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2001–02 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration11 October 2001 – 23 March 2002
27 March 2002 – 8 April 2002 (Finals)
12 – 19 April 2002 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)Fox Sports
Regular season
Top seedVictoria Titans
Season MVPMark Bradtke (Melbourne)
Top scorerRandy Rutherford (Brisbane)
Finals
ChampionsAdelaide 36ers (4th title)
  Runners-upWest Sydney Razorbacks
Finals MVPBrett Maher (Adelaide)
NBL seasons

The 2001–02 NBL season was the 24th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league, The free-to-air television network ABC did not returned this season only showing on Fox Sports on Foxtel.

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 24 rounds between 11 October 2001 and 23 March 2002 with finals starting 27 March 2002 until 8 April 2002 and grand final on 12–19 April 2002.

Round 1

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
11 October Sydney Kings 117–99 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Superdome boxscore
12 October Illawarra Hawks 108–97 Canberra Cannons WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
13 October Canberra Cannons 87–75 Brisbane Bullets AIS Arena boxscore
13 October Melbourne Tigers 109–103 Victoria Titans Hisense Arena boxscore
13 October Adelaide 36ers 94–77 Perth Wildcats Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
13 October Townsville Crocodiles 100–92 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
14 October West Sydney Razorbacks 107–81 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre boxscore

Round 2

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
19 October Canberra Cannons 81–80 Perth Wildcats AIS Arena boxscore
19 October Brisbane Bullets 91–98 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
19 October Townsville Crocodiles 105–111 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
20 October Victoria Titans 103–85 Perth Wildcats Hisense Arena boxscore
20 October Illawarra Hawks 106–119 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
20 October Cairns Taipans 97–79 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
21 October West Sydney Razorbacks 110–89 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre boxscore

Round 3

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
26 October Canberra Cannons 108–98 Sydney Kings AIS Arena boxscore
26 October Brisbane Bullets 78–81 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
26 October Cairns Taipans 91–74 Victoria Titans Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
27 October Melbourne Tigers 122–95 Canberra Cannons Hisense Arena boxscore
27 October West Sydney Razorbacks 119–98 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre boxscore
27 October Sydney Kings 122–95 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Superdome boxscore
27 October Adelaide 36ers 102–93 Illawarra Hawks Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
27 October Townsville Crocodiles 91–94 Victoria Titans Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 4

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
1 November Canberra Cannons 83–112 Victoria Titans AIS Arena boxscore
2 November Sydney Kings 138–88 Cairns Taipans Sydney Superdome boxscore
2 November Adelaide 36ers 127–97 Townsville Crocodiles Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
3 November Perth Wildcats 82–99 West Sydney Razorbacks Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
3 November Brisbane Bullets 108–104 West Sydney Razorbacks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
3 November Victoria Titans 93–102 Illawarra Hawks Hisense Arena boxscore
4 November Melbourne Tigers 115–121 Sydney Kings Hisense Arena boxscore

Round 5

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
9 November Victoria Titans 91–98 Cairns Taipans Hisense Arena boxscore
10 November Canberra Cannons 98–76 Illawarra Hawks AIS Arena boxscore
10 November Melbourne Tigers 102–98 Perth Wildcats Hisense Arena boxscore
10 November West Sydney Razorbacks 130–80 Cairns Taipans State Sports Centre boxscore
10 November Adelaide 36ers 112–104 Sydney Kings Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
10 November Townsville Crocodiles 112–125 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 6

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
16 November West Sydney Razorbacks 98–114 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre boxscore
16 November Illawarra Hawks 91–96 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
17 November Victoria Titans 86–84 Adelaide 36ers Hisense Arena boxscore
18 November Melbourne Tigers 85–105 Brisbane Bullets Hisense Arena boxscore
18 November Cairns Taipans 84–91 Illawarra Hawks Cairns Convention Centre boxscore

Round 7

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
20 November Sydney Kings 114–96 Perth Wildcats Sydney Superdome boxscore
20 November Townsville Crocodiles 122–112 Victoria Titans Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
23 November Canberra Cannons 97–105 Sydney Kings AIS Arena boxscore
23 November Illawarra Hawks 97–90 Brisbane Bullets WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
23 November Adelaide 36ers 95–98 Melbourne Tigers Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
23 November Cairns Taipans 90–100 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
24 November Perth Wildcats 106–99 Melbourne Tigers Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
24 November Townsville Crocodiles 97–94 West Sydney Razorbacks Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 8

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
28 November Perth Wildcats 88–83 Victoria Titans Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
29 November Cairns Taipans 80–90 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
30 November Canberra Cannons 109–106 Townsville Crocodiles AIS Arena boxscore
30 November Illawarra Hawks 98–90 West Sydney Razorbacks WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
1 December Brisbane Bullets 101–112 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
1 December Sydney Kings 129–110 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Superdome boxscore
1 December Adelaide 36ers 91–111 Victoria Titans Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
2 December Melbourne Tigers 92–95 Illawarra Hawks Hisense Arena boxscore
2 December West Sydney Razorbacks 106–99 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre boxscore
3 December Victoria Titans 119–107 Brisbane Bullets Hisense Arena boxscore

Round 9

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
7 December Brisbane Bullets 99–96 Canberra Cannons Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
8 December West Sydney Razorbacks 91–79 Victoria Titans State Sports Centre boxscore
8 December Illawarra Hawks 120–105 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
8 December Adelaide 36ers 109–95 Sydney Kings Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore

Round 10

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
14 December Victoria Titans 99–86 West Sydney Razorbacks Hisense Arena boxscore
15 December Perth Wildcats 116–93 Adelaide 36ers Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
15 December Melbourne Tigers 104–85 West Sydney Razorbacks Hisense Arena boxscore
15 December Illawarra Hawks 101–96 Brisbane Bullets Shoalhaven Basketball Stadium boxscore
15 December Townsville Crocodiles 132–102 Canberra Cannons Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 11

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
18 December Brisbane Bullets 98–104 Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Entertainment Centre boxscore
21 December Sydney Kings 111–100 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Superdome boxscore
22 December Canberra Cannons 70–80 Illawarra Hawks AIS Arena boxscore
22 December Victoria Titans 118–93 Perth Wildcats Hisense Arena boxscore
22 December West Sydney Razorbacks 117–85 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre boxscore
22 December Cairns Taipans 85–97 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
23 December Melbourne Tigers 107–99 Perth Wildcats Hisense Arena boxscore

Round 12

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
26 December Victoria Titans 100–89 Sydney Kings Hisense Arena boxscore
28 December Cairns Taipans 90–105 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
28 December Perth Wildcats 95–102 Brisbane Bullets Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
29 December Illawarra Hawks 122–112 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
31 December Adelaide 36ers 128–99 Canberra Cannons Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
31 December Townsville Crocodiles 95–98 Illawarra Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 13

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
1 January Victoria Titans 104–93 West Sydney Razorbacks Hisense Arena boxscore
4 January Cairns Taipans 101–105 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
5 January Brisbane Bullets 110–96 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
5 January Perth Wildcats 93–87 Illawarra Hawks Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
5 January Canberra Cannons 112–105 Townsville Crocodiles AIS Arena boxscore
5 January Sydney Kings 105–130 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Superdome boxscore
6 January West Sydney Razorbacks 98–93 Cairns Taipans State Sports Centre boxscore

Round 14

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
9 January Cairns Taipans 98–73 Canberra Cannons Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
11 January Canberra Cannons 97–98 Melbourne Tigers AIS Arena boxscore
11 January Adelaide 36ers 98–95 West Sydney Razorbacks Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
11 January Brisbane Bullets 84–90 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
12 January Perth Wildcats 118–95 West Sydney Razorbacks Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
12 January Sydney Kings 80–101 Victoria Titans Sydney Superdome boxscore
12 January Illawarra Hawks 89–102 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
12 January Townsville Crocodiles 108–88 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 15

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
16 January Victoria Titans 102–89 Canberra Cannons Ballarat Stadium boxscore
18 January West Sydney Razorbacks 97–92 Canberra Cannons State Sports Centre boxscore
18 January Townsville Crocodiles 100–98 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
19 January Perth Wildcats 103–73 Cairns Taipans Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
19 January Brisbane Bullets 100–90 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
19 January Sydney Kings 109–98 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Superdome boxscore
19 January Illawarra Hawks 101–96 West Sydney Razorbacks WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 16

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
22 January Perth Wildcats 89–86 Cairns Taipans Bunbury Stadium boxscore
25 January Illawarra Hawks 93–80 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
25 January Townsville Crocodiles 123–108 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
26 January Canberra Cannons 85–81 Melbourne Tigers AIS Arena boxscore
26 January Adelaide 36ers 126–105 Brisbane Bullets Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
26 January Cairns Taipans 84–96 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre boxscore

Round 17

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
31 January Perth Wildcats 108–102 Melbourne Tigers Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
1 February West Sydney Razorbacks 123–107 Townsville Crocodiles State Sports Centre boxscore
1 February Sydney Kings 78–100 Illawarra Hawks Sydney Superdome boxscore
1 February Brisbane Bullets 84–93 Victoria Titans Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
2 February Canberra Cannons 91–95 Adelaide 36ers AIS Arena boxscore
2 February Melbourne Tigers 114–111 Townsville Crocodiles Hisense Arena boxscore
2 February Cairns Taipans 86–96 Victoria Titans Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
3 February Perth Wildcats 112–105 Sydney Kings Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 18

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
8 February Victoria Titans 123–88 Melbourne Tigers Hisense Arena boxscore
8 February Adelaide 36ers 104–94 Illawarra Hawks Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
8 February Cairns Taipans 104–96 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
9 February Perth Wildcats 97–85 Canberra Cannons Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
9 February Sydney Kings 95–124 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Superdome boxscore
10 February Melbourne Tigers 111–114 Adelaide 36ers Hisense Arena boxscore
10 February Townsville Crocodiles 136–87 Illawarra Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 19

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
13 February Adelaide 36ers 120–101 Brisbane Bullets Hisense Arena boxscore
15 February Victoria Titans 121–103 Adelaide 36ers Hisense Arena boxscore
15 February West Sydney Razorbacks 112–106 Townsville Crocodiles State Sports Centre boxscore
15 February Illawarra Hawks 80–85 Cairns Taipans WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
16 February Perth Wildcats 109–96 Brisbane Bullets Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
16 February Canberra Cannons 105–74 Cairns Taipans AIS Arena boxscore
16 February Sydney Kings 102–110 Victoria Titans Sydney Superdome boxscore
17 February Melbourne Tigers 96–108 West Sydney Razorbacks Hisense Arena boxscore

Round 20

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
22 February Canberra Cannons 102–98 West Sydney Razorbacks AIS Arena boxscore
22 February Townsville Crocodiles 118–110 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
23 February Brisbane Bullets 116–108 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
23 February Illawarra Hawks 87–116 Victoria Titans WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
23 February Adelaide 36ers 90–98 Perth Wildcats Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
23 February Cairns Taipans 94–100 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre boxscore

Round 21

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
28 February Melbourne Tigers 99–112 Sydney Kings Hisense Arena boxscore
1 March Victoria Titans 126–108 Canberra Cannons Hisense Arena boxscore
1 March Cairns Taipans 85–95 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
2 March Brisbane Bullets 101–99 West Sydney Razorbacks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
2 March Sydney Kings 106–93 Canberra Cannons Sydney Superdome boxscore
2 March Adelaide 36ers 102–120 Melbourne Tigers Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
2 March Townsville Crocodiles 106–120 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore
3 March Illawarra Hawks 110–113 Cairns Taipans WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 22

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
8 March Sydney Kings 110–113 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Superdome boxscore
8 March Illawarra Hawks 106–114 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
8 March Cairns Taipans 103–80 Canberra Cannons Cairns Convention Centre boxscore
9 March Brisbane Bullets 92–112 Canberra Cannons Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
9 March Melbourne Tigers 127–121 Victoria Titans Hisense Arena boxscore
9 March West Sydney Razorbacks 128–122 Sydney Kings State Sports Centre boxscore
9 March Townsville Crocodiles 107–114 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre boxscore

Round 23

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
14 March Melbourne Tigers 103–90 Cairns Taipans Keilor Stadium boxscore
15 March Canberra Cannons 121–94 Adelaide 36ers AIS Arena boxscore
15 March Victoria Titans 125–120 Townsville Crocodiles Hisense Arena boxscore
16 March Brisbane Bullets 111–81 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
16 March West Sydney Razorbacks 113–88 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre boxscore
16 March Sydney Kings 124–122 Perth Wildcats Sydney Superdome boxscore

Round 24

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
20 March Perth Wildcats 98–94 Canberra Cannons Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
22 March Victoria Titans 103–95 Illawarra Hawks Hisense Arena boxscore
23 March Perth Wildcats 97–105 Townsville Crocodiles Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
23 March Brisbane Bullets 124–109 Victoria Titans Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre boxscore
23 March Melbourne Tigers 93–111 Illawarra Hawks Hisense Arena boxscore
23 March West Sydney Razorbacks 95–102 Canberra Cannons State Sports Centre boxscore
23 March Adelaide 36ers 96–81 Cairns Taipans Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore

Ladder

Pos 2001–02 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Victoria Titans 30 21 9 70.00% 3–2 L1 13–2 8–7 3127 2896 107.98%
2 Perth Wildcats1 30 17 13 56.67% 3–2 L1 12–3 5–10 2947 2923 100.82%
3 Adelaide 36ers1 30 17 13 56.67% 2–3 W1 11–4 6–9 3049 3064 99.51%
4 Wollongong Hawks2 30 16 14 53.33% 1–4 W1 8–7 8–7 2903 2957 98.17%
5 West Sydney Razorbacks2 30 16 14 53.33% 2–3 L1 13–2 3–12 3100 2963 105.03%
6 Melbourne Tigers2 30 16 14 53.33% 3–2 L1 8–7 8–7 3072 3053 100.82%
7 Brisbane Bullets3 30 14 16 46.67% 4–1 W2 8–7 6–9 3006 3047 98.65%
8 Sydney Kings3 30 14 16 46.67% 3–2 W1 9–6 5–10 3244 3228 100.50%
9 Townsville Crocodiles 30 13 17 43.33% 2–3 W1 9–6 4–11 3225 3187 101.19%
10 Canberra Cannons 30 12 18 40.00% 3–2 W1 10–5 2–13 2863 2980 96.07%
11 Cairns Taipans 30 9 21 30.00% 2–3 L3 5–10 4–11 2706 2944 91.92%

Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2002. Source: NBL.com.au

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.

Finals Series

Main article: 2002 NBL Finals

Quarter Finals

(best-of-three series)

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
27 March Melbourne Tigers 107–113 Victoria Titans Hisense Arena boxscore
27 March West Sydney Razorbacks 106–85 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre boxscore
28 March Illawarra Hawks 90–107 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre boxscore
29 March Victoria Titans 105–107 Melbourne Tigers Hisense Arena boxscore
30 March Perth Wildcats 98–109 West Sydney Razorbacks Perth Entertainment Centre boxscore
31 March Adelaide 36ers 101–95 Illawarra Hawks Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
31 March Victoria Titans 97–103 Melbourne Tigers Hisense Arena boxscore

Semi Finals

(best-of-three series)

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
3 April Victoria Titans 92–99 Adelaide 36ers Hisense Arena boxscore
4 April Melbourne Tigers 114–93 West Sydney Razorbacks Hisense Arena boxscore
5 April Adelaide 36ers 81–86 Victoria Titans Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
6 April West Sydney Razorbacks 125–109 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre boxscore
7 April Adelaide 36ers 103–92 Victoria Titans Clipsal Powerhouse boxscore
8 April West Sydney Razorbacks 115–103 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre boxscore

Grand Final

(best-of-three series)

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Box Score Report
12 April Adelaide 36ers 106-97 West Sydney Razorbacks Clipsal Powerhouse 8,000 boxscore
14 April West Sydney Razorbacks 103–100 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre 5,006 boxscore
19 April Adelaide 36ers 125–107 West Sydney Razorbacks Clipsal Powerhouse 8,000 boxscore

2001–02 NBL statistics leaders

Category Player Team Stat
Points per game Willie Farley Adelaide 36ers 25.5
Rebounds per game Mark Bradtke Melbourne Tigers 13.1
Assists per game Shane Heal Sydney Kings 7.5
Steals per game Darryl Mcdonald Victoria Titans 2.3
Blocks per game Simon Dwight West Sydney Razorbacks 3.7
Free throw percentage Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers 88.4%
Three-point field goal percentage John Rillie West Sydney Razorbacks 47.4%

NBL awards

All NBL Team

# Player Team
PG Ricky Grace[1] Perth Wildcats
SG Lanard Copeland Melbourne Tigers
SF Mark Bradtke Melbourne Tigers
PF Chris Anstey Victoria Titans
C Paul Rogers Adelaide 36ers

References

  1. ^ NBL: Basketball Australia
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