2018 New Zealand NBL season

2018 New Zealand NBL season
LeagueNew Zealand NBL
SportBasketball
Duration26 April – 5 August
Number of games18
Number of teams8
Regular season
  Minor premiersWellington Saints
Season MVPShea Ili (Wellington Saints)
Top scorerDaishon Knight (Manawatu Jets)
Final Four
ChampionsSouthland Sharks
  Runners-upWellington Saints
Finals MVPReuben Te Rangi
New Zealand NBL seasons

The 2018 NBL season was the 37th season of the National Basketball League. In 2018, the league welcomed back the Manawatu Jets after a two-season hiatus.

The regular season commenced on Thursday 26 April in Napier with the Hawke's Bay Hawks hosting the Southland Sharks at Pettigrew Green Arena.[1] The season contained 14 weeks of regular season games followed by a Final Four weekend in August. The competition included a one-week international break, from 25 June to 1 July, and started later than normal due to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.[2]

  1. ^ "NZ NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE DRAW ANNOUNCED FOR 2018". nz.basketball. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  2. ^ Eade, Shaun (19 December 2017). "Plenty of challengers for Saints' NBL unbeaten run as 2018 NBL draw revealed". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 19 December 2017.