2018 Nepal Basketball League season
{{Infobox sports season
|title=2018 Nepal Basketball League
|league=Nepal Basketball League
|sport=Basketball
|duration=17 February 2018 - 31 March 2018
|no_of_teams=8
|season_champs=Golden Gate International College
|second_place = Nepal Army Club
|no_of_games=60
|nextseason_link = 2019 Nepal Basketball League season
|nextseason_year = 2019
}}
2018 Nepal Basketball League also known as Kwiks Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the first season of Nepal Basketball League. The league began on 17 February 2018 and ended on 31 March 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/sports/kwiks-basketball-league-kick-off-february-17/|title=KWIKS Basketball league to kick off from February 17|date=2018-02-16|work=The Himalayan Times|access-date=2018-03-31|language=en-US}}
Golden Gate International College were crowned the first champions after beating Nepal Army Club 97-96 in the final.{{Cite news|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/kbl-goldengate-beat-army-in-a-nail-biting-finale/|title=KBL: GoldenGate beat Army in a nail-biting finale|date=2018-03-31|work=The Himalayan Times|access-date=2018-03-31|language=en-US}}
Teams
| class="wikitable"
!Team !Head Coach !Court !City |
| Bishal Milan Kendra
|Abhishek KC |Bishal Milan Kendra |
| Golden Gate International College
|Bipeen Kapali |Golden Gate International College |
| Himalayan Hounds
|Raju Acharya |Shankar Dev Campus |
| ANK Kirtipur
|Rabindra Maharjan |Naya Bazaar Club |
| Nepal Army Club
|Yaman Gurung |Army Officer's Club |
| South Siders
|Ashish KC |St. Xavier's College |
| Team Budhanilkantha
|Upendra Rawat |Golfutar Youth Club |
| Xavier International College
|Nirupesh Shrestha |Xavier International College |
Regular season
= League table =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="width:250px;" |Teams ! style="width:35px;" |{{Abbr|P|Games played}} ! style="width:35px;" |{{Abbr|W|Games won}} ! style="width:35px;" |{{Abbr|L|Games lost}} ! style="width:50px;" |{{Abbr|PCT|Winning percentage}} ! style="width:35px;" |{{Abbr|GB|Games Behind}} ! style="width:40px;" |{{Abbr|Home|Home record}} ! style="width:40px;" |{{Abbr|Road|Road record}} |
| style="background:#bfc;"
| style="text-align:left;" |Nepal Army Club |14 |13 |1 |0.929 |0 |7-0 |6-1 |
| style="background:#bfc;"
| style="text-align:left;" |Golden Gate International College |14 |10 |4 |0.714 |3 |5-2 |5-2 |
| style="background:#bfc;"
| style="text-align:left;" |Bishal Milan Kendra |14 |9 |5 |0.643 |4 |5-2 |4-3 |
| style="background:#bfc;"
| style="text-align:left;" |Himalayan Hounds |14 |8 |6 |0.571 |5 |3-4 |5-2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |AMK Kirtipur
|14 |7 |7 |0.500 |6 |4-3 |3-4 |
| style="text-align:left;" |South Siders
|14 |4 |10 |0.286 |9 |3-4 |1-6 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Team Budhanilkantha
|14 |3 |11 |0.214 |10 |1-6 |2-5 |
| style="text-align:left;" |Xavier International College
|14 |2 |12 |0.143 |11 |1-6 |1-6 |
- Top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
= Results =
{{#invoke:Sports results|main
| source={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180406143900/http://www.arkonetwork.com/sport/basketball/kwiks-basketball-league-2018-fixtures/ Arko Network]}}
| update=complete | matches_style=BSR
| match_col_width = 50
| team1=BMK | name_BMK=Bishal Milan Kendra
| team2=BNK | name_BNK=Team Budhanilkantha
| team3=GGIC | name_GGIC=Golden Gate International College
| team4=HOU | name_HOU=Himalayan Hounds
| team5=KIR | name_KIR=ANK Kirtipur
| team6=NAC | name_NAC=Nepal Army Club
| team7=SID | name_SID=South Siders
| team8=XIC | name_XIC=Xavier International College
| match_BMK_BNK=80-65
| match_BMK_GGIC=70-63
| match_BMK_HOU=57-68
| match_BMK_KIR=68-57
| match_BMK_NAC=92-111
| match_BMK_SID=70-61
| match_BMK_XIC=84-77
| match_BNK_BMK=69-88
| match_BNK_GGIC=76-92
| match_BNK_HOU=75-79
| match_BNK_KIR=67-75
| match_BNK_NAC=84-89
| match_BNK_SID=59-56
| match_BNK_XIC=73-82
| match_GGIC_BMK=82-88
| match_GGIC_BNK=89-52
| match_GGIC_HOU=73-78
| match_GGIC_KIR=81-65
| match_GGIC_NAC=90-85
| match_GGIC_SID=80-66
| match_GGIC_XIC=75-59
| match_HOU_BMK=57-61
| match_HOU_BNK=78-60
| match_HOU_GGIC=50-94
| match_HOU_KIR=57-73
| match_HOU_NAC=50-71
| match_HOU_SID=60-56
| match_HOU_XIC=88-57
| match_KIR_BMK=60-51
| match_KIR_BNK=71-75
| match_KIR_GGIC=56-66
| match_KIR_HOU=84-83
| match_KIR_NAC=64-111
| match_KIR_SID=47-45
| match_KIR_XIC=64-57
| match_NAC_BMK=87-73
| match_NAC_BNK=89-76
| match_NAC_GGIC=88-50
| match_NAC_HOU=83-58
| match_NAC_KIR=84-61
| match_NAC_SID=80-72
| match_NAC_XIC=92-59
| match_SID_BMK=69-66
| match_SID_BNK=66-67
| match_SID_GGIC=63-76
| match_SID_HOU=59-65
| match_SID_KIR=67-57
| match_SID_NAC=68-86
| match_SID_XIC=73-67
| match_XIC_BMK=75-77
| match_XIC_BNK=63-56
| match_XIC_GGIC=56-71
| match_XIC_HOU=59-64
| match_XIC_KIR=83-85
| match_XIC_NAC=73-93
| match_XIC_SID=57-69
}}
Playoffs
{{Round4-with third|28 March|Nepal Army Club|105|Himalayan Hounds|79|28 March|Golden Gate|113|Bishal Milan Kendra|79|31 March|Nepal Army Club|96|Golden Gate|97|31 March|Bishal Milan Kendra|80|Himalayan Hounds|70}}
= Semi-finals =
{{basketballbox|bg=|date=28 March 2018|time=9:00 NST|place=Army Officer's Club , Kathmandu|teamA=Nepal Army Club|scoreA=105|teamB=Himalayan Hounds|scoreB=79|Q1=29 - 11|Q2=19 - 17|Q3=28 - 23|Q4=29 - 28|report={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180405135520/http://arkonetwork.com/0/sport/basketball/matches/tribhuvan-army-club-vs-himalayan-hounds-basketball-club/ Report]}}|points1=Sadhish Pradhan 23|rebounds1=Ashish Basnet 6|assist1=Ashish Basnet 1|points2=Mabindra Bhandari 22|rebounds2=Mabindra Bhandari 12|assist2=Saurav Shrestha 2|attendance=|referee=}}
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{{basketballbox|bg=|date=28 March 2018|time=16:00 NST|place=Golden Gate International College , Kathmandu|teamA=Golden Gate International College|scoreA=113|teamB=Bishal Milan Kendra|scoreB=79|Q1=29 - 20|Q2=32 - 11|Q3=29 - 29|Q4=23 - 19|report={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180401104040/http://arkonetwork.com/0/sport/basketball/matches/goldengate-international-college-vs-bishal-milan-kendra/ Report]}}|points1=Bipendra Maharjan 37|rebounds1=Anish Shahi Thakuri 18|assist1=Bipenra Maharjan 9|points2=Bibek Shrestha 17|rebounds2=Bibek Shrestha 19|assist2=Bikash Gurung 6|attendance=|referee=}}
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= Third place =
{{basketballbox|bg=|date=31 March 2018|time=11:00 NST|place=NSC Covered Hall, Kathmandu|teamA=Bishal Milan Kendra|scoreA=80|teamB=Himalayan Houndds|scoreB=70|Q1=18-18|Q2=20-21|Q3=20-14|Q4=22-19|report={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180404162958/http://arkonetwork.com/0/sport/basketball/matches/kbl-2018-third-place-play-off-bmk-vs-sdc-hounds/ Report]}}|points1=Bikash Gurung 30|rebounds1=Bimal Jung Karki 10|assist1=Sashwat Bikram Singh 2|points2=Bijay Burja 26|rebounds2=Manish KC 18|assist2=Mabindra Bhandari 3|attendance=|referee=}}
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= Final =
{{basketballbox|bg=|date=31 March 2018|time=14:00 NST|place=NSC Covered Hall, Kathmandu|teamA=Nepal Army Club|scoreA=96|teamB=Golden Gate International College|scoreB=97|Q1=21-21|Q2=23-33|Q3=20-20|Q4=32-23|report={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180403124350/http://arkonetwork.com/0/sport/basketball/matches/kbl-2018-final-army-club-vs-goldengate/ Report]}}|points1=Binod Maharjan 19|rebounds1=Binod Maharjan 13|assist1=Rabin Khatri 8|points2=Rajiv Joshi 20|rebounds2=|assist2=|attendance=|referee=}}
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Statistics
= Individual statistic leaders=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Category !Player !Team !Statistic |
| Points per game
|Bikash Gurung |Bishal Milan Kendra |24.2 |
| Rebounds per game
|Anish Shahi Thakuri |Golden Gate |13.4 |
| Assists per game
|Rabin Khatri |7.8 |
| Steals per game
|Sandesh Tamang |Bishal Milan Kendra |4.80 |
| Blocks per game
|Diveshwar Shah |AMK Kirtipur |2.30 |
| Turnovers per game
|Saurav Shrestha |Himalayan Hounds |4.50 |
| rowspan="2" |Fouls per game
|Subrat Raj Upadhyay |South Siders | rowspan="2" |3.60 |
| Saugat Deep Singh
|Team Budhanilkantha |
| FG%
|Ajay Manandhar |79.07% |
| Double-doubles
|Bibek Shrestha |Bishal Milan Kendra |10 |
| Triple-doubles
|Binod Maharjan |1 |