1980 NBL season

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1980 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration2 February – 8 June (Regular season)
14 June – 15 June (Finals)
Number of games22
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)ABC
Regular season
Minor premiersSt. Kilda Saints
Season MVPRocky Smith (St. Kilda)
Top scorerRocky Smith (St. Kilda)
Finals
ChampionsSt. Kilda Saints (2nd title)
  Runners-upWest Adelaide Bearcats
Grand Final MVPRocky Smith (St. Kilda)
NBL seasons

The 1980 NBL season was the 2nd season of the National Basketball League (NBL).

Off-Season Changes[]

Regular Season[]

The 1980 Regular Season took place over 18 Rounds between 2 February 1980 and 8 June 1980. Each team played 22 games, against every opponent twice.

Round 1[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
2/02/1980 West Torrens Eagles 78–64 Nunawading Spectres Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
2/02/1980 Canberra Cannons 77–69 Launceston Casino City N/A boxscore
2/02/1980 Coburg Giants 76–73 Illawarra Hawks N/A boxscore
2/02/1980 Newcastle Falcons 73–69 Bankstown Bruins Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/02/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 78–71 Nunawading Spectres Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/02/1980 Brisbane Bullets 83–71 Launceston Casino City Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
3/02/1980 St. Kilda Saints 68–74 Illawarra Hawks Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
3/02/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 74–86 Bankstown Bruins N/A boxscore

Round 2[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
8/02/1980 St. Kilda Saints 109–70 Canberra Cannons Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
9/02/1980 Nunawading Spectres 54–51 Coburg Giants N/A boxscore
9/02/1980 Newcastle Falcons 86–88 St. Kilda Saints Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
9/02/1980 Bankstown Bruins 95–74 West Torrens Eagles Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
9/02/1980 Canberra Cannons 78–68 West Adelaide Bearcats N/A boxscore
10/02/1980 Launceston Casino City 83–80 Coburg Giants Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
10/02/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 71–84 St. Kilda Saints N/A boxscore
10/02/1980 Illawarra Hawks 101–77 West Torrens Eagles Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
10/02/1980 Brisbane Bullets 91–86 West Adelaide Bearcats Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 3[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
16/02/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 91–89 Newcastle Falcons Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
16/02/1980 Nunawading Spectres 85–66 City of Sydney Astronauts N/A boxscore
16/02/1980 St. Kilda Saints 94–74 Brisbane Bullets Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
16/02/1980 Canberra Cannons 56–78 Illawarra Hawks N/A boxscore
17/02/1980 West Torrens Eagles 86–88 Newcastle Falcons Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
17/02/1980 Launceston Casino City 101–77 City of Sydney Astronauts Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
17/02/1980 Coburg Giants 71–83 Brisbane Bullets N/A boxscore
17/02/1980 Bankstown Bruins 66–69 Canberra Cannons Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 4[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
23/02/1980 Brisbane Bullets 83–77 Nunawading Spectres Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
23/02/1980 Coburg Giants 85–80 Launceston Casino City N/A boxscore
23/02/1980 Newcastle Falcons 71–73 Illawarra Hawks Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
23/02/1980 West Torrens Eagles 79–73 Bankstown Bruins Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
24/02/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 75–97 Nunawading Spectres N/A boxscore
24/02/1980 St. Kilda Saints 90–74 Launceston Casino City Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
24/02/1980 Illawarra Hawks 72–65 Canberra Cannons Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
24/02/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 84–82 Bankstown Bruins Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 5[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
27/02/1980 Bankstown Bruins 82–83 Illawarra Hawks Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
1/03/1980 Newcastle Falcons 71–68 Coburg Giants Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
1/03/1980 Bankstown Bruins 84–100 St. Kilda Saints Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
1/03/1980 Canberra Cannons 81–65 West Torrens Eagles N/A boxscore
1/03/1980 Nunawading Spectres 83–73 West Adelaide Bearcats N/A boxscore
2/03/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 73–70 Coburg Giants N/A boxscore
2/03/1980 Illawarra Hawks 83–101 St. Kilda Saints Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
2/03/1980 Brisbane Bullets 84–80 West Torrens Eagles Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
2/03/1980 Launceston Casino City 65–84 West Adelaide Bearcats Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 6[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
8/03/1980 Illawarra Hawks 101–98 Newcastle Falcons Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
8/03/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 93–70 City of Sydney Astronauts Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
8/03/1980 Launceston Casino City 81–99 Brisbane Bullets Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
9/03/1980 Bankstown Bruins 105–95 Newcastle Falcons Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
9/03/1980 West Torrens Eagles 70–72 City of Sydney Astronauts Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
9/03/1980 Nunawading Spectres 58–56 Brisbane Bullets N/A boxscore
9/03/1980 Coburg Giants 58–73 Canberra Cannons N/A boxscore

Round 7[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
15/03/1980 Coburg Giants 47–69 Nunawading Spectres N/A boxscore
15/03/1980 Newcastle Falcons 86–87 Launceston Casino City Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
15/03/1980 West Torrens Eagles 66–83 Illawarra Hawks Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
15/03/1980 Canberra Cannons 69–68 Bankstown Bruins N/A boxscore
16/03/1980 St. Kilda Saints 94–84 Nunawading Spectres Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
16/03/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 87–86 Launceston Casino City N/A boxscore
16/03/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 104–68 Illawarra Hawks Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
16/03/1980 Brisbane Bullets 104–53 Bankstown Bruins Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 8[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
19/03/1980 Bankstown Bruins 73–82 City of Sydney Astronauts Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
22/03/1980 Bankstown Bruins 65–94 Coburg Giants Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
22/03/1980 Canberra Cannons 95–69 St. Kilda Saints N/A boxscore
22/03/1980 Launceston Casino City 96–71 West Torrens Eagles Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
22/03/1980 Newcastle Falcons 81–77 West Adelaide Bearcats Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
23/03/1980 Illawarra Hawks 70–74 Coburg Giants Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
23/03/1980 Brisbane Bullets 94–75 St. Kilda Saints Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
23/03/1980 Nunawading Spectres 83–71 West Torrens Eagles N/A boxscore
23/03/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 85–86 West Adelaide Bearcats N/A boxscore

Round 9[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
29/03/1980 St. Kilda Saints 112–92 Newcastle Falcons Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
29/03/1980 Illawarra Hawks 89–82 City of Sydney Astronauts Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
29/03/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 92–70 Brisbane Bullets Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
29/03/1980 Launceston Casino City 59–81 Canberra Cannons Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
30/03/1980 Coburg Giants 75–76 Newcastle Falcons N/A boxscore
30/03/1980 West Torrens Eagles 91–88 Brisbane Bullets Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
30/03/1980 Nunawading Spectres 73–59 Canberra Cannons N/A boxscore

Round 10[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
12/04/1980 Bankstown Bruins 63–76 Nunawading Spectres Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
12/04/1980 West Torrens Eagles 77–61 Coburg Giants Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
12/04/1980 Brisbane Bullets 89–99 Newcastle Falcons Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
13/04/1980 Illawarra Hawks 88–89 Nunawading Spectres Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
13/04/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 93–81 Coburg Giants Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
13/04/1980 Canberra Cannons 74–78 Newcastle Falcons N/A boxscore

Round 11[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
19/04/1980 Brisbane Bullets 95–78 Canberra Cannons Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
19/04/1980 Newcastle Falcons 88–65 City of Sydney Astronauts Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
19/04/1980 Illawarra Hawks 84–81 Bankstown Bruins Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
19/04/1980 Nunawading Spectres 69–68 Launceston Casino City N/A boxscore
19/04/1980 Coburg Giants 84–91 St. Kilda Saints N/A boxscore
19/04/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 109–76 West Torrens Eagles Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 12[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
25/04/1980 Canberra Cannons 82–60 City of Sydney Astronauts N/A boxscore
25/04/1980 Coburg Giants 98–71 West Torrens Eagles N/A boxscore
26/04/1980 Nunawading Spectres 83–85 Illawarra Hawks N/A boxscore
26/04/1980 Newcastle Falcons 85–86 Brisbane Bullets Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
27/04/1980 Launceston Casino City 95–83 Illawarra Hawks Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
27/04/1980 St. Kilda Saints 117–88 West Torrens Eagles Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
27/04/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 75–74 Brisbane Bullets N/A boxscore

Round 13[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
3/05/1980 Newcastle Falcons 71–79 Nunawading Spectres Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/05/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 102–93 Launceston Casino City Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/05/1980 Brisbane Bullets 81–84 Illawarra Hawks Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
3/05/1980 St. Kilda Saints 115–78 Bankstown Bruins Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
4/05/1980 Canberra Cannons 84–56 Nunawading Spectres N/A boxscore
4/05/1980 West Torrens Eagles 92–89 Launceston Casino City Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
4/05/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 79–82 Illawarra Hawks N/A boxscore
4/05/1980 Coburg Giants 93–71 Bankstown Bruins N/A boxscore

Round 14[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
10/05/1980 Brisbane Bullets 98–95 Coburg Giants Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
10/05/1980 Nunawading Spectres 77–99 St. Kilda Saints N/A boxscore
10/05/1980 Newcastle Falcons 84–72 West Torrens Eagles Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
10/05/1980 Bankstown Bruins 80–81 West Adelaide Bearcats Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
11/05/1980 Canberra Cannons 96–87 Coburg Giants N/A boxscore
11/05/1980 Launceston Casino City 106–92 St. Kilda Saints Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
11/05/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 101–77 West Torrens Eagles N/A boxscore
11/05/1980 Illawarra Hawks 85–95 West Adelaide Bearcats Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 15[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
17/05/1980 Coburg Giants 101–76 City of Sydney Astronauts N/A boxscore
17/05/1980 Bankstown Bruins 96–108 Brisbane Bullets Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
17/05/1980 West Torrens Eagles 75–71 Canberra Cannons Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
17/05/1980 Launceston Casino City 95–104 Newcastle Falcons Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
18/05/1980 Nunawading Spectres 54–56 Newcastle Falcons N/A boxscore
18/05/1980 St. Kilda Saints 113–105 City of Sydney Astronauts Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
18/05/1980 Illawarra Hawks 80–87 Brisbane Bullets Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
18/05/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 68–67 Canberra Cannons Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 16[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
24/05/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 94–104 St. Kilda Saints Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
24/05/1980 Illawarra Hawks 79–80 Launceston Casino City Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
24/05/1980 Brisbane Bullets 103–72 City of Sydney Astronauts Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
25/05/1980 West Torrens Eagles 94–101 St. Kilda Saints Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
25/05/1980 Bankstown Bruins 84–96 Launceston Casino City Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 17[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
31/05/1980 West Torrens Eagles 77–101 West Adelaide Bearcats Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
31/05/1980 St. Kilda Saints 105–89 Coburg Giants Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
1/06/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 80-87 Newcastle Falcons N/A boxscore
1/06/1980 Canberra Cannons 87–98 Brisbane Bullets N/A boxscore
1/06/1980 Launceston Casino City 71–81 Nunawading Spectres Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 18[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
7/06/1980 St. Kilda Saints 88–90 West Adelaide Bearcats Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
7/06/1980 Newcastle Falcons 70–68 Canberra Cannons Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
7/06/1980 Launceston Casino City 118-103 Bankstown Bruins Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
8/06/1980 Nunawading Spectres 98–64 Bankstown Bruins N/A boxscore
8/06/1980 Coburg Giants 89–92 West Adelaide Bearcats N/A boxscore
8/06/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 90–81 Canberra Cannons N/A boxscore

Ladder[]

# Team Played Won Loss Win% Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Points%
1 St. Kilda Saints1 22 17 5 77.27% 4-1 Lost 1 9-2 8-3 2,109 1,886 111.82%
2 West Adelaide Bearcats1 22 17 5 77.27% 4-1 Won 3 10-1 7-4 1,941 1,773 109.48%
3 Brisbane Bullets 22 15 7 68.18% 5-0 Won 5 9-2 6-5 1,928 1,780 108.31%
4 Nunawading Spectres 22 14 8 63.64% 2-3 Won 2 8-3 6-5 1,660 1,580 105.06%
5 Illawarra Hawks2 22 13 9 59.09% 2-3 Lost 3 5-6 8-3 1,798 1,790 100.45%
6 Newcastle Falcons2 22 13 9 59.09% 5-0 Won 5 6-5 7-4 1,828 1,794 101.90%
7 Canberra Cannons 22 11 11 50.00% 0-5 Lost 5 8-3 3-8 1,661 1,631 101.84%
8 Launceston Casino City 22 9 13 40.91% 3-2 Won 1 6-5 3-8 1,863 1,889 98.62%
9 Coburg Giants3 22 7 15 31.82% 1-4 Lost 2 5-6 2-9 1,727 1,740 99.25%
10 City of Sydney Astronauts3 22 7 15 31.82% 1-4 Won 1 5-6 2-9 1,717 1,908 89.99%
11 West Torrens Eagles 22 6 16 27.27% 1-4 Lost 2 6-5 0-11 1,707 1,940 87.99%
12 Bankstown Bruins 22 3 19 13.64% 0-5 Lost 13 2-9 1-10 1,721 1,949 88.30%

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 St. Kilda Saints and West Adelaide Bearcats (1-1). St. Kilda Saints won For and Against (+8).

2Illawarra Hawks won Head-to-Head (2-0).

3Head-to-Head between Coburg Giants and City of Sydney Astronauts (1-1). Coburg Giants won For and Against (+22).

Finals[]

Main article: 1980 NBL Finals

The NBL finals series in 1980 consisted of two semi-final games, and one championship-deciding grand final. All three of these finals games were sudden death.

Playoff bracket[]

Semi Finals Grand Final
      
1 St. Kilda Saints 101
4 Nunawading Spectres 77
1 St. Kilda Saints 113
2 West Adelaide Bearcats 88
2 West Adelaide Bearcats 101
3 Brisbane Bullets 94

Semi Finals[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
14/06/1980 St. Kilda Saints 101–77 Nunawading Spectres Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
14/06/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 101–94 Brisbane Bullets Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore

Grand Final[]

Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
15/06/1980 St. Kilda Saints 113–88 West Adelaide Bearcats Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore

Awards[]

Statistics leaders[]

Category Player Team Stat
Points Rocky Smith St Kilda Saints 737 pts / 22 games[1]
Free throw percentage Jim Slacke Illawarra Hawks 87.2% (68/78)[1][2]

Regular season[]

Finals[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "All Time Leaders". nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ^ "NBL Historical Stats". spatialjam.com. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. ^ "All NBL First Team". andthefoul.net. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.

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