1982 NBL season

The 1982 NBL season was the fourth season of the National Basketball League (NBL).

1982 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration6 February – 11 July (Regular season)
16 July – 18 July (Finals)
Number of games26
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)ABC
Regular season
Top seedWest Adelaide Bearcats
Season MVPAl Green (West Adelaide)
Top scorerReg Biddings (Adelaide)
Finals
ChampionsWest Adelaide Bearcats (1st title)
  Runners-upGeelong Cats

Regular season

The 1982 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 6 February 1982 and 11 July 1982. Each team played 26 games, against every opponent twice.

Round 1
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
6/02/1982 Canberra Cannons 93–82 St. Kilda Saints AIS Arena N/A boxscore
6/02/1982 Bankstown Bruins 95–105 Newcastle Falcons Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
6/02/1982 Westate Wildcats 74–105 Geelong Cats Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
6/02/1982 Illawarra Hawks 98–91 Launceston Casino City Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
6/02/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 84–87 Coburg Giants Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
7/02/1982 Sydney Supersonics 77–78 St. Kilda Saints Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
7/02/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 68–62 Coburg Giants Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
7/02/1982 Brisbane Bullets 104–91 Launceston Casino City Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 2
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
13/02/1982 Canberra Cannons 95–88 Westate Wildcats AIS Arena N/A boxscore
13/02/1982 Geelong Cats 88–101 Coburg Giants Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore
13/02/1982 Bankstown Bruins 78–82 Sydney Supersonics Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
13/02/1982 Illawarra Hawks 87–88 Adelaide City Eagles Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
13/02/1982 St. Kilda Saints 79–92 West Adelaide Bearcats Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
13/02/1982 Bankstown Bruins 66–94 Nunawading Spectres Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
14/02/1982 Nunawading Spectres 92–90 West Adelaide Bearcats Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
14/02/1982 Sydney Supersonics 101–88 Westate Wildcats Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
14/02/1982 Brisbane Bullets 79–74 Adelaide City Eagles Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
14/02/1982 Launceston Casino City 95–112 Coburg Giants Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 3
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
18/02/1982 Sydney Supersonics 91–76 Launceston Casino City Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
19/02/1982 Westate Wildcats 83–69 Canberra Cannons Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
20/02/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 114–77 St. Kilda Saints Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/02/1982 Illawarra Hawks 91–99 Brisbane Bullets Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
20/02/1982 Launceston Casino City 99–101 Newcastle Falcons Devonport Stadium N/A boxscore
21/02/1982 Coburg Giants 60–57 Canberra Cannons Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
21/02/1982 Geelong Cats 94–91 Newcastle Falcons Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore
21/02/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 79–86 St. Kilda Saints Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 4
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
26/02/1982 Westate Wildcats 92–82 Bankstown Bruins Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
27/02/1982 Nunawading Spectres 81–62 Canberra Cannons Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
27/02/1982 Illawarra Hawks 94–83 Sydney Supersonics Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
27/02/1982 Launceston Casino City 81–92 Brisbane Bullets Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
27/02/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 103–101 Newcastle Falcons Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
28/02/1982 Coburg Giants 98–74 Bankstown Bruins Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
28/02/1982 Geelong Cats 88–98 Brisbane Bullets Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore
28/02/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 115–100 Newcastle Falcons Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
28/02/1982 St. Kilda Saints 70–67 Canberra Cannons Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 5
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
5/03/1982 Canberra Cannons 106–83 Sydney Supersonics AIS Arena N/A boxscore
6/03/1982 Newcastle Falcons 77–65 Canberra Cannons Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/03/1982 Nunawading Spectres 96–72 Geelong Cats Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
6/03/1982 Westate Wildcats 87–82 Coburg Giants Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
6/03/1982 Launceston Casino City 86–91 St. Kilda Saints Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
6/03/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 83–74 West Adelaide Bearcats Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
7/03/1982 Sydney Supersonics 90–74 Bankstown Bruins Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
7/03/1982 St. Kilda Saints 79–81 Nunawading Spectres Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
7/03/1982 Brisbane Bullets 91–84 Illawarra Hawks Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
7/03/1982 Geelong Cats 82–75 Launceston Casino City Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore

Round 6
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
13/03/1982 Illawarra Hawks 94–103 West Adelaide Bearcats Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
13/03/1982 Westate Wildcats 62–68 St. Kilda Saints Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
13/03/1982 Newcastle Falcons 77–75 Nunawading Spectres Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
14/03/1982 Brisbane Bullets 89–97 West Adelaide Bearcats Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 7
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
20/03/1982 Bankstown Bruins 76–92 Adelaide City Eagles Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
20/03/1982 Canberra Cannons 87–98 West Adelaide Bearcats AIS Arena N/A boxscore
20/03/1982 Westate Wildcats 82–94 Nunawading Spectres Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
20/03/1982 Illawarra Hawks 73–82 St. Kilda Saints Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
21/03/1982 Newcastle Falcons 99–105 Adelaide City Eagles Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
21/03/1982 Sydney Supersonics 76–78 West Adelaide Bearcats Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
21/03/1982 Brisbane Bullets 66–83 St. Kilda Saints Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
21/03/1982 Launceston Casino City 91–101 Geelong Cats Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 8
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
26/03/1982 Westate Wildcats 93–86 Newcastle Falcons Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
26/03/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 109–89 Brisbane Bullets Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
26/03/1982 Launceston Casino City 81–80 Bankstown Bruins Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
28/03/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 76–82 Brisbane Bullets Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
28/03/1982 Geelong Cats 90–65 Bankstown Bruins Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore
28/03/1982 Coburg Giants 81–92 Newcastle Falcons Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
28/03/1982 Nunawading Spectres 85–77 St. Kilda Saints Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 9
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
2/04/1982 Launceston Casino City 84–92 Westate Wildcats Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
3/04/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 121–103 Westate Wildcats Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/04/1982 Nunawading Spectres 76–65 Brisbane Bullets Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
3/04/1982 Geelong Cats 96–85 Illawarra Hawks Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore
3/04/1982 Sydney Supersonics 78–72 Canberra Cannons Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
3/04/1982 Newcastle Falcons 97–88 Coburg Giants Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/04/1982 St. Kilda Saints 83–73 Brisbane Bullets Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
4/04/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 129–100 Westate Wildcats Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
4/04/1982 Launceston Casino City 82–90 Illawarra Hawks Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
4/04/1982 Bankstown Bruins 68–81 Coburg Giants Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 10
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
17/04/1982 Coburg Giants 87–73 St. Kilda Saints Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
17/04/1982 Illawarra Hawks 104–90 Newcastle Falcons Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
17/04/1982 Canberra Cannons 112–79 Launceston Casino City AIS Arena N/A boxscore
18/04/1982 Bankstown Bruins 76–82 Canberra Cannons Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 11
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
23/04/1982 Canberra Cannons 78–91 Nunawading Spectres AIS Arena N/A boxscore
24/04/1982 Sydney Supersonics 74–81 Nunawading Spectres Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
24/04/1982 Illawarra Hawks 125–103 Westate Wildcats Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
24/04/1982 Newcastle Falcons 85–77 St. Kilda Saints Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
24/04/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 96–70 Launceston Casino City Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
25/04/1982 Brisbane Bullets 79–86 Westate Wildcats Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
25/04/1982 Bankstown Bruins 66–67 St. Kilda Saints Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
25/04/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 110–83 Launceston Casino City Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 12
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
1/05/1982 Canberra Cannons 85–90 Coburg Giants AIS Arena N/A boxscore
1/05/1982 Newcastle Falcons 93–73 Launceston Casino City Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
1/05/1982 Illawarra Hawks 106–83 Nunawading Spectres Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
1/05/1982 Geelong Cats 94–75 Westate Wildcats Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore
2/05/1982 Bankstown Bruins 88–84 Launceston Casino City Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
2/05/1982 Sydney Supersonics 73–102 Coburg Giants Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
2/05/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 96–94 Adelaide City Eagles Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
2/05/1982 Brisbane Bullets 74–73 Nunawading Spectres Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 13
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
8/05/1982 St. Kilda Saints 75–61 Sydney Supersonics Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
8/05/1982 Coburg Giants 77–90 West Adelaide Bearcats Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
8/05/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 86–84 Bankstown Bruins Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
8/05/1982 Illawarra Hawks 103–105 Geelong Cats Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
8/05/1982 Canberra Cannons 92–109 Newcastle Falcons AIS Arena N/A boxscore
9/05/1982 Nunawading Spectres 78–60 Sydney Supersonics Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
9/05/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 118–82 Bankstown Bruins Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
9/05/1982 Brisbane Bullets 72–74 Geelong Cats Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 14
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
14/05/1982 Bankstown Bruins 77–94 Westate Wildcats Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
15/05/1982 Newcastle Falcons 100–85 Westate Wildcats Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
15/05/1982 Illawarra Hawks 98–93 Coburg Giants Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
15/05/1982 Launceston Casino City 110–91 Canberra Cannons Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
15/05/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 84–85 Nunawading Spectres Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
16/05/1982 Sydney Supersonics 73–84 Newcastle Falcons Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
16/05/1982 Brisbane Bullets 76–82 Coburg Giants Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
16/05/1982 Geelong Cats 93–64 Canberra Cannons Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore
16/05/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 104–79 Nunawading Spectres Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
19/05/1982 Coburg Giants 78–77 Nunawading Spectres Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
19/05/1982 St. Kilda Saints 73–74 Geelong Cats Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 15
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
21/05/1982 Westate Wildcats 86–75 Brisbane Bullets Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
22/05/1982 Nunawading Spectres 95–82 Launceston Casino City Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
22/05/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 101–83 Sydney Supersonics Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
22/05/1982 Newcastle Falcons 83–86 Geelong Cats Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
22/05/1982 Canberra Cannons 91–89 Illawarra Hawks AIS Arena N/A boxscore
23/05/1982 Coburg Giants 66–58 Brisbane Bullets Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
23/05/1982 St. Kilda Saints 101–90 Launceston Casino City Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
23/05/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 96–71 Sydney Supersonics Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
23/05/1982 Bankstown Bruins 84–99 Geelong Cats Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
25/05/1982 Westate Wildcats 104–97 Illawarra Hawks Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 16
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
28/05/1982 St. Kilda Saints 96–85 Westate Wildcats Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
29/05/1982 Nunawading Spectres 101–54 Westate Wildcats Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
29/05/1982 Illawarra Hawks 94–80 Bankstown Bruins Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
29/05/1982 Canberra Cannons 87–88 Adelaide City Eagles AIS Arena N/A boxscore
29/05/1982 Geelong Cats 74–73 West Adelaide Bearcats Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore
30/05/1982 Coburg Giants 110–90 Westate Wildcats Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
30/05/1982 Brisbane Bullets 81–63 Bankstown Bruins Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
30/05/1982 Sydney Supersonics 85–83 Adelaide City Eagles Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
30/06/1982 Launceston Casino City 78–86 West Adelaide Bearcats Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 17
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
5/06/1982 Geelong Cats 83–72 Sydney Supersonics Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore
5/06/1982 St. Kilda Saints 92–59 Bankstown Bruins Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
6/06/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 96–85 Illawarra Hawks Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/06/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 120–96 Illawarra Hawks Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/06/1982 Coburg Giants 85–76 Geelong Cats Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
6/06/1982 Launceston Casino City 87–80 Sydney Supersonics Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
6/06/1982 Nunawading Spectres 81–61 Bankstown Bruins Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
6/06/1982 Brisbane Bullets 77–78 Newcastle Falcons Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 18
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
11/06/1982 Westate Wildcats 70–80 Sydney Supersonics Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
12/06/1982 Geelong Cats 90–77 St. Kilda Saints Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore
12/06/1982 Nunawading Spectres 88–78 Newcastle Falcons Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
12/06/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 103–87 Canberra Cannons Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
13/06/1982 St. Kilda Saints 98–92 Newcastle Falcons Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
13/06/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 107–71 Canberra Cannons Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
13/06/1982 Coburg Giants 109–51 Sydney Supersonics Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
13/06/1982 Bankstown Bruins 81–85 Illawarra Hawks Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 19
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
18/06/1982 Sydney Supersonics 85–93 Illawarra Hawks Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
19/06/1982 Launceston Casino City 106–119 Adelaide City Eagles Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
19/06/1982 St. Kilda Saints 86–71 Coburg Giants Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
19/06/1982 Westate Wildcats 89–97 West Adelaide Bearcats Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
19/06/1982 Canberra Cannons 87–60 Bankstown Bruins AIS Arena N/A boxscore
19/06/1982 Newcastle Falcons 95–81 Illawarra Hawks Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/06/1982 Geelong Cats 98–83 Adelaide City Eagles Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore
20/06/1982 Brisbane Bullets 77–63 Sydney Supersonics Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
20/06/1982 Nunawading Spectres 75–64 Coburg Giants Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 20
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
26/06/1982 Canberra Cannons 88–89 Geelong Cats AIS Arena N/A boxscore
26/06/1982 Nunawading Spectres 90–86 Adelaide City Eagles Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore
26/06/1982 Newcastle Falcons 101–73 Brisbane Bullets Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
27/06/1982 Sydney Supersonics 87–91 Geelong Cats Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
27/06/1982 St. Kilda Saints 116–95 Adelaide City Eagles Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
27/06/1982 Bankstown Bruins 77–60 Brisbane Bullets Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
27/06/1982 Coburg Giants 91–78 Illawarra Hawks Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 21
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
2/07/1982 Westate Wildcats 110–95 Adelaide City Eagles Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
3/07/1982 Illawarra Hawks 92–90 Canberra Cannons Beaton Park Stadium N/A boxscore
3/07/1982 Newcastle Falcons 99–87 West Adelaide Bearcats Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
3/07/1982 Geelong Cats 84–74 Nunawading Spectres Corio Leisure Centre N/A boxscore
3/07/1982 Launceston Casino City 83–81 Nunawading Spectres Dowling Street Stadium N/A boxscore
4/07/1982 Brisbane Bullets 70–69 Canberra Cannons Auchenflower Stadium N/A boxscore
4/07/1982 Coburg Giants 91–86 Adelaide City Eagles Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
4/07/1982 Bankstown Bruins 81–117 West Adelaide Bearcats Bankstown Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
4/07/1982 Newcastle Falcons 93–80 Sydney Supersonics Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 22
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
9/07/1982 Westate Wildcats 85–89 Launceston Casino City Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
10/07/1982 Adelaide City Eagles 104–103 Geelong Cats Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
10/07/1982 Canberra Cannons 85–75 Brisbane Bullets AIS Arena N/A boxscore
10/07/1982 St. Kilda Saints 119–87 Illawarra Hawks Albert Park Basketball Stadium N/A boxscore
10/07/1982 Newcastle Falcons 89–71 Bankstown Bruins Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
11/07/1982 Coburg Giants 112–85 Launceston Casino City Ken Watson Stadium N/A boxscore
11/07/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 110–81 Geelong Cats Apollo Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
11/07/1982 Sydney Supersonics 83–85 Brisbane Bullets Alexandria Stadium N/A boxscore
11/07/1982 Nunawading Spectres 103–73 Illawarra Hawks Burwood Stadium N/A boxscore

Ladder
# Team Played Won Loss Win% Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Points%
1 West Adelaide Bearcats 26 21 5 80.77% 4-1 Won 2 12-1 9-4 2,525 2,177 115.99%
2 Geelong Cats 26 20 6 76.92% 3-2 Lost 2 11-2 9-4 2,310 2,183 105.82%
3 Nunawading Spectres 26 19 7 73.08% 3-2 Won 1 13-0 6-7 2,209 1,993 110.84%
4 Coburg Giants 26 18 8 69.23% 3-2 Won 3 11-2 7-6 2,260 2,067 109.34%
5 Newcastle Falcons1 26 17 9 65.38% 5-0 Won 5 11-2 6-7 2,395 2,258 106.07%
6 St. Kilda Saints1 26 17 9 65.38% 4-1 Won 4 10-3 7-6 2,185 2,090 104.55%
7 Adelaide City Eagles 26 15 11 57.69% 1-4 Won 1 10-3 5-8 2,457 2,356 104.29%
8 Brisbane Bullets 26 12 14 46.15% 2-3 Won 1 7-6 5-8 2,059 2,119 97.17%
9 Illawarra Hawks 26 11 15 42.31% 1-4 Lost 2 8-5 3-10 2,382 2,444 97.46%
10 Westate Wildcats 26 10 16 38.46% 1-4 Lost 1 7-6 3-10 2,260 2,431 92.97%
11 Canberra Cannons 26 8 18 30.77% 2-3 Won 1 7-6 1-12 2,132 2,221 95.99%
12 Sydney Supersonics 26 7 19 26.92% 0-5 Lost 6 5-8 2-11 2,022 2,232 90.59%
13 Launceston Casino City 26 5 21 19.23% 3-2 Lost 1 4-9 1-12 2,231 2,483 89.85%
14 Bankstown Bruins 26 2 24 07.69% 1-4 Lost 2 2-11 0-13 1,948 2,321 83.93%

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 Newcastle Falcons and St. Kilda Saints (1-1). Newcastle Falcons won For and Against (+2).

Finals
Main article: 1982 NBL Finals

The NBL finals series in 1982 consisted of two semi-final games, and one championship-deciding grand final. All three of these finals games were sudden death.

Bracket
Semi Finals Grand Final
      
1 West Adelaide Bearcats 94
4 Coburg Giants 74
1 West Adelaide Bearcats 80
2 Geelong Cats 74
2 Geelong Cats 71
3 Nunawading Spectres 59

Semi Finals
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
16/07/1982 Geelong Cats 71–59 Nunawading Spectres Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
16/07/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 94–74 Coburg Giants Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Grand Final
Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Box Score
18/07/1982 West Adelaide Bearcats 80–74 Geelong Cats Newcastle Sports Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Awards

Statistics leaders
CategoryPlayerTeamStat
PointsReg BiddingsAdelaide City Eagles782 pts / 26 games[1]
Rebounds per gameGeorge MorrowNewcastle Falcons15.0 rpg / 26 games[1]
Field goal percentageIan MansonGeelong Cats64.3% (56/87)[1]
Free throw percentageReg BiddingsAdelaide City Eagles88.3% (182/206)[1]

Regular season

References
  1. "All Time Leaders". nbl.gearbox.performgroup.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. "All NBL First Team". andthefoul.net. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.
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