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Poster

Established
1981 (43 years old)

First Recorded Event
2010-03-04

Current Season
2024

API Football ID
66

Sport
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Basketball

Location
New Zealand

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - ESPN [2020-2021]

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27/04	Manawatu Jet	-	Auckland Tua	4:00am
27/04	Southland Sh	-	Canterbury R	7:30am
28/04	Nelson Giant	-	Taranaki Mou	6:30am
02/05	Canterbury R	-	Otago Nugget	9:30am
03/05	Southland Sh	-	Nelson Giant	7:30am
04/05	Taranaki Mou	-	Franklin Bul	4:00am
04/05	Auckland Tua	-	Hawkes Bay H	7:30am
05/05	Otago Nugget	-	Nelson Giant	3:00am
05/05	Manawatu Jet	-	Wellington S	6:30am
09/05	Canterbury R	-	Taranaki Mou	7:30am
Results
25/04	Wellington S	111 - 104	Hawkes Bay H
25/04	Otago Nugget	81 - 96	Canterbury R
24/04	Auckland Tua	92 - 74	Franklin Bul
21/04	Wellington S	103 - 86	Taranaki Mou
20/04	Hawkes Bay H	84 - 104	Canterbury R
19/04	Auckland Tua	94 - 54	Southland Sh
18/04	Franklin Bul	105 - 71	Otago Nugget
17/04	Nelson Giant	92 - 77	Manawatu Jet
15/04	Southland Sh	75 - 100	Wellington S
14/04	Franklin Bul	101 - 83	Manawatu Jet

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The National Basketball League (NBL) is a men's semi-professional basketball league in New Zealand.

In 1981, a group of club and provincial teams came together to create a men's national basketball league. The following year, the league was brought under the management of the New Zealand Basketball Federation. The league quickly grew in size and popularity due to the influx of sponsors and American import players. The early 1990s held dwindling fortunes for New Zealand basketball, with reduced TV coverage, sponsorships, and crowd numbers. The sport's popularity increased in the 2000s with the success of the Tall Blacks and the introduction of the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian NBL.

In the early days, Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington were the benchmark teams of the league. During the 1990s, Auckland and Nelson were the teams to beat, before Waikato joined Auckland as the dominant sides during the 2000s. During the 2010s, Wellington and Southland became the league's premier teams.

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