1982 NBL season

April 2022 March 2026 1982 NBL season National Basketball League Basketball 6 February – 11 July 1982 (Regular season)16–18 July 1982 (Finals) 26 14 ABC Regular season West Adelaide Bearcats Reg Biddings (Adelaide) List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders Al Green (West Adelaide) NBL Most Valuable Player Award Finals 1982 NBL Finals West Adelaide Bearcats (1st title) Geelong Cats List of NBL seasons NBL 1981 NBL season 1981 1983 NBL season 1983 The 1982 NBL season was the fourth season of the National Basketball League (NBL). Regular season The 1982 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 6 February 1982 and 11 July 1982. Each team played 26 games, against every opponent twice. Round 1 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 6/02/1982 CC 93–82 SKS AIS Arena N/A 27879 6/02/1982 BBR 95–105 NF Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27880 6/02/1982 WW 74–105 GC Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 27881 6/02/1982 IH 98–91 LCC Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27882 6/02/1982 ACE 84–87 CG Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27883 7/02/1982 SSS 77–78 SKS Alexandria Stadium N/A 27884 7/02/1982 WAB 68–62 CG Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27885 7/02/1982 BB 104–91 LCC Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27886 Round 2 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 13/02/1982 CC 95–88 WW AIS Arena N/A 27887 13/02/1982 GC 88–101 CG Corio Leisure Centre N/A 27888 13/02/1982 BBR 78–82 SSS Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27889 13/02/1982 IH 87–88 ACE Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27890 13/02/1982 SKS 79–92 WAB Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27891 13/02/1982 BBR 66–94 NS Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27892 14/02/1982 NS 92–90 WAB Burwood Stadium N/A 27893 14/02/1982 SSS 101–88 WW Alexandria Stadium N/A 27894 14/02/1982 BB 79–74 ACE Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27895 14/02/1982 LCC 95–112 CG Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27896 Round 3 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 18/02/1982 SSS 91–76 LCC Alexandria Stadium N/A 27897 19/02/1982 WW 83–69 CC Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 27898 20/02/1982 WAB 114–77 SKS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27899 20/02/1982 IH 91–99 BB Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27900 20/02/1982 LCC 99–101 NF Devonport Stadium N/A 27901 21/02/1982 CG 60–57 CC Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27902 21/02/1982 GC 94–91 NF Corio Leisure Centre N/A 27903 21/02/1982 ACE 79–86 SKS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27904 Round 4 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 26/02/1982 WW 92–82 BBR Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 27905 27/02/1982 NS 81–62 CC Burwood Stadium N/A 27906 27/02/1982 IH 94–83 SSS Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27907 27/02/1982 LCC 81–92 BB Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27908 27/02/1982 ACE 103–101 NF Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27909 28/02/1982 CG 98–74 BBR Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27910 28/02/1982 GC 88–98 BB Corio Leisure Centre N/A 27911 28/02/1982 WAB 115–100 NF Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27912 28/02/1982 SKS 70–67 CC Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27913 Round 5 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 5/03/1982 CC 106–83 SSS AIS Arena N/A 27914 6/03/1982 NF 77–65 CC Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27915 6/03/1982 NS 96–72 GC Burwood Stadium N/A 27916 6/03/1982 WW 87–82 CG Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 27917 6/03/1982 LCC 86–91 SKS Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27918 6/03/1982 ACE 83–74 WAB Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27919 7/03/1982 SSS 90–74 BBR Alexandria Stadium N/A 27920 7/03/1982 SKS 79–81 NS Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27921 7/03/1982 BB 91–84 IH Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27922 7/03/1982 GC 82–75 LCC Corio Leisure Centre N/A 27923 Round 6 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 13/03/1982 IH 94–103 WAB Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27924 13/03/1982 WW 62–68 SKS Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 27925 13/03/1982 NF 77–75 NS Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27926 14/03/1982 BB 89–97 WAB Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27927 Round 7 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 20/03/1982 BBR 76–92 ACE Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27928 20/03/1982 CC 87–98 WAB AIS Arena N/A 27929 20/03/1982 WW 82–94 NS Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 27930 20/03/1982 IH 73–82 SKS Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27931 21/03/1982 NF 99–105 ACE Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27932 21/03/1982 SSS 76–78 WAB Alexandria Stadium N/A 27933 21/03/1982 BB 66–83 SKS Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27934 21/03/1982 LCC 91–101 GC Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27935 Round 8 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 26/03/1982 WW 93–86 NF Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 27936 26/03/1982 WAB 109–89 BB Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27937 26/03/1982 LCC 81–80 BBR Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27938 28/03/1982 ACE 76–82 BB Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27939 28/03/1982 GC 90–65 BBR Corio Leisure Centre N/A 27940 28/03/1982 CG 81–92 NF Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27941 28/03/1982 NS 85–77 SKS Burwood Stadium N/A 27942 Round 9 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 2/04/1982 LCC 84–92 WW Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27943 3/04/1982 ACE 121–103 WW Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27944 3/04/1982 NS 76–65 BB Burwood Stadium N/A 27945 3/04/1982 GC 96–85 IH Corio Leisure Centre N/A 27946 3/04/1982 SSS 78–72 CC Alexandria Stadium N/A 27947 3/04/1982 NF 97–88 CG Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27948 3/04/1982 SKS 83–73 BB Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27949 4/04/1982 WAB 129–100 WW Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27950 4/04/1982 LCC 82–90 IH Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27951 4/04/1982 BBR 68–81 CG Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27952 Round 10 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 17/04/1982 CG 87–73 SKS Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27953 17/04/1982 IH 104–90 NF Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27954 17/04/1982 CC 112–79 LCC AIS Arena N/A 27955 18/04/1982 BBR 76–82 CC Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27956 Round 11 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 23/04/1982 CC 78–91 NS AIS Arena N/A 27957 24/04/1982 SSS 74–81 NS Alexandria Stadium N/A 27958 24/04/1982 IH 125–103 WW Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27959 24/04/1982 NF 85–77 SKS Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27960 24/04/1982 WAB 96–70 LCC Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27961 25/04/1982 BB 79–86 WW Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27962 25/04/1982 BBR 66–67 SKS Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27963 25/04/1982 ACE 110–83 LCC Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27964 Round 12 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 1/05/1982 CC 85–90 CG AIS Arena N/A 27965 1/05/1982 NF 93–73 LCC Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27966 1/05/1982 IH 106–83 NS Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27967 1/05/1982 GC 94–75 WW Corio Leisure Centre N/A 27968 2/05/1982 BBR 88–84 LCC Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27969 2/05/1982 SSS 73–102 CG Alexandria Stadium N/A 27970 2/05/1982 WAB 96–94 ACE Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27971 2/05/1982 BB 74–73 NS Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27972 Round 13 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 8/05/1982 SKS 75–61 SSS Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27973 8/05/1982 CG 77–90 WAB Ken Watson Stadium N/A 27974 8/05/1982 ACE 86–84 BBR Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27975 8/05/1982 IH 103–105 GC Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27976 8/05/1982 CC 92–109 NF AIS Arena N/A 27977 9/05/1982 NS 78–60 SSS Burwood Stadium N/A 27978 9/05/1982 WAB 118–82 BBR Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27979 9/05/1982 BB 72–74 GC Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27980 Round 14 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 14/05/1982 BBR 77–94 WW Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 27981 15/05/1982 NF 100–85 WW Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27982 15/05/1982 IH 98–93 CG Beaton Park Stadium N/A 27983 15/05/1982 LCC 110–91 CC Dowling Street Stadium N/A 27984 15/05/1982 WAB 84–85 NS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27985 16/05/1982 SSS 73–84 NF Alexandria Stadium N/A 27986 16/05/1982 BB 76–82 CG Auchenflower Stadium N/A 27987 16/05/1982 GC 93–64 CC Corio Leisure Centre N/A 27988 16/05/1982 ACE 104–79 NS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27989 19/05/1982 CG 78–77 NS Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27990 19/05/1982 SKS 73–74 GC Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27991 Round 15 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 21/05/1982 WW 86–75 BB Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 27992 22/05/1982 NS 95–82 LCC Burwood Stadium N/A 27993 22/05/1982 WAB 101–83 SSS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27994 22/05/1982 NF 83–86 GC Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 27995 22/05/1982 CC 91–89 IH AIS Arena N/A 27996 23/05/1982 CG 66–58 BB Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27997 23/05/1982 SKS 101–90 LCC Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 27998 23/05/1982 ACE 96–71 SSS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 27999 23/05/1982 BBR 84–99 GC Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28000 25/05/1982 WW 104–97 IH Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28001 Round 16 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 28/05/1982 SKS 96–85 WW Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28002 29/05/1982 NS 101–54 WW Burwood Stadium N/A 28003 29/05/1982 IH 94–80 BBR Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28004 29/05/1982 CC 87–88 ACE AIS Arena N/A 28005 29/05/1982 GC 74–73 WAB Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28006 30/05/1982 CG 110–90 WW Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28007 30/05/1982 BB 81–63 BBR Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28008 30/05/1982 SSS 85–83 ACE Alexandria Stadium N/A 28009 30/06/1982 LCC 78–86 WAB Dowling Street Stadium N/A 28042 Round 17 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 5/06/1982 GC 83–72 SSS Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28010 5/06/1982 SKS 92–59 BBR Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28011 6/06/1982 WAB 96–85 IH Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28012 6/06/1982 ACE 120–96 IH Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28013 6/06/1982 CG 85–76 GC Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28014 6/06/1982 LCC 87–80 SSS Dowling Street Stadium N/A 28015 6/06/1982 NS 81–61 BBR Burwood Stadium N/A 28016 6/06/1982 BB 77–78 NF Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28017 Round 18 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 11/06/1982 WW 70–80 SSS Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28018 12/06/1982 GC 90–77 SKS Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28019 12/06/1982 NS 88–78 NF Burwood Stadium N/A 28020 12/06/1982 ACE 103–87 CC Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28021 13/06/1982 SKS 98–92 NF Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28022 13/06/1982 WAB 107–71 CC Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28023 13/06/1982 CG 109–51 SSS Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28024 13/06/1982 BBR 81–85 IH Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28025 Round 19 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 18/06/1982 SSS 85–93 IH Alexandria Stadium N/A 28026 19/06/1982 LCC 106–119 ACE Dowling Street Stadium N/A 28027 19/06/1982 SKS 86–71 CG Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28028 19/06/1982 WW 89–97 WAB Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28029 19/06/1982 CC 87–60 BBR AIS Arena N/A 28030 19/06/1982 NF 95–81 IH Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28031 20/06/1982 GC 98–83 ACE Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28032 20/06/1982 BB 77–63 SSS Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28033 20/06/1982 NS 75–64 CG Burwood Stadium N/A 28034 Round 20 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 26/06/1982 CC 88–89 GC AIS Arena N/A 28035 26/06/1982 NS 90–86 ACE Burwood Stadium N/A 28036 26/06/1982 NF 101–73 BB Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28037 27/06/1982 SSS 87–91 GC Alexandria Stadium N/A 28038 27/06/1982 SKS 116–95 ACE Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28039 27/06/1982 BBR 77–60 BB Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28040 27/06/1982 CG 91–78 IH Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28041 Round 21 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 2/07/1982 WW 110–95 ACE Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28043 3/07/1982 IH 92–90 CC Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28044 3/07/1982 NF 99–87 WAB Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28045 3/07/1982 GC 84–74 NS Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28046 3/07/1982 LCC 83–81 NS Dowling Street Stadium N/A 28047 4/07/1982 BB 70–69 CC Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28048 4/07/1982 CG 91–86 ACE Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28049 4/07/1982 BBR 81–117 WAB Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28050 4/07/1982 NF 93–80 SSS Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28051 Round 22 |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 9/07/1982 WW 85–89 LCC Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28052 10/07/1982 ACE 104–103 GC Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28053 10/07/1982 CC 85–75 BB AIS Arena N/A 28054 10/07/1982 SKS 119–87 IH Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28055 10/07/1982 NF 89–71 BBR Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28056 11/07/1982 CG 112–85 LCC Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28057 11/07/1982 WAB 110–81 GC Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28058 11/07/1982 SSS 83–85 BB Alexandria Stadium N/A 28059 11/07/1982 NS 103–73 IH Burwood Stadium N/A 28060 Ladder 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. 1Head-to-Head between Newcastle Falcons and St. Kilda Saints (1-1). Newcastle Falcons won For and Against (+2). Finals 1982 NBL Finals The NBL finals series in 1982 consisted of two semifinal games, and one championship-deciding grand final. All three of these finals games were sudden death. Playoff bracket Semifinals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 16/07/1982 GC 71–59 NS Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28061 16/07/1982 WAB 94–74 CG Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28062 Grand Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=260| Venue !width=70| Crowd !width=70| Box Score 18/07/1982 WAB 80–74 GC Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28063 Awards Statistics leaders Category Player Team Stat Points Reg Biddings Adelaide City Eagles 782 pts / 26 gameshttp://nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com/nbl-all-time-leaders All Time Leaders nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com 25 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170923062541/http://nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com/nbl-all-time-leaders 2017-09-23 dead Rebounds per game George Morrow Newcastle Falcons 15.0 rpg / 26 games Field goal percentage Ian Manson Geelong Cats 64.3% (56/87) Free throw percentage Reg Biddings Adelaide City Eagles 88.3% (182/206) Regular season Most Valuable Player: Al Green (West Adelaide Bearcats) Best Defensive Player: Phil Smyth (St Kilda Saints) Coach of the Year: Cal Bruton (Geelong Cats) All-NBL Team: George Morrow (Newcastle Falcons)http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?All%20NBL%20First%20Team All NBL First Team andthefoul.net dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120918045651/http://andthefoul.net/NBLwiki/index.php?All%20NBL%20First%20Team 18 September 2012 James Crawford (Geelong Cats) Leroy Loggins (West Adelaide Bearcats) Phil Smyth (St Kilda Saints) Larry Sengstock (Brisbane Bullets) References External links 1982 NBL season at nbl.com.au uTL-_W5f3JE 1982 NBL Grand Final highlights 1982 Category:1982 in Australian men's sport Category:1982 in Australian basketball