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 NBL season
Logo of the league sponsored by Hummer
LeagueNational Basketball League
Season2007–08
Dates19 September 2007 – 14 March 2008
Teams13
TV partner(s)Australia:
New Zealand:
Regular season
Season championsSydney Kings
Season MVPAustralia Chris Anstey (Melbourne)
Finals
ChampionsMelbourne Tigers (4th title)
  Runners-upSydney Kings
SemifinalistsBrisbane Bullets
Perth Wildcats
Finals MVPAustralia Chris Anstey (Melbourne)
Statistical leaders
Points Nigeria Ebi Ere (Brisbane) 26.0
Rebounds Australia Chris Anstey (Melbourne) 11.6
Assists Australia Stephen Black (Cairns) 5.6
NBL seasons

2007–08 league participants

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Stadiums and locations

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Preseason transactions

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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]

Sponsors

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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

Apparel

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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

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The 2007–08 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 19 September 2007 and 16 February 2008.

Round 1

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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

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
26/09/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 78–85 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,500 boxscore
26/09/2007 Singapore Slingers 93–99 Gold Coast Blaze Singapore Indoor Stadium 1,300 boxscore
28/09/2007 Illawarra Hawks 88–113 Brisbane Bullets WIN Entertainment Centre 2,775 boxscore
28/09/2007 Adelaide 36ers 85–101 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena 4,400 boxscore
29/09/2007 West Sydney Razorbacks 108–95 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre 2,234 boxscore
29/09/2007 Cairns Taipans 88–72 Gold Coast Blaze Cairns Convention Centre 3,949 boxscore

Round 3

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
2/10/2007 Singapore Slingers 101–86 Townsville Crocodiles Singapore Indoor Stadium 1,300 boxscore
3/10/2007 South Dragons 81–97 Perth Wildcats Vodafone Arena 3,952 boxscore
4/10/2007 New Zealand Breakers 96–104 West Sydney Razorbacks North Shore Events Centre 2,011 boxscore
5/10/2007 Illawarra Hawks 84–89 Cairns Taipans WIN Entertainment Centre 2,898 boxscore
5/10/2007 Brisbane Bullets 116–107 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention Centre 2,984 boxscore
6/10/2007 Sydney Kings 92–85 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,224 boxscore
6/10/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 84–113 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,549 boxscore
6/10/2007 Gold Coast Blaze 90–96 Melbourne Tigers Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,524 boxscore
6/10/2007 Adelaide 36ers 115–108 South Dragons Adelaide Arena 4,959 boxscore

Round 4

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
10/10/2007 Cairns Taipans 82–99 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre 3,843 boxscore
10/10/2007 Perth Wildcats 95–91 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium 4,200 boxscore
11/10/2007 New Zealand Breakers 98–97 Townsville Crocodiles North Shore Events Centre 2,110 boxscore
12/10/2007 Illawarra Hawks 132–109 West Sydney Razorbacks WIN Entertainment Centre 2,999 boxscore
13/10/2007 Gold Coast Blaze 97–82 Singapore Slingers Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,853 boxscore
13/10/2007 Melbourne Tigers 101–98 South Dragons State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
14/10/2007 South Dragons 85–95 Sydney Kings Vodafone Arena 3,928 boxscore
14/10/2007 Brisbane Bullets 127–106 Singapore Slingers Brisbane Convention Centre 2,500 boxscore

Round 5

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
17/10/2007 Brisbane Bullets 117–127 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention Centre 3,117 boxscore
17/10/2007 Singapore Slingers 96–105 Melbourne Tigers Singapore Indoor Stadium 2,500 boxscore
18/10/2007 New Zealand Breakers 116–109 Adelaide 36ers North Shore Events Centre 2,166 boxscore
20/10/2007 South Dragons 109–110 Brisbane Bullets Vodafone Arena 4,198 boxscore
20/10/2007 West Sydney Razorbacks 103–96 Sydney Kings State Sports Centre 3,850 boxscore
20/10/2007 Gold Coast Blaze 106–92 Illawarra Hawks Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,638 boxscore
20/10/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 112–90 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,388 boxscore
21/10/2007 Perth Wildcats 87–73 Cairns Taipans Challenge Stadium 4,000 boxscore
21/10/2007 Singapore Slingers 99–116 New Zealand Breakers Singapore Indoor Stadium 2,100 boxscore

Round 6

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
24/10/2007 Sydney Kings 100–82 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre 2,483 boxscore
26/10/2007 Illawarra Hawks 114–97 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre 3,316 boxscore
26/10/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 129–126 West Sydney Razorbacks Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,119 boxscore
27/10/2007 Melbourne Tigers 115–90 New Zealand Breakers State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,221 boxscore
27/10/2007 Adelaide 36ers 94–98 Gold Coast Blaze Adelaide Arena 4,301 boxscore
27/10/2007 Cairns Taipans 112–90 Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre 4,110 boxscore
28/10/2007 West Sydney Razorbacks 104–115 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre 2,476 boxscore
28/10/2007 South Dragons 102–90 New Zealand Breakers Vodafone Arena 3,443 boxscore
28/10/2007 Singapore Slingers 90–99 Sydney Kings Singapore Indoor Stadium 2,000 boxscore

Round 7

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
31/10/2007 West Sydney Razorbacks 97–95 Cairns Taipans State Sports Centre 1,726 boxscore
1/11/2007 New Zealand Breakers 127–126 Brisbane Bullets North Shore Events Centre 2,200 boxscore
2/11/2007 Sydney Kings 106–79 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,280 boxscore
3/11/2007 Melbourne Tigers 84–74 Townsville Crocodiles State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,942 boxscore
3/11/2007 Adelaide 36ers 87–70 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena 4,443 boxscore
4/11/2007 South Dragons 115–108 Illawarra Hawks Vodafone Arena 4,512 boxscore
4/11/2007 Gold Coast Blaze 101–80 Cairns Taipans Gold Coast Convention Centre 4,000 boxscore
4/11/2007 Singapore Slingers 112–105 Perth Wildcats Singapore Indoor Stadium 1,000 boxscore

Round 8

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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

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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

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
21/11/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 107–81 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,068 boxscore
22/11/2007 New Zealand Breakers 103–128 Cairns Taipans North Shore Events Centre 2,287 boxscore
24/11/2007 Brisbane Bullets 121–93 Gold Coast Blaze Brisbane Convention Centre 3,368 boxscore
24/11/2007 Perth Wildcats 103–85 Melbourne Tigers Challenge Stadium 4,100 boxscore
25/11/2007 Adelaide 36ers 82–92 Townsville Crocodiles Adelaide Arena 4,125 boxscore
25/11/2007 South Dragons 109–99 Singapore Slingers Vodafone Arena 3,592 boxscore
25/11/2007 Cairns Taipans 87–102 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre 3,894 boxscore

Round 11

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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

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
5/12/2007 Gold Coast Blaze 127–116 South Dragons Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,234 boxscore
5/12/2007 Illawarra Hawks 93–72 Singapore Slingers WIN Entertainment Centre 2,843 boxscore
6/12/2007 New Zealand Breakers 100–120 Sydney Kings North Shore Events Centre 3,326 boxscore
7/12/2007 Brisbane Bullets 120–102 West Sydney Razorbacks Brisbane Convention Centre 3,032 boxscore
8/12/2007 Melbourne Tigers 86–79 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,150 boxscore
8/12/2007 Cairns Taipans 102–95 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre 3,587 boxscore
8/12/2007 Adelaide 36ers 100–112 Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena 4,183 boxscore
8/12/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 117–105 Singapore Slingers Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,230 boxscore

Round 13

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
15/12/2007 South Dragons 88–98 Melbourne Tigers Vodafone Arena 7,402 boxscore
15/12/2007 Adelaide 36ers 104–77 Singapore Slingers Adelaide Arena 4,414 boxscore
15/12/2007 Perth Wildcats 80–75 Townsville Crocodiles Challenge Stadium 4,000 boxscore
16/12/2007 Sydney Kings 99–92 Illawarra Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,294 boxscore
16/12/2007 West Sydney Razorbacks 86–105 Cairns Taipans State Sports Centre 1,916 boxscore
16/12/2007 Brisbane Bullets 125–93 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention Centre 3,122 boxscore

Round 14

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
19/12/2007 Melbourne Tigers 110–92 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,745 boxscore
19/12/2007 Singapore Slingers 99–113 West Sydney Razorbacks Singapore Indoor Stadium 4,000 boxscore
20/12/2007 New Zealand Breakers 105–103 Illawarra Hawks North Shore Events Centre 3,004 boxscore
21/12/2007 Cairns Taipans 89–93 Singapore Slingers Cairns Convention Centre 3,925 boxscore
22/12/2007 West Sydney Razorbacks 100–122 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre 1,931 boxscore
22/12/2007 Gold Coast Blaze 91–86 Singapore Slingers Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,963 boxscore
22/12/2007 Brisbane Bullets 112–108 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention Centre 3,600 boxscore
22/12/2007 Townsville Crocodiles 108–98 Illawarra Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,363 boxscore
22/12/2007 Perth Wildcats 108–80 South Dragons Challenge Stadium 4,000 boxscore

Round 15

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
26/12/2007 South Dragons 114–119 Adelaide 36ers Vodafone Arena 4,415 boxscore
27/12/2007 Melbourne Tigers 98–89 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,328 boxscore
28/12/2007 Illawarra Hawks 96–74 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre 3,666 boxscore
28/12/2007 West Sydney Razorbacks 110–105 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre 1,557 boxscore
29/12/2007 Sydney Kings 103–94 New Zealand Breakers Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,113 boxscore
29/12/2007 Brisbane Bullets 107–97 Gold Coast Blaze Brisbane Convention Centre 3,783 boxscore
29/12/2007 Perth Wildcats 106–107 Melbourne Tigers Challenge Stadium 4,100 boxscore

Round 16

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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

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
9/01/2008 Illawarra Hawks 99–106 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre 4,062 boxscore
9/01/2008 Cairns Taipans 93–89 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre 4,107 boxscore
10/01/2008 New Zealand Breakers 126–93 Gold Coast Blaze North Shore Events Centre 3,853 boxscore
12/01/2008 Melbourne Tigers 111–108 West Sydney Razorbacks State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
12/01/2008 Adelaide 36ers 115–93 Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena 5,787 boxscore
12/01/2008 Brisbane Bullets 101–79 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Entertainment Centre 3,800 boxscore
12/01/2008 Townsville Crocodiles 108–88 New Zealand Breakers Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,546 boxscore
12/01/2008 Perth Wildcats 103–88 Gold Coast Blaze Challenge Stadium 4,304 boxscore
13/01/2008 Singapore Slingers 113–102 Illawarra Hawks Singapore Indoor Stadium 5,000 boxscore

Round 18

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
16/01/2008 Adelaide 36ers 82–101 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena 6,141 boxscore
16/01/2008 South Dragons 103–105 West Sydney Razorbacks Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 2,000 boxscore
18/01/2008 Illawarra Hawks 115–108 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre 3,366 boxscore
18/01/2008 Gold Coast Blaze 105–87 Townsville Crocodiles Gold Coast Convention Centre 4,051 boxscore
19/01/2008 Melbourne Tigers 112–98 New Zealand Breakers State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
19/01/2008 Sydney Kings 108–90 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,726 boxscore
19/01/2008 Brisbane Bullets 155–107 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention Centre 3,467 boxscore
19/01/2008 Perth Wildcats 111–99 South Dragons Challenge Stadium 4,100 boxscore
20/01/2008 Singapore Slingers 87–99 Cairns Taipans Singapore Indoor Stadium 2,500 boxscore

Round 19

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
23/01/2008 Sydney Kings 106–72 South Dragons Sydney Entertainment Centre 2,831 boxscore
23/01/2008 Adelaide 36ers 108–113 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena 4,086 boxscore
24/01/2008 New Zealand Breakers 109–95 West Sydney Razorbacks North Shore Events Centre 3,009 boxscore
25/01/2008 Illawarra Hawks 91–89 South Dragons WIN Entertainment Centre 3,321 boxscore
25/01/2008 Brisbane Bullets 95–105 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention Centre 4,000 boxscore
25/01/2008 Townsville Crocodiles 120–113 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
26/01/2008 Melbourne Tigers 115–82 Singapore Slingers State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,847 boxscore
26/01/2008 Gold Coast Blaze 88–84 Perth Wildcats Gold Coast Convention Centre 3,600 boxscore
26/01/2008 Cairns Taipans 105–111 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre 4,612 boxscore

Round 20

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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

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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

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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

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Pos 2007–08 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Sydney Kings 30 27 3 90.00% 5–0 W8 14–1 13–2 3058 2721 112.39%
2 Melbourne Tigers 30 22 8 73.33% 3–2 W2 12–3 10–5 3093 2904 106.51%
3 Brisbane Bullets 30 20 10 66.67% 3–2 W1 13–2 7–8 3407 3145 108.33%
4 Perth Wildcats 30 18 12 60.00% 3–2 W3 12–3 6–9 2908 2731 106.48%
5 Townsville Crocodiles 30 17 13 56.67% 4–1 L1 12–3 5–10 2961 2927 101.16%
6 Cairns Taipans1 30 16 14 53.33% 3–2 W2 10–5 6–9 2927 2849 102.74%
7 New Zealand Breakers1 30 16 14 53.33% 3–2 L2 11–4 6–9 3026 3059 98.92%
8 Gold Coast Blaze 30 15 15 50.00% 1–4 L3 10–5 5–10 2865 2892 99.07%
9 Adelaide 36ers 30 14 16 46.67% 4–1 W2 9–6 5–10 3130 3124 100.19%
10 West Sydney Razorbacks 30 10 20 33.33% 0–5 L6 6–9 4–11 3097 3248 95.35%
11 Wollongong Hawks 30 9 21 30.00% 1–4 L2 7–8 2–13 2928 3128 93.61%
12 Singapore Slingers 30 6 24 20.00% 1–4 L2 5–10 1–14 2829 3207 88.21%
13 South Dragons 30 5 25 16.67% 1–4 L2 4–11 1–14 2904 3198 90.81%

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.

1Cairns Taipans won Head-to-Head (2-1).

Finals

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Playoff bracket

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Elimination Finals

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
20/02/2008 Townsville Crocodiles 97–89 Gold Coast Blaze Townsville Entertainment Centre 3,618 boxscore
21/02/2008 Cairns Taipans 78–100 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre 4,513 boxscore
22/02/2008 Perth Wildcats 96–78 Townsville Crocodiles Challenge Stadium 4,300 boxscore
23/02/2008 Brisbane Bullets 106–89 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention Centre 2,787 boxscore

Semi-finals

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
25/02/2008 Sydney Kings 101–98 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre 2,640 boxscore
27/02/2008 Melbourne Tigers 116–98 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,640 boxscore
27/02/2008 Perth Wildcats 94–85 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium 4,400 boxscore
28/02/2008 Brisbane Bullets 112–115 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention Centre 2,653 boxscore
1/03/2008 Sydney Kings 109–77 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,057 boxscore

Grand Final

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
5/03/2008 Sydney Kings 95–74 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,208 boxscore
7/03/2008 Melbourne Tigers 104–93 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
9/03/2008 Sydney Kings 87–89 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre 6,009 boxscore
12/03/2008 Melbourne Tigers 87–90 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
14/03/2008 Sydney Kings 73–85 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre 10,244 boxscore

All Star Game

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12 December 2007
19:00
Aussie All-Stars 146–141 World All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 37–28, 38–38, 38–37, 33–38
Pts: Black 27
Rebs: Jawai 12
Asts: Ingles 8
Pts: Redhage 23
Rebs: Ballinger, Grizzard 8
Asts: Williams 8
Aussie All-Stars win, 146–141

Most Valuable Player

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2007–08 NBL statistics leaders

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Category Player Team Stat
Points per game Ebi Ere Brisbane Bullets 26.0
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

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TV coverage

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References

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  5. ^ "2007 Transaction Tracker". NBL. 2007. Archived from the original on 15 May 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
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