2004–05 NBL season

2004–05 NBL season
2004–05 NBL season
	Logo of the league sponsored by Philips
League	National Basketball League
Season	2004–05
Teams	11
Dates	29 September 2004 – 19 March 2005
TV	Australia: Fox Sports; New Zealand: Sky Sport;
Finals
Minor premiers	Sydney Kings
Champions	Sydney Kings (3rd title)
Runners-up	Wollongong Hawks
Semifinalists	Townsville Crocodiles; Brisbane Bullets
Awards
MVP	Brian Wethers (Hunter)
Finals MVP	Jason Smith (Sydney)
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Brian Wethers (Hunter)
Rebounds	Chris Burgess (Cairns)
Assists	Darnell Mee (Wollongong)
NBL seasons
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

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 2004-05 Regular Season took place over 21 Rounds between 29 September 2004 and 20 February 2005.

Round 1[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
29/09/2004	New Zealand Breakers	94–106	Adelaide 36ers	Trusts Stadium	N/A	boxscore
30/09/2004	Hunter Pirates	97–105	Brisbane Bullets	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
1/10/2004	Wollongong Hawks	96–88	Melbourne Tigers	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
2/10/2004	Perth Wildcats	120–97	West Sydney Razorbacks	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
2/10/2004	Townsville Crocodiles	114–111	Adelaide 36ers	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
2/10/2004	Melbourne Tigers	99–96	Cairns Taipans	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 2[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
6/10/2004	Adelaide 36ers	111–91	Townsville Crocodiles	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
8/10/2004	Hunter Pirates	95–88	Melbourne Tigers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
9/10/2004	Melbourne Tigers	112–95	Townsville Crocodiles	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
9/10/2004	Wollongong Hawks	108–100	Brisbane Bullets	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
10/10/2004	New Zealand Breakers	96–94	Sydney Kings	Trusts Stadium	N/A	boxscore
10/10/2004	Perth Wildcats	110–93	Cairns Taipans	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
10/10/2004	West Sydney Razorbacks	106–75	Brisbane Bullets	State Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 3[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
13/10/2004	Hunter Pirates	72–85	Perth Wildcats	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
13/10/2004	Sydney Kings	90–89	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
15/10/2004	Townsville Crocodiles	101–108	Perth Wildcats	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
15/10/2004	New Zealand Breakers	92–111	Wollongong Hawks	North Shore Events Centre	N/A	boxscore
16/10/2004	Melbourne Tigers	109–112	Sydney Kings	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
16/10/2004	Cairns Taipans	108–100	Perth Wildcats	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
16/10/2004	Adelaide 36ers	103–101	Hunter Pirates	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
16/10/2004	Brisbane Bullets	111–113	West Sydney Razorbacks	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
17/10/2004	Sydney Kings	120–99	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 4[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
20/10/2004	Wollongong Hawks	95–83	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
22/10/2004	Brisbane Bullets	111–105	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
23/10/2004	Cairns Taipans	98–87	Wollongong Hawks	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
23/10/2004	Adelaide 36ers	104–78	New Zealand Breakers	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
23/10/2004	West Sydney Razorbacks	97–105	Melbourne Tigers	State Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
24/10/2004	Sydney Kings	107–94	Hunter Pirates	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
24/10/2004	Townsville Crocodiles	129–108	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 5[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
27/10/2004	Perth Wildcats	99–117	Wollongong Hawks	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
27/10/2004	West Sydney Razorbacks	87–84	Cairns Taipans	State Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
29/10/2004	Sydney Kings	98–82	Cairns Taipans	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
29/10/2004	Melbourne Tigers	97–108	Brisbane Bullets	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
29/10/2004	New Zealand Breakers	90–83	West Sydney Razorbacks	North Shore Events Centre	N/A	boxscore
30/10/2004	New Zealand Breakers	106–97	West Sydney Razorbacks	Trusts Stadium	N/A	boxscore
30/10/2004	Hunter Pirates	127–115	Brisbane Bullets	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
30/10/2004	Adelaide 36ers	110–75	Cairns Taipans	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore

Round 6[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
1/11/2004	Perth Wildcats	117–111	Townsville Crocodiles	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
3/11/2004	Sydney Kings	122–106	Adelaide 36ers	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
5/11/2004	Wollongong Hawks	99–84	Cairns Taipans	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
5/11/2004	West Sydney Razorbacks	88–93	Brisbane Bullets	State Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
6/11/2004	Hunter Pirates	90–81	Wollongong Hawks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
6/11/2004	Perth Wildcats	108–101	Adelaide 36ers	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
6/11/2004	Townsville Crocodiles	125–102	Melbourne Tigers	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
6/11/2004	Brisbane Bullets	96–105	Cairns Taipans	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
6/11/2004	New Zealand Breakers	94–108	Sydney Kings	Trusts Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 7[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
8/11/2004	Cairns Taipans	91–107	Sydney Kings	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
10/11/2004	Wollongong Hawks	109–83	New Zealand Breakers	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
13/11/2004	New Zealand Breakers	95–98	Brisbane Bullets	North Shore Events Centre	N/A	boxscore
13/11/2004	Melbourne Tigers	98–84	Cairns Taipans	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
13/11/2004	Adelaide 36ers	102–85	West Sydney Razorbacks	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
13/11/2004	Townsville Crocodiles	125–104	Hunter Pirates	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
13/11/2004	Sydney Kings	83–90	Perth Wildcats	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
14/11/2004	West Sydney Razorbacks	90–101	Perth Wildcats	Whitlam Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 8[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
17/11/2004	Cairns Taipans	104–87	Melbourne Tigers	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
17/11/2004	Sydney Kings	91–109	Townsville Crocodiles	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
19/11/2004	New Zealand Breakers	98–108	Cairns Taipans	Trusts Stadium	N/A	boxscore
19/11/2004	Wollongong Hawks	106–105	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
19/11/2004	Perth Wildcats	77–83	Hunter Pirates	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
19/11/2004	Melbourne Tigers	111–94	Adelaide 36ers	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
20/11/2004	West Sydney Razorbacks	96–82	Wollongong Hawks	State Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
21/11/2004	Hunter Pirates	100–94	Townsville Crocodiles	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
21/11/2004	Cairns Taipans	105–108	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
21/11/2004	Sydney Kings	123–89	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
21/11/2004	Adelaide 36ers	95–93	Perth Wildcats	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore

Round 9[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
24/11/2004	Brisbane Bullets	107–98	Perth Wildcats	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
26/11/2004	Hunter Pirates	88–95	Wollongong Hawks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
26/11/2004	Melbourne Tigers	103–88	New Zealand Breakers	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
26/11/2004	Townsville Crocodiles	102–111	Perth Wildcats	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
26/11/2004	West Sydney Razorbacks	93–76	Sydney Kings	Sydney Super Dome	N/A	boxscore
27/11/2004	Cairns Taipans	82–90	Perth Wildcats	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
27/11/2004	Adelaide 36ers	119–107	Melbourne Tigers	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
27/11/2004	Brisbane Bullets	118–90	Hunter Pirates	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
28/11/2004	New Zealand Breakers	117–108	Townsville Crocodiles	Trusts Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 10[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
1/12/2004	West Sydney Razorbacks	85–82	Townsville Crocodiles	Whitlam Centre	N/A	boxscore
3/12/2004	Wollongong Hawks	127–94	New Zealand Breakers	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
4/12/2004	Adelaide 36ers	108–84	West Sydney Razorbacks	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
4/12/2004	Sydney Kings	86–76	Wollongong Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
4/12/2004	Hunter Pirates	112–94	Melbourne Tigers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
4/12/2004	Brisbane Bullets	86–94	New Zealand Breakers	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
5/12/2004	Perth Wildcats	90–97	Townsville Crocodiles	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 11[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
8/12/2004	Hunter Pirates	115–103	Cairns Taipans	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
10/12/2004	Townsville Crocodiles	97–88	Cairns Taipans	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
10/12/2004	Wollongong Hawks	89–92	Perth Wildcats	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
10/12/2004	New Zealand Breakers	106–94	Hunter Pirates	North Shore Events Centre	N/A	boxscore
10/12/2004	West Sydney Razorbacks	114–98	Adelaide 36ers	State Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
11/12/2004	Melbourne Tigers	119–100	Perth Wildcats	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
12/12/2004	Brisbane Bullets	111–93	Wollongong Hawks	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
12/12/2004	Adelaide 36ers	104–93	Hunter Pirates	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
12/12/2004	Cairns Taipans	100–86	New Zealand Breakers	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 12[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
15/12/2004	West Sydney Razorbacks	106–96	Perth Wildcats	State Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
16/12/2004	Sydney Kings	97–96	Hunter Pirates	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
17/12/2004	Townsville Crocodiles	97–105	Wollongong Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
17/12/2004	New Zealand Breakers	88–89	Adelaide 36ers	Trusts Stadium	N/A	boxscore
18/12/2004	Perth Wildcats	96–82	West Sydney Razorbacks	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
18/12/2004	Melbourne Tigers	112–103	Hunter Pirates	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
18/12/2004	Cairns Taipans	80–78	Wollongong Hawks	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
18/12/2004	Brisbane Bullets	105–106	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
19/12/2004	Adelaide 36ers	107–110	Townsville Crocodiles	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore

Round 13[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
22/12/2004	Wollongong Hawks	105–81	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
22/12/2004	Brisbane Bullets	134–128	Townsville Crocodiles	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
26/12/2004	West Sydney Razorbacks	98–101	Melbourne Tigers	State Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 14[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
29/12/2004	Sydney Kings	102–97	New Zealand Breakers	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
29/12/2004	Perth Wildcats	88–110	Adelaide 36ers	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
31/12/2004	Adelaide 36ers	102–94	Sydney Kings	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
31/12/2004	Townsville Crocodiles	114–103	New Zealand Breakers	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
31/12/2004	Melbourne Tigers	96–118	Wollongong Hawks	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
31/12/2004	Cairns Taipans	90–99	West Sydney Razorbacks	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
31/12/2004	Brisbane Bullets	108–102	Perth Wildcats	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
2/01/2005	New Zealand Breakers	110–109	Perth Wildcats	Trusts Stadium	N/A	boxscore
2/01/2005	Hunter Pirates	118–117	Cairns Taipans	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
2/01/2005	Wollongong Hawks	90–61	West Sydney Razorbacks	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
2/01/2005	Sydney Kings	109–108	Townsville Crocodiles	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 15[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
5/01/2005	Brisbane Bullets	98–101	Adelaide 36ers	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
6/01/2005	Melbourne Tigers	102–83	Hunter Pirates	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
7/01/2005	Townsville Crocodiles	123–116	Sydney Kings	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
7/01/2005	Wollongong Hawks	100–83	Brisbane Bullets	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
7/01/2005	New Zealand Breakers	105–106	Cairns Taipans	Trusts Stadium	N/A	boxscore
8/01/2005	Hunter Pirates	113–110	Adelaide 36ers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
8/01/2005	Perth Wildcats	86–102	Melbourne Tigers	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
8/01/2005	Brisbane Bullets	123–105	Wollongong Hawks	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
9/01/2005	Cairns Taipans	76–105	Sydney Kings	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
9/01/2005	West Sydney Razorbacks	113–118	Townsville Crocodiles	Whitlam Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 16[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
12/01/2005	Melbourne Tigers	112–95	Adelaide 36ers	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
12/01/2005	Wollongong Hawks	101–73	Cairns Taipans	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
14/01/2005	Hunter Pirates	105–96	West Sydney Razorbacks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
14/01/2005	New Zealand Breakers	105–111	Melbourne Tigers	North Shore Events Centre	N/A	boxscore
14/01/2005	Adelaide 36ers	116–105	Sydney Kings	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
15/01/2005	Brisbane Bullets	112–95	Hunter Pirates	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
15/01/2005	Cairns Taipans	98–100	Townsville Crocodiles	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
15/01/2005	Sydney Kings	100–86	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
16/01/2005	Perth Wildcats	95–104	Wollongong Hawks	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
16/01/2005	Townsville Crocodiles	109–101	Melbourne Tigers	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 17[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
21/01/2005	New Zealand Breakers	89–103	Hunter Pirates	Trusts Stadium	N/A	boxscore
21/01/2005	Sydney Kings	100–93	Adelaide 36ers	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
21/01/2005	Townsville Crocodiles	119–96	West Sydney Razorbacks	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
22/01/2005	Wollongong Hawks	80–99	Melbourne Tigers	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
22/01/2005	Cairns Taipans	107–96	West Sydney Razorbacks	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
22/01/2005	Brisbane Bullets	92–91	Adelaide 36ers	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
23/01/2005	Melbourne Tigers	98–97	New Zealand Breakers	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
23/01/2005	Perth Wildcats	103–88	Sydney Kings		N/A	boxscore

Round 18[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
26/01/2005	Brisbane Bullets	117–77	New Zealand Breakers	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
26/01/2005	Adelaide 36ers	121–107	Melbourne Tigers	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
28/01/2005	Townsville Crocodiles	122–120	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
28/01/2005	Hunter Pirates	107–96	New Zealand Breakers	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
28/01/2005	Perth Wildcats	88–94	Sydney Kings	Singapore Indoor Stadium	N/A	boxscore
29/01/2005	Adelaide 36ers	72–85	Wollongong Hawks	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
29/01/2005	Cairns Taipans	96–110	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
29/01/2005	West Sydney Razorbacks	92–106	New Zealand Breakers	Whitlam Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 19[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
2/02/2005	West Sydney Razorbacks	103–76	Hunter Pirates	State Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
4/02/2005	Wollongong Hawks	112–118	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
4/02/2005	Cairns Taipans	98–96	Hunter Pirates	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
4/02/2005	Perth Wildcats	119–106	Brisbane Bullets	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
5/02/2005	Melbourne Tigers	109–93	West Sydney Razorbacks	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
5/02/2005	Townsville Crocodiles	133–127	Hunter Pirates	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
6/02/2005	Adelaide 36ers	105–100	Cairns Taipans	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore

Round 20[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
9/02/2005	New Zealand Breakers	108–109	Townsville Crocodiles	Trusts Stadium	N/A	boxscore
9/02/2005	Sydney Kings	93–95	Wollongong Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
9/02/2005	Hunter Pirates	112–101	Perth Wildcats	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
11/02/2005	Melbourne Tigers	102–100	Brisbane Bullets	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
11/02/2005	Hunter Pirates	113–118	Sydney Kings	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
11/02/2005	West Sydney Razorbacks	117–95	Wollongong Hawks	State Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
12/02/2005	Townsville Crocodiles	133–110	New Zealand Breakers	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
12/02/2005	Adelaide 36ers	109–105	Brisbane Bullets	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
12/02/2005	Sydney Kings	96–74	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
13/02/2005	Wollongong Hawks	135–140	Hunter Pirates	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
13/02/2005	Cairns Taipans	106–108	New Zealand Breakers	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 21[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
16/02/2005	Melbourne Tigers	101–102	Perth Wildcats	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
18/02/2005	Wollongong Hawks	85–77	Sydney Kings	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
18/02/2005	Hunter Pirates	127–100	West Sydney Razorbacks	Newcastle Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
18/02/2005	Perth Wildcats	129–91	New Zealand Breakers	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
18/02/2005	Brisbane Bullets	104–91	Melbourne Tigers	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
19/02/2005	Townsville Crocodiles	121–95	Cairns Taipans	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
19/02/2005	West Sydney Razorbacks	85–112	Sydney Kings	State Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
20/02/2005	Perth Wildcats	108–97	New Zealand Breakers	Challenge Stadium	N/A	boxscore
20/02/2005	Cairns Taipans	101–99	Adelaide 36ers	Cairns Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore

Ladder[]

Pos	2004–05 NBL season v t
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Sydney Kings	32	21	11	65.63%	3–2	W1	13–3	8–8	3234	3073	105.24%
2	Wollongong Hawks	32	20	12	62.50%	2–3	W1	12–4	8–8	3164	2994	105.68%
3	Townsville Crocodiles¹	32	19	13	59.38%	5–0	W10	13–3	6–10	3512	3398	103.35%
4	Adelaide 36ers¹	32	19	13	59.38%	3–2	L1	14–2	5–11	3291	3185	103.33%
5	Brisbane Bullets²	32	17	15	53.13%	2–3	W1	11–5	6–10	3366	3314	101.57%
6	Melbourne Tigers²	32	17	15	53.13%	2–3	L3	12–4	5–11	3226	3205	100.66%
7	Perth Wildcats²	32	17	15	53.13%	4–1	W3	9–7	8–8	3211	3158	101.68%
8	Hunter Pirates	32	15	17	46.88%	3–2	W2	12–4	3–13	3269	3319	98.49%

9	West Sydney Razorbacks³	32	11	21	34.38%	2–3	L2	9–7	2–14	3027	3203	94.51%
10	Cairns Taipans³	32	11	21	34.38%	2–3	W1	8–8	3–13	3033	3213	94.40%
11	New Zealand Breakers	32	9	23	28.13%	1–4	L2	6–10	3–13	3098	3369	91.96%

Updated to match(es) played on 20 February 2005. Source: NBL.com.au

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.

¹Townsville Crocodiles won Head-to-Head (2-1).

²3-way Head-to-Head between Brisbane Bullets (4-2), Melbourne Tigers (3-3) and Perth Wildcats (2-4).

³West Sydney Razorbacks won Head-to-Head (2-1).

Finals Series[]

Playoff bracket[]

Elimination Finals

Semi Finals

Grand Final

1

Sydney Kings

X

Bye

X

1

Sydney Kings

113

111

X

5

Brisbane Bullets

79

105

X

4

Adelaide 36ers

110

5

Brisbane Bullets

113

5

Brisbane Bullets

125

8

Hunter Pirates

99

1

Sydney Kings

96

105

112

X

2

Wollongong Hawks

73

80

85

X

2

Wollongong Hawks

X

Bye

X

2

Wollongong Hawks

100

109

X

3

Townsville Crocodiles

84

105

X

3

Townsville Crocodiles

112

6

Melbourne Tigers

108

5

Melbourne Tigers

100

7

Perth Wildcats

88

Elimination Finals[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
23/02/2005	Brisbane Bullets	113–99	Hunter Pirates	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
24/02/2005	Melbourne Tigers	108–88	Perth Wildcats	State Netball and Hockey Centre	N/A	boxscore
25/02/2005	Adelaide 36ers	110–125	Brisbane Bullets	Adelaide Arena	N/A	boxscore
26/02/2005	Townsville Crocodiles	112–100	Melbourne Tigers	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore

Semi Finals[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
1/03/2005	Sydney Kings	113–79	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
2/03/2005	Wollongong Hawks	100–84	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
4/03/2005	Brisbane Bullets	105–111	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Convention Centre	N/A	boxscore
5/03/2005	Townsville Crocodiles	105–109	Wollongong Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore

Grand Final[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Boxscore
11/03/2005	Sydney Kings	96–73	Wollongong Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
13/03/2005	Wollongong Hawks	80–105	Sydney Kings	WIN Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
19/03/2005	Sydney Kings	112–85	Wollongong Hawks	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore

All Star Game[]

Fox Sports

19 January 2005
18:30

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Aussie All Stars	156–140	World All Stars
Scoring by quarter: 39–41, 37–31, 43–41, 37–27
Pts: Newley 35 Rebs: Rillie 9 Asts: Rillie 10		Pts: 31 Rebs: Farley 12 Asts: 6
Aussie All Stars win, 156–140

Townsville Entertainment Centre, Townsville
Attendance: 5,078

Most Valuable Player[]

Brad Newley (Townsville Crocodiles)

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
PG	Darnell Mee^[1]	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: (Townsville Crocodiles)
February: (Townsville Crocodiles)

References[]

^ All-NBL Teams announced

NBL media guide

[1] All-NBL Teams announced

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