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2014 New Zealand NBL season

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Sport
  
Basketball

Minor premiers
  
Hawke's Bay Hawks

Dates
  
2 Apr 2014 – 5 Jul 2014

Number of games
  
18

Number of teams
  
10

Duration
  
2 April – 5 July

Champions
  
Wellington Saints

Champion
  
Wellington Saints

Location
  
New Zealand

League
  
National Basketball League

Season MVP
  
Corey Webster (Wellington Saints)

Top scorer
  
Jason Cadee (Super City Rangers)

Similar
  
2010–11 NBL season, 2013–14 NBL season, 2011–12 NBL season, 2015–16 NBL season

The 2014 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the 33rd running of the competition.

Contents

The 2014 pre-season tournament was held at the Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua on Saturday 22 March and Sunday 23 March. The Manawatu Jets were the only team to go undefeated over the two days, finishing with a win/loss record of 4–0.

The Final Four weekend was held in Wellington, with the semi-finals on Friday 4 July, followed by the grand final on Saturday 5 July.

The teams for this season were: Canterbury Rams, Hawke's Bay Hawks, Manawatu Jets, Nelson Giants, Otago Nuggets, Southland Sharks, Super City Rangers, Taranaki Mountainairs, Waikato Pistons and Wellington Saints.

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season

Regular season

  • Most Valuable Player: Corey Webster (Wellington Saints)
  • NZ Most Valuable Player: Corey Webster (Wellington Saints)
  • Regular Season Winners: Hawke's Bay Hawks (15–3)
  • Keith Carr Trophy – Most Outstanding Guard: Corey Webster (Wellington Saints)
  • John Macdonald Trophy – Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Corey Webster (Wellington Saints)
  • Commissioners Cup – Most Outstanding Forward: Suleiman Braimoh (Taranaki Mountainairs)
  • Stan Hill Trophy – Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Duane Bailey (Super City Rangers)
  • Garry Pettis Memorial Trophy – Leading Individual Rebounder: Nick Horvath (15.9) (Manawatu Jets)
  • Dave Taylor Trophy – Leading Assists: Mark Dickel (9.1) (Otago Nuggets)
  • Leading Scorer: Jason Cadee (26.7) (Super City Rangers)
  • Nial Forsyth Trophy – Best Team Free Throws: Nelson Giants (77.0%)
  • Rookie of the Year: Richie Edwards (Canterbury Rams)
  • Coach of the Year: Tab Baldwin (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
  • Referee of the Year: Tim Brown (Auckland)
  • Media Award: Sam Worthington (Dominion Post)
  • Administrator of the Year: Tanya Dearns (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
  • All-Star Five:
  • G: Jason Cadee (Super City Rangers)
  • G: Corey Webster (Wellington Saints)
  • F: Dustin Scott (Hawke's Bay Hawks)
  • F: Suleiman Braimoh (Taranaki Mountainairs)
  • C: Jamal Boykin (Nelson Giants)

    • Final Four

  • Final Four MVP: Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints)

    • References

    2014 New Zealand NBL season Wikipedia
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