1985 NBL season | |
League: | National Basketball League |
Sport: | Basketball |
Pixels: | 200px |
Duration: | 12 April – 24 August 1985 31 August 1985 (semi-finals) 7 September 1985 (Grand Final) |
No Of Teams: | 14 |
Season: | Regular season |
Season Champs: | Brisbane Bullets |
Top Scorer: | Kendal Pinder (Sydney) |
Top Scorer Link: | List of National Basketball League (Australia) annual scoring leaders |
Mvp: | Ray Borner (Coburg) |
Mvp Link: | NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player |
Finals: | Finals |
Finals Link: | 1985 NBL Finals |
Finals Champ: | Brisbane Bullets (1st title) |
Finals Runner-Up: | Adelaide 36ers |
Seasonslist: | List of NBL seasons |
Seasonslistnames: | NBL |
Prevseason Link: | 1984 NBL season |
Prevseason Year: | 1984 |
Nextseason Link: | 1986 NBL season |
Nextseason Year: | 1986 |
The 1985 NBL season was the seventh season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contested the league.
The 1985 regular season took place over 18 rounds between 12 April 1985 and 18 August 1985.
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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 Brisbane Bullets and Adelaide 36ers (1-1). Brisbane Bullets won For and Against (+19).
2Head-to-Head between Nunawading Spectres and Canberra Cannons (1-1) & For and Against (0). Nunawading Spectres won Overall Points Percentage (+0.90%).
3Illawarra Hawks won Head-to-Head (2-0).
See main article: 1985 NBL Finals.
There were two Elimination Finals, two Semifinals, and then one Grand Final. All three of these finals were sudden death. The top two teams of the regular season, the Brisbane Bullets and Adelaide 36ers, automatically qualified to host their respective Semifinals.
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Category | Player | Team | Stat |
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Points per game | 33.5[1] | ||
Rebounds per game | 17.8 | ||
Assists per game | 10.2 | ||
Steals per game | 3.7 | ||
Blocks per game | 3.5 | ||
Free throw percentage | 87.2% | ||
width=25 | width=150 | Player | width=150 | Team | |
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PG | Canberra Cannons | ||||
SG | Adelaide 36ers | ||||
SF | Brisbane Bullets | ||||
PF | Kendal Pinder[2] | Sydney Supersonics | |||
C | Coburg Giants |