2016–17 NBL season

Australian basketball season

  • Fox Sports
  • SBS
New Zealand:
  • Sky Sport
Online:
  • NBL TV
Regular seasonSeason championsAdelaide 36ersSeason MVPUnited States Jerome Randle (Adelaide)FinalsChampionsPerth Wildcats (8th title)  Runners-upIllawarra HawksSemifinalistsAdelaide 36ers
Cairns TaipansFinals MVPUnited States Bryce Cotton (Perth)Statistical leaders
Points United States Bryce Cotton (Perth) 22.1
Rebounds United States Josh Boone (Melbourne) 9.3
Assists United States Jerome Randle (Adelaide) 5.3
RecordsTotal attendance725,749[1] (6,048 per game) NBL seasons
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The 2016–17 NBL season was the 39th season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2016 and February 2017,[2] followed by a post-season featuring the top four in late February and March 2017.

During the off-season Townsville Crocodiles folded with Brisbane Bullets returning.

Australian broadcast rights to the season were held by Fox Sports, in the second year of a five-year deal, with one game per week simulcast on SBS. In New Zealand, Sky Sport are the official league broadcaster.

Pre-season

2016 NBL All-Australian Tour of China

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6 May China 57–49 NBL All-Australian Team Guangxi Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanning, China
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8 May China 64–72 NBL All-Australian Team Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China
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10 May China 65–76 NBL All-Australian Team Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China
Fox Sports Attendance: 18,000

NBL All-Australian Team won the series 2–1.

2016 Australian Basketball Challenge

A pre-season tournament featuring all eight teams and two invited CBA teams was held on 23–26 September 2016 at Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane. The winner will receive the fourth annual Loggins–Bruton Cup.

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23 September 2016 Perth Wildcats 109–66 Tianjin Ronggang Gold Lions Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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23 September 2016 Sydney Kings 94–65 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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23 September 2016 Brisbane Bullets 117–73 Zhejiang Golden Bulls Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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24 September 2016 Cairns Taipans 93–83 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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24 September 2016 Illawarra Hawks 123–75 Zhejiang Golden Bulls Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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24 September 2016 Melbourne United 133–62 Tianjin Ronggang Gold Lions Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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24 September 2016 Brisbane Bullets 83–79 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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25 September 2016 New Zealand Breakers 68–79 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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25 September 2016 Illawarra Hawks 98–77 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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25 September 2016 Adelaide 36ers 97–100 Melbourne United Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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26 September 2016 Perth Wildcats 81–69 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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26 September 2016 Adelaide 36ers 103–89 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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26 September 2016 Brisbane Bullets 61–91 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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26 September 2016 Illawarra Hawks 94–86 Melbourne United Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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Illawarra Hawks are pre-season champions.

Regular season

Round 1

Brisbane Bullets v Perth Wildcats
6 October 2016 Brisbane Bullets 72–65 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 21–20, 29–14, 13–11
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 6,619
New Zealand Breakers v Melbourne United
7 October 2016 New Zealand Breakers 76–71 Melbourne United Vector Arena, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 23–15, 8–21, 28–19
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: 5,639
Illawarra Hawks v Adelaide 36ers
7 October 2016 Illawarra Hawks 122–88 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 31–22, 24–34, 34–10, 33–22
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 3,247
Sydney Kings v Brisbane Bullets
8 October 2016 Sydney Kings 73–77 Brisbane Bullets Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 20–21, 16–18, 23–21
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 8,035
Perth Wildcats v Cairns Taipans
8 October 2016 Perth Wildcats 84–740(OT) Cairns Taipans Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 12–15, 16–25, 21–20, Overtime: 16–6
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 12,701
Melbourne United v Adelaide 36ers
9 October 2016 Melbourne United 79–87 Adelaide 36ers Hisense Arena, Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 22–27, 16–22, 21–14
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 8,519

Round 2

Illawarra Hawks v Sydney Kings
13 October 2016 Illawarra Hawks 84–88 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 27–26, 12–23, 22–17
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 3,000
Adelaide 36ers v Melbourne United
14 October 2016 Adelaide 36ers 87–98 Melbourne United Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 17–32, 22–25, 26–18
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 6,000
Perth Wildcats v New Zealand Breakers
14 October 2016 Perth Wildcats 75–73 New Zealand Breakers Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 25–11, 8–23, 20–14
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 12,169
Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans
15 October 2016 Sydney Kings 92–78 Cairns Taipans Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 19–15, 23–27, 27–12
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 5,246
Melbourne United v Illawarra Hawks
16 October 2016 Melbourne United 95–83 Illawarra Hawks Hisense Arena, Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 26–20, 29–18, 20–20
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 7,512
Brisbane Bullets v Adelaide 36ers
16 October 2016 Brisbane Bullets 93–960(OT) Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 25–17, 16–21, 19–24, Overtime: 10–13
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 3,500

Round 3

New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings
20 October 2016 New Zealand Breakers 78–92 Sydney Kings North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 24–27, 20–22, 16–20
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
Melbourne United v Brisbane Bullets
20 October 2016 Melbourne United 78–70 Brisbane Bullets Hisense Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 29–10, 16–20, 21–24
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 5,080
Adelaide 36ers v Cairns Taipans
21 October 2016 Adelaide 36ers 83–67 Cairns Taipans Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 17–16, 18–20, 19–15
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Perth Wildcats v Illawarra Hawks
21 October 2016 Perth Wildcats 80–73 Illawarra Hawks Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 22–13, 24–21, 17–19
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 11,534
Brisbane Bullets v New Zealand Breakers
22 October 2016 Brisbane Bullets 88–82 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 24–20, 14–26, 24–19
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Melbourne United v Perth Wildcats
23 October 2016 Melbourne United 69–72 Perth Wildcats Hisense Arena, Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 23–24, 14–22, 17–16
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 8,655
Sydney Kings v Illawarra Hawks
24 October 2016 Sydney Kings 90–73 Illawarra Hawks Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 28–22, 25–6, 12–22
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 4

Cairns Taipans v Melbourne United
27 October 2016 Cairns Taipans 83–75 Melbourne United Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 30–16, 16–17, 18–22
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Illawarra Hawks v Perth Wildcats
28 October 2016 Illawarra Hawks 81–76 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 23–21, 20–17, 14–14
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
New Zealand Breakers v Adelaide 36ers
29 October 2016 New Zealand Breakers 119–93 Adelaide 36ers Vector Arena, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 35–19, 27–24, 30–25, 27–25
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: 5,542
Sydney Kings v Brisbane Bullets
30 October 2016 Sydney Kings 87–78 Brisbane Bullets Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 23–12, 23–23, 28–26
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Illawarra Hawks v Cairns Taipans
30 October 2016 Illawarra Hawks 83–98 Cairns Taipans WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 18–25, 24–21, 18–25
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 5

Melbourne United v New Zealand Breakers
4 November 2016 Melbourne United 92–980(OT) New Zealand Breakers Hisense Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–27, 23–14, 30–21, 13–21, Overtime: 9–15
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Cairns Taipans v Sydney Kings
5 November 2016 Cairns Taipans 64–57 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 16–17, 14–13, 18–17
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Perth Wildcats v Adelaide 36ers
5 November 2016 Perth Wildcats 106–103 Adelaide 36ers Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 31–26, 23–27, 23–32
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
New Zealand Breakers v Brisbane Bullets
6 November 2016 New Zealand Breakers 86–70 Brisbane Bullets Vector Arena, Auckland
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 27–17, 16–21, 21–9
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
Illawarra Hawks v Melbourne United
6 November 2016 Illawarra Hawks 82–73 Melbourne United WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 20–10, 12–20, 29–23
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans
7 November 2016 Sydney Kings 79–77 Cairns Taipans Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 23–14, 15–19, 25–22
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 6

Brisbane Bullets v Sydney Kings
10 November 2016 Brisbane Bullets 86–73 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 20–11, 23–27, 24–13
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans
11 November 2016 New Zealand Breakers 79–86 Cairns Taipans Vector Arena, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 18–22, 22–20, 17–27
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
Adelaide 36ers v Illawarra Hawks
12 November 2016 Adelaide 36ers 74–85 Illawarra Hawks Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–24, 18–17, 17–20, 11–24
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Melbourne United v Sydney Kings
12 November 2016 Melbourne United 71–87 Sydney Kings Hisense Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 15–20, 15–14, 12–24
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Cairns Taipans v Brisbane Bullets
13 November 2016 Cairns Taipans 76–84 Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 27–28, 17–24, 16–15
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Perth Wildcats v New Zealand Breakers
13 November 2016 Perth Wildcats 86–870(OT) New Zealand Breakers Perth Arena, Perth
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 20–27, 19–17, 19–16, Overtime: 7–8
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 7

Perth Wildcats v Sydney Kings
17 November 2016 Perth Wildcats 93–80 Sydney Kings Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 29–19, 29–27, 14–18, 21–16
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
New Zealand Breakers v Illawarra Hawks
18 November 2016 New Zealand Breakers 100–85 Illawarra Hawks North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 33–16, 24–22, 23–31, 20–16
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans
18 November 2016 Melbourne United 84–79 Cairns Taipans Hisense Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 16–10, 28–35, 20–22
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Adelaide 36ers v Brisbane Bullets
19 November 2016 Adelaide 36ers 87–105 Brisbane Bullets Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–31, 27–25, 20–34, 21–15
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Sydney Kings v Perth Wildcats
19 November 2016 Sydney Kings 83–72 Perth Wildcats Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 17–25, 20–12, 23–18
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers
20 November 2016 Illawarra Hawks 109–78 New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 30–24, 27–20, 26–14
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 8

Brisbane Bullets v Adelaide 36ers
24 November 2016 Brisbane Bullets 83–101 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–36, 20–21, 17–20, 28–24
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Melbourne United v Sydney Kings
26 November 2016 Melbourne United 95–92 Sydney Kings Hisense Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 23–20, 21–22, 25–28
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers
27 November 2016 Cairns Taipans 91–80 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 28–20, 12–19, 26–23
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Perth Wildcats v Illawarra Hawks
27 November 2016 Perth Wildcats 85–89 Illawarra Hawks Perth Arena, Perth
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–24, 17–28, 17–21, 22–16
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers
28 November 2016 Sydney Kings 85–91 Adelaide 36ers Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 19–25, 23–21, 18–25
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 9

Perth Wildcats v Brisbane Bullets
1 December 2016 Perth Wildcats 75–90 Brisbane Bullets Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 11–21, 25–16, 21–25
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
New Zealand Breakers v Illawarra Hawks
2 December 2016 New Zealand Breakers 95–91 Illawarra Hawks North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–29, 16–26, 23–23, 28–17
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
Brisbane Bullets v Cairns Taipans
3 December 2016 Brisbane Bullets 84–89 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 17–21, 22–21, 24–20
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Adelaide 36ers v Perth Wildcats
3 December 2016 Adelaide 36ers 92–860(OT) Perth Wildcats Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 21–17, 22–24, 12–20, Overtime: 12–6
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 4,709
Melbourne United v New Zealand Breakers
4 December 2016 Melbourne United 98–74 New Zealand Breakers Hisense Arena, Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 28–18, 22–13, 28–23
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 10,300
Illawarra Hawks v Sydney Kings
5 December 2016 Illawarra Hawks 93–99 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 19–27, 22–26, 27–21
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 10

New Zealand Breakers v Brisbane Bullets
8 December 2016 New Zealand Breakers 82–75 Brisbane Bullets Vector Arena, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 16–19, 24–16, 19–20
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
Cairns Taipans v Sydney Kings
9 December 2016 Cairns Taipans 78–86 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 19–22, 18–17, 15–31
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Perth Wildcats v Melbourne United
9 December 2016 Perth Wildcats 92–89 Melbourne United Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 31–30, 17–14, 22–18, 22–27
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Adelaide 36ers v New Zealand Breakers
10 December 2016 Adelaide 36ers 101–92 New Zealand Breakers Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 29–19, 25–23, 28–22
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Brisbane Bullets v Illawarra Hawks
10 December 2016 Brisbane Bullets 88–98 Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 23–20, 22–23, 21–29
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Sydney Kings v Melbourne United
11 December 2016 Sydney Kings 81–88 Melbourne United Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 23–21, 18–28, 24–19
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Cairns Taipans v Adelaide 36ers
12 December 2016 Cairns Taipans 83–96 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 27–19, 14–32, 22–22
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 11

New Zealand Breakers v Perth Wildcats
15 December 2016 New Zealand Breakers 69–57 Perth Wildcats Vector Arena, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 16–8, 21–23, 15–11
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
Adelaide 36ers v Sydney Kings
16 December 2016 Adelaide 36ers 82–80 Sydney Kings Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 31–26, 10–16, 15–23, 26–15
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Cairns Taipans v Illawarra Hawks
17 December 2016 Cairns Taipans 99–82 Illawarra Hawks Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 19–32, 28–11, 26–18
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Brisbane Bullets v Melbourne United
17 December 2016 Brisbane Bullets 100–90 Melbourne United Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 30–26, 29–23, 21–18
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers
18 December 2016 Sydney Kings 96–103 Adelaide 36ers Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–25, 25–24, 23–30, 22–24
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 6,488
Brisbane Bullets v Illawarra Hawks
19 December 2016 Brisbane Bullets 85–910(OT) Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 17–24, 19–21, 24–14, Overtime: 8–14
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 12

Adelaide 36ers v Perth Wildcats
22 December 2016 Adelaide 36ers 78–74 Perth Wildcats Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 17–21, 18–16, 19–14
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 6,328
Sydney Kings v Illawarra Hawks
23 December 2016 Sydney Kings 75–87 Illawarra Hawks Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 21–18, 25–17, 12–29
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Melbourne United v Brisbane Bullets
26 December 2016 Melbourne United 97–59 Brisbane Bullets Hisense Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 23–13, 20–12, 33–10
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 13

Cairns Taipans v Melbourne United
29 December 2016 Cairns Taipans 78–79 Melbourne United Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 23–18, 20–24, 14–17
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Sydney Kings v New Zealand Breakers
30 December 2016 Sydney Kings 85–80 New Zealand Breakers Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 23–22, 15–21, 24–17
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Illawarra Hawks v Perth Wildcats
31 December 2016 Illawarra Hawks 87–95 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 23–24, 25–19, 15–26
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Brisbane Bullets v Cairns Taipans
31 December 2016 Brisbane Bullets 93–76 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 24–19, 22–24, 29–15
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Melbourne United v Adelaide 36ers
1 January 2017 Melbourne United 104–73 Adelaide 36ers State Netball Hockey Centre, Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 33–26, 16–8, 28–22
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 3,500

Round 14

Adelaide 36ers v Illawarra Hawks
5 January 2017 Adelaide 36ers 117–85 Illawarra Hawks Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 37–27, 30–15, 29–19, 21–24
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 8,104
Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers
6 January 2017 Cairns Taipans 65–63 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 11–11, 17–19, 14–17, 23–16
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Illawarra Hawks v Melbourne United
7 January 2017 Illawarra Hawks 106–88 Melbourne United WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 32–26, 25–20, 24–17
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Sydney Kings v Perth Wildcats
7 January 2017 Sydney Kings 74–80 Perth Wildcats Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 16–11, 20–19, 20–23
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
New Zealand Breakers v Adelaide 36ers
8 January 2017 New Zealand Breakers 95–113 Adelaide 36ers North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–31, 20–31, 32–25, 23–26
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
Brisbane Bullets v Perth Wildcats
9 January 2017 Brisbane Bullets 68–72 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 22–12, 16–10, 17–28
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 15

Adelaide 36ers v Melbourne United
12 January 2017 Adelaide 36ers 100–73 Melbourne United Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 24–18, 24–17, 35–14
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 7,106
New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings
13 January 2017 New Zealand Breakers 92–74 Sydney Kings Vector Arena, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 19–15, 17–25, 32–13
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
Illawarra Hawks v Brisbane Bullets
13 January 2017 Illawarra Hawks 85–80 Brisbane Bullets WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–30, 14–19, 24–17, 24–14
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans
14 January 2017 Melbourne United 92–85 Cairns Taipans State Netball Hockey Centre, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 23–14, 28–29, 18–17
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 3,500
Perth Wildcats v Adelaide 36ers
14 January 2017 Perth Wildcats 84–95 Adelaide 36ers Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 20–24, 22–25, 18–29
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 13,611
Brisbane Bullets v New Zealand Breakers
15 January 2017 Brisbane Bullets 82–84 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 22–21, 18–18, 21–31
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Cairns Taipans v Perth Wildcats
16 January 2017 Cairns Taipans 80–78 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 14–19, 26–22, 21–22
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 16

Adelaide 36ers v Brisbane Bullets
19 January 2017 Adelaide 36ers 101–68 Brisbane Bullets Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–15, 29–22, 23–15, 20–16
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 7,436
Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers
20 January 2017 Illawarra Hawks 86–95 New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 31–23, 21–27, 14–26, 20–19
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Perth Wildcats v Cairns Taipans
20 January 2017 Perth Wildcats 84–780(OT) Cairns Taipans Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 20–19, 10–16, 20–17, Overtime: 12–6
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Brisbane Bullets v Melbourne United
21 January 2017 Brisbane Bullets 88–71 Melbourne United Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 24–12, 22–23, 25–16
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Adelaide 36ers v Sydney Kings
21 January 2017 Adelaide 36ers 87–73 Sydney Kings Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 20–9, 23–22, 19–14
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 8,096
Cairns Taipans v Illawarra Hawks
22 January 2017 Cairns Taipans 85–79 Illawarra Hawks Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 23–23, 22–15, 18–26
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
New Zealand Breakers v Perth Wildcats
22 January 2017 New Zealand Breakers 86–82 Perth Wildcats Vector Arena, Auckland
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 19–16, 15–13, 32–35
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 17

New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans
26 January 2017 New Zealand Breakers 81–94 Cairns Taipans North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 17–23, 18–22, 22–28
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
Brisbane Bullets v Sydney Kings
27 January 2017 Brisbane Bullets 77–80 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 18–12, 23–23, 19–21
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Illawarra Hawks v Adelaide 36ers
28 January 2017 Illawarra Hawks 95–92 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–29, 19–20, 27–21, 24–22
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Perth Wildcats v Melbourne United
28 January 2017 Perth Wildcats 73–71 Melbourne United Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 25–19, 14–16, 18–17
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Sydney Kings v New Zealand Breakers
29 January 2017 Sydney Kings 84–57 New Zealand Breakers Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 22–13, 26–7, 13–18
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Cairns Taipans v Brisbane Bullets
29 January 2017 Cairns Taipans 97–83 Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 30–19, 22–25, 31–19
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available

Round 18

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3 February 2017 Illawarra Hawks 90–73 Cairns Taipans WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 30–23, 24–11, 17–20, 19–19
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
3 February 2017 Perth Wildcats 94–63 Brisbane Bullets Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 24–17, 21–12, 20–14
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
4 February 2017 Adelaide 36ers 87–88 New Zealand Breakers Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 29–27, 27–12, 15–27
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
4 February 2017 Sydney Kings 76–89 Melbourne United Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 21–15, 16–15, 21–29
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 11,005
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
5 February 2017 Cairns Taipans 85–77 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
14:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 19–22, 24–18, 25–18
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 4,086
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
6 February 2017 Melbourne United 78–72 Illawarra Hawks Hisense Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 17–22, 21–15, 20–20
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 6,947

Round 19

Cairns Taipans v Adelaide 36ers
9 February 2017 Cairns Taipans 89–85 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 31–27, 15–23, 25–17
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
New Zealand Breakers v Melbourne United
10 February 2017 New Zealand Breakers 88–70 Melbourne United North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 17–20, 20–15, 30–17
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
Perth Wildcats v Sydney Kings
10 February 2017 Perth Wildcats 101–74 Sydney Kings Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 29–24, 27–18, 16–13, 29–19
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Illawarra Hawks v Brisbane Bullets
11 February 2017 Illawarra Hawks 106–79 Brisbane Bullets WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 31–16, 23–19, 19–26
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Adelaide 36ers v Cairns Taipans
11 February 2017 Adelaide 36ers 89–98 Cairns Taipans Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 28–24, 17–33, 20–22
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
Melbourne United v Perth Wildcats
12 February 2017 Melbourne United 94–96 Perth Wildcats Hisense Arena, Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 18–25, 18–23, 29–27
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 9,545

Ladder

Pos 2016–17 NBL season
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Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Adelaide 36ers 28 17 11 60.71% 1–4 L4 9–5 8–6 2582 2505 103.07%
2 Cairns Taipans1 28 15 13 53.57% 4–1 W3 10–4 5–9 2305 2301 100.17%
3 Perth Wildcats1 28 15 13 53.57% 4–1 W2 10–4 5–9 2294 2257 101.64%
4 Illawarra Hawks1 28 15 13 53.57% 3–2 W1 9–5 6–8 2486 2444 101.72%
5 New Zealand Breakers 28 14 14 50.00% 3–2 W2 9–5 5–9 2353 2387 98.58%
6 Melbourne United2 28 13 15 46.43% 2–3 L2 9–5 4–10 2351 2337 100.60%
7 Sydney Kings2 28 13 15 46.43% 2–3 L2 7–7 6–8 2295 2311 99.31%
8 Brisbane Bullets 28 10 18 35.71% 1–4 L4 6–8 4–10 2268 2392 94.82%

Updated to match(es) played on 12 February 2017. 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.

13-way Head-to-Head between Cairns Taipans (5-3), Perth Wildcats (4-4) and Illawarra Hawks (3-5).

2Melbourne United won Head-to-Head (3-1).

Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Adelaide 36ers 5 6 4 4 6 7 8 7 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brisbane Bullets 2 2 3 3 5 4 2 3 2 6 4 7 5 6 8 8 8 8 8
Cairns Taipans 8 8 8 7 4 6 6 6 4 8 6 6 8 7 7 7 4 5 2
Illawarra Hawks 1 7 7 8 7 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 4
Melbourne United 7 4 5 5 8 8 7 8 6 5 8 4 2 4 3 4 7 3 6
New Zealand Breakers 3 5 6 6 3 3 4 5 8 7 5 5 7 8 6 3 6 7 5
Perth Wildcats 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 7 4 7 8 6 2 5 5 5 4 3
Sydney Kings 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 5 4 6 3 6 7

Finals

The 2016–17 National Basketball League finals were played in late February and March 2017, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final series and the best-of-five Grand Final series. In the semi-finals, the higher seed hosted the first and third games. In the Grand Final, the higher seed hosted the first, third and fifth games.

Playoff Seedings

  1. Adelaide 36ers
  2. Cairns Taipans
  3. Perth Wildcats
  4. Illawarra Hawks

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.

Playoff bracket

Semifinals Grand Final
            
1 Adelaide 36ers 93 94 98
4 Illawarra Hawks 78 100 106
3 Perth Wildcats 89 89 95 X X
4 Illawarra Hawks 77 77 86 X X
2 Cairns Taipans 69 66 X
3 Perth Wildcats 91 74 X


Semi-finals

Adelaide 36ers (1) vs. Illawarra Hawks (4)

{{{teamA}}} v Illawarra Hawks
16 February 2017 Adelaide 36ers 93–78
(Series: Adelaide leads series, 1–0) 		Illawarra Hawks Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–27, 28–15, 21–23, 20–13
Fox Sports Pts: Randle 26
Rebs: Hodgson 11
Asts: Randle, Sobey 4 		boxscore Pts: Coenraad 26
Rebs: Ogilvy 9
Asts: Kay 4 		Attendance: 5,056
Illawarra Hawks v Adelaide 36ers
19 February 2017 Illawarra Hawks 100–94
(Series: Series tied, 1–1) 		Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 26–27, 25–29, 21–16
Fox Sports Pts: Coenraad, Norton 17
Rebs: Ogilvy 11
Asts: Kay 5 		boxscore Pts: Randle 20
Rebs: Hodgson 8
Asts: Randle 7 		Attendance: 3,500
Adelaide 36ers v Illawarra Hawks
23 February 2017 Adelaide 36ers 98–106
(Series: Illawarra wins series, 2–1) 		Illawarra Hawks Titanium Security Arena, Adelaide
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 24–29, 22–26, 34–24
Fox Sports Pts: Randle 26
Rebs: Teys 8
Asts: Randle, Sobey 6 		boxscore Pts: Clarke 20
Rebs: Forman, Holyfield 6
Asts: Coenraad, Martin 4 		Attendance: 7,203

Cairns Taipans (2) vs. Perth Wildcats (3)

Cairns Taipans v Perth Wildcats
17 February 2017 Cairns Taipans 69–91
(Series: Perth leads series, 1–0) 		Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–31, 16–17, 20–22, 12–21
Fox Sports Pts: Trice 15
Rebs: McCarron 7
Asts: Gliddon 5 		boxscore Pts: Cotton 34
Rebs: Knight 6
Asts: Cotton 5 		Attendance: 5,200
Perth Wildcats v Cairns Taipans
20 February 2017 Perth Wildcats 74–66
(Series: Perth wins series, 2–0) 		Cairns Taipans Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 21–14, 15–22, 22–22
Fox Sports Pts: Prather 24
Rebs: Prather 10
Asts: Cotton, Prather 4 		boxscore Pts: Trice 22
Rebs: Gliddon 8
Asts: Trice 5 		Attendance: 10,993

Grand final

Perth Wildcats (3) vs. Illawarra Hawks (4)

Perth Wildcats v Illawarra Hawks
26 February 2017 Perth Wildcats 89–77
(Series: Perth leads series, 1–0) 		Illawarra Hawks Perth Arena, Perth
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 21–16, 26–20, 21–15
Fox Sports Pts: Prather 22
Rebs: Knight 11
Asts: Martin, Prather 5 		boxscore Pts: Ellis 12
Rebs: Ogilvy 6
Asts: Clarke 6 		Attendance: 10,828
Illawarra Hawks v Perth Wildcats
1 March 2017 Illawarra Hawks 77–89
(Series: Perth leads series, 2–0) 		Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 21–22, 14–23, 18–26
Fox Sports Pts: Clarke, Ogilvy 21
Rebs: Ogilvy 10
Asts: Kay 5 		boxscore Pts: Cotton 20
Rebs: Brandt 11
Asts: Martin, Prather 6 		Attendance: 5,036
Perth Wildcats v Illawarra Hawks
5 March 2017 Perth Wildcats 95–86
(Series: Perth wins series, 3–0) 		Illawarra Hawks Perth Arena, Perth
12:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 20–24, 25–22, 24–23
Fox Sports Pts: Cotton 45
Rebs: Brandt, McKay 7
Asts: Brandt, Prather 4 		boxscore Pts: Clarke 30
Rebs: Ogilvy 7
Asts: Clarke, Harris, Kay, Norton 3 		Attendance: 13,611

Awards

Player of the Month

Month Player Team
October Chris Goulding Melbourne United
November Brad Newley Sydney Kings
December Kevin Lisch Sydney Kings
January Jerome Randle Adelaide 36ers

Coach of the Month

Month Player Team
October Andrew Gaze Sydney Kings
November Joey Wright Adelaide 36ers
December Joey Wright Adelaide 36ers
January Joey Wright Adelaide 36ers

Pre-season

Season

Finals

References

  1. ^ "Larry Kestelman: The Melbourne millionaire putting the bounce back into basketball". The Age. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  2. ^ "2016/17 NBL season schedule released". nbl.com.au. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. ^ "2016/17 NBL MVP: Jerome Randle". Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  4. ^ 2016/17 Rookie of the Year: Anthony Drmic
  5. ^ "2016/17 Best Defensive Player: Torrey Craig". Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  6. ^ 2016/17 Best Sixth Man: Rontei Clarke
  7. ^ "2016/17 Most Improved Player: Nathan Sobey". Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  8. ^ 2016/17 Coach of the Year: Joey Wright
  9. ^ 2016/17 Referee of the Year: Vaughan Mayberry
  10. ^ "2016/17 All NBL Teams". Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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