2017 New Zealand NBL season

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
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.

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]

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  2. ^ "Tauranga surprise choice as National Basketball League final four host". Stuff.co.nz. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. ^ "2017 NBL FINAL FOUR PREVIEW". Basketball.org.nz. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  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.