1999–2000 NBL season

1999–2000 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	2 October 1999 – 11 March 2000 15 March 2000 – 3 April 2000 (Finals) 7 – 12 April 2000 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ABC Fox Sports
Regular season
Top seed	Perth Wildcats
Season MVP	Paul Rogers
Finals
Champions	Perth Wildcats
Runners-up	Victoria Titans
Finals MVP	Marcus Timmons

The 1999–2000 NBL season was the 22nd season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league. The Newcastle Falcons folded and were replaced by the Cairns Taipans.

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 24 rounds between 2 October 1999 and 11 March 2000 with finals starting 15 March 2000 until 3 April 2000 and grand final on 7-12 April 2000.

Round 1

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
2 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	98–82	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
2 October	Melbourne Tigers	98–71	Cairns Taipans	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
2 October	Sydney Kings	98–76	Canberra Cannons	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
2 October	Adelaide 36ers	109–89	Perth Wildcats	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report
2 October	Victoria Titans	106–95	Townsville Crocodiles	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report

Round 2

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
8 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	104–78	Victoria Titans	Whitlam Centre		box score	report
9 October	Brisbane Bullets	85–113	Melbourne Tigers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
9 October	Townsville Crocodiles	99–88	Wollongong Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
12 October	Cairns Taipans	78–104	Sydney Kings	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
12 October	Townsville Crocodiles	123–81	Perth Wildcats	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 3

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
15 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	95–85	Perth Wildcats	Whitlam Centre		box score	report
15 October	Victoria Titans	97–82	Canberra Cannons	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
16 October	Canberra Cannons	84–108	Perth Wildcats	AIS Arena		box score	report
16 October	Brisbane Bullets	77–78	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
16 October	Melbourne Tigers	77–112	Victoria Titans	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
17 October	Wollongong Hawks	99–77	Sydney Kings	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 4

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
20 October	Wollongong Hawks	73–86	Victoria Titans	Ballarat Stadium		box score	report
22 October	Perth Wildcats	77–69	Cairns Taipans	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
23 October	Brisbane Bullets	101–86	West Sydney Razorbacks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
23 October	Sydney Kings	88–98	Townsville Crocodiles	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
23 October	Wollongong Hawks	86–78	Canberra Cannons	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
23 October	Adelaide 36ers	91–84	Cairns Taipans	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report

Round 5

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
27 October	Canberra Cannons	89–102	Melbourne Tigers	Bendigo Basketball Stadium		box score	report
29 October	Melbourne Tigers	91–103	Sydney Kings	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
29 October	Adelaide 36ers	105–80	Wollongong Hawks	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report
30 October	Canberra Cannons	85–96	Adelaide 36ers	AIS Arena		box score	report
30 October	Cairns Taipans	75–103	Townsville Crocodiles	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
30 October	Perth Wildcats	89–86	Wollongong Hawks	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
30 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	94–80	Brisbane Bullets	Whitlam Centre		box score	report
1 November	Victoria Titans	75–74	Perth Wildcats	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report

Round 6

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
5 November	Sydney Kings	96–86	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
5 November	Wollongong Hawks	90–92	Perth Wildcats	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
5 November	Melbourne Tigers	78–71	Cairns Taipans	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
6 November	Canberra Cannons	98–79	Cairns Taipans	AIS Arena		box score	report
6 November	Victoria Titans	101–75	Brisbane Bullets	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
6 November	Townsville Crocodiles	131–127	Adelaide 36ers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 7

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
12 November	Perth Wildcats	113–102	West Sydney Razorbacks	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
12 November	Wollongong Hawks	96–87	Brisbane Bullets	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
12 November	Melbourne Tigers	84–104	Adelaide 36ers	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
12 November	Canberra Cannons	85–87	Victoria Titans	AIS Arena		box score	report
12 November	Townsville Crocodiles	101–115	Sydney Kings	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
13 November	Brisbane Bullets	77–87	Adelaide 36ers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
13 November	Cairns Taipans	99–86	Sydney Kings	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report

Round 8

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
19 November	Adelaide 36ers	113–106	Townsville Crocodiles	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report
20 November	Perth Wildcats	109–98	Townsville Crocodiles	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
20 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	99–111	Wollongong Hawks	Whitlam Centre		box score	report
20 November	Victoria Titans	113–112	Melbourne Tigers	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
21 November	Sydney Kings	77–75	Cairns Taipans	Sydney Superdome		box score	report

Round 9

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
26 November	Melbourne Tigers	103–97	West Sydney Razorbacks	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
27 November	Perth Wildcats	109–82	Brisbane Bullets	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
27 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	103–90	Canberra Cannons	Whitham Centre		box score	report
27 November	Victoria Titans	89–80	Sydney Kings	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
27 November	Adelaide 36ers	90–100	Melbourne Tigers	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report
27 November	Townsville Crocodiles	116–82	Cairns Taipans	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
30 November	Cairns Taipans	82–83	Wollongong Hawks	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
30 November	Adelaide 36ers	97–100	Sydney Kings	Derwent Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 10

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
3 December	Cairns Taipans	78–79	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
3 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	121–107	Melbourne Tigers	Whitlam Centre		box score	report
3 December	Adelaide 36ers	111–86	Canberra Cannons	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report
3 December	Townsville Crocodiles	108–90	Wollongong Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
4 December	Brisbane Bullets	75–86	Victoria Titans	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
4 December	Perth Wildcats	99–85	Canberra Cannons	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
4 December	Sydney Kings	72–99	Adelaide 36ers	Sydney Superdome		box score	report

Round 11

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
10 December	Cairns Taipans	63–76	Canberra Cannons	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
10 December	Wollongong Hawks	103–111	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
10 December	Victoria Titans	100–81	West Sydney Razorbacks	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
10 December	Brisbane Bullets	93–101	Perth Wildcats	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
11 December	Melbourne Tigers	102–107	Perth Wildcats	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
11 December	Sydney Kings	81–88	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Superdome	17,803	box score	report
11 December	Townsville Crocodiles	117–88	Canberra Cannons	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
12 December	Adelaide 36ers	94–70	Brisbane Bullets	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report

* The game between the Sydney Kings and West Sydney Razorbacks at the Sydney Super Dome attracted the NBL record attendance of 17,803

Round 12

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
17 December	Wollongong Hawks	97–120	Sydney Kings	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
17 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	110–118	Townsville Crocodiles	Whitlam Centre		box score	report
17 December	Victoria Titans	90–98	Perth Wildcats	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
18 December	Canberra Cannons	101–128	Townsville Crocodiles	AIS Arena		box score	report
18 December	Cairns Taipans	89–98	Adelaide 36ers	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
18 December	Melbourne Tigers	122–95	Brisbane Bullets	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
18 December	Sydney Kings	84–115	Perth Wildcats	Sydney Superdome		box score	report

Round 13

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
23 December	Wollongong Hawks	84–93	West Sydney Razorbacks	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
26 December	Canberra Cannons	121–94	West Sydney Razorbacks	AIS Arena		box score	report
26 December	Victoria Titans	77–103	Adelaide 36ers	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
27 December	Brisbane Bullets	79–84	Cairns Taipans	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
27 December	Melbourne Tigers	85–98	Wollongong Hawks	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report

Round 14

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
30 December	Wollongong Hawks	86–88	Victoria Titans	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
30 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	87–123	Sydney Kings	Whitlam Centre		box score	report
30 December	Townsville Crocodiles	103–78	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
2 January	Adelaide 36ers	101–89	Perth Wildcats	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report
2 January	Cairns Taipans	64–82	Canberra Cannons	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report

Round 15

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
7 January	Perth Wildcats	78–72	Victoria Titans	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
7 January	Cairns Taipans	67–94	West Sydney Razorbacks	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
7 January	Wollongong Hawks	94–112	Melbourne Tigers	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
8 January	Canberra Cannons	108–105	Sydney Kings	AIS Arena		box score	report
8 January	Brisbane Bullets	85–83	Melbourne Tigers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
8 January	Adelaide 36ers	94–75	Victoria Titans	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report
8 January	Townsville Crocodiles	101–104	West Sydney Razorbacks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 16

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
14 January	Adelaide 36ers	124–99	Sydney Kings	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report
14 January	Brisbane Bullets	99–90	Wollongong Hawks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
14 January	Townsville Crocodiles	102–97	Melbourne Tigers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
15 January	Cairns Taipans	82–109	Melbourne Tigers	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
15 January	Perth Wildcats	106–91	Sydney Kings	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
16 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	95–102	Townsville Crocodiles	Whitham Centre		box score	report

Round 17

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
21 January	Wollongong Hawks	94–86	Cairns Taipans	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
21 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	84–101	Adelaide 36ers	Whitham Centre		box score	report
22 January	Canberra Cannons	98–121	Townsville Crocodiles	AIS Arena		box score	report
22 January	Perth Wildcats	86–104	Melbourne Tigers	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
22 January	Sydney Kings	75–106	Victoria Titans	Sydney Superdome		box score	report

Round 18

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
26 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	93–98	Canberra Cannons	Whitham Centre		box score	report
26 January	Wollongong Hawks	88–93	Perth Wildcats	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
28 January	Brisbane Bullets	99–73	Canberra Cannons	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
28 January	Townsville Crocodiles	88–80	Victoria Titans	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
29 January	Cairns Taipans	57–84	Victoria Titans	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
29 January	Sydney Kings	114–100	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
29 January	Adelaide 36ers	106–102	Melbourne Tigers	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report

Round 19

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
4 February	Melbourne Tigers	106–88	Sydney Kings	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
4 February	Canberra Cannons	94–89	Brisbane Bullets	AIS Arena		box score	report
4 February	Townsville Crocodiles	78–94	Perth Wildcats	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
5 February	Cairns Taipans	72–87	Perth Wildcats	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
5 February	Sydney Kings	110–93	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
5 February	Wollongong Hawks	109–104	West Sydney Razorbacks	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
5 February	Victoria Titans	83–75	Adelaide 36ers	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report

Round 20

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
10 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	92–69	Victoria Titans	Whitham Centre		box score	report
11 February	Adelaide 36ers	95–92	Wollongong Hawks	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report
12 February	Canberra Cannons	109–95	Wollongong Hawks	AIS Arena		box score	report
12 February	Melbourne Tigers	88–99	Victoria Titans	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
12 February	Perth Wildcats	120–93	Cairns Taipans	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
12 February	Townsville Crocodiles	122–73	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 21

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
17 February	Wollongong Hawks	90–75	Cairns Taipans	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
18 February	Sydney Kings	100–115	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
18 February	Victoria Titans	103–87	Cairns Taipans	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
18 February	Adelaide 36ers	101–77	Brisbane Bullets	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report
19 February	Brisbane Bullets	88–90	Canberra Cannons	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
19 February	Melbourne Tigers	97–123	Townsville Crocodiles	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
19 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	98–109	Perth Wildcats	Whitham Centre		box score	report

Round 22

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
25 February	Wollongong Hawks	98–114	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
25 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	106–96	Cairns Taipans	Whitham Centre		box score	report
25 February	Melbourne Tigers	94–89	Canberra Cannons	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
26 February	Canberra Cannons	107–103	Sydney Kings	AIS Arena		box score	report
26 February	Brisbane Bullets	85–86	Cairns Taipans	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
26 February	Perth Wildcats	88–86	Adelaide 36ers	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
26 February	Victoria Titans	74–81	Townsville Crocodiles	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report

Round 23

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
3 March	Cairns Taipans	75–129	Adelaide 36ers	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
3 March	Victoria Titans	88–78	Wollongong Hawks	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
3 March	Canberra Cannons	99–96	Melbourne Tigers	AIS Arena		box score	report
4 March	Melbourne Tigers	118–101	West Sydney Razorbacks	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
4 March	Perth Wildcats	93–78	Brisbane Bullets	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
4 March	Sydney Kings	97–98	Wollongong Hawks	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
4 March	Townsville Crocodiles	88–82	Adelaide 36ers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 24

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
10 March	Cairns Taipans	87–99	Townsville Crocodiles	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
10 March	Victoria Titans	118–87	Canberra Cannons	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
11 March	Canberra Cannons	94–105	Wollongong Hawks	AIS Arena		box score	report
11 March	Brisbane Bullets	76–97	Townsville Crocodiles	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
11 March	Perth Wildcats	88–72	Melbourne Tigers	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
11 March	Sydney Kings	80–87	Victoria Titans	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
11 March	Adelaide 36ers	93–85	West Sydney Razorbacks	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report

Ladder

	Team	Pld	Won	Lost	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	% Pts	% Won
1	Perth Wildcats	36	28	8	4-1	W3	16-1	12-7	106	77
2	Adelaide 36ers	31	23	8	2-3	L1	14-3	9-5	113	74
3	Townsville Crocodiles	31	23	8	3-2	L1	12-4	11-4	112	74
4	Victoria Titans	36	24	12	2-3	L2	14-4	10-8	105	66
5	Melbourne Tigers	31	15	16	2-3	L2	8-7	7-9	101	48
6	West Sydney Razorbacks	31	13	18	1-4	L2	9-7	4-11	98	41

7	Sydney Kings	28	11	17	1-4	L4	5-8	6-9	97	39
8	Wollongong Hawks	28	11	17	3-2	W2	6-9	5-8	96	39
9	Canberra Cannons	28	11	17	2-3	L2	7-7	4-10	93	39
10	Brisbane Bullets	28	7	21	1-4	L2	6-7	1-14	88	25
11	Cairns Taipans	28	2	26	0-5	L13	1-13	1-13	83	7

Finals Series

Quarter Finals

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
15 March	Melbourne Tigers	101–94	Victoria Titans	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
15 March	West Sydney Razorbacks	91–80	Perth Wildcats	Whitlam Centre		box score	report
17 March	Perth Wildcats	99–88	West Sydney Razorbacks	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
18 March	Victoria Titans	78–70	Melbourne Tigers	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
19 March	Perth Wildcats	82–74	West Sydney Razorbacks	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
20 March	Victoria Titans	105–96	Melbourne Tigers	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report

Semi Finals

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
24 March	Perth Wildcats	104–101	Townsville Crocodiles	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
25 March	Victoria Titans	101–86	Adelaide 36ers	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
31 March	Townsville Crocodiles	101–78	Perth Wildcats	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
1 April	Adelaide 36ers	95–72	Victoria Titans	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report
2 April	Townsville Crocodiles	84–104	Perth Wildcats	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
3 April	Adelaide 36ers	89–93	Victoria Titans	Clipsal Powerhouse		box score	report

Grand Final

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
7 April	Victoria Titans	78–84	Perth Wildcats	Rod Laver Arena		box score	report
12 April	Perth Wildcats	83–76	Victoria Titans	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report

1999–00 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers	29.2
Rebounds per game	Mark Bradtke	Melbourne Tigers	14.8
Assists per game	Darryl Mcdonald	Victoria Titans	7.8
Steals per game	Darryl Mcdonald	Victoria Titans	2.5
Blocks per game	Simon Dwight	West Sydney Razorbacks	3.0
Free throw percentage	Derek Rucker	West Sydney Razorbacks	91.8%
Three-point field goal percentage	Mike Kelly	Townsville Crocodiles	43.9%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Paul Rogers, Perth Wildcats
Rookie of the Year: Derek Moore, Sydney Kings
Best Defensive Player: Darnell Mee, Adelaide 36ers
Best Sixth Man: Ben Knight, Townsville Crocodiles
Most Improved Player: Andrew Goodwin, Townsville Crocodiles
Coach of the Year: Ian Stacker, Townsville Crocodiles

All NBL Team

#	Player	Team
PG	Brett Maher	Adelaide 36ers
SG	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers
SF	Sam Mackinnon	Townsville Crocodiles
PF	Mark Bradtke	Melbourne Tigers
C	Paul Rogers	Perth Wildcats

External links

NBL official website, including live scores and fixtures

NBL seasons
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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