1996 New Zealand NBL season

1996 New Zealand NBL season
LeagueNew Zealand NBL
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
Regular season
  Minor premiersAuckland
Top scorerEd Book (Palmerston North)
Playoffs
ChampionsAuckland
  Runners-upNelson
New Zealand NBL seasons

The 1996 NBL season was the 15th season of the National Basketball League. Only one change occurred heading into the 1996 season, with Waitakere leaving the NBL for the second-tiered Conference Basketball League (CBL). Auckland won the championship in 1996 to claim their fourth league title.[1] In the best-of-three championship series, Nelson took Game 1 110–95,[2] before Auckland came back to take Game 2 109–98 and Game 3 94–90.[3]

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  2. ^ "NZ BBall - FINALS stats, Game 1". Google Forum. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. ^ "NZ Bball - Caltex Stars win Finals". Google Forum. Retrieved 28 October 2015.