2017 New Zealand NBL season

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2017 New Zealand NBL season
League New Zealand NBL
Sport Basketball
Duration16 March – 17 June
Number of games18
Number of teams7
Regular season
  Minor premiers Wellington Saints
Season MVP Corey Webster (Wellington Saints)
Top scorer Corey Webster (Wellington Saints)
Final Four
Champions Wellington Saints
  Runners-up Southland Sharks
Finals MVP Shea Ili
New Zealand NBL seasons

The 2017 NBL season was the 36th season of the National Basketball League. For the second year in a row, the league fielded seven teams.

Contents

The regular season commenced on Thursday 16 March in Invercargill with the Southland Sharks hosting the Nelson Giants at Stadium Southland. The season contained 13 weeks of regular season games followed by a Final Four weekend in June at Tauranga's ASB BayPark Arena. [1] [2] [3] The seven teams played every team on three occasions to make up an 18-game round robin season. [4]

With an 18–0 record, the Wellington Saints made NBL history by becoming the first team to complete a perfect regular season. [5] [6] They went on to post a perfect 20–0 campaign after sweeping the Final Four and collecting their 10th NBL championship in the process. [7]

Team information

TeamCityArenaColoursHead CoachImportImport
Canterbury Rams Christchurch Cowles Stadium   Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Dickel Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Kendle Flag of the United States.svg McKenzie Moore
Hawke's Bay Hawks Napier Pettigrew Green Arena     Flag of New Zealand.svg Ben Hill Flag of the United States.svg Kareem Johnson Flag of the United States.svg Amir Williams
Nelson Giants Nelson Trafalgar Centre    Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Bailey Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kyle Adnam Flag of the United States.svg Morgan Grim
Southland Sharks Invercargill Stadium Southland     Flag of New Zealand.svg Judd Flavell Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Kay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitch Norton
Super City Rangers Auckland The Trusts Arena     Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Green Flag of the United States.svg Nnanna Egwu Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitch McCarron
Taranaki Mountainairs New Plymouth TSB Stadium    Flag of New Zealand.svg Trent Adam Flag of Senegal.svg Daniel Gomis Flag of Kenya.svg Tylor Ongwae
Wellington Saints Wellington TSB Bank Arena    Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Braswell Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Duinker

Summary

Regular season standings

Pos
Team W L
1 Wellington Saints 180
2 Southland Sharks 126
3 Super City Rangers 117
4 Canterbury Rams 108
5 Hawke's Bay Hawks 414
6 Nelson Giants 414
7 Taranaki Mountainairs 414

Final Four

Semi Finals Final
      
1 Wellington Saints 94
4 Canterbury Rams 73
Gold Cup icon.svg Wellington Saints 108
  Southland Sharks 75
2 Southland Sharks 106
3 Super City Rangers 67

Awards

Player of the Week

RoundPlayerTeamRef
1 Marcel Jones Canterbury Rams [8]
2 Jeremy Kendle Canterbury Rams [9]
3 Corey Webster Wellington Saints [10]
4 Corey Webster Wellington Saints [10]
5 Corey Webster Wellington Saints [11]
6 Leon Henry Wellington Saints [12]
7 Marcel Jones Canterbury Rams [13]
8 Corey Webster Wellington Saints [14]
9 Nick Kay Southland Sharks [15]
10 McKenzie Moore Canterbury Rams [16]
11 McKenzie Moore Canterbury Rams [17]
12 Tai Wesley Wellington Saints [18]
13 Jeremy Kendle Canterbury Rams [12]

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season [19]

CategoryPlayerTeamStat
Points per game Corey Webster Wellington Saints 26.0
Rebounds per gameAmir Williams Hawke's Bay Hawks 10.2
Assists per game Jarrod Kenny Hawke's Bay Hawks 7.5
Steals per game Dillon Boucher Super City Rangers 2.4
Blocks per gameAmir Williams Hawke's Bay Hawks 1.7

Regular season

Final Four

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