2010–11 NBB season

The 2010–11 NBB season was the third season of Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league. It started on October 29, 2010, and was disputed by fourteen teams playing each other in round and runoff in the regular season. The NBB serves as a qualifying competition for international tournaments such as FIBA Americas League, Liga Sudamericana and Torneo InterLigas. As in the second edition, in the third edition of NBB, also named NBB 3, At the end of the regular season the first four teams qualify for the quarterfinals of the playoffs automatically now the team who finish between 5° and 12° positions will participate in the first round of the playoffs o define the other four teams in the quarterfinals.^[1]

Participating teams

• Franca
• Paulistano
• Araraquara
• Assis Basket
• Bauru
• São José
• Pinheiros
• Winner Limeira
• Flamengo
• Vitória Basquete/CECRE
• CETAF Vila Velha
• Brasília
• Joinville
• Minas
• Uberlândia

Regular season

Classification
Team		Pts	G	W	D	%	A
1	Franca	48	28	20	8	85,71	1,098
2	Pinheiros	48	28	20	8	85,71	1,093
3	Brasília	48	28	20	8	85,71	1,129
4	Flamengo	48	28	20	8	85,71	1,120
5	Bauru	47	28	19	9	83,93	1,113
6	Uberlândia	47	28	19	9	83,93	1,092
7	Joinville	45	28	17	11	80,36	1,073
8	São José	43	28	15	13	76,79	1,059
9	Limeira	40	28	12	16	71,43	0,951
10	Minas	38*	28	13	15	67,86	0,951
11	Araraquara	37	28	9	19	66,07	0,926
12	Paulistano	36	28	8	20	64,29	0,875
13	Vitória	35	28	7	21	62,50	0,841
14	Vila Velha	34	28	6	22	60,71	0,841
15	Assis	33	28	5	23	58,93	0,900
* O Minas lost 3 (three) points according to punishment imposed by STJD.
Pts - points; G – games disputed; W - wins; D - defeats; % - percentage; A - average

Classification

	Qualified for the playoffs and for FIBA Americas League.
	Qualified for the playoffs and for Liga Sudamericana.
	Qualified for the first round of the playoffs and for Liga Sudamericana.
	Qualified for the first round of the playoffs.

Playoffs- first round

	First round
	5	Bauru	86	90	92	—	—	3
	12	Paulistano	62	69	77	—	—	0
	6	Uberlândia	90	89	74	—	—	3
	11	Araraquara	63	61	65	—	—	0
	7	Joinville	81	84	78	85	71	3
	10	Minas	83	77	80	74	66	2
	8	São José	76	92	72	84	81	3
	9	Limeira	90	77	60	95	76	2

Bauru (5) vs. (12) Paulistano

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Uberlândia (6) vs. (11) Araraquara

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Joinville (7) vs. (10) Minas

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

São José (8) vs. (9) Limeira

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals										Semifinals										Finals
	1	Franca	86	79	83	-	-	3
	8	São José	79	78	62	-	-	0
											1	Franca	73	94	91	-	-	3
											4	Flamengo	69	86	78	-	-	0
	4	Flamengo	85	79	79	82	-	3
	5	Bauru	87	71	73	79	-	1
																					1	Franca	72	75	93	68	-	1
																					3	Brasília	92	80	92	77	-	3
	3	Brasília	91	109	84	68	91	3
	6	Uberlândia	95	73	72	80	74	2
											3	Brasília	84	90	92	99	-	3
											2	Pinheiros	80	89	99	93	-	1
	2	Pinheiros	72	84	103	71	93	3
	7	Joinville	66	70	105	76	82	2

Quarterfinals

Franca (1) vs. (8) São José

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Pinheiros (2) vs. (7) Joinville

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Brasília (3) vs. (6) Uberlândia

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Flamengo (4) vs. (5) Bauru

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Semifinals

Franca (1) vs. (4) Flamengo

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Pinheiros (2) vs. (3) Brasília

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Finals

Franca (1) vs. (3) Brasília

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Awards

• MVP - Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasília)
• Finals MVP - Guilherme Giovannoni (Brasília)
• Sixth Player - Vítor Benite (Franca)
• Best Defender - Alex Garcia (Brasília)
• Revelation - Vítor Benite (Franca)
• Most Improved Player - Vítor Benite (Franca)
• Coach - Hélio Rubens (Franca)

All-Team

Position	Player	Team
PG	Larry Taylor	Bauru
SG	Alex Garcia	Brasília
SF	Marquinhos	Pinheiros
PF	Guilherme Giovannoni	Brasília
C	Murilo Becker	São José

References