1989 NBL season

1989 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	20 April 1989 – 24 September 1989 29 September 1989 – 8 October 1989 (Semi-Finals) 14 – 20 October 1989 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams	13
TV partner(s)	Seven Network
Regular season
Top seed	North Melbourne Giants
Season MVP	Scott Fisher
Top scorer	Andrew Gaze (831 - 34.6 ppg)
Finals
Champions	North Melbourne Giants
Runners-up	Canberra Cannons
Finals MVP	Scott Fisher

The 1989 NBL season was the 11th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 13 teams contest the league.

Clubs

Club	Location	Home Venue	Capacity	Founded	Head coach
Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide, South Australia	Apollo Stadium	3,000	1982	Gary Fox
Brisbane Bullets	Brisbane, Queensland	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	13,500	1979	Brian Kearle
Canberra Cannons	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	AIS Arena	5,200	1979	Bob Turner
Eastside Spectres	Melbourne, Victoria	Burwood Stadium	2,000	1979	Brian Goorjian
Geelong Supercats	Geelong, Victoria	Geelong Arena	2,000	1982
Hobart Devils	Hobart, Tasmania	Derwent Entertainment Centre	5,400	1983
Illawarra Hawks	Wollongong, New South Wales	Illawarra Basketball Stadium	2,000	1979	Dave Lindstrom
Melbourne Tigers	Melbourne, Victoria	The Glass House	7,200	1931	Lindsay Gaze
Newcastle Falcons	Newcastle, New South Wales	Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium	2,000	1979	Ken Cole
North Melbourne Giants	Melbourne, Victoria	The Glass House	7,200	1980	Bruce Palmer
Perth Wildcats	Perth, Western Australia	Perth Superdome	4,500	1982	Alan Black
Sydney Kings	Sydney, New South Wales	State Sports Centre	5,006	1988
Westside Melbourne Saints	Melbourne, Victoria	The Glass House	7,200	1979

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 23 rounds between 20 April 1989 and 24 September 1989 with semi-final on 29 September 1989 until 8 October 1989 and grand final on 14 October until 20 October 1989.

Ladder

	Team	Pld	Won	Lost	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	% Pts	% Won
1	North Melbourne Giants	29	21	8	4-1	W3	13-2	8-6	111	72
2	Canberra Cannons	29	20	9	2-3	L2	11-4	9-5	106	68
3	Perth Wildcats	30	19	11	3-2	L1	13-2	6-9	99	63
4	Melbourne Tigers	27	17	10	1-4	L1	9-5	8-5	105	62
5	Sydney Kings	30	18	12	2-3	L1	10-4	8-8	97	60
6	Adelaide 36ers	27	16	11	3-2	L2	11-2	5-9	102	59

7	Eastside Spectres	24	14	10	4-1	W4	9-3	5-7	102	58
8	Brisbane Bullets	24	11	13	1-4	W1	7-5	4-8	102	45
9	Westside Melbourne Saints	24	8	16	3-2	W1	5-7	3-9	95	33
10	Hobart Devils	24	8	16	3-2	W1	6-6	2-10	93	33
11	Illawarra Hawks	24	7	17	0-5	L6	5-7	2-10	96	29
12	Newcastle Falcons	24	6	18	2-3	L2	5-7	1-11	94	25
13	Geelong Supercats	24	5	19	0-5	L6	3-9	2-10	89	20

Finals

Main article: 1989 NBL Finals

There were two best of three Elimination finals, four best of three Semi-finals, and then best of three grand final.

Elimination Finals

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
20 September	Adelaide 36ers	124-122	Perth Wildcats	Apollo Stadium
20 September	Sydney Kings	117-105	Melbourne Tigers	State Sports Centre
22 September	Perth Wildcats	114-94	Adelaide 36ers	Perth Superdrome
22 September	Melbourne Tigers	112-89	Sydney Kings	The Glass House
24 September	Perth Wildcats	112-108	Adelaide 36ers	Perth Superdrome
24 September	Melbourne Tigers	83-85	Sydney Kings	The Glass House

Semi-Finals

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
29 September	Sydney Kings	98-108	Canberra Cannons	State Sports Centre
30 September	Perth Wildcats	108-129	North Melbourne Giants	Perth Superdrome
6 October	Canberra Cannons	92-100	Sydney Kings	AIS Arena
6 October	North Melbourne Giants	108-111	Perth Wildcats	The Glass House
8 October	Canberra Cannons	142-82	Sydney Kings	AIS Arena
8 October	North Melbourne Giants	165-110	Perth Wildcats	The Glass House

Grand Final

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
14 October	Canberra Cannons	105-111	North Melbourne Giants	AIS Arena
20 October	North Melbourne Giants	111-97	Canberra Cannons	The Glass House

1989 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers	34.5
Rebounds per game	Dean Uthoff	Eastside Melbourne	17.0
Assists per game	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers	7.2
Steals per game	Phil Smyth	Canberra Cannons	3.3
Blocks per game	Willie Simmons	Canberra Cannons	3.2
Free throw percentage	Scott Fisher	North Melbourne Giants	87.5%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Scott Fisher, North Melbourne Giants
Most Valuable Player Grand Final: Scott Fisher, North Melbourne Giants
Best Defensive Player: Phil Smyth, Canberra Cannons
Most Improved Player: Mark Bradtke, Adelaide 36ers
Rookie of the Year: Justin Withers, Illawarra Hawks
Coach of the Year: Lindsay Gaze, Melbourne Tigers

All NBL Team

#	Player	Team
PG	Phil Smyth	Canberra Cannons
SG	Kent Lockhart	Eastside Melbourne Spectres
SF	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers
PF	Scott Fisher	North Melbourne Giants
C	Mark Davis	Adelaide 36ers

NBL seasons

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