1990 NBL season explained

1990 NBL season
League:	National Basketball League
Sport:	Basketball
Duration:	30 March – 22 September 1990 26 September – 14 October 1990 (Finals) 19 – 28 October 1990 (Grand Finals)
No Of Teams:	14
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	North Melbourne Giants
Top Scorer:	Derek Rucker (Brisbane)
Top Scorer Link:	List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders
Mvp:	Derek Rucker (Brisbane)
Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	1990 NBL Finals
Finals Champ:	Perth Wildcats (1st title)
Finals Runner-Up:	Brisbane Bullets
Finals Mvp:	Ricky Grace (Perth)
Finals Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final
Seasonslist:	List of NBL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	NBL
Prevseason Link:	1989 NBL season
Prevseason Year:	1989
Nextseason Link:	1991 NBL season
Nextseason Year:	1991

The 1990 NBL season was the 12th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. With the addition of the Gold Coast Cougars a total of 14 teams contested the league.

Clubs

Club	Location	Home Venue	Capacity	Founded	Head coach
Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide, South Australia	Apollo Stadium	3,000	1982	Don Shipway
Brisbane Bullets	Brisbane, Queensland	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	13,500	1979	Brian Kerle
Canberra Cannons	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	AIS Arena	5,200	1979	Steve Breheny ^[1]
Eastside Spectres	Melbourne, Victoria	Burwood Stadium	2,000	1979	Brian Goorjian
Geelong Supercats	Geelong, Victoria	Geelong Arena	2,000	1982	Barry Barnes ^[2]
Gold Coast Cougars	Gold Coast, Queensland	Carrara Indoor Stadium	2,992	1990	Dave Claxton
Hobart Tassie Devils	Hobart, Tasmania	Derwent Entertainment Centre	5,400	1983	Tom Maher ^[3]
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	2,200	1979	Ken Cole
North Melbourne Giants	Melbourne, Victoria	The Glass House	7,200	1980	Bruce Palmer
Perth Wildcats	Perth, Western Australia	Perth Entertainment Centre	8,200	1982	Alan Black Cal Bruton
Sydney Kings	Sydney, New South Wales	Sydney Entertainment Centre	10,500	1988	Bob Turner
Westside Saints	Melbourne, Victoria	Keilor Stadium	2,000	1979	Dean Templeton

Regular season

The 1990 regular season took place over 23 rounds between 30 March 1990 and 22 September 1990.

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Ladder

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.

¹Head-to-Head between Eastside Spectres and Brisbane Bullets (1-1). Eastside Spectres won For and Against (+7).

²Head-to-Head between Melbourne Tigers and Perth Wildcats (1-1). Melbourne Tigers won For and Against (+11).

³Sydney Kings won Head-to-Head (2-0).

Finals

See main article: 1990 NBL Finals.

Playoff bracket

There were two best of three Elimination finals, two best of three semifinals, and then best of three grand final series. All three of these finals were sudden death.

Elimination Finals

Semifinals

Grand Final

1990 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Derek Rucker^[4]		865 pts
Rebounds per game			16.2
Assists per game			8.3
Steals per game			76 stls
Blocks per game			84 blks
Field goal percentage			66.9%
Three-point percentage			48.1%
Free throw percentage			88.6%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Derek Rucker, Brisbane Bullets
Most Valuable Player Grand Final: Ricky Grace, Perth Wildcats
Best Defensive Player: Leroy Loggins, Brisbane Bullets
Most Improved Player: Shane Heal, Geelong Supercats
Rookie of the Year: Justin Cass, Hobart Tassie Devils
Coach of the Year: Brian Kerle, Brisbane Bullets

All NBL Team

width=25	width=150	Player	width=150	Team
PG	Brisbane Bullets
SG	Melbourne Tigers
SF	Brisbane Bullets
PF	North Melbourne Giants
C	Brisbane Bullets

References

Web site: live. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211206/ZhuV_5K_TrE. 2021-12-06. 1990 NBL report on the Sunday program . YouTube.
Web site: Honour Boards.
Web site: live. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211206/KIXKkP7eots. 2021-12-06. NBL 1990 Devils vs Cougars . YouTube.
Web site: All Time Leaders. NBL.com.au. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170923062541/http://nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com/nbl-all-time-leaders. September 23, 2017.