2017–18 NBL season

The 2017–18 NBL season was the 40th season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams contested the league. The regular season was played between October 2017 and February 2018, followed by a post-season featuring the top four in March 2018.[2]

2017–18 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
Season2017–18
Teams8
Dates5 October 2017 – 31 March 2018
TVAustralia:
New Zealand:
Online:
Finals
Top seedMelbourne United
ChampionsMelbourne United
(5th title)
Runners-upAdelaide 36ers
SemifinalistsPerth Wildcats
New Zealand Breakers
Awards
MVP Bryce Cotton (Perth)
Finals MVP Chris Goulding (Melbourne)
Statistical leaders
Efficiency Amritpal Singh (Sydney) 66%
Points Jerome Randle (Sydney) 19.8
Rebounds Josh Boone (Melbourne) 9.3
Assists Jerome Randle (Sydney) 5.2
Records
Total attendance688,712[1] (regular season)

Australian broadcast rights to the season were held by Fox Sports, in the third year of a five-year deal, with two games per week simulcast on SBS. In New Zealand, Sky Sport were the official league broadcaster.

As Australia and New Zealand participated in 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, the league took a break during the newly created FIBA international windows of 20–28 November 2017 and 19–27 February 2018.

Pre-season

2017 NBL All-Australian Tour of China

China won the series 2-1.

2017 Merlion Cup
Semi-final
Final

Adelaide 36ers won the tournament.

Brisbane Bullets pre-season

Cairns Taipans pre-season

Illawarra Hawks pre-season

Melbourne United pre-season

New Zealand Breakers pre-season

Perth Wildcats pre-season

Sydney Kings pre-season

2017 International Basketball Championships

Semi-final

Final

Sydney Kings won the tournament.

2017 NBL Blitz

A pre-season tournament featuring all eight teams was held on 7–9 September 2017 in Traralgon, Victoria and on 10 September 2017 in Melbourne. The winners received the fifth annual Loggins-Bruton Cup.

Melbourne United won the 2017 NBL Blitz championship.

Regular season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Ladder
# Team Played Won Loss Win% Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Points%
1 Melbourne United 28 20 8 71.43% 4-1 Lost 1 11-3 9-5 2,434 2,298 105.92%
2 Adelaide 36ers 28 18 10 64.29% 3-2 Won 3 10-4 8-6 2,654 2,527 105.03%
3 Perth Wildcats 28 16 12 57.14% 2-3 Won 1 9-5 7-7 2,388 2,271 105.15%
4 New Zealand Breakers 28 15 13 53.57% 1-4 Lost 4 9-5 6-8 2,364 2,387 99.04%
5 Illawarra Hawks 28 12 16 42.86% 2-3 Won 2 7-7 5-9 2,474 2,539 97.44%
6 Cairns Taipans1 28 11 17 39.29% 1-4 Lost 1 8-6 3-11 2,215 2,281 97.11%
7 Sydney Kings1 28 11 17 39.29% 4-1 Won 4 6-8 5-9 2,418 2,504 96.57%
8 Brisbane Bullets 28 9 19 32.14% 1-4 Lost 3 6-8 3-11 2,347 2,487 94.37%

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the overall points percentage between the teams will determine order of seeding.

1Cairns Taipans won on overall points percentage.

Ladder Progression
  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Adelaide 36ers 4433443344444422322
Brisbane Bullets 7766767765677777778
Cairns Taipans 1344675556566656656
Illawarra Hawks 5878556677755565565
Melbourne United 3255334433322111111
New Zealand Breakers 8512111122133334244
Perth Wildcats 2121222211211243433
Sydney Kings 6687888888888888887

Finals Series
Main article: 2018 NBL Finals

The 2017–18 National Basketball League Finals were played in March 2018, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final series and the best-of-five Grand Final series. In the semi-finals, the higher seed hosted the first and third games. In the Grand Final, the higher seed hosted the first, third and fifth games.

Playoff Seedings
  1. Melbourne United
  2. Adelaide 36ers
  3. Perth Wildcats
  4. New Zealand Breakers

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.

Playoff Bracket
Semi-finals Grand Final
            
1 Melbourne United 88 88 X
4 New Zealand Breakers 77 86 X
1 Melbourne United 107 95 101 81 100
2 Adelaide 36ers 96 110 98 90 82
2 Adelaide 36ers 109 89 X
3 Perth Wildcats 74 88 X

Semi Finals

(1) Melbourne United vs. (4) New Zealand Breakers

(2) Adelaide 36ers vs. (3) Perth Wildcats

Grand Final

(1) Melbourne United vs. (2) Adelaide 36ers

Awards

Pre-season

Season

Finals

References
  1. "NBL Sets New Season Attendance Record". National Basketball League. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. "2017/18 NBL Schedule Released". nbl.com.au. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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