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2002 New Zealand NBL season

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Sport
  
Basketball

Number of teams
  
9

Number of games
  
16

Minor premiers
  
Nelson Giants

League
  
National Basketball League

Top scorer
  
Ron Grady (Otago Nuggets)

The 2002 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the 21st running of the competition. Two name changes occurred heading into the 2002 season, with Palmerston North renaming themselves Manawatu, and North Harbour renaming themselves Harbour. The Waikato Titans won the championship in 2002 to claim their second league title. The Grand Final between the Titans and the Nelson Giants was a nail bitter, with the scores tied at 83 a piece when Titans' forward Dillon Boucher made two free throws with 1.7 seconds left to snatch a championship victory for Waikato in the Trafalgar Centre. As 2,000 Nelson fans sat stunned, Titans' head coach Jeff Green taunted them.

Contents

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season

Regular season

  • NZ Most Valuable Player: Terrence Lewis (Canterbury Rams)
  • Regular Season Winners: Nelson Giants (11–5)
  • Keith Carr Trophy – Most Outstanding Guard: Terrence Lewis (Canterbury Rams)
  • John Macdonald Trophy – Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Terrence Lewis (Canterbury Rams)
  • Commissioners Cup – Most Outstanding Forward: John Whorton (Canterbury Rams)
  • Stan Hill Trophy – Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Ed Book (Nelson Giants)
  • Alan Bland Memorial Trophy – Scoring Champion: Ron Grady (25.1) (Otago Nuggets)
  • Garry Pettis Memorial Trophy – Rebounding Champion: John Whorton (13.4) (Canterbury Rams)
  • Dave Taylor Trophy – Assist Champion: Carlo Varricchio (5.3) (Canterbury Rams)
  • Nial Forsyth Trophy – Best Team Free Throws: Otago Nuggets
  • Rookie of the Year: Miles Pearce (Manawatu Jets)
  • Coach of the Year: John Watson (Canterbury Rams)
  • Administrator of the Year: Janie Granger (Nelson Giants)
  • All-Star Five:
  • G: Mark Dickel (Wellington Saints)
  • G: Terrence Lewis (Canterbury Rams)
  • F: Dillon Boucher (Waikato Titans)
  • F: John Whorton (Canterbury Rams)
  • C: Ed Book (Nelson Giants)

    • References

    2002 New Zealand NBL season Wikipedia
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