1986 NBL season

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1986 NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Duration25 April – 28 September 1986
1 – 4 October 1986 (semi-finals)
11 – 19 October 1986 (Grand Final)
Number of teams14
TV partner(s) ABC, SAS-10, TV0, STW9
Regular season
Season champions Adelaide 36ers
Season MVP Leroy Loggins (Brisbane)
Top scorer Andrew Gaze (Melbourne)
Finals
Champions Adelaide 36ers (1st title)
  Runners-up Brisbane Bullets
Finals MVP Mark Davis (Adelaide)
NBL seasons

The 1986 NBL season was the eighth season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contested the league.

Contents

Clubs

The NBL had 14 clubs spread across all Australian states and territories with the exception of the Northern Territory.

ClubLocationHome VenueCapacityFoundedHead coach
Adelaide 36ers Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide, South Australia Apollo Stadium 3,0001982 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Cole
Brisbane Bullets Flag of Queensland.svg Brisbane, Queensland Sleeman Sports Centre
Brisbane Entertainment Centre 		2,700
13,500		1979 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brian Kerle
Canberra Cannons Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra, Australian Capital Territory AIS Arena 5,2001979 Flag of the United States.svg Bob Turner
Coburg Giants Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne, Victoria The Glass House 7,2001980 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Les Riddle
Geelong Supercats Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Geelong, Victoria Geelong Arena 2,0001982 Flag of the United States.svg Ken Richardson
Hobart Devils Flag of Tasmania.svg Hobart, Tasmania Kingborough Sports Centre 1,8001983 Flag of the United States.svg David Adkins
Illawarra Hawks Flag of New South Wales.svg Wollongong, New South Wales Illawarra Basketball Stadium 2,0001979 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dave Lindstrom
Melbourne Tigers Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne, Victoria Albert Park Basketball Stadium 2,0001931 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lindsay Gaze
Newcastle Falcons Flag of New South Wales.svg Newcastle, New South Wales Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium 2,2001979 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Johansen
Nunawading Spectres Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne, Victoria Burwood Stadium2,0001979 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Barnes
Perth Wildcats Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth, Western Australia Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium 1,5001982 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jay Brehmer
St. Kilda Saints Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne, Victoria The Glass House 7,2001979 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andris Blicavs
Sydney Supersonics Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney, New South Wales State Sports Centre 5,0061982 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Owen Wells
West Sydney Westars Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney, New South Wales State Sports Centre 5,0061982 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robbie Cadee

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 21 rounds between 25 April 1986 and 28 September 1986.

The Adelaide 36ers had a near perfect regular season recording a 24–2 win–loss record which included an undefeated 13-0 home record at the Apollo Stadium, a feat not matched before or since in the NBL. Adelaide's only two losses of the year came away in Round 6 when they lost 89–87 to the West Sydney Westars in Sydney, and in Round 11 against the Coburg Giants in Melbourne when they went down 116–114. Both the Westars and Giants won the games on last second baskets. The 36ers were easily the best offensive team in the league, averaging 116 points per game (11.5 points more per game than the next best team, the Brisbane Bullets), while they had the 5th best defence in the NBL only giving up 96.5 points per game.

6'5" (196 cm) Brisbane Bullets swingman Leroy Loggins was selected as the NBL's Most Valuable Player. Loggins averaged 29.8 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 3.3 steals and 1.3 blocks per game in 1986. It was Loggins' 2nd NBL MVP award having also won in 1984.

Round 1

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
25/04/1986 Perth Wildcats 91–99 Sydney Supersonics Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
25/04/1986 Brisbane Bullets 115–83 Hobart Devils Sleeman Sports Centre N/A boxscore
26/04/1986 Adelaide 36ers 107–96 Sydney Supersonics Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
26/04/1986 Canberra Cannons 98–95 Hobart Devils AIS Arena N/A boxscore
26/04/1986 Geelong Cats 121–112 Illawarra Hawks Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
26/04/1986 St. Kilda Saints 116–110 Melbourne Tigers Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
26/04/1986 Newcastle Falcons 86–92 West Sydney Westars Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
27/04/1986 Nunawading Spectres 103–98 St. Kilda Saints Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
27/04/1986 Coburg Giants 104–103 Illawarra Hawks Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 2

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
2/05/1986 Perth Wildcats 103–89 Hobart Devils Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
2/05/1986 Newcastle Falcons 88–93 Brisbane Bullets Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
2/05/1986 Sydney Supersonics 94–82 St. Kilda Saints State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
3/05/1986 Adelaide 36ers 108–72 Hobart Devils Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/05/1986 Nunawading Spectres 94–117 Canberra Cannons Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
3/05/1986 Geelong Cats 123–105 Coburg Giants Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
3/05/1986 West Sydney Westars 63–93 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
3/05/1986 Illawarra Hawks 118–86 St. Kilda Saints Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
4/05/1986 Melbourne Tigers 89–106 Canberra Cannons Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 3

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
9/05/1986 Perth Wildcats 85–97 Illawarra Hawks Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
9/05/1986 Brisbane Bullets 95–89 Sydney Supersonics Sleeman Sports Centre N/A boxscore
9/05/1986 Hobart Devils 95–88 Nunawading Spectres Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
10/05/1986 Adelaide 36ers 114–110 Illawarra Hawks Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
10/05/1986 Canberra Cannons 87–77 Sydney Supersonics AIS Arena N/A boxscore
10/05/1986 St. Kilda Saints 105–116 Nunawading Spectres Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
10/05/1986 West Sydney Westars 115–106 Coburg Giants State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
11/05/1986 Coburg Giants 102–105 Melbourne Tigers Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 4

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
16/05/1986 Hobart Devils 69–97 Adelaide 36ers Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
16/05/1986 West Sydney Westars 88–96 Canberra Cannons State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
16/05/1986 Illawarra Hawks 107–82 Newcastle Falcons Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
17/05/1986 Canberra Cannons 104–80 Illawarra Hawks AIS Arena N/A boxscore
17/05/1986 Brisbane Bullets 77–71 West Sydney Westars Sleeman Sports Centre N/A boxscore
17/05/1986 Geelong Cats 109–97 Perth Wildcats Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
17/05/1986 Sydney Supersonics 80–91 Newcastle Falcons State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
17/05/1986 St. Kilda Saints 97–125 Adelaide 36ers Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
18/05/1986 Geelong Cats 112–108 Melbourne Tigers Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
18/05/1986 Coburg Giants 116–84 Perth Wildcats Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
18/05/1986 Nunawading Spectres 100–79 Sydney Supersonics Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 5

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
23/05/1986 Perth Wildcats 93–91 Canberra Cannons Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
23/05/1986 Hobart Devils 129–96 Melbourne Tigers Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
23/05/1986 Newcastle Falcons 152–126 Geelong Cats Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
23/05/1986 Sydney Supersonics 84–85 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
24/05/1986 Adelaide 36ers 124–91 Canberra Cannons Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
24/05/1986 Nunawading Spectres 99–118 Coburg Giants Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
24/05/1986 West Sydney Westars 83–93 Geelong Cats State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
24/05/1986 Illawarra Hawks 94–90 Brisbane Bullets Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
25/05/1986 Melbourne Tigers 120–111 St. Kilda Saints Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 6

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
30/05/1986 Brisbane Bullets 99–85 Nunawading Spectres Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
30/05/1986 Hobart Devils 94–99 Perth Wildcats Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
30/05/1986 Newcastle Falcons 96–98 Adelaide 36ers Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
30/05/1986 Sydney Supersonics 99–100 Geelong Cats State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
31/05/1986 Melbourne Tigers 111–121 Coburg Giants Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
31/05/1986 Canberra Cannons 111–88 Nunawading Spectres AIS Arena N/A boxscore
31/05/1986 West Sydney Westars 89–87 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
31/05/1986 Illawarra Hawks 122–91 Geelong Cats Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
1/06/1986 St. Kilda Saints 108–109 Perth Wildcats Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 7

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
6/06/1986 Perth Wildcats 96–105 Newcastle Falcons Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
6/06/1986 Sydney Supersonics 91–94 Canberra Cannons State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
7/06/1986 St. Kilda Saints 86–119 Brisbane Bullets Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
7/06/1986 Adelaide 36ers 119–92 Newcastle Falcons Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
7/06/1986 Geelong Cats 140–124 Hobart Devils Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
7/06/1986 West Sydney Westars 76–82 Nunawading Spectres State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
7/06/1986 Illawarra Hawks 90–93 Canberra Cannons Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
8/06/1986 Melbourne Tigers 108–124 West Sydney Westars Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
8/06/1986 Coburg Giants 115–86 Nunawading Spectres Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 8

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
13/06/1986 Brisbane Bullets 132–134 Coburg Giants Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
13/06/1986 Hobart Devils 99–107 Illawarra Hawks Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
14/06/1986 Perth Wildcats 85–117 Adelaide 36ers Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
14/06/1986 Nunawading Spectres 89–103 Geelong Cats Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
14/06/1986 Canberra Cannons 120–104 Coburg Giants AIS Arena N/A boxscore
14/06/1986 St. Kilda Saints 82–90 Illawarra Hawks Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
14/06/1986 Newcastle Falcons 95–107 Sydney Supersonics Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
15/06/1986 Melbourne Tigers 107–123 Geelong Cats Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 9

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
20/06/1986 Perth Wildcats 97–92 Nunawading Spectres Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
20/06/1986 Hobart Devils 100–104 Newcastle Falcons Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
20/06/1986 Sydney Supersonics 99–83 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
21/06/1986 Adelaide 36ers 124–104 Nunawading Spectres Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
21/06/1986 Brisbane Bullets 113–94 Canberra Cannons Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
21/06/1986 Geelong Cats 107–106 West Sydney Westars Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
21/06/1986 Illawarra Hawks 101–96 Melbourne Tigers Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
22/06/1986 St. Kilda Saints 128–140 Newcastle Falcons Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
22/06/1986 Coburg Giants 99–103 West Sydney Westars Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 10

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
11/07/1986 Nunawading Spectres 76–94 West Sydney Westars Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
11/07/1986 Canberra Cannons 90–93 Brisbane Bullets AIS Arena N/A boxscore
11/07/1986 Illawarra Hawks 87–73 Perth Wildcats Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
12/07/1986 Adelaide 36ers 124–83 Perth Wildcats Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
12/07/1986 Melbourne Tigers 109–130 Hobart Devils Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
12/07/1986 Brisbane Bullets 94–100 Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
12/07/1986 Geelong Cats 112–117 Sydney Supersonics Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
12/07/1986 Newcastle Falcons 100–98 Nunawading Spectres Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
13/07/1986 St. Kilda Saints 116–110 Hobart Devils Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
13/07/1986 Coburg Giants 85–88 Sydney Supersonics Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 11

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
18/07/1986 Hobart Devils 125–90 St. Kilda Saints Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
19/07/1986 Nunawading Spectres 95–92 Brisbane Bullets Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
19/07/1986 Geelong Cats 107–109 Adelaide 36ers Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
19/07/1986 Newcastle Falcons 94–116 Canberra Cannons Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/07/1986 Melbourne Tigers 111–109 Brisbane Bullets Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
20/07/1986 Coburg Giants 116–114 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 12

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
25/07/1986 Perth Wildcats 125–104 Melbourne Tigers Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
25/07/1986 Canberra Cannons 116–104 Geelong Cats AIS Arena N/A boxscore
25/07/1986 West Sydney Westars 107–98 Newcastle Falcons State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
25/07/1986 Illawarra Hawks 78–68 Nunawading Spectres Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
26/07/1986 Adelaide 36ers 140–101 Melbourne Tigers Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
26/07/1986 Brisbane Bullets 106–97 Geelong Cats Sleeman Sports Centre N/A boxscore
26/07/1986 Sydney Supersonics 97–80 Nunawading Spectres State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
27/07/1986 St. Kilda Saints 117–120 Coburg Giants Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 13

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
1/08/1986 Perth Wildcats 91–99 Brisbane Bullets Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
1/08/1986 West Sydney Westars 108–98 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
2/08/1986 Adelaide 36ers 120–92 Brisbane Bullets Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
2/08/1986 Nunawading Spectres 117–105 Hobart Devils Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
2/08/1986 Geelong Cats 104–115 Canberra Cannons Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
2/08/1986 Newcastle Falcons 156–133 Melbourne Tigers Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
2/08/1986 Sydney Supersonics 89–86 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
3/08/1986 Coburg Giants 99–93 Canberra Cannons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 14

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
8/08/1986 Perth Wildcats 117–103 Coburg Giants Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
8/08/1986 Canberra Cannons 111–93 Newcastle Falcons AIS Arena N/A boxscore
8/08/1986 Hobart Devils 109–117 Geelong Cats Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
8/08/1986 West Sydney Westars 109–110 Sydney Supersonics State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
9/08/1986 Adelaide 36ers 137–111 Coburg Giants Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
9/08/1986 Melbourne Tigers 114–130 Nunawading Spectres Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
9/08/1986 Brisbane Bullets 113–99 Newcastle Falcons Sleeman Sports Centre N/A boxscore
10/08/1986 St. Kilda Saints 121–118 Geelong Cats Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 15

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
15/08/1986 Hobart Devils 91–90 Brisbane Bullets Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
15/08/1986 West Sydney Westars 123–111 St. Kilda Saints State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
15/08/1986 Illawarra Hawks 79–100 Adelaide 36ers Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
16/08/1986 Melbourne Tigers 112–96 Perth Wildcats Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
16/08/1986 Canberra Cannons 99–87 West Sydney Westars AIS Arena N/A boxscore
16/08/1986 Newcastle Falcons 138–140 St. Kilda Saints Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
16/08/1986 Sydney Supersonics 75–100 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
17/08/1986 Nunawading Spectres 99–95 Perth Wildcats Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
17/08/1986 Coburg Giants 116–104 Hobart Devils Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 16

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
22/08/1986 Hobart Devils 90–76 Canberra Cannons Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
22/08/1986 West Sydney Westars 102–93 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
23/08/1986 Geelong Cats 86–88 Brisbane Bullets Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
23/08/1986 St. Kilda Saints 121–133 Canberra Cannons Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
23/08/1986 Newcastle Falcons 89–88 Illawarra Hawks Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
23/08/1986 Sydney Supersonics 117–80 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
24/08/1986 Melbourne Tigers 121–109 Sydney Supersonics Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
24/08/1986 Coburg Giants 104–99 Brisbane Bullets Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 17

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
29/08/1986 Hobart Devils 101–86 Coburg Giants Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
29/08/1986 Perth Wildcats 92–100 Geelong Cats Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
29/08/1986 Canberra Cannons 118–100 St. Kilda Saints AIS Arena N/A boxscore
29/08/1986 Sydney Supersonics 97–82 West Sydney Westars State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
30/08/1986 Adelaide 36ers 120–119 Geelong Cats Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
30/08/1986 Melbourne Tigers 99–100 Illawarra Hawks Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
30/08/1986 Brisbane Bullets 119–100 St. Kilda Saints Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
30/08/1986 Newcastle Falcons 121–127 Coburg Giants Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
31/08/1986 Nunawading Spectres 110–90 Illawarra Hawks Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 18

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
5/09/1986 Perth Wildcats 120–103 St. Kilda Saints Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
5/09/1986 Brisbane Bullets 118–105 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
5/09/1986 West Sydney Westars 103–84 Hobart Devils State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
5/09/1986 Illawarra Hawks 128–109 Coburg Giants Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
6/09/1986 Adelaide 36ers 138–98 St. Kilda Saints Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/09/1986 Canberra Cannons 131–113 Melbourne Tigers AIS Arena N/A boxscore
6/09/1986 Geelong Cats 115–128 Nunawading Spectres Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
6/09/1986 Newcastle Falcons 102–101 Hobart Devils Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/09/1986 Sydney Supersonics 114–95 Coburg Giants State Sports Centre N/A boxscore

Round 19

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
12/09/1986 West Sydney Westars 104–89 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
12/09/1986 Illawarra Hawks 103–113 Hobart Devils Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
12/09/1986 Geelong Cats 126–118 St. Kilda Saints Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
13/09/1986 Nunawading Spectres 142–120 Melbourne Tigers Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
13/09/1986 Canberra Cannons 104–118 Adelaide 36ers AIS Arena N/A boxscore
13/09/1986 Newcastle Falcons 109–98 Perth Wildcats Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
13/09/1986 Sydney Supersonics 125–94 Hobart Devils State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
14/09/1986 Brisbane Bullets 115–124 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
14/09/1986 Coburg Giants 110–114 St. Kilda Saints Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 20

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
17/09/1986 Illawarra Hawks 98–97 West Sydney Westars Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
19/09/1986 Perth Wildcats 81–89 West Sydney Westars Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
19/09/1986 Hobart Devils 96–93 Sydney Supersonics Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
20/09/1986 Adelaide 36ers 124–98 West Sydney Westars Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/09/1986 Melbourne Tigers 132–121 Newcastle Falcons Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
21/09/1986 Nunawading Spectres 129–107 Newcastle Falcons Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
21/09/1986 St. Kilda Saints 98–111 Sydney Supersonics Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
21/09/1986 Coburg Giants 126–93 Geelong Cats Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 21

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
26/09/1986 Brisbane Bullets 112–101 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
26/09/1986 Hobart Devils 104–106 West Sydney Westars Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A boxscore
27/09/1986 Nunawading Spectres 94–98 Adelaide 36ers Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
27/09/1986 Canberra Cannons 114–78 Perth Wildcats AIS Arena N/A boxscore
27/09/1986 Geelong Cats 129–120 Newcastle Falcons Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
27/09/1986 Illawarra Hawks 90–82 Sydney Supersonics Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
27/09/1986 St. Kilda Saints 96–100 West Sydney Westars Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
28/09/1986 Melbourne Tigers 117–130 Adelaide 36ers Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
28/09/1986 Coburg Giants 110–104 Newcastle Falcons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Ladder

Pos 1986 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Adelaide 36ers 2624292.31%5–0W1213–011–230162510120.16%
2 Canberra Cannons 2619773.11%4–1W111–28–527182520107.86%
3 Brisbane Bullets 2617965.38%3–2W110–37–626502485106.64%
4 West Sydney Westars 126151157.69%3–2W28–57–625192492101.08%
5 Illawarra Hawks 126151157.69%3–2W210–35–825512472103.20%
6 Sydney Supersonics 226141253.85%3–2W28–57–625182438103.28%
7 Geelong Cats 226141253.85%2–3W18–56–72875288999.52%
8 Coburg Giants 226141253.85%2–3W29–45–828412825100.57%
9 Nunawading Spectres 26121446.15%4–1L18–54–92592264298.11%
10 Newcastle Falcons 26101638.46%1–4L46–74–92782287896.66%
11 Hobart Devils 2691734.62%2–3L17–62–112606270496.38%
12 Perth Wildcats 2681830.77%0–5L56–72–112458269391.27%
13 Melbourne Tigers 2662023.08%1–4L15–81–122822308991.36%
14 St. Kilda Saints 2652119.23%1–4L23–102–112742305389.81%

Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 1986. Source: NBL.com.au

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.

1Head-to-Head between West Sydney Westars and Illawarra Hawks (1-1). West Sydney Westars won For and Against (+8).

23-way Head-to-Head between Sydney Supersonics (3-1), Geelong Cats (2-2) and Coburg Giants (1-3).

Finals

Playoff bracket

Elimination Finals Semi Final Grand Final
1 Adelaide 36ers 116
4 West Sydney Westars 86 5 Illawarra Hawks 92
5 Illawarra Hawks 1051 Adelaide 36ers 12283 113
3 Brisbane Bullets 119 10491
2 Canberra Cannons 100
3 Brisbane Bullets 1003 Brisbane Bullets 120
6 Sydney Supersonics 82

There were two elimination finals, two semi-finals, and then best of three grand final. All of the Elimination-finals and Semi-finals were sudden death. As the top two teams in the regular season the Adelaide 36ers and Canberra Cannons automatically qualified to host a home Semi-final.

Elimination Finals

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
1/10/1986 West Sydney Westars 86–105 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
1/10/1986 Brisbane Bullets 100–82 Sydney Supersonics Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Semi-finals

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
4/10/1986 Canberra Cannons 100–120 Brisbane Bullets AIS Arena N/A boxscore
4/10/1986 Adelaide 36ers 116–92 Illawarra Hawks Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Grand Final

After being a single game from 1979-1985, 1986 saw the establishment of the best of three Grand Final series. Game 1 in Brisbane saw a then NBL record attendance of over 11,000. The game went into overtime with the 36ers coming out on top with a 122-119 win. Game 2 saw Adelaide lose its only game at home for the season when the Bullets kept the series alive with a 104-83 win. Adelaide wrapped up its first NBL Championship with a 113-91 win in Game 3 at the Apollo Stadium.

Regular season MVP winner, Brisbane's Leroy Loggins, fouled out of both Games 1 and 3. Adelaide import Power forward Mark Davis was selected as the Grand Final MVP. Davis averaged 25.0 points, 19.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists over the series.

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
11/10/1986 Brisbane Bullets 119–122 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
17/10/1986 Adelaide 36ers 83–104 Brisbane Bullets Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
19/10/1986 Adelaide 36ers 113–91 Brisbane Bullets Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

1986 NBL statistics leaders

CategoryPlayerTeamStat
Points per game Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers 922 pts
Rebounds per game Mark Davis Adelaide 36ers 16.1
Assists per game Damian Keogh West Sydney Westars 8.1
Steals per game Leroy Loggins Brisbane Bullets 90 stls
Blocks per game Willie Simmons Coburg Giants 98 blks
Field goal percentage Murray Shiels Hobart Devils 57.3%
Three-point percentage Wayne Burden [1] Sydney Supersonics 47.8%
Free throw percentage Dane Suttle Geelong Supercats 89.3%

NBL awards

All NBL Team

#PlayerTeam
PG Steve Carfino Hobart Devils
SG Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers
SF Leroy Loggins Brisbane Bullets
PFJim Foster Coburg Giants
C Mark Davis Adelaide 36ers

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1985 NBL season</span> Sports season

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References

  1. ↑ "All Time Leaders". NBL.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017.
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