2010 New Zealand NBL season

2010 New Zealand NBL season
LeagueNew Zealand NBL
SportBasketball
Duration4 March – 1 July
Number of games18
Number of teams10
Regular season
  Minor premiersWellington Saints
Season MVPLindsay Tait (Wellington Saints)
Top scorerEric Devendorf (Wellington Saints)
Playoffs
ChampionsWellington Saints
  Runners-upWaikato Pistons
Finals MVPLindsay Tait
New Zealand NBL seasons

The 2010 NBL season was the 29th season of the National Basketball League. Foundation member and nine-time NBL champions the Auckland Stars withdrew from the league in 2010, while the Otago Nuggets returned after a one-year absence and the Southland Sharks joined for the first time.

The regular season began on Thursday 4 March and concluded on Friday 19 June. The playoffs began on Tuesday 22 June and concluded on Thursday 1 July, with the Wellington Saints taking home their sixth NBL title after defeating the Waikato Pistons 2–1 in the best-of-three finals series. Saints' guard Lindsay Tait was recognised as the most valuable player of the regular season and of the finals series.