2000–01 NBL season

2000–01 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	23 October 2000 – 31 March 2001 4 – 17 April 2001 (Finals) 22 – 29 April 2001 (Grand Finals)
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ABC Fox Sports
Regular season
Top seed	Townsville Crocodiles
Season MVP	Robert Rose
Finals
Champions	Wollongong Hawks
Runners-up	Townsville Crocodiles
Finals MVP	Glen Saville

The 2000–01 NBL season was the 23rd season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 23 October 2000 and 31 March 2001, and was followed by a post-season featuring the top four from 4 April 2001 until 29 April 2001.

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 24 rounds between 23 October 2000 and 31 March 2001 with finals starting 4 April 2001 until 17 April 2001 and grand final on 22–29 April 2001.

Round 1

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
20 October	Wollongong Hawks	97–115	West Sydney Razorbacks	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
20 October	Brisbane Bullets	80–95	Victoria Titans	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
21 October	Perth Wildcats	84–92	Adelaide 36ers	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
21 October	Melbourne Tigers	122–103	Canberra Cannons	Hisense Arena		box score	report
21 October	Townsville Crocodiles	120–85	Cairns Taipans	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
22 October	Victoria Titans	110–93	West Sydney Razorbacks	Hisense Arena		box score	report
22 October	Canberra Cannons	98–104	Sydney Kings	AIS Arena		box score	report

Round 2

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
27 October	Victoria Titans	81–88	Wollongong Hawks	Hisense Arena		box score	report
28 October	Brisbane Bullets	93–115	Townsville Crocodiles	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
28 October	Canberra Cannons	88–86	Cairns Taipans	AIS Arena		box score	report
28 October	Adelaide 36ers	92–81	Sydney Kings	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
29 October	Victoria Titans	106–98	Cairns Taipans	Hisense Arena		box score	report
29 October	Melbourne Tigers	111–118	Wollongong Hawks	Hisense Arena		box score	report
30 October	West Sydney Razorbacks	94–114	Adelaide 36ers	Penrith Sports Sadium		box score	report
30 October	Perth Wildcats	119–100	Sydney Kings	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 3

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
3 November	Sydney Kings	110–84	Perth Wildcats	Sydney Entertainment Centre		box score	report
3 November	Adelaide 36ers	112–83	Canberra Cannons	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
3 November	Townsville Crocodiles	112–96	West Sydney Razorbacks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
4 November	Victoria Titans	108–113	Melbourne Tigers	Hisense Arena		box score	report
4 November	Wollongong Hawks	106–79	Brisbane Bullets	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
4 November	Cairns Taipans	99–103	West Sydney Razorbacks	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
5 November	Perth Wildcats	99–71	Canberra Cannons	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 4

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
10 November	Cairns Taipans	87–96	Perth Wildcats	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
11 November	Canberra Cannons	91–124	Adelaide 36ers	AIS Arena		box score	report
11 November	Victoria Titans	112–92	Brisbane Bullets	Hisense Arena		box score	report
11 November	Sydney Kings	113–101	West Sydney Razorbacks	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
11 November	Townsville Crocodiles	106–98	Perth Wildcats	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
12 November	Melbourne Tigers	111–93	Brisbane Bullets	Hisense Arena		box score	report
13 November	Wollongong Hawks	120–117	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 5

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
17 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	101–112	Victoria Titans	State Sports Centre		box score	report
17 November	Adelaide 36ers	121–105	Townsville Crocodiles	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
18 November	Brisbane Bullets	97–88	Canberra Cannons	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
18 November	Perth Wildcats	121–108	Townsville Crocodiles	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
18 November	Canberra Cannons	88–102	Wollongong Hawks	AIS Arena		box score	report
18 November	Melbourne Tigers	119–129	Sydney Kings	Hisense Arena		box score	report

Round 6

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
24 November	West Sydney Razorbacks	91–92	Perth Wildcats	State Sports Centre		box score	report
24 November	Brisbane Bullets	94–91	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
25 November	Adelaide 36ers	102–81	Canberra Cannons	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
25 November	Wollongong Hawks	99–104	Perth Wildcats	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
25 November	Cairns Taipans	86–97	Melbourne Tigers	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
26 November	Townsville Crocodiles	120–106	Melbourne Tigers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 7

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
1 December	Wollongong Hawks	111–98	Brisbane Bullets	Shoalhaven Basketball Stadium		box score	report
1 December	Adelaide 36ers	113–90	West Sydney Razorbacks	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
1 December	Townsville Crocodiles	94–111	Victoria Titans	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
2 December	Cairns Taipans	81–98	Victoria Titans	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
2 December	Perth Wildcats	124–105	West Sydney Razorbacks	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
2 December	Melbourne Tigers	121–115	Adelaide 36ers	Hisense Arena		box score	report
3 December	Canberra Cannons	92–78	Brisbane Bullets	AIS Arena		box score	report

Round 8

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
8 December	Perth Wildcats	116–98	Brisbane Bullets	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
8 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	93–101	Cairns Taipans	State Sports Centre		box score	report
9 December	Sydney Kings	129–113	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
9 December	Wollongong Hawks	105–97	Cairns Taipans	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
9 December	Adelaide 36ers	90–74	Brisbane Bullets	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
11 December	Victoria Titans	104–90	Townsville Crocodiles	Hisense Arena		box score	report

Round 9

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
14 December	Sydney Kings	96–90	Adelaide 36ers	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
15 December	Canberra Cannons	92–101	Melbourne Tigers	AIS Arena		box score	report
15 December	Brisbane Bullets	90–95	Adelaide 36ers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
15 December	Wollongong Hawks	90–116	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
16 December	Perth Wildcats	103–95	Victoria Titans	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
16 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	112–118	Townsville Crocodiles	State Sports Centre		box score	report

Round 10

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
21 December	Canberra Cannons	97–112	Perth Wildcats	Albury Basketball Stadium		box score	report
22 December	Sydney Kings	93–86	Cairns Taipans	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
23 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	114–92	Brisbane Bullets	State Sports Centre		box score	report
23 December	Melbourne Tigers	116–126	Perth Wildcats	Hisense Arena		box score	report
23 December	Wollongong Hawks	111–109	Canberra Cannons	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
23 December	Adelaide 36ers	109–93	Cairns Taipans	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
26 December	Victoria Titans	100–82	Sydney Kings	Hisense Arena		box score	report

Round 11

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
29 December	West Sydney Razorbacks	107–109	Melbourne Tigers	State Sports Centre		box score	report
30 December	Victoria Titans	138–99	Canberra Cannons	Hisense Arena		box score	report
30 December	Wollongong Hawks	116–103	Sydney Kings	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
30 December	Cairns Taipans	98–89	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
31 December	Townsville Crocodiles	92–90	West Sydney Razorbacks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
31 December	Adelaide 36ers	91–104	Perth Wildcats	Adelaide Arena		box score	report

Round 12

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
5 January	Victoria Titans	107–95	West Sydney Razorbacks	Hisense Arena		box score	report
5 January	Adelaide 36ers	116–75	Cairns Taipans	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
5 January	Brisbane Bullets	102–96	Sydney Kings	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
6 January	Perth Wildcats	109–83	Cairns Taipans	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
6 January	Canberra Cannons	88–86	Brisbane Bullets	AIS Arena		box score	report
6 January	Melbourne Tigers	104–116	Adelaide 36ers	Hisense Arena		box score	report
6 January	Townsville Crocodiles	100–105	Wollongong Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 13

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
12 January	Cairns Taipans	109–112	Wollongong Hawks	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
13 January	Brisbane Bullets	80–80	Wollongong Hawks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
13 January	Perth Wildcats	132–112	Melbourne Tigers	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
13 January	Canberra Cannons	92–107	Townsville Crocodiles	AIS Arena		box score	report
13 January	Sydney Kings	92–128	Victoria Titans	Sydney Superdome		box score	report

Round 14

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
17 January	Victoria Titans	119–96	Brisbane Bullets	Ballarat Stadium		box score	report
19 January	Wollongong Hawks	130–99	Melbourne Tigers	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
19 January	Townsville Crocodiles	109–105	Sydney Kings	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
20 January	Perth Wildcats	107–100	Victoria Titans	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
20 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	107–101	Adelaide 36ers	State Sports Centre		box score	report
20 January	Cairns Taipans	91–94	Townsville Crocodiles	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report

Round 15

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
23 January	Melbourne Tigers	125–96	Townsville Crocodiles	Bendigo Basketball Stadium		box score	report
25 January	Cairns Taipans	86–115	Adelaide 36ers	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
26 January	Canberra Cannons	85–116	Victoria Titans	AIS Arena		box score	report
26 January	Sydney Kings	108–88	Perth Wildcats	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
27 January	Brisbane Bullets	88–106	Perth Wildcats	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
27 January	West Sydney Razorbacks	121–93	Melbourne Tigers	State Sports Centre		box score	report
27 January	Wollongong Hawks	79–92	Victoria Titans	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
27 January	Townsville Crocodiles	111–94	Adelaide 36ers	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Round 16

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
2 February	Brisbane Bullets	104–109	Townsville Crocodiles	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
2 February	Cairns Taipans	97–113	West Sydney Razorbacks	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
3 February	Melbourne Tigers	84–86	Victoria Titans	Hisense Arena		box score	report
3 February	Adelaide 36ers	104–98	Wollongong Hawks	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
4 February	Sydney Kings	116–93	Canberra Cannons	Sydney Superdome		box score	report

Round 17

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
9 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	97–81	Canberra Cannons	State Sports Centre		box score	report
9 February	Wollongong Hawks	96–93	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
10 February	Sydney Kings	132–104	Wollongong Hawks	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
10 February	Adelaide 36ers	82–89	Victoria Titans	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
10 February	Cairns Taipans	116–107	Perth Wildcats	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
10 February	Townsville Crocodiles	112–92	Canberra Cannons	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
11 February	Melbourne Tigers	117–103	Brisbane Bullets	Hisense Arena		box score	report

Round 18

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
16 February	Victoria Titans	100–87	Perth Wildcats	Hisense Arena		box score	report
16 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	84–112	Wollongong Hawks	State Sports Centre		box score	report
17 February	Canberra Cannons	84–100	Victoria Titans	AIS Arena		box score	report
17 February	Sydney Kings	112–106	Brisbane Bullets	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
17 February	Townsville Crocodiles	107–98	Cairns Taipans	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
18 February	Melbourne Tigers	117–120	Wollongong Hawks	Geelong Arena		box score	report

Round 19

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
21 February	Melbourne Tigers	99–90	Cairns Taipans	Hisense Arena		box score	report
23 February	Cairns Taipans	109–92	Canberra Cannons	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
24 February	Brisbane Bullets	114–80	Canberra Cannons	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
24 February	Perth Wildcats	104–106	Wollongong Hawks	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
24 February	West Sydney Razorbacks	90–99	Sydney Kings	State Sports Centre		box score	report
24 February	Adelaide 36ers	99–92	Victoria Titans	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
25 February	Melbourne Tigers	96–102	Townsville Crocodiles	Hisense Arena		box score	report

Round 20

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
2 March	Victoria Titans	96–115	Sydney Kings	Hisense Arena		box score	report
2 March	West Sydney Razorbacks	103–122	Wollongong Hawks	State Sports Centre		box score	report
3 March	Brisbane Bullets	110–115	Perth Wildcats	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
3 March	Canberra Cannons	74–89	Cairns Taipans	AIS Arena		box score	report
3 March	Sydney Kings	100–97	Melbourne Tigers	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
3 March	Adelaide 36ers	85–91	Townsville Crocodiles	Adelaide Arena		box score	report

Round 21

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
9 March	Cairns Taipans	113–118	Sydney Kings	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report
10 March	Brisbane Bullets	75–92	West Sydney Razorbacks	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
10 March	Perth Wildcats	120–85	Adelaide 36ers	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
10 March	Victoria Titans	133–124	Melbourne Tigers	Hisense Arena		box score	report
10 March	Sydney Kings	86–119	Wollongong Hawks	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
10 March	Townsville Crocodiles	122–88	Canberra Cannons	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
12 March	Melbourne Tigers	106–108	Perth Wildcats	Hisense Arena		box score	report

Round 22

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
16 March	Townsville Crocodiles	126–63	Brisbane Bullets	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
17 March	West Sydney Razorbacks	101–122	Sydney Kings	State Sports Centre		box score	report
17 March	Wollongong Hawks	121–86	Canberra Cannons	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
17 March	Adelaide 36ers	109–112	Melbourne Tigers	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
17 March	Cairns Taipans	90–86	Brisbane Bullets	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report

Round 23

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
23 March	Perth Wildcats	110–75	West Sydney Razorbacks	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
23 March	Sydney Kings	123–126	Townsville Crocodiles	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
24 March	Victoria Titans	121–72	Cairns Taipans	Hisense Arena		box score	report
24 March	Wollongong Hawks	88–93	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
25 March	Canberra Cannons	100–107	West Sydney Razorbacks	AIS Arena		box score	report

Round 24

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
29 March	Melbourne Tigers	125–101	West Sydney Razorbacks	Hisense Arena		box score	report
30 March	Canberra Cannons	83–93	Perth Wildcats	AIS Arena		box score	report
30 March	Townsville Crocodiles	138–107	Sydney Kings	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
31 March	Brisbane Bullets	94–103	Melbourne Tigers	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre		box score	report
31 March	Victoria Titans	113–98	Adelaide 36ers	Hisense Arena		box score	report
31 March	Sydney Kings	146–97	Canberra Cannons	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
31 March	Cairns Taipans	101–104	Wollongong Hawks	Cairns Convention Centre		box score	report

Ladder

This was the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 154 games were played, 28 for each team. The top six teams qualified for the finals series.

	Team	Pld	Won	Lost	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	% Pts	% Won
1	Townsville Crocodiles	37	27	10	3-2	L1	17-3	10-7	107	72
2	Wollongong Hawks	37	27	10	3-2	W1	12-6	15-4	103	72
3	Perth Wildcats	31	22	9	3-2	L1	12-3	10-6	107	70
4	Victoria Titans	34	24	10	1-4	L2	13-5	11-5	109	70
5	Sydney Kings	31	18	13	2-3	L2	12-3	6-10	102	58
6	Adelaide 36ers	34	19	15	3-2	L1	10-6	9-9	106	55

7	Melbourne Tigers	28	13	15	3-2	W3	7-8	6-7	99	46
8	West Sydney Razorbacks	28	9	19	2-3	L1	4-10	5-9	94	32
9	Cairns Taipans	28	6	22	2-3	L2	4-10	2-12	91	21
10	Brisbane Bullets	28	4	24	0-5	L5	4-9	0-15	88	14
11	Canberra Cannons	28	3	25	0-5	L14	3-11	0-14	82	10

Finals Series

Quarter Finals

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
4 April	Sydney Kings	127–109	Townsville Crocodiles	Sydney Superdome		box score	report
4 April	Wollongong Hawks	97–90	Perth Wildcats	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
5 April	Adelaide 36ers	96–101	Victoria Titans	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
6 April	Townsville Crocodiles	121–113	Sydney Kings	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
7 April	Perth Wildcats	106–95	Wollongong Hawks	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report
7 April	Victoria Titans	83–96	Adelaide 36ers	Hisense Arena		box score	report
8 April	Townsville Crocodiles	122–114	Sydney Kings	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
9 April	Victoria Titans	103–115	Adelaide 36ers	Hisense Arena		box score	report
10 April	Perth Wildcats	88–98	Wollongong Hawks	Perth Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Semi Finals

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
12 April	Adelaide 36ers	83–84	Wollongong Hawks	Adelaide Arena		box score	report
13 April	Victoria Titans	106–97	Townsville Crocodiles	Hisense Arena		box score	report
14 April	Wollongong Hawks	100–111	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
15 April	Townsville Crocodiles	98–82	Victoria Titans	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
16 April	Wollongong Hawks	109–108	Adelaide 36ers	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
17 April	Townsville Crocodiles	101–97	Victoria Titans	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report

Grand Final

(best-of-three series)

Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Crowd	Box Score	Report
22 April	Wollongong Hawks	104–101	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report
28 April	Townsville Crocodiles	114–97	Wollongong Hawks	Townsville Entertainment Centre		box score	report
29 April	Wollongong Hawks	97–94	Townsville Crocodiles	WIN Entertainment Centre		box score	report

2000–01 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers	29.1
Rebounds per game	Mark Bradtke	Melbourne Tigers	14.1
Assists per game	Darryl Mcdonald	Victoria Titans	7.9
Steals per game	Darryl Mcdonald	Victoria Titans	2.7
Blocks per game	Simon Dwight	West Sydney Razorbacks	3.1
Free throw percentage	Andrew Gaze	Melbourne Tigers	91.4%
Three-point field goal percentage	Jason Smith	Victoria Titans	47.4%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Robert Rose, Townsville Crocodiles
Rookie of the Year: Axel Dench, Wollongong Hawks
Best Defensive Player: Darnell Mee, Adelaide 36ers
Best Sixth Man: Chris Anstey Victoria Titans
Most Improved Player: James Harvey, Perth Wildcats
Coach of the Year: Brendan Joyce, Wollongong Hawks

All NBL Team

#	Player	Team
PG	Ricky Grace^[1]	Perth Wildcats
SG	Robert Rose	Townsville Crocodiles
SF	Jason Smith	Victoria Titans
PF	Darnell Mee	Adelaide 36ers
C	Mark Bradtke	Melbourne Tigers

References

↑ NBL: Basketball Australia

External links

NBL official website, including live scores and fixtures

NBL seasons

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