2003–04 NBL season

2003–04 NBL season
2003–04 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	1 October 2003 – 7 March 2004; 12 – 15 March 2004 (Semi-Finals); 12 – 6 April 2004 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports
Regular season
Top seed	Sydney Kings
Season MVP	Matthew Nielsen
Finals
Champions	Sydney Kings
Runners-up	West Sydney Razorbacks
Finals MVP	Matthew Nielsen
NBL seasons
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 NBL season was the 26th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 12 teams contested the league. This season marked the first NBL season that featured the New Zealand Breakers, the first New Zealand team in the Australian competition. Also, the Canberra Cannons were replaced by the Hunter Pirates.

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 23 rounds between 1 October 2003 and 7 March 2004 with semi-finals starting 12–15 March 2004 and grand final on 24 March 2004 until 6 April 2004.

Round 1

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
1 October	Hunter Pirates	77–105	Melbourne Tigers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
1 October	New Zealand Breakers	111–110	Adelaide 36ers	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
1 October	Townsville Crocodiles	114–118	Cairns Taipans	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
3 October	Melbourne Tigers	97–88	Brisbane Bullets	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
3 October	Cairns Taipans	84–73	New Zealand Breakers	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
4 October	Perth Wildcats	95–114	Sydney Kings	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
4 October	Victoria Giants	96–106	Brisbane Bullets	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
4 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	119–103	Hunter Pirates	State Sports Centre		boxscore

Round 2

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
6 October	Illawarra Hawks	131–108	Hunter Pirates	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
8 October	Brisbane Bullets	105–97	West Sydney Razorbacks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
8 October	Adelaide 36ers	86–101	Cairns Taipans	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
8 October	Perth Wildcats	99–116	Melbourne Tigers	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
10 October	Townsville Crocodiles	100–107	West Sydney Razorbacks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
11 October	Victoria Giants	100–94	Cairns Taipans	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
12 October	Illawarra Hawks	108–78	New Zealand Breakers	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 3

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
15 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	101–90	Melbourne Tigers	State Sports Centre		boxscore
15 October	Townsville Crocodiles	98–94	Adelaide 36ers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
18 October	Brisbane Bullets	97–98	Adelaide 36ers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
18 October	Victoria Giants	118–102	Hunter Pirates	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
18 October	Sydney Kings	107–97	Perth Wildcats	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
18 October	Cairns Taipans	81–103	Illawarra Hawks	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
19 October	New Zealand Breakers	97–108	Melbourne Tigers	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore

Round 4

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
22 October	Sydney Kings	97–83	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
24 October	Adelaide 36ers	134–105	New Zealand Breakers	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
24 October	Brisbane Bullets	111–92	Townsville Crocodiles	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
24 October	Hunter Pirates	80–118	Perth Wildcats	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
24 October	Melbourne Tigers	76–105	Illawarra Hawks	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
25 October	Victoria Giants	90–78	New Zealand Breakers	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
26 October	Illawarra Hawks	80–95	Sydney Kings	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 5

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
29 October	Hunter Pirates	103–99	Adelaide 36ers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
29 October	Townsville Crocodiles	108–81	Victoria Giants	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
31 October	New Zealand Breakers	68–81	Cairns Taipans	Queens Wharf Events Centre		boxscore
31 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	81–90	Illawarra Hawks	State Sports Centre		boxscore
31 October	Sydney Kings	113–86	Townsville Crocodiles	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
1 November	Brisbane Bullets	118–78	Victoria Giants	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
1 November	Perth Wildcats	118–105	Adelaide 36ers	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
1 November	New Zealand Breakers	93–91	Cairns Taipans	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
1 November	Melbourne Tigers	117–96	Hunter Pirates	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore

Round 6

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
5 November	Sydney Kings	113–98	Adelaide 36ers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
6 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	95–99	Victoria Giants	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
7 November	Hunter Pirates	90–121	Brisbane Bullets	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
8 November	Victoria Giants	101–106	West Sydney Razorbacks	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
8 November	Melbourne Tigers	111–99	Adelaide 36ers	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
8 November	Illawarra Hawks	84–99	Brisbane Bullets	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
8 November	Cairns Taipans	68–83	Sydney Kings	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
9 November	Townsville Crocodiles	106–118	Sydney Kings	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 7

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
12 November	Adelaide 36ers	91–101	West Sydney Razorbacks	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
12 November	Sydney Kings	90–69	Cairns Taipans	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
12 November	New Zealand Breakers	84–90	Brisbane Bullets	Westpac Trust Centre		boxscore
14 November	Victoria Giants	91–109	Illawarra Hawks	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
14 November	Cairns Taipans	88–91	Townsville Crocodiles	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
15 November	Adelaide 36ers	103–93	Victoria Giants	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
15 November	Brisbane Bullets	106–91	Perth Wildcats	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
15 November	Hunter Pirates	95–102	West Sydney Razorbacks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
15 November	Melbourne Tigers	78–84	Illawarra Hawks	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
15 November	Townsville Crocodiles	94–106	Sydney Kings	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 8

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
19 November	Sydney Kings	86–88	Illawarra Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
21 November	Adelaide 36ers	118–89	Melbourne Tigers	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
21 November	Perth Wildcats	101–97	Cairns Taipans	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
21 November	Victoria Giants	121–115	Townsville Crocodiles	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
22 November	New Zealand Breakers	95–103	West Sydney Razorbacks	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
22 November	Melbourne Tigers	95–90	Victoria Giants	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
22 November	Illawarra Hawks	105–91	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
23 November	Brisbane Bullets	77–95	Cairns Taipans	Southport Stadium		boxscore

Round 9

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
26 November	Perth Wildcats	118–113	West Sydney Razorbacks	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
26 November	New Zealand Breakers	96–137	Brisbane Bullets	Mystery Creek		boxscore
26 November	Hunter Pirates	71–101	Sydney Kings	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
28 November	New Zealand Breakers	89–93	Illawarra Hawks	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
28 November	Cairns Taipans	99–62	Hunter Pirates	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
29 November	Adelaide 36ers	123–97	Perth Wildcats	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
29 November	Melbourne Tigers	83–92	Sydney Kings	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
29 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	124–104	Townsville Crocodiles	State Sports Centre		boxscore

Round 10

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
1 December	Illawarra Hawks	121–103	Perth Wildcats	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
3 December	Brisbane Bullets	107–95	Victoria Giants	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
3 December	Adelaide 36ers	87–80	Illawarra Hawks	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
5 December	Hunter Pirates	101–80	New Zealand Breakers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
5 December	Melbourne Tigers	105–100	West Sydney Razorbacks	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
5 December	Townsville Crocodiles	113–114	Adelaide 36ers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
6 December	Perth Wildcats	90–104	Victoria Giants	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
6 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	80–82	New Zealand Breakers	Penrith Sports Stadium		boxscore
6 December	Illawarra Hawks	117–99	Sydney Kings	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
6 December	Cairns Taipans	110–107	Adelaide 36ers	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore

Round 11

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
10 December	Sydney Kings	87–97	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
10 December	Townsville Crocodiles	117–100	Perth Wildcats	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
12 December	Brisbane Bullets	104–112	West Sydney Razorbacks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
12 December	Hunter Pirates	88–108	Sydney Kings	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
12 December	Melbourne Tigers	78–75	New Zealand Breakers	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
12 December	Cairns Taipans	100–72	Perth Wildcats	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
13 December	Adelaide 36ers	104–99	Townsville Crocodiles	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
13 December	Victoria Giants	81–113	New Zealand Breakers	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
14 December	Illawarra Hawks	91–98	Cairns Taipans	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 12

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
17 December	Brisbane Bullets	123–80	Hunter Pirates	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
17 December	New Zealand Breakers	98–83	Melbourne Tigers	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
17 December	Sydney Kings	115–82	Perth Wildcats	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
20 December	Adelaide 36ers	98–108	Sydney Kings	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
20 December	Perth Wildcats	98–86	New Zealand Breakers	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
20 December	Hunter Pirates	88–100	Illawarra Hawks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
20 December	Melbourne Tigers	100–72	Victoria Giants	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
20 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	99–84	Cairns Taipans	State Sports Centre		boxscore
20 December	Townsville Crocodiles	90–109	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 13

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
27 December	Brisbane Bullets	124–107	Hunter Pirates	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
27 December	Perth Wildcats	104–97	Cairns Taipans	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
27 December	Victoria Giants	95–107	West Sydney Razorbacks	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
27 December	New Zealand Breakers	83–93	Sydney Kings	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
27 December	Illawarra Hawks	110–101	Melbourne Tigers	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 14

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
29 December	Melbourne Tigers	85–113	Townsville Crocodiles	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
31 December	Adelaide 36ers	93–86	Hunter Pirates	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
31 December	Victoria Giants	116–111	Melbourne Tigers	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
31 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	100–87	Perth Wildcats	State Sports Centre		boxscore
31 December	Cairns Taipans	106–113	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
31 December	Townsville Crocodiles	112–103	New Zealand Breakers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
2 January	Brisbane Bullets	109–83	New Zealand Breakers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
2 January	Illawarra Hawks	121–75	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
3 January	Perth Wildcats	115–72	Townsville Crocodiles	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
3 January	Victoria Giants	97–82	Adelaide 36ers	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
3 January	Hunter Pirates	109–103	Cairns Taipans	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
3 January	Sydney Kings	111–113	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 15

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
7 January	Brisbane Bullets	108–101	Cairns Taipans	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
7 January	Victoria Giants	108–115	Adelaide 36ers	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
9 January	Sydney Kings	109–99	New Zealand Breakers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
9 January	Illawarra Hawks	105–109	West Sydney Razorbacks	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
9 January	Townsville Crocodiles	126–101	Hunter Pirates	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
10 January	Adelaide 36ers	96–126	Brisbane Bullets	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
10 January	Melbourne Tigers	93–89	Sydney Kings	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
10 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	98–82	New Zealand Breakers	State Sports Centre		boxscore
10 January	Cairns Taipans	103–60	Hunter Pirates	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
11 January	Perth Wildcats	100–98	Illawarra Hawks	Challenge Stadium		boxscore

Round 16

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
14 January	Brisbane Bullets	105–98	Melbourne Tigers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
14 January	Illawarra Hawks	104–79	Cairns Taipans	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
14 January	New Zealand Breakers	93–79	Townsville Crocodiles	Westpac Trust Centre		boxscore
16 January	Sydney Kings	118–101	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
16 January	Cairns Taipans	100–87	Victoria Giants	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
17 January	Perth Wildcats	111–96	Melbourne Tigers	Burwood Dome		boxscore
17 January	Victoria Giants	90–102	Sydney Kings	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
17 January	Hunter Pirates	110–115	Adelaide 36ers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
17 January	New Zealand Breakers	80–96	Townsville Crocodiles	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
17 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	94–82	Brisbane Bullets	State Sports Centre		boxscore

Round 17

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
21 January	Hunter Pirates	97–112	Townsville Crocodiles	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
21 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	100–93	Perth Wildcats	State Sports Centre		boxscore
21 January	Illawarra Hawks	109–79	Victoria Giants	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
21 January	Cairns Taipans	103–107	Melbourne Tigers	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
23 January	Perth Wildcats	99–83	Brisbane Bullets	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
23 January	Townsville Crocodiles	98–107	Illawarra Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
24 January	Adelaide 36ers	113–93	Sydney Kings	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
24 January	New Zealand Breakers	110–100	Hunter Pirates	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
24 January	Melbourne Tigers	97–89	Cairns Taipans	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
25 January	Sydney Kings	117–96	Victoria Giants	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
25 January	Brisbane Bullets	100–88	Illawarra Hawks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore

Round 18

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
28 January	Sydney Kings	125–94	Hunter Pirates	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
28 January	New Zealand Breakers	104–97	Perth Wildcats	Westpac Trust Centre		boxscore
28 January	Cairns Taipans	92–90	Melbourne Tigers	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
30 January	Brisbane Bullets	107–116	Melbourne Tigers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
30 January	Victoria Giants	85–101	Illawarra Hawks	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
30 January	New Zealand Breakers	98–89	Perth Wildcats	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
31 January	Adelaide 36ers	94–103	Brisbane Bullets	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
31 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	118–103	Hunter Pirates	State Sports Centre		boxscore
31 January	Townsville Crocodiles	117–126	Melbourne Tigers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
1 February	Hunter Pirates	108–130	Illawarra Hawks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 19

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
4 February	New Zealand Breakers	87–69	Victoria Giants	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
4 February	Sydney Kings	107–97	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
4 February	Illawarra Hawks	110–99	West Sydney Razorbacks	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
4 February	Cairns Taipans	105–86	Adelaide 36ers	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
6 February	Victoria Giants	102–105	Perth Wildcats	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
6 February	Hunter Pirates	82–93	New Zealand Breakers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
7 February	Adelaide 36ers	104–105	Illawarra Hawks	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
7 February	Melbourne Tigers	95–87	Perth Wildcats	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
7 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	99–85	Cairns Taipans	State Sports Centre		boxscore
7 February	Townsville Crocodiles	122–112	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 20

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
11 February	Perth Wildcats	120–98	Townsville Crocodiles	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
11 February	Hunter Pirates	91–102	Victoria Giants	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
11 February	Sydney Kings	88–80	Cairns Taipans	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
13 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	108–94	Adelaide 36ers	State Sports Centre		boxscore
14 February	Adelaide 36ers	124–111	Perth Wildcats	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
14 February	Victoria Giants	106–103	Hunter Pirates	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre		boxscore
14 February	Melbourne Tigers	109–94	West Sydney Razorbacks	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
14 February	Sydney Kings	120–104	New Zealand Breakers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
14 February	Townsville Crocodiles	90–95	Illawarra Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
15 February	Cairns Taipans	116–97	Townsville Crocodiles	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore

Round 21

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
18 February	Perth Wildcats	113–89	Brisbane Bullets	Marrara Indoor Stadium		boxscore
18 February	New Zealand Breakers	84–108	Illawarra Hawks	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
18 February	Melbourne Tigers	98–102	Townsville Crocodiles	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
18 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	119–96	Adelaide 36ers	State Sports Centre		boxscore
18 February	Sydney Kings	124–94	Victoria Giants	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
20 February	Townsville Crocodiles	113–94	Victoria Giants	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
21 February	Adelaide 36ers	111–123	Melbourne Tigers	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
21 February	Perth Wildcats	97–90	Hunter Pirates	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
21 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	78–104	Sydney Kings	State Sports Centre		boxscore
21 February	Illawarra Hawks	112–118	Brisbane Bullets	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
22 February	Cairns Taipans	87–83	Victoria Giants	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore

Round 22

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
23 February	Perth Wildcats	106–93	Hunter Pirates	Kalgoorlie Stadium		boxscore
25 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	104–91	Townsville Crocodiles	State Sports Centre		boxscore
27 February	Hunter Pirates	96–109	Townsville Crocodiles	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
27 February	Illawarra Hawks	99–88	Perth Wildcats	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
28 February	Adelaide 36ers	93–88	New Zealand Breakers	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
28 February	Brisbane Bullets	94–93	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
28 February	Cairns Taipans	86–83	West Sydney Razorbacks	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
29 February	Victoria Giants	100–95	Perth Wildcats	Dandenong Basketball Stadium		boxscore
29 February	Hunter Pirates	91–107	Melbourne Tigers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 23

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
3 March	Cairns Taipans	103–96	Perth Wildcats	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
5 March	Melbourne Tigers	111–107	Adelaide 36ers	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
6 March	West Sydney Razorbacks	110–88	Cairns Taipans	State Sports Centre		boxscore
7 March	Brisbane Bullets	112–101	Melbourne Tigers	Boondall		boxscore

Ladder

This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 198 games were played, 33 for each team. The top 4 teams qualified for the finals series.

Pos	2003–04 NBL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Sydney Kings	33	26	7	78.79%	4–1	L1	14–3	12–4	3425	3029	113.07%
2	Wollongong Hawks	33	25	8	75.76%	4–1	W1	11–5	14–3	3391	3045	111.36%

3	West Sydney Razorbacks¹	33	22	11	66.67%	2–3	L1	13–4	9–7	3330	3172	104.98%
4	Brisbane Bullets¹	33	22	11	66.67%	2–3	W2	12–4	10–7	3463	3222	107.48%
5	Melbourne Tigers	33	20	13	60.61%	4–1	W2	11–5	9–8	3296	3239	101.76%
6	Cairns Taipans	33	16	17	48.48%	3–2	W3	11–5	5–12	3090	3025	102.15%
7	Perth Wildcats	33	15	18	45.45%	2–3	L2	13–3	2–15	3296	3342	98.62%
8	Adelaide 36ers	33	14	19	42.42%	2–3	W1	10–7	4–12	3359	3450	97.36%

9	Townsville Crocodiles	33	13	20	39.39%	3–2	W1	7–9	6–11	3365	3455	97.40%
10	New Zealand Breakers	33	12	21	36.36%	2–3	L3	8–9	4–12	3016	3198	94.31%
11	Victoria Giants	33	11	22	33.33%	2–3	W1	8–9	3–13	3113	3388	91.88%
12	Hunter Pirates	33	2	31	06.06%	0–5	L15	2–15	0–16	3065	3644	84.11%

Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2004. Source: NBL.com.au

Finals Series

Semi Finals

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
12 March	Illawarra Hawks	91–107	West Sydney Razorbacks	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
13 March	Sydney Kings	104–100	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
14 March	Brisbane Bullets	96–101	Sydney Kings	Boondall		boxscore
15 March	West Sydney Razorbacks	110–95	Illawarra Hawks	State Sports Centre		boxscore

Grand Final

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
12 April	Sydney Kings	96–76	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
14 April	West Sydney Razorbacks	87–72	Sydney Kings	State Sports Centre		boxscore
19 April	Sydney Kings	80–82	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
14 April	West Sydney Razorbacks	77–82	Sydney Kings	State Sports Centre		boxscore
19 April	Sydney Kings	90–79	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Awards

NBL Most Valuable Player: Matthew Nielsen (Sydney Kings)
Larry Sengstock Medal (GF MVP): Matthew Nielsen (Sydney Kings)
NBL Coach of the Year: Joey Wright (Brisbane Bullets)
NBL Best Defensive Player: Ben Castle (Brisbane Bullets)
NBL Rookie of the Year: Steven Markovic (West Sydney Razorbacks)
NBL Most Improved Player: Geordie Cullen (Hunter Pirates)
NBL Best Sixth Man: Darryl McDonald (Melbourne Tigers)
All-NBL First Team:

Player of the month

October: Matthew Nielsen (Sydney Kings)
November: Dusty Rychart (Adelaide 36ers)
December: Kevin Freeman (Brisbane Bullets)
January: Mike Chappell (New Zealand Breakers)
February: Matthew Nielsen (Sydney Kings)

Coach of the month

October: Brian Goorjian (Sydney Kings)
November: Brendan Joyce (Wollongong Hawks)
December: Joey Wright (Brisbane Bullets)
January: Gordon McLeod (West Sydney Razorbacks)
February: Brendan Joyce (Wollongong Hawks)

All NBL Team

#	Player	Team
PG	Stephen Black^[1]	Brisbane Bullets
SG	John Rillie	West Sydney Razorbacks
SF	Sam Mackinnon	West Sydney Razorbacks
PF	Matthew Nielsen	Sydney Kings
C	Mark Bradtke	Melbourne Tigers

References

^ NBL: Basketball Australia

[1] NBL: Basketball Australia

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