1996 New Zealand NBL season

May 2016 May 2016 1996 New Zealand NBL season New Zealand NBL Basketball 12 Regular season Auckland Ed Book (Palmerston North) New Zealand NBL Scoring Champion Playoffs Auckland Nelson New Zealand NBL 1995 New Zealand NBL season 1995 1997 New Zealand NBL season 1997 The 1996 NBL season was the 15th season of the National Basketball League. Only one change occurred heading into the 1996 season, with Waitakere leaving the NBL for the second-tiered Conference Basketball League (CBL). Auckland won the championship in 1996 to claim their fourth league title.2005 League Handbook Basketball.org.nz http://www.basketball.org.nz/uimages//1942.pdf 20 September 2015 32–36 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060824065604/http://www.basketball.org.nz/uimages//1942.pdf 24 August 2006 In the best-of-three championship series, Nelson took Game 1 110–95,NZ BBall - FINALS stats, Game 1 Google Forum https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nz.rec/4A2l2d77JG8 28 October 2015 before Auckland came back to take Game 2 109–98 and Game 3 94–90.NZ Bball - Caltex Stars win Finals Google Forum https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/nz.rec/QHpwk_2rJME 28 October 2015 Final standings # TeamFile:Gold_Cup_icon.svgAucklandFile:Silver medal icon.svgNelson3North Harbour4Hawke's Bay5Wellington6Hutt Valley7Otago8Canterbury9Palmerston North10Taranaki11Northland12Waikato Season awards NZ Most Valuable Player: Phill Jones (Nelson) Most Outstanding Guard: Tony Bennett (North Harbour) Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Phill Jones (Nelson)McNae Pete Phill Jones available for Tall Blacks Stuff.co.nz http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/basketball/3858546/Phill-Jones-available-for-Tall-Blacks 24 June 2010 13 September 2015 Most Outstanding Forward: Ed Book (Palmerston North) Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Pero Cameron (Auckland) Scoring Champion: Ed Book (Palmerston North) Rebounding Champion: Jeff Daniels (North Harbour) Assist Champion: Scott Stewart (Canterbury) Rookie of the Year: Paora Winitana (North Harbour) Coach of the Year: Nenad Vučinić (Nelson) All-Star Five: G: Tony Bennett (North Harbour) G: Phill Jones (Nelson) F: Darryl Johnson (Hutt Valley) F: Pero Cameron (Auckland) C: Ed Book (Palmerston North) References Category:National Basketball League (New Zealand) seasons Category:1996 in New Zealand basketball