64-403: The National Basketball League (NBL) Finals is a tournament held at the end of each NBL season to determine the league champions. The top six teams qualify for the finals based on the regular season results. The current finals format consists of four rounds: two sudden-death play-in games then the best-of-three Semifinals and best-of-five Grand Final series. The top six teams at the end of
128-504: A "boss" (such as Judge Judy ). 10 Boss primarily targets viewers over the age of 40, and focuses primarily on dramas (such as Madam Secretary and NCIS ). On 10 December 2018, the channel was renamed 10 Bold , due to trademark conflicts with Fairfax Media (which had completed its merger with Nine Entertainment Co. ) and the Australian Financial Review publication Boss . A press release promoting
192-545: A focus on broadcasting sports-based programming and events, but rebranded to One in April 2011 to more reality, scripted and adventure-based programming aimed at males between the ages of 25 and 54. As of October 2018, the channel now primarily broadcasts dramatic programming aimed towards viewers 40 and older. The channel commenced broadcasting as One HD on 26 March 2009 at 7.00 pm in Melbourne (due to live coverage of
256-680: A former 36er, returning to the NBL in November 2009, signing with the Melbourne Tigers. Hodge was a star in Adelaide when he joined the 36ers mid-season the previous two years, however issues relating to alleged missed payments caused him to walk out on the club in early January 2009 on bad terms. Hodge returned to his old home court for the first time on 5 December 2009 in a Tigers overtime victory. After being heckled and taunted all night in
320-644: A league license, following the same model as the Tasmania JackJumpers.” The last Canberra team to play in the NBL was the Cannons from 1979–2003. They won three NBL championships and played their home games at the AIS Arena . In January 2024, the NBL announced a partnership with the Japanese B.League which will see future collaboration on pre-season game crossovers and potential exploration of
384-612: A model similar to the Australian Football League (AFL) whereby there are the same 10 or 15 teams over a 10-year period. A turbulent period during 2008 and 2009 saw the league lose teams from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Singapore. The 2009–10 season earmarked as the season in which the NBL would begin its revamping, much like the old National Soccer League which became the eight team A-League . The NBL returned to free-to-air television in Australia for
448-673: A near end when the Cairns Taipans were on the verge of extinction due to financial issues. The rivalry between the two North Queensland based clubs is currently extinct due to the Crocodiles folding at the end of the 2015–16 NBL season . Illawarra Hawks vs Sydney Kings Illawarra Hawks fans consider the Sydney Kings to be their most fierce rival. Many Hawks players have moved to the Kings including two former Rookie of
512-582: A plummeting public profile property developer Larry Kestelman purchased a 51% portion of the league. Since then game attendance, TV viewership, website visitors and app downloads have been consistently on the increase. In April 2016, the Townsville Crocodiles folded as they had become too financially unsustainable to continue. Larry Kestelman has stated on the Aussie Hoopla podcast that no NBL club will ever fold again as long as he
576-527: A quiet game by his standards, Hodge caused more controversy when he stamped and spat on the Brett Maher signature on the centre of the Brett Maher Court following his new club's win. He was booed off aggressively and loudly by the Adelaide fans and needed security to escort him out of the stadium. Adelaide 36ers vs Perth Wildcats Both teams were perennial championship contenders in
640-417: A result of the revival of 10 HD on 2 March 2016, the channel was reduced to standard definition. On 31 October 2018, One relaunched as 10 Boss , as part of a larger rebranding of Network Ten. Chief content officer Beverley McGarvey described "Boss" as reflecting an overall "attitude" in its programming, exemplified by a focus on characters with "bold" personalities or could be reasonably described as being
704-481: A row, including a clean sweep of the Hawks. The next time they met in the post-season, Sydney swept the Hawks 2–0 in the 2022 Semi-Finals enroute to their fourth championship. New Zealand Breakers vs Perth Wildcats One (Australian TV channel) 10 Bold Drama is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel owned by Network 10 . It originally launched on 26 March 2009 as One HD with
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#1732794600200768-510: A simulcast on tenplay . 10 Bold broadcast Moto GP every race live (qualifying in highlights only from 2014 onwards) from 2010 till 2014, then from 2015 to 2016. Moto2 and Moto3 and MotoGP will be shown on the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix round only on Ten. The channel had previously showed NASCAR , between 2010 and 2014 airing both Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series highlights. Every NASCAR Sprint Cup race
832-623: A weekly feature-length movie or documentary, usually, but not limited to, a sporting theme. In April 2011, it was revealed that the channel would shift to a more broad general entertainment channel aimed towards a younger male demographic, whilst still featuring sports programming. It was confirmed on 4 April 2011 that due to unsupportable overheads associated with running the station as an "all-sport" channel, One HD would begin to air more general entertainment programming alongside sport, particularly shows aimed at an older male audience and would also be rebranded as One . The changes were intended to make
896-1082: Is available in 1080i high definition from the network's five metropolitan owned-and-operated stations , TEN Sydney, ATV Melbourne , TVQ Brisbane , ADS Adelaide , and NEW Perth and is also available in regional Australia in 576i standard definition from Southern Cross Austereo 's owned-and-operated stations, SGS/SCN in Spencer Gulf and Broken Hill, GLV/BCV in Regional Victoria , CTC in Southern New South Wales / Australian Capital Territory and TNQ in Regional Queensland . WIN Television through its owned-and-operated stations, NRN in Northern New South Wales , MGS/LRS in eastern South Australia, and MDN in Griffith and
960-736: Is in control of the league. Allowing for clubs to recruit the best Australian players not in the NBA became easier with the marquee rule which saw the return from Europe and the US of players such as Brad Newley , David Andersen and Andrew Bogut . In addition the Special Restricted Player rule, introduced for the 2016–17 season, allows for clubs to recruit players born in countries such as China , Philippines , Taiwan , India , South Korea , Singapore , and Japan who would not count as imports under NBL rules. From 2016 to 2018, there
1024-404: Is the dominant North Queensland team. The Cairns-Townsville basketball rivalry would have to be one of the longest and most passionate in the NBL. Both teams generally attract a close to capacity crowd anywhere from 4000+ at their home games. Each team and their supporters and mascots generally boo and taunt their visiting rivals. The rivalry has been in existent for over 10 years and almost came to
1088-432: The 2019–20 season ; a season which was widely regarded as a major season for the league. After an active off-season, including the signings of LaMelo Ball and R. J. Hampton , two highly rated NBA 2020 draft picks , the league started by continuing to topple attendance records from the first round. The season's opening night had 10,300 fans in attendance to watch Melbourne United and the S.E. Melbourne Phoenix compete in
1152-522: The 2024 season As of the end of the 2024 season National Basketball League (Australia) The National Basketball League ( NBL ) is a men's professional basketball league in Australasia , currently composed of ten teams: nine in Australia and one in New Zealand. It is the premier professional men's basketball league in Australia and New Zealand. Before the establishment of
1216-689: The Apollo Stadium ) when they won Game 2 104–83 before Adelaide won its first NBL title with a 113–91 win at Apollo in Game 3. The teams were evenly matched at the time with players such as Al Green, Mark Davis, Bill Jones, Peter Ali, Darryl Pearce , Mike McKay and Dwayne Nelson (Adelaide) against Brisbane's star import Leroy Loggins , captain Larry Sengstock , guard Ron Radliff , forwards Danny Morseu , Robert Sibley and Chris McGraw, centre John Dorge and (in 1985 and 1986) Cal Bruton. Loggins
1280-564: The Australian Football League ) and at 7.30 pm in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The channel, owned by Network Ten , featured nonstop sport content including live sport, sports documentaries and sports-themed movies. One initially broadcast in high definition on digital channels 1 and 11 with a standard-definition simulcast on digital channel 12 known as One SD or One Digital . At launch, One replaced
1344-481: The Brisbane Bullets and Bruton, who moved from Brisbane to be player-coach of Perth in 1987, built a team specifically to beat the reigning champions. Despite the long time rivalry between the two clubs, and the two teams having played numerous semi-final series against each other with the first being in that 1987 season , they did not face each other in a grand final series until the 2013–14 season , which
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#17327946002001408-488: The Clipsal Powerhouse a 'double bird'. Heal, who had scored 61 points in the last regular season game before scoring 42 points in Game 1 to lead Brisbane to a 116–105 home win over the 36ers, had not actually managed to score a point before half time in Game 2 which the 36ers had won 99–91 before also winning Game 3 101–84. Heal, along with former 36er Mark Bradtke who had left under acrimonious circumstances at
1472-516: The Illawarra Hawks are the oldest clubs in the league, both clubs were established in 1979. The Illawarra Hawks are the only club which has participated in every NBL season since the inaugural season in 1979. After weeks of reports of a return of a Tasmanian team, in June 2019, Larry Kestelman flagged Tasmania as a potential 10th team. However he stressed that if a Tasmanian team did enter
1536-807: The MIA . Digital joint-venture stations, MDV in Mildura , TDT in Tasmania , WDT in regional Western Australia , DTD in Darwin , and CDT in Central Australia (including remote NT, QLD and SA) also broadcast 10 Bold Drama but in 1080i high definition just like 10 Bold Drama in 10's O&O stations . Due to the relaunch of 10 HD on 2 March 2016, the channel was reduced to a standard-definition television channel in metropolitan areas for 5 years until 23 September 2021 at 6am when it switched back to
1600-459: The 36ers stating that he would finish his one-year contract with the club should he return within a certain time. Upon his return to Australia, Bradtke stated his intention not to return to the 36ers with the Tigers rumoured to be actively chasing him. After protracted negotiations with 36ers management that led to the club being prepared to buy out his remaining contract, the NBL stepped in and vetoed
1664-534: The Australian GP round which airs on 10 as well as 10 Bold as HD simulcast. F1 qualifying is shown on 10 Bold live while 10 replays later on. The channel broadcast Formula One Grand Prix every qualifying session shown live with a half-hour preview, rights were held till 2015, including IPTV rights from 2011 to 2015 and from 2015 onwards Formula One showed a 1-hour highlight package at 9.30pm Mondays on One that aren't live on Network Ten while continuing with
1728-529: The NBL (as of 15 November 2019). The rivalry continues into the 2012–13 season with the 36ers beating the Wildcats in back to back games in rounds 6 and 7, including the opening game at Perth's new home, the Perth Arena , in front of a then record Wildcats crowd of 11,562. The Wildcats and the 36ers dominated the 2013–14 NBL season , finishing first and second respectively during the regular round. After
1792-452: The NBL returned to their normal format of 28 games with no midseason tournament. The top four teams at the end of the regular season advances to the Finals. The team finishing in the first and second position at the completion of the regular season receives home advantages in their best-of-three first round matchup against the team finishing in third and fourth position. The winner of each of
1856-554: The NBL, there were two national basketball competitions: the National Titles and the Australian Club Championships. In August 1979, the inaugural season of the NBL commenced, playing in the winter season (April–September) which it did so until the completion of the 1998 season , the league's twentieth season. The 1998–99 season , which began only months later, was the first to be played during
1920-494: The NBL, they would be eased in, and that there was no timeline. On 28 February 2020, the NBL and the Tasmanian Government announced that they had reached an agreement for Tasmania to host the 10th team in the NBL, known as the Tasmania JackJumpers, which would join for the 2021–22 season . In April 2022, Larry Kestelman flagged Canberra as a potential 11th team. Kestelman says “Canberra could be next in line for
1984-534: The United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, and complementing existing programming on Ten. Programs aired on the channel are scripted and adventure-based programming aimed at males between the ages of 25 and 54, mix of genres, including reality, lifestyle, drama, classic sitcoms from the 60s, 70s and 80s, comedies, live sport and action films. In 2008, prior to the channel launching, Ten secured
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2048-553: The Victorian Football League before changing its name in 1990). The NBL experienced its "golden age" in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but its popularity, media attention, attendance and corporate support deteriorated and plateaued in the decade afterward with the growth of the country's four football codes. A second Melbourne club, the South Dragons , entered the league in the 2006–07 season , but
2112-516: The Year winners and a two-time Olympian. In the absence of the Kings, the Sydney Spirit took the role of rival, but this felt fake to some Hawks faithful. The Hawks took bragging rights after the 2000–01 season when they became the first team from New South Wales to qualify for the NBL finals, which they won against Townsville. Sydney then took the ascendency when they won three championships in
2176-522: The buy out, effectively letting Bradtke leave for Melbourne without the 36ers receiving any compensation for the remainder of his contract with the club. When Bradtke returned to Adelaide with the Tigers on 4 July 1993 he was soundly booed whenever he touched the ball by the 8,000 strong crowd at the Clipsal Powerhouse . The booing of Bradtke and the Andrew Gaze led Tigers continued for a number of seasons. A new rivalry has emerged with Julius Hodge ,
2240-704: The channel a greater competitor against 7mate , which has a similar scope, and took place on 8 May 2011. One's updated schedule included factuals such as Everest: Beyond the Limit , Extreme Fishing with Robson Green , Airline , Long Way Round , Ice Road Truckers , An Idiot Abroad , Cops , dramas such as Terriers , Lights Out , Sons of Anarchy , Burn Notice , Breakout Kings and Psych and films such as The Last King of Scotland , 28 Weeks Later , Babylon AD , Jarhead , Pitch Black , Doom , Hitman , The Manchurian Candidate , Diagnosis Murder and Walker, Texas Ranger . As
2304-619: The club (plus another with Perth), while Blakemore, the NBL's Rookie of the year in 1993 and its Most Improved Player award winner in 1994 , as well as playing for the Australian Boomers in 1995, joined the Canberra Cannons in 1996 and his career went downhill from there with his NBL career ending at the end of 1997 after just two seasons with the Cannons. As the mainstay players began to slow with age and retire,
2368-514: The cup tournament with a Magic Round -style basketball event. The NBL was founded in 1979 with ten clubs. Due to club expansions, reductions, and relocations, many of the clubs either changed or ceased to exist. There are currently ten clubs; nine clubs in Australia and one club in New Zealand. The clubs are located in Adelaide , Auckland , Brisbane , Cairns , Hobart , Melbourne , Perth , Sydney , and Wollongong . The Brisbane Bullets and
2432-550: The end of 1992 to join the Melbourne Tigers, became public enemy #1 to the 36ers crowd following the incident. With the Bullets returning to the NBL in 2016, the rivalry has continued with Adelaide defeating the Bullets in their first encounter at home, the Bullets returning the favour with an away win in Adelaide, while a week later Adelaide spoiled the Bullets regular season return to the Entertainment Centre for
2496-483: The first "Throwdown", with a further 20,550 fans attending games across the first round. After signing a broadcasting deal with Facebook Watch , over one million American fans watched Ball 's first game in the NBL against the Brisbane Bullets . Following two condensed seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2022–23 NBL season and the 2023 finals series saw a number of all-time attendance records being set for
2560-486: The first time in three years with One broadcasting 2–3 games a week. The 2010–11 season saw the return of the Sydney Kings after the club was purchased for A$ 20,000 on 31 July 2008. In 2013, the NBL had a de-merger from Basketball Australia . Crowds improved for the 2013–14 NBL season , recording the highest cumulative crowd attendance figures for the past five years. After numerous teams folding and
2624-487: The first time since 1997 with a resounding 101–83 win. Adelaide 36ers vs Melbourne United Apart from the normal South Australian and Victorian rivalry, the 36ers vs United (formerly Tigers) rivalry started at the end of the 1992 season when 36ers centre Mark Bradtke joined Spanish club Juver Murcia following the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona , Spain for a short stint. Before he left he signed an agreement with
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2688-409: The intensity of this rivalry has declined. The two clubs remain some of the most successful in the NBL with four championships for Adelaide and ten for Perth, and are first and second on the all-time wins list (748 wins for Perth, 692 wins for Adelaide as of 20 May 2021) and have also matched up on more occasions (134 times total; Perth leading all time between the two 73 – 61) than any other two teams in
2752-552: The key, Blakemore back handed Cattalini, giving the Wildcats forward a large cut on his mouth that required 15 stitches. Blakemore was suspended for Game 2 in Perth as the Wildcats swept the 36ers 2–0 before going on to defeat the defending champion North Melbourne Giants (who had swept Adelaide in 1994) 2–1 in the Grand Final. In an ironic twist, Cattalini would join the 36ers in 1996 and later went on to win two championships with
2816-413: The late 1980s and early 90s and had several marquee players with excellent match-ups, the three most notable all involving American imports: Al Green (Adelaide) vs Cal Bruton (Perth), Mark Davis (Adelaide) vs James Crawford (Perth) and Bill Jones (Adelaide) vs Tiny Pinder (Perth). Games during this era were rarely blowouts and helped to fuel the rivalry. Adelaide won the 1986 NBL Championship over
2880-426: The league. In the 2023–24 season , one million fans attended NBL games for the first time since 1996. Since the 2009–10 season , each team has played 28 games during the regular season, 14 home and 14 away. The regular season starts in early October and ends in mid February. In the 2020–21 season , each team played an extra 8 games (36 games) due to the newly formatted NBL Cup tournament. The following season
2944-399: The number of series, then the number of wins, and then by year of first occurrence. As of the end of the 2018 season As of the end of the 2019 season As of the end of the 2023 season As of the end of the 2024 season As of the end of the 2024 season As of the end of the 2024 season As of the end of the 2024 season As of the end of the 2023 season As of the end of
3008-481: The play-in tournament. The third seed will play the fourth seed for third spot and the loser will play the winner of fifth or sixth for the fourth seed. In the 2020–21 season , the NBL introduced the NBL Cup which is a 36-game mid-season competition. Each game would contribute to each team's regular season record. In the 2021–22 season , the NBL returned to their normal format of 28 games. The league may return
3072-413: The previous Ten HD service and a standard-definition simulcast of Ten HD called TenSD2. One HD began broadcasting on Macquarie Media Group's owned and operated Southern Cross Ten regional television stations on digital channel 50 at 7.00 pm on 2 July 2009. Tasmania didn't broadcast it until 30 July 2009, and Mildura didn't broadcast it until 1 December 2009. The simulcast on digital channel 11
3136-456: The rebranding acknowledged the conflict, describing the change as being an "early Christmas present to Nine ", and quipping that "it's better to be bold than bossy". On 5 June 2024, it was announced that the channel would rebrand as 10 Bold Drama on 12 June 2024, as part of a rebranding of Bold and Peach to include their main genres in their names. The channel targets a broad range of viewers, broadcasting programs from Australia, New Zealand,
3200-477: The regular season advance to the finals under this playoff system: The top four teams at the end of the regular season advance to the finals under this playoff system: This is a complete listing of National Basketball League (NBL) Finals series, grouped by franchise. Series featuring relocated and/or renamed teams are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises. Bolded years indicate wins. Years in italics indicate series in progress. Tables are sorted first by
3264-713: The rights for both the 2010 & 2014 editions of the Commonwealth Games , simulcasting on the channel. For the 2010 games in Delhi , it was also shared with Foxtel . On 17 March 2009, the Australian Swimming Championships was broadcast on Ten HD before the launch of the channel on 26 March 2009 showing Live in 2009 until 2015, when the Seven Network secured a nine-year deal with Swimming Australia . In October 2011, it
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#17327946002003328-779: The season. Adelaide and Perth play for the Cattalini Cup named for Perth born Martin Cattalini who won two championships with each club. In each game, the game MVP is awarded with the Paul Rogers Medal named for Adelaide born centre Paul Rogers who made his NBL debut for the 36ers in 1992 and later joined Perth, winning 2 championships and the NBL MVP award in 2000 while with the Wildcats. Cairns Taipans vs Townsville Crocodiles A local derby-style rivalry nicknamed "Reptile Rumble" has developed to determine which
3392-434: The summer season (October–April). The shift, which is currently used by the league, was an attempt to avoid competing directly against Australia's various winter season football codes . Officially the NBL is Australia's third oldest continuing national sporting competition after the domestic cricket competition (which commenced its first season in 1892) and Australian Football League (which commenced its first season in 1897 as
3456-451: The three matches advances to the Grand Final. The winner of Series 1 plays the winner of Series 2 in the best-of-five Grand Final series, with home advantage being awarded to the highest remaining seed. The winner of this series is crowned as NBL champion. In the 2022–23 season , the NBL introduced play-in games . The top two seeds in the regular season will automatically qualify to the semi-finals. Teams ranked three to six will compete in
3520-470: The three previous semi-final meetings, they then faced off in their first ever Grand Final series which saw the Wildcats emerge with their record 6th NBL championship with a 2–1 series win. This was one of the most anticipated series in NBL history, not only given the two clubs' long-standing rivalry, but also due to the post-game on court 'brawl' which took place following their Round 18 clash in Perth earlier in
3584-499: The two clubs met in the 1986 NBL Grand Final , the first NBL GF to be played over a 3-game series. An Australian indoor sports attendance record of around 11,000 saw the first game of the 1986 series played at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre with Adelaide, who had a 24–2 record for the season , winning 122–119 in overtime. Brisbane then handed Adelaide its only home loss of 1986 (the 36ers had gone 13–0 at
3648-520: The viability of a team from Japan participating in the NBL. Adelaide 36ers vs Brisbane Bullets Arguably the NBL's oldest rivalry started in 1985 when the Brian Kerle coached Bullets defeated the Ken Cole coached 36ers 121–95 in the 1985 NBL Grand Final , the last single game Grand Final in NBL history. From 1985 to 1987, the Bullets and 36ers were the two dominant teams in the NBL and
3712-486: Was a renewed interest in the sport, with it being described as being the National Basketball League's greatest ever period. 2016–17 set a new attendance record for the league, with the figure being matched the following year, as well as the Grand Final series for the 2017–18 season. In 2018, the S.E. Melbourne Phoenix were announced as the latest club to join the league, and started competing in
3776-513: Was confirmed that the National Basketball League games would be delayed. During the 2012–13 season, some Friday night games were shown live on the channel at 9.30 pm. Live Sunday games returned to 10 at 2pm. By March 2012, sport was very much a secondary focus of 10 Bold. Sport is only shown when it clashes with 10's regular programming or as HD simulcast when it airs on 10. Moto GP races airs only on 10 Bold except for
3840-451: Was later reallocated for Ten's standard-definition digital multichannel Eleven (now 10 Peach) on 15 December 2010 in preparation for its launch on 11 January 2011. As a result, the channel's high definition simulcast was moved to channel 12, replacing the standard-definition simulcast. In 2011, the channel began to dilute its all-sport format to include adventure-themed reality programming such as Ice Road Truckers and Black Gold , and
3904-468: Was short lived, soon folding 3 years later after the 2008–09 season in which they were NBL champions. In the 2006–07 season, the NBL became the first Australasian sporting league to field a team from Asia with the Singapore Slingers playing. The Gold Coast Blaze also joined the competition in the 2007–08 season . In 2007, Australian NBA player Andrew Bogut suggested the NBL try to adopt
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#17327946002003968-678: Was shown live between 2011 and 2014. In 2016, the channel showed highlights for every round of Super Rugby every Sunday morning and replays of every Wallabies Test at around midday, that was previously shown on TEN from The Rugby Championship and Spring Tour. In May 2021, it was announced that Network 10 would have rights to the A-Leagues men's and women's competition, with all games being streamed on 10's paid streaming service Paramount+ and women's games to be shown for free on 10play. The current 2024-25 season, two A-League men games will be shown on 10 Bold every Saturday week. 10 Bold Drama
4032-467: Was the NBL MVP in 1986 and 1987 (and player of the match in the 1985 GF) while Mark Davis was the Grand Final MVP in 1986 and shared the NBL MVP award with Loggins in 1987 . The Rivalry between the two clubs again reached fever pitch in the mid-1990s when Bullets guard Shane Heal earned the ire of the Adelaide crowd during Game 3 of the 1994 Elimination final series when he gave the crowd at
4096-473: Was won by the Perth Wildcats. the Wildcats have won each semi-finals series played between the two (1987, 1989 and 1995 ). The 1995 series proved to be one of the most volatile and controversial due to an incident between 36ers forward Chris Blakemore and Perth's Martin Cattalini in Game 1 in Adelaide. Under instructions from coach Mike Dunlap to basically belt the next Perth player to go through
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