1992 NBL season

1992 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	3 April 1992 – 26 September 1992 28 September 1992 – 18 October 1992 (Finals) 24 October 1992 – 1 November 1992 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams	13
TV partner(s)	Network Ten
Regular season
Top seed	South East Melbourne Magic
Season MVP	Scott Fisher Andrew Gaze
Finals
Champions	South East Melbourne Magic
Runners-up	Melbourne Tigers
Finals MVP	Bruce Bolden

The 1992 NBL season was the 14th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 13 teams contest the league, Southern Melbourne did not returned this season.

Clubs

Club	Location	Home Venue	Capacity	Founded	Head coach
Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide, South Australia	Clipsal Powerhouse	8,000	1982	Don Shipway
Brisbane Bullets	Brisbane, Queensland	Brisbane Entertainment Centre	13,500	1979	Brian Kearle
Canberra Cannons	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	AIS Arena	5,200	1979
Geelong Supercats	Geelong, Victoria	Geelong Arena	2,000	1982
Gold Coast Rollers	Gold Coast, Queensland	Carrara Indoor Stadium	2,992	1990	Dave Claxton
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	National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park	15,300	1931	Lindsay Gaze
Newcastle Falcons	Newcastle, New South Wales	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	4,658	1979	Tom Wisman
North Melbourne Giants	Melbourne, Victoria	The Glass House	7,200	1980	Bruce Palmer
Perth Wildcats	Perth, Western Australia	Perth Entertainment Centre	8,200	1982	Murray Arnold
South East Melbourne Magic	Melbourne, Victoria	National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park	15,300	1992	Brian Goorjian
Sydney Kings	Sydney, New South Wales	Sydney Entertainment Centre	12,500	1988	Bob Turner

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 22 rounds between 3 April 1992 and 26 September 1992 with final series on 28 September 1992 until 18 October 1992 and grand final on 24 October until 1 November 1992.

Ladder

#	Team	Pld	W	L
1	South East Melbourne Magic	31	26	5
2	Sydney Kings	29	20	9
3	Melbourne Tigers	33	20	13
4	North Melbourne Giants	28	16	12
5	Illawarra Hawks	26	13	13
6	Perth Wildcats	27	13	14
7	Brisbane Bullets	26	12	14
8	Adelaide 36ers	24	11	13
9	Gold Coast Rollers	24	11	13
10	Canberra Cannons	26	9	17
11	Hobart Devils	24	9	15
12	Newcastle Falcons	24	9	15
13	Geelong Supercats	24	2	22

Finals

There were eight quarter finals, four semi-finals, and then best of three grand final. All three of these finals were sudden death.

Quarter Finals

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
28 September	Sydney Kings	100-91	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Entertainment Centre
29 September	Illawarra Hawks	98-118	North Melbourne Giants	Illawarra Basketball Stadium
30 September	Canberra Cannons	89-91	South East Melbourne Magic	AIS Arena
2 October	Perth Wildcats	111-103	Melbourne Tigers	Perth Entertainment Centre
2 October	South East Melbourne Magic	101-96	Canberra Cannons	Melbourne Park
3 October	Brisbane Bullets	123-130	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Entertainment Centre
3 October	North Melbourne Giants	132-96	Illawarra Hawks	The Glass House
5 October	Melbourne Tigers	95-94	Perth Wildcats	Melbourne Park
7 October	Melbourne Tigers	116-100	Perth Wildcats	Melbourne Park

Semi-Finals

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
9 October	North Melbourne Giants	86-112	South East Melbourne Magic	Melbourne Park
10 October	Melbourne Tigers	122-112	Sydney Kings	Melbourne Park
16 October	Sydney Kings	124-118	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre
17 October	South East Melbourne Magic	127-106	North Melbourne Giants	Melbourne Park
18 October	Sydney Kings	95-101	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre

Grand Final

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
24 October	Melbourne Tigers	116-98	South East Melbourne Magic	Melbourne Park
30 October	South East Melbourne Magic	115-93	Melbourne Tigers	Melbourne Park
1 November	South East Melbourne Magic	95-88	Melbourne Tigers	Melbourne Park

1992 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers	33.8
Rebounds per game	Mark Bradtke	Adelaide 36ers	14.8
Assists per game	Andre Lafleur	Gold Coast Rollers	9.6
Steals per game	Chris Harris	Geelong Supercats	3.3
Blocks per game	John Dorge	South East Melbourne Magic	2.9
Free throw percentage	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers	86.5%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Scott Fisher, North Melbourne Giants & Andrew Gaze, Melbourne Tigers
Most Valuable Player Grand Final: Bruce Bolden, South East Melbourne Magic
Best Defensive Player: Terry Dozier, Newcastle Falcons
Most Improved Player: Andrew Svaldenis, Hobart Devils
Rookie of the Year: Lachlan Armfield, Canberra Cannons
Coach of the Year: Brian Goorjian, South East Melbourne Magic

All NBL Team

#	Player	Team
PG	Doug Overton	Illawarra Hawks
SG	Dwayne McClain	Sydney Kings
SF	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers
PF	Andrew Vlahov	Perth Wildcats
C	Scott Fisher	North Melbourne Giants

NBL seasons

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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