2016–17 NBL season

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.

2016–17 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Season	2016–17
Dates	6 October 2016 – 5 March 2017
Teams	8
TV partner(s)	Australia: Fox Sports SBS New Zealand: Sky Sport Online: NBL TV
Regular season
Season champions	Adelaide 36ers
Season MVP	Jerome Randle (Adelaide)
Finals
Champions	Perth Wildcats (8th title)
Runners-up	Illawarra Hawks
Semifinalists	Adelaide 36ers Cairns Taipans
Finals MVP	Bryce Cotton (Perth)
Statistical leaders
Points Bryce Cotton (Perth) 22.1 Rebounds Josh Boone (Melbourne) 9.3 Assists Jerome Randle (Adelaide) 5.3
Records
Attendance	725,749[1] (6,048 per game)

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
Fox Sports				Attendance: collapsible

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10 May	China	65–76	NBL All-Australian Team	Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China
Fox Sports				Attendance: 18,000

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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.

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	Tianjin Ronggang Gold Lions	93–102	Zhejiang Golden Bulls	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

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

Brisbane Bullets v Perth Wildcats

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

New Zealand Breakers v Melbourne United

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

Illawarra Hawks v Adelaide 36ers

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

Sydney Kings v Brisbane Bullets

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

Perth Wildcats v Cairns Taipans

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

Melbourne United v Adelaide 36ers

Round 2

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

Illawarra Hawks v Sydney Kings

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

Adelaide 36ers v Melbourne United

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

Perth Wildcats v New Zealand Breakers

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

Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans

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

Melbourne United v Illawarra Hawks

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

Brisbane Bullets v Adelaide 36ers

Round 3

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

New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings

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

Melbourne United v Brisbane Bullets

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

Adelaide 36ers v Cairns Taipans

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

Perth Wildcats v Illawarra Hawks

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

Brisbane Bullets v New Zealand Breakers

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

Melbourne United v Perth Wildcats

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

Sydney Kings v Illawarra Hawks

Round 4

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

Cairns Taipans v Melbourne United

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

Illawarra Hawks v Perth Wildcats

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

New Zealand Breakers v Adelaide 36ers

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

Sydney Kings v Brisbane Bullets

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

Illawarra Hawks v Cairns Taipans

Round 5

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

Melbourne United v New Zealand Breakers

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

Cairns Taipans v Sydney Kings

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

Perth Wildcats v Adelaide 36ers

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

New Zealand Breakers v Brisbane Bullets

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

Illawarra Hawks v Melbourne United

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

Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans

Round 6

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

Brisbane Bullets v Sydney Kings

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

New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans

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

Adelaide 36ers v Illawarra Hawks

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

Melbourne United v Sydney Kings

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

Cairns Taipans v Brisbane Bullets

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

Perth Wildcats v New Zealand Breakers

Round 7

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

Perth Wildcats v Sydney Kings

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

New Zealand Breakers v Illawarra Hawks

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

Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans

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

Adelaide 36ers v Brisbane Bullets

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

Sydney Kings v Perth Wildcats

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

Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers

Round 8

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

Brisbane Bullets v Adelaide 36ers

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

Melbourne United v Sydney Kings

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

Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers

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

Perth Wildcats v Illawarra Hawks

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

Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers

Round 9

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

Perth Wildcats v Brisbane Bullets

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

New Zealand Breakers v Illawarra Hawks

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

Brisbane Bullets v Cairns Taipans

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

Adelaide 36ers v Perth Wildcats

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

Melbourne United v New Zealand Breakers

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

Illawarra Hawks v Sydney Kings

Round 10

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

New Zealand Breakers v Brisbane Bullets

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

Cairns Taipans v Sydney Kings

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

Perth Wildcats v Melbourne United

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

Adelaide 36ers v New Zealand Breakers

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

Brisbane Bullets v Illawarra Hawks

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

Sydney Kings v Melbourne United

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

Cairns Taipans v Adelaide 36ers

Round 11

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

New Zealand Breakers v Perth Wildcats

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

Adelaide 36ers v Sydney Kings

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

Cairns Taipans v Illawarra Hawks

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

Brisbane Bullets v Melbourne United

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

Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers

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

Brisbane Bullets v Illawarra Hawks

Round 12

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

Adelaide 36ers v Perth Wildcats

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

Sydney Kings v Illawarra Hawks

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

Melbourne United v Brisbane Bullets

Round 13

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

Cairns Taipans v Melbourne United

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

Sydney Kings v New Zealand Breakers

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

Illawarra Hawks v Perth Wildcats

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

Brisbane Bullets v Cairns Taipans

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

Melbourne United v Adelaide 36ers

Round 14

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

Adelaide 36ers v Illawarra Hawks

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

Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers

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

Illawarra Hawks v Melbourne United

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

Sydney Kings v Perth Wildcats

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

New Zealand Breakers v Adelaide 36ers

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

Brisbane Bullets v Perth Wildcats

Round 15

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

Adelaide 36ers v Melbourne United

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

New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings

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

Illawarra Hawks v Brisbane Bullets

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

Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans

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

Perth Wildcats v Adelaide 36ers

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

Brisbane Bullets v New Zealand Breakers

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

Cairns Taipans v Perth Wildcats

Round 16

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

Adelaide 36ers v Brisbane Bullets

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

Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers

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

Perth Wildcats v Cairns Taipans

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

Brisbane Bullets v Melbourne United

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

Adelaide 36ers v Sydney Kings

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

Cairns Taipans v Illawarra Hawks

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

New Zealand Breakers v Perth Wildcats

Round 17

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

New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans

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

Brisbane Bullets v Sydney Kings

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

Illawarra Hawks v Adelaide 36ers

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

Perth Wildcats v Melbourne United

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

Sydney Kings v New Zealand Breakers

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

Cairns Taipans v Brisbane Bullets

Round 18

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

{{{teamA}}} v {{{teamB}}}

Round 19

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

Cairns Taipans v Adelaide 36ers

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

New Zealand Breakers v Melbourne United

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

Perth Wildcats v Sydney Kings

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

Illawarra Hawks v Brisbane Bullets

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

Adelaide 36ers v Cairns Taipans

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

Melbourne United v Perth Wildcats

Ladder

Pos	2016–17 NBL season v t e
	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 v t e
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

Main article: 2017 NBL 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	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

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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

Illawarra Hawks v Adelaide 36ers

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

Adelaide 36ers v Illawarra Hawks

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

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

Cairns Taipans v Perth Wildcats

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

Perth Wildcats v Cairns Taipans

Grand final

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

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

Perth Wildcats v Illawarra Hawks

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

Illawarra Hawks v Perth Wildcats

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

Perth Wildcats v Illawarra Hawks

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

• Most Valuable Player (Ray Borner Medal): Cameron Gliddon, Cairns Taipans

Season

• Most Valuable Player (Andrew Gaze Trophy): Jerome Randle, Adelaide 36ers^[3]
• Rookie of the Year: Anthony Drmic, Adelaide 36ers^[4]
• Best Defensive Player: Torrey Craig, Brisbane Bullets^[5]
• Best Sixth Man: Rotnei Clarke, Illawarra Hawks^[6]
• Most Improved Player: Nathan Sobey, Adelaide 36ers^[7]
• Coach of the Year (Lindsay Gaze Trophy): Joey Wright, Adelaide 36ers^[8]
• Referee of the Year: Vaughan Mayberry^[9]
• All-NBL First Team:
  • Jerome Randle – Adelaide 36ers^[10]
  • Casper Ware – Melbourne United
  • Casey Prather – Perth Wildcats
  • Daniel Johnson – Adelaide 36ers
  • Andrew Ogilvy – Illawarra Hawks
• All-NBL Second Team:
  • Kevin Lisch – Sydney Kings
  • Nathan Sobey – Adelaide 36ers
  • Brad Newley – Sydney Kings
  • Torrey Craig – Brisbane Bullets
  • Daniel Kickert – Brisbane Bullets

Finals

• Grand Final Series MVP (Larry Sengstock Medal): Bryce Cotton, Perth Wildcats

References

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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.