2018–19 NBL season

2018–19 NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Duration October 2018–March 2019
Number of teams 8
TV partner(s)
Regular season
Top seed TBD
Season MVP TBD
Top scorer TBD
Finals
Champions TBD
  Runners-up TBD
Finals MVP TBD

The 2018–19 NBL season is the 41st season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams have contested the league. The regular season had been played between October 2018 and February 2019, followed by a post-season featuring the top four in March 2019.

Australian broadcast rights to the season are held by Fox Sports, in the fourth year of a five-year deal, with two game per week simulcast on the Nine Network. In New Zealand, Sky Sport are the official league broadcaster.

As Australia and New Zealand are participating in 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, the league will take a break during the FIBA international windows of 26 November to 4 December 2018 and 18-26 February 2019.

Pre-season

2018 NBL All-Australian Tour of China

8 June 2018
China 52, NBL All-Australian Team 64
Jiyuan Basketball City Sports Stadium, Jiyuan, China
10 June 2018
China 55, NBL All-Australian Team 58
Hengyang Stadium, Hengyang, China

The NBL All-Australian Team won the series 2-1. [1]

Adelaide 36ers pre-season

25 September 2018
Adelaide 36ers 99, Cairns Taipans 75

Brisbane Bullets pre-season

11 August 2018
Brisbane Bullets 73, University of Hawaii 54
Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane
Attendance: 700
31 August 2018
Brisbane Bullets 74, Cairns Taipans 95
Cquniversity Community Sports Centre, Rockhampton
30 September 2018
Brisbane Bullets 90, Illawarra Hawks 101

Cairns Taipans pre-season

23 August 2018
Cairns Taipans 92, Drexel University 76
Early Settler Stadium, Cairns

Illawarra Hawks pre-season

14 September 2018
Illawarra Hawks 81, Adelaide 36ers 99
16 September 2018
Illawarra Hawks 77, Sydney Kings 83

Seri Mutiara Cup 2018

2 October 2018
Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions 71–87 Australia Illawarra Hawks
Maba Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3 October 2018
Australia Illawarra Hawks 79–68 United States Texas All-Stars
Maba Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4 October 2018
Chinese Taipei Fubon Braves 83–85 Australia Illawarra Hawks
Maba Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Semi-final
6 October 2018
Australia Illawarra Hawks 87–52 Serbia Partizan Belgrad B
Maba Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Final
7 October 2018
South Korea KCC Egis 69–96 Australia Illawarra Hawks
Maba Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Illawarra Hawks won the tournament.

Melbourne United pre-season

16 August 2018
Melbourne United 100, Loyola Marymount University 80
Casey Basketball Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 1,500
30 August 2018
Melbourne United 93, Sydney Kings 85
Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo
Attendance: 2,000
1 September 2018
Melbourne United 85, Sydney Kings 93

Perth Wildcats pre-season

7 September 2018
Perth Wildcats 100, Adelaide 36ers 61
9 September 2018
Perth Wildcats 84, Adelaide 36ers 66
HBF Arena, Perth
Attendance: 2,500

Sydney Kings pre-season

15 August 2018
Sydney Kings 84, Saint Mary's College of California 56
Scholastic Basketball Stadium, Terrigal
Attendance: 1,300
17 August 2018
Sydney Kings 82, University of Hawaii 65
TBC, Sydney
26 August 2018
Sydney Kings 79, Drexel University 52
Alexandria Basketball Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 600

2018 NBL Blitz

A pre-season tournament featuring all eight teams was held on 20-23 September 2018 in Bendigo and Ballarat. Bendigo Stadium hosted four games of the NBL Blitz on September 20 while Ballarat Minerdome hosted eight games from September 22-23. Both cities also hosted a range of community activities featuring NBL stars. The winners received the sixth annual Loggins-Bruton Cup.

Day 1 Bendigo Stadium

Day 2 Ballarat Minerdome

Day 3 Ballarat Minerdome

23 September 2018
Brisbane Bullets 70, Sydney Kings 60

The Adelaide 36ers won the 2018 NBL Blitz championship.

NBLxNBA 2018 Tour

Five NBL teams will play a total of seven games against NBA teams in the 2018 pre-season. [2]

5 October 2018
Toronto Raptors 120, Melbourne United 82
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada
Attendance: 15,781
5 October 2018
Denver Nuggets 96, Perth Wildcats 88
Pepsi Center, Denver, United States
Attendance: 9,812

Regular season

Round 1

12 October 2018
Illawarra Hawks 122, Melbourne United 123 (4OT)
13 October 2018
Sydney Kings 83, Adelaide 36ers 94
Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
Attendance: 10,761
14 October 2018
Perth Wildcats 101, Illawarra Hawks 61
RAC Arena, Perth
Attendance: 12,853

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

[3]

Ladder

# Team Pld W L Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against % Win %
1Adelaide 36ers 0000-000-00-0000.0%0.0%
2Brisbane Bullets 0000-000-00-0000.0%0.0%
3Cairns Taipans 0000-000-00-0000.0%0.0%
4Illawarra Hawks 0000-000-00-0000.0%0.0%
5Melbourne United 0000-000-00-0000.0%0.0%
6New Zealand Breakers 0000-000-00-0000.0%0.0%
7Perth Wildcats 0000-000-00-0000.0%0.0%
8Sydney Kings 0000-000-00-0000.0%0.0%

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
Adelaide 36ers
Brisbane Bullets
Cairns Taipans
Illawarra Hawks
Melbourne United
New Zealand Breakers
Perth Wildcats
Sydney Kings

Finals Series

The 2018–19 National Basketball League Finals will be played in March 2019, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final series and the best-of-five Grand Final series. In the semi-finals, the higher seed hosts the first and third games. In the Grand Final, the higher seed hosts the first, third and fifth games.

Playoff Seedings

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 overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.

Awards

Pre-season

References

  1. ↑ "China Claim Game 3 but NBL All-Australians Win Series". National Basketball League. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "NBL Teams to Play Historic Seven Game Series in 2018 NBA Preseason". National Basketball League. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "NBL: 2018/19 NBL Schedule Released". National Basketball League. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
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