1987 NBL season

1987 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	24 April 1987 – 27 September 1987 30 September 1987 – 4 October 1987 (Semi-Finals) 10 – 16 October 1987 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	ABC, ATN7, BTQ7, STW9, SAS10
Regular season
Top seed	Brisbane Bullets
Season MVP	Mark Davis Leroy Loggins
Top scorer	Paul Stanley (920 - 35.3 ppg)
Finals
Champions	Brisbane Bullets
Runners-up	Perth Wildcats
Finals MVP	Leroy Loggins

The 1987 NBL season was the ninth season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contest the league, Nundawading Spetres did not returned to this season and Coburg Giants became North Melbourne Giants also St. Kilda Saints became Westside Saints.

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 Kearle
Canberra Cannons	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	AIS Arena	5,200	1979	Bob Turner
Geelong Supercats	Geelong, Victoria	Geelong Arena	2,000	1982
Hobart Devils	Hobart, Tasmania	Kingborough Sports Centre	1,800	1983
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	2,000	1979	Ken Cole
North Melbourne Giants	Melbourne, Victoria	The Glass House	7,200	1980	Bruce Palmer
Nunawading Spectres	Melbourne, Victoria	Burwood Stadium	2,000	1979
Perth Wildcats	Perth, Western Australia	Perth Superdome	4,500	1982	Cal Bruton
Sydney Supersonics	Sydney, New South Wales	State Sports Centre	5,006	1982
Westside Melbourne Saints	Melbourne, Victoria	The Glass House	7,200	1979
West Sydney Westars	Sydney, New South Wales	Bankstown Basketball Stadium	2,500	1982

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 23 rounds between 24 April 1987 and 27 September 1987 with semi-final on 30 September 1987 until 4 October 1987 and grand final on 10-16 October 1987.

Ladder

	Team	Pld	Won	Lost	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	% Pts	% Won
1	Brisbane Bullets	31	24	7	4-1	W3	15-1	9-6	109	77
2	Adelaide 36ers	29	22	7	3-2	L2	11-4	11-3	112	75
3	Illawarra Hawks	30	22	8	3-2	L1	14-1	8-7	104	73
4	Perth Wildcats	32	22	10	2-3	L2	12-4	10-6	107	68

5	Canberra Cannons	27	17	10	3-2	L1	10-3	7-7	102	62
6	North Melbourne Giants	27	15	12	2-3	W3	15-1	5-9	108	55
7	Hobart Devils	26	14	12	2-3	L3	8-5	6-7	101	53
8	Eastside Melbourne Spectres	26	13	13	2-3	L1	6-7	7-6	100	50
9	Geelong Supercats	26	13	13	3-2	L2	10-3	3-10	97	50
10	Sydney Supersonics	26	8	18	2-3	L2	4-9	4-9	95	30
11	West Sydney Westars	26	8	18	2-3	L2	4-9	4-9	95	30
12	Newcastle Falcons	26	6	20	3-2	W1	4-9	2-11	92	23
13	Westside Melbourne Saints	26	4	22	0-5	L6	3-10	1-12	89	15
14	Melbourne Tigers	26	3	23	1-4	W1	3-10	0-13	83	11

Finals

Main article: 1987 NBL Finals

There were four semi-finals, and then best of three grand final. All three of these finals were sudden death.

Semi-Finals

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
30 September	Illawarra Hawks	87-109	Brisbane Bullets	Illawarra Basketball Stadium
30 September	Perth Wildcats	98-99	Adelaide 36ers	Perth Superdrome
2 October	Adelaide 36ers	99-101	Perth Wildcats	Apollo Stadium
2 October	Brisbane Bullets	77-78	Illawarra Hawks	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
4 October	Adelaide 36ers	93-120	Perth Wildcats	Apollo Stadium
4 October	Brisbane Bullets	100-82	Illawarra Hawks	Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Grand Final

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
10 October	Perth Wildcats	79-80	Brisbane Bullets	Perth Superdrome
16 October	Brisbane Bullets	106-87	Perth Wildcats	Brisbane Entertainment Centre

1987 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers	44.1
Rebounds per game	Mark Davis	Adelaide 36ers	17.1
Assists per game	Gordie Mcleod	Illawarra Hawks	8.2
Steals per game	Phil Smyth	Canberra Cannons	3.4
Blocks per game	Willie Simmons	North Melbourne Giants	4.3
Free throw percentage	Calvin Bruton	Perth Wildcats	89.2%

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

#	Player	Team
PG	Steve Carfino	Hobart Devils
SG	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers
SF	Leroy Loggins	Brisbane Bullets
PF	Mark Davis	Adelaide 36ers
C	James Crawford	Perth Wildcats

NBL seasons

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