2013 New Zealand NBL season

2013 New Zealand NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Duration 19 April – 14 July
Number of teams 9
TV partner(s) Sky Sport
Regular season
Top seed Wellington Saints
Season MVP Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints)
Finals
Champions Southland Sharks
  Runners-up Nelson Giants
Finals MVP Leon Henry

The 2013 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the 32nd running of the competition.

The playoffs were held in Hawke's Bay, with the semi-finals on Saturday 13 July, followed by the grand final on Sunday 14 July.[1]

The teams for this season were: Hawke's Bay Hawks, Manawatu Jets, Nelson Giants, OceanaGold Nuggets, Southland Sharks, Super City Rangers, Taranaki Mountainairs, Waikato Pistons and Wellington Saints.

Coaching

Team 2013 coach
Hawke's Bay Hawks Tab Baldwin
Manawatu Jets Mike Kalavros
Nelson Giants Liam Flynn
OceanaGold Nuggets Anthony Arlidge
Southland Sharks Paul Henare
Super City Rangers Aik Ho
Taranaki Mountainairs Dave Bublitz
Waikato Pistons Doug Courtney
Wellington Saints Pero Cameron

Imports

Team Import Import
Hawke's Bay Hawks Serbia Darko Cohadarevic United States Brian Greene
Manawatu Jets United States Chris Hagan United States Marcel Jones*
Nelson Giants United States Josh Pace United States Erron Maxey
OceanaGold Nuggets United States Antoine Tisby United States Akeem Wright
Southland Sharks United States Kevin Braswell United States Brian Conklin
Super City Rangers United States Carl Buck
Taranaki Mountainairs United States Jack Leasure United States Kenny Gabriel
Waikato Pistons United States Zack Atkinson United States Garrius Holloman
Wellington Saints United States Rick Rickert United States Bryant Markson

*Despite holding New Zealand citizenship, Jones had to play as an import due to a new league rule where each team can only field one naturalised New Zealand player (Jets already had Nick Horvath filling that spot).

Standings

# New Zealand National Basketball League Regular Season Standings
Team W L PCT PTS
1 Wellington Saints 14 2 88 28
2 OceanaGold Nuggets 12 4 75 24
3 Nelson Giants 12 4 75 24
4 Southland Sharks 11 5 69 22
5 Manawatu Jets 9 7 56 18
6 Taranaki Mountainairs 5 11 31 10
7 Hawke's Bay Hawks 5 11 31 10
8 Waikato Pistons 2 14 13 4
9 Super City Rangers 2 14 13 4

Final Four

Semi-finals Grand Final
      
1 Wellington Saints 66
4 Southland Sharks 81
Southland Sharks 92
  Nelson Giants 81
2 OceanaGold Nuggets 72
3 Nelson Giants 87

Awards

Player of the Week

Round Player Team Ref
1 B. J. Anthony OceanaGold Nuggets [2]
2 Josh Pace Nelson Giants [2]
3 Kenny Gabriel Taranaki Mountainairs [2]
4 Nick Horvath Manawatu Jets [2]
5 Akeem Wright OceanaGold Nuggets [2]
6 Bryant Markson Wellington Saints [2]
7 Antoine Tisby OceanaGold Nuggets [2]
8 Kevin Braswell Southland Sharks [2]
9 Akeem Wright OceanaGold Nuggets [2]
10 Josh Pace Nelson Giants [2]
11 Rick Rickert Wellington Saints [2]
12 Mark Dickel OceanaGold Nuggets [2]

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season[3]

Category Player Team Stat
Points per game Josh Pace Nelson Giants 22.9
Rebounds per game Zack Atkinson Waikato Pistons 14.6
Assists per game Lindsay Tait Wellington Saints 8.1
Steals per game Chris Hagan Manawatu Jets 2.9
Blocks per game Zack Atkinson Waikato Pistons 3.0

Season

Finals

References

  1. ↑ FINAL FOUR IN THE BAY
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "DICKEL FETED FOR EPIC GAME". Basketball.org.nz. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015.
  3. ↑ SHARKS ARE NBL CHAMPIONS
  4. ↑ Hungry Sharks claim unlikely NBL title

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