1988 New Zealand NBL season

1988 New Zealand NBL season
LeagueNew Zealand NBL
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
Regular season
  Minor premiersWellington
Top scorerTony Webster (North Shore)
Finals
ChampionsWellington
  Runners-upNorth Shore

The 1988 NBL season was the seventh season of the National Basketball League. With the relegation of Palmerston North in 1988, Waitemata returned to the NBL following a four-year hiatus after winning the Conference Basketball League (CBL) championship in 1987. Wellington won the championship in 1988 to claim their fourth league title.[1]

Final standings

# Team
Wellington
North Shore
3 New Plymouth
4 Waikato
5 Canterbury
6 Hawke's Bay
7 Waitemata
8 Auckland
9 Nelson
10 Ponsonby

Finals

Semi-finals Final
      
1 Wellington 73
4 Waikato 66
Wellington 81
  North Shore 78
2 New Plymouth 79
3 North Shore 90

Season awards

  • Most Outstanding Guard: John Welch (Waitemata)[1]
  • Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Byron Vaetoe (Auckland)
  • Most Outstanding Forward: Kerry Boagni (Wellington)
  • Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Glen Denham (Waikato)
  • Scoring Champion: Tony Webster (North Shore)
  • Rebounding Champion: John Martens (Waitemata)
  • Assist Champion: Carl Golston (Waikato)
  • Young Player of the Year: Warren Adams (New Plymouth)
  • All-Star Five:

References

  1. ^ a b "2005 League Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 32–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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