2012 New Zealand NBL season

May 2016 May 2016 2012 New Zealand NBL season New Zealand NBL Basketball 1 March – 27 May 16 9 Regular season Hawke's Bay Hawks Nick Horvath (Manawatu Jets) New Zealand NBL Most Valuable Player Award Josh Pace (Manawatu Jets) New Zealand NBL Scoring Champion Final Four Auckland Pirates Wellington Saints Alex Pledger New Zealand NBL Finals Most Valuable Player Award New Zealand NBL 2011 New Zealand NBL season 2011 2013 New Zealand NBL season 2013 The 2012 NBL season was the 31st season of the National Basketball League. While the Harbour Heat returned for the 2012 season, the Waikato Pistons dropped out of the league. It marked the first time the league had no Waikato presence since 1983. The Hawke's Bay Hawks were regular season winners in 2012.Hawks Win Regular Season The final Four weekend was held in Wellington, with the semifinals on Saturday 26 May, followed by the championship game on Sunday 27 May. In the final, the Auckland Pirates were victorious over the two-time defending champion Wellington Saints. Team information Team City Arena Head coach Import Import Auckland Pirates Kohimarama, Auckland ASB Stadium NZL Judd Flavell USA Ron Dorsey USA Isma'il Muhammad Harbour Heat Wairau Valley, Auckland North Shore Events Centre NZL Alex Stojkovic USA Zack Atkinson USA Justin Bailey Hawke's Bay Hawks Napier Pettigrew Green Arena NZL Paul Henare USA Kareem Johnson USA Galen Young Manawatu Jets Palmerston North Arena Manawatu USA Ryan Weisenberg USA Chris Hagan USA Josh Pace Nelson Giants Nelson Trafalgar Centre NZL Chris Tupu USA Pete Campbell USA Michael Harrison Otago Nuggets Dunedin Edgar Centre NZL Anthony Arlidge USA Antoine Tisby USA Akeem Wright Southland Sharks Invercargill Stadium Southland NZL Richard Dickel USA Larry Abney USA Kevin Braswell Taranaki Mountainairs New Plymouth TSB Stadium NZL Dave Bublitz USA Darryl Hudson USA Jack Leasure Wellington Saints Wellington TSB Bank Arena NZL Pero Cameron USA Jason Crowe USA Ernest Scott Summary Regular season standings Pos Position Team W Games won L Games lost1Hawke's Bay Hawks 13 32Auckland Pirates 13 33Manawatu Jets 10 64Wellington Saints 9 7 5Taranaki Mountainairs 7 96Nelson Giants 6 107Otago Nuggets 6 108Southland Sharks 5 119Harbour Heat 3 13 Final Four Semi-finals Final 25 150 1 Hawke's Bay Hawks 88 4 Wellington Saints 94 2 Auckland Pirates 104 3 Manawatu Jets 88   Wellington Saints 83 File:Gold_Cup_icon.svg Auckland Pirates 89 Awards Player of the Week Round Player Team Ref 1 Akeem Wright Otago Nuggets http://www.basketball.org.nz/_r/uploads/2012/05/2012-Bartercard-NBL-TAB-Final-Four-Media-Guide.pdf 2012 Bartercard NBL TAB Final Four Media Guide Basketball.org.nz https://web.archive.org/web/20130210024841/http://www.basketball.org.nz/_r/uploads/2012/05/2012-Bartercard-NBL-TAB-Final-Four-Media-Guide.pdf 10 February 2013 dead 3 2 Jason Crowe Wellington Saints 3 Nick Horvath Manawatu Jets 4 Lindsay Tait Auckland Pirates 5 Anthony Gurley Wellington Saints 6 Antoine Tisby Otago Nuggets 7 Jack Leasure Taranaki Mountainairs 8 Lindsay Tait Auckland Pirates 9 Darryl Hudson Taranaki Mountainairs 10 Justin Bailey Harbour Heat Justin Bailey is Round 10 POW 11 Jason Crowe Wellington Saints Crowe Nabs Second Player of the Week 12 Larry Abney Southland Sharks Statistics leaders Stats as of the end of the regular season2012 Bartercard NBL Player Stats (Round 12) Category Player Team Stat Points per game Josh Pace Manawatu Jets 23.0 Rebounds per game Nick Horvath Manawatu Jets 15.8 Assists per game Jason Crowe Wellington Saints 8.7 Steals per game Kevin Braswell Southland Sharks 3.0 Blocks per game Michael Harrison Nelson Giants 2.1 Regular season Most Valuable Player: Nick Horvath (Manawatu Jets)2012 NBL Final Four NZ Most Valuable Player: Nick Horvath (Manawatu Jets) Most Outstanding Guard: Lindsay Tait (Auckland Pirates) Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Lindsay Tait (Auckland Pirates) Most Outstanding Forward: Nick Horvath (Manawatu Jets) Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Nick Horvath (Manawatu Jets) Scoring Champion: Josh Pace (Manawatu Jets) Rebounding Champion: Nick Horvath (Manawatu Jets) Assist Champion: Jason Crowe (Wellington Saints) Rookie of the Year: Reuben Te Rangi (Harbour Heat) Coach of the Year: Paul Henare (Hawke's Bay Hawks) All-Star Five: G: Lindsay Tait (Auckland Pirates) G: Paora Winitana (Hawke's Bay Hawks) F: Josh Pace (Manawatu Jets) F: Antoine Tisby (Otago Nuggets) C: Nick Horvath (Manawatu Jets) Final Four Finals MVP: Alex Pledger (Auckland Pirates)Live blog: National Basketball League finalVIDEO: Auckland Pirates win Kiwi NBL titleSaints lose NBL grand final References External links Basketball New Zealand 2012 Results Annual 2012 League Handbook 2012 Overall Rankings Report 2012 Overall Rankings List Category:National Basketball League (New Zealand) seasons NBL