2013–14 NBL season

Professional basketball season

Basketball league season

The 2013–14 NBL season was the 36th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 10 October 2013 and 23 March 2014, and was followed by a post-season featuring the top four in late March and April 2014. The schedule was announced on 9 August 2013.^[1] The Perth Wildcats defeated the Adelaide 36ers 2–1 in the three-game finals series, with the final match at Perth Arena attended by 13,498 people.

Australian broadcast rights to the season were held by free-to-air network Channel Ten and its digital sports sister station One, in the fourth year of a five-year deal, through to the 2014–15 season. In New Zealand, Sky Sport are the official league broadcaster, in the second year of a three-year deal.

Pre-season

Sydney Kings pre-season

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Cairns Taipans pre-season

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Wollongong Hawks pre-season

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Melbourne Tigers pre-season

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Adelaide 36ers pre-season

2013 Intercontinental Cup Basketball Challenge

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Adelaide 36ers finish fourth (last).

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Perth Wildcats pre-season

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New Zealand Breakers pre-season

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Townsville Crocodiles pre-season

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2013 NBL Pre-Season Blitz

A pre-season tournament featuring all eight teams was held on 20–22 September 2013 at Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney. The winner received the inaugural Loggins-Bruton Cup.

Opening round

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Perth Wildcats are pre-season champions.

Regular season

Round 1

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Ladder

Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2014. Source: NBL.com.au

¹Sydney Kings won Head-to-Head (3-1).

Ladder Progression

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.

Finals

The 2013–14 National Basketball League Finals will be played in March and April 2014, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and final series, where the higher seed hosts the first and third games.

Playoff Seedings

1. Perth Wildcats
2. Adelaide 36ers
3. Melbourne Tigers
4. Wollongong Hawks

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.

Playoff bracket

Semi-finals

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Season statistics

Statistics leaders

Note: regular season only (minimum 14 games) and excluding negligible attempts

Attendances

Regular season

Finals

Top 10 Attendances

Awards

Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

Pre-season

• Most Valuable Player (Ray Borner Medal): James Ennis, Perth Wildcats

Season

The end-of-season awards ceremony was held in the Sketch private dining room at Docklands, Melbourne on Wednesday, 2 April 2014.^[2]

• Most Valuable Player (Andrew Gaze Trophy): Rotnei Clarke, Wollongong Hawks
• Rookie of the Year: Tom Jervis, Perth Wildcats
• Best Defensive Player: Damian Martin, Perth Wildcats
• Best Sixth Man: Kevin Tiggs, Wollongong Hawks
• Most Improved Player: Nate Tomlinson, Melbourne Tigers
• Coach of the Year (Lindsay Gaze Trophy): Gordie McLeod, Wollongong Hawks
• Referee of the Year: Michael Aylen
• All-NBL First Team:
  • Rotnei Clarke - Wollongong Hawks
  • Chris Goulding - Melbourne Tigers
  • James Ennis - Perth Wildcats
  • Daniel Johnson - Adelaide 36ers
  • Andrew Ogilvy - Sydney Kings
• All-NBL Second Team:
  • Damian Martin - Perth Wildcats
  • Jermaine Beal - Perth Wildcats
  • Sam Young - Sydney Kings
  • Mika Vukona - New Zealand Breakers
  • Brian Conklin - Townsville Crocodiles

Finals

• Grand Final Series MVP (Larry Sengstock Medal): Jermaine Beal, Perth Wildcats

See also

• 2013–14 Adelaide 36ers season
• 2013–14 New Zealand Breakers season

References

1. "NBL Fixtures 2013/14". NBL.com.au. 9 August 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
2. "Rotnei Clarke takes out the 2013/14 MVP Award". NBL.com.au. 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.