2001 New Zealand NBL season

2001 New Zealand NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Number of games 16
Number of teams 9
Regular season
Minor premiers Waikato Titans
Top scorer Clifton Bush (Waikato Titans)
Finals
Champions Waikato Titans
  Runners-up Wellington Saints

The 2001 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the 20th running of the competition. The Waikato Titans won the championship in 2001 to claim their first league title.[1] The Titans also set an NBL record with a 15-game winning streak during the season, a streak that was not broken until the 2015 Southland Sharks squad recorded a 16-game winning streak.[2]

Standings

# Regular Season Standings
Team W L PCT PTS
1 Waikato Titans 15 1 94 30
2 Nelson Giants 11 5 69 22
3 Wellington Saints 10 6 63 20
4 Auckland Stars 9 7 56 18
5 Palmerston North Jets 8 8 50 16
6 Canterbury Rams 7 9 44 14
7 North Harbour Kings 5 11 31 10
8 Hawke's Bay Hawks 4 12 25 8
9 Otago Nuggets 3 13 19 6

Finals

Semi-finals Grand Final
      
1 Waikato Titans 93
4 Auckland Stars 88
Waikato Titans 112
  Wellington Saints 97
2 Nelson Giants 88
3 Wellington Saints 98

Awards

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season

Category Player Team Stat
Points per game Clifton Bush Waikato Titans 27.4
Rebounds per game Brian Gomes North Harbour Kings 14.4
Assists per game Paul Henare Auckland Stars 5.1
Steals per game Travis Lane Otago Nuggets 3.0
Blocks per game Ben Pepper & Ed Book Auckland Stars & Palmerston North Jets 1.3

Regular season

References

  1. "2001 National Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015.
  2. Savory, Logan (26 June 2015). "Sharks veteran Kevin Braswell to play for his mum in final game in Invercargill". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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