About: 1997 Melbourne Tigers season

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dbo:abstract	The 1997 NBL season was the 14th season for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian-based National Basketball League. The club won its first NBL Championship after defeating the Perth Wildcats 2-1 in the Grand Final series in 1993. In 1996, the Tigers lost to cross town rival South East Melbourne Magic in the Grand Final series 1-2. A year later, they won for the second time. The Melbourne Tigers played their home games at the 14,820 seat Rod Laver Arena. (en)
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dbp:altColor	FFDF00 (en)
dbp:arena	dbr:Rod_Laver_Arena
dbp:assist	Andrew Gaze 5 (en) Andrew Gaze 9 (en) Sam Mackinnon 4 (en) Sam Mackinnon 6 (en)
dbp:asstCoach	* (en)
dbp:bench1C	Blair Smith (en)
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dbp:bench3Label	Reserves (en)
dbp:bench3Pf	dbr:Jarvis_Lang
dbp:bench3Pg	dbr:Daniel_Chapman
dbp:bg	#eee (en)
dbp:captain	dbr:Andrew_Gaze
dbp:captainN	AUS (en)
dbp:clubname	1997 (xsd:integer)
dbp:coach	dbr:Lindsay_Gaze
dbp:coachN	AUS (en)
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dbp:dab	basketball (en) AUS basketball (en)
dbp:date	0001-09-01 (xsd:gMonthDay) 0001-10-25 (xsd:gMonthDay) 0001-10-29 (xsd:gMonthDay)
dbp:finals	NBL Champions (en)
dbp:first	Daniel (en) Marcus (en) Mark (en) Ray (en) Brett (en) Blair (en) Andrew (en) Jarvis (en) Erik (en) Warrick (en) Damian (en) Lanard (en)
dbp:headCoach	* (en)
dbp:i	y (en)
dbp:kgs	75 (xsd:integer) 80 (xsd:integer) 88 (xsd:integer) 95 (xsd:integer) 98 (xsd:integer) 100 (xsd:integer) 105 (xsd:integer) 120 (xsd:integer)
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dbp:ladder	2 (xsd:integer)
dbp:last	Copeland (en) Rainbow (en) Chapman (en) Gordon (en) Lang (en) Smith (en) Egan (en) Gaze (en) Timmons (en) Jeffries (en) Bradtke (en) Giddey (en) Wickstrom (en)
dbp:lineColor	FF0000 (en)
dbp:losses	11 (xsd:integer)
dbp:m	1.900000 (xsd:double) 1.940000 (xsd:double) 1.980000 (xsd:double) 2 (xsd:integer) 2.010000 (xsd:double) 2.030000 (xsd:double) 2.050000 (xsd:double) 2.100000 (xsd:double)
dbp:nat	USA (en) AUS (en)
dbp:nextseason	1998 (xsd:integer)
dbp:note	C (en) DP (en) I (en)
dbp:num	6 (xsd:integer) 7 (xsd:integer) 8 (xsd:integer) 10 (xsd:integer) 11 (xsd:integer) 13 (xsd:integer) 21 (xsd:integer) 22 (xsd:integer) 23 (xsd:integer) 31 (xsd:integer) 40 (xsd:integer) 44 (xsd:integer) 50 (xsd:integer)
dbp:place	dbr:Melbourne_Park
dbp:points	Chris Anstey 21 (en) Frank Drimc 12 (en) Lanard Copeland 29 (en) Larnad Copeland 26 (en) Larnad Copeland 29 (en) Tony Ronaldson 26 (en)
dbp:pos	C (en) F (en) G (en) G/F (en) F/C (en) PG/SG (en) SF/SG (en) PF/SF (en) SG/PG (en)
dbp:prevseason	1996 (xsd:integer)
dbp:q	12 (xsd:integer) 14 (xsd:integer) 15 (xsd:integer) 17 (xsd:integer) 19 (xsd:integer) 20 (xsd:integer) 21 (xsd:integer) 22 (xsd:integer) 23 (xsd:integer) 25 (xsd:integer) 28 (xsd:integer)
dbp:rebounds	Frank Drimc 11 (en) Frank Drimc 9 (en) Marcus Timmons 13 (en) Marcus timmons 12 (en) Mark Bradtke 9 (en) Mike Kelly 10 (en)
dbp:referee	Bill Mildenhall , Ray Hunt, Scott Butler (en) Bill Mildenhall, Eddie Crouch, Michael Butler (en) Bill Mildenhall, Ray Hunt, Scott Butler (en)
dbp:report	Box score (en)
dbp:score	74 (xsd:integer) 78 (xsd:integer) 83 (xsd:integer) 84 (xsd:integer) 93 (xsd:integer) 111 (xsd:integer)
dbp:season	1997 (xsd:integer)
dbp:series	Series tied, 1–1 (en) Grand Final MVP: Lanard Copeland (en) Melbourne leads series, 1–0 (en) Melbourne wins series and NBL Championship, 2–1 (en)
dbp:starterC	dbr:Mark_Bradtke
dbp:starterPf	dbr:Marcus_Timmons
dbp:starterPg	dbr:Andrew_Gaze
dbp:starterSf	dbr:Warrick_Giddey
dbp:starterSg	dbr:Lanard_Copeland
dbp:team	dbr:Melbourne_Tigers dbr:South_East_Melbourne_Magic Melbourne Tigers (en) South East Melbourne Magic (en)
dbp:time	720.0
dbp:tv	dbr:TVQ
dbp:type	NBL (en)
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dbp:wins	19 (xsd:integer)
dcterms:subject	dbc:1997_NBL_season dbc:1997_in_Australian_basketball dbc:Melbourne_United_seasons
rdfs:comment	The 1997 NBL season was the 14th season for the Melbourne Tigers in the Australian-based National Basketball League. The club won its first NBL Championship after defeating the Perth Wildcats 2-1 in the Grand Final series in 1993. In 1996, the Tigers lost to cross town rival South East Melbourne Magic in the Grand Final series 1-2. A year later, they won for the second time. The Melbourne Tigers played their home games at the 14,820 seat Rod Laver Arena. (en)
rdfs:label	1997 Melbourne Tigers season (en)
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