2004–05 NBL season

2004–05 NBL season
2004–05 NBL season
	File:NBL Philips Championship.png Logo of the league sponsored by Philips
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	29 September 2004 – 26 February 2005; 1 – 5 March 2005 (Semi-Finals); 11 – 19 March 2005 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	Fox Sports
Regular season
Top seed	Sydney Kings
Season MVP	Brian Wethers (Hunter)
Top scorer	Brian Wethers (Hunter)
Finals
Champions	Sydney Kings (3rd title)
Runners-up	Wollongong Hawks
Finals MVP	Jason Smith (Sydney)
NBL seasons
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 NBL season was the 27th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league, the Victoria Giants has been folded.

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 22 rounds between 29 September 2004 and 26 February 2005 with finals starting 1 March 2005 until 5 March 2005 and grand final on 11–19 March 2005.

Round 1

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
29 September	New Zealand Breakers	94–106	Adelaide 36ers	Trusts Stadium		boxscore
30 September	Hunter Pirates	97–105	Brisbane Bullets	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
1 October	Illawarra Hawks	96–88	Melbourne Tigers	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
2 October	Perth Wildcats	120–97	West Sydney Razorbacks	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
2 October	Melbourne Tigers	99–96	Cairns Taipans	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
2 October	Townsville Crocodiles	114–111	Adelaide 36ers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 2

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
6 October	Adelaide 36ers	111–91	Townsville Crocodiles	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
8 October	Hunter Pirates	95–88	Melbourne Tigers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
9 October	Melbourne Tigers	112–95	Townsville Crocodiles	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
9 October	Illawarra Hawks	108–100	Brisbane Bullets	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
10 October	Perth Wildcats	110–93	Cairns Taipans	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
10 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	106–75	Brisbane Bullets	State Sports Centre		boxscore
10 October	New Zealand Breakers	96–94	Sydney Kings	Trusts Stadium		boxscore

Round 3

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
13 October	Hunter Pirates	72–85	Perth Wildcats	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
13 October	Sydney Kings	90–89	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
15 October	New Zealand Breakers	92–111	Illawarra Hawks	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
15 October	Townsville Crocodiles	101–108	Perth Wildcats	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
16 October	Adelaide 36ers	103–101	Hunter Pirates	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
16 October	Brisbane Bullets	111–113	West Sydney Razorbacks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
16 October	Cairns Taipans	108–100	Perth Wildcats	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
16 October	Melbourne Tigers	109–112	Sydney Kings	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
17 October	Sydney Kings	120–99	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 4

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
20 October	Illawarra Hawks	95–83	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
22 October	Brisbane Bullets	111–105	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
23 October	Adelaide 36ers	104–78	New Zealand Breakers	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
23 October	Cairns Taipans	98–87	Illawarra Hawks	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
23 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	97–105	Melbourne Tigers	State Sports Centre		boxscore
24 October	Sydney Kings	107–94	Hunter Pirates	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
24 October	Townsville Crocodiles	129–108	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 5

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
27 October	Perth Wildcats	99–117	Illawarra Hawks	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
27 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	87–84	Cairns Taipans	State Sports Centre		boxscore
29 October	New Zealand Breakers	90–83	West Sydney Razorbacks	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
29 October	Melbourne Tigers	97–108	Brisbane Bullets	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
29 October	Sydney Kings	98–82	Cairns Taipans	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
30 October	Adelaide 36ers	110–75	Cairns Taipans	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
30 October	Hunter Pirates	127–115	Brisbane Bullets	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
30 October	New Zealand Breakers	106–97	West Sydney Razorbacks	Trusts Stadium		boxscore

Round 6

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
1 November	Perth Wildcats	117–111	Townsville Crocodiles	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
3 November	Sydney Kings	122–106	Adelaide 36ers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
5 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	88–93	Brisbane Bullets	State Sports Centre		boxscore
5 November	Illawarra Hawks	99–84	Cairns Taipans	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
6 November	Townsville Crocodiles	125–102	Melbourne Tigers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
6 November	Perth Wildcats	108–101	Adelaide 36ers	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
6 November	Brisbane Bullets	96–105	Cairns Taipans	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
6 November	Hunter Pirates	90–81	Illawarra Hawks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
6 November	New Zealand Breakers	94–108	Sydney Kings	Trusts Stadium		boxscore

Round 7

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
8 November	Cairns Taipans	91–107	Sydney Kings	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
10 November	Illawarra Hawks	109–83	New Zealand Breakers	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
13 November	Adelaide 36ers	102–85	West Sydney Razorbacks	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
13 November	New Zealand Breakers	95–98	Brisbane Bullets	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
13 November	Melbourne Tigers	98–84	Cairns Taipans	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
13 November	Sydney Kings	83–90	Perth Wildcats	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
13 November	Townsville Crocodiles	125–104	Hunter Pirates	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
14 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	90–101	Perth Wildcats	Whitlam Centre		boxscore

Round 8

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
17 November	Cairns Taipans	104–87	Melbourne Tigers	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
17 November	Sydney Kings	91–109	Townsville Crocodiles	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
19 November	Perth Wildcats	77–83	Hunter Pirates	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
19 November	Melbourne Tigers	111–94	Adelaide 36ers	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
19 November	New Zealand Breakers	98–108	Cairns Taipans	Trusts Stadium		boxscore
19 November	Illawarra Hawks	106–105	Victoria Titans	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
20 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	96–82	Townsville Crocodiles	State Sports Centre		boxscore
21 November	Adelaide 36ers	95–93	Perth Wildcats	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
21 November	Cairns Taipans	105–108	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
21 November	Hunter Pirates	100–94	Townsville Crocodiles	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
21 November	Sydney Kings	123–89	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 9

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
24 November	Brisbane Bullets	107–98	Perth Wildcats	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
26 November	Hunter Pirates	88–95	Illawarra Hawks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
26 November	Melbourne Tigers	103–88	New Zealand Breakers	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
26 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	93–76	Sydney Kings	Sydney Superdome		boxscore
26 November	Townsville Crocodiles	102–111	Perth Wildcats	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
27 November	Adelaide 36ers	119–107	Melbourne Tigers	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
27 November	Brisbane Bullets	118–90	Hunter Pirates	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
27 November	Cairns Taipans	82–90	Perth Wildcats	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
28 November	New Zealand Breakers	117–108	Townsville Crocodiles	Trusts Stadium		boxscore

Round 10

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
1 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	85–82	Townsville Crocodiles	Whitlam Centre		boxscore
3 December	Illawarra Hawks	127–94	New Zealand Breakers	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
4 December	Adelaide 36ers	108–84	West Sydney Razorbacks	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
4 December	Brisbane Bullets	86–94	New Zealand Breakers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
4 December	Hunter Pirates	112–94	Melbourne Tigers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
4 December	Sydney Kings	86–76	Illawarra Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
5 December	Perth Wildcats	90–97	Townsville Crocodiles	Challenge Stadium		boxscore

Round 11

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
8 December	Hunter Pirates	115–103	Cairns Taipans	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
10 December	New Zealand Breakers	106–94	Hunter Pirates	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
10 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	114–98	Adelaide 36ers	State Sports Centre		boxscore
10 December	Illawarra Hawks	89–92	Perth Wildcats	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
10 December	Townsville Crocodiles	97–88	Cairns Taipans	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
11 December	Melbourne Tigers	119–100	Perth Wildcats	State Sports Centre		boxscore
12 December	Adelaide 36ers	104–93	Hunter Pirates	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
12 December	Brisbane Bullets	111–93	Illawarra Hawks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
12 December	Cairns Taipans	100–86	New Zealand Breakers	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore

Round 12

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
15 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	106–96	Perth Wildcats	State Sports Centre		boxscore
16 December	Sydney Kings	97–96	Hunter Pirates	Trusts Stadium		boxscore
17 December	New Zealand Breakers	88–89	Adelaide 36ers	Trusts Stadium		boxscore
17 December	Townsville Crocodiles	97–105	Illawarra Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
18 December	Perth Wildcats	96–82	West Sydney Razorbacks	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
18 December	Brisbane Bullets	105–106	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
18 December	Cairns Taipans	80–78	Illawarra Hawks	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
18 December	Melbourne Tigers	112–103	Hunter Pirates	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
19 December	Adelaide 36ers	107–110	Townsville Crocodiles	Adelaide Arena		boxscore

Round 13

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
22 December	Brisbane Bullets	134–128	Townsville Crocodiles	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
22 December	Illawarra Hawks	105–81	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
26 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	98–101	Melbourne Tigers	State Sports Centre		boxscore

Round 14

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
29 December	Perth Wildcats	88–110	Adelaide 36ers	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
29 December	Sydney Kings	102–97	New Zealand Breakers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
31 December	Adelaide 36ers	102–94	Sydney Kings	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
31 December	Cairns Taipans	90–99	West Sydney Razorbacks	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
31 December	Melbourne Tigers	96–118	Illawarra Hawks	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
31 December	Brisbane Bullets	108–102	Perth Wildcats	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
31 December	Townsville Crocodiles	114–103	New Zealand Breakers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
2 January	New Zealand Breakers	110–109	Perth Wildcats	Trusts Stadium		boxscore
2 January	Hunter Pirates	118–117	Cairns Taipans	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
2 January	Sydney Kings	109–108	Townsville Crocodiles	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
2 January	Illawarra Hawks	90–61	West Sydney Razorbacks	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 15

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
5 January	Brisbane Bullets	98–101	Adelaide 36ers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
6 January	Melbourne Tigers	102–83	Hunter Pirates	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
7 January	New Zealand Breakers	105–106	Cairns Taipans	Trusts Stadium		boxscore
7 January	Illawarra Hawks	100–83	Brisbane Bullets	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
7 January	Townsville Crocodiles	123–116	Sydney Kings	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
8 January	Brisbane Bullets	123–105	Illawarra Hawks	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
8 January	Perth Wildcats	86–102	Melbourne Tigers	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
8 January	Hunter Pirates	113–110	Adelaide 36ers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
9 January	Cairns Taipans	76–105	Sydney Kings	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
9 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	113–118	Townsville Crocodiles	Whitlam Centre		boxscore

Round 16

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
12 January	Melbourne Tigers	112–95	Adelaide 36ers	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
12 January	Illawarra Hawks	101–73	Cairns Taipans	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
14 January	Adelaide 36ers	116–105	Sydney Kings	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
14 January	Hunter Pirates	105–96	West Sydney Razorbacks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
14 January	New Zealand Breakers	105–111	Melbourne Tigers	North Shore Events Centre		boxscore
15 January	Brisbane Bullets	112–95	Hunter Pirates	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
15 January	Cairns Taipans	98–100	Townsville Crocodiles	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
15 January	Sydney Kings	100–86	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
16 January	Perth Wildcats	95–104	Illawarra Hawks	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
16 January	Townsville Crocodiles	109–101	Melbourne Tigers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 17

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
21 January	Sydney Kings	100–93	Adelaide 36ers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
21 January	New Zealand Breakers	89–103	Hunter Pirates	Trusts Stadium		boxscore
21 January	Townsville Crocodiles	119–96	West Sydney Razorbacks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
22 January	Brisbane Bullets	92–91	Adelaide 36ers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
22 January	Cairns Taipans	107–96	West Sydney Razorbacks	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
22 January	Illawarra Hawks	80–99	Melbourne Tigers	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
23 January	Perth Wildcats	103–88	Sydney Kings	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
23 January	Melbourne Tigers	98–97	New Zealand Breakers	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore

Round 18

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
26 January	Brisbane Bullets	117–77	New Zealand Breakers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
26 January	Adelaide 36ers	121–107	Melbourne Tigers	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
28 January	Hunter Pirates	107–96	New Zealand Breakers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
28 January	Perth Wildcats	88–94	Sydney Kings	Singapore Indoor Stadium		boxscore
28 January	Townsville Crocodiles	122–120	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
29 January	Adelaide 36ers	72–85	Illawarra Hawks	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
29 January	Cairns Taipans	96–110	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
29 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	92–106	New Zealand Breakers	Whitlam Centre		boxscore

Round 19

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
2 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	103–76	Hunter Pirates	State Sports Centre		boxscore
4 February	Perth Wildcats	119–106	Brisbane Bullets	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
4 February	Cairns Taipans	98–96	Hunter Pirates	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
4 February	Illawarra Hawks	112–118	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
5 February	Melbourne Tigers	109–93	West Sydney Razorbacks	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
5 February	Townsville Crocodiles	133–127	Hunter Pirates	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
6 February	Adelaide 36ers	105–100	Cairns Taipans	Adelaide Arena		boxscore

Round 20

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
9 February	Hunter Pirates	112–101	Perth Wildcats	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
9 February	Sydney Kings	93–95	Illawarra Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
9 February	New Zealand Breakers	108–109	Townsville Crocodiles	Trusts Stadium		boxscore
11 February	Hunter Pirates	113–118	Sydney Kings	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
11 February	Melbourne Tigers	102–100	Brisbane Bullets	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
11 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	117–95	Illawarra Hawks	State Sports Centre		boxscore
12 February	Adelaide 36ers	109–105	Brisbane Bullets	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
12 February	Sydney Kings	96–74	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
12 February	Townsville Crocodiles	133–110	New Zealand Breakers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
13 February	Cairns Taipans	106–108	New Zealand Breakers	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore
13 February	Illawarra Hawks	135–140	Hunter Pirates	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Round 21

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
16 February	Melbourne Tigers	101–102	Perth Wildcats	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
18 February	Perth Wildcats	129–91	New Zealand Breakers	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
18 February	Hunter Pirates	127–100	West Sydney Razorbacks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre		boxscore
18 February	Illawarra Hawks	85–77	Sydney Kings	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
18 February	Brisbane Bullets	104–91	Melbourne Tigers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
19 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	85–112	Sydney Kings	State Sports Centre		boxscore
19 February	Townsville Crocodiles	121–95	Cairns Taipans	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore
20 February	Perth Wildcats	108–97	New Zealand Breakers	Challenge Stadium		boxscore
20 February	Cairns Taipans	101–99	Adelaide 36ers	Cairns Convention Centre		boxscore

Ladder

This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 176 games were played, 32 for each team. The top 8 teams qualified for the finals series.

Pos	2004–05 NBL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Sydney Kings	32	21	11	65.63%	3–2	W1	13–3	8–8	3234	3073	105.24%
2	Wollongong Hawks	32	20	12	62.50%	2–3	W1	12–4	8–8	3164	2994	105.68%

3	Townsville Crocodiles¹	32	19	13	59.38%	5–0	W10	13–3	6–10	3512	3398	103.35%
4	Adelaide 36ers¹	32	19	13	59.38%	3–2	L1	14–2	5–11	3291	3185	103.33%
5	Brisbane Bullets²	32	17	15	53.13%	2–3	W1	11–5	6–10	3366	3314	101.57%
6	Melbourne Tigers²	32	17	15	53.13%	2–3	L3	12–4	5–11	3226	3205	100.66%
7	Perth Wildcats²	32	17	15	53.13%	4–1	W3	9–7	8–8	3211	3158	101.68%
8	Hunter Pirates	32	15	17	46.88%	3–2	W2	12–4	3–13	3269	3319	98.49%

9	West Sydney Razorbacks³	32	11	21	34.38%	2–3	L2	9–7	2–14	3027	3203	94.51%
10	Cairns Taipans³	32	11	21	34.38%	2–3	W1	8–8	3–13	3033	3213	94.40%
11	New Zealand Breakers	32	9	23	28.13%	1–4	L2	6–10	3–13	3098	3369	91.96%

Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2005. 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

Elimination Finals

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
23 February	Brisbane Bullets	113–99	Hunter Pirates	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
24 February	Melbourne Tigers	108–88	Perth Wildcats	State Netball and Hockey Centre		boxscore
25 February	Adelaide 36ers	110–125	Brisbane Bullets	Adelaide Arena		boxscore
26 February	Townsville Crocodiles	112–100	Melbourne Tigers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Semi Finals

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
1 March	Sydney Kings	113–79	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
2 March	Illawarra Hawks	100–84	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
4 March	Brisbane Bullets	105–111	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		boxscore
5 March	Townsville Crocodiles	105–109	Illawarra Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Grand Final

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
12 March	Sydney Kings	96–73	Illawarra Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore
14 March	Illawarra Hawks	80–105	Sydney Kings	WIN Entertainment Centre		boxscore
19 March	Sydney Kings	112–85	Illawarra Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre		boxscore

Awards

NBL Most Valuable Player: Brian Wethers (Hunter Pirates)
Larry Sengstock Medal (GF MVP): Jason Smith (Sydney Kings)
NBL Coach of the Year: Adrian Hurley (Hunter Pirates)
NBL Best Defensive Player: Darnell Mee (Wollongong Hawks)
NBL Rookie of the Year: Brad Newley (Townsville Crocodiles)
NBL Most Improved Player: Peter Crawford (Perth Wildcats)
NBL Best Sixth Man: Brad Newley (Townsville Crocodiles)

All NBL Team

#	Player	Team
PG	Darnell Mee^[1]	Wollongong Hawks
SG	Jason Smith	Sydney Kings
SF	Brian Wethers	Hunter Pirates
PF	Chris Burgess	Cairns Taipans
C	Mark Bradtke	Melbourne Tigers

Player of the month

October: Jason Smith (Sydney Kings)
November: John Rillie (Townsville Crocodiles)
December: Darnell Mee (Wollongong Hawks)
January: John Rillie (Townsville Crocodiles)
February: Kavossy Franklin (Sydney Kings)

Coach of the month

October: Scott Fisher (Perth Wildcats)
November: Joey Wright (Brisbane Bullets)
December: Brian Goorjian (Sydney Kings)
January: Ian Stacker (Townsville Crocodiles)
February: Ian Stacker (Townsville Crocodiles)

References

^ All-NBL Teams announced

NBL media guide

[1] All-NBL Teams announced

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