Harbour Heat
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{{Infobox basketball club
| name = Harbour Heat
| color1 = white
| color2 = black
| color3 = maroon
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| league = National Basketball League
| founded = 1986
| folded = 2012
| history = North Shore
1986–1989
North Harbour Vikings
1990–1997
North Harbour Kings
1998–2001
Harbour Kings
2002
Harbour Heat
2003–2010; 2012
| arena = North Shore Events Centre
| location = Auckland, New Zealand
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| ownership =
| colours = Black, maroon, white
| championships = 0
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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,{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.org.nz/_r/uploads/2010/07/2010-conference-basketball-league-programme-as-at-25-jul-10.pdf |title=2010 Conference Basketball League |work=Basketball.org.nz |url-status=dead |archive-url=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 |archive-date=26 January 2015 |pages=4–5}} the team was promoted to the National Basketball League (NBL) for the 1986 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.org.nz/uimages//1942.pdf |title=2005 League Handbook |work=Basketball.org.nz |pages=32–36 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824065604/http://www.basketball.org.nz/uimages//1942.pdf |archive-date=24 August 2006}}{{cite web|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/44293735/2012-nbl-handbookpub-basketball-new-zealand|title=2012 NBL Handbook|work=yumpu.com|access-date=6 August 2019|pages=12–13}} North Shore reached their first NBL final in 1988, where they lost 81–78 to the Wellington Saints.{{cite web|url=https://www.nznbl.basketball/past_champions/1988-nbl-champions-wellington-saints/|title=1988 NBL CHAMPIONS: WELLINGTON SAINTS|work=nznbl.basketball|access-date=6 August 2019}} In 1998, as the North Harbour Kings, the team reached their second NBL final, where they lost 81–73 to the Nelson Giants.{{cite web|url=https://www.nznbl.basketball/past_champions/1998-nbl-champions-nelson-giants/|title=1998 NBL CHAMPIONS: NELSON GIANTS|work=nznbl.basketball|access-date=6 August 2019}} In 2000, the Kings were regular season winners for the first time with a 12–4 record.{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.org.nz/competitions/nbl/nbl-2000/|title=2000 National Basketball League|work=Basketball.org.nz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114172059/http://www.basketball.org.nz/competitions/nbl/nbl-2000/|archive-date=14 January 2015|url-status=dead}} In 2007, the Harbour Heat were regular season winners with a 14–4 record.{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.org.nz/competitions/nbl/nbl2007/|title=2007 National Basketball League|work=Basketball.org.nz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114171808/http://www.basketball.org.nz/competitions/nbl/nbl2007/|archive-date=14 January 2015|url-status=dead}}
After sitting out the 2011 season, the Heat returned to the NBL in 2012,{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/5909102/Nine-teams-confirmed-for-New-Zealand-NBL|title=Nine teams confirmed for New Zealand NBL|work=Stuff.co.nz|date=4 November 2011|access-date=6 August 2019|quote=...while the Harbour Heat re-enter the league after a one-year hiatus.}} only to withdraw again permanently after that.{{cite web|url=http://www.basketball.org.nz/nbl/dream-becomes-reality/|title=Dream becomes reality|work=Basketball.org.nz|date=26 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125225445/http://www.basketball.org.nz/nbl/dream-becomes-reality/|archive-date=25 January 2015|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121118093658/http://www.basketball.org.nz/harbour-heat/ Harbour Heat] at basketball.org.nz
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19991009203801/http://www.plug.co.nz/sport/basketball/newsletter3.htm 1999 North Harbour Kings team]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20021202164800/http://fixtures.nzoom.com/basketball/2002/teams/kings.html 2002 Harbour Kings team]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20030924114856/http://www.kiwihoops.co.nz/nbl_heat.htm 2003 Harbour Heat team]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040905134507/http://www.kiwihoops.co.nz/nbl_heat_ss.htm 2003 Harbour Heat stats (1)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060827010240/http://www.basketball.org.nz/uimages//590.htm 2003 Harbour Heat stats (2)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040818135549/http://www.kiwihoops.co.nz/nbl_heat.htm 2004 Harbour Heat team]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040905133936/http://www.kiwihoops.co.nz/nbl_24heat_ss.htm 2004 Harbour Heat stats]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060109164244/http://www.kiwihoops.co.nz/nbl_heat.htm 2005 Harbour Heat team]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061008103520/http://www.kiwihoops.co.nz/nbl_25heat_ss.pdf 2005 Harbour Heat stats]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061008091055/http://www.kiwihoops.co.nz/nbl_heat.htm 2006 Harbour Heat team]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090317083706/http://www.kiwihoops.co.nz/nbl_heat.htm 2007 Harbour Heat team]
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Category:Basketball teams in New Zealand
Category:Basketball teams in Auckland
Category:National Basketball League (New Zealand) teams
Category:Basketball teams established in 1986