1983 NBL season

The 1983 NBL season was the fifth season of the National Basketball League (NBL). The regular season began on 10 February and ended on 18 June. The finals began on 23 June with the divisional finals before concluding on 4 July with the NBL Grand Final.

1983 NBL season
League	National Basketball League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	10 February – 18 June 1983 (Regular season) 23 June – 4 July 1983 (Finals)
Number of games	22
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	ABC
Regular season
Season champions	Sydney Supersonics (Eastern) Geelong Cats (Western)
Season MVP	Owen Wells (Sydney)
Top scorer	Mike Jones (Illawarra)
Finals
Champions	Canberra Cannons (1st title)
Runners-up	West Adelaide Bearcats

Regular season

The 1983 regular season took place over 18 rounds between 10 February 1983 and 18 June 1983. Each team played 22 games, against every opponent in their own division twice and against every opponent in the other division once.

Round 1

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
10/02/1983	St. Kilda Saints	84–75	Frankston Bears	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
12/02/1983	Westate Wildcats	76–93	Frankston Bears	Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
12/02/1983	Hobart Devils	85–40	Devonport Warriors	Kingsborough Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
12/02/1983	Canberra Cannons	107–86	Adelaide 36ers	AIS Arena	N/A	boxscore
12/02/1983	Newcastle Falcons	113–95	Illawarra Hawks	Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
12/02/1983	West Adelaide Bearcats	107–75	Brisbane Bullets	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
13/02/1983	Nunawading Spectres	114–52	Devonport Warriors	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore
13/02/1983	Bankstown Bruins	90–81	Adelaide 36ers	State Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
13/02/1983	Sydney Supersonics	89–71	Illawarra Hawks	Alexandria Stadium	N/A	boxscore
13/02/1983	Coburg Giants	73–70	Brisbane Bullets	Ken Watson Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 2

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
18/02/1983	Westate Wildcats	76–79	Bankstown Bruins	Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
19/02/1983	Brisbane Bullets	59–57	Adelaide 36ers	Auchenflower Stadium	N/A	boxscore
19/02/1983	Coburg Giants	81–78	Sydney Supersonics	Ken Watson Stadium	N/A	boxscore
19/02/1983	Devonport Warriors	82–83	Geelong Cats	Devonport Stadium	N/A	boxscore
19/02/1983	Hobart Devils	87–105	Canberra Cannons	Kingsborough Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
20/02/1983	Nunawading Spectres	72–66	Canberra Cannons	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore
20/02/1983	Illawarra Hawks	87–90	Adelaide 36ers	Beaton Park Stadium	N/A	boxscore
20/02/1983	West Adelaide Bearcats	78–71	Sydney Supersonics	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
20/02/1983	Frankston Bears	82–86	Geelong Cats	Frankston Stadium	N/A	boxscore
20/02/1983	St. Kilda Saints	79–70	Bankstown Bruins	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 3

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
25/02/1983	Westate Wildcats	104–94	Hobart Devils	Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
26/02/1983	Devonport Warriors	71–88	Newcastle Falcons	Devonport Stadium	N/A	boxscore
26/02/1983	Adelaide 36ers	99–103	Coburg Giants	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
26/02/1983	Canberra Cannons	103–82	West Adelaide Bearcats	AIS Arena	N/A	boxscore
27/02/1983	St. Kilda Saints	84–83	Hobart Devils	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
27/02/1983	Brisbane Bullets	53–54	Sydney Supersonics	Auchenflower Stadium	N/A	boxscore
27/02/1983	Frankston Bears	95–92	Newcastle Falcons	Frankston Stadium	N/A	boxscore
27/02/1983	Geelong Cats	77–70	Coburg Giants	Corio Leisure Centre	N/A	boxscore
27/02/1983	Bankstown Bruins	80–95	West Adelaide Bearcats	Bankstown Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 4

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
5/03/1983	Illawarra Hawks	71–91	Sydney Supersonics	Beaton Park Stadium	N/A	boxscore
5/03/1983	Newcastle Falcons	113–75	Hobart Devils	Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
5/03/1983	Devonport Warriors	71–95	Brisbane Bullets	Devonport Stadium	N/A	boxscore
5/03/1983	West Adelaide Bearcats	82–83	Nunawading Spectres	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
5/03/1983	Geelong Cats	80–74	Westate Wildcats	Corio Leisure Centre	N/A	boxscore
5/03/1983	Canberra Cannons	111–103	St. Kilda Saints	AIS Arena	N/A	boxscore
6/03/1983	Sydney Supersonics	84–74	Hobart Devils	Alexandria Stadium	N/A	boxscore
6/03/1983	Frankston Bears	73–69	Brisbane Bullets	Frankston Stadium	N/A	boxscore
6/03/1983	Coburg Giants	76–77	Nunawading Spectres	Ken Watson Stadium	N/A	boxscore
6/03/1983	Adelaide 36ers	102–91	Westate Wildcats	Forestville Stadium	N/A	boxscore
6/03/1983	Bankstown Bruins	82–79	St. Kilda Saints	Bankstown Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 5

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
11/03/1983	Westate Wildcats	85–84	Illawarra Hawks	Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
12/03/1983	Hobart Devils	70–71	Brisbane Bullets	Kingsborough Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
12/03/1983	Newcastle Falcons	89–86	Frankston Bears	Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
12/03/1983	Coburg Giants	102–76	Devonport Warriors	Ken Watson Stadium	N/A	boxscore
12/03/1983	Adelaide 36ers	93–92	Canberra Cannons	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
13/03/1983	Nunawading Spectres	87–72	Brisbane Bullets	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore
13/03/1983	St. Kilda Saints	99–81	Illawarra Hawks	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
13/03/1983	Sydney Supersonics	93–83	Frankston Bears	Alexandria Stadium	N/A	boxscore
13/03/1983	West Adelaide Bearcats	101–53	Devonport Warriors	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
13/03/1983	Geelong Cats	68–67	Canberra Cannons	Corio Leisure Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 6

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
18/03/1983	Westate Wildcats	83–88	Geelong Cats	Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
19/03/1983	Newcastle Falcons	94–98	West Adelaide Bearcats	Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
19/03/1983	Nunawading Spectres	111–68	Adelaide 36ers	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore
19/03/1983	Devonport Warriors	80–93	Canberra Cannons	Devonport Stadium	N/A	boxscore
19/03/1983	Illawarra Hawks	71–82	Bankstown Bruins	Beaton Park Stadium	N/A	boxscore
20/03/1983	Hobart Devils	85–103	Adelaide 36ers	Kingsborough Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
20/03/1983	Sydney Supersonics	97–73	West Adelaide Bearcats	Alexandria Stadium	N/A	boxscore
20/03/1983	St. Kilda Saints	79–98	Geelong Cats	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
20/03/1983	Frankston Bears	69–89	Canberra Cannons	Frankston Stadium	N/A	boxscore
20/03/1983	Brisbane Bullets	70–66	Bankstown Bruins	Auchenflower Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 7

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
25/03/1983	Bankstown Bruins	70–77	Sydney Supersonics	Bankstown Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
26/03/1983	Hobart Devils	84–107	St. Kilda Saints	Kingsborough Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
26/03/1983	Canberra Cannons	64–88	Sydney Supersonics	AIS Arena	N/A	boxscore
26/03/1983	Adelaide 36ers	114–95	Newcastle Falcons	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
26/03/1983	Devonport Warriors	71–88	Coburg Giants	Devonport Stadium	N/A	boxscore
26/03/1983	Illawarra Hawks	109–126	West Adelaide Bearcats	Beaton Park Stadium	N/A	boxscore
27/03/1983	Nunawading Spectres	80–81	St. Kilda Saints	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore
27/03/1983	Geelong Cats	83–86	Newcastle Falcons	Corio Leisure Centre	N/A	boxscore
27/03/1983	Frankston Bears	72–84	Coburg Giants	Frankston Stadium	N/A	boxscore
27/03/1983	Brisbane Bullets	79–81	West Adelaide Bearcats	Auchenflower Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 8

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
8/04/1983	Adelaide 36ers	95–93	Nunawading Spectres	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
9/04/1983	Canberra Cannons	107–71	Hobart Devils	AIS Arena	N/A	boxscore
9/04/1983	Illawarra Hawks	102–100	Devonport Warriors	Beaton Park Stadium	N/A	boxscore
9/04/1983	Geelong Cats	84–68	Nunawading Spectres	Corio Leisure Centre	N/A	boxscore
9/04/1983	Coburg Giants	115–98	Westate Wildcats	Ken Watson Stadium	N/A	boxscore
9/04/1983	Newcastle Falcons	113–95	St. Kilda Saints	Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
10/04/1983	Bankstown Bruins	86–73	Hobart Devils	Bankstown Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
10/04/1983	Brisbane Bullets	104–75	Devonport Warriors	Auchenflower Stadium	N/A	boxscore
10/04/1983	West Adelaide Bearcats	115–94	Westate Wildcats	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
10/04/1983	Sydney Supersonics	93–82	St. Kilda Saints	Alexandria Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 9

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
16/04/1983	Newcastle Falcons	88–100	Sydney Supersonics	Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
16/04/1983	West Adelaide Bearcats	100–91	Coburg Giants	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
16/04/1983	Devonport Warriors	75–92	Frankston Bears	Devonport Stadium	N/A	boxscore
16/04/1983	Geelong Cats	95–88	Adelaide 36ers	Corio Leisure Centre	N/A	boxscore
16/04/1983	Hobart Devils	81–73	Nunawading Spectres	Kingsborough Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
16/04/1983	Bankstown Bruins	81–87	Canberra Cannons	Bankstown Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
17/04/1983	Brisbane Bullets	87–86	Illawarra Hawks	Auchenflower Stadium	N/A	boxscore
17/04/1983	St. Kilda Saints	96–91	Adelaide 36ers	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 10

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
22/04/1983	Westate Wildcats	105–87	Devonport Warriors	Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
23/04/1983	Newcastle Falcons	92–90	Brisbane Bullets	Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
23/04/1983	West Adelaide Bearcats	116–102	Illawarra Hawks	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
23/04/1983	Nunawading Spectres	85–62	Frankston Bears	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore
23/04/1983	Canberra Cannons	102–91	Geelong Cats	AIS Arena	N/A	boxscore
24/04/1983	Hobart Devils	80–88	Frankston Bears	Kingsborough Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
24/04/1983	Sydney Supersonics	98–74	Brisbane Bullets	Alexandria Stadium	N/A	boxscore
24/04/1983	Coburg Giants	109–92	Illawarra Hawks	Ken Watson Stadium	N/A	boxscore
24/04/1983	St. Kilda Saints	97–86	Devonport Warriors	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
24/04/1983	Bankstown Bruins	74–69	Geelong Cats	Bankstown Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 11

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
29/04/1983	Westate Wildcats	65–102	Canberra Cannons	Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
30/04/1983	Hobart Devils	72–73	Bankstown Bruins	Kingsborough Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
30/04/1983	West Adelaide Bearcats	113–99	Newcastle Falcons	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
30/04/1983	Illawarra Hawks	95–115	Geelong Cats	Beaton Park Stadium	N/A	boxscore
30/04/1983	Devonport Warriors	85–99	Adelaide 36ers	Devonport Stadium	N/A	boxscore
1/05/1983	Nunawading Spectres	93–73	Bankstown Bruins	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore
1/05/1983	St. Kilda Saints	69–67	Canberra Cannons	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
1/05/1983	Coburg Giants	116–100	Newcastle Falcons	Ken Watson Stadium	N/A	boxscore
1/05/1983	Brisbane Bullets	58–79	Geelong Cats	Auchenflower Stadium	N/A	boxscore
1/05/1983	Frankston Bears	82–83	Adelaide 36ers	Frankston Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 12

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
6/05/1983	Westate Wildcats	91–99	Nunawading Spectres	Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
7/05/1983	Illawarra Hawks	101–106	Newcastle Falcons	Beaton Park Stadium	N/A	boxscore
7/05/1983	Canberra Cannons	105–85	Coburg Giants	AIS Arena	N/A	boxscore
7/05/1983	West Adelaide Bearcats	98–94	Frankston Bears	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
7/05/1983	Devonport Warriors	71–86	Sydney Supersonics	Devonport Stadium	N/A	boxscore
8/05/1983	Frankston Bears	79–89	Sydney Supersonics	Frankston Stadium	N/A	boxscore
8/05/1983	Brisbane Bullets	86–95	Newcastle Falcons	Auchenflower Stadium	N/A	boxscore
8/05/1983	Bankstown Bruins	73–74	Coburg Giants	Bankstown Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
8/05/1983	Geelong Cats	100–81	West Adelaide Bearcats	Corio Leisure Centre	N/A	boxscore
8/05/1983	St. Kilda Saints	84–91	Nunawading Spectres	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 13

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
15/04/1983	Devonport Warriors	79–76	Illawarra Hawks	Devonport Stadium	N/A	boxscore
14/05/1983	Frankston Bears	108–78	Illawarra Hawks	Frankston Stadium	N/A	boxscore
14/05/1983	Coburg Giants	103–81	Hobart Devils	Ken Watson Stadium	N/A	boxscore
14/05/1983	Newcastle Falcons	89–90	Nunawading Spectres	Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
14/05/1983	Canberra Cannons	117–84	Westate Wildcats	AIS Arena	N/A	boxscore
14/05/1983	Adelaide 36ers	94–93	St. Kilda Saints	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
15/05/1983	West Adelaide Bearcats	121–62	Hobart Devils	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
15/05/1983	Sydney Supersonics	89–74	Nunawading Spectres	Alexandria Stadium	N/A	boxscore
15/05/1983	Bankstown Bruins	97–85	Westate Wildcats	Bankstown Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
15/05/1983	Geelong Cats	77–79	St. Kilda Saints	Corio Leisure Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 14

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
20/05/1983	Westate Wildcats	83–82	Brisbane Bullets	Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
21/05/1983	Nunawading Spectres	85–81	Illawarra Hawks	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore
21/05/1983	Newcastle Falcons	97–94	Devonport Warriors	Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
21/05/1983	Geelong Cats	78–68	Bankstown Bruins	Corio Leisure Centre	N/A	boxscore
22/05/1983	Hobart Devils	79–89	Illawarra Hawks	Kingsborough Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
22/05/1983	St. Kilda Saints	80–83	Brisbane Bullets	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
22/05/1983	Sydney Supersonics	101–86	Devonport Warriors	Alexandria Stadium	N/A	boxscore
22/05/1983	Coburg Giants	84–78	Frankston Bears	Ken Watson Stadium	N/A	boxscore
22/05/1983	Adelaide 36ers	79–80	Bankstown Bruins	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore

Round 15

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
27/05/1983	Westate Wildcats	107–83	Adelaide 36ers	Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
28/05/1983	Newcastle Falcons	103–93	Coburg Giants	Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
28/05/1983	Hobart Devils	72–85	Geelong Cats	Kingsborough Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
28/05/1983	Illawarra Hawks	87–93	Canberra Cannons	Beaton Park Stadium	N/A	boxscore
28/05/1983	Frankston Bears	70–81	Bankstown Bruins	Frankston Stadium	N/A	boxscore
29/05/1983	Nunawading Spectres	91–100	Geelong Cats	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore
29/05/1983	Sydney Supersonics	93–84	Coburg Giants	Alexandria Stadium	N/A	boxscore
29/05/1983	Adelaide 36ers	96–93	West Adelaide Bearcats	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
29/05/1983	Brisbane Bullets	71–92	Canberra Cannons	Auchenflower Stadium	N/A	boxscore
29/05/1983	Devonport Warriors	58–78	Bankstown Bruins	Devonport Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 16

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
3/06/1983	Hobart Devils	96–102	Westate Wildcats	Kingsborough Sports Centre	N/A	boxscore
4/06/1983	Adelaide 36ers	83–101	Sydney Supersonics	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
4/06/1983	Canberra Cannons	107–87	Newcastle Falcons	AIS Arena	N/A	boxscore
4/06/1983	Illawarra Hawks	89–88	Coburg Giants	Beaton Park Stadium	N/A	boxscore
4/06/1983	Frankston Bears	85–92	West Adelaide Bearcats	Frankston Stadium	N/A	boxscore
4/06/1983	Nunawading Spectres	103–74	Westate Wildcats	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore
5/06/1983	Geelong Cats	101–73	Sydney Supersonics	Corio Leisure Centre	N/A	boxscore
5/06/1983	Bankstown Bruins	90–91	Newcastle Falcons	Bankstown Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
5/06/1983	Brisbane Bullets	100–75	Coburg Giants	Auchenflower Stadium	N/A	boxscore
5/06/1983	Devonport Warriors	106–108	West Adelaide Bearcats	Devonport Stadium	N/A	boxscore
5/06/1983	St. Kilda Saints	104–84	Westate Wildcats	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 17

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
11/06/1983	Illawarra Hawks	92–90	Frankston Bears	Beaton Park Stadium	N/A	boxscore
11/06/1983	Geelong Cats	110–74	Hobart Devils	Corio Leisure Centre	N/A	boxscore
11/06/1983	Canberra Cannons	85–86	Nunawading Spectres	AIS Arena	N/A	boxscore
11/06/1983	Newcastle Falcons	132–92	Westate Wildcats	Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
11/06/1983	West Adelaide Bearcats	117–112	St. Kilda Saints	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
12/06/1983	Brisbane Bullets	88–79	Frankston Bears	Auchenflower Stadium	N/A	boxscore
12/06/1983	Adelaide 36ers	128–96	Hobart Devils	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
12/06/1983	Bankstown Bruins	92–83	Nunawading Spectres	Bankstown Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
12/06/1983	Sydney Supersonics	119–89	Westate Wildcats	Alexandria Stadium	N/A	boxscore
12/06/1983	Coburg Giants	95–85	St. Kilda Saints	Ken Watson Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Round 18

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
18/06/1983	Illawarra Hawks	90–98	Brisbane Bullets	Beaton Park Stadium	N/A	boxscore
18/06/1983	Sydney Supersonics	92–81	Newcastle Falcons	Alexandria Stadium	N/A	boxscore
18/06/1983	Coburg Giants	87–103	West Adelaide Bearcats	Ken Watson Stadium	N/A	boxscore
18/06/1983	Frankston Bears	74–76	Devonport Warriors	Frankston Stadium	N/A	boxscore
18/06/1983	Adelaide 36ers	90–106	Geelong Cats	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
18/06/1983	Westate Wildcats	87–100	St. Kilda Saints	Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
18/06/1983	Canberra Cannons	88–72	Bankstown Bruins	AIS Arena	N/A	boxscore
18/06/1983	Nunawading Spectres	126–83	Hobart Devils	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Ladder

Eastern Division

Pos	1983 NBL season v t e
	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Sydney Supersonics	22	19	3	86.36%	4–1	W2	11–0	8–3	1956	1710	114.39%
2	West Adelaide Bearcats	22	17	5	77.27%	4–1	W4	10–1	7–4	2180	1972	110.55%
3	Coburg Giants1	22	13	9	59.09%	1–4	L1	9–2	4–7	1976	1920	102.92%
4	Newcastle Falcons1	22	13	9	59.09%	3–2	L1	8–3	5–6	2143	2076	103.23%
5	Brisbane Bullets	22	10	12	45.45%	4–1	W3	6–5	4–7	1734	1763	98.36%
6	Frankston Bears	22	6	16	27.27%	0–5	L6	3–8	3–8	1809	1863	97.10%
7	Illawarra Hawks	22	4	18	18.18%	3–2	L1	3–8	1–10	1929	2128	90.65%
8	Devonport Warriors	22	2	20	09.09%	1–4	W1	1–10	1–10	1674	2068	80.95%

Western Division

Pos	1983 NBL season v t e
	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	PF	PA	PP
1	Geelong Cats	22	18	4	81.82%	5–0	W6	9–2	9–2	1953	1736	112.50%
2	Canberra Cannons	22	16	6	72.73%	4–1	W1	9–2	7–4	2049	1777	115.31%
3	Nunawading Spectres	22	15	7	68.18%	3–2	W1	9–2	6–5	1964	1760	111.59%
4	St. Kilda Saints2	22	12	10	54.55%	2–3	W1	8–3	4–7	1971	1942	101.49%
5	Bankstown Bruins2	22	12	10	54.55%	3–2	L1	6–5	6–5	1737	1728	100.52%
6	Adelaide 36ers	22	11	11	50.00%	2–3	L1	7–4	4–7	2002	2047	97.80%
7	Westate Wildcats	22	6	16	27.27%	0–5	L5	5–6	1–10	1929	2171	88.85%
8	Hobart Devils	22	2	20	09.09%	0–5	L10	2–9	0–11	1757	2102	83.59%

Updated to match(es) played on 18 June 1983. Source: NBL.com.au

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.

¹Head-to-Head between Coburg Giants and Newcastle Falcons (1-1). Coburg Giants won For and Against (+6).

²Head-to-Head between St. Kilda Saints and Bankstown Bruins (1-1). St. Kilda Saints won For and Against (+6).

Finals

Main article: 1983 NBL Finals

The NBL finals series in 1983 consisted of the divisional finals (which was a round-robin fixture for the top eight teams), two semifinal games, and one championship-deciding grand final.

Round Robin (East)

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
23/06/1983	Coburg Giants	79–80	Sydney Supersonics	Ken Watson Stadium	N/A	boxscore
24/06/1983	West Adelaide Bearcats	93–86	Newcastle Falcons	Apollo Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
25/06/1983	Newcastle Falcons	87–101	Coburg Giants	Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre	N/A	boxscore
25/06/1983	Sydney Supersonics	78–91	West Adelaide Bearcats	Liverpool Stadium	N/A	boxscore
26/06/1983	Sydney Supersonics	101–94	Newcastle Falcons	Liverpool Stadium	N/A	boxscore
26/06/1983	Coburg Giants	105–104	West Adelaide Bearcats	Liverpool Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	West Adelaide Bearcats	3	2	1	288	269	+19	Qualification to Semifinals
2	Coburg Giants	3	2	1	285	271	+14
3	Sydney Supersonics	3	2	1	259	264	−5	Eliminated
4	Newcastle Falcons	3	0	3	267	295	−28

Source: websites.sportstg.com/

Round Robin (West)

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
24/06/1983	St. Kilda Saints	94–95	Geelong Cats	Albert Park Basketball Stadium	N/A	boxscore
24/06/1983	Canberra Cannons	89–81	Nunawading Spectres	AIS Arena	N/A	boxscore
25/06/1983	Geelong Cats	81–86	Canberra Cannons	Corio Leisure Centre	N/A	boxscore
25/06/1983	Nunawading Spectres	109–75	St. Kilda Saints	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore
26/06/1983	Nunawading Spectres	107–74	Geelong Cats	Kilsyth Stadium	N/A	boxscore
26/06/1983	Canberra Cannons	104–85	St. Kilda Saints	Kilsyth Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Canberra Cannons	3	3	0	279	247	+32	Qualification to Semifinals
2	Nunawading Spectres	3	2	1	297	238	+59
3	Geelong Cats	3	1	2	250	287	−37	Eliminated
4	St. Kilda Saints	3	0	3	254	308	−54

Source: websites.sportstg.com/

Round Robin results

Each of the top eight teams played in a three-game round robin fixture between 23 June and 26 June. The result were as follows:^[1]

Results

Team	Record	Points differential	Semi-finals seed
Canberra Cannons	3–0	+32	#1
Nunawading Spectres	2–1	+59	#2
West Adelaide Bearcats	2–1	+19	#3
Coburg Giants	2–1	+14	#4
Sydney Supersonics	2–1	-5	Eliminated
Geelong Cats	1–2	-37	Eliminated
Newcastle Falcons	0–3	-28	Eliminated
St. Kilda Saints	0–3	-54	Eliminated

Playoff bracket

	Semifinals					Grand Final
	1	Canberra Cannons	80
	4	Coburg Giants	75
						1	Canberra Cannons	75
						2	West Adelaide Bearcats	73
	2	Nunawading Spectres	77
	3	West Adelaide Bearcats	84

Semifinals

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
1/07/1983	Nunawading Spectres	77–84	West Adelaide Bearcats	Burwood Stadium	N/A	boxscore
1/07/1983	Canberra Cannons	80–75	Coburg Giants	Kilsyth Stadium Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Grand Final

Date	Home	Score	Away	Venue	Crowd	Box Score
4/07/1983	Canberra Cannons	75–73	West Adelaide Bearcats	Kilsyth Stadium	N/A	boxscore

Awards

Statistics leaders

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points	Mike Jones	Illawarra Hawks	679 pts / 22 games[2]
Rebounds per game	George Morrow	Newcastle Falcons	15.6 rpg / 25 games[2]
Steals	Phil Smyth	Canberra Cannons	67 / 22 games[2]
Blocks	James Crawford	Geelong Cats	69 / 22 games[2]
Field goal percentage	Mike Slusher	St Kilda Saints	64.8% (96/148)[2]
Free throw percentage	Michael Johnson	Newcastle Falcons	91.8% (34/37)[2]

Regular season

• Most Valuable Player: Owen Wells (Sydney Supersonics)
• Rookie of the Year: Jaime Kennedy (Canberra Cannons)
• Best Defensive Player: Phil Smyth (Canberra Cannons)
• Coach of the Year: Robbie Cadee (Bankstown Bruins)
• All-NBL Team:
  • Leroy Loggins (West Adelaide Bearcats)^[3]
  • James Crawford (Geelong Cats)
  • George Morrow (Newcastle Falcons)
  • Phil Smyth (Canberra Cannons)
  • Cal Bruton (Geelong Cats)