2002–03 NBL season explained

2002–03 NBL season
League:	National Basketball League
Season:	2002–03
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	2003 NBL Finals
Runners Up:	Perth Wildcats
Semifinalists:	Townsville Crocodiles Wollongong Hawks
Teams:	11
Dates:	2 October 2002 – 6 April 2003
Season Champs:	Sydney Kings
Tv:	Australia:
Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player
Mvp N:	USA
Finals Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final
Finals Mvp N:	USA
Ppg:	23.6
Ppg N:	AUS
Top Scorer Link:	List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders
Rpg:	12.9
Rpg N:	AUS
Apg:	8.0
Apg N:	AUS
Seasonslist:	List of NBL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	NBL
Prevseason Link:	2001–02 NBL season
Prevseason Year:	2001–02
Nextseason Link:	2003–04 NBL season
Nextseason Year:	2003–04

The 2002–03 NBL season was the 25th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league.

Regular season

The 2002–03 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 2 October 2002 and 1 March 2003.

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Round 11

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Round 12

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Round 13

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Round 14

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Round 15

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Round 16

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Round 17

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Round 18

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Round 19

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Round 20

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Round 21

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Round 22

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Ladder

¹Sydney Kings won Head-to-Head (2-1).

Finals

See main article: 2003 NBL Finals.

Qualifying Finals

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Semi-finals

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Grand Final

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2002–03 NBL statistics leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game			23.6
Rebounds per game			12.9
Assists per game			8.0
Steals per game			2.4
Blocks per game			2.2
Free throw percentage			89.3%
Three-point field goal percentage			43.8%

NBL awards

Most Valuable Player: Chris Williams, Sydney Kings
Rookie of the Year: Gary Boodnikoff, Sydney Kings
Best Defensive Player: Glen Saville, Wollongong Hawks
Best Sixth Man: Stephen Black, Perth Wildcats
Most Improved Player: Matt Burston, Perth Wildcats
Coach of the Year: Ian Stacker, Townsville Crocodiles

All NBL Team

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PG	Ricky Grace^[1]	Perth Wildcats
SG		Sydney Kings
SF		Adelaide 36ers
PF		Sydney Kings
C		Melbourne Tigers

External links

NBL official website, including live scores and fixtures

Notes and References

Web site: NBL Season 2002-2003 . 18 February 2016 . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000259/http://www.australiabasket.com/australia/basketball-league-nbl_2002-2003.asp . live .