2010–11 Cairns Taipans season

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2010–11 Cairns Taipans season
Head coach	Aaron Fearne
Arena	Cairns Convention Centre
NBL results
Record	16–12 (57.1%)
Ladder	3rd
Finals finish	Runners-up
Stats at NBL.com.au
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

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

Pos	2010–11 NBL season v t e
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	28	16	12	57.14%	4–1	W4	12–2	4–10	2186	2107	103.75%
4	Perth Wildcats	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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
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)

Game	Date	Team	Score	Location Attendance	Record
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