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Wellington Saints
The Wellington Saints are a New Zealand professional basketball team competing in the New Zealand National Basketball League. They play their home games at the TSB Bank Arena in Wellington. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Pacific Jewellers Saints.
== History ==
In 1982, the Saints won the second division title with the help of American import Kenny McFadden, promoting them to the first division. From there on, the Saints built a dynasty in the 1980s, collecting four championships (1984, 1985, 1987 & 1988) and were runners up in 1983 and 1986. McFadden was named most outstanding guard in 1983 and 1984 as he led the league in scoring in those years. McFadden's performance during the 1980s was acknowledged in 2012 by his No. 5 jersey becoming the first in the NBL to be retired.
The early 1990s held dwindling fortunes for the Saints. Following the conclusion of the 1996 season, both the Capital Power Saints and the Hutt Valley Lakers were struggling to survive. They amalgamated for the 1997 season and attracted naming sponsorship of the restructured regional energy company TransAlta, as TransAlta Wellington, but basketball fans wanted a 'real' name and so, for the 1998 season, they became the TransAlta Wizards. Even this wasn't strong enough for the fans and so, for the 1999 season, they returned to the original identity of the Wellington Saints.
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