2013 New Zealand NBL season

May 2016 May 2016 2013 New Zealand NBL season New Zealand NBL Basketball 19 April – 14 July 16 9 Regular season Wellington Saints Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints) New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Award Josh Pace (Nelson Giants) New Zealand NBL Scoring Champion Final Four Southland Sharks Nelson Giants Leon Henry New Zealand NBL Finals Most Valuable Player Award New Zealand NBL 2012 New Zealand NBL season 2012 2014 New Zealand NBL season 2014 The 2013 NBL season was the 32nd season of the National Basketball League. The 2013 season saw the withdrawal of the Auckland Pirates and Harbour Heat, but saw the return of the Waikato Pistons after a one-year hiatus as well as the Super City Rangers, who returned to the league for the first time since 1995. The 2013 NBL Final Four saw the top four teams play off on Saturday 13 July in a semifinals round, with the winner of each game playing in the final on Sunday 14 July at Pettigrew Green Arena in Napier.FINAL FOUR IN THE BAY Team information Team City Arena Head coach Import Import Hawke's Bay Hawks Napier Pettigrew Green Arena NZL Tab Baldwin SRB Darko Cohadarevic USA Brian Greene Manawatu Jets Palmerston North Arena Manawatu GRE Mike Kalavros USA Chris Hagan USA Marcel Jones* Nelson Giants Nelson Trafalgar Centre AUS Liam Flynn USA Erron Maxey USA Josh Pace Otago Nuggets Dunedin Edgar Centre NZL Anthony Arlidge USA Antoine Tisby USA Akeem Wright Southland Sharks Invercargill Stadium Southland NZL Paul Henare USA Kevin Braswell USA Brian Conklin Super City Rangers Auckland The Trusts Arena NZL Aik Ho USA Carl Buck Taranaki Mountainairs New Plymouth TSB Stadium NZL Dave Bublitz USA Kenny Gabriel USA Jack Leasure Waikato Pistons Hamilton Hamilton Boys' High School NZL Doug Courtney USA Zack Atkinson USA Garrius Holloman Wellington Saints Wellington TSB Bank Arena NZL Pero Cameron USA Bryant Markson USA Rick Rickert *Despite holding New Zealand citizenship, Jones had to play as an import due to a new league rule where each team could only field one naturalised New Zealand player (Manawatu already had Nick Horvath filling that spot). Summary Regular season standings Pos Position Team W Games won L Games lost1Wellington Saints 14 22Otago Nuggets 12 43Nelson Giants 12 44Southland Sharks 11 5 5Manawatu Jets 9 76Taranaki Mountainairs 5 117Hawke's Bay Hawks 5 118Waikato Pistons 2 149Super City Rangers 2 14 Final Four Semi-finals Final 25 150 1 Wellington Saints 66 4 Southland Sharks 81 2 Otago Nuggets 72 3 Nelson Giants 87 File:Gold_Cup_icon.svg Southland Sharks 92   Nelson Giants 81 Awards Player of the Week Round Player Team Ref 1 B. J. Anthony Otago Nuggets http://www.basketball.org.nz/news/dickel-awarded-for-marathon-game/ DICKEL FETED FOR EPIC GAME Basketball.org.nz 9 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150126083343/http://www.basketball.org.nz/news/dickel-awarded-for-marathon-game/ 26 January 2015 dead 2 Josh Pace Nelson Giants 3 Kenny Gabriel Taranaki Mountainairs 4 Nick Horvath Manawatu Jets 5 Akeem Wright Otago Nuggets 6 Bryant Markson Wellington Saints 7 Antoine Tisby Otago Nuggets 8 Kevin Braswell Southland Sharks 9 Akeem Wright Otago Nuggets 10 Josh Pace Nelson Giants 11 Rick Rickert Wellington Saints 12 Mark Dickel Otago Nuggets Statistics leaders Stats as of the end of the regular seasonSHARKS ARE NBL CHAMPIONS Category Player Team Stat Points per game Josh Pace Nelson Giants 22.9 Rebounds per game Zack Atkinson Waikato Pistons 14.6 Assists per game Lindsay Tait Wellington Saints 8.1 Steals per game Chris Hagan Manawatu Jets 2.9 Blocks per game Zack Atkinson Waikato Pistons 3.0 Regular season Most Valuable Player: Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints) NZ Most Valuable Player: Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints) Most Outstanding Guard: Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints) Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints) Most Outstanding Forward: Brian Conklin (Southland Sharks) Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: B. J. Anthony (Otago Nuggets) Scoring Champion: Josh Pace (Nelson Giants) Rebounding Champion: Zack Atkinson (Waikato Pistons) Assist Champion: Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints) Rookie of the Year: Tai Webster (Waikato Pistons) Coach of the Year: Paul Henare (Southland Sharks) All-Star Five: G: Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints) G: Josh Pace (Nelson Giants) F: B. J. Anthony (Otago Nuggets) F: Brian Conklin (Southland Sharks) C: Nick Horvath (Manawatu Jets) Final Four Final Four MVP: Leon Henry (Southland Sharks)Hungry Sharks claim unlikely NBL title References External links Basketball New Zealand 2013 Results Annual 2013 League Handbook 2013 Pre-season Tournament Draw 2013 Season Preview 2013 Final Four Wrap and Season Awards Category:National Basketball League (New Zealand) seasons NBL