1988 NBL season

1988 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	12 February 1988 – 16 July 1988 19 – 24 July 1988 (Semi-Finals) 30 July – 7 August 1988 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams	13
TV partner(s)	Seven Network
Regular season
Top seed	Adelaide 36ers
Season MVP	Joe Hurst
Top scorer	Andrew Gaze (886 - 36.9 ppg)
Finals
Champions	Canberra Cannons
Runners-up	North Melbourne Giants
Finals MVP	Phil Smyth

The 1988 NBL season was the tenth season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 13 teams contest the league, Sydney Supersonics did not return this season instead they replaced by the Sydney Kings.

Clubs

Following the merger of the Sydney Supersonics and West Sydney Westars to form the Sydney Kings, the NBL had 13 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
Eastside Melbourne Spectres	Melbourne, Victoria	Burwood Stadium	2,000	1979	Brian Goorjian
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	The Glass House	7,200	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
Perth Wildcats	Perth, Western Australia	Perth Superdome	4,500	1982	Cal Bruton
Sydney Kings	Sydney, New South Wales	State Sports Centre	5,006	1988
Westside Melbourne Saints	Melbourne, Victoria	The Glass House	7,200	1979

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 22 rounds between 12 February 1988 and 16 July 1988 with semi-final on 19 July 1988 until 24 July 1988 and grand final on 30 July until 7 August 1988.

Ladder

	Team	Pld	Won	Lost	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	% Pts	% Won
1	Adelaide 36ers	26	19	7	2-3	L2	11-2	8-5	112	73
2	Brisbane Bullets	26	19	7	3-2	L1	9-4	9-3	106	72
3	Canberra Cannons	26	18	8	4-1	W1	12-3	9-6	107	70
4	North Melbourne Giants	25	18	7	3-2	L1	12-4	9-5	106	70
5	Perth Wildcats	28	15	13	3-2	L2	10-3	5-10	101	53
6	Newcastle Falcons	25	13	12	3-2	L2	8-4	5-8	100	52

7	Illawarra Hawks	24	11	13	1-4	L2	6-6	5-7	101	45
8	Eastside Melbourne Spectres	24	11	13	3-2	W2	7-5	4-8	99	45
9	Sydney Kings	24	10	14	2-3	L2	7-5	3-9	96	41
10	Hobart Devils	24	10	14	1-4	L4	7-5	3-9	95	41
11	Westside Melbourne Saints	24	9	15	1-4	W1	6-6	3-9	97	37
12	Melbourne Tigers	24	8	16	2-3	L1	4-8	4-8	95	33
13	Geelong Supercats	24	0	24	0-5	L24	0-12	0-12	77	0

Finals

Main article: 1988 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
19 July	Canberra Cannons	100-91	Adelaide 36ers	AIS Arena
20 July	Perth Wildcats	108-105	North Melbourne Giants	Perth Superdrome
22 July	Adelaide 36ers	95-100	Canberra Cannons	Apollo Stadium
22 July	North Melbourne Giants	137-113	Perth Wildcats	The Glass House
24 July	North Melbourne Giants	134-111	Perth Wildcats	The Glass House

Grand Final

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
30 July	Canberra Cannons	120-95	North Melbourne Giants	AIS Arena
5 August	North Melbourne Giants	117-101	Canberra Cannons	The Glass House
7 August	North Melbourne Giants	101-108	Canberra Cannons	The Glass House

1988 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers	36.9
Rebounds per game	Dean Uthoff	Eastside Melbourne	17.2
Assists per game	Brendan Joyce	Westside Saints	7.9
Steals per game	Jerry Dennard	Hobart Devils	2.8
Blocks per game	Willie Simmons	Canberra Cannons	3.6
Free throw percentage	Leroy Loggins	Brisbane Bullets	85.6%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Joe Hurst, Hobart Devils
Most Valuable Player Grand Final: Phil Smyth, Canberra Cannons
Rookie of the Year: Shane Heal, Brisbane Bullets
Coach of the Year: Bruce Palmer, North Melbourne Giants

All NBL Team

#	Player	Team
PG	Phil Smyth	Canberra Cannons
SG	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers
SF	Leroy Loggins	Brisbane Bullets
PF	Mark Davis	Adelaide 36ers
C	Tim Dillon	North Melbourne Giants

NBL seasons

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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