The 2012–13 NBB season was the fifth edition of Novo Basquete Brasil, the Brazilian basketball league. This tournament is organized entirely by the Liga Nacional de Basquete (LNB). The NBB serves as a qualifying competition for international tournaments such as Liga Sudamericana and Torneo InterLigas. For this season the qualify for the FIBA Americas League came to be through the Liga Sudamericana.

This season has a record number of participating teams, with eighteen teams playing each other in round and second round in the regular season. At the end of two rounds the top four teams qualify for the quarterfinals of the playoffs automatically, while the teams finishing in the 5th and 12th place participated in the first round of the playoffs to determine the other four teams in the quarterfinals, best of five matches, advances to the next phase who win three games.

For this season, the LNB added a new feature: the last two regular season placed will dispute a four-group against the two finalists in the Super Copa Brasil de Basquete. The two top finishers in this group receive the right to contest the next NBB.

Participating teams Team Home city Stadium Capacity Head coach Season Sky/Basquete Cearense Fortaleza Ginásio Paulo Sarasate 9,000 Alberto Bial 1st Paschoalotto/Bauru Bauru Ginásio Panela de Pressão 3,000 Guerrinha 5th UniCEUB/BRB/Brasília Brasília Ginásio da ASCEB Ginásio Nilson Nelson 3,050 16,000 José Carlos Vidal 5th Flamengo Rio de Janeiro Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima 4,500 José Alves Neto 5th Vivo/Franca Franca Ginásio Pedrocão 6,000 Lula Ferreira 5th Cia do Terno/Romaço/Joinville Joinville Centreventos Cau Hansen 4,000 Ênio Vecchi 5th Liga Sorocabana Sorocaba Ginásio Gualberto Moreira 3,000 Rinaldo Rodrigues 2nd Winner/Kabum/Limeira Limeira Ginásio Vô Lucato 1,800 Demétrius Ferracciú 4th Icatu/Minas Belo Horizonte Arena Vivo 4,000 Raul Togni Filho 5th Mogi das Cruzes/Helbor Mogi das Cruzes Ginásio Municipal Professor Hugo Ramos 5,000 Paco García 1st Palmeiras São Paulo Ginásio Palestra Itália 1,500 Arturo Álvarez 1st Paulistano/Unimed São Paulo Ginásio Antônio Prado Junior 1,500 Gustavo de Conti 5th Pinheiros/Sky São Paulo Poliesportivo Henrique Villaboim 854 Cláudio Mortari 5th São José/Unimed São José dos Campos Ginásio Lineu de Moura 2,620 Régis Marrelli 5th Suzano/Cesumar/Campestre Suzano Ginásio Paulo Portela 1,500 Cadum 1st Tijuca/Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima 4,500 Eldio Leal 2nd Unitri/Universo/Uberlândia Uberlândia Ginásio Homero Santos 3,500 Hélio Rubens Garcia 3rd Vila Velha/Garoto/UVV Vila Velha Ginásio Municipal João Goulart 3,500 Daniel Wattfy 5th

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Date of appointment Tijuca Miguel Ângelo da Luz Sacked Elídio Leal March 13, 2013

Regular season

League table {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! width=20| # !! width=180|Teams !! width=20| !! width=20| !! width=20| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! width=35| !! Qualification or relegation |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |1||align="left"|Flamengo || 34 || 30 || 4 || 3088 || 2585 || 1,20 || 88% || 64 |rowspan=4 align="center"|Qualified for the Quarterfinals Playoffs |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |2||align="left"|Brasília || 34 || 27 || 7 || 3037 || 2712 || 1,12 || 79% || 61 |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |3||align="left"|Uberlândia || 34 || 25 || 9 || 2855 || 2631 || 1,09 || 73% || 59 |- bgcolor=ACE1AF |4||align="left"|Bauru || 34 || 24 || 10 || 2817 || 2608 || 1,08 || 70% || 58 |- bgcolor=D0F0C0 |5||align="left"|Franca || 34 || 23 || 11 || 2673 || 2422 || 1,10 || 67% || 57 |rowspan=8 align="center"|Qualified for the First Round Playoffs |- bgcolor=D0F0C0 |6||align="left"|Pinheiros || 34 || 22 || 12 || 2941 || 2825 || 1,04 || 64% || 56 |- bgcolor=D0F0C0 |7||align="left"|São José || 34 || 20 || 14 || 2721 || 2653 || 1,03 || 58% || 54 |- bgcolor=D0F0C0 |8||align="left"|Basquete Cearense || 34 || 18 || 16 || 2727 || 2721 || 1,00 || 52% || 52 |- bgcolor=D0F0C0 |9||align="left"|Paulistano || 34 || 17 || 17 || 2740 || 2745 || 1,00 || 50% || 51 |- bgcolor=D0F0C0 |10||align="left"|Minas || 34 || 16 || 18 || 2750 || 2779 || 0,99 || 47% || 50 |- bgcolor=D0F0C0 |11||align="left"|Limeira || 34 || 15 || 19 || 2748 || 2691 || 1,02 || 44% || 49 |- bgcolor=D0F0C0 |12||align="left"|Liga Sorocabana || 34 || 15 || 19 || 2640 || 2746 || 0,96 || 44% || 49

|13||align="left"|Palmeiras || 34 || 12 || 22 || 2562 || 2742 || 0,93 || 35% || 46

|14||align="left"|Mogi das Cruzes || 34 || 11 || 23 || 2546 || 2796 || 0,91 || 32% || 45

|15||align="left"|Joinville || 34 || 11 || 23 || 2579 || 2739 || 0,94 || 32% || 45

|16||align="left"|Vila Velha || 34 || 10 || 24 || 2690 || 2899 || 0,93 || 29% || 44 |- bgcolor=FFCCCC |17||align="left"|Tijuca || 34 || 6 || 28 || 2447 || 2706 || 0,90 || 17% || 40 |rowspan=2 align="center"| Relegation to Promotion Tournament |- bgcolor=FFCCCC |18||align="left"|Suzano || 34 || 4 || 30 || 2497 || 3064 || 0,82 || 11% || 38

Results {| style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" class="wikitable" |- | width=150| | align="center" width=45|BCE | width=45|BAU | width=45|BRA | width=45|FLA | width=45|FRA | width=45|JOI | width=45|LSB | width=45|LIM | width=45|MIN | width=45|MOG | width=45|PAL | width=45|PAU | width=45|PIN | width=45|SJO | width=45|SUZ | width=45|TIJ | width=45|UBE | width=45|VIV |- |align=left|Basquete Cearense | style="background:#ccc;"| | style="background:#cfc;"|83–82 | style="background:#fcc;"|100–104 | style="background:#fcc;"|82–101 | style="background:#fcc;"|87–88 | style="background:#cfc;"|78–62 | style="background:#cfc;"|71–62 | style="background:#fcc;"|65–84 | style="background:#cfc;"|88–52 | style="background:#fcc;"|71–74 | style="background:#cfc;"|85–83 | style="background:#cfc;"|95–76 | style="background:#fcc;"|84–85 | style="background:#cfc;"|73–63 | style="background:#cfc;"|96–61 | style="background:#cfc;"|92–86 | style="background:#fcc;"|60–72 | style="background:#cfc;"|77–75 |- |align=left|Bauru | style="background:#cfc;"|95–84 | style="background:#ccc;"| | style="background:#fcc;"|79–90 | style="background:#fcc;"|97–102 | style="background:#fcc;"|67–74 | style="background:#cfc;"|114–91 | style="background:#fcc;"|85–94 | style="background:#cfc;"|83–82 | style="background:#cfc;"|91–59 | style="background:#cfc;"|87–84 | style="background:#cfc;"|91–67 | style="background:#cfc;"|66–64 | style="background:#cfc;"|67–62 | style="background:#cfc;"|87–82 | style="background:#cfc;"|85–44 | style="background:#cfc;"|81–68 | style="background:#fcc;"|81–82 | style="background:#cfc;"|85–70 |- |align=left|Brasília | style="background:#cfc;"|92–77 | style="background:#cfc;"|80–60 | style="background:#ccc;"| | style="background:#cfc;"|82–70 | style="background:#cfc;"|93–77 | style="background:#cfc;"|94–83 | style="background:#cfc;"|86–75 | style="background:#cfc;"|97–89 | style="background:#fcc;"|81–86 | style="background:#cfc;"|94–67 | style="background:#cfc;"|99–81 | style="background:#cfc;"|68–67 | style="background:#fcc;"|96–99 | style="background:#cfc;"|90–57 | style="background:#cfc;"|94–82 | style="background:#cfc;"|90–79 | style="background:#cfc;"|102–80 | style="background:#cfc;"|102–76 |- |align=left|Flamengo | style="background:#cfc;"|86–61 | style="background:#fcc;"|74–89 | style="background:#cfc;"|102–88 | style="background:#ccc;"| | style="background:#fcc;"|86–91 | style="background:#cfc;"|94–67 | style="background:#cfc;"|102–64 | style="background:#cfc;"|98–81 | style="background:#cfc;"|90–77 | style="background:#cfc;"|70–64 | style="background:#cfc;"|81–61 | style="background:#cfc;"|94–70 | style="background:#cfc;"|102–85 | style="background:#cfc;"|83–75 | style="background:#cfc;"|89–56 | style="background:#cfc;"|107–103 | style="background:#cfc;"|79–66 | style="background:#cfc;"|96–77 |- |align=left|Franca | style="background:#cfc;"|90–68 | style="background:#fcc;"|80–82 | style="background:#fcc;"|62–76 | style="background:#fcc;"|77–82 | style="background:#ccc;"| | style="background:#cfc;"|70–52 | style="background:#cfc;"|85–64 | style="background:#cfc;"|75–62 | style="background:#cfc;"|78–77 | style="background:#cfc;"|79–71 | style="background:#cfc;"|82–61 | style="background:#cfc;"|77–63 | style="background:#cfc;"|72–67 | style="background:#cfc;"|76–53 | style="background:#cfc;"|108–66 | style="background:#cfc;"|101–75 | style="background:#fcc;"|73–75 | style="background:#cfc;"|96–86 |- |align=left|Joinville | style="background:#cfc;"|94–71 | style="background:#fcc;"|71–83 | style="background:#fcc;"|86–96 | style="background:#fcc;"|72–99 | style="background:#fcc;"|50–59 | style="background:#ccc;"| | style="background:#fcc;"|86–93 | style="background:#cfc;"|77–62 | style="background:#cfc;"|73–55 | style="background:#fcc;"|85–90 | style="background:#cfc;"|75–60 | style="background:#fcc;"|63–71 | style="background:#fcc;"|73–93 | style="background:#fcc;"|79–93 | style="background:#cfc;"|79–67 | style="background:#cfc;"|74–73 | style="background:#cfc;"|71–62 | style="background:#cfc;"|99–80 |- |align=left|Liga Sorocabana | style="background:#fcc;"|76–86 | style="background:#fcc;"|76–90 | style="background:#fcc;"|70–100 | style="background:#fcc;"|59–87 | style="background:#fcc;"|59–80 | style="background:#cfc;"|93–86 | style="background:#ccc;"| | style="background:#cfc;"|81–79 | style="background:#fcc;"|82–84 | style="background:#cfc;"|81–74 | style="background:#cfc;"|93–73 | style="background:#fcc;"|73–78 | style="background:#fcc;"|81–87 | style="background:#cfc;"|66–65 | style="background:#cfc;"|87–70 | style="background:#cfc;"|72–67 | style="background:#cfc;"|74–63 | style="background:#cfc;"|82–76 |- |align=left|Limeira | style="background:#cfc;"|90–72 | style="background:#fcc;"|82–84 | style="background:#fcc;"|77–80 | style="background:#fcc;"|75–80 | style="background:#cfc;"|72–58 | style="background:#cfc;"|96–86 | style="background:#cfc;"|85–66 | style="background:#ccc;"| | style="background:#fcc;"|85–87 | style="background:#fcc;"|71–79 | style="background:#cfc;"|75–65 | style="background:#cfc;"|89–68 | style="background:#cfc;"|82–81 | style="background:#fcc;"|79–83 | style="background:#cfc;"|96–65 | style="background:#cfc;"|91–75 | style="background:#fcc;"|77–87 | style="background:#cfc;"|88–87 |- |align=left|Minas | style="background:#cfc;"|76–74 | style="background:#fcc;"|64–77 | style="background:#fcc;"|86–90 | style="background:#fcc;"|90–105 | style="background:#fcc;"|58–60 | style="background:#cfc;"|78–69 | style="background:#cfc;"|78–76 | style="background:#cfc;"|81–61 | style="background:#ccc;"| | style="background:#fcc;"|84–86 | style="background:#cfc;"|89–77 | style="background:#fcc;"|109–114 | style="background:#cfc;"|101–75 | style="background:#cfc;"|97–77 | style="background:#cfc;"|100–78 | style="background:#cfc;"|77–70 | style="background:#fcc;"|67–90 | style="background:#cfc;"|95–72 |- |align=left|Mogi das Cruzes | style="background:#fcc;"|80–86 | style="background:#fcc;"|73–80 | style="background:#fcc;"|91–96 | style="background:#fcc;"|64–86 | style="background:#fcc;"|59–95 | style="background:#fcc;"|68–70 | style="background:#cfc;"|71–59 | style="background:#fcc;"|72–89 | style="background:#cfc;"|75–66 | style="background:#ccc;"| | style="background:#cfc;"|78–75 | style="background:#cfc;"|77–73 | style="background:#fcc;"|76–95 | style="background:#fcc;"|60–93 | style="background:#cfc;"|86–65 | style="background:#fcc;"|68–83 | style="background:#cfc;"|83–81 | style="background:#fcc;"|76–85 |- |align=left|Palmeiras | style="background:#fcc;"|81–86 | style="background:#cfc;"|89–83 | style="background:#fcc;"|78–88 | style="background:#fcc;"|61–106 | style="background:#cfc;"|87–77 | style="background:#cfc;"|92–86 | style="background:#cfc;"|85–77 | style="background:#cfc;"|72–68 | style="background:#cfc;"|96–87 | style="background:#cfc;"|86–77 | style="background:#ccc;"| | style="background:#fcc;"|79–86 | style="background:#fcc;"|85–94