2013–14 NBL season
| 2013–14 NBL season | |
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| League | National Basketball League |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | 10 October 2013 – 23 March 2014 27 March 2014 – 1 April 2014 (Semi-Finals) 7 – 13 April 2014 (Grand Finals) |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| TV partner(s) |
NBL.TV (online)
LiveBasketball.TV (online)
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| Regular season | |
| Top seed | Perth Wildcats |
| Season MVP | Rotnei Clarke |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Perth Wildcats |
| Runners-up | Adelaide 36ers |
| Finals MVP | Jermaine Beal |
The 2013–14 NBL season was the 36th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 10 October 2013 and 23 March 2014, and was followed by a post-season featuring the top four in late March and April 2014. The schedule was announced on 9 August 2013. The Perth Wildcats defeated the Adelaide 36ers 2–1 in the three-game finals series, with the final match at Perth Arena attended by 13,498 people.
Australian broadcast rights to the season were held by free-to-air network Channel Ten and its digital sports sister station One, in the fourth year of a five-year deal, through to the 2014–15 season. In New Zealand, Sky Sport are the official league broadcaster, in the second year of a three-year deal.
Adelaide 36ers finish fourth (last).
A pre-season tournament featuring all eight teams was held on 20–22 September 2013 at Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney. The winner received the inaugural Loggins-Bruton Cup.
Perth Wildcats are pre-season champions.
The 2013–14 National Basketball League Finals will be played in March and April 2014, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and final series, where the higher seed hosts the first and third games.
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 results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.
Note: regular season only (minimum 14 games) and excluding negligible attempts
The end-of-season awards ceremony was held in the Sketch private dining room at Docklands, Melbourne on Wednesday, 2 April 2014.
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