Sport Basketball Runners-up Nunawading Spectres Number of teams 12 Top seed Southern Melbourne Saints | Champions Launceston Casino City Start date 1981 Season MVP Rocky Smith TV partner ABC | |
League National Basketball League Duration 14 February 1981 – 21 June 1981
27 June 1981 (Semi–Finals)
28 June 1981 (Grand Final) Top scorer Michael Jones (671 - 30.5 ppg) Champion Launceston Casino City Tigers Finals champion Launceston Casino City Tigers | ||
The 1981 NBL season was the third season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 12 teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 14 February 1981 and 21 June 1981, and was followed by a post-season featuring the top four in 27-28 June 1981.
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End of Season Ladder
This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 132 games were played, 22 for each team.
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. St Kilda didn't attend the finals, as they attended the World Club Championship in Brazil.
References
1981 NBL season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA