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1991 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration6 April – 22 September 1991
25 September – 11 October 1991 (Finals)
19 – 27 October 1991 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Seven Network
Regular season
Season championsPerth Wildcats
Season MVPAndrew Gaze (Melbourne)
Top scorerAndrew Gaze (Melbourne)
Finals
ChampionsPerth Wildcats (2nd title)
  Runners-upEastside Spectres
Finals MVPPeter Hansen (Perth)
NBL seasons

The 1991 NBL season was the 13th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contested the league.

Clubs

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Club Location Home Venue Capacity Founded Head coach
Adelaide 36ers South Australia Adelaide, South Australia Apollo Stadium 3,000 1982 Australia Don Shipway
Brisbane Bullets Queensland Brisbane, Queensland Brisbane Entertainment Centre 13,500 1979 Australia Brian Kerle
Canberra Cannons Australian Capital Territory Canberra, Australian Capital Territory AIS Arena 5,200 1979 Australia Mel Dalgleish
Eastside Spectres Victoria (state) Melbourne, Victoria Burwood Stadium 2,000 1979 United States Brian Goorjian
Geelong Supercats Victoria (state) Geelong, Victoria Geelong Arena 2,000 1982 Australia Barry Barnes [1]
Gold Coast Cougars Queensland Gold Coast, Queensland Carrara Indoor Stadium 2,992 1990 Australia Dave Claxton
Hobart Tassie Devils Tasmania Hobart, Tasmania Derwent Entertainment Centre 5,400 1983
Illawarra Hawks New South Wales Wollongong, New South Wales Illawarra Basketball Stadium 2,000 1979 Australia Dave Lindstrom
Melbourne Tigers Victoria (state) Melbourne, Victoria The Glass House 7,200 1931 Australia Lindsay Gaze
Newcastle Falcons New South Wales Newcastle, New South Wales Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium 2,200 1979
North Melbourne Giants Victoria (state) Melbourne, Victoria The Glass House 7,200 1980 United States Bruce Palmer
Perth Wildcats Western Australia Perth, Western Australia Perth Entertainment Centre 8,200 1982 United States Murray Arnold
Southern Melbourne Saints Victoria (state) Melbourne, Victoria The Glass House 7,200 1979 United States Gary Fox
Sydney Kings New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Entertainment Centre 12,500 1988 United States Bob Turner

Regular season

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The 1991 regular season took place over 24 rounds between 6 April 1991 and 22 September 1991.

1991 saw Melbourne Tigers superstar Andrew Gaze became the first player to score 1,000 points in an NBL regular season. He scored 1,007 points in 26 games at 38.7 points per game. For his efforts he was awarded the first of what would eventually become a league record seven NBL Most Valuable Player awards as well as his 6th straight selection to the All NBL team.

Round 1

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
6/04/1991 Brisbane Bullets 126–119 North Melbourne Giants Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/04/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 108–106 Newcastle Falcons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/04/1991 Illawarra Hawks 93–97 Canberra Cannons Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
7/04/1991 Melbourne Tigers 122–111 Eastside Spectres Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 2

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
12/04/1991 Adelaide 36ers 130–118 Illawarra Hawks Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
12/04/1991 Sydney Kings 97–116 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
12/04/1991 Newcastle Falcons 104–102 Hobart Tassie Devils Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
12/04/1991 North Melbourne Giants 112–109 Geelong Supercats Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
13/04/1991 Perth Wildcats 120–91 Illawarra Hawks Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
13/04/1991 Canberra Cannons 105–97 Hobart Tassie Devils AIS Arena N/A boxscore
13/04/1991 Eastside Spectres 119–110 Geelong Supercats Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
13/04/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 120–109 Melbourne Tigers Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore
14/04/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 133–102 Brisbane Bullets Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 3

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
19/04/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 110–107 Perth Wildcats Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/04/1991 Brisbane Bullets 149–143 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/04/1991 Sydney Kings 95–100 North Melbourne Giants Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/04/1991 Newcastle Falcons 121–105 Canberra Cannons Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/04/1991 Melbourne Tigers 113–102 Hobart Tassie Devils Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
21/04/1991 Geelong Supercats 105–110 Perth Wildcats Geelong Arena N/A boxscore

Round 4

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
26/04/1991 Perth Wildcats 114–80 Newcastle Falcons Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
26/04/1991 Canberra Cannons 115–92 Gold Coast Cougars AIS Arena N/A boxscore
26/04/1991 North Melbourne Giants 141–103 Southern Melbourne Saints Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
26/04/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 116–99 Sydney Kings Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
27/04/1991 Adelaide 36ers 126–119 Newcastle Falcons Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
27/04/1991 Brisbane Bullets 106–126 Geelong Supercats Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
27/04/1991 Illawarra Hawks 117–131 Gold Coast Cougars Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
27/04/1991 Eastside Spectres 148–103 Southern Melbourne Saints Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
28/04/1991 Melbourne Tigers 102–90 Sydney Kings Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 5

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
2/05/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 122–116 Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/05/1991 Adelaide 36ers 99–98 Hobart Tassie Devils Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/05/1991 Canberra Cannons 117–118 Melbourne Tigers AIS Arena N/A boxscore
3/05/1991 North Melbourne Giants 104–109 Brisbane Bullets Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/05/1991 Geelong Supercats 145–104 Illawarra Hawks Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
4/05/1991 Perth Wildcats 105–90 Hobart Tassie Devils Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
4/05/1991 Newcastle Falcons 127–132 Melbourne Tigers Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
4/05/1991 Eastside Spectres 117–134 Brisbane Bullets Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
4/05/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 108–127 Sydney Kings Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 6

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
10/05/1991 Sydney Kings 110–99 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
10/05/1991 Newcastle Falcons 93–126 Eastside Spectres Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
10/05/1991 Melbourne Tigers 118–134 North Melbourne Giants Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
10/05/1991 Geelong Supercats 124–120 Canberra Cannons Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
11/05/1991 Brisbane Bullets 99–100 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
11/05/1991 Illawarra Hawks 123–108 Eastside Spectres Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
11/05/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 130–157 North Melbourne Giants Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
11/05/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 100–93 Canberra Cannons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
11/05/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 114–105 Adelaide 36ers Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 7

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
17/05/1991 Perth Wildcats 103–105 Geelong Supercats Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
17/05/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 90–103 Gold Coast Cougars Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
17/05/1991 North Melbourne Giants 117–104 Sydney Kings Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
18/05/1991 Adelaide 36ers 121–116 Geelong Supercats Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
18/05/1991 Brisbane Bullets 121–118 Southern Melbourne Saints Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
18/05/1991 Illawarra Hawks 139–105 Newcastle Falcons Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
18/05/1991 Eastside Spectres 117–127 Sydney Kings Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
19/05/1991 Melbourne Tigers 120–115 Gold Coast Cougars Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 8

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
24/05/1991 Perth Wildcats 98–80 Eastside Spectres Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
24/05/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 118–111 Melbourne Tigers Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
24/05/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 108–95 Geelong Supercats Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore
25/05/1991 Brisbane Bullets 125–123 Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
25/05/1991 Canberra Cannons 88–114 North Melbourne Giants AIS Arena N/A boxscore
25/05/1991 Newcastle Falcons 106–108 Southern Melbourne Saints Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
25/05/1991 Adelaide 36ers 115–116 Eastside Spectres Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
25/05/1991 Sydney Kings 103–91 Geelong Supercats Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 9

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
31/05/1991 Perth Wildcats 115–104 Melbourne Tigers Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
31/05/1991 Sydney Kings 111–109 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
31/05/1991 North Melbourne Giants 119–98 Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
31/05/1991 Geelong Supercats 157–128 Hobart Tassie Devils Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
1/06/1991 Adelaide 36ers 121–108 Melbourne Tigers Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
1/06/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 110–104 Brisbane Bullets Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore
1/06/1991 Eastside Spectres 116–106 Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
1/06/1991 Canberra Cannons 109–90 Newcastle Falcons AIS Arena N/A boxscore
2/06/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 108–112 Hobart Tassie Devils Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 10

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
7/06/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 99–97 Newcastle Falcons Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore
7/06/1991 Melbourne Tigers 126–113 Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
7/06/1991 Canberra Cannons 116–90 Perth Wildcats AIS Arena N/A boxscore
7/06/1991 Geelong Supercats 136–118 Southern Melbourne Saints Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
8/06/1991 Sydney Kings 120–107 Newcastle Falcons Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
8/06/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 106–107 Illawarra Hawks Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
8/06/1991 Eastside Spectres 104–99 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
9/06/1991 North Melbourne Giants 94–107 Perth Wildcats Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 11

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
14/06/1991 North Melbourne Giants 106–107 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
15/06/1991 Newcastle Falcons 118–130 Geelong Supercats Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
15/06/1991 Illawarra Hawks 99–102 Brisbane Bullets Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
15/06/1991 Eastside Spectres 121–106 Canberra Cannons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
16/06/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 116–123 Melbourne Tigers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 12

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
21/06/1991 Sydney Kings 107–116 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
21/06/1991 Melbourne Tigers 114–108 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
22/06/1991 Canberra Cannons 136–85 Southern Melbourne Saints AIS Arena N/A boxscore
22/06/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 114–112 Adelaide 36ers Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
22/06/1991 Eastside Spectres 104–114 North Melbourne Giants Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
22/06/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 89–95 Perth Wildcats Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 13

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
28/06/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 103–106 Eastside Spectres Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
28/06/1991 Geelong Supercats 119–112 Brisbane Bullets Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
29/06/1991 Perth Wildcats 93–90 Adelaide 36ers Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
29/06/1991 Newcastle Falcons 103–111 Sydney Kings Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
29/06/1991 Illawarra Hawks 145–119 Hobart Tassie Devils Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
29/06/1991 Melbourne Tigers 122–120 Canberra Cannons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
29/06/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 105–93 North Melbourne Giants Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 14

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
5/07/1991 Adelaide 36ers 121–85 Canberra Cannons Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
5/07/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 90–83 Southern Melbourne Saints Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore
5/07/1991 Newcastle Falcons 107–118 North Melbourne Giants Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
5/07/1991 Geelong Supercats 116–108 Eastside Spectres Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
6/07/1991 Perth Wildcats 92–79 Canberra Cannons Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/07/1991 Brisbane Bullets 128–117 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/07/1991 Sydney Kings 106–91 Southern Melbourne Saints Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/07/1991 Illawarra Hawks 107–119 North Melbourne Giants Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
6/07/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 107–150 Eastside Spectres Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 15

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
19/07/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 111–107 Geelong Supercats Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
19/07/1991 North Melbourne Giants 120–112 Canberra Cannons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/07/1991 Perth Wildcats 99–94 Sydney Kings Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/07/1991 Brisbane Bullets 107–109 Gold Coast Cougars Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/07/1991 Illawarra Hawks 127–131 Southern Melbourne Saints Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
20/07/1991 Eastside Spectres 142–111 Newcastle Falcons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
21/07/1991 Melbourne Tigers 111–133 Geelong Supercats Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 16

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
25/07/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 100–110 Gold Coast Cougars Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
26/07/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 94–115 Perth Wildcats Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
26/07/1991 North Melbourne Giants 114–101 Newcastle Falcons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
26/07/1991 Geelong Supercats 109–102 Gold Coast Cougars Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
27/07/1991 Adelaide 36ers 133–111 Sydney Kings Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
27/07/1991 Brisbane Bullets 90–94 Canberra Cannons Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
27/07/1991 Illawarra Hawks 158–186 Melbourne Tigers Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
27/07/1991 Eastside Spectres 103–100 Perth Wildcats Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 17

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
2/08/1991 Perth Wildcats 109–101 North Melbourne Giants Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
2/08/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 101–118 Brisbane Bullets Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
2/08/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 107–106 Sydney Kings Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/08/1991 Adelaide 36ers 118–109 North Melbourne Giants Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/08/1991 Canberra Cannons 107–84 Eastside Spectres AIS Arena N/A boxscore
3/08/1991 Newcastle Falcons 96–112 Gold Coast Cougars Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/08/1991 Melbourne Tigers 128–101 Brisbane Bullets Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/08/1991 Geelong Supercats 126–117 Sydney Kings Geelong Arena N/A boxscore

Round 18

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
9/08/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 96–108 Eastside Spectres Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore
10/08/1991 Sydney Kings 92–87 Eastside Spectres Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
10/08/1991 Canberra Cannons 85–120 Adelaide 36ers AIS Arena N/A boxscore
10/08/1991 Newcastle Falcons 117–116 Illawarra Hawks Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
10/08/1991 Brisbane Bullets 116–107 Hobart Tassie Devils Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
11/08/1991 Geelong Supercats 121–113 North Melbourne Giants Geelong Arena N/A boxscore

Round 19

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
16/08/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 125–151 North Melbourne Giants Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
16/08/1991 Newcastle Falcons 107–123 Adelaide 36ers Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
17/08/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 118–106 Canberra Cannons Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
17/08/1991 Brisbane Bullets 83–99 Eastside Spectres Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
17/08/1991 Sydney Kings 102–113 Gold Coast Cougars Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
17/08/1991 Illawarra Hawks 131–135 Adelaide 36ers Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
17/08/1991 Melbourne Tigers 103–104 Perth Wildcats Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 20

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
23/08/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 114–111 Canberra Cannons Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore
23/08/1991 Illawarra Hawks 115–116 Perth Wildcats Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
23/08/1991 North Melbourne Giants 109–111 Melbourne Tigers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
23/08/1991 Geelong Supercats 110–101 Adelaide 36ers Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
24/08/1991 Sydney Kings 96–85 Canberra Cannons Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
24/08/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 114–128 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
24/08/1991 Newcastle Falcons 99–108 Perth Wildcats Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 21

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
30/08/1991 Perth Wildcats 108–78 Southern Melbourne Saints Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
30/08/1991 Illawarra Hawks 132–117 Geelong Supercats Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
30/08/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 133–117 Newcastle Falcons Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
30/08/1991 North Melbourne Giants 136–107 Gold Coast Cougars Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
31/08/1991 Adelaide 36ers 120–119 Southern Melbourne Saints Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
31/08/1991 Brisbane Bullets 106–101 Sydney Kings Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
31/08/1991 Canberra Cannons 113–117 Geelong Supercats AIS Arena N/A boxscore
31/08/1991 Eastside Spectres 106–102 Gold Coast Cougars Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
1/09/1991 Melbourne Tigers 130–114 Newcastle Falcons Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 22

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
6/09/1991 Perth Wildcats 117–86 Gold Coast Cougars Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/09/1991 Canberra Cannons 105–114 Sydney Kings AIS Arena N/A boxscore
6/09/1991 Hobart Tassie Devils 113–131 Southern Melbourne Saints Derwent Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/09/1991 Geelong Supercats 126–129 Newcastle Falcons Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
7/09/1991 Adelaide 36ers 123–111 Gold Coast Cougars Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
7/09/1991 Brisbane Bullets 110–109 Newcastle Falcons Brisbane Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
7/09/1991 Illawarra Hawks 106–125 Sydney Kings Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
7/09/1991 Melbourne Tigers 131–119 Southern Melbourne Saints Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
8/09/1991 North Melbourne Giants 116–121 Eastside Spectres Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 23

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
13/09/1991 Adelaide 36ers 133–116 Brisbane Bullets Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
13/09/1991 Sydney Kings 124–102 Hobart Tassie Devils Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
13/09/1991 Southern Melbourne Saints 139–151 Geelong Supercats Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
14/09/1991 Perth Wildcats 110–98 Brisbane Bullets Perth Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
14/09/1991 Eastside Spectres 112–107 Melbourne Tigers Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
14/09/1991 Canberra Cannons 114–97 Illawarra Hawks AIS Arena N/A boxscore
14/09/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 102–103 Hobart Tassie Devils Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 24

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
20/09/1991 Gold Coast Cougars 133–137 Illawarra Hawks Carrara Indoor Stadium N/A boxscore
20/09/1991 Newcastle Falcons 120–110 Brisbane Bullets Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/09/1991 North Melbourne Giants 117–98 Hobart Tassie Devils Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
21/09/1991 Adelaide 36ers 98–99 Perth Wildcats Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
21/09/1991 Sydney Kings 132–114 Illawarra Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
21/09/1991 Canberra Cannons 118–131 Brisbane Bullets AIS Arena N/A boxscore
21/09/1991 Eastside Spectres 119–102 Hobart Tassie Devils Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
22/09/1991 Geelong Supercats 142–122 Melbourne Tigers Geelong Arena N/A boxscore

Ladder

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Pos 1991 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Perth Wildcats 26 22 4 84.62% 5–0 W8 12–1 10–3 2750 2508 109.65%
2 Eastside Spectres1 26 17 9 65.38% 5–0 W5 10–3 7–6 2932 2792 105.01%
3 Geelong Supercats1 26 17 9 65.38% 3–2 W2 11–2 6–7 3143 2980 105.47%
4 Adelaide 36ers2 26 16 10 61.54% 4–1 L1 11–2 5–8 3028 2876 105.29%
5 Melbourne Tigers2 26 16 10 61.54% 3–2 L2 10–3 6–7 3104 3044 101.97%
6 North Melbourne Giants2 26 16 10 61.54% 3–2 W1 8–5 8–5 3047 2840 107.29%
7 Sydney Kings3 26 14 12 53.85% 4–1 W4 9–4 5–8 2821 2775 101.66%
8 Gold Coast Cougars3 26 14 12 53.85% 0–5 L6 8–5 6–7 2781 2805 99.14%
9 Brisbane Bullets 26 13 13 50.00% 2–3 W1 8–5 5–8 2912 2968 98.11%
10 Canberra Cannons4 26 9 17 34.62% 1–4 L1 7–6 2–11 2741 2781 98.56%
11 Southern Melbourne Saints4 26 9 17 34.62% 1–4 L2 6–7 3–10 2872 3094 92.82%
12 Hobart Tassie Devils 26 8 18 30.77% 1–4 L2 6–7 2–11 2811 3047 92.25%
13 Illawarra Hawks 26 6 20 23.08% 2–3 L1 4–9 2–11 3032 3196 94.87%
14 Newcastle Falcons 26 5 21 19.23% 2–3 W1 4–9 1–12 2803 3071 91.27%

Updated to match(es) played on 22 September 1991. 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 Eastside Spectres and Geelong Supercats (1-1). Eastside Spectres won For and Against(+1).

23-way Head-to-Head between Adelaide 36ers (3-1), Melbourne Tigers (2-2) and North Melbourne Giants (1-3).

3Head-to-Head between Sydney Kings and Gold Coast Cougars (1-1). Sydney Kings won For and Against (+8).

4Head-to-Head between Canberra Cannons and Southern Melbourne Saints (1-1). Canberra Cannons won For and Against (+44).

Finals

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Playoff bracket

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Elimination Finals Semifinals Grand Final
1 Perth Wildcats 102 105 X
4 Adelaide 36ers 129 132 X 4 Adelaide 36ers 99 104 X
5 Melbourne Tigers 115 96 X 1 Perth Wildcats 109 81 90
2 Eastside Spectres 83 86 80
2 Eastside Spectres 99 115 X
3 Geelong Supercats 139 116 113 6 North Melbourne Giants 93 104 X
6 North Melbourne Giants 119 136 125


There were two best of three Elimination finals, two best of three semifinals, and then best of three grand final series. All three of these finals were sudden death.

Elimination Finals

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
25/09/1991 Geelong Supercats 139–119 North Melbourne Giants {{{venue}}} {{{crowd}}} boxscore
25/09/1991 Melbourne Tigers 115–129 Adelaide 36ers {{{venue}}} {{{crowd}}} boxscore
27/09/1991 North Melbourne Giants 136–116 Geelong Supercats {{{venue}}} {{{crowd}}} boxscore
27/09/1991 Adelaide 36ers 132–96 Melbourne Tigers {{{venue}}} {{{crowd}}} boxscore
29/09/1991 Geelong Supercats 113–125 North Melbourne Giants {{{venue}}} {{{crowd}}} boxscore

Semifinals

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
4/10/1991 North Melbourne Giants 93–99 Eastside Spectres {{{venue}}} {{{crowd}}} boxscore
5/10/1991 Adelaide 36ers 99–102 Perth Wildcats {{{venue}}} {{{crowd}}} boxscore
10/10/1991 Perth Wildcats 105–104 Adelaide 36ers {{{venue}}} {{{crowd}}} boxscore
11/10/1991 Eastside Spectres 115–104 North Melbourne Giants {{{venue}}} {{{crowd}}} boxscore

Grand Final

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
19/10/1991 Eastside Spectres 83–109 Perth Wildcats {{{venue}}} {{{crowd}}} boxscore
25/10/1991 Perth Wildcats 81–86 Eastside Spectres {{{venue}}} {{{crowd}}} boxscore
27/10/1991 Perth Wildcats 90–80 Eastside Spectres {{{venue}}} {{{crowd}}} boxscore

1991 NBL statistics leaders

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Category Player Team Stat
Points per game Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers 38.7
Rebounds per game James Bullock Newcastle Falcons 16.0
Assists per game Butch Hays Adelaide 36ers 9.0
Steals per game Bobby Locke Geelong Supercats 3.0
Blocks per game John Dorge Geelong Supercats 4.3
Free throw percentage Leroy Loggins Brisbane Bullets 91.1%

NBL awards

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All NBL Team

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# Player Team
PG Ricky Grace Perth Wildcats
SG Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers
SF Scott Fisher North Melbourne Giants
PF Mark Davis Adelaide 36ers
C Mike Mitchell Gold Coast Cougars

References

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  1. ^ "Honour Boards".