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2002–03 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration2 October 2002 – 23 March 2003
8 – 29 March 2003 (Finals)
3 – 6 April 2003 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)Fox Sports
Regular season
Top seedSydney Kings
Season MVPChris Williams
Finals
ChampionsSydney Kings
  Runners-upPerth Wildcats
Finals MVPChris Williams
NBL seasons

The 2002–03 NBL season was the 25th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league.

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 22 rounds between 2 October 2002 and 23 March 2003 with finals starting 8 March 2003 until 29 March 2003 and grand final on 3–6 April 2003.

Round 1

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
2 October Canberra Cannons 94–88 Townsville Crocodiles AIS Arena boxscore
2 October West Sydney Razorbacks 104–92 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre boxscore
4 October Melbourne Tigers 105–111 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
4 October Cairns Taipans 109–98 Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
5 October Illawarra Hawks 116–104 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
6 October Perth Wildcats 95–85 Victoria Giants Challenge Stadium boxscore

Round 2

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
9 October Adelaide 36ers 93–110 Illawarra Hawks Adelaide Arena boxscore
9 October Canberra Cannons 90–77 Brisbane Bullets AIS Arena boxscore
11 October West Sydney Razorbacks 122–106 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre boxscore
11 October Townsville Crocodiles 88–96 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
12 October Victoria Giants 105–95 West Sydney Razorbacks Hisense Arena boxscore
12 October Illawarra Hawks 108–100 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
12 October Cairns Taipans 88–110 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre boxscore

Round 3

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
16 October Perth Wildcats 106–101 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium boxscore
16 October Victoria Giants 130–102 Melbourne Tigers Hisense Arena boxscore
18 October Melbourne Tigers 103–92 Canberra Cannons State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
18 October Sydney Kings 119–102 Illawarra Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
18 October Brisbane Bullets 92–101 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
19 October Adelaide 36ers 92–105 Canberra Cannons Adelaide Arena boxscore
19 October Townsville Crocodiles 108–117 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
20 October West Sydney Razorbacks 94–122 Sydney Kings State Sports Centre boxscore

Round 4

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
23 October Perth Wildcats 90–87 Illawarra Hawks Challenge Stadium boxscore
23 October Sydney Kings 120–75 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
25 October Townsville Crocodiles 96–93 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
26 October Canberra Cannons 117–91 West Sydney Razorbacks AIS Arena boxscore
26 October Brisbane Bullets 92–116 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
26 October Victoria Giants 97–104 Illawarra Hawks Hisense Arena boxscore
26 October Cairns Taipans 92–103 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre boxscore

Round 5

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
30 October Victoria Giants 135–129 Brisbane Bullets Hisense Arena boxscore
1 November Perth Wildcats 104–96 Townsville Crocodiles Challenge Stadium boxscore
1 November West Sydney Razorbacks 97–103 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre boxscore
1 November Cairns Taipans 83–90 Illawarra Hawks Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
2 November Sydney Kings 95–87 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
2 November Adelaide 36ers 115–111 Townsville Crocodiles Adelaide Arena boxscore

Round 6

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
6 November Adelaide 36ers 91–105 Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena boxscore
8 November Perth Wildcats 130–127 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium boxscore
8 November Melbourne Tigers 108–102 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
8 November Illawarra Hawks 111–104 Victoria Giants WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
9 November Canberra Cannons 118–99 Victoria Giants AIS Arena boxscore
9 November Cairns Taipans 118–104 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
10 November West Sydney Razorbacks 111–85 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre boxscore

Round 7

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
13 November Illawarra Hawks 119–93 West Sydney Razorbacks WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
15 November Melbourne Tigers 113–90 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
15 November West Sydney Razorbacks 92–78 Canberra Cannons State Sports Centre boxscore
16 November Adelaide 36ers 123–111 Victoria Giants Adelaide Arena boxscore
16 November Townsville Crocodiles 103–95 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
17 November Sydney Kings 98–100 Canberra Cannons Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
17 November Cairns Taipans 91–95 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre boxscore

Round 8

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
20 November Victoria Giants 112–106 Brisbane Bullets Geelong Arena boxscore
22 November Perth Wildcats 103–87 Cairns Taipans Challenge Stadium boxscore
22 November Victoria Giants 96–100 Townsville Crocodiles Hisense Arena boxscore
23 November Canberra Cannons 123–107 Brisbane Bullets AIS Arena boxscore
23 November Melbourne Tigers 107–97 Illawarra Hawks State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
23 November West Sydney Razorbacks 104–87 Townsville Crocodiles State Sports Centre boxscore
23 November Adelaide 36ers 106–107 Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena boxscore

Round 9

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
27 November Sydney Kings 102–74 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
27 November Cairns Taipans 71–86 Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
27 November Townsville Crocodiles 101–106 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
29 November Canberra Cannons 98–99 Perth Wildcats AIS Arena boxscore
29 November Victoria Giants 74–114 Sydney Kings Hisense Arena boxscore
29 November Illawarra Hawks 94–84 Cairns Taipans Shoalhaven Basketball Stadium boxscore
30 November Brisbane Bullets 91–96 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
30 November Melbourne Tigers 100–85 Canberra Cannons State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
30 November West Sydney Razorbacks 116–105 Cairns Taipans State Sports Centre boxscore

Round 10

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
4 December Brisbane Bullets 103–96 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
4 December Illawarra Hawks 101–113 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
7 December Canberra Cannons 109–114 Adelaide 36ers AIS Arena boxscore
7 December Brisbane Bullets 109–114 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
7 December Victoria Giants 102–133 Perth Wildcats Hisense Arena boxscore
7 December Melbourne Tigers 95–96 West Sydney Razorbacks State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore

Round 11

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
10 December Brisbane Bullets 94–111 Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
11 December Adelaide 36ers 107–106 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena boxscore
13 December Brisbane Bullets 88–77 Victoria Giants Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
13 December Cairns Taipans 103–91 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
14 December Perth Wildcats 106–91 Melbourne Tigers Challenge Stadium boxscore
14 December Sydney Kings 87–92 Illawarra Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
14 December Townsville Crocodiles 115–101 West Sydney Razorbacks Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
15 December Illawarra Hawks 117–91 Victoria Giants WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 12

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
18 December West Sydney Razorbacks 101–99 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre boxscore
19 December Sydney Kings 92–94 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
20 December Adelaide 36ers 111–107 West Sydney Razorbacks Adelaide Arena boxscore
20 December Cairns Taipans 115–91 Victoria Giants Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
21 December Perth Wildcats 122–114 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium boxscore
21 December Melbourne Tigers 79–92 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
21 December Townsville Crocodiles 101–83 Victoria Giants Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 13

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
26 December Victoria Giants 94–98 Sydney Kings Hisense Arena boxscore
27 December Melbourne Tigers 88–94 Townsville Crocodiles State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
27 December Sydney Kings 114–95 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
27 December Brisbane Bullets 90–115 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
28 December West Sydney Razorbacks 97–105 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre boxscore
28 December Illawarra Hawks 94–89 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
28 December Adelaide 36ers 112–114 Townsville Crocodiles Adelaide Arena boxscore

Round 14

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
31 December Brisbane Bullets 78–87 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
31 December Adelaide 36ers 103–91 Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena boxscore
31 December Townsville Crocodiles 121–110 Illawarra Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
3 January Sydney Kings 112–96 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
3 January Cairns Taipans 75–86 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
4 January Brisbane Bullets 105–121 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
4 January Perth Wildcats 109–89 Illawarra Hawks Challenge Stadium boxscore
4 January Victoria Giants 99–107 Adelaide 36ers Hisense Arena boxscore
4 January Townsville Crocodiles 104–99 West Sydney Razorbacks Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 15

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
8 January Victoria Giants 114–100 Canberra Cannons Geelong Arena boxscore
8 January Brisbane Bullets 101–82 Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
10 January Sydney Kings 111–83 Canberra Cannons Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
10 January Cairns Taipans 98–96 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
11 January Melbourne Tigers 115–86 Victoria Giants State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
11 January Adelaide 36ers 100–82 Canberra Cannons Adelaide Arena boxscore
11 January Townsville Crocodiles 122–109 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
12 January Illawarra Hawks 87–79 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 16

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
15 January Melbourne Tigers 94–86 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
15 January West Sydney Razorbacks 112–77 Victoria Giants State Sports Centre boxscore
17 January Victoria Giants 112–107 Cairns Taipans Bendigo Basketball Stadium boxscore
17 January Illawarra Hawks 89–98 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
18 January Canberra Cannons 100–96 Melbourne Tigers AIS Arena boxscore
18 January Brisbane Bullets 107–115 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
18 January Perth Wildcats 119–97 Canberra Cannons Challenge Stadium boxscore
18 January Sydney Kings 122–108 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 17

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
22 January Sydney Kings 103–111 Victoria Giants Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
22 January Illawarra Hawks 87–76 Canberra Cannons WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
22 January Townsville Crocodiles 97–81 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
24 January Adelaide 36ers 115–108 Brisbane Bullets Adelaide Arena boxscore
25 January Perth Wildcats 106–88 Brisbane Bullets Challenge Stadium boxscore
25 January West Sydney Razorbacks 87–106 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre boxscore
25 January Cairns Taipans 71–95 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre boxscore

Round 18

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
29 January Adelaide 36ers 128–105 West Sydney Razorbacks Adelaide Arena boxscore
29 January Canberra Cannons 80–108 Sydney Kings AIS Arena boxscore
29 January Brisbane Bullets 96–111 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
1 February Victoria Giants 106–109 Townsville Crocodiles Dandenong Basketball Stadium boxscore
1 February Melbourne Tigers 91–87 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
1 February West Sydney Razorbacks 104–101 Sydney Kings State Sports Centre boxscore
1 February Illawarra Hawks 111–85 Brisbane Bullets WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
1 February Cairns Taipans 123–88 Canberra Cannons Cairns Convention Centre boxscore

Round 19

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
5 February Canberra Cannons 99–91 Victoria Giants AIS Arena boxscore
5 February Perth Wildcats 97–99 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium boxscore
7 February Adelaide 36ers 122–104 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena boxscore
8 February Melbourne Tigers 108–103 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
8 February West Sydney Razorbacks 101–104 Victoria Giants State Sports Centre boxscore
8 February Cairns Taipans 93–87 Illawarra Hawks Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
8 February Townsville Crocodiles 103–88 Canberra Cannons Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 20

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
12 February Canberra Cannons 84–81 Cairns Taipans AIS Arena boxscore
12 February Melbourne Tigers 90–95 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
14 February Victoria Giants 98–106 Melbourne Tigers Hisense Arena boxscore
14 February Illawarra Hawks 100–116 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
15 February Perth Wildcats 124–101 West Sydney Razorbacks Challenge Stadium boxscore
15 February Cairns Taipans 94–100 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
15 February Townsville Crocodiles 103–93 Canberra Cannons Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
18 February Perth Wildcats 106–91 West Sydney Razorbacks Bunbury Stadium boxscore

Round 21

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
19 February Canberra Cannons 90–104 Cairns Taipans AIS Arena boxscore
20 February Townsville Crocodiles 120–75 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
21 February Victoria Giants 77–104 Cairns Taipans Dandenong Basketball Stadium boxscore
21 February Brisbane Bullets 66–79 Canberra Cannons Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
22 February Canberra Cannons 94–106 Perth Wildcats Tuggeranong boxscore
22 February Illawarra Hawks 89–96 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
22 February Adelaide 36ers 97–99 Victoria Giants Adelaide Arena boxscore
23 February Sydney Kings 100–87 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
23 February West Sydney Razorbacks 93–90 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre boxscore

Round 22

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
26 February Melbourne Tigers 108–99 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
26 February Sydney Kings 114–99 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
26 February Canberra Cannons 93–140 Illawarra Hawks Tuggeranong boxscore
27 February Illawarra Hawks 124–94 Canberra Cannons WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
28 February Brisbane Bullets 85–108 West Sydney Razorbacks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
1 March Perth Wildcats 118–88 Victoria Giants Challenge Stadium boxscore
1 March Canberra Cannons 103–113 West Sydney Razorbacks Tuggeranong boxscore
1 March Cairns Taipans 128–109 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
1 March Townsville Crocodiles 106–104 West Sydney Razorbacks Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore

Ladder

Pos 2002–03 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Sydney Kings1 30 22 8 73.33% 4–1 W4 11–4 11–4 3166 2780 113.88%
2 Perth Wildcats1 30 22 8 73.33% 4–1 W4 14–1 8–7 3175 2960 106.72%
3 Townsville Crocodiles 30 19 11 63.33% 5–0 W16 12–3 7–8 3068 3004 102.13%
4 Wollongong Hawks 30 18 12 60.00% 2–3 W2 11–4 7–8 3053 2897 105.38%
5 Adelaide 36ers 30 16 14 53.33% 2–3 L3 9–6 7–8 3198 3162 101.14%
6 Melbourne Tigers 30 15 15 50.00% 4–1 W1 10–5 5–10 2953 2908 101.55%
7 West Sydney Razorbacks 30 14 16 46.67% 3–2 W3 10–5 4–11 3020 3072 98.31%
8 Cairns Taipans 30 13 17 43.33% 3–2 W1 8–7 5–10 2897 2913 99.45%
9 Canberra Cannons 30 11 19 36.67% 1–4 L4 8–7 3–12 2832 3049 92.88%
10 Victoria Giants 30 9 21 30.00% 2–3 L1 6–9 3–12 2945 3225 91.32%
11 Brisbane Bullets 30 6 24 20.00% 0–5 L9 4–11 2–13 2797 3134 89.25%

Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2003. Source: NBL.com.au

Finals Series

Main article: 2003 NBL Finals

Quarter Finals

(best-of-three series)

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
8 March Illawarra Hawks 97–87 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
8 March Melbourne Tigers 89–101 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre boxscore
8 March Adelaide 36ers 116–119 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena boxscore
10 March Sydney Kings 104–108 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
12 March Perth Wildcats 91–99 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium boxscore
12 March Townsville Crocodiles 101–102 Illawarra Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
15 March Sydney Kings 114–89 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
16 March Perth Wildcats 94–86 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium boxscore

Semi Finals

(best-of-three series)

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
20 March Townsville Crocodiles 107–124 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
21 March Illawarra Hawks 90–121 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
26 March Perth Wildcats 113–84 Illawarra Hawks Challenge Stadium boxscore
26 March Sydney Kings 91–113 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
29 March Sydney Kings 114–99 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore

Grand Final

(best-of-three series)

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
3 April Sydney Kings 98–94 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre boxscore
6 April Perth Wildcats 101–117 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium boxscore

2002–03 NBL statistics leaders

Category Player Team Stat
Points per game Chris Williams Sydney Kings 23.6
Rebounds per game Mark Bradtke Melbourne Tigers 12.9
Assists per game Ricky Grace Perth Wildcats 8.0
Steals per game Darryl Mcdonald Victoria Titans 2.4
Blocks per game Reginald Poole Canberra Cannons 2.2
Free throw percentage Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers 89.3%
Three-point field goal percentage James Harvey Perth Wildcats 43.8%

NBL awards

All NBL Team

# Player Team
PG Ricky Grace[1] Perth Wildcats
SG Shane Heal Sydney Kings
SF Brett Maher Adelaide 36ers
PF Chris Williams Sydney Kings
C Mark Bradtke Melbourne Tigers

References

  1. ^ NBL Season 2002-2003
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