1994 NBL season explained

1994 NBL season
League:	National Basketball League
Sport:	Basketball
Duration:	7 April – 24 September 1994 26 September – 15 October 1994 (Finals) 22 – 28 October 1994 (Grand Finals)
No Of Teams:	14
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Melbourne Tigers
Top Scorer:	Andrew Gaze (Melbourne)
Top Scorer Link:	List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders
Mvp:	Andrew Gaze (Melbourne)
Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	1994 NBL Finals
Finals Champ:	North Melbourne Giants (2nd title)
Finals Runner-Up:	Adelaide 36ers
Finals Mvp:	Paul Rees (North Melbourne)
Finals Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final
Seasonslist:	List of NBL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	NBL
Prevseason Link:	1993 NBL season
Prevseason Year:	1993
Nextseason Link:	1995 NBL season
Nextseason Year:	1995

The 1994 NBL season was the 16th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contest the league.

Clubs

Club	Location	Home Venue	Capacity	Founded	Head coach
Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide, South Australia	Clipsal Powerhouse	8,000	1982	Mike Dunlap
Brisbane Bullets	Brisbane, Queensland	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	13,500	1979	Bruce Palmer
Canberra Cannons	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	AIS Arena	5,200	1979	Barry Barnes
Geelong Supercats	Geelong, Victoria	Geelong Arena	2,000	1982	Jim Calvin
Gold Coast Rollers	Gold Coast, Queensland	Carrara Indoor Stadium	2,992	1990	Dave Claxton
Hobart Tassie Devils	Hobart, Tasmania	Derwent Entertainment Centre	5,400	1983	Bill Tomlinson
Illawarra Hawks	Wollongong, New South Wales	Illawarra Basketball Stadium	2,000	1979	Alan Black
Melbourne Tigers	Melbourne, Victoria	National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park	15,400	1931	Lindsay Gaze
Newcastle Falcons	Newcastle, New South Wales	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	4,658	1979	Tom Wiseman
North Melbourne Giants	Melbourne, Victoria	The Glass House	7,200	1980	Brett Brown
Perth Wildcats	Perth, Western Australia	Perth Entertainment Centre	8,200	1982	Adrian Hurley
South East Melbourne Magic	Melbourne, Victoria	National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park	15,400	1992	Brian Goorjian
Sydney Kings	Sydney, New South Wales	Sydney Entertainment Centre	12,500	1988	Bob Turner
Townsville Suns	Townsville, Queensland	Townsville Entertainment Centre	5,257	1993	Mark Bragg

Regular season

The 1994 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 7 April 1994 and 24 September 1994.

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

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.

¹Melbourne Tigers won Head-to-Head (2-0).

²3-way Head-to-Head between South East Melbourne Magic (3-1), Adelaide 36ers (2-2) and Brisbane Bullets (1-3).

³Perth Wildcats won Head-to-Head (2-0).

⁴Illawarra Hawks won Head-to-Head (2-0).

⁵Head-to-Head between Canberra Cannons and Geelong Supercats (1-1). Canberra Cannons won For and Against (+5).

Finals

See main article: 1994 NBL Finals.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Grand Final

1994 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game			33.4
Rebounds per game			12.9
Assists per game			10.6
Steals per game			4.5
Blocks per game			2.9
Free throw percentage			90.5%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Andrew Gaze, Melbourne Tigers
Most Valuable Player Grand Final: Paul Rees, North Melbourne Giants
Best Defensive Player: Darren Lucas, South East Melbourne Magic
Most Improved Player: Chris Blakemore, Adelaide 36ers
Rookie of the Year: Sam Mackinnon, South East Melbourne Magic
Coach of the Year: Brett Brown, North Melbourne Giants

All NBL Team

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width=25	width=180	Player	width=180	Team
PG	North Melbourne Giants
SG	Melbourne Tigers
SF	Brisbane Bullets
PF	Sydney Kings
C	Melbourne Tigers