1987 NBL Finals

June 2020 June 2020 June 2020 1987 NBL Finals National Basketball League Basketball 30 September - 16 October 1987 4 ATN7, BTQ7, STW9, SAS10 NBL Finals Brisbane Bullets Perth Wildcats Leroy Loggins NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final 1986 1988 The 1987 NBL Finals was the championship series of the 1987 season of Australia's National Basketball League (NBL) and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Brisbane Bullets defeated the Perth Wildcats in two games (2-0) for their second NBL championship. Format The 1987 National Basketball League Finals started on 30 September and concluded on 16 October. The playoffs consisted of two best of three Semi-finals and the best of three game Grand Final series. Qualification Qualified teams Team Finalsappearance Previousappearance Previous bestperformance Brisbane Bullets 6th 1986 Runners up (1986) Adelaide 36ers 4th 1986 Champions (1986) Illawarra Hawks 3rd 1986 4th in 1986 Perth Wildcats 1st - 8th in 1985 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. Playoff bracket Elimination Finals DateHome teamScoreAway teamVenue 26 September Illawarra Hawks 105-97 North Melbourne Giants Illawarra Basketball Stadium 27 September Perth Wildcats 101-96 Canberra Cannons Perth Superdrome Semifinals (2) Brisbane Bullets vs (3) Illawarra Hawks Game 1 #eee 30 September Illawarra Basketball Stadium ATN7 Ray Hunt, Geoff Weeks 2,000 Illawarra Hawks 87 Brisbane Bullets 109 boxscore 19-26 16-32 27-34 25-17 Bateman, Borner 15 each Leroy Loggins 38 Jim Bateman 11 Leroy Loggins 10 McLeod, Borner 4 each Ron Radliff 6 Game 2 #eee 2 October Brisbane Entertainment Centre BTQ7 Eddie Crouch, Bill Mildenhall Brisbane Bullets 77 Illawarra Hawks 78 boxscore 12-21 22-18 32-17 11-22 Ron Radliff 15 Jim Bateman 22 Larry Sengstock 11 Jim Bateman 14 Leroy Loggins 6 Gordie McLeod 8 Game 3 #eee 4 October Brisbane Entertainment Centre BTQ7 Eddie Crouch, Bill Mildenhall Brisbane Bullets 100 Illawarra Hawks 82 boxscore 26-19 20-21 26-27 28-15 Larry Sengstock 16 Bateman, Borner 17 each Larry Sengstock 14 Jim Bateman 13 Darren Perry 5 Gordie McLeod 6 Brisbane win the series 2-1 (1) Adelaide 36ers vs (4) Perth Wildcats Game 1 #eee 30 September Perth Superdrome STW9 Eddie Crouch, Bill Mildenhall 4,500 Perth Wildcats 98 Adelaide 36ers 99 boxscore 23-30 26-29 23-24 26-16 Pinder, Crawford 24 each Darryl Pearce 24 Kendal Pinder 16 Mark Davis 14 Alan Black 9 Darryl Pearce 6 Game 2 #eee 2 October Apollo Stadium, Adelaide SAS10 Ray Hunt, Robert Barnett 3,000 Adelaide 36ers 99 Perth Wildcats 101 boxscore 26-22 22-26 32-22 19-31 Darryl Pearce 29 James Crawford 40 Mark Davis 21 Kendal Pinder 13 Al Green 4 Black, Bruton, Crawford 3 each Game 3 #eee 4 October Apollo Stadium, Adelaide SAS10 Ray Hunt, Robert Barnett 3,000 Adelaide 36ers 93 Perth Wildcats 103 boxscore 23-33 27-23 18-26 25-21 Mark Davis 36 James Crawford 34 Mark Davis 16 James Crawford 13 Jones, McKay 3 each Cal Bruton 4 Perth win the series 2-1 Grand Final series (2) Brisbane Bullets vs (4) Perth Wildcats Game 1 #eee 10 October Perth Superdrome STW9 Eddie Crouch, Bill Mildenhall 4,500 Perth Wildcats 79 Brisbane Bullets 80 boxscore 25-23 15-22 21-19 18-16 Kendal Pinder 27 Emery Atkinson 22 Kendal Pinder 15 Larry Sengstock 15 Cal Bruton 6 Sibley, Radliff 3 each Brisbane leads series, 1–0 Game 2 #eee 16 October Brisbane Entertainment Centre BTQ7 Ray Hunt, Eddie Crouch 11,000 Brisbane Bullets 106 Perth Wildcats 87 boxscore 29-23 18-21 33-26 26-17 Leroy Loggins 36 Kendal Pinder 25 John Dorge 10 Kendal Pinder 15 Loggins, Perry 3 each Cal Bruton 6 Brisbane wins series and NBL Championship, 2–0Grand Final MVP: Leroy Loggins (Brisbane) See also 1987 NBL season References Finals Category:National Basketball League (Australia) Finals