1988 New Zealand NBL season
Appearance
1988 New Zealand NBL season | |
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League | New Zealand NBL |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 10 |
Regular season | |
Minor premiers | Wellington |
Top scorer | Tony Webster (North Shore) |
Finals | |
Champions | Wellington |
Runners-up | North 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 |
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Wellington |
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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:
- Kerry Boagni (Wellington)
- Willie Burton (Hawke's Bay)
- Carl Golston (Waikato)
- Kenny McFadden (Wellington)
- John Welch (Waitemata)
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- 1988 Final Telecast – Intro, 1st Half Part 1, 1st Half Part 2, 1st Half Highlights, 2nd Half Part 1, 2nd Half Part 2