast Blaze	101–80	Cairns Taipans	Gold Coast Convention Centre	4,000	box score	report
4 November	Singapore Slingers	112–105 (OT)	Perth Wildcats	Singapore Indoor Stadium	1,000	box score	report

Round 8

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
7 November	Sydney Kings	114–109	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Entertainment Centre	2,825	box score	report
8 November	New Zealand Breakers	98–92 (OT)	Singapore Slingers	North Shore Events Centre		box score	report
9 November	Wollongong Hawks	87–101	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre	3,763	box score	report
10 November	Perth Wildcats	95–102	Brisbane Bullets	Challenge Stadium	4,000	box score	report
10 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	102–93	Gold Coast Blaze	Acer Arena	4,675	box score	report
10 November	South Dragons	97–103	Townsville Crocodiles	Vodafone Arena	4,215	box score	report
10 November	Cairns Taipans	103–86	Wollongong Hawks	Cairns Convention Centre	4,170	box score	report
10 November	Melbourne Tigers	94–102	Sydney Kings	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,468	box score	report
11 November	Singapore Slingers	93–111	Adelaide 36ers	Singapore Indoor Stadium	2,500	box score	report
11 November	Gold Coast Blaze	77–90	New Zealand Breakers	Gold Coast Convention Centre	3,400	box score	report

Round 9

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
14 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	95–106	South Dragons	State Sports Centre	1,902	box score	report
15 November	New Zealand Breakers	121–100	Wollongong Hawks	North Shore Events Centre		box score	report
16 November	South Dragons	79–99	Gold Coast Blaze	Vodafone Arena	3,310	box score	report
16 November	Sydney Kings	105–75	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre	4,492	box score	report
17 November	Adelaide 36ers	96–93	South Dragons	Distinctive Homes Dome	4,379	box score	report
17 November	Perth Wildcats	92–69	Wollongong Hawks	Challenge Stadium	3,800	box score	report
17 November	Cairns Taipans	87–107	New Zealand Breakers	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
17 November	Townsville Crocodiles	110–98	Singapore Slingers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
18 November	Gold Coast Blaze	101–92	West Sydney Razorbacks	Gold Coast Convention Centre	3,203	box score	report
18 November	Brisbane Bullets	109–90	Singapore Slingers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	2,600	box score	report

Round 10

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
21 November	Townsville Crocodiles	107–81	Melbourne Tigers	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,068	box score	report
22 November	New Zealand Breakers	103–128	Cairns Taipans	North Shore Events Centre		box score	report
24 November	Perth Wildcats	103–85	Melbourne Tigers	Challenge Stadium	4,100	box score	report
24 November	Brisbane Bullets	121–93	Gold Coast Blaze	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	3,368	box score	report
25 November	Adelaide 36ers	82–92	Townsville Crocodiles	Distinctive Homes Dome	4,125	box score	report
25 November	Cairns Taipans	87–102	Sydney Kings	Cairns Convention Centre	3,894	box score	report
25 November	South Dragons	109–99	Singapore Slingers	Vodafone Arena	3,592	box score	report

Round 11

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
28 November	Gold Coast Blaze	117–109	Adelaide 36ers	Gold Coast Convention Centre	2,906^[9]	box score	report
28 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	126–95	Singapore Slingers	State Sports Centre	1,876	box score	report
28 November	Sydney Kings	84–87	Perth Wildcats	Sydney Entertainment Centre	3,360	box score	report
29 November	Brisbane Bullets	120–113	Townsville Crocodiles	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	3,087	box score	report
29 November	New Zealand Breakers	107–104	South Dragons	North Shore Events Centre		box score	report
30 November	Wollongong Hawks	82–115	Gold Coast Blaze	WIN Entertainment Centre	3,631	box score	report
1 December	Cairns Taipans	125–96	South Dragons	Cairns Convention Centre	3,470	box score	report
1 December	Melbourne Tigers	92–100	Sydney Kings	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,396	box score	report
1 December	Adelaide 36ers	125–118	West Sydney Razorbacks	Distinctive Homes Dome	3,666	box score	report
1 December	Townsville Crocodiles	97–93	Perth Wildcats	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,290	box score	report
2 December	Singapore Slingers	119–102	Brisbane Bullets	Singapore Indoor Stadium	3,000	box score	report

Round 12

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
5 December	Gold Coast Blaze	127–116	South Dragons	Gold Coast Convention Centre	3,234	box score	report
5 December	Wollongong Hawks	93–72	Singapore Slingers	Wollongong Entertainment Centre	2,843	box score	report
6 December	New Zealand Breakers	100–120	Sydney Kings	North Shore Events Centre	3,326	box score	report
7 December	Brisbane Bullets	120–102	West Sydney Razorbacks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	3,032	box score	report
8 December	Adelaide 36ers	100–112	Sydney Kings	Distinctive Homes Dome	4,183	box score	report
8 December	Cairns Taipans	102–95	West Sydney Razorbacks	Cairns Convention Centre	3,587	box score	report
8 December	Melbourne Tigers	86–79	Perth Wildcats	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,150	box score	report
8 December	Townsville Crocodiles	117–105	Singapore Slingers	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,230	box score	report

All-Star Game

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
12 December	Aussie All-Stars	146–141	World All-Stars	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,500	box score	report

Round 13

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
15 December	Perth Wildcats	80–75	Townsville Crocodiles	Challenge Stadium	4,000	box score	report
15 December	South Dragons	88–98	Melbourne Tigers	Vodafone Arena	7,402	box score	report
15 December	Adelaide 36ers	104–77	Singapore Slingers	Distinctive Homes Dome	4,414	box score	report
16 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	86–105	Cairns Taipans	State Sports Centre	1,916	box score	report
16 December	Sydney Kings	99–92	Wollongong Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre	3,294	box score	report
16 December	Brisbane Bullets	125–93	New Zealand Breakers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	3,122	box score	report

Round 14

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
19 December	Melbourne Tigers	110–92	Adelaide 36ers	State Netball and Hockey Centre	2,745	box score	report
19 December	Singapore Slingers	99–113	West Sydney Razorbacks	Singapore Indoor Stadium	4,000	box score	report
20 December	New Zealand Breakers	105–103	Wollongong Hawks	North Shore Events Centre		box score	report
21 December	Cairns Taipans	89–93	Singapore Slingers	Cairns Convention Centre	3,925	box score	report
22 December	Brisbane Bullets	112–108	Melbourne Tigers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	3,600	box score	report
22 December	Perth Wildcats	108–80	South Dragons	Challenge Stadium	4,000	box score	report
22 December	Gold Coast Blaze	91–86	Singapore Slingers	Gold Coast Convention Centre	3,963	box score	report
22 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	100–122	Adelaide 36ers	State Sports Centre	1,931	box score	report
22 December	Townsville Crocodiles	108–98	Wollongong Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,363	box score	report

Round 15

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
26 December	South Dragons	114–119	Adelaide 36ers	Vodafone Arena	4,415	box score	report
27 December	Melbourne Tigers	98–89	Cairns Taipans	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,328	box score	report
28 December	Wollongong Hawks	96–74	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre	3,366	box score	report
28 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	110–105	Brisbane Bullets	State Sports Centre	1,557	box score	report
29 December	Brisbane Bullets	107–97	Gold Coast Blaze	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
29 December	Perth Wildcats	106–107	Melbourne Tigers	Challenge Stadium	4,100	box score	report
29 December	Sydney Kings	103–94 (OT)	New Zealand Breakers	Sydney Entertainment Centre	4,113	box score	report

Round 16

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
31 December	Cairns Taipans	120–112	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Convention Centre	4,790	box score	report
31 December	Townsville Crocodiles	79–87	Gold Coast Blaze	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,843	box score	report
2 January	Melbourne Tigers	117–102	Gold Coast Blaze	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,076	box score	report
2 January	Singapore Slingers	87–124	Perth Wildcats	Singapore Indoor Stadium	2,000	box score	report
4 January	Wollongong Hawks	111–101	New Zealand Breakers	WIN Entertainment Centre	3,383	box score	report
4 January	Townsville Crocodiles	123–88	South Dragons	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,347	box score	report
5 January	Brisbane Bullets	132–101	South Dragons	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	3,286	box score	report
5 January	Perth Wildcats	90–88	Adelaide 36ers	Challenge Stadium	3,900	box score	report
5 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	97–113	New Zealand Breakers	State Sports Centre	1,821	box score	report
5 January	Sydney Kings	115–107 (OT)	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre	5,182	box score	report

Round 17

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
9 January	Wollongong Hawks	99–106	Sydney Kings	WIN Entertainment Centre	4,062	box score	report
9 January	Cairns Taipans	93–89	Perth Wildcats	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
10 January	New Zealand Breakers	126–93	Gold Coast Blaze	North Shore Events Centre		box score	report
12 January	Perth Wildcats	103–88	Gold Coast Blaze	Challenge Stadium	4,304	box score	report
12 January	Brisbane Bullets	101–79	Cairns Taipans	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	3,800	box score	report
12 January	Melbourne Tigers	111–108	West Sydney Razorbacks	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,500	box score	report
12 January	Adelaide 36ers	115–93	Sydney Kings	Distinctive Homes Dome	5,787	box score	report
12 January	Townsville Crocodiles	108–88	New Zealand Breakers	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,546	box score	report
13 January	Singapore Slingers	113–102	Wollongong Hawks	Singapore Indoor Stadium	5,000	box score	report

Round 18

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
17 January	Adelaide 36ers	82–101	Perth Wildcats	Distinctive Homes Dome	6,141	box score	report
17 January	South Dragons	103–105	West Sydney Razorbacks	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre	2,000	box score	report
18 January	Wollongong Hawks	115–108	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre	3,366	box score	report
18 January	Gold Coast Blaze	105–87	Townsville Crocodiles	Gold Coast Convention Centre	4,051^[10]	box score	report
19 January	Perth Wildcats	111–99	South Dragons	Challenge Stadium	4,100	box score	report
19 January	Brisbane Bullets	155–107	Adelaide 36ers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	3,467^[11]	box score	report
19 January	Melbourne Tigers	112–98	New Zealand Breakers	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,500	box score	report
19 January	Sydney Kings	108–90	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre	4,726	box score	report
20 January	Singapore Slingers	87–99	Cairns Taipans	Singapore Indoor Stadium	2,500	box score	report

Round 19

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
23 January	Adelaide 36ers	108–113	Melbourne Tigers	Distinctive Homes Dome	4,086	box score	report
23 January	Sydney Kings	106–72	South Dragons	Sydney Entertainment Centre	2,831	box score	report
24 January	New Zealand Breakers	109–95	West Sydney Razorbacks	North Shore Events Centre		box score	report
25 January	Brisbane Bullets	95–105	Perth Wildcats	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	5,000	box score	report
25 January	Wollongong Hawks	91–89	South Dragons	WIN Entertainment Centre	3,321	box score	report
25 January	Townsville Crocodiles	120–113	Cairns Taipans	Townsville Entertainment Centre	5,257	box score	report
26 January	Gold Coast Blaze	88–84	Perth Wildcats	Gold Coast Convention Centre	3,600	box score	report
26 January	Cairns Taipans	105–111	Adelaide 36ers	Cairns Convention Centre	4,612	box score	report
26 January	Melbourne Tigers	115–82	Singapore Slingers	State Netball and Hockey Centre	2,847	box score	report

Round 20

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
30 January	Melbourne Tigers	92–112	Brisbane Bullets	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,341	box score	report
30 January	Singapore Slingers	108–93	South Dragons	Singapore Indoor Stadium	2,500	box score	report
31 January	Sydney Kings	105–86	Wollongong Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre	2,563^[12]	box score	report
31 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	104–111	Townsville Crocodiles	State Sports Centre	1,768	box score	report
31 January	New Zealand Breakers	93–83	Perth Wildcats	North Shore Events Centre		box score	report
1 February	Wollongong Hawks	98–109	Melbourne Tigers	WIN Entertainment Centre	3,016	box score	report
1 February	Cairns Taipans	87–85	Gold Coast Blaze	Cairns Convention Centre	3,099	box score	report
2 February	Adelaide 36ers	133–97	Brisbane Bullets	Distinctive Homes Dome	5,023	box score	report
2 February	Perth Wildcats	85–104	Sydney Kings	Challenge Stadium	4,100	box score	report
2 February	South Dragons	93–104	New Zealand Breakers	Vodafone Arena	3,159	box score	report
3 February	Gold Coast Blaze	127–118	Adelaide 36ers	Gold Coast Convention Centre	3,107	box score	report

Round 21

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
6 February	Perth Wildcats	107–100	West Sydney Razorbacks	Marrara Indoor Stadium	1,200^[13]	box score	report
6 February	South Dragons	95–90	Cairns Taipans	Vodafone Arena	2,715	box score	report
7 February	New Zealand Breakers	105–91	Melbourne Tigers	North Shore Events Centre	3,416	box score	report
8 February	Wollongong Hawks	94–115	Brisbane Bullets	WIN Entertainment Centre	3,097	box score	report
8 February	Gold Coast Blaze	81–88	Sydney Kings	Gold Coast Convention Centre	4,612^[14]	box score	report
9 February	Townsville Crocodiles	117–100	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,859	box score	report
9 February	Melbourne Tigers	134–102	South Dragons	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,500	box score	report
9 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	106–111	Wollongong Hawks	State Sports Centre	2,217	box score	report
9 February	Sydney Kings	113–84	Singapore Slingers	Sydney Entertainment Centre	3,897	box score	report
9 February	Adelaide 36ers	113–104	Cairns Taipans	Distinctive Homes Dome	7,009	box score	report

Round 22

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
13 February	Singapore Slingers	97–126	Adelaide 36ers	Singapore Indoor Stadium	3,000	box score	report
13 February	Sydney Kings	103–93	New Zealand Breakers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		box score	report
13 February	Wollongong Hawks	95–116	Cairns Taipans	WIN Entertainment Centre	3,046	box score	report
13 February	Gold Coast Blaze	69–90	Perth Wildcats	Gold Coast Convention Centre		box score	report
15 February	Townsville Crocodiles	101–81	Gold Coast Blaze	Townsville Entertainment Centre	4,403	box score	report
16 February	Cairns Taipans	108–88	Townsville Crocodiles	Cairns Convention Centre	5,201	box score	report
16 February	Brisbane Bullets	129–98	Wollongong Hawks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	3,549	box score	report
16 February	Perth Wildcats	98–85	New Zealand Breakers	Challenge Stadium	4,300	box score	report
16 February	South Dragons	81–88	Sydney Kings	Vodafone Arena	4,312	box score	report
16 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	97–117	Melbourne Tigers	State Sports Centre	2,562	box score	report

Ladder

	Team	Pld	Won	Lost	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	% Pts	% Won
1	Sydney Kings	38	31	7	2-3	L1	17-3	14-4	110.56	81.58
2	Melbourne Tigers	37	27	10	3-2	W1	14-4	13-6	105.94	72.97
3	Brisbane Bullets	33	21	12	2-3	L2	14-3	7-9	107.45	63.64
4	Perth Wildcats	34	20	14	3-2	L1	14-3	6-11	105.44	58.82
5	Townsville Crocodiles	32	18	14	3-2	L1	13-3	5-11	100.77	56.25
6	New Zealand Breakers	32	17	15	2-3	L1	11-4	6-9	99.14	53.13
7	Cairns Taipans	31	16	15	2-3	L1	10-6	6-9	101.90	51.61
8	Gold Coast Blaze	31	15	16	1-4	L4	10-5	5-10	98.83	48.39

9	Adelaide 36ers	30	14	16	4-1	W2	9-6	5-10	100.19	46.67
10	West Sydney Razorbacks	30	10	20	0-5	L6	6-9	4-11	95.35	33.33
11	Wollongong Hawks	30	9	21	1-4	L2	7-8	2-13	93.61	30.00
12	Singapore Slingers	30	6	24	1-4	L2	5-10	1-14	88.21	20.00
13	South Dragons	30	5	25	1-4	L2	4-11	1-14	90.81	16.67

Finals Series

Quarter Finals

(single game elimination)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
20 February	Townsville Crocodiles	97–89	Gold Coast Blaze	Townsville Entertainment Centre	3,618	box score	report
21 February	Cairns Taipans	78–100	New Zealand Breakers	Cairns Convention Centre	4,513	box score	report
22 February	Perth Wildcats	96–78	Townsville Crocodiles	Challenge Stadium	4,300	box score	report
23 February	Brisbane Bullets	106–89	New Zealand Breakers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	2,787	box score	report

Semi Finals

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
25 February	Sydney Kings	101–98	Perth Wildcats	Sydney Entertainment Centre	2,640	box score	report
27 February	Melbourne Tigers	116–98	Brisbane Bullets	State Netball and Hockey Centre	2,640	box score	report
27 February	Perth Wildcats	94–85	Sydney Kings	Challenge Stadium	4,400	box score	report
28 February	Brisbane Bullets	112–115 (OT)	Melbourne Tigers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre	2,653	box score	report
1 March	Sydney Kings	109–77	Perth Wildcats	Sydney Entertainment Centre	4,057	box score	report

Grand Final

(best-of-five series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
5 March	Sydney Kings	95–74	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre	3,208	box score	report
7 March	Melbourne Tigers	104–93	Sydney Kings	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,500	box score	report
9 March	Sydney Kings	87–89	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre	6,009	box score	report
12 March	Melbourne Tigers	87–90	Sydney Kings	State Netball and Hockey Centre	3,500	box score	report
14 March	Sydney Kings	73–2918	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre	10,244	box score	report

2007–08 NBL statistics leaders

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	steph curry	Brisbane Bullets	89.0
Rebounds per game	Chris Anstey	Melbourne Tigers	12.0
Assists per game	Rashad Phillips	Perth Wildcats	7.5
Steals per game	Orien Greene	New Zealand Breakers	2.88
Blocks per game	Chris Anstey	Melbourne Tigers	1.97
Field goal percentage	Tim Behrendorff	New Zealand Breakers	60.0%
Free throw percentage	Michael Cedar	Townsville Crocodiles	91.3%
Three-point field goal percentage	Daniel Jackson	Wollongong Hawks	52.4%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Chris Anstey, Melbourne Tigers
Rookie of the Year: Nathan Jawai, Cairns Taipans
Best Defensive Player: Chris Anstey, Melbourne Tigers
Best Sixth Man: Dontaye Draper, Sydney Kings
Most Improved Player: Cameron Tragardh, Wollongong Hawks
Coach of the Year: Brian Goorjian, Sydney Kings

All-NBL First Team:
- Ebi Ere – Brisbane Bullets
- Chris Anstey – Melbourne Tigers
- Mark Worthington – Sydney Kings
- Kirk Penney – New Zealand Breakers
- Shawn Redhage – Perth Wildcats
All-NBL Second Team:
- Nathan Jawai – Cairns Taipans
- Adam Ballinger – Adelaide 36ers
- Corey Williams – Townsville Crocodiles
- C. J. Bruton – Brisbane Bullets
- James Harvey – Gold Coast Blaze
All-NBL Third Team:
- Kavossy Franklin – Wollongong Hawks
- Paul Rogers – Perth Wildcats
- Julius Hodge – Adelaide 36ers
- Dontaye Draper – Sydney Kings
- Darnell Hinson – West Sydney Razorbacks

TV Coverage

Australia – Fox Sports (Live coverage) & Nine Network (Delayed coverage)
New Zealand – Sky Sport & Maori Television
Singapore – Sling HD
Philippines – Basketball TV

External links

References

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Team	Major sponsor
Adelaide 36ers	ABC Learning Centres
Brisbane Bullets	Virgin Blue
Cairns Taipans	Skytrans Airlines
Gold Coast Blaze	none
Melbourne Tigers	Aust Tiger
New Zealand Breakers	Harvey Norman
Perth Wildcats	Saville Australia
Singapore Slingers	CLSA
South Dragons	Crazy John's
Sydney Kings	Firepower
Townsville Crocodiles	McDonald's
West Sydney Razorbacks	Westbus
Wollongong Hawks	IMB