2017 New Zealand NBL season

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.

2017 New Zealand NBL season
LeagueNew Zealand NBL
SportBasketball
Duration16 March – 17 June
Number of games18
Number of teams7
Regular season
Minor premiersWellington Saints
Season MVPCorey Webster (Wellington Saints)
Top scorerCorey Webster (Wellington Saints)
Final Four
ChampionsWellington Saints
  Runners-upSouthland Sharks
Finals MVPShea Ili

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
Team City Arena Colours Head Coach Import Import
Canterbury Rams Christchurch Cowles Stadium     Mark Dickel Jeremy Kendle McKenzie Moore
Hawke's Bay Hawks Napier Pettigrew Green Arena       Ben Hill Kareem Johnson Amir Williams
Nelson Giants Nelson Trafalgar Centre     Brendon Bailey Kyle Adnam Morgan Grim
Southland Sharks Invercargill Stadium Southland       Judd Flavell Nick Kay Mitch Norton
Super City Rangers Auckland The Trusts Arena       Jeff Green Nnanna Egwu Mitch McCarron
Taranaki Mountainairs New Plymouth TSB Stadium     Trent Adam Daniel Gomis Tylor Ongwae
Wellington Saints Wellington TSB Bank Arena     Kevin Braswell Josh Duinker

Summary

Regular season standings
Pos
Team W L
1 Wellington Saints180
2 Southland Sharks126
3 Super City Rangers117
4 Canterbury Rams108
5 Hawke's Bay Hawks414
6 Nelson Giants414
7 Taranaki Mountainairs414

Final Four
Semi Finals Final
      
1 Wellington Saints 94
4 Canterbury Rams 73
Wellington Saints 108
  Southland Sharks 75
2 Southland Sharks 106
3 Super City Rangers 67

Awards

Player of the Week
RoundPlayerTeamRef
1Marcel JonesCanterbury Rams[8]
2Jeremy KendleCanterbury Rams[9]
3Corey WebsterWellington Saints[10]
4Corey WebsterWellington Saints[10]
5Corey WebsterWellington Saints[11]
6Leon HenryWellington Saints[12]
7Marcel JonesCanterbury Rams[13]
8Corey WebsterWellington Saints[14]
9Nick KaySouthland Sharks[15]
10McKenzie MooreCanterbury Rams[16]
11McKenzie MooreCanterbury Rams[17]
12Tai WesleyWellington Saints[18]
13Jeremy KendleCanterbury Rams[12]

Statistics leaders

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

CategoryPlayerTeamStat
Points per gameCorey WebsterWellington Saints26.0
Rebounds per gameAmir WilliamsHawke's Bay Hawks10.2
Assists per gameJarrod KennyHawke's Bay Hawks7.5
Steals per gameDillon BoucherSuper City Rangers2.4
Blocks per gameAmir WilliamsHawke's Bay Hawks1.7

Regular season

Final Four

References
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  4. Savory, Logan (25 November 2016). "Southland Sharks to host 2017 National Basketball League opener". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. Rollo, Phillip (10 June 2017). "Wellington Saints complete perfect National Basketball League regular season". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. "SAINTS MAKE HISTORY". Basketball.org.nz. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  7. Anderson, Niall (17 June 2017). "Basketball: Wellington Saints complete perfect NBL season". NZHerald.co.nz. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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  9. "Kendle named Player of the Week". Australiabasket.com. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
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  11. "Media Guide Week 6". Facebook.com. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  12. "2018 Sals NBL Media Guide Round One" (PDF). nznbl.basketball. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  13. "Media Guide Week 8". Facebook.com. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  14. "WEBSTER WINS FOURTH PLAYER OF THE WEEK". Basketball.org.nz. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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  16. "NBL PREVIEW (ROUND 11)". Basketball.org.nz. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  17. "NBL PREVIEW: ROUND 12". Basketball.org.nz. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  18. "NBL PREVIEW (ROUND 12) [sic]". Basketball.org.nz. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  19. "2017 NBL Stat Leaders". Twitter. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  20. "SAINTS CREATE HISTORY CLAIMING THEIR TENTH TITLE". Basketball.org.nz. 17 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 January 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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