# 2018 Nepal Basketball League season

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.
Golden Gate International College were crowned the first champions after beating Nepal Army Club 97-96 in the final.

## Teams

| Team | Head Coach | Court | City |
| Bishal Milan Kendra | Abhishek KC | Bishal Milan Kendra | Kathmandu |
| Golden Gate International College | Bipeen Kapali | Golden Gate International College | Kathmandu |
| Himalayan Hounds | Raju Acharya | Shankar Dev Campus | Kathmandu |
| ANK Kirtipur | Rabindra Maharjan | Naya Bazaar Club | Kirtipur |
| Nepal Army Club | Yaman Gurung | Army Officer's Club | Kathmandu |
| South Siders | Ashish KC | St. Xavier's College | Kathmandu |
| Team Budhanilkantha | Upendra Rawat | Golfutar Youth Club | Budhanilkantha |
| Xavier International College | Nirupesh Shrestha | Xavier International College | Kathmandu |

## Regular season
### League table

| Teams | P | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road |
| Nepal Army Club | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0.929 | 0 | 7-0 | 6-1 |
| Golden Gate International College | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0.714 | 3 | 5-2 | 5-2 |
| Bishal Milan Kendra | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0.643 | 4 | 5-2 | 4-3 |
| Himalayan Hounds | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0.571 | 5 | 3-4 | 5-2 |
| AMK Kirtipur | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0.500 | 6 | 4-3 | 3-4 |
| South Siders | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0.286 | 9 | 3-4 | 1-6 |
| Team Budhanilkantha | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0.214 | 10 | 1-6 | 2-5 |
| Xavier International College | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0.143 | 11 | 1-6 | 1-6 |
* Top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs

### Results

| Home \ Away | BMK | BNK | GGIC | HOU | KIR | NAC | SID | XIC |
| Bishal Milan Kendra | — | 80–65 | 70–63 | 57–68 | 68–57 | 92–111 | 70–61 | 84–77 |
| Team Budhanilkantha | 69–88 | — | 76–92 | 75–79 | 67–75 | 84–89 | 59–56 | 73–82 |
| Golden Gate International College | 82–88 | 89–52 | — | 73–78 | 81–65 | 90–85 | 80–66 | 75–59 |
| Himalayan Hounds | 57–61 | 78–60 | 50–94 | — | 57–73 | 50–71 | 60–56 | 88–57 |
| ANK Kirtipur | 60–51 | 71–75 | 56–66 | 84–83 | — | 64–111 | 47–45 | 64–57 |
| Nepal Army Club | 87–73 | 89–76 | 88–50 | 83–58 | 84–61 | — | 80–72 | 92–59 |
| South Siders | 69–66 | 66–67 | 63–76 | 59–65 | 67–57 | 68–86 | — | 73–67 |
| Xavier International College | 75–77 | 63–56 | 56–71 | 59–64 | 83–85 | 73–93 | 57–69 | — |

## Playoffs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 28 March | 28 March |
| Nepal Army Club | 105 |
| Nepal Army Club | 105 | 31 March | 31 March |
| Himalayan Hounds | 79 | 31 March | 31 March |
| Himalayan Hounds | 79 | Nepal Army Club | 96 |
| 28 March | 28 March | | Nepal Army Club | 96 |
| 28 March | 28 March | Golden Gate | 97 |
| Golden Gate | 113 | Golden Gate | 97 |
| Bishal Milan Kendra | 79 | | |
| Bishal Milan Kendra | 79 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 31 March | 31 March |
| | | Bishal Milan Kendra | 80 |
| | | Himalayan Hounds | 70 |

### Semi-finals

* 28 March 2018 9:00 NST
* Report
| Nepal Army Club | 105–79 | Himalayan Hounds |
| Scoring by quarter: 29 - 11, 19 - 17, 28 - 23, 29 - 28 |||
| Pts: Sadhish Pradhan 23 Rebs: Ashish Basnet 6 Asts: Ashish Basnet 1 | | Pts: Mabindra Bhandari 22 Rebs: Mabindra Bhandari 12 Asts: Saurav Shrestha 2 |
* Army Officer's Club , Kathmandu
* 28 March 2018 16:00 NST
* Report
| Golden Gate International College | 113–79 | Bishal Milan Kendra |
| Scoring by quarter: 29 - 20, 32 - 11, 29 - 29, 23 - 19 |||
| Pts: Bipendra Maharjan 37 Rebs: Anish Shahi Thakuri 18 Asts: Bipenra Maharjan 9 | | Pts: Bibek Shrestha 17 Rebs: Bibek Shrestha 19 Asts: Bikash Gurung 6 |
* Golden Gate International College , Kathmandu

### Third place

* 31 March 2018 11:00 NST
* Report
| Bishal Milan Kendra | 80–70 | Himalayan Houndds |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-18, 20-21, 20-14, 22-19 |||
| Pts: Bikash Gurung 30 Rebs: Bimal Jung Karki 10 Asts: Sashwat Bikram Singh 2 | | Pts: Bijay Burja 26 Rebs: Manish KC 18 Asts: Mabindra Bhandari 3 |
* NSC Covered Hall, Kathmandu

### Final

* 31 March 2018 14:00 NST
* Report
| Nepal Army Club | 96–97 | Golden Gate International College |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-21, 23-33, 20-20, 32-23 |||
| Pts: Binod Maharjan 19 Rebs: Binod Maharjan 13 Asts: Rabin Khatri 8 | | Pts: Rajiv Joshi 20 |
* NSC Covered Hall, Kathmandu

## Statistics
### Individual statistic leaders

| 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 | Nepal Army Club | 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 |
| Fouls per game | Subrat Raj Upadhyay | South Siders | 3.60 |
| Fouls per game | Saugat Deep Singh | Team Budhanilkantha | 3.60 |
| FG% | Ajay Manandhar | Nepal Army Club | 79.07% |
| Double-doubles | Bibek Shrestha | Bishal Milan Kendra | 10 |
| Triple-doubles | Binod Maharjan | Nepal Army Club | 1 |