2011_New_Zealand_NBL_season

2011 New Zealand NBL season

2011 New Zealand NBL season

Sports season

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.

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The regular season commenced on Wednesday 13 April with the Auckland Pirates hosting the Otago Nuggets at ASB Stadium in Auckland.[1] 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.[2]

Team information

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Summary

Regular season standings

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Playoff bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
1 Wellington Saints 103
4 Nelson Giants 89 4 Nelson Giants 82
5 Manawatu Jets 76 Wellington Saints 106
Hawke's Bay Hawks 97
2 Waikato Pistons 86
3 Hawke's Bay Hawks 89 3 Hawke's Bay Hawks 95
6 Southland Sharks 75

Awards

Player of the Week

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Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season[4]

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Regular season

Playoffs

References

  1. [1]
    2011 NBL Round One
  2. [2]
    NBL returns to Final Four finals format
  3. [3]
    "2011 Bartercard NBL Quarter-finals Media Guide" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Pledger Cleans Up NBL Awards". Basketball.org.nz. 16 July 2011. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012.
  5. [5]
    Wellington Saints repeat as NBL champions
  6. [6]
    Pirates loss wake-up call for champion Saints
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