# 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 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Staten Island | 0 | 1 | Tampa Bay | 0 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Miami | 1 | | | |
| 7 | West Palm Beach | 0 | 2 | Miami | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Miami | 1 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Miami | 1 | | | | Miami | Miami | 1 |
| | | | | | | Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 0 |
| 6 | Philadelphia | 0 | | | | | | | Rhode Island | Rhode Island | 0 |
| 3 | Rhode Island | 1 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Rhode Island | 1 | 3 | Rhode Island | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Long Island | 0 | | | |
| 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