2013–14 NBL season

2013–14 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Season	2013–14
Dates	10 October 2013 – 13 April 2014
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	Australia: Network Ten One HD New Zealand: Sky Sport Online: NBL TV LiveBasketball.TV
Regular season
Season champions	MVP	Jermaine Beal (Perth)
Statistical leaders
Points Melbourne ) 23.0 Rebounds Andrew Ogilvy (Sydney) 8.6 Assists Melbourne ) 5.2
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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

are the official league broadcaster, in the second year of a three-year deal.

Pre-season

Sydney Kings pre-season

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8 August 2013	Sydney Kings	76–82	Butler University	Newington College, Sydney
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30 August 2013	Sydney Kings	54–73	Melbourne Tigers	Scholastic Stadium, Terrigal
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31 August 2013	Sydney Kings	74–95	Melbourne Tigers	Hills Sports Stadium, Sydney
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16 September 2013	Sydney Kings	74–72	Townsville Crocodiles	The King's School, Sydney
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27 September 2013	Sydney Kings	99–107 (OT)	Wollongong Hawks	Sutherland Basketball Stadium, Sydney
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Cairns Taipans pre-season

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11 August 2013	Cairns Taipans	97–73	Butler University	Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns
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19 August 2013	Cairns Taipans	76–66	Saint Mary's College of California	Ipswich Basketball Stadium, Ipswich
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20 August 2013	Cairns Taipans	86–68	Saint Mary's College of California	The Southport School, Gold Coast
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6 September 2013	Cairns Taipans	87–72	Wollongong Hawks	Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns
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24 September 2013	Cairns Taipans	102–99	Perth Wildcats	Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns
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29 September 2013	Cairns Taipans	96–86	Townsville Crocodiles	Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns
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Wollongong Hawks pre-season

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12 August 2013	Wollongong Hawks	69–72	Saint Mary's College of California	Bomaderry Basketball Stadium, Shoalhaven
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29 September 2013	Wollongong Hawks	93–98	Sydney Kings	Beaton Park Stadium, Wollongong
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Melbourne Tigers pre-season

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15 August 2013	Melbourne Tigers	70–67	Saint Mary's College of California	Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne
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Adelaide 36ers pre-season

2013 Intercontinental Cup Basketball Challenge

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16 August 2013	Adelaide 36ers	64–89	BC Prienai	New Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen, China
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17 August 2013	Adelaide 36ers	75–83	Utah Valley University	New Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen, China
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18 August 2013	Dongguan Leopards	96–92	Adelaide 36ers	New Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen, China
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Adelaide 36ers finish fourth (last).

Perth Wildcats pre-season

New Zealand Breakers pre-season

Townsville Crocodiles pre-season

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

Final round

Perth Wildcats are pre-season champions.

Regular season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Ladder

Pos	2013–14 NBL season v t e
	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Perth Wildcats	28	21	7	75.00%	4–1	W1	12–2	9–5	2419	2177	111.12%
2	Adelaide 36ers	28	18	10	64.29%	3–2	W1	13–1	5–9	2527	2469	102.35%
3	Melbourne Tigers	28	15	13	53.57%	3–2	L1	7–7	8–6	2299	2292	100.31%
4	Wollongong Hawks	28	13	15	46.43%	3–2	L1	8–6	5–9	2295	2333	98.37%
5	Sydney Kings1	28	12	16	42.86%	1–4	L2	7–7	5–9	2312	2414	95.78%
6	Cairns Taipans1	28	12	16	42.86%	3–2	W1	5–9	7–7	2304	2349	98.08%
7	New Zealand Breakers	28	11	17	39.29%	2–3	L1	8–6	3–11	2474	2493	99.24%
8	Townsville Crocodiles	28	10	18	35.71%	2–3	W1	6–8	4–10	2369	2472	95.83%

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.

2013–14 NBL season v t e
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Adelaide 36ers	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Cairns Taipans	2	2	2	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	5	4	7	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	7	5
Melbourne Tigers	6	7	4	3	3	3	3	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
New Zealand Breakers	1	6	8	6	7	7	6	4	6	8	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	6	7
Perth Wildcats	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sydney Kings	3	5	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6
Townsville Crocodiles	7	4	5	7	5	5	5	6	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wollongong Hawks	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	6	5	6	7	7	8	6	5	5	5	4	4

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

	Semifinals							Grand Final
	1	Perth Wildcats	91	80	X
	4	Wollongong Hawks	79	61	X
								1	Perth Wildcats	92	84	93
								2	Adelaide 36ers	85	89	59
	2	Adelaide 36ers	101	87	102
	3	Melbourne Tigers	85	98	63

Semi-finals

Grand final

Season statistics

Statistics leaders

Category	Player	Games played	Totals	Average
Points per game	Melbourne Tigers )	27	621	23.0
Rebounds per game	Andrew Ogilvy (Sydney Kings)	28	243	8.7
Assists per game	Nate Tomlinson ( Melbourne Tigers )	28	146	5.2
Steals per game	Damian Martin (Perth Wildcats)	28	66	2.3
Blocks per game	Andrew Ogilvy (Sydney Kings)	28	65	2.3
Field goal percentage	Scott Morrison ( Melbourne Tigers )	28	120-209	57.4%
Three-point field goal percentage	Damian Martin (Perth Wildcats)	28	35-74	47.3%
Free throw percentage	Jacob Holmes (Townsville Crocodiles)	28	41-43	95.3%

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

Attendances

Regular season

Team	Hosted	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total
Adelaide 36ers	14	5,603	6,676	4,080	78,440
Cairns Taipans	14	4,010	4,809	3,508	56,140
Melbourne Tigers	14	4,305	7,523	3,088	60,266
New Zealand Breakers	14	5,127	7,947	3,175	71,774
Perth Wildcats	14	11,512	13,206	10,208	161,166
Sydney Kings	14	4,685	6,038	3,622	65,596
Townsville Crocodiles	14	3,225	3,920	2,853	45,156
Wollongong Hawks	14	2,591	4,474	1,711	36,275
Totals	112	5,132	13,206	1,711	574,813

Finals

Team	Hosted	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total
Adelaide 36ers	3	5,339	8,127	3,865	16,016
Melbourne Tigers	1	4,044	4,044	4,044	4,044
Perth Wildcats	3	12,565	13,498	10,907	37,696
Wollongong Hawks	1	2,721	2,721	2,721	2,721
Totals	8	7,560	13,498	2,721	60,447

Top 10 Attendances

Attendance	Round	Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Weekday	Time of Day
13,498	GF	13 April 2014	Perth Wildcats	93-59	Adelaide 36ers	Perth Arena	Sunday	Afternoon
13,291	GF	7 April 2014	Perth Wildcats	92-85	Adelaide 36ers	Perth Arena	Monday	Night
13,206	14	17 January 2014	Perth Wildcats	95-73	New Zealand Breakers	Perth Arena	Friday	Night
12,050	13	10 January 2014	Perth Wildcats	102-87	Townsville Crocodiles	Perth Arena	Friday	Night
11,960	7	24 November 2013	Perth Wildcats	98-55	Sydney Kings	Perth Arena	Sunday	Afternoon
11,943	23	23 March 2014	Perth Wildcats	86-65	Wollongong Hawks	Perth Arena	Sunday	Afternoon
11,771	16	30 January 2014	Perth Wildcats	94-99 (OT)	Cairns Taipans	Perth Arena	Thursday	Night
11,696	19	21 February 2014	Perth Wildcats	87-75	Melbourne Tigers	Perth Arena	Friday	Night
11,570	4	1 November 2013	Perth Wildcats	87-47	Wollongong Hawks	Perth Arena	Friday	Night
11,528	21	7 March 2014	Perth Wildcats	81-69	Townsville Crocodiles	Perth Arena	Friday	Night

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October	James Ennis	Perth Wildcats
November	Chris Goulding	Melbourne Tigers
December	Rotnei Clarke	Wollongong Hawks
January	Sam Young	Sydney Kings
February	Rotnei Clarke	Wollongong Hawks

Coach of the Month

Month	Player	Team
October	Trevor Gleeson	Perth Wildcats
November	Joey Wright	Adelaide 36ers
December	Chris Anstey	Melbourne Tigers
January	Shane Heal	Sydney Kings
February	Gordie McLeod	Wollongong Hawks

Pre-season

• Most Valuable Player (
  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 (
  Wollongong Hawks
• Rookie of the Year: Tom Jervis, Perth Wildcats
• Best Defensive Player: Damian Martin, Perth Wildcats
• Best Sixth Man:
  Wollongong Hawks
• Most Improved Player: Nate Tomlinson,
  Melbourne Tigers
• Coach of the Year (
  Wollongong Hawks
• Referee of the Year: Michael Aylen
• All-NBL First Team:
  • Wollongong Hawks
  • 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.