The 2017–18 NBB season was the 9th season of the

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, the

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league. Once again this tournament was organized entirely by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB). The NBB also qualified teams for international tournaments such as

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and

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. This season fifteen teams played each other in the regular season. At the end of the home and away matches round the top four teams qualified for the quarterfinals of the playoffs automatically, while the teams finishing in the 5th and 12th place participated in the first round of the playoffs to determine the other four teams in the quarterfinals, in a five-match series. This season maintained 16/17's playoff method of best of 5 games, played on the 1-2-1-1 format. For this season, the last regular season placed team is

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to the 2019 Liga Ouro, the NBB's second tier division. Also, only the 2018 Liga Ouro winner receives the right to play in the NBB 2019–20 season.

Participating teams

Regular season

The regular season began on Saturday, November 04, 2017 13:35 UTC−03:00 at Ginásio Antônio Prado Junior, home of

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, who was defeated 72–71 by Sendi/Bauru Basket. The regular season ended on March 29, 2018.

Standings

The standings are updated according to the LNB official website table.

Results

Playoffs

Awards

Season awards

*Most Valuable Player:

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(3) *Sixth Man of the Year Award:

Deryk Ramos Deryk Evandro Ramos (born June 14, 1994), also commonly known simply as Deryk, is a Brazilian professional basketball player. He currently plays with Caxias do Sul Basquete, Caxias do Sul of the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB). At a height of tall, h ...

*Defensive Player of the Year Award: Jimmy de Oliveira (2) *Most Improved Player of the Year Award: Wesley Ferreira *NBB Coach of the Year (Ary Vidal Trophy): Gustavo de Conti (3) *NBB's Revelation Player of the Year: Gabriel Jaú *NBB Finals MVP Award: Guilherme Hubner

References

External links

Official website

New Basketball Brazil at Latinbasket.com
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