1987 NBL season explained

1987 NBL season
League:	National Basketball League
Sport:	Basketball
Duration:	24 April – 27 September 1987 30 September – 4 October 1987 (Semi-finals) 10 – 16 October 1987 (Grand Finals)
No Of Teams:	14
Tv:	ABC, ATN7, BTQ7, STW9, SAS10
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Adelaide 36ers
Top Scorer:	Paul Stanley (Hobart)
Top Scorer Link:	List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders
Mvp:	Mark Davis (Adelaide) Leroy Loggins (Brisbane)
Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	1987 NBL Finals
Finals Champ:	Brisbane Bullets (2nd title)
Finals Runner-Up:	Perth Wildcats
Finals Mvp:	Leroy Loggins (Brisbane)
Finals Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final
Seasonslist:	List of NBL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	NBL
Prevseason Link:	1986 NBL season
Prevseason Year:	1986
Nextseason Link:	1988 NBL season
Nextseason Year:	1988

The 1987 NBL season was the ninth season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contested the league. Three of the Melbourne-based clubs rebranded themselves in the off season, with the Nundawading Spectres renaming themselves to Eastside Spectres, Coburg Giants became North Melbourne Giants and the St. Kilda Saints became Westside Saints.^[1]

Clubs

The NBL had 14 clubs spread across all Australian states and territories with the exception of the Northern Territory.

Club	Location	Home Venue	Capacity	Founded	Head coach
Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide, South Australia	Apollo Stadium	3,000	1982	Gary Fox
Brisbane Bullets	Brisbane, Queensland	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	13,500	1979	Brian Kerle
Canberra Cannons	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	AIS Arena	5,200	1979	Jerry Lee
Eastside Spectres	Melbourne, Victoria	Burwood Stadium	2,000	1979	Barry Barnes
Geelong Cats	Geelong, Victoria	Geelong Arena	2,000	1982	Ken Richardson ^[2]
Hobart Tassie Devils	Hobart, Tasmania	Kingborough Sports Centre	1,800	1983	David Adkins
Illawarra Hawks	Wollongong, New South Wales	Illawarra Basketball Stadium	2,000	1979	Dave Lindstrom
Melbourne Tigers	Melbourne, Victoria	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	2,000	1931	Lindsay Gaze
Newcastle Falcons	Newcastle, New South Wales	Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium	2,200	1979	Steve Johansen
North Melbourne Giants	Melbourne, Victoria	The Glass House	7,200	1980	Bruce Palmer
Perth Wildcats	Perth, Western Australia	Perth Superdome	4,500	1982	Cal Bruton
Sydney Supersonics	Sydney, New South Wales	State Sports Centre	5,006	1982	Ken Cole
Westside Saints	Melbourne, Victoria	Keilor Stadium	2,000	1979	Andris Blicavs
West Sydney Westars	Sydney, New South Wales	State Sports Centre	5,006	1982	Mike Osbourne

Regular season

The 1987 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 24 April 1987 and 20 September 1987.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Ladder

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.

¹Head-to-Head between Brisbane Bullets and Illawarra Hawks (1-1). Brisbane Bullets won For and Against (+11).

²Head-to-Head between Eastside Spectres and Geelong Cats (1-1). Eastside Spectres won For and Against (+7).

Finals

See main article: 1987 NBL Finals.

Elimination Finals

Semifinals

Grand Final

1987 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Paul Stanley^[3]		920 pts
Rebounds per game			17.1
Assists per game			8.5
Steals per game			88 stls
Blocks per game			114 blks
Field goal percentage			62.6%
Three-point percentage			53.8%
Free throw percentage			92.5%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Mark Davis, Adelaide 36ers & Leroy Loggins, Brisbane Bullets
Most Valuable Player Grand Final: Leroy Loggins, Brisbane Bullets
Rookie of the Year: Greg Hubbard, Illawarra Hawks
Coach of the Year: David Lindstrom, Illawarra Hawks

All NBL Team

width=25	width=150	Player	width=150	Team
PG	Hobart Tassie Devils
SG	Melbourne Tigers
SF	Brisbane Bullets
PF	Adelaide 36ers
C	Perth Wildcats

References

Web site: live. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211206/6V8hogqYGyg. 2021-12-06. 1987 Westside Melb Saints . YouTube.
Web site: Honour Boards.
Web site: All Time Leaders. NBL.com.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170923062541/http://nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com/nbl-all-time-leaders. September 23, 2017.