1983 NBL season

April 2022 March 2026 1983 NBL season National Basketball League Basketball 10 February – 18 June 1983 (Regular season)23 June – 4 July 1983 (Finals) 22 16 ABC Regular season Sydney Supersonics (Eastern)Geelong Cats (Western) Mike Jones (Illawarra) List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders Owen Wells (Sydney) NBL Most Valuable Player Award Finals 1983 NBL Finals Canberra Cannons (1st title) West Adelaide Bearcats List of NBL seasons NBL 1982 NBL season 1982 1984 NBL season 1984 The 1983 NBL season was the fifth season of the National Basketball League (NBL). The regular season began on 10 February and ended on 18 June. The finals began on 23 June with the divisional finals before concluding on 4 July with the NBL Grand Final. Regular season The 1983 regular season took place over 18 rounds between 10 February 1983 and 18 June 1983. Each team played 22 games, against every opponent in their own division twice and against every opponent in the other division once. 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 10/02/1983 SKS 84–75 FB Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28064 12/02/1983 WW 76–93 FB Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28065 12/02/1983 HD 85–40 DW Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28066 12/02/1983 CC 107–86 A36 AIS Arena N/A 28067 12/02/1983 NF 113–95 IH Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28068 12/02/1983 WAB 107–75 BB Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28069 13/02/1983 NS 114–52 DW Burwood Stadium N/A 28070 13/02/1983 BBR 90–81 A36 State Sports Centre N/A 28071 13/02/1983 SSS 89–71 IH Alexandria Stadium N/A 28072 13/02/1983 CG 73–70 BB Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28073 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 18/02/1983 WW 76–79 BBR Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28074 19/02/1983 BB 59–57 A36 Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28075 19/02/1983 CG 81–78 SSS Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28076 19/02/1983 DW 82–83 GC Devonport Stadium N/A 28077 19/02/1983 HD 87–105 CC Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28078 20/02/1983 NS 72–66 CC Burwood Stadium N/A 28079 20/02/1983 IH 87–90 A36 Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28080 20/02/1983 WAB 78–71 SSS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28081 20/02/1983 FB 82–86 GC Frankston Stadium N/A 28082 20/02/1983 SKS 79–70 BBR Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28083 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 25/02/1983 WW 104–94 HD Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28084 26/02/1983 DW 71–88 NF Devonport Stadium N/A 28085 26/02/1983 A36 99–103 CG Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28086 26/02/1983 CC 103–82 WAB AIS Arena N/A 28087 27/02/1983 SKS 84–83 HD Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28088 27/02/1983 BB 53–54 SSS Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28089 27/02/1983 FB 95–92 NF Frankston Stadium N/A 28090 27/02/1983 GC 77–70 CG Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28091 27/02/1983 BBR 80–95 WAB Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28092 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 5/03/1983 IH 71–91 SSS Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28093 5/03/1983 NF 113–75 HD Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28094 5/03/1983 DW 71–95 BB Devonport Stadium N/A 28095 5/03/1983 WAB 82–83 NS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28096 5/03/1983 GC 80–74 WW Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28097 5/03/1983 CC 111–103 SKS AIS Arena N/A 28098 6/03/1983 SSS 84–74 HD Alexandria Stadium N/A 28099 6/03/1983 FB 73–69 BB Frankston Stadium N/A 28100 6/03/1983 CG 76–77 NS Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28101 6/03/1983 A36 102–91 WW Forestville Stadium N/A 28102 6/03/1983 BBR 82–79 SKS Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28103 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 11/03/1983 WW 85–84 IH Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28104 12/03/1983 HD 70–71 BB Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28105 12/03/1983 NF 89–86 FB Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28106 12/03/1983 CG 102–76 DW Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28107 12/03/1983 A36 93–92 CC Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28108 13/03/1983 NS 87–72 BB Burwood Stadium N/A 28109 13/03/1983 SKS 99–81 IH Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28110 13/03/1983 SSS 93–83 FB Alexandria Stadium N/A 28111 13/03/1983 WAB 101–53 DW Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28112 13/03/1983 GC 68–67 CC Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28113 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 18/03/1983 WW 83–88 GC Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28114 19/03/1983 NF 94–98 WAB Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28115 19/03/1983 NS 111–68 A36 Burwood Stadium N/A 28116 19/03/1983 DW 80–93 CC Devonport Stadium N/A 28117 19/03/1983 IH 71–82 BBR Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28118 20/03/1983 HD 85–103 A36 Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28119 20/03/1983 SSS 97–73 WAB Alexandria Stadium N/A 28120 20/03/1983 SKS 79–98 GC Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28121 20/03/1983 FB 69–89 CC Frankston Stadium N/A 28122 20/03/1983 BB 70–66 BBR Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28123 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 25/03/1983 BBR 70–77 SSS Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28124 26/03/1983 HD 84–107 SKS Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28125 26/03/1983 CC 64–88 SSS AIS Arena N/A 28126 26/03/1983 A36 114–95 NF Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28127 26/03/1983 DW 71–88 CG Devonport Stadium N/A 28128 26/03/1983 IH 109–126 WAB Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28129 27/03/1983 NS 80–81 SKS Burwood Stadium N/A 28130 27/03/1983 GC 83–86 NF Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28131 27/03/1983 FB 72–84 CG Frankston Stadium N/A 28132 27/03/1983 BB 79–81 WAB Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28133 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 8/04/1983 A36 95–93 NS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28134 9/04/1983 CC 107–71 HD AIS Arena N/A 28135 9/04/1983 IH 102–100 DW Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28136 9/04/1983 GC 84–68 NS Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28137 9/04/1983 CG 115–98 WW Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28138 9/04/1983 NF 113–95 SKS Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28139 10/04/1983 BBR 86–73 HD Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28140 10/04/1983 BB 104–75 DW Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28141 10/04/1983 WAB 115–94 WW Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28142 10/04/1983 SSS 93–82 SKS Alexandria Stadium N/A 28143 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 16/04/1983 NF 88–100 SSS Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28145 16/04/1983 WAB 100–91 CG Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28146 16/04/1983 DW 75–92 FB Devonport Stadium N/A 28147 16/04/1983 GC 95–88 A36 Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28148 16/04/1983 HD 81–73 NS Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28149 16/04/1983 BBR 81–87 CC Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28150 17/04/1983 BB 87–86 IH Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28151 17/04/1983 SKS 96–91 A36 Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28152 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 22/04/1983 WW 105–87 DW Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28153 23/04/1983 NF 92–90 BB Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28154 23/04/1983 WAB 116–102 IH Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28155 23/04/1983 NS 85–62 FB Burwood Stadium N/A 28156 23/04/1983 CC 102–91 GC AIS Arena N/A 28157 24/04/1983 HD 80–88 FB Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28158 24/04/1983 SSS 98–74 BB Alexandria Stadium N/A 28159 24/04/1983 CG 109–92 IH Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28160 24/04/1983 SKS 97–86 DW Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28161 24/04/1983 BBR 74–69 GC Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28162 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 29/04/1983 WW 65–102 CC Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28163 30/04/1983 HD 72–73 BBR Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28164 30/04/1983 WAB 113–99 NF Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28165 30/04/1983 IH 95–115 GC Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28166 30/04/1983 DW 85–99 A36 Devonport Stadium N/A 28167 1/05/1983 NS 93–73 BBR Burwood Stadium N/A 28168 1/05/1983 SKS 69–67 CC Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28169 1/05/1983 CG 116–100 NF Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28170 1/05/1983 BB 58–79 GC Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28171 1/05/1983 FB 82–83 A36 Frankston Stadium N/A 28172 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 6/05/1983 WW 91–99 NS Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28173 7/05/1983 IH 101–106 NF Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28174 7/05/1983 CC 105–85 CG AIS Arena N/A 28175 7/05/1983 WAB 98–94 FB Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28176 7/05/1983 DW 71–86 SSS Devonport Stadium N/A 28177 8/05/1983 FB 79–89 SSS Frankston Stadium N/A 28178 8/05/1983 BB 86–95 NF Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28179 8/05/1983 BBR 73–74 CG Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28180 8/05/1983 GC 100–81 WAB Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28181 8/05/1983 SKS 84–91 NS Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28182 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 15/04/1983 DW 79–76 IH Devonport Stadium N/A 28144 14/05/1983 FB 108–78 IH Frankston Stadium N/A 28183 14/05/1983 CG 103–81 HD Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28184 14/05/1983 NF 89–90 NS Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28185 14/05/1983 CC 117–84 WW AIS Arena N/A 28186 14/05/1983 A36 94–93 SKS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28187 15/05/1983 WAB 121–62 HD Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28188 15/05/1983 SSS 89–74 NS Alexandria Stadium N/A 28189 15/05/1983 BBR 97–85 WW Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28190 15/05/1983 GC 77–79 SKS Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28191 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 20/05/1983 WW 83–82 BB Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28192 21/05/1983 NS 85–81 IH Burwood Stadium N/A 28193 21/05/1983 NF 97–94 DW Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28194 21/05/1983 GC 78–68 BBR Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28195 22/05/1983 HD 79–89 IH Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28196 22/05/1983 SKS 80–83 BB Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28197 22/05/1983 SSS 101–86 DW Alexandria Stadium N/A 28198 22/05/1983 CG 84–78 FB Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28199 22/05/1983 A36 79–80 BBR Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28200 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 27/05/1983 WW 107–83 A36 Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28201 28/05/1983 NF 103–93 CG Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28202 28/05/1983 HD 72–85 GC Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28203 28/05/1983 IH 87–93 CC Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28204 28/05/1983 FB 70–81 BBR Frankston Stadium N/A 28205 29/05/1983 NS 91–100 GC Burwood Stadium N/A 28206 29/05/1983 SSS 93–84 CG Alexandria Stadium N/A 28207 29/05/1983 A36 96–93 WAB Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28208 29/05/1983 BB 71–92 CC Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28209 29/05/1983 DW 58–78 BBR Devonport Stadium N/A 28210 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 3/06/1983 HD 96–102 WW Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28211 4/06/1983 A36 83–101 SSS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28212 4/06/1983 CC 107–87 NF AIS Arena N/A 28213 4/06/1983 IH 89–88 CG Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28214 4/06/1983 FB 85–92 WAB Frankston Stadium N/A 28215 4/06/1983 NS 103–74 WW Burwood Stadium N/A 28216 5/06/1983 GC 101–73 SSS Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28217 5/06/1983 BBR 90–91 NF Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28218 5/06/1983 BB 100–75 CG Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28219 5/06/1983 DW 106–108 WAB Devonport Stadium N/A 28220 5/06/1983 SKS 104–84 WW Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28221 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 11/06/1983 IH 92–90 FB Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28222 11/06/1983 GC 110–74 HD Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28223 11/06/1983 CC 85–86 NS AIS Arena N/A 28224 11/06/1983 NF 132–92 WW Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28225 11/06/1983 WAB 117–112 SKS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28226 12/06/1983 BB 88–79 FB Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28227 12/06/1983 A36 128–96 HD Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28228 12/06/1983 BBR 92–83 NS Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A 28229 12/06/1983 SSS 119–89 WW Alexandria Stadium N/A 28230 12/06/1983 CG 95–85 SKS Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28231 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 18/06/1983 IH 90–98 BB Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28232 18/06/1983 SSS 92–81 NF Alexandria Stadium N/A 28233 18/06/1983 CG 87–103 WAB Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28234 18/06/1983 FB 74–76 DW Frankston Stadium N/A 28235 18/06/1983 A36 90–106 GC Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28236 18/06/1983 WW 87–100 SKS Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28237 18/06/1983 CC 88–72 BBR AIS Arena N/A 28238 18/06/1983 NS 126–83 HD Burwood Stadium N/A 28239 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 Coburg Giants and Newcastle Falcons (1-1). Coburg Giants won For and Against (+6). 2Head-to-Head between St. Kilda Saints and Bankstown Bruins (1-1). St. Kilda Saints won For and Against (+6). Finals 1983 NBL Finals The NBL finals series in 1983 consisted of the divisional finals (which was a round-robin fixture for the top eight teams), two semifinal games, and one championship-deciding grand final. Round Robin (East) |- 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 23/06/1983 CG 79–80 SSS Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28240 24/06/1983 WAB 93–86 NF Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28242 25/06/1983 NF 87–101 CG Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28246 25/06/1983 SSS 78–91 WAB Liverpool Stadium N/A 28247 26/06/1983 SSS 101–94 Liverpool Stadium N/A NF 28249 26/06/1983 CG 105–104 Liverpool Stadium N/A WAB 28251 main WL n complete BSR websites.sportstg.com/ points wins QU QU ELIM ELIM WAB 2 1 288 269 West Adelaide Bearcats COB 2 1 285 271 Coburg Giants SYD 2 1 259 264 Sydney Supersonics NEW 0 3 267 295 Newcastle Falcons Q green1 Qualification to Semifinals red1 Eliminated Round Robin (West) |- 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 24/06/1983 SKS 94–95 GC Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28241 24/06/1983 CC 89–81 NS AIS Arena N/A 28243 25/06/1983 GC 81–86 CC Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28244 25/06/1983 NS 109–75 SKS Burwood Stadium N/A 28245 26/06/1983 NS 107–74 GC Kilsyth Stadium N/A 28248 26/06/1983 CC 104–85 SKS Kilsyth Stadium N/A 28250 main WL n complete BSR websites.sportstg.com/ points wins QU QU ELIM ELIM CBR 3 0 279 247 Canberra Cannons NUN 2 1 297 238 Nunawading Spectres GEE 1 2 250 287 Geelong Cats STK 0 3 254 308 St. Kilda Saints Q green1 Qualification to Semifinals red1 Eliminated Round Robin results Each of the top eight teams played in a three-game round robin fixture between 23 June and 26 June. The result were as follows:http://websites.sportstg.com/comp_info.cgi?round=19&a=ROUND&client=0-189-0-125724-0&pool=-1 Results for NBL 1983 – Round 19 SportsTG.com 25 September 2017 Results Team Record Pointsdifferential Semi-finalsseed Canberra Cannons 3–0 +32 #1 Nunawading Spectres 2–1 +59 #2 West Adelaide Bearcats 2–1 +19 #3 Coburg Giants 2–1 +14 #4 Sydney Supersonics 2–1 -5 Eliminated Geelong Cats 1–2 -37 Eliminated Newcastle Falcons 0–3 -28 Eliminated St. Kilda Saints 0–3 -54 Eliminated 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 1/07/1983 NS 77–84 WAB Burwood Stadium N/A 28252 1/07/1983 CC 80–75 CG Kilsyth Stadium Stadium N/A 28253 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 4/07/1983 CC 75–73 WAB Kilsyth Stadium N/A 28254 Awards Statistics leaders Category Player Team Stat Points Mike Jones Illawarra Hawks 679 pts / 22 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 15.6 rpg / 25 games Steals Phil Smyth Canberra Cannons 67 / 22 games Blocks James Crawford Geelong Cats 69 / 22 games Field goal percentage Mike Slusher St Kilda Saints 64.8% (96/148) Free throw percentage Michael Johnson Newcastle Falcons 91.8% (34/37) Regular season Most Valuable Player: Owen Wells (Sydney Supersonics) Rookie of the Year: Jaime Kennedy (Canberra Cannons) Best Defensive Player: Phil Smyth (Canberra Cannons) Coach of the Year: Robbie Cadee (Bankstown Bruins) All-NBL Team: Leroy Loggins (West Adelaide Bearcats)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) George Morrow (Newcastle Falcons) Phil Smyth (Canberra Cannons) Cal Bruton (Geelong Cats) References 1983 Category:1983 in Australian men's sport Category:1983 in Australian basketball