Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) is the Brazilian basketball league, created in 2008 as the new format to the Campeonato Brasileiro de Basquete. NBB is fully organized by the participating clubs, as an attempt to reorganize and rebuild the Brazilian basketball. The form of dispute follows a similar model adopted by the NBA and European countries. The first edition was disputed by fifteen teams playing each other in the round and second round at the classification stage. At the end of two rounds, the top eight teams qualify for the playoffs in best of five matches, advances to the next phase who win three games.
Participating teams
Winner Limeira Franca Paulistano Araraquara Assis Basket Bauru São José Pinheiros Flamengo Saldanha da Gama CETAF Vila Velha Brasília Joinville Bira-Lajeado Minas
Regular season
ClassificationTeamPtsGWDPMPAPDifAVE1 Flamengo5428262261622243921.176262 Brasília5028226244222082341.105983 Minas4928217242822122161.097654 Joinville4928217232021082121.100575 Winner Limeira4628181023992307921.039886 Bauru4428161222882195931.042377 Franca4428161222712201701.031808 Pinheiros44281612243823361021.043669 Paulistano3928111721612308-1470.9363110 CETAF Vila Velha3828101821002211-1110.9498011 Assis Basket3828101820772239-1620.9276512 Araraquara362882020992261-1620.9283513 São José352872121642313-1490.9355814 Saldanha da Gama322842420372425-3880.8400015 Bira-Lajeado322842420472339-2920.87516Pts – points; G – games played; W - wins; D - defeats; PM – points made; PA – points against; PDif - point difference; AVE – average Classification Ranked for the playoffs
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Flamengo (1) vs. (8) Pinheiros
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Brasília (2) vs. (7) Franca
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Minas (3) vs. (6) Bauru
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Joinville (4) vs. (5) Limeira
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Semifinals
Flamengo (1) vs. (4) Joinville
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Brasília (2) vs. Minas (3)
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Finals
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4
Game 5
Awards MVP - Marcelinho Machado (Flamengo) Sixth Player - Fred Santos (Flamengo) Best Defender - Alex Garcia (Brasília) Coach - Paulo Sampaio (Flamengo)
All-Team Position Player Team PG Larry Taylor Bauru SG Alex Garcia Brasília SF Marcelinho Machado Flamengo PF Murilo Becker Minas C Rafael Araújo Flamengo
References