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
The Brisbane Bullets are an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL) based in Brisbane, Queensland. They competed from 1979 to 2008, and returned to the league in 2016. Brisbane were one of ten NBL f ...
defeated the
Perth Wildcats
The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Wildcats compete in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Perth Arena, ...
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
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.
Elimination-Finals
Semi-finals
(2) Brisbane Bullets vs (3) Illawarra Hawks
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
(1) Adelaide 36ers vs (4) Perth Wildcats
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Grand Final series
(2) Brisbane Bullets vs (4) Perth Wildcats
Game 1
Game 2
See also
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1987 NBL season
The 1987 NBL season was the ninth season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contested the league. Three of the Melbourne-based clubs rebranded themselves in the off season, with the Nundawading Spectres renaming ...
References
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Finals
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to:
*Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...
National Basketball League (Australia) Finals