2022 New Zealand NBL season

2022 New Zealand NBL season
2022 New Zealand NBL season
League	New Zealand NBL
Sport	Basketball
Duration	28 April – 13 August
Number of games	18
Number of teams	10
Regular season
Minor premiers	TBD
Season MVP	TBD
Top scorer	TBD
Finals
Champions	TBD
Runners-up	TBD
Grand Final MVP	TBD

The 2022 NBL season is the 41st season of the National Basketball League. For the second year in a row, the league will field 10 teams, with the only changes being the rebrand of the Auckland Huskies to Auckland Tuatara and Taranaki Mountainairs to Taranaki Airs.

The regular season commenced on 28 April in Nelson with the Nelson Giants hosting the Otago Nuggets at the Trafalgar Centre. The season will contain 15 weeks of regular season games followed by a four-day finals schedule in August.[1][2]

Team information

Team	City	Arena	Head Coach	Import	Import	Import
Auckland Tuatara	Auckland	Eventfinda Stadium	Aaron Young	Chris Johnson	Siler Schneider
Canterbury Rams	Christchurch	Cowles Stadium	Judd Flavell	Sunday Dech	Ryan Taylor
Franklin Bulls	Auckland	Franklin Pool and Leisure Centre	Morgan Maskell
Hawke's Bay Hawks	Napier	Pettigrew Green Arena	Mick Downer
Manawatu Jets	Palmerston North	Arena Manawatu	Natu Taufale
Nelson Giants	Nelson	Trafalgar Centre	Michael Fitchett	Trey Mourning	Jarrod West
Otago Nuggets	Dunedin	Edgar Centre	Brent Matehaere	Tahjere McCall	Keith Williams	Todd Withers
Southland Sharks	Invercargill	Stadium Southland	Rob Beveridge	Romaro Gill
Taranaki Airs	New Plymouth	TSB Stadium	Trent Adam
Wellington Saints	Wellington	TSB Bank Arena	Guy Molloy	Mike Smith

Summary

Regular season standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Auckland Tuatara	Finals
2	Canterbury Rams
3	Franklin Bulls
4	Hawke's Bay Hawks
5	Manawatu Jets
6	Nelson Giants
7	Otago Nuggets
8	Southland Sharks
9	Taranaki Airs
10	Wellington Saints

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Finals

Quarter Finals	Semi Finals	Final

	1
4
5

	2
3
6

Awards

Performance of the Week

Round	Player	Team	Ref
1	Trey Mourning	Nelson Giants	[3]
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3
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5
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Statistics leaders

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game
Rebounds per game
Assists per game
Steals per game
Blocks per game

Regular season

Most Valuable Player: TBD
Most Outstanding Guard: TBD
Most Outstanding NZ Guard: TBD
Most Outstanding Forward: TBD
Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: TBD
Scoring Champion: TBD
Rebounding Champion: TBD
Assist Champion: TBD
Most Improved Player: TBD
Defensive Player of the Year: TBD
Youth Player of the Year: TBD
Coach of the Year: TBD
All-Star Five:
- G: TBD
- G: TBD
- F: TBD
- F: TBD
- C: TBD

Final Four

Grand Final MVP: TBD

References

"SAL'S NBL SEASON TO TIP-OFF ON APRIL 28". nznbl.basketball. 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022.
"SAL'S NBL OPENING NIGHT: THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW". nznbl.basketball. 28 April 2022. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022.
"Your Sal's NBL Performance of the Week for Round 1 is Trey Mourning, who dropped 35 PTS & 14 REB in his debut game with the Mike Pero Nelson Giants". facebook.com/NZNBL. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.

External links

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[1] "SAL'S NBL SEASON TO TIP-OFF ON APRIL 28". nznbl.basketball. 21 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022.

[2] "SAL'S NBL OPENING NIGHT: THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW". nznbl.basketball. 28 April 2022. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022.

[3] "Your Sal's NBL Performance of the Week for Round 1 is Trey Mourning, who dropped 35 PTS & 14 REB in his debut game with the Mike Pero Nelson Giants". facebook.com/NZNBL. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.