2011 New Zealand NBL season

May 2016 May 2016 2011 New Zealand NBL season New Zealand NBL Basketball 13 April – 17 July 16 9 Regular season Wellington Saints Alex Pledger (Waikato Pistons) New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Award Jack Leasure (Taranaki Mountainairs) New Zealand NBL Scoring Champion Playoffs Wellington Saints Hawke's Bay Hawks Lindsay Tait New Zealand NBL Finals Most Valuable Player Award New Zealand NBL 2010 New Zealand NBL season 2010 2012 New Zealand NBL season 2012 The 2011 NBL season was the 30th season of the National Basketball League. In 2011, the Auckland Pirates debuted in the league but the Christchurch Cougars did not take part due to the effects of the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. The Harbour Heat also did not compete in the 2011 season, leaving the total number of teams at nine. The regular season commenced on Wednesday 13 April with the Auckland Pirates hosting the Otago Nuggets at ASB Stadium in Auckland.2011 NBL Round One Six teams qualified for the NBL Playoffs, with the third and fourth seeds hosting quarterfinal games against the sixth and fifth seeds, respectively, on Tuesday 12 July. The winners then joined the first and second seeds at the final four weekend. Wellington's waterfront TSB Bank Arena hosted the 2011 NBL Final Four, with two semifinals on Friday 15 July and the championship game on Sunday 17 July.NBL returns to Final Four finals format Team information Team City Arena Head coach Import Import Auckland Pirates Auckland ASB Stadium NZL Kenny Stone USA Kevin Mickens Hawke's Bay Hawks Napier Pettigrew Green Arena NZL Paul Henare USA Josh Pace USA Galen Young Manawatu Jets Palmerston North Arena Manawatu USA Ryan Weisenberg USA Chris Hagan USA Darryl Hudson Nelson Giants Nelson Trafalgar Centre NZL Chris Tupu USA Darryl Dora USA Rod Grizzard Otago Nuggets Dunedin Edgar Centre NZL Anthony Arlidge USA Lance Allred USA Scott O'Gallagher Southland Sharks Invercargill Stadium Southland NZL Richard Dickel USA Kaniel Dickens USA Mike Rose Taranaki Mountainairs New Plymouth TSB Stadium NZL Angelo Hill USA Marcus Campbell USA Jack Leasure Waikato Pistons Hamilton Hamilton Boys' High School AUS Dean Vickerman USA Jason Crowe USA Jerry Smith Wellington Saints Wellington TSB Bank Arena NZL Pero Cameron USA Kareem Johnson USA Erron Maxey Summary Regular season standings Pos Position Team W Games won L Games lost1Wellington Saints 13 32Waikato Pistons 13 33Hawke's Bay Hawks 12 44Nelson Giants 9 75Manawatu Jets 7 96Southland Sharks 6 10 7Auckland Pirates 5 118Taranaki Mountainairs 5 119Otago Nuggets 2 14 Playoff bracket Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 4 Nelson Giants 89 5 Manawatu Jets 76 3 Hawke's Bay Hawks 89 6 Southland Sharks 75 1 Wellington Saints 103 4 Nelson Giants 82 2 Waikato Pistons 86 3 Hawke's Bay Hawks 95 File:Gold_Cup_icon.svg Wellington Saints 106 Hawke's Bay Hawks 97 Awards Player of the Week Round Player Team Ref 1 Kevin Mickens Auckland Pirates http://www.basketball.org.nz/_r/uploads/2011/07/2011-Bartercard-NBL-Media-Guide-Quarter-finals.pdf 2011 Bartercard NBL Quarter-finals Media Guide Basketball.org.nz https://web.archive.org/web/20130210170558/http://www.basketball.org.nz/_r/uploads/2011/07/2011-Bartercard-NBL-Media-Guide-Quarter-finals.pdf 10 February 2013 dead 27 2 Nick Horvath Manawatu Jets 3 Kareem Johnson Wellington Saints 4 Erron Maxey Wellington Saints 5 Darryl Hudson Manawatu Jets 6 Lance Allred Otago Nuggets 7 Alex Pledger Waikato Pistons 8 Galen Young Hawke's Bay Hawks 9 Rod Grizzard Nelson Giants 10 Lindsay Tait Wellington Saints 11 Chris Hagan Manawatu Jets 12 Lindsay Tait Wellington Saints 13 Rod Grizzard Nelson Giants Statistics leaders Stats as of the end of the regular seasonPledger Cleans Up NBL Awards Basketball.org.nz http://www.basketball.org.nz/news/pledger-cleans-up-nbl-awards/ 16 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120503183540/http://www.basketball.org.nz/news/pledger-cleans-up-nbl-awards/ 3 May 2012 dead Category Player Team Stat Points per game Jack Leasure Taranaki Mountainairs 22.9 Rebounds per game Nick Horvath Manawatu Jets 11.7 Assists per game Jason Crowe Waikato Pistons 7.2 Steals per game Jason Crowe Waikato Pistons 3.3 Blocks per game Alex Pledger Waikato Pistons 2.4 Regular season Most Valuable Player: Alex Pledger (Waikato Pistons) NZ Most Valuable Player: Alex Pledger (Waikato Pistons) Most Outstanding Guard: Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints) Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints) Most Outstanding Forward: Alex Pledger (Waikato Pistons) Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Alex Pledger (Waikato Pistons) Scoring Champion: Jack Leasure (Taranaki Mountainairs) Rebounding Champion: Nick Horvath (Manawatu Jets) Assist Champion: Jason Crowe (Waikato Pistons) Rookie of the Year: Steven Adams (Wellington Saints) Coach of the Year: Dean Vickerman (Waikato Pistons) All-Star Five: G: Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints) G: Jason Crowe (Waikato Pistons) F: Thomas Abercrombie (Waikato Pistons) F: Mika Vukona (Nelson Giants) C: Alex Pledger (Waikato Pistons) Playoffs Finals MVP: Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints)Wellington Saints repeat as NBL championsPirates loss wake-up call for champion Saints References External links Basketball New Zealand 2011 Results Annual 2011 QF Results 2011 Grand Final Preview Saints win 2011 crowd numbers Category:National Basketball League (New Zealand) seasons NBL