Sports season
The 2001 NBL season was the 20th season of the National Basketball League. The Waikato Titans won the championship in 2001 to claim their first league title.[1] The Titans set an NBL record with a 15-game winning streak during the season, a streak that was not broken until the 2015 Southland Sharks squad recorded a 16-game winning streak.[2]
Awards
Statistics leaders
Stats as of the end of the regular season[3]
Regular season
- NZ Most Valuable Player: Phill Jones (Nelson Giants)
- Most Outstanding Guard: Phill Jones (Nelson Giants)
- Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Phill Jones (Nelson Giants)
- Most Outstanding Forward: Clifton Bush (Waikato Titans)
- Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Terrence Lewis (Canterbury Rams)
- Scoring Champion: Clifton Bush (Waikato Titans)
- Rebounding Champion: Brian Gomes (North Harbour Kings)
- Assist Champion: Paul Henare (Auckland Stars)
- Rookie of the Year: Damon Rampton (Nelson Giants)
- Coach of the Year: Nenad Vučinić (Nelson Giants)
- All-Star Five: