1985 NBL season

April 2022 March 2026 February 2019 1985 NBL season National Basketball League Basketball NBL logo (1985).png 200px 12 April – 24 August 198531 August 1985 (semi-finals)7 September 1985 (Grand Final) 14 ABC Regular season Brisbane Bullets Kendal Pinder (Sydney) List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders Ray Borner (Coburg) NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player Finals 1985 NBL Finals Brisbane Bullets (1st title) Adelaide 36ers List of NBL seasons NBL 1984 NBL season 1984 1986 NBL season 1986 The 1985 NBL season was the seventh season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contested the league. Regular season The 1985 regular season took place over 18 rounds between 12 April 1985 and 18 August 1985. 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 12/04/1985 PW 100–93 BB Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28612 12/04/1985 SSS 88–108 CC State Sports Centre N/A 28613 13/04/1985 A36 90–88 BB Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28614 13/04/1985 HD 96–109 CG Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28615 13/04/1985 GC 128–91 MT Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28616 13/04/1985 NS 109–96 BBR Burwood Stadium N/A 28617 13/04/1985 CC 93–94 SKS AIS Arena N/A 28618 13/04/1985 NF 121–102 SSS Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28619 14/04/1985 MT 87–89 BB Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28620 14/04/1985 SKS 95–120 CG Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28621 14/04/1985 IH 112–116 SSS Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28622 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 19/04/1985 PW 117–94 MT Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28623 19/04/1985 GC 109–125 A36 Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28624 19/04/1985 IH 111–110 BB Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28625 19/04/1985 BBR 89–92 CC State Sports Centre N/A 28626 20/04/1985 HD 106–139 GC Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28627 20/04/1985 CC 92–93 NS AIS Arena N/A 28628 20/04/1985 SSS 116–106 CG State Sports Centre N/A 28629 20/04/1985 NF 74–104 BB Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28630 21/04/1985 A36 116–82 MT Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28631 21/04/1985 CG 89–86 NS Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 28632 21/04/1985 SKS 96–107 GC Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 28633 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 26/04/1985 IH 96–100 PW Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28636 26/04/1985 HD 94–91 SKS Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28634 26/04/1985 SSS 114–113 A36 State Sports Centre N/A 28635 27/04/1985 CC 119–73 IH AIS Arena N/A 38639 27/04/1985 MT 88–118 CG Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28637 27/04/1985 BB 118–97 A36 Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28643 27/04/1985 NS 85–79 SKS Burwood Stadium N/A 28638 27/04/1985 NF 115–107 PW Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28640 27/04/1985 BBR 107–103 GC State Sports Centre N/A 28641 28/04/1985 CG 124–108 A36 Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28645 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 3/05/1985 PW 112–94 BBR Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28647 3/05/1985 HD 89–93 NF Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28649 3/05/1985 CG 106–114 CC Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28651 3/05/1985 SSS 97–125 BB State Sports Centre N/A 28653 4/05/1985 A36 117–110 BBR Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28655 4/05/1985 GC 87–89 CC Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28656 4/05/1985 NS 89–107 NF Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28658 4/05/1985 BB 117–71 MT Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28660 5/05/1985 MT 68–76 CC Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28662 5/05/1985 SKS 130–129 NF Swan Hill Stadium N/A 28664 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 10/05/1985 MT 63–111 SSS Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28666 10/05/1985 IH 93–94 CC Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28668 11/05/1985 A36 114–96 PW Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28670 11/05/1985 GC 116–91 CG Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28672 11/05/1985 NS 122–105 SSS Burwood Stadium N/A 28674 11/05/1985 NF 119–102 HD Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28676 11/05/1985 BB 72–82 CC Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 28678 12/05/1985 SKS 112–106 SSS Ballarat Stadium N/A 28680 12/05/1985 CG 123–110 PW Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28716 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 17/05/1985 PW 81–87 NS Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28717 17/05/1985 HD 93–127 BB Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28718 17/05/1985 SSS 100–118 GC State Sports Centre N/A 28719 17/05/1985 IH 103–95 BBR Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28720 17/05/1985 NF 114–105 CG Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28721 18/05/1985 A36 111–93 NS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28722 18/05/1985 GC 107–91 BBR Ballarat Stadium N/A 28723 18/05/1985 MT 97–88 HD Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28724 18/05/1985 CC 99–104 CG AIS Arena N/A 28725 19/05/1985 SKS 96–124 BB Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28726 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 24/05/1985 SKS 105–102 PW Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28727 24/05/1985 CC 92–109 A36 AIS Arena N/A 28728 24/05/1985 SSS 89–91 NS State Sports Centre N/A 28729 24/05/1985 NF 107–99 BBR Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28730 25/05/1985 HD 104–116 PW Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28731 25/05/1985 BBR 88–105 A36 State Sports Centre N/A 28732 25/05/1985 BB 91–77 NS Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 28733 25/05/1985 GC 123–92 IH Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28734 26/05/1985 CG 134–96 IH Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28735 26/05/1985 MT 102–123 PW Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28736 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 31/05/1985 PW 106–99 GC Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28737 31/05/1985 SSS 97–91 SKS State Sports Centre N/A 28738 31/05/1985 IH 106–103 CG Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28739 1/06/1985 A36 88–92 GC Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28740 1/06/1985 NS 114–79 HD Burwood Stadium N/A 28741 1/06/1985 CC 125–75 MT AIS Arena N/A 28742 1/06/1985 NF 138–101 SKS Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28743 1/06/1985 BBR 95–101 IH State Sports Centre N/A 28744 1/06/1985 BB 112–89 CG Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 28745 2/06/1985 GC 108–91 HD Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28746 2/06/1985 CG 125–76 MT Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28747 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 7/06/1985 PW 133–113 HD Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28748 7/06/1985 SSS 91–113 NF State Sports Centre N/A 28749 8/06/1985 A36 116–73 HD Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28750 8/06/1985 GC 95–138 BB Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28751 8/06/1985 CC 98–95 BBR AIS Arena N/A 28752 8/06/1985 IH 124–139 NF Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28753 9/06/1985 MT 104–97 NF Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28754 9/06/1985 CG 144–115 BBR Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28755 9/06/1985 SKS 132–106 HD Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28756 9/06/1985 NS 86–81 BB Burwood Stadium N/A 28757 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 14/06/1985 PW 109–120 CG Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28758 14/06/1985 IH 109–86 MT Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28759 14/06/1985 BBR 105–99 SSS State Sports Centre N/A 28760 15/06/1985 A36 116–120 CG Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28761 15/06/1985 HD 98–117 CC Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28762 15/06/1985 NS 113–94 PW Burwood Stadium N/A 28763 15/06/1985 NF 119–89 MT Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28764 15/06/1985 BB 111–102 SSS Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 28765 16/06/1985 GC 144–122 PW Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28816 16/06/1985 SKS 99–114 CC Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28817 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 18/06/1985 CC 112–94 HD AIS Arena N/A 28818 21/06/1985 PW 90–91 CC Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28819 21/06/1985 IH 90–121 GC Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28820 21/06/1985 BBR 108–113 NF State Sports Centre N/A 28821 22/06/1985 A36 123–105 CC Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28822 22/06/1985 SSS 136–102 HD State Sports Centre N/A 28823 22/06/1985 NF 115–99 GC Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28824 22/06/1985 BB 141–79 IH Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 28825 22/06/1985 MT 73–107 NS Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28826 23/06/1985 CG 121–117 HD Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28827 23/06/1985 SKS 114–99 NS Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28828 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 5/07/1985 PW 107–120 NF Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28829 5/07/1985 GC 134–82 SSS Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28830 6/07/1985 A36 143–106 NF Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28831 6/07/1985 HD 106–105 SSS Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28832 6/07/1985 NS 106–82 CG Burwood Stadium N/A 28833 6/07/1985 MT 105–116 BBR Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28834 6/07/1985 CC 109–100 GC AIS Arena N/A 28835 6/07/1985 BB 97–95 SKS Auchenflower Stadium N/A 28836 7/07/1985 CG 144–102 SSS Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28837 14/07/1985 IH 108–96 SKS Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28846 17/07/1985 BBR 94–96 SKS State Sports Centre N/A 28848 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 10/07/1985 NS 88–89 CC Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 28838 10/07/1985 CG 112–118 GC Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 28839 12/07/1985 SKS 112–144 A36 Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28840 12/07/1985 BBR 91–98 PW State Sports Centre N/A 28841 13/07/1985 HD 86–151 A36 Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28842 13/07/1985 SSS 106–125 IH State Sports Centre N/A 28843 13/07/1985 NF 96–99 CC Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28844 13/07/1985 BB 135–85 PW Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 28845 14/07/1985 MT 88–109 A36 Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28847 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 17/07/1985 NS 91–86 GC Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 28849 17/07/1985 CG 113–107 NF Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 28850 19/07/1985 PW 128–113 IH Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28851 19/07/1985 CC 114–102 NF AIS Arena N/A 28852 19/07/1985 BBR 94–95 MT State Sports Centre N/A 28853 20/07/1985 A36 156–81 IH Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28854 20/07/1985 HD 71–96 NS Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28855 20/07/1985 SSS 145–106 MT State Sports Centre N/A 28856 20/07/1985 BB 110–96 GC Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 28857 21/07/1985 SKS 92–93 IH Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28858 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 26/07/1985 HD 106–113 MT Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28859 26/07/1985 SSS 138–112 PW State Sports Centre N/A 28860 26/07/1985 IH 113–128 A36 Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28861 27/07/1985 GC 115–106 SKS Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28862 27/07/1985 NS 104–83 MT Burwood Stadium N/A 28863 27/07/1985 CC 112–90 PW AIS Arena N/A 28864 27/07/1985 NF 121–139 A36 Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28865 27/07/1985 BB 90–63 BBR Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 28906 28/07/1985 SKS 109–92 MT Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28907 28/07/1985 BBR 89–96 NS State Sports Centre N/A 28908 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 2/08/1985 PW 110–95 SKS Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28909 2/08/1985 IH 130–104 HD Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28910 2/08/1985 BBR 97–113 CG State Sports Centre N/A 28911 3/08/1985 A36 144–109 SKS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28912 3/08/1985 GC 98–99 NS Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28913 3/08/1985 CC 107–110 SSS AIS Arena N/A 28914 3/08/1985 NF 112–110 IH Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28915 3/08/1985 BB 132–96 HD Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 28916 4/08/1985 MT 122–107 IH Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28917 4/08/1985 NS 111–127 A36 Burwood Stadium N/A 28918 4/08/1985 BBR 125–87 HD State Sports Centre N/A 28919 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 9/08/1985 PW 142–122 SSS Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28920 9/08/1985 IH 109–111 NS Beaton Park Stadium N/A 28921 9/08/1985 BBR 86–95 BB State Sports Centre N/A 28922 10/08/1985 A36 155–136 SSS Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28923 10/08/1985 HD 101–108 BBR Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28924 10/08/1985 MT 111–118 GC Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28925 10/08/1985 NF 76–94 NS Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A 28926 11/08/1985 CG 121–106 BB Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28927 11/08/1985 SKS 119–87 BBR Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28928 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 16/08/1985 PW 126–111 A36 Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A 28929 16/08/1985 GC 111–116 NF Corio Leisure Centre N/A 28930 16/08/1985 SSS 89–90 BBR State Sports Centre N/A 28931 16/08/1985 CC 65–103 BB AIS Arena N/A 28932 17/08/1985 HD 117–119 IH Kingsborough Sports Centre N/A 28933 17/08/1985 MT 101–130 SKS Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A 28934 17/08/1985 BB 123–95 NF Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 28935 18/08/1985 NS 127–97 IH Burwood Stadium N/A 28936 18/08/1985 CG 111–105 SKS Ken Watson Stadium N/A 28937 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 Brisbane Bullets and Adelaide 36ers (1-1). Brisbane Bullets won For and Against (+19). 2Head-to-Head between Nunawading Spectres and Canberra Cannons (1-1) & For and Against (0). Nunawading Spectres won Overall Points Percentage (+0.90%). 3Illawarra Hawks won Head-to-Head (2-0). Finals 1985 NBL Finals Playoff bracket There were two Elimination Finals, two Semifinals, and then one Grand Final. All three of these finals were sudden death. The top two teams of the regular season, the Brisbane Bullets and Adelaide 36ers, automatically qualified to host their respective Semifinals. Elimination Finals |- 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 24/08/1985 CC 110–87 CG AIS Arena N/A 28938 24/08/1985 NS 97–103 NF Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Centre N/A 28939 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 31/08/1985 BB 93–76 CC Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 28940 31/08/1985 A36 151–103 NF Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A 28941 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 7/09/1985 BB 121–95 A36 Sleeman Sports Centre N/A 28942 1985 NBL statistics leaders + Category Player Team Stat Points per game Kendal Pinder Sydney Supersonics 33.5https://spatialjam.com/nbl-historical-stats/ NBL Historical Stats Rebounds per game Kendal Pinder Sydney Supersonics 17.8 Assists per game Gordie McLeod Illawarra Hawks 10.2 Steals per game Leroy Loggins Brisbane Bullets 3.7 Blocks per game Andy Campbell Canberra Cannons 3.5 Free throw percentage Jim Slacke Illawarra Hawks 87.2% NBL awards Most Valuable Player: Ray Borner, Coburg Giants Rookie of the Year: Mike McKay, Adelaide 36ers Coach of the Year: Bob Turner, Canberra Cannons All NBL Team #PlayerTeam PG Phil Smyth Canberra Cannons SG Al Green Adelaide 36ers SF Leroy Loggins Brisbane Bullets PF Kendal PinderAll-NBL TeamJuly 2019 Sydney Supersonics C Ray Borner Coburg Giants References 1985 Category:1985 in Australian men's sport Category:1985 in Australian basketball