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Sports season
1977–78 National Basketball League season
LeagueNational Basketball League
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
Roll of Honour
National League championsCinzano Crystal Palace
  National League runners-upMilton Keynes Embassy All-Stars
National Cup championsCinzano Crystal Palace
  National Cup runners-upCoventry Team Fiat
National Basketball League seasons
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The 1977–78 Guinness National Basketball League season was the sixth season of the National Basketball League.

The league was sponsored by Guinness and the number of teams participating remained at ten. The Loughborough team moved to Leicester, while Exeter and Stockport replaced the Avenue and Durham teams.

The Crystal Palace team completed a third consecutive double of National League and Cup. There were no playoffs for the League during this era and the previous system of awarding one point to losing teams in the league table was scrapped.

National League

First Division

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Cinzano Crystal Palace 18 18 0 1881 1343 36
2 Milton Keynes Embassy All-Stars 18 16 2 1858 1626 32
3 Coventry Team Fiat 18 12 6 1820 1668 24
4 Doncaster Wilson Panthers 18 10 8 1734 1658 20
5 Bowmer & Kirkland Leicester All-Stars 18 9 9 1579 1571 18
6 Stockport Belgrade 18 9 9 1593 1614 18
7 Manchester ATS Giants 18 8 10 1637 1625 16
8 London 'Y' Metros 18 5 13 1643 1702 9*
9 Exeter St Lukes TSB 18 3 15 1547 1842 6
10 Bedford Vauxhall Motors 18 0 18 1318 1979 0

Second Division

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 EPAB Sunderland 20 20 0 2151 1614 40
2 Leatherhead 20 17 3 1761 1429 34
3 Telefusion Blackpool 20 14 6 2107 1856 28
4 Seensee Maidenhead Sonics 20 12 8 1926 1856 24
5 Hemel Hempstead Lakers 20 10 10 1713 1646 20
6 Avenue Islington 20 9 11 1560 1551 20
7 Nottingham 20 9 11 1755 1841 18
8 Bromley 20 5 15 1793 2051 10
9 Derby CFE 20 4 16 1409 1730 9*
10 Miles Mustangs 20 4 16 1513 1807 8
11 Birmingham Bulldogs 20 4 16 1646 1953 8

Guinness National Cup Final

April 01
Cinzano Crystal Palace 89–87 Coventry Team Fiat
Wembley Arena

See also

References

  1. Matthews & Morrison, Peter & Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  2. "Men's Senior League Winners". Basketball England.
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