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- Clubs
- Regular season
- Ladder
- Finals Elimination Finals Semi-Finals Grand Final
- 1991 NBL statistics leaders
- NBL awards
- All NBL Team
- References
{{More sources|date=August 2014}}{{Infobox sports season | title = 1991 NBL season | league = National Basketball League | sport = Basketball | logo = | pixels = | duration = 6 April 1991 – 22 September 1991 25 September 1991 – 11 October 1991 (Finals) 19 – 27 October 1991 (Grand Finals) | no_of_teams = 14 | TV = Seven Network | season = Regular season | top_seed = Perth Wildcats | top_scorer = Andrew Gaze (1,007 - 38.7 ppg) | MVP = Andrew Gaze | MVP_link = NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player | finals = Finals | finals_link = 1991 NBL Finals | finals_champ = Perth Wildcats | finals_runner-up = Eastside Melbourne Spectres | finals_MVP = Pete Hanson | finals_MVP_link = NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final | seasonslist = List of NBL seasons | seasonslistnames = NBL | prevseason_link = 1990 NBL season | prevseason_year = 1990 | nextseason_link = 1992 NBL season | nextseason_year = 1992 }}The 1991 NBL season was the 13th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contested the league. Clubs Club | Location | Home Venue | Capacity | Founded | Head coach |
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Adelaide 36ers | South Australia}} Adelaide, South Australia | Apollo Stadium | 3,000 | 1982 | AUS}} Don Shipway | Brisbane Bullets | Queensland}} Brisbane, Queensland | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | 13,500 | 1979 | AUS}} Brian Kerle | Canberra Cannons | Australian Capital Territory}} Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | AIS Arena | 5,200 | 1979 | Eastside Melbourne Spectres | Victoria}} Melbourne, Victoria | Burwood Stadium | 2,000 | 1979 | USA}} Brian Goorjian | Geelong Supercats | Victoria}} Geelong, Victoria | Geelong Arena | 2,000 | 1982 | AUS}} Barry Barnes [1] | Gold Coast Cougars | Queensland}} Gold Coast, Queensland | Carrara Indoor Stadium | 2,992 | 1990 | AUS}} Dave Claxton | Hobart Tassie Devils | Tasmania}} Hobart, Tasmania | Derwent Entertainment Centre | 5,400 | 1983 | Illawarra Hawks | New South Wales}} Wollongong, New South Wales | Illawarra Basketball Stadium | 2,000 | 1979 | AUS}} Dave Lindstrom | Melbourne Tigers | Victoria}} Melbourne, Victoria | The Glass House | 7,200 | 1931 | AUS}} Lindsay Gaze | Newcastle Falcons | New South Wales}} Newcastle, New South Wales | Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium | 2,200 | 1979 | North Melbourne Giants | Victoria}} Melbourne, Victoria | The Glass House | 7,200 | 1980 | USA}} Bruce Palmer | Perth Wildcats | Western Australia}} Perth, Western Australia | Perth Entertainment Centre | 8,200 | 1982 | USA}} Murray Arnold | Southern Melbourne Saints | Victoria}} Melbourne, Victoria | The Glass House | 7,200 | 1979 | USA}} Gary Fox | Sydney Kings | New South Wales}} Sydney, New South Wales | Sydney Entertainment Centre | 12,500 | 1988 | USA}} Bob Turner |
Regular seasonThe home and away season took place over 24 rounds between 6 April 1991 and 22 September 1991 with semi-final on 25 September 1991 until 11 October 1991 and grand final on 19 October until 27 October 1991. 1991 saw Melbourne Tigers superstar Andrew Gaze became the first player to score 1,000 points in an NBL regular season. He scored 1,007 points in 26 games at 38.7 points per game. For his efforts he was awarded the first of what would eventually become a league record seven NBL Most Valuable Player awards as well as his 6th straight selection to the All NBL team. Ladder# | Team | Pld | W | L | 1 | Perth Wildcats | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2 | Eastside Melbourne Spectres | 26 | 17 | 9 | 3 | Geelong Supercats | 26 | 17 | 9 | 4 | Adelaide 36ers | 26 | 16 | 10 | 5 | North Melbourne Giants | 26 | 16 | 10 | 6 | Melbourne Tigers | 26 | 16 | 10 | 7 | Sydney Kings | 26 | 14 | 12 | 8 | Gold Coast Rollers | 26 | 14 | 12 | 9 | Brisbane Bullets | 26 | 13 | 13 | 10 | Canberra Cannons | 26 | 9 | 17 | 11 | Southern Melbourne Saints | 26 | 9 | 17 | 12 | Hobart Tassie Devils | 26 | 9 | 18 | 13 | Illawarra Hawks | 26 | 6 | 20 | 14 | Newcastle Falcons | 26 | 5 | 21 |
Finals{{Main|1991 NBL Finals}}There were two best of three Elimination finals, two best of three semi-finals, and then best of three grand final. All three of these finals were sudden death. Elimination FinalsDate | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | 25 September | Melbourne Tigers | 115-129 | Adelaide 36ers | The Glass House | 25 September | Geelong Supercats | 139-119 | North Melbourne Giants | Geelong Arena | 27 September | Adelaide 36ers | 132-96 | Melbourne Tigers | Apollo Stadium | 27 September | North Melbourne Giants | 136-116 | Geelong Supercats | The Glass House | 29 September | Geelong Supercats | 113-125 | North Melbourne Giants | Geelong Arena |
Semi-FinalsDate | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | 4 October | North Melbourne Giants | 93-99 | Eastside Melbourne Spectres | The Glass House | 5 October | Adelaide 36ers | 99-102 | Perth Wildcats | Apollo Stadium | 10 October | Perth Wildcats | 105-104 | Adelaide 36ers | Perth Entertainment Centre | 11 October | Eastside Melbourne Spectres | 115-104 | North Melbourne Giants | The Glass House |
Grand FinalDate | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue | Attendance | 19 October | Eastside Melbourne Spectres | 83-109 | Perth Wildcats | The Glass House | 7,200 | 25 October | Perth Wildcats | 81-86 | Eastside Melbourne Spectres | Perth Entertainment Centre | 8,200 | 27 October | Perth Wildcats | 90-80 | Eastside Melbourne Spectres | Perth Entertainment Centre | 8,200 |
1991 NBL statistics leaders Category | Player | Team | Stat |
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Points per game | Andrew Gaze | Melbourne Tigers | 38.7 | Rebounds per game | James Bullock | Newcastle Falcons | 16.0 | Assists per game | Butch Hays | Adelaide 36ers | 9.0 | Steals per game | Bobby Locke | Geelong Supercats | 3.0 | Blocks per game | John Dorge | Geelong Supercats | 4.3 | Free throw percentage | Leroy Loggins | Brisbane Bullets | 91.1% | |
NBL awards- Most Valuable Player: Andrew Gaze, Melbourne Tigers
- Most Valuable Player Grand Final: Pete Hansen, Perth Wildcats
- Best Defensive Player: Terry Dozier, Geelong Supercats
- Most Improved Player: Andrew Parkinson, Southern Melbourne Saints
- Rookie of the Year: Andrew Vlahov, Perth Wildcats
- Coach of the Year: Murray Arnold, Perth Wildcats
All NBL Team# | Player | Team |
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PG | Ricky Grace | Perth Wildcats | SG | Andrew Gaze | Melbourne Tigers | SF | Scott Fisher | North Melbourne Giants | PF | Mark Davis | Adelaide 36ers | C | Mike Mitchell | Gold Coast Cougars |
References1. ^http://supercats.com.au/about-us/history/honour-boards/
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