1997 NBL season

Professional basketball season April 2022 March 2026 1997 NBL season National Basketball League 1997 Finals 1997 NBL Finals Melbourne Tigers (2nd title) S.E. Melbourne Magic North Melbourne GiantsPerth Wildcats 11 11 April – 1 November 1997 S.E. Melbourne Magic Australia: Network Ten Fox Sports Andrew Gaze (Melbourne) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player AUS Lanard Copeland (Melbourne) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final USA Andrew Gaze (Melbourne) 31.5 AUS List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders List of NBL seasons NBL 1996 NBL season 1996 1998 NBL season 1998 The 1997 NBL season was the 19th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contest the league. The Hobart Devils, Geelong Supercats and Gold Coast Rollers did not return this season. The Melbourne Tigers were the champions.Hickey Matt Roar of Redemption: The story of the 1997 NBL Melbourne Tigers https://pickandroll.com.au/p/roar-of-redemption-story-1997-melbourne-tigers 2024-12-13 pickandroll.com.au en Regular season The 1997 regular season took place over 24 rounds between 11 April 1997 and 29 September 1997. Round 1 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 11/04/1997 NMG 85–81 SK Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34289 11/04/1997 PW 84–104 SEMM Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34290 11/04/1997 BB 111–105 MT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34291 12/04/1997 CC 83–97 NMG AIS Arena N/A 34292 12/04/1997 IH 96–112 NF Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34293 12/04/1997 TS 113–115 MT Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34294 13/04/1997 A36 83–85 SEMM Adelaide Arena N/A 34295 Round 2 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 18/04/1997 NF 101–109 NMG Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34296 19/04/1997 SK 92–94 NMG Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34297 19/04/1997 CC 97–85 A36 AIS Arena N/A 34298 19/04/1997 IH 101–108 PW Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34299 19/04/1997 BB 77–99 SEMM Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34300 20/04/1997 TS 104–86 SEMM Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34301 21/04/1997 MT 100–103 PW Melbourne Park N/A 34302 Round 3 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 25/04/1997 MT 69–89 A36 Melbourne Park N/A 34303 25/04/1997 SK 97–92 PW Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34304 25/04/1997 BB 96–104 TS Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34305 26/04/1997 SEMM 96–97 MT Melbourne Park N/A 34306 26/04/1997 NF 101–122 PW Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34307 26/04/1997 TS 97–91 SK Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34308 26/04/1997 IH 98–117 CC Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34309 Round 4 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 2/05/1997 SK 112–108 TS Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34310 2/05/1997 IH 121–103 MT Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34311 2/05/1997 CC 98–81 BB AIS Arena N/A 34312 3/05/1997 A36 92–99 NMG Adelaide Arena N/A 34313 3/05/1997 SEMM 123–106 IH Whitlam Centre N/A 34314 3/05/1997 MT 85–108 PW Melbourne Park N/A 34315 3/05/1997 BB 82–71 SK Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34316 4/05/1997 NF 110–104 TS Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34317 Round 5 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 7/05/1997 SEMM 78–89 CC Melbourne Park N/A 34318 9/05/1997 PW 102–84 A36 Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34319 9/05/1997 TS 109–97 IH Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34320 10/05/1997 NMG 77–88 SEMM Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34321 10/05/1997 A36 106–93 CC Adelaide Arena N/A 34322 11/05/1997 MT 109–104 SK Melbourne Park N/A 34323 Round 6 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 16/05/1997 PW 82–86 BB Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34324 16/05/1997 CC 105–88 IH AIS Arena N/A 34325 16/05/1997 TS 119–95 MT Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34326 17/05/1997 SEMM 96–92 PW Melbourne Park N/A 34327 17/05/1997 NMG 111–98 NF Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34328 17/05/1997 SK 104–78 CC Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34329 18/05/1997 A36 85–78 BB Adelaide Arena N/A 34330 18/05/1997 NF 95–126 IH Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34331 Round 7 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 23/05/1997 NMG 122–114 TS Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34332 23/05/1997 CC 93–81 NF AIS Arena N/A 34333 23/05/1997 IH 107–119 A36 Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34334 24/05/1997 SK 96–107 A36 Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34335 24/05/1997 PW 96–83 NMG Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34336 24/05/1997 NF 85–117 SEMM Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34337 24/05/1997 BB 110–92 IH Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34338 25/05/1997 TS 100–89 CC Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34339 Round 8 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 29/05/1997 CC 113–99 MT AIS Arena N/A 34340 30/05/1997 BB 98–103 SK Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34341 31/05/1997 NMG 97–102 BB Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34342 31/05/1997 SK 106–101 CC Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34343 31/05/1997 IH 97–126 TS Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34344 31/05/1997 NF 108–100 A36 Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34345 Round 9 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 5/06/1997 NMG 104–90 IH Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34346 5/06/1997 CC 78–82 BB AIS Arena N/A 34347 6/06/1997 TS 102–107 A36 Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34348 6/06/1997 NF 106–98 BB Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34349 7/06/1997 PW 109–89 IH Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34350 7/06/1997 SK 124–117 MT Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34351 Round 10 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 11/06/1997 SEMM 80–55 CC Melbourne Park N/A 34352 13/06/1997 MT 96–106 SK Melbourne Park N/A 34353 14/06/1997 IH 104–111 NMG Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34354 14/06/1997 A36 99–114 SK Adelaide Arena N/A 34355 14/06/1997 SEMM 87–83 BB Melbourne Park N/A 34356 14/06/1997 PW 109–90 TS Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34357 14/06/1997 CC 104–91 NF AIS Arena N/A 34358 15/06/1997 BB 116–108 NF Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34359 16/06/1997 NMG 99–96 TS Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34360 Round 11 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 20/06/1997 IH 107–123 SK Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34361 20/06/1997 BB 100–91 NMG Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34362 21/06/1997 MT 115–104 NMG Melbourne Park N/A 34363 21/06/1997 SK 88–89 SEMM Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34364 21/06/1997 PW 90–102 NF Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34365 22/06/1997 A36 141–99 NF Adelaide Arena N/A 34366 Round 12 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 27/06/1997 NMG 99–114 A36 Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34367 27/06/1997 CC 92–86 PW AIS Arena N/A 34368 28/06/1997 SEMM 127–100 SK Melbourne Park N/A 34369 28/06/1997 IH 105–92 A36 Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34370 28/06/1997 NF 87–98 MT Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34371 29/06/1997 MT 82–92 CC Melbourne Park N/A 34372 29/06/1997 PW 112–92 SK Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34373 29/06/1997 TS 98–94 NMG Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34374 Round 13 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 4/07/1997 TS 81–84 SEMM Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34375 5/07/1997 PW 97–71 CC Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34376 5/07/1997 A36 112–100 NMG Adelaide Arena N/A 34377 5/07/1997 IH 93–102 MT Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34378 5/07/1997 NF 97–86 SK Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34379 6/07/1997 BB 106–101 NF Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34380 7/07/1997 MT 86–94 NMG Melbourne Park N/A 34381 Round 14 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 9/07/1997 SEMM 113–105 A36 Melbourne Park N/A 34382 11/07/1997 A36 107–112 PW Adelaide Arena N/A 34383 11/07/1997 NF 84–102 NMG Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34384 12/07/1997 MT 96–89 SEMM Melbourne Park N/A 34385 12/07/1997 SK 109–85 BB Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34386 12/07/1997 PW 106–86 IH Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34387 12/07/1997 TS 97–95 CC Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34388 13/07/1997 BB 87–62 CC Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34389 Round 15 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 18/07/1997 MT 94–93 CC Melbourne Park N/A 34390 18/07/1997 SK 92–109 NF Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34391 18/07/1997 IH 97–105 SEMM Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34392 18/07/1997 BB 91–88 PW Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34393 19/07/1997 A36 90–92 NF Adelaide Arena N/A 34394 19/07/1997 SEMM 99–86 NMG Melbourne Park N/A 34395 19/07/1997 TS 102–90 PW Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34396 Round 16 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 1/08/1997 TS 101–104 BB Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34397 2/08/1997 A36 112–82 IH Adelaide Arena N/A 34398 Round 17 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 8/08/1997 A36 79–84 TS Adelaide Arena N/A 34399 9/08/1997 BB 91–94 MT Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34400 Round 18 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 15/08/1997 NMG 86–97 MT Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34401 15/08/1997 NF 119–107 CC Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34402 15/08/1997 TS 124–103 IH Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34403 16/08/1997 PW 97–92 SK Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34404 16/08/1997 A36 97–93 SEMM Adelaide Arena N/A 34405 16/08/1997 CC 99–102 NMG AIS Arena N/A 34406 17/08/1997 BB 80–81 IH Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34407 Round 19 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 20/08/1997 SEMM 120–90 TS Melbourne Park N/A 34408 22/08/1997 PW 98–73 BB Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34409 23/08/1997 NMG 94–83 SEMM Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34410 23/08/1997 SK 100–112 A36 Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34411 23/08/1997 NF 114–130 TS Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34412 23/08/1997 CC 93–96 IH AIS Arena N/A 34413 25/08/1997 MT 128–107 NF Melbourne Park N/A 34414 Round 20 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 29/08/1997 NMG 103–86 PW Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34415 29/08/1997 A36 74–77 BB Adelaide Arena N/A 34416 30/08/1997 CC 92–67 SEMM AIS Arena N/A 34417 30/08/1997 IH 85–97 NMG Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34418 30/08/1997 NF 98–95 PW Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34419 30/08/1997 SK 93–112 TS Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34420 31/08/1997 MT 128–98 IH Melbourne Park N/A 34421 2/09/1997 SEMM 94–78 NF Melbourne Park N/A 34422 Round 21 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 5/09/1997 IH 71–82 SEMM Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34423 6/09/1997 SEMM 88–82 BB Melbourne Park N/A 34424 6/09/1997 SK 95–77 IH Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34425 6/09/1997 PW 101–107 A36 Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34426 6/09/1997 NF 112–120 MT Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34427 6/09/1997 CC 101–98 TS AIS Arena N/A 34428 7/09/1997 MT 124–106 TS Melbourne Park N/A 34429 7/09/1997 NMG 117–96 SK Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34430 Round 22 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 10/09/1997 SEMM 97–74 PW Melbourne Park N/A 34431 12/09/1997 A36 99–96 TS Adelaide Arena N/A 34432 13/09/1997 PW 88–87 CC Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34433 13/09/1997 NF 110–97 IH Newcastle Entertainment Centre N/A 34434 13/09/1997 BB 82–76 TS Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34435 13/09/1997 MT 103–90 A36 Melbourne Park N/A 34436 15/09/1997 NMG 92–94 CC Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34437 15/09/1997 SK 90–85 NF Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34438 Round 23 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 19/09/1997 IH 101–88 SK Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34439 19/09/1997 BB 86–85 A36 Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34440 20/09/1997 NMG 92–90 BB Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34441 20/09/1997 SK 98–103 SEMM Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A 34442 20/09/1997 PW 98–107 MT Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34443 20/09/1997 CC 120–97 A36 AIS Arena N/A 34444 20/09/1997 TS 103–106 NF Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34445 22/09/1997 SEMM 70–102 MT Melbourne Park N/A 34446 Round 24 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 24/09/1997 NMG 102–106 PW Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34447 26/09/1997 TS 100–102 PW Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A 34448 27/09/1997 A36 104–110 MT Adelaide Arena N/A 34449 27/09/1997 IH 115–90 BB Beaton Park Stadium N/A 34450 27/09/1997 CC 98–95 SK AIS Arena N/A 34451 28/09/1997 SEMM 108–99 NF Dandenong Basketball Stadium N/A 34452 29/09/1997 MT 116–107 BB Melbourne Park N/A 34453 Ladder This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. The top 6 teams qualified for the finals series. 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. 1Brisbane Bullets won Head-to-Head (2-1). 2Adelaide 36ers won Head-to-Head (2-1). 3Newcastle Falcons won Head-to-Head (2-1). Finals 1997 NBL Finals Playoff bracket Elimination Finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 3/10/1997 CC 104–93 NMG AIS Arena N/A 34454 4/10/1997 PW 81–79 BB Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34455 5/10/1997 NMG 108–98 CC Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34456 7/10/1997 BB 71–88 PW Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A 34457 7/10/1997 NMG 102–75 CC Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34458 Semi-finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 13/10/1997 PW 82–92 SEMM Perth Entertainment Centre N/A 34459 15/10/1997 NMG 99–107 MT Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 34460 17/10/1997 SEMM 96–69 PW Melbourne Park N/A 34461 18/10/1997 MT 112–105 NMG Melbourne Park N/A 34462 Grand Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Boxscore 25/10/1997 MT 111–74 SEMM Melbourne Park N/A 34463 29/10/1997 SEMM 84–78 MT Melbourne Park N/A 34464 1/11/1997 SEMM 83–93 MT Melbourne Park N/A 34465 1997 NBL statistics leaders + Category Player Team Stat Points per game Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers 30.9 Rebounds per game Clarence Tyson Townsville Suns 13.7 Assists per game Darryl McDonald North Melbourne Giants 8.9 Steals per game Darryl McDonald North Melbourne Giants 3.3 Blocks per game Simon Dwight Canberra Cannons 4.3 Free throw percentage Dylan Rigdon Illawarra Hawks 88.2% NBL awards Most Valuable Player: Andrew Gaze, Melbourne Tigers Most Valuable Player Grand Final: Lanard Copeland, Melbourne Tigers Best Defensive Player: Mike Kelly, South East Melbourne Magic Most Improved Player: Ben Pepper, Newcastle Falcons Rookie of the Year: Matthew Nielsen, Sydney Kings Coach of the Year: Lindsay Gaze, Melbourne Tigers & Brian Goorjian, South East Melbourne Magic All NBL Team #PlayerTeam PG Derek Rucker Townsville Suns SG Robert Rose Canberra Cannons SF Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers PF Clarence Tyson Townsville Suns C Mark Bradtke Melbourne Tigers References 1997 Category:1997 in Australian men's sport Category:1997 in Australian basketball