1983 NBL Finals

June 2020 June 2020 June 2020 1983 NBL Finals National Basketball League Basketball 23 June – 4 July 8 ABC Grand Final Canberra Cannons West Adelaide Bearcats Not awarded NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award 1982 NBL Finals 1982 1984 NBL Finals 1984 The 1983 NBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball League's 1983 season, which began in February. The finals began on 23 June. The tournament concluded with the Canberra Cannons defeating the West Adelaide Bearcats in the NBL Grand Final on 4 July. Format 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. The finals were contested between the top eight teams of the regular season, with the final four weekend split between two Melbourne venues – Burwood Stadium and Kilsyth Stadium. Qualification Qualified teams Team Division Finalsappearance Previousappearance Previous bestperformance Sydney Supersonics Eastern 1st N/A N/A Geelong Cats Western 2nd 1982 Runner-up (1982) West Adelaide Bearcats Eastern 4th 1982 Champions (1982) Canberra Cannons Western 1st N/A N/A(1979 Grand Finalist) Nunawading Spectres Western 4th 1982 Runner-up (1981) Coburg Giants Eastern 2nd 1982 Semi-finalist (1982) Newcastle Falcons Eastern 1st N/A N/A St Kilda Saints Western 2nd 1980 Champions (1980) 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. Divisional Finals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=70| Box Score 23/06/1983 CG 79–80 SSS 28240 24/06/1983 SKS 94–95 GC 28241 24/06/1983 WAB 93–86 NF 28242 24/06/1983 CC 89–81 NS 28243 25/06/1983 GC 81–86 CC 28244 25/06/1983 NS 109–75 SKS 28245 25/06/1983 NF 87–101 CG 28246 25/06/1983 SSS 78–91 WAB 28247 26/06/1983 NS 107–74 GC 28248 26/06/1983 SSS 101–94 NF 28249 26/06/1983 CC 104–85 SKS 28250 26/06/1983 CG 105–104 WAB 28251 Round Robin (East) main WL n complete BSR websites.sportstg.com/ points wins QU QU 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 79–80 93–86 78–91 87–101 101–94 105–104 Q green1 Qualification to semifinals Round Robin (West) main WL n complete BSR websites.sportstg.com/ points wins QU QU 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 89–81 94–95 109–75 81–86 107–74 104–85 Q green1 Qualification to semifinals Results Team Record Pointsdifferential Semi-finalsseed Sydney Supersonics 2–1 -5 N/A Geelong Cats 1–2 -37 N/A West Adelaide Bearcats 2–1 +19 #3 Canberra Cannons 3–0 +32 #1 Nunawading Spectres 2–1 +59 #2 Coburg Giants 2–1 +14 #4 Newcastle Falcons 0–3 -28 N/A St. Kilda Saints 0–3 -54 N/A Playoff bracket Semifinals |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=70| Box Score 1/07/1983 NS 77–84 WAB 28252 1/07/1983 CC 80–75 CG 28253 Grand Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" font size=1 !width=90| Date !width=180| Home !width=60| Score !width=180| Away !width=70| Box Score 4/07/1983 CC 75–73 WAB 28254 See also 1983 NBL season References Finals Category:National Basketball League (Australia) Finals