2018–19 NBL season


The 2018–19 NBL season was the 41st season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams have contested the league. The regular season had been played between October 2018 and February 2019, followed by a post-season featuring the top four in March 2019.
Australian broadcast rights to the season are held by Fox Sports, in the fourth year of a five-year deal, with two game per week simulcast on the Nine Network. In New Zealand, Sky Sport are the official league broadcaster.
As Australia and New Zealand are participating in 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification, the league will take a break during the FIBA international windows of 26 November to 4 December 2018 and 18–26 February 2019.
The Perth Wildcats won their ninth NBL championship after defeating Melbourne United in the Grand Final.

Pre-season

The pre-season featured games in China and Maylasia. As well, it featured the NBLxNBA 2018 Tour in which five NBL teams played a total of seven games. Five NBL teams played a total of seven games against NBA teams in the 2018 pre-season.

Regular season

Ladder

Finals Series

The 2018–19 National Basketball League Finals will be played in March 2019, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final series and the best-of-five Grand Final series. In the semi-finals, the higher seed hosts the first and third games. In the Grand Final, the higher seed hosts the first, third and fifth games.

Playoff Seedings

  1. Perth Wildcats
  2. Melbourne United
  3. Sydney Kings
  4. Brisbane Bullets
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.

Semi-finals

(2) Melbourne United vs. (3) Sydney Kings

(1) Perth Wildcats vs. (4) Brisbane Bullets

Grand Final

(1) Perth Wildcats vs. (2) Melbourne United

Playoff Bracket

Awards

Pre-season