Harbour Heat Explained

The Harbour Heat were a New Zealand basketball team based in Auckland. The Heat competed in the National Basketball League (NBL) and played their home games at North Shore Events Centre.

Team history

The Harbour Heat, then known as North Shore, started in the second-tiered Conference Basketball League (CBL). After winning the CBL Northern championship in 1985,^[1] the team was promoted to the National Basketball League (NBL) for the 1986 season.^{[2] [3]} North Shore reached their first NBL final in 1988, where they lost 81–78 to the Wellington Saints.^[4] In 1998, as the North Harbour Kings, the team reached their second NBL final, where they lost 81–73 to the Nelson Giants.^[5] In 2000, the Kings were regular season winners for the first time with a 12–4 record.^[6] In 2007, the Harbour Heat were regular season winners with a 14–4 record.^[7]

After sitting out the 2011 season, the Heat returned to the NBL in 2012,^[8] only to withdraw again permanently after that.^[9]

External links

• Harbour Heat at basketball.org.nz
• 1999 North Harbour Kings team
• 2002 Harbour Kings team
• 2003 Harbour Heat team
• 2003 Harbour Heat stats (1)
• 2003 Harbour Heat stats (2)
• 2004 Harbour Heat team
• 2004 Harbour Heat stats
• 2005 Harbour Heat team
• 2005 Harbour Heat stats
• 2006 Harbour Heat team
• 2007 Harbour Heat team

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2010 Conference Basketball League . Basketball.org.nz . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150126011833/http://www.basketball.org.nz/_r/uploads/2010/07/2010-conference-basketball-league-programme-as-at-25-jul-10.pdf . 26 January 2015 . 4–5.
2. Web site: 2005 League Handbook . Basketball.org.nz . 32–36 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060824065604/http://www.basketball.org.nz/uimages//1942.pdf . 24 August 2006.
3. Web site: 2012 NBL Handbook. yumpu.com. 6 August 2019. 12–13.
4. Web site: 1988 NBL CHAMPIONS: WELLINGTON SAINTS. nznbl.basketball. 6 August 2019.
5. Web site: 1998 NBL CHAMPIONS: NELSON GIANTS. nznbl.basketball. 6 August 2019.
6. Web site: 2000 National Basketball League. Basketball.org.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20150114172059/http://www.basketball.org.nz/competitions/nbl/nbl-2000/. 14 January 2015. dead.
7. Web site: 2007 National Basketball League. Basketball.org.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20150114171808/http://www.basketball.org.nz/competitions/nbl/nbl2007/. 14 January 2015. dead.
8. Web site: Nine teams confirmed for New Zealand NBL. Stuff.co.nz. 4 November 2011. 6 August 2019. ...while the Harbour Heat re-enter the league after a one-year hiatus..
9. Web site: Dream becomes reality. Basketball.org.nz. 26 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150125225445/http://www.basketball.org.nz/nbl/dream-becomes-reality/. 25 January 2015. dead.