2004–05 NBL season explained

2004–05 NBL season
Pixels:	250px
League:	National Basketball League
Season:	2004–05
Finals:	Finals
Finals Link:	2005 NBL Finals
Runners Up:	Wollongong Hawks
Semifinalists:	Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Bullets
Teams:	11
Dates:	29 September 2004 – 19 March 2005
Season Champs:	Sydney Kings
Tv:	Australia: New Zealand:
Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player
Mvp N:	USA
Finals Mvp Link:	NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player – Grand Final
Finals Mvp N:	AUS
Ppg:	24.3
Ppg N:	USA
Top Scorer Link:	List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders
Rpg:	13.6
Rpg N:	USA
Apg:	7.7
Apg N:	USA
Seasonslist:	List of NBL seasons
Seasonslistnames:	NBL
Prevseason Link:	2003–04 NBL season
Prevseason Year:	2003–04
Nextseason Link:	2005–06 NBL season
Nextseason Year:	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

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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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Ladder

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

Elimination Finals

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Semi-finals

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Grand Final

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All Star Game

See main article: 2004–05 NBL All-Star Game.

Most Valuable Player

• Brad Newley (Townsville Crocodiles)

Awards

• NBL Most Valuable Player: Brian Wethers (Hunter Pirates)^[1]
• 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

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PG	Darnell Mee^[2]	Wollongong Hawks
SG		Sydney Kings
SF		Hunter Pirates
PF		Cairns Taipans
C		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: Ian Stacker (Townsville Crocodiles)
• February: Ian Stacker (Townsville Crocodiles)

External links

• NBL media guide

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wethers wins MVP. NBL.com.au. 24 March 2005. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050713084933/http://nbl.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=1793. 13 July 2005. 29 January 2023.
2. Web site: All-NBL Teams announced. NBL.com.au. 24 March 2005. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20060902041255/http://www.nbl.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=1795. 2 September 2006. 18 February 2016.