# 2011–12 Melbourne Tigers season

The 2011–12 NBL season is the 29th season for the Melbourne Tigers in the NBL. After missing out on the playoffs last season, Melbourne will look to improve and return to finals stages of this season's competition. Due to the 2011 NBA Lockout, Melbourne acquired the services of Patrick Mills for the first 9 rounds until losing him to the Chinese team Xinjiang Flying Tigers.

## Off-season
### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former Team |
| Patrick Mills | Signed 29 August (due to NBA lockout) | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Ayinde Ubaka | Announced 25 May | Cairns Taipans |
| Ron Dorsey | Announced 25 May | Cairns Taipans |
| Daniel Dillon | Announced in May | Cairns Taipans |

## 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 | Development |
| C | Matt Burston | Timothy Lang | | |
| PF | Cameron Tragardh | Lucas Walker | | |
| SF | Tommy Greer | Liam Rush | | Owen Odigie |
| SG | Ron Dorsey | Daniel Dillon | Bennie Lewis | |
| PG | Patty Mills | Myron Allen | Ayinde Ubaka | Josh Wilcher |

## 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 | 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$^1$ | 28 | 15 | 13 | 53.37% | 2–3 | L2 | 11–3 | 4–10 | 2213 | 2210 | 100.14% |
| 5 | Cairns Taipans$^1$ | 28 | 15 | 13 | 53.37% | 2–3 | W1 | 9–5 | 6–8 | 2025 | 2107 | 96.11% |
| 6 | Melbourne Tigers$^2$ | 28 | 11 | 17 | 39.29% | 1–4 | L3 | 7–7 | 4–10 | 2156 | 2239 | 96.29% |
| 7 | Sydney Kings$^2$ | 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

### Game log

2011–12 game log :
October: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
7 October
Sydney
W 82–76
Patrick Mills (28)
Cameron Tragardh (9)
Ayinde Ubaka (2)
State Netball Hockey Centre
1–0
2
14 October
@ Perth
L 92–76
Patrick Mills (19)
Tommy Greer (9)
Ayinde Ubaka (6)
Challenge Stadium
1–1
3
22 October
New Zealand
W 67–64
Patrick Mills (19)
Daniel Dillon (7)
Daniel Dillon (4)
State Netball Hockey Centre
2–1
4
30 October
@ Wollongong
W 74–82
Patrick Mills (20)
Burston, Walker (6)
Liam Rush (4)
WIN Entertainment Centre
3–1 :
November: 3–3 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
4 November
@ Sydney
W 76–94
Patrick Mills (20)
Dillon, Walker (5)
Patrick Mills (8)
Sydney Entertainment Centre
4–1
6
6 November
Cairns
W 80–63
Cameron Tragardh (17)
Tommy Greer (9)
Patrick Mills (10)
State Netball Hockey Centre
5–1
7
11 November
Townsville
L 88–95
Cameron Tragardh (26)
Cameron Tragardh (14)
Patrick Mills (10)
State Netball Hockey Centre
5–2
8
18 November
Perth
W 87–82
Ayinde Ubaka (23)
Tommy Greer (7)
Patrick Mills (6)
State Netball Hockey Centre
6–2
9
19 November
@ Adelaide
L 95–89
Patrick Mills (32)
Ron Dorsey (7)
Mills, Ubaka, Walker (3)
Adelaide Arena
6–3
10
25 November
Sydney
L 80–89
Cameron Tragardh (28)
Cameron Tragardh (5)
Dillon, Greer (4)
State Netball Hockey Centre
6–4 :
December: 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
2 December
@ New Zealand
L 108–98
Ron Dorsey (21)
Tommy Greer (14)
Daniel Dillon (6)
North Shore Events Centre
6–5
12
10 December
@ Cairns
L 79–77
Cameron Tragardh (24)
Ron Dorsey (12)
Ayinde Ubaka (5)
Cairns Convention Centre
6–6
13
18 December
Townsville
W 93–80
Cameron Tragardh (19)
Tommy Greer (8)
Daniel Dillon (4)
State Netball Hockey Centre
7–6
14
23 December
Cairns
W 67–65
Cameron Tragardh (14)
Rush, Tragardh (5)
Daniel Dillon (5)
State Netball Hockey Centre
8–6
15
31 December
@ Gold Coast
W 72–79
Cameron Tragardh (25)
Dillon, Greer (7)
Daniel Dillon (4)
Gold Coast Convention Centre
9–6 :
January: 0–6 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
16
6 January
@ Perth
L 72–67
Rush, Tragardh (17)
Cameron Tragardh (9)
Daniel Dillon (6)
Challenge Stadium
9–7
17
8 January
New Zealand
L 79–90
Cameron Tragardh (22)
Cameron Tragardh (7)
Dillon, Ubaka (5)
State Netball Hockey Centre
9–8
18
15 January
Gold Coast
L 60–73
Cameron Tragardh (14)
Cameron Tragardh (6)
Daniel Dillon (5)
State Netball Hockey Centre
9–9
19
19 January
@ New Zealand
L 91–77
Dillon, Rush (18)
Tommy Greer (7)
Dillon, Tragardh (4)
North Shore Events Centre
9–10
20
21 January
@ Gold Coast
L 92–78
Ron Dorsey (24)
Cameron Tragardh (6)
Myron Allen (8)
Gold Coast Convention Centre
9–11
21
27 January
@ Wollongong
L 90–68
Liam Rush (18)
Myron Allen (9)
Myron Allen (6)
WIN Entertainment Centre
9–12 :
February: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
22
3 February
Adelaide
W 87–81
Cameron Tragardh (20)
Allen, Greer, Walker (6)
Myron Allen (8)
State Netball Hockey Centre
10–12
23
18 February
@ Cairns
L 77–56
Myron Allen (13)
Myron Allen (10)
Myron Allen (3)
Cairns Convention Centre
10–13
24
25 February
Adelaide
L 83–92
Cameron Tragardh (19)
Lucas Walker (9)
Myron Allen (7)
State Netball Hockey Centre
10–14 :
March: 1–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
25
2 March
@ Sydney
W 61–66
Lucas Walker (12)
Lucas Walker (7)
Myron Allen (4)
Sydney Entertainment Centre
11–14
26
4 March
@ Townsville
L 67–64
Dorsey, Walker (13)
Burston, Walker (6)
Myron Allen (7)
Townsville Entertainment Centre
11–15
27
18 March
Wollongong
L 61–71
Bennie Lewis (15)
Tommy Greer (8)
Dillon (7)
State Netball Hockey Centre
11–16
28
23 March
Perth
L 71–72
Ron Dorsey (22)
Matt Burston (13)
Myron Allen (7)
State Netball Hockey Centre
11–17 :