1996 New Zealand NBL season

1996 New Zealand NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 12
Regular season
Minor premiers Auckland Stars
Top scorer Ed Book (Palmerston North Jets)
Playoffs
Champions Auckland Stars
  Runners-up Nelson Giants

The 1996 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the 15th running of the competition. Only one change occurred heading into the 1996 season, with the Waitakere Rangers dropping down to the Conference Basketball League. The Auckland Stars won the championship in 1996 to claim their fourth league title.[1] Auckland faced the Nelson Giants in the best-of-three Finals series where, despite Nelson winning Game 1 110–95,[2] Auckland prevailed with a 2–1 series win, defeating Nelson 109–98 in Game 2 and 94–90 in Game 3.[3]

Final standings

# Team
Auckland Stars
Nelson Giants
3 North Harbour Vikings
4 Hawke's Bay Hawks
5 Wellington Saints
6 Hutt Valley Lakers
7 Otago Nuggets
8 Canterbury Rams
9 Palmerston North Jets
10 Taranaki Bears
11 Northland Suns
12 Waikato Warriors

Season awards

  • NZ Most Valuable Player: Phill Jones (Nelson Giants)[1]
  • Regular Season Winners: Auckland Stars
  • Keith Carr Trophy – Most Outstanding Guard: Tony Bennett (North Harbour Vikings)
  • John Macdonald Trophy – Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Phill Jones (Nelson Giants)[4]
  • Commissioners Cup – Most Outstanding Forward: Ed Book (Palmerston North Jets)
  • Stan Hill Trophy – Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Pero Cameron (Auckland Stars)
  • Alan Bland Memorial Trophy – Scoring Champion: Ed Book (Palmerston North Jets)
  • Garry Pettis Memorial Trophy – Rebounding Champion: Jeff Daniels (North Harbour Vikings)
  • Dave Taylor Trophy – Assist Champion: Scott Stewart (Canterbury Rams)
  • Nial Forsyth Trophy – Best Team Free Throws: Wellington Saints
  • Rookie of the Year: Paora Winitana (North Harbour Vikings)
  • Coach of the Year: Nenad Vučinić (Nelson Giants)
  • All-Star Five:

References

  1. 1 2 "2005 League Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. pp. 32–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "NZ BBall - FINALS stats, Game 1". Google Forum. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "NZ Bball - Caltex Stars win Finals". Google Forum. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  4. ↑ McNae, Pete (24 June 2010). "Phill Jones available for Tall Blacks". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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