title: United States Basketball League 1987
text: # United States Basketball League 1987
  
  La stagione USBL 1987 fu la terza della United States Basketball League. Parteciparono 8 squadre in un unico girone.
  
  Rispetto alla stagione precedente, la lega perse gli Springfield Fame e i Westchester Golden Apples, che fallirono. I Gold Coast Stingrays, i Tampa Bay Flash e i Wildwood Aces diventarono rispettivamente West Palm Beach Stingrays, Tampa Bay Stars e Philadelphia Aces. Si aggiunsero tre nuove franchigie: i Long Island Knights, i Miami Tropics e i Rhode Island Gulls.
  
  ## Squadre partecipanti
  
  * Jersey Jammers
  * Long Island Knights
  * Miami Tropics
  * Philadelphia Aces
  * Rhode Island Gulls
  * S. Island Stallions
  * Tampa Bay Stars
  * W.P.B. Stingrays
  
  ## Classifica finale
  
  | Squadra | V | P | % | GB |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Tampa Bay Stars | 25 | 5 | 83,3 | - |
  | Miami Tropics C | 18 | 12 | 60,0 | 7 |
  | Rhode Island Gulls | 17 | 13 | 56,7 | 8 |
  | Long Island Knights | 14 | 16 | 46,7 | 11 |
  | Jersey Jammers | 13 | 17 | 43,3 | 12 |
  | Philadelphia Aces | 13 | 17 | 43,3 | 12 |
  | West Palm Beach Stingrays | 11 | 19 | 36,7 | 14 |
  | Staten Island Stallions | 9 | 21 | 30,0 | 16 |
  
  ## Play-off
  
  ### Tabellone
  
  | Quarti di finale | Quarti di finale | Quarti di finale | Semifinali | Semifinali | Semifinali | Finale | Finale | Finale |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Tampa Bay | 1 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Staten Island | 0 | 1 | Tampa Bay | 0 | | | |
  | 7 | West Palm Beach | 0 | 2 | Miami | 1 | | | |
  | 2 | Miami | 1 | | | | Miami | Miami | 1 |
  | 6 | Philadelphia | 0 | | | | Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 0 |
  | 3 | Rhode Island | 1 | 3 | Rhode Island | 1 | | | |
  | 4 | Long Island | 1 | 4 | Long Island | 0 | | | |
  | 5 | Jersey | 0 | | | | | | |
  
  ## Vincitore
  
  * Campione USBL 1987
  * Miami Tropics (1º titolo)
  
  ## Statistiche
  
  | Categoria | Giocatore | Squadra | Stat |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Punti per gara | Don Collins | Tampa Bay Stars | 31,0 |
  | Rimbalzi per gara | Hank McDowell | Rhode Island Gulls | 10,7 |
  | Assist per gara | Leroy Witherspoon | Tampa Bay Stars | 9,6 |
  | Palle rubate per gara | Muggsy Bogues | Rhode Island Gulls | 3,5 |
  | Stoppate per gara | Leroy Combs | Rhode Island Gulls | 3,0 |
  | FG% | Tom Collier | Long Island Knights | 64,8 |
  | FT% | Dan Ruland | West Palm Beach Stingrays | 87,3 |
  
  ## Premi USBL
  
  * USBL Player of the Year: Don Collins, Tampa Bay Stars
  * USBL Coach of the Year: Gordon Gibbons, Tampa Bay Stars
  * USBL Rookie of the Year: Muggsy Bogues, Rhode Island Gulls
  * USBL Man of the Year: World B. Free, Miami Tropics
  * USBL Postseason MVP: World B. Free, Miami Tropics
  * All-USBL First Team
     * Eddie Lee Wilkins, Staten Island Stallions
     * Don Collins, Tampa Bay Stars
     * Richard Rellford, West Palm Beach Stingrays
     * Muggsy Bogues, Rhode Island Gulls
     * World B. Free, Miami Tropics
  * All-USBL Second Team
     * Hank McDowell, Rhode Island Gulls
     * Michael Brooks, Philadelphia Aces
     * Norris Coleman, Tampa Bay Stars
     * Clinton Wheeler, Miami Tropics
  * USBL All-Defensive Team
     * Jerome Henderson, West Palm Beach Stingrays
     * Tom Collier, Long Island Knights
     * Leroy Combs, Rhode Island Gulls
     * Muggsy Bogues, Rhode Island Gulls
     * Clinton Wheeler, Miami Tropics
  * USBL All-Rookie Team
     * Henry Carr, Jersey Jammers
     * Andre Moore, Philadelphia Aces
     * Norris Coleman, Tampa Bay Stars
     * Muggsy Bogues, Rhode Island Gulls
     * Andrew Moten, West Palm Beach Stingrays
  