1981 NBL Season
Encyclopedia
Here are the results and statistics from the National Basketball League (Australia)
season of 1981.
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1st Semi Final - Launceston Casino City 71 to Brisbane Bullets
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2nd Semi Final - West Adelaide Bearcats
71 to Nunawading Spectres 74
Launceston Casino City 75 to Nunawading Spectres 54
National Basketball League (Australia)
The National Basketball League, also known as the iiNet NBL Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in Australasia....
season of 1981.
End of Season Ladder
This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 132 games were played, 22 for each team.Team | Played | Won | Lost | % | Won % | |
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1 | St. Kilda Saints Southern Melbourne Saints The Southern Melbourne Saints, previously known as the St Kilda Saints and the Westside Melbourne Saints, were an Australian basketball team, that played in Melbourne, Victoria, in the National Basketball League.... |
22 | 17 | 5 | 111 | 77 |
2 | Launceston Casino City | 22 | 14 | 8 | 105 | 64 |
3 | West Adelaide Bearcats West Adelaide Bearcats The West Adelaide Bearcats are a semi-professional basketball team competing in the Australian Basketball Association.-NBL:The West Adelaide Bearcats was a foundation club in the NBL which merged with the Adelaide 36ers in 1985. Founded in 1946, it won the NBL championship 80–74 against the Geelong... |
22 | 13 | 9 | 101 | 59 |
4 | Nunawading Spectres | 22 | 13 | 9 | 109 | 59 |
5 | Brisbane Bullets Brisbane Bullets The Brisbane Bullets were, until 2008, a professional basketball team competing in Australia's National Basketball League. The Bullets were one of only two teams that survived since the NBL's inception in 1979; the only surviving team is now the Wollongong Hawks. The team played in Midnight Navy... |
22 | 13 | 9 | 108 | 59 |
6 | Newcastle Falcons | 22 | 13 | 9 | 104 | 59 |
7 | Canberra Cannons Canberra Cannons The Canberra Cannons were a basketball team competing in the Australian National Basketball League. They went into financial administration in 2003 and were relocated to Newcastle, where they became the Hunter Pirates... |
22 | 12 | 10 | 99 | 55 |
8 | Illawarra Hawks Wollongong Hawks The Wollongong Hawks are a team competing in Australia's National Basketball League , based in the New South Wales city of Wollongong. They won the NBL championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005 and 2010... |
22 | 9 | 13 | 97 | 41 |
9 | City of Sydney Astronauts | 22 | 8 | 14 | 90 | 36 |
10 | Coburg Giants | 22 | 7 | 15 | 97 | 32 |
11 | Bankstown Bruins | 22 | 7 | 15 | 92 | 32 |
12 | Forestville Eagles | 22 | 6 | 16 | 91 | 27 |
Finals
There were two semi-finals, and then one grand final. All three of these finals were sudden death.Semi-Finals
1st place played 4th place on the end of year ladder, and then 2nd place played 3rd place. St Kilda didn't attend the finals, as they attended the World Club Championship in BrazilBrazil
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1st Semi Final - Launceston Casino City 71 to Brisbane Bullets
Brisbane Bullets
The Brisbane Bullets were, until 2008, a professional basketball team competing in Australia's National Basketball League. The Bullets were one of only two teams that survived since the NBL's inception in 1979; the only surviving team is now the Wollongong Hawks. The team played in Midnight Navy...
69
2nd Semi Final - West Adelaide Bearcats
West Adelaide Bearcats
The West Adelaide Bearcats are a semi-professional basketball team competing in the Australian Basketball Association.-NBL:The West Adelaide Bearcats was a foundation club in the NBL which merged with the Adelaide 36ers in 1985. Founded in 1946, it won the NBL championship 80–74 against the Geelong...
71 to Nunawading Spectres 74
Grand Final
- Played at Apollo StadiumApollo StadiumApollo Stadium was an indoor arena located at 41 Kingston Avenue, Richmond in the Adelaide Metropolitan Area, South Australia...
in AdelaideAdelaideAdelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
Launceston Casino City 75 to Nunawading Spectres 54
NBL Awards
Player | Team | |
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NBL MVP NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player At the conclusion of each NBL game, both coaches award votes to the best players from that game. Each coach has 10 votes to allocate, with no more than 5 to be awarded to one player by each coach.... |
Rocky Smith | St. Kilda Saints Southern Melbourne Saints The Southern Melbourne Saints, previously known as the St Kilda Saints and the Westside Melbourne Saints, were an Australian basketball team, that played in Melbourne, Victoria, in the National Basketball League.... |
Grand Final MVP NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player - Grand Final The Larry Sengstock Medal is awarded to the Most Valuable Player of the Grand Final series.* 1979 Larry Sengstock * 1980 Rocky Smith The Larry Sengstock Medal is awarded to the Most Valuable Player of the Grand Final series.* 1979 Larry Sengstock (St. Kilda Saints)* 1980 Rocky Smith The Larry... |
Rocky Smith | St. Kilda Saints |
Coach of the Year NBL (Australia) Coach of the Year The NBL Coach of the Year award takes into account regular-season performances only, and is voted on by head coaches, assistant coaches and team captains on a 3-2-1 basis.* 1980 Barry Barnes... |
Bob Turner | Newcastle Falcons |
Best Defensive Player NBL (Australia) Best Defensive Player * 1980 Ray Wood * 1981 Ray Wood * 1982 Phil Smyth * 1983 Phil Smyth * 1984 not awarded* 1985 not awarded* 1986 not awarded* 1987 Leroy Loggins... |
Ray Wood | West Adelaide Bearcats West Adelaide Bearcats The West Adelaide Bearcats are a semi-professional basketball team competing in the Australian Basketball Association.-NBL:The West Adelaide Bearcats was a foundation club in the NBL which merged with the Adelaide 36ers in 1985. Founded in 1946, it won the NBL championship 80–74 against the Geelong... |
All NBL First Team
# | Player | Team |
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1 | Rocky Smith | St. Kilda Saints Southern Melbourne Saints The Southern Melbourne Saints, previously known as the St Kilda Saints and the Westside Melbourne Saints, were an Australian basketball team, that played in Melbourne, Victoria, in the National Basketball League.... |
2 | Danny Morseu Danny Morseu Danny Morseu is an Australian basketball player who played on the Australian national basketball team in the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics.-International career:... |
St. Kilda Saints |
3 | Al Green Al Green (basketball) Al Green is a retired naturalised Australian professional basketball player originally from the United States who played his career in the Australian National Basketball League from 1981 until his retirement in at the end of 1993.-School/College career:Born and bred in the South Bronx, Al Green... |
West Adelaide Bearcats West Adelaide Bearcats The West Adelaide Bearcats are a semi-professional basketball team competing in the Australian Basketball Association.-NBL:The West Adelaide Bearcats was a foundation club in the NBL which merged with the Adelaide 36ers in 1985. Founded in 1946, it won the NBL championship 80–74 against the Geelong... |
4 | David Nelson | Canberra Cannons Canberra Cannons The Canberra Cannons were a basketball team competing in the Australian National Basketball League. They went into financial administration in 2003 and were relocated to Newcastle, where they became the Hunter Pirates... |
5 | Owen Wells Owen Wells (basketball) Owen Wells was a basketball player for the Houston Rockets. A 6'7" forward, he attended the University of Detroit Mercy and went to English High School in Boston, Massachusetts... |
Newcastle Falcons |