2013–14 NBL season

2013–14 NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Duration 10 October 2013 – 23 March 2014
27 March 2014 – 1 April 2014 (Semi-Finals)
7 – 13 April 2014 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams 8
TV partner(s)
NBL.TV (online)
Regular season
Top seed Perth Wildcats
Season MVP Rotnei Clarke (Wollongong Hawks)
Top scorer Chris Goulding (Melbourne Tigers)
Finals
Champions Perth Wildcats
  Runners-up Adelaide 36ers
Finals MVP Jermaine Beal (Perth Wildcats)

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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6 August 2013
Sydney Kings 85, University of New Mexico 87
Bankstown Basketball Stadium, Sydney
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8 August 2013
Sydney Kings 76, Butler University 82
Newington College, Sydney
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30 August 2013
Sydney Kings 54, Melbourne Tigers 73
Scholastic Stadium, Terrigal
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31 August 2013
Sydney Kings 74, Melbourne Tigers 95
Hills Sports Stadium, Sydney
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16 September 2013
Sydney Kings 74, Townsville Crocodiles 72
The King's School, Sydney
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27 September 2013
Sydney Kings 99, Wollongong Hawks 107 (OT)
Sutherland Basketball Stadium, Sydney

Cairns Taipans pre-season

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

Wollongong Hawks pre-season

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

Melbourne Tigers pre-season

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15 August 2013
Melbourne Tigers 70, Saint Mary's College of California 67
Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne

Adelaide 36ers pre-season

2013 Intercontinental Cup Basketball Challenge

Adelaide 36ers finish fourth (last).

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14 September 2013
Adelaide 36ers 100, CABL All-Stars 66
Pasadena Sports Centre, Adelaide
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2 October 2013
Adelaide 36ers 88, Melbourne Tigers 84
Millicent Basketball Stadium, Millicent
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3 October 2013
Adelaide 36ers 100, Melbourne Tigers 104 (OT)
Bern Bruning Basketball Stadium, Mount Gambier

Perth Wildcats pre-season

New Zealand Breakers pre-season

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10 September 2013
New Zealand Breakers 80, Melbourne Tigers 83
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29 September 2013
New Zealand Breakers 114, Dongguan Leopards 93
TSB Stadium, New Plymouth
Attendance: 2,264
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1 October 2013
New Zealand Breakers 82, Dongguan Leopards 81
Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
Attendance: 3,014
3 October 2013
New Zealand Breakers 86, Dongguan Leopards 80
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 7,011

Townsville Crocodiles pre-season

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26 September 2013
Townsville Crocodiles 91, Perth Wildcats 95
RSL Stadium, Townsville

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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7 September 2013
Cairns Taipans 86, Wollongong Hawks 64
Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns
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12 September 2013
New Zealand Breakers 76, Melbourne Tigers 94
TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
Attendance: 3,200
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17 September 2013
Sydney Kings 81, Townsville Crocodiles 70
Penrith Sports Stadium, Sydney
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18 September 2013
Adelaide 36ers 102, Perth Wildcats 91
Trinity Grammar, Sydney

Final round

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20 September 2013
Adelaide 36ers 86, Townsville Crocodiles 105
Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney
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20 September 2013
New Zealand Breakers 64, Perth Wildcats 91
Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney
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21 September 2013
Adelaide 36ers 105, Cairns Taipans 101
Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney
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21 September 2013
Perth Wildcats 95, Wollongong Hawks 75
Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney
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21 September 2013
Sydney Kings 97, New Zealand Breakers 93
Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney
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21 September 2013
Melbourne Tigers 84, Townsville Crocodiles 86
Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney
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22 September 2013
Sydney Kings 91, Cairns Taipans 99
Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney
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22 September 2013
Melbourne Tigers 98, Wollongong Hawks 101
Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney

Perth Wildcats are pre-season champions.

Regular season

Round 1

10 October 2013
New Zealand Breakers 92, Wollongong Hawks 73
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 6,087
11 October 2013
Perth Wildcats 83, Adelaide 36ers 80
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 10,208

Round 2

18 October 2013
Perth Wildcats 81, Sydney Kings 69
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 10,573
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19 October 2013
Adelaide 36ers 97, Wollongong Hawks 91
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,815
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19 October 2013
Cairns Taipans 86, New Zealand Breakers 85

Round 3

25 October 2013
Cairns Taipans 84, Adelaide 36ers 87
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26 October 2013
Wollongong Hawks 85, Townsville Crocodiles 81
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27 October 2013
Melbourne Tigers 93, Adelaide 36ers 79
27 October 2013
Sydney Kings 72, Perth Wildcats 82

Round 4

1 November 2013
Perth Wildcats 87, Wollongong Hawks 47
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,570
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2 November 2013
Cairns Taipans 74, Melbourne Tigers 86
3 November 2013
Adelaide 36ers 97, Sydney Kings 84
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,540
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3 November 2013
Wollongong Hawks 89, New Zealand Breakers 97

Round 5

8 November 2013
Sydney Kings 99, Cairns Taipans 86
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8 November 2013
Adelaide 36ers 90, Melbourne Tigers 87
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,364

Round 6

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14 November 2013
Perth Wildcats 75, Cairns Taipans 68
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 10,322
15 November 2013
New Zealand Breakers 94, Adelaide 36ers 95
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 7,470
15 November 2013
Sydney Kings 88, Townsville Crocodiles 67
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16 November 2013
Melbourne Tigers 88, Cairns Taipans 85

Round 7

22 November 2013
Adelaide 36ers 91, Perth Wildcats 86
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 6,585
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23 November 2013
Cairns Taipans 73, Wollongong Hawks 75
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24 November 2013
Perth Wildcats 98, Sydney Kings 55
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,960

Round 8

29 November 2013
Adelaide 36ers 82, Wollongong Hawks 81
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,080
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30 November 2013
Cairns Taipans 75, Perth Wildcats 85 (OT)

Round 9

6 December 2013
Perth Wildcats 95, New Zealand Breakers 91
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,373
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7 December 2013
Wollongong Hawks 73, Sydney Kings 69
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7 December 2013
Cairns Taipans 98, Adelaide 36ers 78

Round 10

13 December 2013
New Zealand Breakers 62, Perth Wildcats 71
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 7,597
13 December 2013
Cairns Taipans 87, Townsville Crocodiles 74
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14 December 2013
Sydney Kings 63, Wollongong Hawks 69
15 December 2013
Adelaide 36ers 91, Cairns Taipans 67
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,981

Round 11

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31 December 2013
Wollongong Hawks 81, Melbourne Tigers 91 (2OT)
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31 December 2013
Cairns Taipans 99, Perth Wildcats 90

Round 12

3 January 2014
Sydney Kings 62, Cairns Taipans 73
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4 January 2014
Wollongong Hawks 96, Perth Wildcats 91 (OT)
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4 January 2014
Adelaide 36ers 99, New Zealand Breakers 73
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 6,676

Round 13

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10 January 2014
Perth Wildcats 102, Townsville Crocodiles 87
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 12,050
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11 January 2014
Cairns Taipans 79, Wollongong Hawks 82
12 January 2014
Adelaide 36ers 89, Sydney Kings 102
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 6,314

Round 14

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17 January 2014
Cairns Taipans 88, Sydney Kings 92
17 January 2014
Perth Wildcats 95, New Zealand Breakers 73
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 13,206
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18 January 2014
Adelaide 36ers 92, Townsville Crocodiles 79
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,737
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19 January 2014
Wollongong Hawks 77, Cairns Taipans 79

Round 15

24 January 2014
Perth Wildcats 80, Melbourne Tigers 83
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,493
26 January 2014
Sydney Kings 105, Adelaide 36ers 93
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26 January 2014
Wollongong Hawks 78, Melbourne Tigers 86

Round 16

30 January 2014
New Zealand Breakers 105, Sydney Kings 87
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 6,052
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30 January 2014
Perth Wildcats 94, Cairns Taipans 99 (OT)
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,771
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1 February 2014
Adelaide 36ers 89, Cairns Taipans 87
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,519
2 February 2014
Melbourne Tigers 57, Perth Wildcats 81
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 6,323

Round 17

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8 February 2014
Sydney Kings 98, New Zealand Breakers 96
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8 February 2014
Cairns Taipans 82, Townsville Crocodiles 90

Round 18

14 February 2014
New Zealand Breakers 96, Cairns Taipans 78
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 6,442
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14 February 2014
Wollongong Hawks 90, Townsville Crocodiles 75
14 February 2014
Perth Wildcats 85, Adelaide 36ers 61
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,473
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15 February 2014
Sydney Kings 84, Wollongong Hawks 102
16 February 2014
Melbourne Tigers 82, Adelaide 36ers 99
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 6,704

Round 19

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21 February 2014
Wollongong Hawks 88, New Zealand Breakers 68
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21 February 2014
Cairns Taipans 63, Sydney Kings 85
21 February 2014
Perth Wildcats 87, Melbourne Tigers 75
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,696
23 February 2014
Adelaide 36ers 96, New Zealand Breakers 92
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 6,011

Round 20

28 February 2014
Wollongong Hawks 91, Adelaide 36ers 89
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1 March 2014
Melbourne Tigers 106, Townsville Crocodiles 109 (OT)
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 6,001
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1 March 2014
Cairns Taipans 92, New Zealand Breakers 87

Round 21

7 March 2014
New Zealand Breakers 84, Melbourne Tigers 97
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 6,808
7 March 2014
Perth Wildcats 81, Townsville Crocodiles 69
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,528
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8 March 2014
Wollongong Hawks 79, Cairns Taipans 82
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8 March 2014
Adelaide 36ers 102, Townsville Crocodiles 70
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,722
9 March 2014
Melbourne Tigers 92, Sydney Kings 82
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 7,523

Round 22

14 March 2014
Adelaide 36ers 102, Perth Wildcats 79
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 6,253
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14 March 2014
Cairns Taipans 66, Melbourne Tigers 73

Round 23

21 March 2014
New Zealand Breakers 83, Cairns Taipans 95
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 7,947
21 March 2014
Wollongong Hawks 100, Sydney Kings 87
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22 March 2014
Sydney Kings 79, Townsville Crocodiles 88
23 March 2014
Adelaide 36ers 99, Melbourne Tigers 94
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,843
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23 March 2014
Perth Wildcats 86, Wollongong Hawks 65
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,943

Ladder

# Team Pld W L Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against % Win %
1Perth Wildcats 282174-1W112-29-52,4192,177111.12%75.00%
2Adelaide 36ers 2818103-2W113-15-92,5272,469102.35%64.29%
3Melbourne Tigers 2815133-2L17-78-62,2992,292100.31%53.57%
4Wollongong Hawks 2813153-2L18-65-92,2952,33398.37%46.43%
5Cairns Taipans 2812163-2W15-97-72,3042,34998.08%42.86%
6Sydney Kings 2812161-4L27-75-92,3122,41495.78%42.86%
7New Zealand Breakers 2811172-3L18-63-112,4742,49399.24%39.29%
8Townsville Crocodiles 2810182-3W16-84-102,3692,47295.83%35.71%

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.
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 53322222222222222222222
Cairns Taipans 22246677775475555777675
Melbourne Tigers 67433335433333333333333
New Zealand Breakers 16867764686767666566767
Perth Wildcats 41111111111111111111111
Sydney Kings 35654443344544444444456
Townsville Crocodiles 74575556557888887888888
Wollongong Hawks 88788888868656778655544

Finals Series

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 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

27 March 2014
Adelaide 36ers 101, Melbourne Tigers 85
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 3,865
28 March 2014
Perth Wildcats 91, Wollongong Hawks 79
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 10,907
30 March 2014
Melbourne Tigers 98, Adelaide 36ers 87
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 4,044
30 March 2014
Wollongong Hawks 61, Perth Wildcats 80
1 April 2014
Adelaide 36ers 102, Melbourne Tigers 63
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,024

Grand Final

7 April 2014
Perth Wildcats 92, Adelaide 36ers 85
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 13,291
11 April 2014
Adelaide 36ers 89, Perth Wildcats 84
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 8,127
13 April 2014
Perth Wildcats 93, Adelaide 36ers 59
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 13,498

Season statistics

Statistics leaders

CategoryPlayerGames
played		TotalsAverage
Points per gameChris Goulding (Melbourne Tigers)2762123.0
Rebounds per gameAndrew Ogilvy (Sydney Kings)282438.7
Assists per gameNate Tomlinson (Melbourne Tigers)281465.2
Steals per gameDamian Martin (Perth Wildcats)28662.3
Blocks per gameAndrew Ogilvy (Sydney Kings)28652.3
Field goal percentageScott Morrison (Melbourne Tigers)28120-20957.4%
Three-point field goal percentageDamian Martin (Perth Wildcats)2835-7447.3%
Free throw percentageJacob Holmes (Townsville Crocodiles)2841-4395.3%

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

Attendances

Regular season

TeamHostedAverageHighestLowestTotal
Adelaide 36ers145,6036,6764,08078,440
Cairns Taipans144,0104,8093,50856,140
Melbourne Tigers144,3057,5233,08860,266
New Zealand Breakers145,1277,9473,17571,774
Perth Wildcats1411,51213,20610,208161,166
Sydney Kings144,6856,0383,62265,596
Townsville Crocodiles143,2253,9202,85345,156
Wollongong Hawks142,5914,4741,71136,275
Totals1125,13213,2061,711574,813

Finals

TeamHostedAverageHighestLowestTotal
Adelaide 36ers35,3398,1273,86516,016
Melbourne Tigers14,0444,0444,0444,044
Perth Wildcats312,56513,49810,90737,696
Wollongong Hawks12,7212,7212,7212,721
Totals87,56013,4982,72160,447

Top 10 Attendances

AttendanceRoundDateHomeScoreAwayVenueWeekdayTime of Day
13,498GF13 April 2014Perth Wildcats93-59Adelaide 36ersPerth ArenaSundayAfternoon
13,291GF7 April 2014Perth Wildcats92-85Adelaide 36ersPerth ArenaMondayNight
13,2061417 January 2014Perth Wildcats95-73New Zealand BreakersPerth ArenaFridayNight
12,0501310 January 2014Perth Wildcats102-87Townsville CrocodilesPerth ArenaFridayNight
11,960724 November 2013Perth Wildcats98-55Sydney KingsPerth ArenaSundayAfternoon
11,9432323 March 2014Perth Wildcats86-65Wollongong HawksPerth ArenaSundayAfternoon
11,7711630 January 2014Perth Wildcats94-99 (OT)Cairns TaipansPerth ArenaThursdayNight
11,6961921 February 2014Perth Wildcats87-75Melbourne TigersPerth ArenaFridayNight
11,57041 November 2013Perth Wildcats87-47Wollongong HawksPerth ArenaFridayNight
11,528217 March 2014Perth Wildcats81-69Townsville CrocodilesPerth ArenaFridayNight

Awards

Player of the Month

MonthPlayerTeam
OctoberJames EnnisPerth Wildcats
NovemberChris GouldingMelbourne Tigers
DecemberRotnei ClarkeWollongong Hawks
JanuarySam YoungSydney Kings
FebruaryRotnei ClarkeWollongong Hawks

Coach of the Month

MonthPlayerTeam
OctoberTrevor GleesonPerth Wildcats
NovemberJoey WrightAdelaide 36ers
DecemberChris AnsteyMelbourne Tigers
JanuaryShane HealSydney Kings
FebruaryGordie McLeodWollongong Hawks

Pre-season

Season

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

Finals

See also

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.
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