2018–19 NBL Canada season | |
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League | National Basketball League of Canada |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | November 15, 2018 – March 31, 2019 |
Number of games | 40 |
Number of teams | 10 |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Miles Seward |
Picked by | Moncton Magic |
Regular Season | |
Top seed | Moncton Magic |
Season MVP | Braylon Rayson |
Playoffs | |
Atlantic champions | Moncton Magic |
Central champions | St. John's Edge |
Finals | |
Champions | Moncton Magic |
Runners-up | St. John's Edge |
The 2018–19 NBL Canada season is the eighth season of the National Basketball League of Canada. The regular season ran from November 15, 2018, to March 31, 2019.
The league originally intended to move the St. John's Edge to the Atlantic Division following the addition of the expansion Sudbury Five. However, after the NBL lost the Niagara River Lions and was back to four teams in Ontario, the league decided to play as a single table for the regular season schedule to ease the Edge's travel. The league still uses each team's overall record in a divisional table for playoff qualification as done in previous seasons. [1]
Standings as of 31 March 2019: [8]
Atlantic Division | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Div |
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z — Moncton Magic | 40 | 27 | 13 | .675 | — | 18–7 |
x — Halifax Hurricanes | 40 | 25 | 15 | .625 | 2 | 13–11 |
x — Cape Breton Highlanders | 40 | 19 | 21 | .475 | 8 | 13–9 |
x — Saint John Riptide | 40 | 17 | 23 | .425 | 10 | 10–15 |
Island Storm | 40 | 12 | 28 | .300 | 15 | 7–19 |
Central Division | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Div |
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c — London Lightning | 40 | 22 | 18 | .550 | — | 16–11 |
x — St. John's Edge | 40 | 21 | 19 | .525 | 1 | 7–7 |
x — Sudbury Five | 40 | 21 | 19 | .525 | 1 | 14–14 |
x — KW Titans | 40 | 19 | 21 | .475 | 3 | 14–12 |
Windsor Express | 40 | 17 | 23 | .425 | 5 | 10–17 |
Notes
As of the end of the regular season
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | St. John's Edge | 75,884 | 6,080 | 2,156 | 3,794 | +11.6% |
2 | London Lightning | 60,799 | 8,024 | 1,324 | 3,040 | −27.7% |
3 | Halifax Hurricanes | 41,894 | 4,473 | 1,123 | 2,095 | +7.0% |
4 | Sudbury Five1 | 40,952 | 3,480 | 1,299 | 2,048 | n/a |
5 | Saint John Riptide | 31,453 | 4,012 | 471 | 1,573 | −16.5% |
6 | KW Titans | 26,022 | 5,036 | 499 | 1,301 | +2.9% |
7 | Cape Breton Highlanders | 24,762 | 4,108 | 576 | 1,238 | −8.6% |
8 | Island Storm | 24,482 | 1,825 | 899 | 1,224 | −34.7% |
9 | Windsor Express | 23,056 | 1,624 | 650 | 1,153 | +18.3% |
10 | Moncton Magic | 23,048 | 1,964 | 862 | 1,152 | +7.6% |
League total | 372,352 | 8,024 | 471 | 1,862 | −7.1% |
Source:
[1]
Notes:
1: New team.
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | NBL Canada Finals | ||||||||||||
A1 | Moncton | 3 | ||||||||||||
A4 | Saint John | 0 | ||||||||||||
A1 | Moncton | 4 | ||||||||||||
Atlantic Division | ||||||||||||||
A2 | Halifax | 3 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Halifax | 3 | ||||||||||||
A3 | Cape Breton | 2 | ||||||||||||
A1 | Moncton | 4 | ||||||||||||
C2 | St. John's | 0 | ||||||||||||
C1 | London | 2 | ||||||||||||
C4 | Kitchener–Waterloo | 3 | ||||||||||||
C4 | Kitchener–Waterloo | 2 | ||||||||||||
Central Division | ||||||||||||||
C2 | St. John's | 4 | ||||||||||||
C2 | St. John's | 3 | ||||||||||||
C3 | Sudbury | 2 |
Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage
As of games played 31 March 2019
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
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Points per game | Braylon Rayson | Sudbury Five | 25.0 |
Rebounds per game | Bryce Washington | Saint John Riptide | 11.25 |
Assists per game | Cliff Clinkscales | Halifax Hurricanes | 6.80 |
Blocks per game | Ty Walker | Windsor Express | 2.23 |
Three pointers | Jaylen Bland | Sudbury Five | 4.54 |
Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
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Points | Braylon Rayson | Sudbury Five | 49 |
Rebounds | Obinna Oleka | St. John's Edge | 24 |
Assists | Cliff Clinkscales | Halifax Hurricanes | 18 |
Month | Player | Team |
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November | Joe Salerno | Moncton Magic |
December | Bernado Fitz-Gonzalez | Cape Breton Highlanders |
January | Bill Jones | Windsor Express |
February | Mike Leslie | Halifax Hurricanes |
March | Joe Salerno (2) | Moncton Magic |
Source: [9]
The 2018–19 NBL Canada Draft and Combine was held on August 25–26. [10]