2016–17 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
Season2016–17
Dates6 October 2016 – 5 March 2017
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Australia: New Zealand: Online:
Regular season
Season championsAdelaide 36ers
Season MVPUnited States Jerome Randle (Adelaide)
Finals
ChampionsPerth Wildcats (8th title)
  Runners-upIllawarra Hawks
SemifinalistsAdelaide 36ers
Cairns Taipans
Finals 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
Records
Total attendance725,749[1] (6,048 per game)

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

8 May China 6472 NBL All-Australian Team Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China
Fox Sports Attendance: collapsible
10 May China 6576 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 LogginsBruton Cup.

23 September 2016 Perth Wildcats 10966 Tianjin Ronggang Gold Lions Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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23 September 2016 Sydney Kings 9465 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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23 September 2016 Brisbane Bullets 11773 Zhejiang Golden Bulls Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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24 September 2016 Cairns Taipans 9383 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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24 September 2016 Illawarra Hawks 12375 Zhejiang Golden Bulls Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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24 September 2016 Melbourne United 13362 Tianjin Ronggang Gold Lions Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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24 September 2016 Brisbane Bullets 8379 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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25 September 2016 New Zealand Breakers 6879 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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25 September 2016 Illawarra Hawks 9877 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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25 September 2016 Tianjin Ronggang Gold Lions 93102 Zhejiang Golden Bulls Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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25 September 2016 Adelaide 36ers 97100 Melbourne United Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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26 September 2016 Perth Wildcats 8169 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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26 September 2016 Adelaide 36ers 10389 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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26 September 2016 Brisbane Bullets 6191 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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26 September 2016 Illawarra Hawks 9486 Melbourne United Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane
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Illawarra Hawks are pre-season champions.

Regular season

Round 1

6 October 2016 Brisbane Bullets 7265 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
7 October 2016 New Zealand Breakers 7671 Melbourne United Vector Arena, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 23–15, 8–21, 28–19
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: 5,639
7 October 2016 Illawarra Hawks 12288 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
8 October 2016 Sydney Kings 7377 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
8 October 2016 Perth Wildcats 84740(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
9 October 2016 Melbourne United 7987 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

13 October 2016 Illawarra Hawks 8488 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
14 October 2016 Adelaide 36ers 8798 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
14 October 2016 Perth Wildcats 7573 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
15 October 2016 Sydney Kings 9278 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
16 October 2016 Melbourne United 9583 Illawarra Hawks Hisense Arena, Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 26–20, 29–18, 20–20
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 7,512
16 October 2016 Brisbane Bullets 93960(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

20 October 2016 New Zealand Breakers 7892 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
20 October 2016 Melbourne United 7870 Brisbane Bullets Hisense Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 29–10, 16–20, 21–24
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 5,080
21 October 2016 Adelaide 36ers 8367 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
21 October 2016 Perth Wildcats 8073 Illawarra Hawks Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 22–13, 24–21, 17–19
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 11,534
22 October 2016 Brisbane Bullets 8882 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
23 October 2016 Melbourne United 6972 Perth Wildcats Hisense Arena, Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 23–24, 14–22, 17–16
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 8,655
24 October 2016 Sydney Kings 9073 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

27 October 2016 Cairns Taipans 8375 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
28 October 2016 Illawarra Hawks 8176 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
29 October 2016 New Zealand Breakers 11993 Adelaide 36ers Vector Arena, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 35–19, 27–24, 30–25, 27–25
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: 5,542
30 October 2016 Sydney Kings 8778 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
30 October 2016 Illawarra Hawks 8398 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

4 November 2016 Melbourne United 92980(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
5 November 2016 Cairns Taipans 6457 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
5 November 2016 Perth Wildcats 106103 Adelaide 36ers Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 31–26, 23–27, 23–32
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
6 November 2016 New Zealand Breakers 8670 Brisbane Bullets Vector Arena, Auckland
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 27–17, 16–21, 21–9
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
6 November 2016 Illawarra Hawks 8273 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
7 November 2016 Sydney Kings 7977 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

10 November 2016 Brisbane Bullets 8673 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
11 November 2016 New Zealand Breakers 7986 Cairns Taipans Vector Arena, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 18–22, 22–20, 17–27
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
12 November 2016 Adelaide 36ers 7485 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
12 November 2016 Melbourne United 7187 Sydney Kings Hisense Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 29–29, 15–20, 15–14, 12–24
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
13 November 2016 Cairns Taipans 7684 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
13 November 2016 Perth Wildcats 86870(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

17 November 2016 Perth Wildcats 9380 Sydney Kings Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 29–19, 29–27, 14–18, 21–16
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
18 November 2016 New Zealand Breakers 10085 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
18 November 2016 Melbourne United 8479 Cairns Taipans Hisense Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 16–10, 28–35, 20–22
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
19 November 2016 Adelaide 36ers 87105 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
19 November 2016 Sydney Kings 8372 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
20 November 2016 Illawarra Hawks 10978 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

24 November 2016 Brisbane Bullets 83101 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
26 November 2016 Melbourne United 9592 Sydney Kings Hisense Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 23–20, 21–22, 25–28
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
27 November 2016 Cairns Taipans 9180 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
27 November 2016 Perth Wildcats 8589 Illawarra Hawks Perth Arena, Perth
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–24, 17–28, 17–21, 22–16
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
28 November 2016 Sydney Kings 8591 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

1 December 2016 Perth Wildcats 7590 Brisbane Bullets Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 11–21, 25–16, 21–25
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
2 December 2016 New Zealand Breakers 9591 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
3 December 2016 Brisbane Bullets 8489 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
3 December 2016 Adelaide 36ers 92860(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
4 December 2016 Melbourne United 9874 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
5 December 2016 Illawarra Hawks 9399 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

8 December 2016 New Zealand Breakers 8275 Brisbane Bullets Vector Arena, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 16–19, 24–16, 19–20
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
9 December 2016 Cairns Taipans 7886 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
9 December 2016 Perth Wildcats 9289 Melbourne United Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 31–30, 17–14, 22–18, 22–27
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
10 December 2016 Adelaide 36ers 10192 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
10 December 2016 Brisbane Bullets 8898 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
11 December 2016 Sydney Kings 8188 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
12 December 2016 Cairns Taipans 8396 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

15 December 2016 New Zealand Breakers 6957 Perth Wildcats Vector Arena, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 16–8, 21–23, 15–11
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
16 December 2016 Adelaide 36ers 8280 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
17 December 2016 Cairns Taipans 9982 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
17 December 2016 Brisbane Bullets 10090 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
18 December 2016 Sydney Kings 96103 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
19 December 2016 Brisbane Bullets 85910(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

22 December 2016 Adelaide 36ers 7874 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
23 December 2016 Sydney Kings 7587 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
26 December 2016 Melbourne United 9759 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

29 December 2016 Cairns Taipans 7879 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
30 December 2016 Sydney Kings 8580 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
31 December 2016 Illawarra Hawks 8795 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
31 December 2016 Brisbane Bullets 9376 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
1 January 2017 Melbourne United 10473 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

5 January 2017 Adelaide 36ers 11785 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
6 January 2017 Cairns Taipans 6563 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
7 January 2017 Illawarra Hawks 10688 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
7 January 2017 Sydney Kings 7480 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
8 January 2017 New Zealand Breakers 95113 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
9 January 2017 Brisbane Bullets 6872 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

12 January 2017 Adelaide 36ers 10073 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
13 January 2017 New Zealand Breakers 9274 Sydney Kings Vector Arena, Auckland
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 19–15, 17–25, 32–13
Sky Sport boxscore Attendance: not available
13 January 2017 Illawarra Hawks 8580 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
14 January 2017 Melbourne United 9285 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
14 January 2017 Perth Wildcats 8495 Adelaide 36ers Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 20–24, 22–25, 18–29
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: 13,611
15 January 2017 Brisbane Bullets 8284 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
16 January 2017 Cairns Taipans 8078 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

19 January 2017 Adelaide 36ers 10168 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
20 January 2017 Illawarra Hawks 8695 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
20 January 2017 Perth Wildcats 84780(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
21 January 2017 Brisbane Bullets 8871 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
21 January 2017 Adelaide 36ers 8773 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
22 January 2017 Cairns Taipans 8579 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
22 January 2017 New Zealand Breakers 8682 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

26 January 2017 New Zealand Breakers 8194 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
27 January 2017 Brisbane Bullets 7780 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
28 January 2017 Illawarra Hawks 9592 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
28 January 2017 Perth Wildcats 7371 Melbourne United Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 25–19, 14–16, 18–17
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
29 January 2017 Sydney Kings 8457 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
29 January 2017 Cairns Taipans 9783 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

3 February 2017 Illawarra Hawks 9073 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
3 February 2017 Perth Wildcats 9463 Brisbane Bullets Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 24–17, 21–12, 20–14
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
4 February 2017 Adelaide 36ers 8788 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
4 February 2017 Sydney Kings 7689 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
5 February 2017 Cairns Taipans 8577 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
6 February 2017 Melbourne United 7872 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

9 February 2017 Cairns Taipans 8985 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
10 February 2017 New Zealand Breakers 8870 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
10 February 2017 Perth Wildcats 10174 Sydney Kings Perth Arena, Perth
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 29–24, 27–18, 16–13, 29–19
Fox Sports boxscore Attendance: not available
11 February 2017 Illawarra Hawks 10679 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
11 February 2017 Adelaide 36ers 8998 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
12 February 2017 Melbourne United 9496 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
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.
2016–17 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Adelaide 36ers 5644678752111111111
Brisbane Bullets 2233542326475688888
Cairns Taipans 8887466648668777452
Illawarra Hawks 1778755433223322224
Melbourne United 7455887865842434736
New Zealand Breakers 3566334587557863675
Perth Wildcats 4322223274786255543
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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)

16 February 2017 Adelaide 36ers 9378
(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
19 February 2017 Illawarra Hawks 10094
(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
23 February 2017 Adelaide 36ers 98106
(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)

17 February 2017 Cairns Taipans 6991
(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
20 February 2017 Perth Wildcats 7466
(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)

26 February 2017 Perth Wildcats 8977
(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
1 March 2017 Illawarra Hawks 7789
(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
5 March 2017 Perth Wildcats 9586
(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

MonthPlayerTeam
OctoberChris GouldingMelbourne United
NovemberBrad NewleySydney Kings
DecemberKevin LischSydney Kings
JanuaryJerome RandleAdelaide 36ers

Coach of the Month

MonthPlayerTeam
OctoberAndrew GazeSydney Kings
NovemberJoey WrightAdelaide 36ers
DecemberJoey WrightAdelaide 36ers
JanuaryJoey WrightAdelaide 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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