1979 NBL Season

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Here are the results and statistics from the National Basketball League (Australia) season of 1979.

Contents 1 End of Season Ladder 2 Final 3 Awards 4 Stats 4.1 Points Per Game 4.2 Field Goal % 4.3 Foul Shot %

[edit] End of Season Ladder

This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 90 games were played, 18 for each team. The top two teams then went on to play a sudden death Grand Final.

	Team	Played	Won	Lost	%	Won %
1	St. Kilda Saints	18	15	3	118	83
2	Canberra Cannons	18	13	5	104	72
3	Nunawading Spectres	18	13	5	107	72
4	West Adelaide Bearcats	18	12	6	109	67
5	Brisbane Bullets	18	10	8	100	57
6	Newcastle Falcons	18	8	10	98	44
7	City of Sydney Astronauts	18	8	10	95	44
8	Illawarra Hawks	18	5	13	95	28
9	Bankstown Bruins	18	3	15	91	17
10	Glenelg Tigers	18	3	15	88	17

[edit] Final

There was only one final played in this season, and it was contested by the Top 2 teams.

St. Kilda Saints 94 to Canberra Cannons 93

[edit] Awards

The MVP was awarded to Ken Richardson of the West Adelaide Bearcats.

The Grand Final MVP was awarded to Larry Sengstock of the St. Kilda Saints.

[edit] Stats

[edit] Points Per Game

1. Calvin Bruton - 33.2 PPG (18 games for the Bullets)
2. Ken Richardson - 26.2 PPG (18 games for the Bearcats)
3. Dave Ankeney - 26.1 PPG (18 games for the Falcons)
4. Jim Slacke - 23.8 PPG (18 games for the Hawks)
5. Cal Stamp - 23.3 PPG (18 games for the Cannons)

[edit] Field Goal %

1. Dave Ankeney - 50.0% (18 games for the Falcons) (165/330)
2. Dan Riley - 50.0% (18 games for the Falcons) (146/292)
3. Glen Ryan - 50.0% (17 games for the Falcons) (63/126)
4. Darrell Corcoran - 50.0% (18 games for the Westars) (66/132)
5. Richard Dunphy - 50.0% (16 games for the Westars) (109/218)

[edit] Foul Shot %

1. Jim Slacke - 80.8% (63/78)
2. David Leslie - 80.6% (54/67)
3. David Symth - 78.7% (48/61)
4. Calvin Bruton - 78.5% (113/144)
5. Gary Fox - 77.8% (49/63)

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