1990 New Zealand NBL season

1990 New Zealand NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 12
Top seed Nelson Giants
Finals champions Canterbury Rams
  Runners-up Nelson Giants

The 1990 New Zealand National Basketball League season was the ninth running of the competition. Many changes occurred for the NBL heading into the 1990 season, with Hutt Valley, Otago and Waitakere joining the ranks, while Waitemata departed the league for a second time, bring the league number to 12 teams. In addition, North Shore were renamed the North Harbour Vikings. The Canterbury Rams won the championship in 1990 to claim their third league title.[1] In the NBL's first all-South Island grand final, the Rams prevailed over the Nelson Giants in a gripping game, winning 76–73 to go back-to-back.[2]

Final standings

# Team
Canterbury Rams
Nelson Giants
3 Palmerston North Jets
4 Hutt Valley Lakers
5 New Plymouth Bulls
6 North Harbour Vikings
7 Wellington Saints
8 Hawke's Bay Hawks
9 Waitakere Rangers
10 Waikato Warriors
11 Otago Nuggets
12 Auckland Cannons

Season awards

References

  1. 1 2 "2005 League Handbook" (PDF). Basketball.org.nz. p. 32–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. Egan, Brendon (4 April 2014). "Keith Mair reflects on Rams' halcyon days". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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