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with the

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hosting the

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at Stadium Southland. The season contained 13 weeks of regular season games followed by a Final Four weekend in June at

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's ASB BayPark Arena. The seven teams played every team on three occasions to make up an 18-game round robin season. With an 18–0 record, the

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made NBL history by becoming the first team to complete a perfect regular season. They went on to post a perfect 20–0 campaign after sweeping the Final Four and collecting their 10th NBL championship in the process.

Team information

Summary

Regular season standings

Final Four

Awards

Player of the Week

Statistics leaders

''Stats as of the end of the regular season''

Regular season

* Most Valuable Player: Corey Webster (Wellington Saints) * NZ Most Valuable Player: Corey Webster (Wellington Saints) * Most Outstanding Guard: Corey Webster (Wellington Saints) * Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Corey Webster (Wellington Saints) * Most Outstanding Forward: Tai Wesley (Wellington Saints) * Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Marcel Jones (Canterbury Rams) * Scoring Champion: Corey Webster (Wellington Saints) * Rebounding Champion: Amir Williams (Hawke's Bay Hawks) * Assist Champion: Jarrod Kenny (Hawke's Bay Hawks) *

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: Kevin Braswell (Wellington Saints) * All-Star Five: ** G:

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(Wellington Saints) ** G: Corey Webster (Wellington Saints) ** F: Mitch McCarron (Super City Rangers) ** F: Marcel Jones (Canterbury Rams) ** C: Tai Wesley (Wellington Saints)

Final Four

* Finals MVP:

(Wellington Saints)

References

External links

2017 fixtures

Replay of 2017 grand final

Otago side to play Southland Sharks

Tauranga in contention to host NBL final four and join league in 2018

Wellington Saints tipped to go back-to-back in National Basketball League

NZ NBL ready for stellar season

How the 2017 New Zealand Basketball League is shaping up

Saints and Sharks head to Grand-Final

Wellington Saints perfect till the end in historic undefeated season
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