# 2006–07 Singapore Slingers season

The 2006–07 Singapore Slingers season was the 1st season of the franchise in the National Basketball League (NBL).
The Singapore Slingers were the first Asian team to compete in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL). The Slingers play their home games at the 10,000 seat Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Ben Melmeth | Pero Vasiljevic | |
| PF | Ben Knight | Larry Davidson | |
| SF | Marquin Chandler | Aaron Trahair | David Moore |
| SG | Mike Helms | Jeremy Kench | Pathman Matialakan |
| PG | Brad Davidson | Eban Hyams | Koh Meng Koon |

## Regular season

The regular season of the National Basketball League consisted of 33 games, with each team playing each other 3 times. Slinger's will play 16 home games and 17 away games. The Slingers opening match is against the Adelaide 36ers at Singapore's home which is the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

### Ladder

This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. The top 8 teams qualified for the finals series.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Last 5 | Streak | Home | Away | PF | PA | PP |
| 1 | Brisbane Bullets | 33 | 28 | 5 | 84.85% | 5–0 | W18 | 16–1 | 12–4 | 3804 | 3326 | 114.37% |
| 2 | Melbourne Tigers | 33 | 25 | 8 | 75.76% | 4–1 | W3 | 15–2 | 10–6 | 3453 | 3228 | 106.97% |
| 3 | Perth Wildcats | 33 | 23 | 10 | 69.70% | 2–3 | W1 | 14–3 | 8–8 | 3331 | 3113 | 107.00% |
| 4 | Sydney Kings | 33 | 20 | 13 | 60.61% | 3–2 | W1 | 14–2 | 6–11 | 3236 | 3119 | 103.75% |
| 5 | Townsville Crocodiles | 33 | 19 | 14 | 57.58% | 2–3 | L1 | 13–4 | 6–10 | 3626 | 3516 | 103.13% |
| 6 | Cairns Taipans | 33 | 17 | 16 | 51.52% | 2–3 | L2 | 11–6 | 5–11 | 3292 | 3284 | 100.24% |
| 7 | South Dragons | 33 | 15 | 18 | 45.45% | 2–3 | W1 | 8–8 | 7–10 | 3418 | 3514 | 97.27% |
| 8 | Singapore Slingers | 33 | 13 | 20 | 39.39% | 3–2 | L2 | 9–7 | 4–13 | 3297 | 3435 | 95.98% |
| 9 | Wollongong Hawks$^{12}$ | 33 | 11 | 22 | 33.33% | 1–4 | L1 | 6–11 | 5–11 | 3237 | 3395 | 95.35% |
| 10 | New Zealand Breakers$^{12}$ | 33 | 11 | 22 | 33.33% | 2–3 | L1 | 9–7 | 2–15 | 3382 | 3538 | 95.59% |
| 11 | Adelaide 36ers$^1$ | 33 | 11 | 22 | 33.33% | 1–4 | W1 | 7–9 | 4–13 | 3326 | 3555 | 93.56% |
| 12 | West Sydney Razorbacks | 33 | 5 | 28 | 15.15% | 2–3 | W1 | 4–12 | 1–16 | 3221 | 3600 | 89.47% |
Updated to match(es) played on 11 February 2007. 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.

### Regular season

2006–07 game log Total: 13–20 (home: 9–7; road: 4–13) :
September: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
20 September
Adelaide
W 98–91
Marquin Chandler (21)
Helms, Melmeth (8)
Chandler, Melmeth, Trahair (3)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
1–0
2
22 September
@ Perth
L 94–82
Mike Helms (24)
Ben Knight (11)
Mike Helms (5)
Challenge Stadium
1–1
3
27 September
Perth
L 100–109
Mike Helms (38)
Ben Melmeth (10)
Marquin Chandler (4)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
1–2 :
October: 2–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
9 October
West Sydney
W 126–89
Marquin Chandler (28)
Ben Knight (10)
Ben Knight (7)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
2–2
5
12 October
Wollongong
L 87–105
Mike Helms (14)
Ben Knight (13)
Chandler, L.Davidson, Kench (2)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
2–3
6
14 October
@ Melbourne
L 113–102
Mike Helms (24)
Ben Knight (8)
Marquin Chandler (4)
State Netball Hockey Centre
2–4
7
18 October
South
W 104–96
Marquin Chandler (32)
Chandler, Knight (9)
Brad Davidson (5)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
3–4
8
20 October
@ West Sydney
L 97–80
Mike Helms (21)
Mike Helms (11)
Helms, Vasiljevic (3)
State Sports Centre
3–5
9
26 October
Cairns
L 98–102
Mike Helms (27)
Ben Knight (11)
Brad Davidson (3)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
3–6
10
29 October
Sydney
L 83–90
Mike Helms (28)
L.Davidson, Knight (8)
Aaron Trahair (6)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
3–7 :
November: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
3 November
@ Cairns
L 98–90
Mike Helms (20)
Ben Knight (9)
Chandler, Helms, Trahair (3)
Cairns Convention Centre
3–8
12
27 November
@ Brisbane
L 131–93
Ben Melmeth (21)
Ben Knight (11)
Ben Knight (3)
Brisbane Convention Centre
3–9
13
29 November
@ Townsville
L 120–101
Marquin Chandler (23)
Larry Davidson (11)
Helms, Trahair (4)
Townsville Entertainment Centre
3–10 :
December: 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
10 December
@ Wollongong
W 84–110
Marquin Chandler (31)
Marquin Chandler (11)
B.Davidson, Helms (6)
WIN Entertainment Centre
4–10
15
13 December
New Zealand
W 111–94
Marquin Chandler (34)
Ben Knight (7)
Brad Davidson (4)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
5–10
16
16 December
@ Adelaide
L 102–100
Chandler, Helms (20)
Ben Knight (14)
Chandler, B.Davidson (5)
Adelaide Arena
5–11
17
20 December
West Sydney
W 115–93
Mike Helms (31)
Marquin Chandler (10)
Brad Davidson (6)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
6–11
18
27 December
@ Perth
L 105–88
Marquin Chandler (26)
Ben Melmeth (10)
Ben Melmeth (5)
Challenge Stadium
6–12
19
29 December
New Zealand
W 109–96
Mike Helms (31)
Ben Melmeth (13)
Melmeth, Trahair (5)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
7–12 :
January: 4–6 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
20
3 January
South
L 85–110
Mike Helms (17)
Ben Knight (14)
Brad Davidson (4)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
7–13
21
4 January
Townsville
W 114–103
Mike Helms (34)
Ben Melmeth (14)
B.Davidson, Trahair (4)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
8–13
22
6 January
@ Brisbane
L 131–116
Marquin Chandler (31)
Ben Melmeth (10)
Marquin Chandler (5)
Brisbane Convention Centre
8–14
23
10 January
Sydney
W 96–88
Marquin Chandler (24)
Chandler, Knight (6)
Mike Helms (5)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
9–14
24
12 January
@ Cairns
W 101–113
Marquin Chandler (30)
Chandler, Melmeth (7)
Brad Davidson (4)
Cairns Convention Centre
10–14
25
13 January
@ Townsville
L 140–100
Brad Davidson (22)
Ben Melmeth (8)
Ben Knight (5)
Townsville Entertainment Centre
10–15
26
17 January
Melbourne
L 89–96
Marquin Chandler (24)
Mike Helms (11)
Brad Davidson (4)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
10–16
27
24 January
@ New Zealand
L 103–100
Mike Helms (26)
Ben Melmeth (7)
Brad Davidson (6)
North Shore Events Centre
10–17
28
27 January
@ Melbourne
L 125–114
Ben Knight (33)
Ben Knight (9)
Brad Davidson (7)
State Netball Hockey Centre
10–18
29
31 January
Adelaide
W 105–100
Aaron Trahair (27)
Ben Knight (20)
B.Davidson, Melmeth (3)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
11–18 :
February: 2–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
30
2 February
@ Wollongong
W 93–96
Mike Helms (26)
Ben Knight (13)
Aaron Trahair (7)
WIN Entertainment Centre
12–18
31
3 February
@ South
W 100–114
Aaron Trahair (28)
Ben Melmeth (10)
Brad Davidson (12)
Vodafone Arena
13–18
32
7 February
Brisbane
L 102–134
Mike Helms (30)
Pero Vasiljevic (6)
Aaron Trahair (6)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
13–19
33
11 February
@ Sydney
L 102–76
Mike Helms (29)
Larry Davidson (8)
Aaron Trahair (4)
Sydney Entertainment Centre
13–20 :
2006–07 season schedule :

## Postseason

The elimination finals were played over 4 days. The first two teams automatically went ahead to the semi-finals. The winner of Game 1 went on to play the 4th placed team, while the winner of Game 2 went on to play the 3rd placed team.

### Finals

2007 finals game log Total: 0–1 (home: 0–0; road: 0–1) :
Elimination finals: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
14 February
@ Townsville
L 106–93
Ben Knight (21)
Ben Knight (17)
B.Davidson, Trahair (6)
Townsville Entertainment Centre
0–1 :

## Awards
### Player of the Week

* Round 12: Marquin Chandler – 31 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steal and 3 blocks vs. Wollongong Hawks @ WIN Entertainment Centre

### Singapore Slingers Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Mike Helms

### 2006–07 NBL All-Star Game

* World All-Star: Mike Helms – 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal vs. Aussie All-Stars @ Adelaide Arena