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The 2018 NBL season was the 37th season of the National Basketball League. In 2018, the league welcomed back the Manawatu Jets after a two-season hiatus.
2018 New Zealand NBL season | |
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League | New Zealand NBL |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | 26 April – 5 August |
Number of games | 18 |
Number of teams | 8 |
Regular season | |
Minor premiers | Wellington Saints |
Season MVP | Shea Ili (Wellington Saints) |
Top scorer | Daishon Knight (Manawatu Jets) |
Final Four | |
Champions | Southland Sharks |
Runners-up | Wellington Saints |
Finals MVP | Reuben Te Rangi |
The regular season commenced on Thursday 26 April in Napier with the Hawke's Bay Hawks hosting the Southland Sharks at Pettigrew Green Arena.[1] The season contained 14 weeks of regular season games followed by a Final Four weekend in August. The competition included a one-week international break, from 25 June to 1 July, and started later than normal due to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.[2]
Team | City | Arena | Colours | Head coach | Import | Import | Import |
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Canterbury Rams | Christchurch | Cowles Stadium | ![]() |
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Hawke's Bay Hawks | Napier | Pettigrew Green Arena | ![]() |
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Manawatu Jets | Palmerston North | Arena Manawatu | ![]() |
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Nelson Giants | Nelson | Trafalgar Centre | ![]() |
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Southland Sharks | Invercargill | Stadium Southland | ![]() |
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Super City Rangers | Auckland | The Trusts Arena | ![]() |
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Taranaki Mountainairs | New Plymouth | TSB Stadium | ![]() |
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Wellington Saints | Wellington | TSB Bank Arena | ![]() |
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Pos | Team | W | L | Qualification |
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1 | Wellington Saints | 15 | 3 | Final Four |
2 | Nelson Giants | 14 | 4 | |
3 | Southland Sharks | 13 | 5 | |
4 | Hawke's Bay Hawks | 12 | 6 | |
5 | Canterbury Rams | 8 | 10 | |
6 | Super City Rangers | 4 | 14 | |
7 | Taranaki Mountainairs | 3 | 15 | |
8 | Manawatu Jets | 3 | 15 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Wellington Saints | 99 | |||||||
4 | Hawke's Bay Hawks | 73 | |||||||
Wellington Saints | 96 | ||||||||
![]() | Southland Sharks | 98 | |||||||
2 | Nelson Giants | 93 | |||||||
3 | Southland Sharks | 98 |
Round | Player | Team | Ref |
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1 | Javonte Douglas | Taranaki Mountainairs | [3] |
2 | Kyle Adnam | Nelson Giants | [4] |
3 | Kuran Iverson | Manawatu Jets | [5] |
4 | Winston Shepard | Canterbury Rams | [6] |
5 | Shea Ili | Wellington Saints | [7] |
6 | Ethan Rusbatch | Hawke's Bay Hawks | [8] |
7 | Shea Ili | Wellington Saints | [9] |
8 | Julian Washburn | Canterbury Rams | [10] |
9 | Lindsay Tait | Super City Rangers | [11] |
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11 | Finn Delany | Nelson Giants | [12] |
12 | Daishon Knight | Manawatu Jets | [13] |
13 | Orlando Coleman | Southland Sharks | [14] |
14 | Dominique Kelman-Poto | Super City Rangers | [15] |
Stats as of the end of the regular season[16]
Category | Player | Team | Stat |
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Points per game | Daishon Knight | Manawatu Jets | 28.9 |
Rebounds per game | Kuran Iverson | Manawatu Jets | 11.1 |
Assists per game | Lindsay Tait | Super City Rangers | 7.6 |
Steals per game | Winston Shepard | Canterbury Rams | 2.3 |
Blocks per game | Xavier Smith | Taranaki Mountainairs | 1.7 |
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