NBL regular season

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basketball regular season sports season phase

The NBL regular season is the primary phase of Australia's National Basketball League in which teams compete to qualify for the playoffs and during which major individual awards, such as the league's Most Valuable Player, are determined.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
NBL regular season canonical	2
National Basketball League regular season	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5295229 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NBL regular season
Context triple: [NBL Most Valuable Player, associatedCompetition, NBL regular season]

A. NBL Finals
The NBL Finals are the championship series of Australia's National Basketball League, determining the season's overall winner.
B. NBL
NBL is NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, a massive pool facility used to train astronauts for spacewalks and simulate microgravity conditions.
C. CBA Regular Season
The CBA Regular Season is the primary phase of China’s top professional basketball league, where teams compete to qualify and position themselves for the postseason playoffs.
D. NBL Oz Gaming
NBL Oz Gaming is a professional esports team that competes in the NBA 2K League, representing Australia in the league’s global basketball gaming competition.
E. National Basketball League (NBL)
The National Basketball League (NBL) was a pioneering professional basketball league in the United States that operated from the 1930s to 1940s and helped lay the foundation for what became the modern NBA.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NBL regular season
Target entity description: The NBL regular season is the primary phase of Australia's National Basketball League in which teams compete to qualify for the playoffs and during which major individual awards, such as the league's Most Valuable Player, are determined.

A. NBL Finals
The NBL Finals are the championship series of Australia's National Basketball League, determining the season's overall winner.
B. NBL
NBL is NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, a massive pool facility used to train astronauts for spacewalks and simulate microgravity conditions.
C. CBA Regular Season
The CBA Regular Season is the primary phase of China’s top professional basketball league, where teams compete to qualify and position themselves for the postseason playoffs.
D. NBL Oz Gaming
NBL Oz Gaming is a professional esports team that competes in the NBA 2K League, representing Australia in the league’s global basketball gaming competition.
E. National Basketball League (NBL)
The National Basketball League (NBL) was a pioneering professional basketball league in the United States that operated from the 1930s to 1940s and helped lay the foundation for what became the modern NBA.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basketball regular season ⓘ sports season phase ⓘ
audience	Australian basketball fans ⓘ New Zealand basketball fans ⓘ
awardsDetermined	All-NBL Team selections ⓘ NBL Best Defensive Player Award ⓘ NBL Coach of the Year Award ⓘ NBL Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ linked to: NBL Most Valuable Player NBL Rookie of the Year Award ⓘ
broadcastOn	Australian sports television networks ⓘ
competitionFormat	round-robin schedule ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
determines	NBL playoffs participants ⓘ NBL playoffs seeding ⓘ
features	New Zealand-based NBL teams ⓘ professional Australian basketball teams ⓘ
follows	NBL pre-season ⓘ
governingBody	National Basketball League management ⓘ
includes	home-and-away games ⓘ inter-conference or inter-state matchups ⓘ
influences	player contract value and negotiations ⓘ player selection for national teams ⓘ
league	National Basketball League ⓘ
level	top-tier professional basketball in Australia ⓘ
location	indoor basketball arenas in Australia ⓘ indoor basketball arenas in New Zealand ⓘ
organisedBy	NBL ownership and administration ⓘ
partOf	National Basketball League ⓘ
precedes	NBL playoffs ⓘ
purpose	determine playoff qualification ⓘ determine seeding for NBL playoffs ⓘ
seasonType	professional club competition ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
standingsBasedOn	win–loss record ⓘ
statisticsRecorded	player individual statistics ⓘ team performance statistics ⓘ
ticketType	regular season game tickets ⓘ
tiebreakerCriteria	head-to-head record ⓘ points differential ⓘ
timeframe	played annually ⓘ
uses	FIBA-based basketball rules with NBL modifications ⓘ NBL official rules ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NBL Most Valuable Player → associatedCompetition → NBL regular season ⓘ

NBL Finals → follows → NBL regular season ⓘ

National Basketball League playoffs → precededBy → National Basketball League regular season ⓘ

linked to: NBL regular season

National Basketball League playoffs → follows → National Basketball League regular season ⓘ