1984 NBL season

1984 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	3 February 1984 – 23 June 1984 29 June 1984 (Semi-Finals) 1 July 1984 (Grand Final)
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	ABC
Regular season
Top seed	Geelong Supercats
Season MVP	Leroy Loggins
Top scorer	Al Green (829 - 39.4 ppg)
Finals
Champions	Canberra Cannons
Runners-up	Brisbane Bullets

The 1984 NBL season was the sixth season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 16 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 3 February 1984 and 23 June 1984, followed by the Grand Final on 29 June until 1 July 1984, Melbourne Tigers made a debut this season and the Westate Wildcats becomes the Perth Wildcats.

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 18 rounds between 3 February 1984 and 23 June 1984 with grand final on 29 June until 1 July 1984.

Ladder

	Team	Pld	Won	Lost	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	% Pts	% Won
1	Geelong Cats	26	22	4	2-3	L1	11-2	11-2	120	84
2	Brisbane Bullets	27	21	6	4-1	L1	11-3	10-3	117	77
3	Canberra Cannons	26	19	7	5-0	W7	11-4	8-3	108	73
4	Coburg Giants	27	19	8	3-2	L1	11-1	8-7	116	70

5	Newcastle Falcons	26	19	7	3-2	L1	11-3	8-4	106	73
6	Adelaide 36ers	24	16	8	2-3	L3	9-2	7-6	106	66
7	Nunawading Spectres	25	15	10	1-4	L1	6-6	9-4	104	60
8	Illawarra Hawks	25	13	12	2-3	L1	7-5	6-7	101	52
9	Melbourne Tigers	24	11	13	4-1	W2	8-4	3-9	103	45
10	West Adelaide Bearcats	24	11	13	2-3	L1	8-4	3-9	96	45
11	Bankstown Bruins	24	10	14	3-2	W1	7-5	3-9	96	41
12	Frankston Bears	24	10	14	2-3	W1	8-4	2-10	96	41
13	St. Kilda Saints	23	9	14	2-3	L1	5-6	4-8	94	39
14	Hobart Devils	23	4	19	0-5	L6	1-11	3-8	87	17
15	Devonport Warriors	23	4	19	1-4	W1	3-8	1-11	86	17
16	Perth Wildcats	23	3	20	2-3	L2	3-9	0-11	84	13

Bracket

Semi Finals			Grand Final


3	Canberra Cannons	108

5	Coburg Giants	107
			2	Brisbane Bullets	82

			3	Canberra Cannons	84
1	Geelong Cats	103

2	Brisbane Bullets	107

Finals

Main article: 1984 NBL 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.

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
29 June	Canberra Cannons	108-107	Coburg Giants	AIS Arena
29 June	Geelong Supercats	103-107	Brisbane Bullets	The Glass House

Grand Final

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue
1 July	Brisbane Bullets	82-84	Canberra Cannons	The Glass House

1984 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Al Green	West Adelaide Bearcats	39.5
Rebounds per game	Dean Uthoff	Nunawading Spectres	18.4
Assists per game	Gordie Mcleod	Illawarra Hawks	8.7
Steals per game	Leroy Loggins	Brisbane Bullets	3.4
Blocks per game	Dan Clausen	Adelaide 36ers	3.2
Free throw percentage	Calvin Bruton	Geelong Supercats	87.9%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Leroy Loggins, Brisbane Bullets
Rookie of the Year: Andrew Gaze, Melbourne Tigers
Coach of the Year: Brian Kerle, Brisbane Bullets

All NBL Team

#	Player	Team
PG	Phil Smyth	Canberra Cannons
SG	Cal Bruton	Geelong Supercats
SF	Leroy Loggins	Brisbane Bullets
PF	James Crawford	Geelong Supercats
C	Dan Clausen	Adelaide 36ers

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

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