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2003–04 NBL season

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Champions
  
Sydney Kings

Finals MVP
  
Matthew Nielsen

Start date
  
2003

Season MVP
  
Matthew Nielsen

Finals champion
  
Sydney Kings

Runners-up
  
West Sydney Razorbacks

Champion
  
Sydney Kings

Number of teams
  
12

Top seed
  
Sydney Kings

TV partner
  
Fox Sports

League
  
National Basketball League

Duration
  
1 October 2003 – 7 March 2004 12 – 15 March 2004 (Semi-Finals) 12 – 6 April 2004 (Grand Finals)

The 2003–04 NBL season was the 26th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 12 teams contested the league. This season marked the first NBL season that featured the New Zealand Breakers, the first New Zealand team in the Australian competition. Also, the Canberra Cannons were replaced by the Hunter Pirates.

Contents

Regular season

The home and away season took place over 23 rounds between 1 October 2003 and 7 March 2004 with semi-finals starting 12–15 March 2004 and grand final on 24 March 2004 until 6 April 2004.

Ladder

This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 198 games were played, 33 for each team. The top 4 teams qualified for the finals series.

Semi Finals

(best-of-three series)

Grand Final

(best-of-five series)

Awards

  • NBL Most Valuable Player: Matthew Nielsen (Sydney Kings)
  • Larry Sengstock Medal (GF MVP): Matthew Nielsen (Sydney Kings)
  • NBL Coach of the Year: Joey Wright (Brisbane Bullets)
  • NBL Best Defensive Player: Ben Castle (Brisbane Bullets)
  • NBL Rookie of the Year: Steven Markovic (West Sydney Razorbacks)
  • NBL Most Improved Player: Geordie Cullen (Hunter Pirates)
  • NBL Best Sixth Man: Darryl McDonald (Melbourne Tigers)
  • All-NBL First Team:
  • Matthew Nielsen (Sydney Kings)
  • Mark Bradtke (Melbourne Tigers)
  • Stephen Black (Brisbane Bullets)
  • John Rillie (West Sydney Razorbacks)
  • Sam Mackinnon (West Sydney Razorbacks)

    • Player of the month

  • October: Matthew Nielsen (Sydney Kings)
  • November: Dusty Rychart (Adelaide 36ers)
  • December: Kevin Freeman (Brisbane Bullets)
  • January: Mike Chappell (New Zealand Breakers)
  • February: Matthew Nielsen (Sydney Kings)

    • Coach of the month

  • October: Brian Goorjian (Sydney Kings)
  • November: Brendan Joyce (Wollongong Hawks)
  • December: Joey Wright (Brisbane Bullets)
  • January: Gordon McLeod (West Sydney Razorbacks)
  • February: Brendan Joyce (Wollongong Hawks)

    • References

    2003–04 NBL season Wikipedia
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