# 2010–11 Cairns Taipans season

The 2010–11 NBL season is the 12th season for the Cairns Taipans in the NBL.

## Off-season
### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former Team |

### Subtractions

| Player | Reason Left | New Team |

## Roster

| No. | Position | Player |
| 1 | PG | Kerry Williams |
| 3 | PG | Ayinde Ubaka |
| 5 | SF | Ron Dorsey |
| 8 | SG | Aaron Grabau |
| 11 | C | Ian Crosswhite |
| 12 | SG | Daniel Dillon |
| No. | Position | Player |
| 13 | SG | Phill Jones |
| 25 | PF | Dean Brebner |
| 40 | PF | Alex Loughton |
| 45 | PF | Dusty Rychart |
| - - | PF | Gareth Dawson (DP) |
| - - | SG | James Mitchell (DP) |

## Regular season
### Standings

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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Last 5 | Streak | Home | Away | PF | PA | PP |
| 1 | New Zealand Breakers | 28 | 22 | 6 | 78.57% | 4–1 | W3 | 12–2 | 10–4 | 2463 | 2367 | 104.06% |
| 2 | Townsville Crocodiles | 28 | 17 | 11 | 60.71% | 3–2 | L1 | 13–1 | 4–10 | 2225 | 2163 | 102.87% |
| 3 | Cairns Taipans$^1$ | 28 | 16 | 12 | 57.14% | 4–1 | W4 | 12–2 | 4–10 | 2186 | 2107 | 103.75% |
| 4 | Perth Wildcats$^1$ | 28 | 16 | 12 | 57.14% | 3–2 | L2 | 10–4 | 6–8 | 2380 | 2192 | 108.58% |
| 5 | Wollongong Hawks | 28 | 15 | 13 | 53.57% | 4–1 | W1 | 10–4 | 5–9 | 2272 | 2209 | 102.85% |
| 6 | Gold Coast Blaze | 28 | 13 | 15 | 46.43% | 2–3 | W1 | 8–6 | 5–9 | 2396 | 2440 | 98.20% |
| 7 | Melbourne Tigers | 28 | 10 | 18 | 35.71% | 1–4 | L3 | 5–9 | 5–9 | 2209 | 2357 | 93.72% |
| 8 | Adelaide 36ers | 28 | 9 | 19 | 32.14% | 1–4 | L1 | 7–7 | 2–12 | 2212 | 2362 | 93.65% |
| 9 | Sydney Kings | 28 | 8 | 20 | 28.57% | 2–3 | L3 | 5–9 | 3–11 | 2171 | 2317 | 93.70% |
Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2011. Source: NBL.com.au

## Game log

2010–11 game log :
Pre-season: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
5 September
Townsville
L 76-79
Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium
0-1
2
8 October
Gold Coast
W 103-67
Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium
1-1 :
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
16 October
@ Townsville
L 70-79
Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,201
0-1
2
23 October
Adelaide
W 85-74
Cairns Convention Centre 4,250
1-1
3
29 October
@ Gold Coast
L 81-92
Gold Coast Convention Centre 2,946
1-2 :
November: 4–0 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
4
6 November
Perth
W 86-69
Cairns Convention Centre (CCC) 4,070
2-2
5
13 November
Gold Coast
W 96-76
CCC 4,007
3-2
6
20 November
Adelaide
W 87-71
CCC 4,920
4-2
7
28 November
@ Perth
W 72-64
Challenge Stadium 4,000
5-2 :
December: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
4 December
Wollongong
W 80-62
Cairns Convention Centre (CCC) 4,625
6-2
9
9 December
@ New Zealand
L 79-93
North Shore Events Centre TBA
6-3
10
18 December
Townsville
CCC
11
31 December
Sydney
CCC :