2012–13 NBL Canada season

The 2012–13 NBL Canada season was the second season of the National Basketball League of Canada. The regular season began on Friday, November 2, 2012, when the Summerside Storm hosted the Saint John Mill Rats. The regular season ended on Saturday, March 16, 2013.^[1] The playoffs started on March 19 and ended on April 12 when the London Lightning defeated the Summerside Storm in Game 4 of their series, 87–80, winning the Finals, 3–1 and to capture the franchise's second NBL Canada title. Marvin Phillips was named the Finals MVP.^[2]

2012–13 NBL Canada season
League	National Basketball League of Canada
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 2, 2012 – March 16, 2013 (regular season)
Number of teams	8
Draft
Top draft pick	Robert Curtis
Picked by	Windsor Express
Playoffs
Atlantic champions	Summerside Storm
Atlantic runners-up	Saint John Mill Rats
Central champions	London Lightning
Central runners-up	Windsor Express
Finals
Champions	London Lightning
Runners-up	Summerside Storm
Finals MVP	Marvin Phillips (London Lightning)

Preseason

Following the end of the 2011-12 NBL Canada season, the NBL Canada awarded Windsor, Ontario a franchise, named the Windsor Express, for the 2012–13 season.^[3] With the addition of the Express, the NBL Canada incorporated two four-team divisions, the Central and the Atlantic.^[4]

Later in the preseason, the Quebec Kebs relocated to Laval, Quebec and were renamed the Laval Kebs. However, the Keb's ownership folded the team before the start of the 2012–13 season. The NBL Canada replaced the Kebs with a franchise in Montreal, Quebec, named the Montreal Jazz.^[5]

Draft

The 2012 NBL Canada draft was held August 27, 2012. The Windsor Express had the first pick and selected center Robert Curtis.^[6]

Teams

2012-13 National Basketball League of Canada
Division	Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Atlantic	Halifax Rainmen	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Halifax Metro Centre	10,500
	Moncton Miracles	Moncton, New Brunswick	Moncton Coliseum	6,554
	Saint John Mill Rats	Saint John, New Brunswick	Harbour Station	6,603
	Summerside Storm	Summerside, Prince Edward Island	Credit Union Place	4,532
Central	London Lightning	London, Ontario	Budweiser Gardens	9,000
	Montreal Jazz	Montreal, Quebec	Centre Pierre Charbonneau	2,700
	Oshawa Power	Oshawa, Ontario	General Motors Centre	5,180
	Windsor Express	Windsor, Ontario	WFCU Centre	6,500

Map of teams

Rainmen

Miracles

Mill Rats

Storm

Lightning

Jazz

Power

Express

Atlantic Division Central Division

Regular season

The regular season began on November 2, 2012 with the Saint John Mill Rats taking on the Summerside Storm. The number of games played by each team was increased to 40. The regular season ended on Saturday, March 16, 2013.

Standings

Overall

#	2012–13 NBL Canada Standings
	Team	W	L	GB	PCT	PF	PA	STK
1	xy-London Lightning	33	7	--	.825	108.8	97.0	L1
2	xy-Summerside Storm	26	14	7	.650	107.5	101.1	W7
3	x-Windsor Express	22	18	11	.550	98.5	97.2	W7
4	x-Saint John Mill Rats	20	20	13	.500	104.0	104.5	L1
5	x-Moncton Miracles	20	20	13	.500	101.0	99.5	W5
6	Halifax Rainmen	19	21	14	.475	101.7	101.4	L3
7	Oshawa Power	18	22	15	.450	103.5	106.0	L10
8	Montreal Jazz	2	38	31	.050	93.8	112.0	L21

By division

# Atlantic Division Team W L GB PCT 1 xy-Summerside Storm 26 14 -- .650 2 x-Saint John Mill Rats 20 20 6 .500 3 x-Moncton Miracles 20 20 6 .500 4 Halifax Rainmen 19 21 7 .475

# Central Division Team W L GB PCT 1 xy-London Lightning 33 7 -- .825 2 x-Windsor Express 22 18 11 .550 3 Oshawa Power 18 22 15 .450 4 Montreal Jazz 2 38 31 .050

Notes

• x – Clinched playoff spot
• y – Clinched division title

Statistics leaders

Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistics
Points per game	Devin Sweetney	Moncton Miracles	24.9
Rebounds per game	Isaac Butts	Summerside Storm	11.1
Assists per game	Darren Duncan	Windsor Express	8.3
Steals per game	Chris Hagan	Montreal Jazz	2.5
Blocks per game	Jonas Pierre	Moncton Miracles	2.59
Fouls per game	Sylvania Watkins	Moncton Miracles	3.9
FG%	Isaac Butts	Moncton Miracles	0.603
FT%	Jermaine Blackburn	London Lightning	0.883
3FG%	Jermaine Blackburn	London Lightning	0.472
Double-Doubles	Antonio Ballard	Summerside Storm	15
Triple-Doubles	N/A	N/A	N/A

Awards

Yearly awards

• Most Valuable Player: Devin Sweetney, Moncton Miracles
• Canadian Player of the Year: Joey Haywood, Halifax Rainmen
• Defensive Player of the Year: Al Stewart, Summerside Storm
• Rookie of the Year: Isaac Butts, Moncton Miracles
• Sixth Man of the Year: Rodney Buford, London Lightning
• Newcomer of the Year: Marvin Phillips, London Lightning
• Coach of the Year: Micheal Ray Richardson, London Lightning/ Joe Salerno, Summerside Storm
• Expansion Franchise of the Year: Windsor Express
• Ian Fowler Executive of the Year: Kim Blanco, Moncton Miracles

All-NBL Canada First Team: F Brandon Robinson F Elvin Mims C Isaac Butts G Devin Sweetney G Darren Duncan

All-NBL Canada Second Team: F Quinnel Brown F Tim Ellis C Marvin Phillips G Anthony Anderson G Jerice Crouch

All-NBL Canada Third Team: F Chris Common G Joey Haywood G Al Stewart G Antonio Ballard G Nick Okorie

NBL Canada All-Canada First Team: F Kevin Loiselle F Greg Surmacz F Sheray Thomas G Joey Haywood G Antwi Atuahene

NBL Canada All-Canada Second Team: F Doug McKinney F Kamar Burke C Quincy Okolie G Kevin Francis G Papa Oppong

NBL Canada All-Defensive First Team: F Elvin Mims F Kevin Loiselle C Isaac Butts G Antonio Ballard G Al Stewart

NBL Canada All-Defensive Second Team: F Marvin Phillips F Jaushay Rockett C Jonas Pierre G Sylvania Watkins G Cavell Johnson

Source:^[7]

Players of the week

The following players were named the NBL Canada Players of the Week.

Week ending	NBL Canada Player of the Week
	Player	Club
November 4	Tyrone Levett	Moncton Miracles
November 11	Greg Plummer	Summerside Storm
November 18	Morgan Lewis	London Lightning
November 25	Devin Sweetney	Moncton Miracles
December 3	Darren Duncan	Windsor Express
December 10	Quinnel Brown	Halifax Rainmen
December 17	Nick Okorie	Oshawa Power
December 24	Elvin Mims	London Lightning
December 31	Chris Commons	Windsor Express
January 7	Eric Frederick	Montreal Jazz
January 14	Devin Sweetney	Moncton Miracles
January 28	Anthony Anderson	Saint John Mill Rats
February 4	Melvin Goins	Halifax Rainmen
February 11	Marvin Phillips	London Lightning
February 18	Isaac Butts	Moncton Miracles
February 25	Marvin Phillips	London Lightning
March 4	Isaac Butts	Moncton Miracles
March 11	Omari Johnson	Summerside Storm
March 18	Kenny Jones	Saint John Mill Rats

Playoffs

The NBL Canada Championship Playoffs began on March 19, with the top five teams going for the championship. The two division winners, along with the second place team with the next best record are given the top three seeds. The next two teams in terms of record are given the lower seeds.

The fourth and fifth seeds meet each other in the first round of the NBL Canada Playoffs. The winner of this best-of-three series goes on to meet the first seed in a best-of-five semi-finals series. Second and third seeds meet in the other semi-finals series. The winner of the two semi-finals series will meet in a final best-of-five series, known as the NBL Finals.

	Wild card					Semifinals					Finals
						1	London	3
						5	Moncton	1
	4	Saint John	1
	5	Moncton	2
											1	London	3
											2	Summerside	1
						2	Summerside	3
						3	Windsor	2

Wild card series

(4) Saint John Mill Rats vs. (5) Moncton Miracles

March 19 7:00 pm

Report

Moncton Miracles 98, Saint John Mill Rats 90

Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, New Brunswick

March 22 7:00 pm

Report

Saint John Mill Rats 126, Moncton Miracles 99

Harbour Station, Saint John, New Brunswick

March 23 7:00 pm

Report

Saint John Mill Rats 103, Moncton Miracles 111

Harbour Station, Saint John, New Brunswick

Semifinals

(1) London Lightning vs. (5) Moncton Miracles

March 25 7:00 pm

Report

London Lightning 106, Moncton Miracles 80

Budweiser Gardens, London, Ontario

March 27 7:00 pm

Report

London Lightning 89, Moncton Miracles 78

Budweiser Gardens, London, Ontario

March 29 7:00 pm

Report

Moncton Miracles 114, London Lightning 103

Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, New Brunswick

March 30 7:00 pm

Report

Moncton Miracles 98, London Lightning 104

Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, New Brunswick

(2) Summerside Storm vs. (3) Windsor Express

March 24 2:00 pm

Report

Summerside Storm 112, Windsor Express 114

Consolidated Credit Union Place, Summerside, Prince Edward Island

March 26 7:00 pm

Report

Summerside Storm 114, Windsor Express 98

Consolidated Credit Union Place, Summerside, Prince Edward Island

March 28 7:00 pm

Report

Windsor Express 84, Summerside Storm 112

WFCU Centre, Windsor, Ontario

March 30 7:00 pm

Report

Windsor Express 124, Summerside Storm 122

WFCU Centre, Windsor, Ontario

April 2 7:00 pm

Report

Summerside Storm 109, Windsor Express 103

Consolidated Credit Union Place, Summerside, Prince Edward Island

Finals

Main article: 2013 NBL Canada Finals

(1) London Lightning vs. (2) Summerside Storm

April 6 7:00 pm

Report

London Lightning 105, Summerside Storm 100

Budweiser Gardens, London, Ontario

April 7 7:00 pm

Report

London Lightning 99, Summerside Storm 96

Budweiser Gardens, London, Ontario

April 10 7:00 pm

Report

Summerside Storm 111, London Lightning 99

Consolidated Credit Union Place, Summerside, Prince Edward Island

April 12 7:00 pm

Report

Summerside Storm 80, London Lightning 87

Consolidated Credit Union Place, Summerside, Prince Edward Island

All-Star Game

The 2013 NBL All-Star Game will take place the weekend of April 13–14, in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Roster

Atlantic Division All-Stars[8] Pos Player Team No. of selections Starters G Jerice Crouch Saint John Mill Rats 1 G Joey Haywood Halifax Rainmen 2 G/F Brandon Robinson Summerside Storm 2 G/F Devin Sweetney Moncton Miracles 1 C Isaac Butts Moncton Miracles 1 Reserves G Al Stewart Summerside Storm 1 G/F Kamar Burke Moncton Miracles 1 F Chris Cayole Summerside Storm 1 F Omari Johnson Summerside Storm 2 F Steve Deluca Saint John Mill Rats 1 G/F Kenny JonesOSC Saint John Mill Rats 1 G Antonio BallardINJ Summerside Storm 1 Head coach: Joe Salerno (Summerside Storm)

Central Division All-Stars[8] Pos Player Team No. of selections Starters G Darren Duncan Windsor Express 2 G Nick Okorie Oshawa Power 1 F Tim Ellis London Lightning 1 F Elvin Mims London Lightning 1 F/C Marvin Philips London Lightning 1 Reserves G Antwi Atuahene London Lightning 1 G Papa Oppong Oshawa Power 1 F J.R. Harrison Montreal Jazz 1 F Greg Surmacz Windsor Express 1 F Chris Common Windsor Express 1 Head coach: Micheal Ray Richardson (London Lightning)

^INJ Will not participate due to injury.
^OSC Will not participate due to overseas commitment.

Game

April 14, 2013

Box score

Atlantic Division 145, Central Division 150
Scoring by quarter: 35–34, 34–41, 35–45, 41–30
Pts: Ballard 28 Rebs: Ballard 11 Asts: Crouch 15		Pts: Phillips 37 Rebs: Phillips 14 Asts: Atuahene 15

Harbour Station, Saint John, New Brunswick Attendance: 2,000