1980 NBL season

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1980 NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Duration2 February–8 June 1980 (Regular season)
14–15 June 1980 (Finals)
Number of games22
Number of teams12
TV partner(s) ABC
Regular season
Season champions St. Kilda Saints
Season MVP Rocky Smith (St. Kilda)
Top scorer Rocky Smith (St. Kilda)
Finals
Champions St. Kilda Saints (2nd title)
  Runners-up West Adelaide Bearcats
Grand Final MVP Rocky Smith (St. Kilda)
NBL seasons

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

Contents

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

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Canberra Showgrounds N/A boxscore
2/02/1980 Coburg Giants 76–73 Illawarra Hawks Ken Watson Stadium 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 Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 2

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Burwood Stadium 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 Canberra Showgrounds 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 Alexandria Stadium 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

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Burwood Stadium 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 Canberra Showgrounds 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 Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
17/02/1980 Bankstown Bruins 66–69 Canberra Cannons Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 4

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Ken Watson Stadium 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 Alexandria Stadium 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

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Canberra Showgrounds N/A boxscore
1/03/1980 Nunawading Spectres 83–73 West Adelaide Bearcats Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
2/03/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 73–70 Coburg Giants Alexandria Stadium 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

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
9/03/1980 Coburg Giants 58–73 Canberra Cannons Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 7

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
15/03/1980 Coburg Giants 47–69 Nunawading Spectres Ken Watson Stadium 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 Canberra Showgrounds 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 Alexandria Stadium 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

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Canberra Showgrounds 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 Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
23/03/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 85–86 West Adelaide Bearcats Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 9

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Ken Watson Stadium 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 Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 10

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Canberra Showgrounds N/A boxscore

Round 11

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
19/04/1980 Coburg Giants 84–91 St. Kilda Saints Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
19/04/1980 West Adelaide Bearcats 109–76 West Torrens Eagles Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 12

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
25/04/1980 Canberra Cannons 82–60 City of Sydney Astronauts Canberra Showgrounds N/A boxscore
25/04/1980 Coburg Giants 98–71 West Torrens Eagles Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
26/04/1980 Nunawading Spectres 83–85 Illawarra Hawks Burwood Stadium 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 Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 13

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Canberra Showgrounds 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 Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
4/05/1980 Coburg Giants 93–71 Bankstown Bruins Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 14

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Burwood Stadium 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 Canberra Showgrounds 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 Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
11/05/1980 Illawarra Hawks 85–95 West Adelaide Bearcats Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 15

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
17/05/1980 Coburg Giants 101–76 City of Sydney Astronauts Ken Watson Stadium 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 Burwood Stadium 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

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
1/06/1980 Canberra Cannons 87–98 Brisbane Bullets Canberra Showgrounds N/A boxscore
1/06/1980 Launceston Casino City 71–81 Nunawading Spectres Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 18

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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 Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
8/06/1980 Coburg Giants 89–92 West Adelaide Bearcats Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
8/06/1980 City of Sydney Astronauts 90–81 Canberra Cannons Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore

Ladder

Pos 1980 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 St. Kilda Saints 12217577.27%4–1L19–28–321091886111.82%
2 West Adelaide Bearcats 12217577.27%4–1W310–17–419411773109.48%
3 Brisbane Bullets 2215768.18%5–0W59–26–519281780108.31%
4 Nunawading Spectres 2214863.64%2–3W28–36–516601580105.06%
5 Illawarra Hawks 22213959.09%2–3L35–68–317981790100.45%
6 Newcastle Falcons 22213959.09%5–0W56–57–418281794101.90%
7 Canberra Cannons 22111150.00%0–5L58–33–816611631101.84%
8 Launceston Casino City 2291340.91%3–2W16–53–81863188998.62%
9 Coburg Giants 32271531.82%1-4L25–62–91727174099.25%
10 City of Sydney Astronauts 32271531.82%1–4W15–62–91717190889.99%
11 West Torrens Eagles 2261627.27%1–4L26–50–111707194087.99%
12 Bankstown Bruins 2231913.64%0–5L132–91–101721194988.30%

Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 1980. 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.

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

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

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox 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

DateHomeScoreAwayVenueCrowdBox Score
15/06/1980 St. Kilda Saints 113–88 West Adelaide Bearcats Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore

Awards

Statistics leaders

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

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