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Basketball league season
2011–12 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
Season2011–12
Dates7 October 2011 – 24 April 2012
Teams9
TV partner(s)Australia: New Zealand: Online:
Regular season
Season championsNew Zealand Breakers
Season MVPUnited States Kevin Lisch (Perth)
Finals
ChampionsNew Zealand Breakers (2nd title)
  Runners-upPerth Wildcats
SemifinalistsGold Coast Blaze
Townsville Crocodiles
Finals MVPAustralia C. J. Bruton (New Zealand)
Statistical leaders
Points United States Kevin Lisch (Perth) 17.6
Rebounds Australia Julian Khazzouh (Sydney) 10.7
Assists United States Cedric Jackson (New Zealand) 6.4
NBL seasons
← 2010–112012–13 →

The 2011–12 NBL season was the 34th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of nine teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 7 October 2011 and 25 March 2012, followed by a post-season involving the top four in April 2012. The schedule was announced on 19 May 2011. The New Zealand Breakers successfully defended their 2010–2011 title.

Broadcast rights were held by free-to-air network Channel Ten and its digital sports sister station One, in the second year of a five-year deal, through to the 2014–15 season. In New Zealand, Sky Sport once again provided coverage.

Sponsorship included iiNet entering its second and penultimate year as league naming rights sponsor and Centrebet in the final year as the official sports betting partner. Spalding provided equipment including the official game ball, with AND1 supplying team apparel and New Era headwear.

Pre-season

NBL Sunshine State Challenge, a round robin competition with a final series, involving all nine sides, was held between September 22–24, 2011 in Rockhampton, Ipswich, on the Gold Coast and Brisbane. Perth Wildcats were pre-season champions for the second year in a row.

New Zealand Breakers pre-season

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13 August 2011 New Zealand Breakers 69–67 Drake University Atlas Place, Auckland
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15 September 2011 New Zealand Breakers 78–70 Wollongong Hawks Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
Attendance: 3,200
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17 September 2011 New Zealand Breakers 75–74 Wollongong Hawks TECT Arena at Baypark, Tauranga
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2 October 2011 New Zealand Breakers 93–54 NZNBL Invitational North Shore Events Centre, Auckland

Gold Coast Blaze pre-season

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13 August 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 90–68 University of Texas at San Antonio Carrara Indoor Stadium, Gold Coast
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23 August 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 73–84 Melbourne Tigers USQ Clive Berghofer Recreation Centre, Toowoomba
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3 September 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 97–79 Cairns Taipans Auchenflower Stadium, Brisbane

Cairns Taipans pre-season

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17 August 2011 Cairns Taipans 84–58 University of Texas at San Antonio Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns
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30 September 2011 Cairns Taipans 77–87 Gold Coast Blaze Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns

2011 China Intercontinental Club Championship

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23 August 2011 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 66–79 Cairns Taipans Jiamusi Arena, Jiamusi, China
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24 August 2011 Cairns Taipans 88–63 Kentucky Bisons Jiamusi Arena, Jiamusi, China
Final
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28 August 2011 Alba Berlin 84–67 Cairns Taipans MasterCard Center, Beijing, China

Sydney Kings pre-season

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19 August 2011 Sydney Kings 95–62 Drake University Northern Beaches Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney
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2 September 2011 Sydney Kings 103–58 Waratah League All-Stars Bridgecoast Stadium, Terrigal
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9 September 2011 Sydney Kings 82–89 Gold Coast Blaze Tamworth Sports Dome, Tamworth
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10 September 2011 Sydney Kings 105–93 Gold Coast Blaze Tamworth Sports Dome, Tamworth

Melbourne Tigers pre-season

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26 August 2011 Melbourne Tigers 101–83 Gold Coast Blaze Sportz Central, Coffs Harbour
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4 September 2011 Melbourne Tigers 60–96 Australia Melbourne
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8 September 2011 Melbourne Tigers 86–63 Seoul SK Knights State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
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14 September 2011 Melbourne Tigers 83–84 Sydney Kings Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne
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15 September 2011 Melbourne Tigers 79–62 Sydney Kings ARC Stadium, Warrnambool
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29 September 2011 Melbourne Tigers 89–86 Adelaide 36ers Geelong Arena, Geelong

Wollongong Hawks pre-season

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28 August 2011 Wollongong Hawks 82–54 Sydney Kings Illawarra Basketball Stadium, Wollongong

Perth Wildcats pre-season

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30 August 2011 Perth Wildcats 85–75 Lakeside Lightning Lakeside Recreation Centre, Perth
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2 September 2011 Perth Wildcats 104–88 Lakeside Lightning Willetton Basketball Stadium, Perth
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3 September 2011 Perth Wildcats 92–111 Lakeside Lightning Joondalup Basketball Stadium, Perth

2011 Cable Beach Invitational

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30 September 2011 Perth Wildcats vs. Singapore Slingers Cable Beach, Broome
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1 October 2011 Perth Wildcats 66–23 Shanghai Sharks Cable Beach, Broome

Perth vs. Singapore cancelled due to poor condition of the outdoor court.

Townsville Crocodiles pre-season

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2 September 2011 Townsville Crocodiles 85–82 Cairns Taipans RSL Stadium, Townsville
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16 September 2011 Townsville Crocodiles 72–92 Perth Wildcats RSL Stadium, Townsville

Adelaide 36ers pre-season

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3 September 2011 Adelaide 36ers 84–100 Wollongong Hawks Schweppes Arena, Ulverstone
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4 September 2011 Adelaide 36ers 81–83 Wollongong Hawks Devenport Basketball Stadium, Devonport
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10 September 2011 Adelaide 36ers 91–86 Cairns Taipans STARplex Gawler, Adelaide
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11 September 2011 Adelaide 36ers 87–82 Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena, Adelaide

2011 NBL Sunshine State Challenge

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17 September 2011 Townsville Crocodiles 59–98 Perth Wildcats Hegvold Stadium, Rockhampton
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22 September 2011 Cairns Taipans 55–57 Wollongong Hawks The Southport School, Gold Coast
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22 September 2011 Melbourne Tigers 63–85 Perth Wildcats The Southport School, Gold Coast
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22 September 2011 New Zealand Breakers 74–94 Sydney Kings The Southport School, Gold Coast
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22 September 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 94–78 Adelaide 36ers The Southport School, Gold Coast
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23 September 2011 Cairns Taipans 55–77 New Zealand Breakers Ipswich Basketball Stadium, Ipswich
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23 September 2011 Adelaide 36ers 96–88 Sydney Kings Auchenflower Stadium, Brisbane
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23 September 2011 Melbourne Tigers 69–66 Wollongong Hawks Carina Basketball Stadium, Brisbane
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23 September 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 70–76 Townsville Crocodiles Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast

Finals

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24 September 2011 Melbourne Tigers 89–66 Townsville Crocodiles Chandler Arena, Brisbane
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24 September 2011 Wollongong Hawks 69–79 Adelaide 36ers Chandler Arena, Brisbane
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24 September 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 107–100 New Zealand Breakers Chandler Arena, Brisbane
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24 September 2011 Cairns Taipans 98–63 Queensland All-Stars Chandler Arena, Brisbane
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24 September 2011 Perth Wildcats 84–77 Sydney Kings Chandler Arena, Brisbane

Perth Wildcats win Sunshine State Challenge.

Regular season

Round 1

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7 October 2011 Melbourne Tigers 82–76 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 3,500
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7 October 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 87–102 New Zealand Breakers Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
. Attendance: 3,446
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8 October 2011 Adelaide 36ers 69–102 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
One Attendance: 5,683
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8 October 2011 Cairns Taipans 81–76 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
. Attendance: 4,834
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
9 October 2011 Wollongong Hawks 82–98 New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
One Attendance: 3,329

Round 2

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14 October 2011 Townsville Crocodiles 95–67 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
One Attendance: 3,790
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14 October 2011 Perth Wildcats 92–76 Melbourne Tigers Challenge Stadium, Perth
. Attendance: 4,300
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15 October 2011 Sydney Kings 61–98 New Zealand Breakers Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
One Attendance: 5,562
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16 October 2011 Wollongong Hawks 97–89 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
. Attendance: 2,966
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16 October 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 82–91 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane
One Attendance: 2,048

Round 3

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
21 October 2011 Wollongong Hawks 58–83 Gold Coast Blaze WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
One Attendance: 3,693
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
21 October 2011 Adelaide 36ers 71–94 Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
. Attendance: 4,495
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
22 October 2011 Melbourne Tigers 67–64 New Zealand Breakers State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 3,500
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22 October 2011 Townsville Crocodiles 85–93 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
. Attendance: 3,594
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23 October 2011 Sydney Kings 95–89 Wollongong Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
One Attendance: 3,556

Round 4

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28 October 2011 New Zealand Breakers 76–59 Sydney Kings Vector Arena, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 6,900
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
28 October 2011 Cairns Taipans 64–69 Wollongong Hawks Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
. Attendance: 4,853
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
28 October 2011 Perth Wildcats 92–100 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium, Perth
One Attendance: 4,200
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
29 October 2011 Townsville Crocodiles 78–70 Gold Coast Blaze Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
One Attendance: 3,702
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30 October 2011 Wollongong Hawks 74–82 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
One Attendance: 3,693

Round 5

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3 November 2011 New Zealand Breakers 99–90 Adelaide 36ers North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 2,893
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
4 November 2011 Sydney Kings 76–94 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
One Attendance: 6,010
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5 November 2011 Perth Wildcats 87–71 Wollongong Hawks Challenge Stadium, Perth
One Attendance: 4,000
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6 November 2011 Melbourne Tigers 80–63 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 3,030

Round 6

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11 November 2011 New Zealand Breakers 63–81 Wollongong Hawks North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 3,300
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11 November 2011 Melbourne Tigers 88–95 (OT) Townsville Crocodiles State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 2,972
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
12 November 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 107–92 Perth Wildcats Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
One Attendance: 3,488
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12 November 2011 Adelaide 36ers 104–113 (OT) Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
. Attendance: 5,049
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13 November 2011 Cairns Taipans 64–70 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
One Attendance: 4,513

Round 7

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17 November 2011 Sydney Kings 67–85 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
. Attendance: 4,037
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
18 November 2011 Melbourne Tigers 87–82 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 3,132
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
19 November 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 87–75 Townsville Crocodiles Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
One Attendance: 3,107
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
19 November 2011 Adelaide 36ers 95–89 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
. Attendance: 6,175
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
20 November 2011 Cairns Taipans 80–78 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
. Attendance: 4,379
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
20 November 2011 Wollongong Hawks 70–86 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
One Attendance: 2,812

Round 8

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24 November 2011 New Zealand Breakers 88–74 Townsville Crocodiles Vector Arena, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 4,571
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
25 November 2011 Melbourne Tigers 80–89 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 3,189
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26 November 2011 Adelaide 36ers 82–95 Gold Coast Blaze Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
One Attendance: 4,708
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27 November 2011 Perth Wildcats 103–92 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium, Perth
One Attendance: 4,000

Round 9

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2 December 2011 New Zealand Breakers 108–98 (2OT) Melbourne Tigers North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 3,467
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
2 December 2011 Cairns Taipans 87–78 Gold Coast Blaze Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
One Attendance: 4,542
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
3 December 2011 Townsville Crocodiles 82–81 Wollongong Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
One Attendance: 3,550
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
4 December 2011 Perth Wildcats 84–96 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium, Perth
. Attendance: 4,000
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
4 December 2011 Sydney Kings 69–64 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
One Attendance: 4,068

Round 10

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8 December 2011 New Zealand Breakers 106–85 Gold Coast Blaze North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 2,954
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
8 December 2011 Sydney Kings 107–103 (OT) Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
. Attendance: 3,624
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
10 December 2011 Cairns Taipans 79–77 (OT) Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
One Attendance: 4,787
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
11 December 2011 Adelaide 36ers 73–86 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
. Attendance: 4,350
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
11 December 2011 Townsville Crocodiles 80–69 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
. Attendance: 3,605
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
11 December 2011 Wollongong Hawks 70–98 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
One Attendance: 2,810

Round 11

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16 December 2011 New Zealand Breakers 85–62 Cairns Taipans North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 3,894
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
16 December 2011 Adelaide 36ers 87–63 Wollongong Hawks Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
One Attendance: 3,597
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
17 December 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 77–74 Perth Wildcats Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
One Attendance: 3,227
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
18 December 2011 Melbourne Tigers 93–80 Townsville Crocodiles State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 3,500

Round 12

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
23 December 2011 Melbourne Tigers 67–65 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 3,217
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
23 December 2011 Sydney Kings 93–100 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
. Attendance: 5,435
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
23 December 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 96–77 Adelaide 36ers Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
. Attendance: 3,280
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
23 December 2011 Perth Wildcats 86–62 New Zealand Breakers Challenge Stadium, Perth
. Attendance: 4,400

Round 13

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
30 December 2011 Sydney Kings 77–96 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
One Attendance: 6,165
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
31 December 2011 Wollongong Hawks 83–86 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
. Attendance: 4,016
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
31 December 2011 Cairns Taipans 74–57 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
. Attendance: 5,289
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
31 December 2011 Gold Coast Blaze 72–79 Melbourne Tigers Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
One Attendance: 4,255
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
31 December 2011 Townsville Crocodiles 76–97 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
. Attendance: 4,781

Round 14

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
6 January 2012 Perth Wildcats 72–67 Melbourne Tigers Challenge Stadium, Perth
One Attendance: 4,200
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
7 January 2012 Sydney Kings 102–96 Gold Coast Blaze Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
. Attendance: 4,915
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
7 January 2012 Wollongong Hawks 57–72 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
One Attendance: 2,902
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
7 January 2012 Adelaide 36ers 67–72 Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
. Attendance: 6,194
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
8 January 2012 Melbourne Tigers 79–90 New Zealand Breakers State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 3,500

Round 15

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
13 January 2012 New Zealand Breakers 80–63 Adelaide 36ers North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 4,400
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
13 January 2012 Wollongong Hawks 59–61 Cairns Taipans WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
One Attendance: 2,713
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
13 January 2012 Perth Wildcats 92–80 Gold Coast Blaze Challenge Stadium, Perth
. Attendance: 4,000
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
14 January 2012 Townsville Crocodiles 118–114 (2OT) Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
One Attendance: 4,657
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
15 January 2012 Melbourne Tigers 60–73 Gold Coast Blaze State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 3,500

Round 16

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
19 January 2012 New Zealand Breakers 91–77 Melbourne Tigers North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 4,000
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
20 January 2012 Sydney Kings 75–76 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
One Attendance: 7,532
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
20 January 2012 Cairns Taipans 74–80 Wollongong Hawks Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
. Attendance: 4,747
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
21 January 2012 Gold Coast Blaze 92–78 Melbourne Tigers Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
One Attendance: 4,170
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
21 January 2012 Townsville Crocodiles 65–63 Wollongong Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
. Attendance: 3,635
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
22 January 2012 Adelaide 36ers 75–86 Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
One Attendance: 5,076

Round 17

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
25 January 2012 Townsville Crocodiles 79–69 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
. Attendance: 3,622
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
27 January 2012 New Zealand Breakers 93–64 Sydney Kings Vector Arena, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 7,979
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
27 January 2012 Wollongong Hawks 90–68 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
One Attendance: 3,456
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
28 January 2012 Perth Wildcats 87–55 Townsville Crocodiles Challenge Stadium, Perth
One Attendance: 4,000
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
29 January 2012 Gold Coast Blaze 76–49 Cairns Taipans Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
One Attendance: 3,088

Round 18

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
2 February 2012 New Zealand Breakers 83–77 Perth Wildcats North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 4,000
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
3 February 2012 Melbourne Tigers 87–81 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 2,126
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
3 February 2012 Cairns Taipans 85–81 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
. Attendance: 4,835
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
4 February 2012 Gold Coast Blaze 91–50 Wollongong Hawks Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
One Attendance: 3,122
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
5 February 2012 Townsville Crocodiles 89–71 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
One Attendance: 3,322

Round 19

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
10 February 2012 Sydney Kings 72–84 Gold Coast Blaze Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
One Attendance: 5,863
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
10 February 2012 Cairns Taipans 76–67 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
. Attendance: 4,609
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
11 February 2012 Wollongong Hawks 80–64 New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
One Attendance: 3,566
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
12 February 2012 Adelaide 36ers 79–74 Townsville Crocodiles Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
One Attendance: 5,072

Round 20

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
16 February 2012 New Zealand Breakers 82–74 Wollongong Hawks North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 3,533
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
17 February 2012 Townsville Crocodiles 75–43 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
One Attendance: 4,100
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
18 February 2012 Cairns Taipans 77–56 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
One Attendance: 4,872
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
19 February 2012 Perth Wildcats 91–74 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium, Perth
. Attendance: 4,200
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
19 February 2012 Gold Coast Blaze 66–80 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane
One Attendance: 2,724

Round 21

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
23 February 2012 New Zealand Breakers 81–70 Townsville Crocodiles North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 4,000
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
24 February 2012 Wollongong Hawks 86–94 Gold Coast Blaze WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
One Attendance: 3,016
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
24 February 2012 Adelaide 36ers 79–90 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
. Attendance: 4,255
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
25 February 2012 Melbourne Tigers 83–92 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 3,500
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
26 February 2012 Sydney Kings 71–69 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
. Attendance: 5,824
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
26 February 2012 Perth Wildcats 78–83 Cairns Taipans Challenge Stadium, Perth
. Attendance: 4,200
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
26 February 2012 Gold Coast Blaze 85–72 Wollongong Hawks Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
One Attendance: 3,266

Round 22

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
2 March 2012 Sydney Kings 61–66 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
One Attendance: 4,899
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
3 March 2012 Adelaide 36ers 77–73 Wollongong Hawks Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
One Attendance: 4,585
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
3 March 2012 Cairns Taipans 77–94 Gold Coast Blaze Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
. Attendance: 5,132
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
4 March 2012 Townsville Crocodiles 67–64 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
. Attendance: 3,481
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
4 March 2012 Perth Wildcats 99–101 (OT) New Zealand Breakers Challenge Stadium, Perth
. Attendance: 4,400
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
4 March 2012 Gold Coast Blaze 90–83 Sydney Kings Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
One Attendance: 3,071

Round 23

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
9 March 2012 Wollongong Hawks 81–92 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
One Attendance: 3,616
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
10 March 2012 Adelaide 36ers 76–91 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
One Attendance: 4,936
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
10 March 2012 Townsville Crocodiles 88–76 Gold Coast Blaze Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
. Attendance: 3,969
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
11 March 2012 Perth Wildcats 94–59 Cairns Taipans Challenge Stadium, Perth
One Attendance: 4,314

Round 24

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
15 March 2012 New Zealand Breakers 109–93 Gold Coast Blaze North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 4,000
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
16 March 2012 Perth Wildcats 101–66 Townsville Crocodiles Challenge Stadium, Perth
One Attendance: 4,200
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
17 March 2012 Adelaide 36ers 83–84 Gold Coast Blaze Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
One Attendance: 5,177
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
17 March 2012 Cairns Taipans 74–80 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
. Attendance: 5,190
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
18 March 2012 Melbourne Tigers 61–71 Wollongong Hawks State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 3,267

Round 25

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
23 March 2012 Melbourne Tigers 71–72 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre, Melbourne
One Attendance: 3,349
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
23 March 2012 Cairns Taipans 79–75 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
. Attendance: 4,813
{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}
23 March 2012 Townsville Crocodiles 69–76 New Zealand Breakers Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
. Attendance: 4,133
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24 March 2012 Sydney Kings 68–77 Wollongong Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney
One Attendance: 7,282
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25 March 2012 Wollongong Hawks 92–78 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
. Attendance: 5,032
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25 March 2012 Gold Coast Blaze 94–71 New Zealand Breakers Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
One Attendance: 4,425

Ladder

Pos 2011–12 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 New Zealand Breakers 28 21 7 75.00% 4–1 L1 13–1 8–6 2382 2177 109.42%
2 Perth Wildcats 28 19 9 67.86% 3–2 W3 10–4 9–5 2434 2171 112.11%
3 Gold Coast Blaze 28 17 11 60.71% 3–2 W2 10–4 7–7 2387 2253 105.95%
4 Townsville Crocodiles 28 15 13 53.37% 2–3 L2 11–3 4–10 2213 2210 100.14%
5 Cairns Taipans 28 15 13 53.37% 2–3 W1 9–5 6–8 2025 2107 96.11%
6 Melbourne Tigers 28 11 17 39.29% 1–4 L3 7–7 4–10 2156 2239 96.29%
7 Sydney Kings 28 11 17 39.29% 2–3 L1 5–9 6–8 2279 2423 94.06%
8 Wollongong Hawks 28 9 19 32.14% 3–2 W3 4–10 5–9 2093 2232 93.77%
9 Adelaide 36ers 28 8 20 28.57% 1–4 L4 4–10 4–10 2297 2454 93.60%

Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 2012. 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.

Head-to-head between Townsville Crocodiles and Cairns Taipans (2-2). Townsville Crocodiles won For and Against (+51).

Melbourne Tigers 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.
2011–12 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Adelaide 36ers 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 9
Cairns Taipans 4 3 4 5 5 8 4 5 6 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Gold Coast Blaze 7 7 7 8 8 7 5 4 4 7 4 4 4 7 6 5 4 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 3
Melbourne Tigers 3 6 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 5 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
New Zealand Breakers 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Perth Wildcats 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Sydney Kings 6 9 5 6 6 5 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Townsville Crocodiles 5 4 6 4 4 4 6 7 5 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 5 4 4 4 4
Wollongong Hawks 8 5 8 7 7 6 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8

Finals

Main article: 2012 NBL Finals

The 2011–12 National Basketball League Finals were played between 30 March 2012 and 25 April 2012, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and final series, where the higher seed hosted the first and third games.

Playoff Seedings

  1. New Zealand Breakers
  2. Perth Wildcats
  3. Gold Coast Blaze
  4. Townsville Crocodiles

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 two teams will determine order of seeding.

Under this system, Cairns did not qualify for the playoffs by equalling Townsville's win–loss record, as the latter held advantage in the tiebreaker (2-2, +51 points).

Playoff bracket

Semifinals Grand Final
          
1 New Zealand Breakers 82 94 97
4 Townsville Crocodiles 99 83 80
1 New Zealand Breakers 104 86 79
2 Perth Wildcats 98 87 73
2 Perth Wildcats 85 70 88
3 Gold Coast Blaze 70 72 67


Semi-finals

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30 March 2012 New Zealand Breakers 82–99 Townsville Crocodiles Vector Arena, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 8,146
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1 April 2012 Perth Wildcats 85–70 Gold Coast Blaze Challenge Stadium, Perth
One Attendance: 4,400
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4 April 2012 Gold Coast Blaze 72–70 Perth Wildcats Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold Coast
One Attendance: 3,144
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5 April 2012 Townsville Crocodiles 83–94 New Zealand Breakers Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
One Attendance: 4,632
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7 April 2012 New Zealand Breakers 97–80 Townsville Crocodiles Vector Arena, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 7,500
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7 April 2012 Perth Wildcats 88–67 Gold Coast Blaze Challenge Stadium, Perth
One Attendance: 4,400

Grand final

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12 April 2012 New Zealand Breakers 104–98 (OT) Perth Wildcats Vector Arena, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 9,125
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20 April 2012 Perth Wildcats 87–86 New Zealand Breakers Challenge Stadium, Perth
One Attendance: 4,400
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24 April 2012 New Zealand Breakers 79–73 Perth Wildcats Vector Arena, Auckland
Sky Sport Attendance: 9,258

Season statistics

Statistics leaders

Category Player Games
played		 Totals Average
Points per game Kevin Lisch (Perth Wildcats) 28 493 17.6
Rebounds per game Julian Khazzouh (Sydney Kings) 26 281 10.8
Assists per game Cedric Jackson (New Zealand Breakers) 27 173 6.4
Steals per game Cedric Jackson (New Zealand Breakers) 27 67 2.5
Blocks per game Julian Khazzouh (Sydney Kings) 26 54 2.1
Field goal percentage Diamon Simpson (Adelaide 36ers) 27 155-262 59.2%
Three-point field goal percentage Oscar Forman (Wollongong Hawks) 28 64-125 51.2%
Free throw percentage Aaron Bruce (Sydney Kings) 17 63-70 90.0%

Note: regular season only

Top 10 Attendances

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue
9,258 GF 24/04/2012 New Zealand Breakers 79-73 Perth Wildcats Vector Arena
9,125 GF 12/04/2012 New Zealand Breakers 104-98 Perth Wildcats Vector Arena
8,146 SF 30/03/2012 New Zealand Breakers 82-99 Townsville Crocodiles Vector Arena
7,979 17 27/01/2012 New Zealand Breakers 93-64 Sydney Kings Vector Arena
7,532 16 20/01/2012 Sydney Kings 75-76 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre
7,500 SF 7/04/2012 New Zealand Breakers 97-80 Townsville Crocodiles Vector Arena
7,282 25 24/03/2012 Sydney Kings 75-76 Wollongong Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre
6,900 4 28/10/2011 New Zealand Breakers 97-80 Sydney Kings Vector Arena
6,194 14 7/01/2012 Adelaide 36ers 67-72 Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena
6,175 7 19/11/2011 Adelaide 36ers 95-89 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena

Awards

Player of the Week

Round Player Team
1 Patty Mills Melbourne Tigers
2 Shawn Redhage Perth Wildcats
3 Julian Khazzouh Sydney Kings
4 Daniel Johnson Adelaide 36ers
5 Gary Wilkinson New Zealand Breakers
6 Eddie Gill Townsville Crocodiles
7 Jamar Wilson Cairns Taipans
8 Adris Deleon Gold Coast Blaze
9 Thomas Abercrombie New Zealand Breakers
10 Jamar Wilson Cairns Taipans
11 Adam Gibson Gold Coast Blaze
12 Eddie Gill Townsville Crocodiles
13 Cameron Tragardh Melbourne Tigers
14 Jerai Grant Sydney Kings
15 Jesse Wagstaff Perth Wildcats
16 Adam Gibson Gold Coast Blaze
17 Mat Campbell Wollongong Hawks
18 Cedric Jackson New Zealand Breakers
19 Oscar Forman Wollongong Hawks
20 Peter Crawford Townsville Crocodiles
21 Alex Loughton Cairns Taipans
22 Adris Deleon Gold Coast Blaze
23 Luke Schenscher Townsville Crocodiles
24 Jerai Grant Sydney Kings
25 Shawn Redhage Perth Wildcats

Player of the Month

Round Player Team
October Kevin Lisch Perth Wildcats
November Adris Deleon Gold Coast Blaze
December Cameron Tragardh Melbourne Tigers
January Jesse Wagstaff Perth Wildcats
February Cedric Jackson New Zealand Breakers

Coach of the Month

Round Player Team
October Andrej Lemanis New Zealand Breakers
November Joey Wright Gold Coast Blaze
December Andrej Lemanis New Zealand Breakers
January Rob Beveridge Perth Wildcats
February Aaron Fearne Cairns Taipans

The end-of-season awards ceremony was held in the Palladium Room at Crown Casino in Melbourne on Monday, 26 March 2012:

Season

Finals

References

  1. "National Basketball League: 2011/12 Season Fixture". NBL.com.au. 19 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
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