2002_New_Zealand_NBL_season

2002 New Zealand NBL season

2002 New Zealand NBL season

Sports season

The 2002 NBL season was the 21st season of the National Basketball League. Two name changes occurred heading into the 2002 season, with Palmerston North now called Manawatu, and North Harbour now called Harbour. The Waikato Titans won the championship in 2002 to claim their second league title.[1] In the final, Titans' forward Dillon Boucher made two free throws with 1.7 seconds to lift Waikato over the Nelson Giants 85–83.[2]

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Summary

Regular season standings

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Playoff bracket

Semi-finals Final
      
1 Nelson Giants 83
4 Manawatu Jets 64
  Nelson Giants 83
Waikato Titans 85
2 Waikato Titans 91
3 Canterbury Rams 81

Awards

Statistics leaders

Stats as of the end of the regular season[3]

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Regular season

  • NZ Most Valuable Player: Terrence Lewis (Canterbury Rams)
  • Most Outstanding Guard: Terrence Lewis (Canterbury Rams)
  • Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Terrence Lewis (Canterbury Rams)
  • Most Outstanding Forward: John Whorton (Canterbury Rams)
  • Most Outstanding NZ Forward/Centre: Ed Book (Nelson Giants)
  • Scoring Champion: Ron Grady (Otago Nuggets)
  • Rebounding Champion: John Whorton (Canterbury Rams)
  • Assist Champion: Carlo Varricchio (Canterbury Rams)
  • Rookie of the Year: Miles Pearce (Manawatu Jets)
  • Coach of the Year: John Watson (Canterbury Rams)
  • All-Star Five:

References

  1. [1]
    "2002 National Basketball League". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 January 2015.
  2. [2]
    McNae, Pete (22 May 2014). "Nelson Giants' Phill Jones to stand alone in NBL". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. [3]
    "League Leaders". Basketball.org.nz. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015.
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