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The 1987–1988 BBL season was the first season of the British Basketball League (known as the Carlsberg League for sponsorship reasons), a breakaway competition formed by teams from the English National League and the Scottish National League. The season featured a total of 15 teams, playing 28 games each. In the National League (the tier below the Carlsberg League) the Worthing Bears won the league with a 100% (18–0) record and in the play-off semi-final Billy Hungrecker scored a record 73 points in a 119–110 overtime win over Plymouth Raiders, before defeating Brixton TopCats in the final.

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  • The 1987–1988 BBL season was the first season of the British Basketball League (known as the Carlsberg League for sponsorship reasons), a breakaway competition formed by teams from the English National League and the Scottish National League. The season featured a total of 15 teams, playing 28 games each. Portsmouth, reigning champions of the English League claimed the regular season title with a dominating campaign led by the likes of Alan Cunningham and . They weren't able to repeat their success in the post-season Play-off's as third-seed Livingston, the reigning Scottish champions, caused a huge upset with an 81–72 win over Portsmouth in the Final. Kingston won their fourth consecutive National Cup and Livingston claimed the inaugural BBL Trophy. In the National League (the tier below the Carlsberg League) the Worthing Bears won the league with a 100% (18–0) record and in the play-off semi-final Billy Hungrecker scored a record 73 points in a 119–110 overtime win over Plymouth Raiders, before defeating Brixton TopCats in the final. (en)
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  • Kingston Coach Kevin Cadle (en)
  • Livingston Coach Jody Gardner (en)
  • Portsmouth Coach Dan Lloyd (en)
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  • #eee (en)
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  • Portsmouth (en)
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  • Livingston (en)
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  • Kingston (en)
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  • Livingston (en)
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  • Roll of Honour (en)
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  • Alan Cunningham 32, Marc Glass 25, Colin Irish 24 (en)
  • Colin Irish 28, Alan Cunningham 18, Rich Strong 12 (en)
  • Rolton Way 35, Tommy Collier 19, Lewis Young 17 (en)
  • Martin Clark 31, Joel Moore 25, Danny Davis 11, Steve Bontrager 11 (en)
  • Graeme Hill 23, Rolton Way 23, Tommy Collier 12, Lewis Young 11 (en)
  • Alan Cunningham 32, Mike Spaid 14, Karl Tatham 11, Rich Strong 10, Marc Glass 10, Colin Irish 2 (en)
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  • List of British Basketball League seasons (en)
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  • British Basketball League (en)
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  • Kingston win series, 2–0 (en)
  • Livingston win on aggregate, 158–142 (en)
  • Livingston win series, 2–1 (en)
  • Manchester win series, 2–0 (en)
  • Portsmouth win on aggregate, 168–167 (en)
  • Portsmouth win series, 2–0 (en)
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  • The 1987–1988 BBL season was the first season of the British Basketball League (known as the Carlsberg League for sponsorship reasons), a breakaway competition formed by teams from the English National League and the Scottish National League. The season featured a total of 15 teams, playing 28 games each. In the National League (the tier below the Carlsberg League) the Worthing Bears won the league with a 100% (18–0) record and in the play-off semi-final Billy Hungrecker scored a record 73 points in a 119–110 overtime win over Plymouth Raiders, before defeating Brixton TopCats in the final. (en)
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  • 1987–88 British Basketball League season (en)
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