2004–05 NBL season
2004–05 NBL season | |
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League | National Basketball League |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration |
29 September 2004 – 26 February 2005 1 – 5 March 2005 (Semi-Finals) 11 – 19 March 2005 (Grand Finals) |
Number of teams | 11 |
TV partner(s) | Fox Sports |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Sydney Kings |
Season MVP | Brian Wethers |
Finals | |
Champions | Sydney Kings |
Runners-up | Wollongong Hawks |
Finals MVP | Jason Smith |
The 2004–05 NBL season was the 27th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league, The Victoria Giants has been folded.
Regular season
The home and away season took place over 22 rounds between 29 September 2004 and 26 February 2005 with finals starting 1 March 2005 until 5 March 2005 and grand final on 11-19 March 2005.
Round 1
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
29 September | New Zealand Breakers | 94–106 | Adelaide 36ers | Trusts Stadium | box score | report | |
30 September | Hunter Pirates | 97–105 | Brisbane Bullets | Newcastle Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
1 October | Wollongong Hawks | 96–88 | Melbourne Tigers | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
2 October | Perth Wildcats | 120–97 | West Sydney Razorbacks | Challenge Stadium | box score | report | |
2 October | Melbourne Tigers | 99–96 | Cairns Taipans | State Netball and Hockey Centre | box score | report | |
2 October | Townsville Crocodiles | 114–111 | Adelaide 36ers | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report |
Round 2
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
6 October | Adelaide 36ers | 111–91 | Townsville Crocodiles | Adelaide Arena | box score | report | |
8 October | Hunter Pirates | 95–88 | Melbourne Tigers | Newcastle Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
9 October | Melbourne Tigers | 112–95 | Townsville Crocodiles | State Netball and Hockey Centre | box score | report | |
9 October | Wollongong Hawks | 108–100 | Brisbane Bullets | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
10 October | Perth Wildcats | 110–93 | Cairns Taipans | Challenge Stadium | box score | report | |
10 October | West Sydney Razorbacks | 106–75 | Brisbane Bullets | State Sports Centre | box score | report | |
10 October | New Zealand Breakers | 96–94 | Sydney Kings | Trusts Stadium | box score | report |
Round 3
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
13 October | Hunter Pirates | 72–85 | Perth Wildcats | Newcastle Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
13 October | Sydney Kings | 90–89 | Melbourne Tigers | Sydney Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
15 October | New Zealand Breakers | 92–111 | Wollongong Hawks | North Shore Events Centre | box score | report | |
15 October | Townsville Crocodiles | 101–108 | Perth Wildcats | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
16 October | Adelaide 36ers | 103–101 | Hunter Pirates | Adelaide Arena | box score | report | |
16 October | Brisbane Bullets | 111–113 | West Sydney Razorbacks | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
16 October | Cairns Taipans | 108–100 | Perth Wildcats | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report | |
16 October | Melbourne Tigers | 109–112 | Sydney Kings | State Netball and Hockey Centre | box score | report | |
17 October | Sydney Kings | 120–99 | Brisbane Bullets | Sydney Entertainment Centre | box score | report |
Round 4
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
20 October | Wollongong Hawks | 95–83 | Townsville Crocodiles | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
22 October | Brisbane Bullets | 111–105 | Sydney Kings | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
23 October | Adelaide 36ers | 104–78 | New Zealand Breakers | Adelaide Arena | box score | report | |
23 October | Cairns Taipans | 98–87 | Wollongong Hawks | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report | |
23 October | West Sydney Razorbacks | 97–105 | Melbourne Tigers | State Sports Centre | box score | report | |
24 October | Sydney Kings | 107–94 | Hunter Pirates | Sydney Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
24 October | Townsville Crocodiles | 129–108 | Brisbane Bullets | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report |
Round 5
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
27 October | Perth Wildcats | 99–117 | Wollongong Hawks | Challenge Stadium | box score | report | |
27 October | West Sydney Razorbacks | 87–84 | Cairns Taipans | State Sports Centre | box score | report | |
29 October | New Zealand Breakers | 90–83 | West Sydney Razorbacks | North Shore Events Centre | box score | report | |
29 October | Melbourne Tigers | 97–108 | Brisbane Bullets | State Netball and Hockey Centre | box score | report | |
29 October | Sydney Kings | 98–82 | Cairns Taipans | Sydney Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
30 October | Adelaide 36ers | 110–75 | Cairns Taipans | Adelaide Arena | box score | report | |
30 October | Hunter Pirates | 127–115 | Brisbane Bullets | Newcastle Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
30 October | New Zealand Breakers | 106–97 | West Sydney Razorbacks | Trusts Stadium | box score | report |
Round 6
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
1 November | Perth Wildcats | 117–111 | Townsville Crocodiles | Challenge Stadium | box score | report | |
3 November | Sydney Kings | 122–106 | Adelaide 36ers | Sydney Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
5 November | West Sydney Razorbacks | 88–93 | Brisbane Bullets | State Sports Centre | box score | report | |
5 November | Wollongong Hawks | 99–84 | Cairns Taipans | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
6 November | Townsville Crocodiles | 125–102 | Melbourne Tigers | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
6 November | Perth Wildcats | 108–101 | Adelaide 36ers | Challenge Stadium | box score | report | |
6 November | Brisbane Bullets | 96–105 | Cairns Taipans | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
6 November | Hunter Pirates | 90–81 | Wollongong Hawks | Newcastle Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
6 November | New Zealand Breakers | 94–108 | Sydney Kings | Trusts Stadium | box score | report |
Round 7
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
8 November | Cairns Taipans | 91–107 | Sydney Kings | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report | |
10 November | Wollongong Hawks | 109–83 | New Zealand Breakers | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
13 November | Adelaide 36ers | 102–85 | West Sydney Razorbacks | Adelaide Arena | box score | report | |
13 November | New Zealand Breakers | 95–98 | Brisbane Bullets | North Shore Events Centre | box score | report | |
13 November | Melbourne Tigers | 98–84 | Cairns Taipans | State Netball and Hockey Centre | box score | report | |
13 November | Sydney Kings | 83–90 | Perth Wildcats | Sydney Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
13 November | Townsville Crocodiles | 125–104 | Hunter Pirates | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
14 November | West Sydney Razorbacks | 90–101 | Perth Wildcats | Whitlam Centre | box score | report |
Round 8
Round 9
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
24 November | Brisbane Bullets | 107–98 | Perth Wildcats | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
26 November | Hunter Pirates | 88–95 | Wollongong Hawks | Newcastle Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
26 November | Melbourne Tigers | 103–88 | New Zealand Breakers | State Netball and Hockey Centre | box score | report | |
26 November | West Sydney Razorbacks | 93–76 | Sydney Kings | Sydney Superdome | box score | report | |
26 November | Townsville Crocodiles | 102–111 | Perth Wildcats | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
27 November | Adelaide 36ers | 119–107 | Melbourne Tigers | Adelaide Arena | box score | report | |
27 November | Brisbane Bullets | 118–90 | Hunter Pirates | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
27 November | Cairns Taipans | 82–90 | Perth Wildcats | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report | |
28 November | New Zealand Breakers | 117–108 | Townsville Crocodiles | Trusts Stadium | box score | report |
Round 10
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
1 December | West Sydney Razorbacks | 85–82 | Townsville Crocodiles | Whitlam Centre | box score | report | |
3 December | Wollongong Hawks | 127–94 | New Zealand Breakers | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
4 December | Adelaide 36ers | 108–84 | West Sydney Razorbacks | Adelaide Arena | box score | report | |
4 December | Brisbane Bullets | 86–94 | New Zealand Breakers | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
4 December | Hunter Pirates | 112–94 | Melbourne Tigers | Newcastle Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
4 December | Sydney Kings | 86–76 | Wollongong Hawks | Sydney Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
5 December | Perth Wildcats | 90–97 | Townsville Crocodiles | Challenge Stadium | box score | report |
Round 11
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
8 December | Hunter Pirates | 115–103 | Cairns Taipans | Newcastle Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
10 December | New Zealand Breakers | 106–94 | Hunter Pirates | North Shore Events Centre | box score | report | |
10 December | West Sydney Razorbacks | 114–98 | Adelaide 36ers | State Sports Centre | box score | report | |
10 December | Wollongong Hawks | 89–92 | Perth Wildcats | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
10 December | Townsville Crocodiles | 97–88 | Cairns Taipans | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
11 December | Melbourne Tigers | 119–100 | Perth Wildcats | State Sports Centre | box score | report | |
12 December | Adelaide 36ers | 104–93 | Hunter Pirates | Adelaide Arena | box score | report | |
12 December | Brisbane Bullets | 111–93 | Wollongong Hawks | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
12 December | Cairns Taipans | 100–86 | New Zealand Breakers | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report |
Round 12
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
15 December | West Sydney Razorbacks | 106–96 | Perth Wildcats | State Sports Centre | box score | report | |
16 December | Sydney Kings | 97–96 | Hunter Pirates | Trusts Stadium | box score | report | |
17 December | New Zealand Breakers | 88–89 | Adelaide 36ers | Trusts Stadium | box score | report | |
17 December | Townsville Crocodiles | 97–105 | Wollongong Hawks | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
18 December | Perth Wildcats | 96–82 | West Sydney Razorbacks | Challenge Stadium | box score | report | |
18 December | Brisbane Bullets | 105–106 | Sydney Kings | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
18 December | Cairns Taipans | 80–78 | Wollongong Hawks | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report | |
18 December | Melbourne Tigers | 112–103 | Hunter Pirates | State Netball and Hockey Centre | box score | report | |
19 December | Adelaide 36ers | 107–110 | Townsville Crocodiles | Adelaide Arena | box score | report |
Round 13
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
22 December | Brisbane Bullets | 134–128 | Townsville Crocodiles | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
22 December | Wollongong Hawks | 105–81 | Adelaide 36ers | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
26 December | West Sydney Razorbacks | 98–101 | Melbourne Tigers | State Sports Centre | box score | report |
Round 14
Round 15
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
5 January | Brisbane Bullets | 98–101 | Adelaide 36ers | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
6 January | Melbourne Tigers | 102–83 | Hunter Pirates | State Netball and Hockey Centre | box score | report | |
7 January | New Zealand Breakers | 105–106 | Cairns Taipans | Trusts Stadium | box score | report | |
7 January | Wollongong Hawks | 100–83 | Brisbane Bullets | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
7 January | Townsville Crocodiles | 123–116 | Sydney Kings | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
8 January | Brisbane Bullets | 123–105 | Wollongong Hawks | Adelaide Arena | box score | report | |
8 January | Perth Wildcats | 86–102 | Melbourne Tigers | Challenge Stadium | box score | report | |
8 January | Hunter Pirates | 113–110 | Adelaide 36ers | Newcastle Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
9 January | Cairns Taipans | 76–105 | Sydney Kings | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report | |
9 January | West Sydney Razorbacks | 113–118 | Townsville Crocodiles | Whitlam Centre | box score | report |
Round 16
Round 17
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
21 January | Sydney Kings | 100–93 | Adelaide 36ers | Sydney Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
21 January | New Zealand Breakers | 89–103 | Hunter Pirates | Trusts Stadium | box score | report | |
21 January | Townsville Crocodiles | 119–96 | West Sydney Razorbacks | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
22 January | Brisbane Bullets | 92–91 | Adelaide 36ers | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
22 January | Cairns Taipans | 107–96 | West Sydney Razorbacks | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report | |
22 January | Wollongong Hawks | 80–99 | Melbourne Tigers | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
23 January | Perth Wildcats | 103–88 | Sydney Kings | Challenge Stadium | box score | report | |
23 January | Melbourne Tigers | 98–97 | New Zealand Breakers | State Netball and Hockey Centre | box score | report |
Round 18
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
26 January | Brisbane Bullets | 117–77 | New Zealand Breakers | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
26 January | Adelaide 36ers | 121–107 | Melbourne Tigers | Adelaide Arena | box score | report | |
28 January | Hunter Pirates | 107–96 | New Zealand Breakers | Newcastle Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
28 January | Perth Wildcats | 88–94 | Sydney Kings | Singapore Indoor Stadium | box score | report | |
28 January | Townsville Crocodiles | 122–120 | Brisbane Bullets | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
29 January | Adelaide 36ers | 72–85 | Wollongong Hawks | Adelaide Arena | box score | report | |
29 January | Cairns Taipans | 96–110 | Brisbane Bullets | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report | |
29 January | West Sydney Razorbacks | 92–106 | New Zealand Breakers | Whitlam Centre | box score | report |
Round 19
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
2 February | West Sydney Razorbacks | 103–76 | Hunter Pirates | State Sports Centre | box score | report | |
4 February | Perth Wildcats | 119–106 | Brisbane Bullets | Challenge Stadium | box score | report | |
4 February | Cairns Taipans | 98–96 | Hunter Pirates | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report | |
4 February | Wollongong Hawks | 112–118 | Adelaide 36ers | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
5 February | Melbourne Tigers | 109–93 | West Sydney Razorbacks | State Netball and Hockey Centre | box score | report | |
5 February | Townsville Crocodiles | 133–127 | Hunter Pirates | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
6 February | Adelaide 36ers | 105–100 | Cairns Taipans | Adelaide Arena | box score | report |
Round 20
Round 21
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
16 February | Melbourne Tigers | 101–102 | Perth Wildcats | State Netball and Hockey Centre | box score | report | |
18 February | Perth Wildcats | 129–91 | New Zealand Breakers | Challenge Stadium | box score | report | |
18 February | Hunter Pirates | 127–100 | West Sydney Razorbacks | Newcastle Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
18 February | Wollongong Hawks | 85–77 | Sydney Kings | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
18 February | Brisbane Bullets | 104–91 | Melbourne Tigers | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
19 February | West Sydney Razorbacks | 85–112 | Sydney Kings | State Sports Centre | box score | report | |
19 February | Townsville Crocodiles | 121–95 | Cairns Taipans | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
20 February | Perth Wildcats | 108–97 | New Zealand Breakers | Challenge Stadium | box score | report | |
20 February | Cairns Taipans | 101–99 | Adelaide 36ers | Cairns Convention Centre | box score | report |
Round 22
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
23 February | Brisbane Bullets | 113–99 | Hunter Pirates | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
24 February | Melbourne Tigers | 108–88 | Perth Wildcats | State Netball and Hockey Centre | box score | report | |
25 February | Adelaide 36ers | 110–125 | Brisbane Bullets | Adelaide Arena | box score | report | |
26 February | Townsville Crocodiles | 112–100 | Melbourne Tigers | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report |
Ladder
This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 176 games were played, 32 for each team. The top 4 teams qualified for the finals series.
Team | Pld | Won | Lost | Last 5 | Streak | Home | Away | % Pts | % Won | |
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1 | Sydney Kings | 37 | 26 | 11 | 5-0 | W6 | 16-3 | 10-8 | 107 | 70 |
2 | Wollongong Hawks | 37 | 22 | 15 | 2-3 | L3 | 13-5 | 9-10 | 103 | 59 |
3 | Adelaide 36ers | 33 | 19 | 14 | 3-2 | L2 | 14-3 | 5-11 | 102 | 57 |
4 | Townsville Crocodiles | 35 | 20 | 15 | 3-2 | L2 | 14-4 | 6-11 | 102 | 57 |
5 | Melbourne Tigers | 34 | 18 | 16 | 1-4 | L1 | 13-4 | 5-12 | 100 | 52 |
6 | Brisbane Bullets | 36 | 19 | 17 | 3-2 | L2 | 12-6 | 7-11 | 101 | 52 |
7 | Perth Wildcats | 33 | 17 | 16 | 3-2 | L1 | 9-7 | 8-9 | 101 | 51 |
8 | Hunter Pirates | 33 | 15 | 18 | 3-2 | L2 | 12-4 | 3-14 | 98 | 45 |
9 | West Sydney Razorbacks | 32 | 11 | 21 | 2-3 | L2 | 9-7 | 2-14 | 94 | 34 |
10 | Cairns Taipans | 32 | 11 | 21 | 2-3 | L2 | 9-7 | 2-14 | 94 | 34 |
11 | New Zealand Breakers | 32 | 9 | 23 | 1-4 | L2 | 6-10 | 3-13 | 91 | 28 |
Finals Series
Semi Finals
(best-of-three series)
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
1 March | Sydney Kings | 113–79 | Brisbane Bullets | Sydney Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
2 March | Wollongong Hawks | 100–84 | Townsville Crocodiles | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
4 March | Brisbane Bullets | 105–111 | Sydney Kings | Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre | box score | report | |
5 March | Townsville Crocodiles | 105–109 | Wollongong Hawks | Townsville Entertainment Centre | box score | report |
Grand Final
(best-of-three series)
Date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Crowd | Box Score | Report |
12 March | Sydney Kings | 96–73 | Wollongong Hawks | Sydney Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
14 March | Wollongong Hawks | 80–105 | Sydney Kings | WIN Entertainment Centre | box score | report | |
19 March | Sydney Kings | 112–85 | Wollongong Hawks | Sydney Entertainment Centre | box score | report |
Awards
- NBL Most Valuable Player: Brian Wethers (Hunter Pirates)
- Larry Sengstock Medal (GF MVP): Jason Smith (Sydney Kings)
- NBL Coach of the Year: Adrian Hurley (Hunter Pirates)
- NBL Best Defensive Player: Darnell Mee (Wollongong Hawks)
- NBL Rookie of the Year: Brad Newley (Townsville Crocodiles)
- NBL Most Improved Player: Peter Crawford (Perth Wildcats)
- NBL Best Sixth Man: Brad Newley (Townsville Crocodiles)
All NBL Team
# | Player | Team |
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PG | Darnell Mee | Wollongong Hawks |
SG | Jason Smith | Sydney Kings |
SF | Brian Wethers | Hunter Pirates |
PF | Chris Burgess | Cairns Taipans |
C | Mark Bradtke | Melbourne Tigers |
Player of the month
- October: Jason Smith (Sydney Kings)
- November: John Rillie (Townsville Crocodiles)
- December: Darnell Mee (Wollongong Hawks)
- January: John Rillie (Townsville Crocodiles)
- February: Kavossy Franklin (Sydney Kings)
Coach of the month
- October: Scott Fisher (Perth Wildcats)
- November: Joey Wright (Brisbane Bullets)
- December: Brian Goorjian (Sydney Kings)
- January: Ian Stacker (Townsville Crocodiles)
- February: Ian Stacker (Townsville Crocodiles)