Sport Basketball Finals MVP Pete Hanson Number of teams 14 | Champion Perth Wildcats Finals champion Perth Wildcats | |
Duration 6 April 1991 – 22 September 199125 September 1991 – 11 October 1991 (Finals)19 – 27 October 1991 (Grand Finals) Top scorer Andrew Gaze (1,007 - 38.7 ppg) | ||
The 1991 NBL season was the 13th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contest the league.
Contents
Regular season
The home and away season took place over 24 rounds between 6 April 1991 and 22 September 1991 with semi-final on 25 September 1991 until 11 October 1991 and grand final on 19 October until 27 October 1991.
1991 saw Melbourne Tigers superstar Andrew Gaze became the first player to score 1,000 points in an NBL regular season. He scored 1,007 points in 26 games at 38.7 points per game. For his efforts he was awarded the first of what would eventually become a league record seven NBL Most Valuable Player awards as well as his 6th straight selection to the All NBL team.
Finals
There were two best of three Elimination finals, two best of three semi-finals, and then best of three grand final. All three of these finals were sudden death.