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2003–04 NBL season

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.

2003–04 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
Season2003–04
Dates1 October 2003 – 6 April 2004
Teams12
TV partner(s)Australia:
New Zealand:
Regular season
Season championsSydney Kings
Season MVPAustralia Matthew Nielsen (Sydney)
Finals
ChampionsSydney Kings (2nd title)
  Runners-upWest Sydney Razorbacks
SemifinalistsWollongong Hawks
Brisbane Bullets
Finals MVPAustralia Matthew Nielsen (Sydney)
Statistical leaders
Points Australia Matthew Nielsen (Sydney) 23.5
Rebounds Australia Mark Bradtke (Melbourne) 10.9
Assists Australia Ricky Grace (Perth) 7.3
NBL seasons

Regular season

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The 2003–04 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 1 October 2003 and 29 February 2004.

Round 1

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
1/10/2003 New Zealand Breakers 111–110 Adelaide 36ers North Shore Events Centre 3,650 boxscore
1/10/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 114–118 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
1/10/2003 Hunter Pirates 77–105 Melbourne Tigers Newcastle Entertainment Centre 3,882 boxscore
3/10/2003 Melbourne Tigers 97–88 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,772 boxscore
3/10/2003 Cairns Taipans 84–73 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre 5,332 boxscore
4/10/2003 Victoria Giants 96–106 Brisbane Bullets Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,600 boxscore
4/10/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 119–103 Hunter Pirates State Sports Centre 2,735 boxscore
4/10/2003 Perth Wildcats 95–114 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium 4,087 boxscore

Round 2

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
6/10/2003 Illawarra Hawks 131–108 Hunter Pirates WIN Entertainment Centre 4,286 boxscore
8/10/2003 Adelaide 36ers 86–101 Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena 5,589 boxscore
8/10/2003 Perth Wildcats 99–116 Melbourne Tigers Challenge Stadium 3,261 boxscore
8/10/2003 Brisbane Bullets 105–97 West Sydney Razorbacks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2,008 boxscore
10/10/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 100–107 West Sydney Razorbacks Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,112 boxscore
11/10/2003 Victoria Giants 100–94 Cairns Taipans Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,002 boxscore
11/10/2003 Illawarra Hawks 108–78 New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre 3,669 boxscore

Round 3

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
15/10/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 98–94 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,011 boxscore
15/10/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 101–90 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre 2,289 boxscore
18/10/2003 Sydney Kings 107–97 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre 6,068 boxscore
18/10/2003 Brisbane Bullets 97–98 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2,616 boxscore
18/10/2003 Victoria Giants 118–102 Hunter Pirates Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,363 boxscore
18/10/2003 Cairns Taipans 81–103 Illawarra Hawks Cairns Convention Centre 4,480 boxscore
19/10/2003 New Zealand Breakers 97–108 Melbourne Tigers North Shore Events Centre 2,100 boxscore

Round 4

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
22/10/2003 Sydney Kings 97–83 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,935 boxscore
24/10/2003 Adelaide 36ers 134–105 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena 6,942 boxscore
24/10/2003 Hunter Pirates 80–118 Perth Wildcats Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,834 boxscore
24/10/2003 Brisbane Bullets 111–92 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2,600 boxscore
24/10/2003 Melbourne Tigers 76–105 Illawarra Hawks State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,480 boxscore
25/10/2003 Victoria Giants 90–78 New Zealand Breakers Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,743 boxscore
26/10/2003 Illawarra Hawks 80–95 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre 5,015 boxscore

Round 5

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
29/10/2003 Hunter Pirates 103–99 Adelaide 36ers Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,935 boxscore
29/10/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 108–81 Victoria Giants Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,984 boxscore
31/10/2003 New Zealand Breakers 68–81 Cairns Taipans Queens Wharf Events Centre 2,034 boxscore
31/10/2003 Sydney Kings 113–86 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,500 boxscore
31/10/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 81–90 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre 2,905 boxscore
1/11/2003 Perth Wildcats 118–105 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium 3,390 boxscore
1/11/2003 New Zealand Breakers 93–91 Cairns Taipans North Shore Events Centre 1,466 boxscore
1/11/2003 Melbourne Tigers 117–96 Hunter Pirates State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,556 boxscore
1/11/2003 Brisbane Bullets 118–78 Victoria Giants Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2,425 boxscore

Round 6

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
5/11/2003 Sydney Kings 113–98 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,517 boxscore
6/11/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 95–99 Victoria Giants Whitlam Centre 1,585 boxscore
7/11/2003 Hunter Pirates 90–121 Brisbane Bullets Newcastle Entertainment Centre 2,200 boxscore
8/11/2003 Melbourne Tigers 111–99 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,350 boxscore
8/11/2003 Illawarra Hawks 84–99 Brisbane Bullets WIN Entertainment Centre 3,600 boxscore
8/11/2003 Cairns Taipans 68–83 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre 4,604 boxscore
8/11/2003 Victoria Giants 101–106 West Sydney Razorbacks Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,120 boxscore
9/11/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 106–118 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,023 boxscore

Round 7

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
12/11/2003 Sydney Kings 90–69 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,673 boxscore
12/11/2003 New Zealand Breakers 84–90 Brisbane Bullets Westpac Trust Centre 1,700 boxscore
12/11/2003 Adelaide 36ers 91–101 West Sydney Razorbacks Adelaide Arena 4,648 boxscore
14/11/2003 Cairns Taipans 88–91 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre 4,317 boxscore
14/11/2003 Victoria Giants 91–109 Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,352 boxscore
15/11/2003 Brisbane Bullets 106–91 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2,573 boxscore
15/11/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 94–106 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
15/11/2003 Adelaide 36ers 103–93 Victoria Giants Adelaide Arena 4,431 boxscore
15/11/2003 Hunter Pirates 95–102 West Sydney Razorbacks Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,950 boxscore
15/11/2003 Melbourne Tigers 78–84 Illawarra Hawks State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,357 boxscore

Round 8

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
19/11/2003 Sydney Kings 86–88 Illawarra Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,012 boxscore
21/11/2003 Adelaide 36ers 118–89 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena 5,095 boxscore
21/11/2003 Perth Wildcats 101–97 Cairns Taipans Challenge Stadium 3,046 boxscore
21/11/2003 Victoria Giants 121–115 Townsville Crocodiles Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,180 boxscore
22/11/2003 New Zealand Breakers 95–103 West Sydney Razorbacks North Shore Events Centre 1,721 boxscore
22/11/2003 Melbourne Tigers 95–90 Victoria Giants State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,830 boxscore
22/11/2003 Illawarra Hawks 105–91 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre 2,500 boxscore
23/11/2003 Brisbane Bullets 77–95 Cairns Taipans Southport Stadium 1,000 boxscore

Round 9

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
26/11/2003 New Zealand Breakers 96–137 Brisbane Bullets Mystery Creek Events Centre 1,523 boxscore
26/11/2003 Hunter Pirates 71–101 Sydney Kings Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,890 boxscore
26/11/2003 Perth Wildcats 118–113 West Sydney Razorbacks Challenge Stadium 2,970 boxscore
28/11/2003 Cairns Taipans 99–62 Hunter Pirates Cairns Convention Centre 3,644 boxscore
28/11/2003 New Zealand Breakers 89–93 Illawarra Hawks North Shore Events Centre 1,322 boxscore
29/11/2003 Adelaide 36ers 123–97 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena 5,083 boxscore
29/11/2003 Melbourne Tigers 83–92 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,805 boxscore
29/11/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 124–104 Townsville Crocodiles State Sports Centre 2,926 boxscore

Round 10

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
1/12/2003 Illawarra Hawks 121–103 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre 3,126 boxscore
3/12/2003 Brisbane Bullets 107–95 Victoria Giants Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2,194 boxscore
3/12/2003 Adelaide 36ers 87–80 Illawarra Hawks Adelaide Arena 5,500 boxscore
5/12/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 113–114 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,025 boxscore
5/12/2003 Hunter Pirates 101–104 New Zealand Breakers Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,755 boxscore
5/12/2003 Melbourne Tigers 105–100 West Sydney Razorbacks State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,120 boxscore
6/12/2003 Cairns Taipans 110–107 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre 3,631 boxscore
6/12/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 80–82 New Zealand Breakers Penrith Stadium 1,123 boxscore
6/12/2003 Illawarra Hawks 117–99 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre 4,479 boxscore
6/12/2003 Perth Wildcats 90–104 Victoria Giants Challenge Stadium 3,100 boxscore

Round 11

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
10/12/2003 Sydney Kings 87–97 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,833 boxscore
10/12/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 117–100 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre 4,975 boxscore
12/12/2003 Melbourne Tigers 78–75 New Zealand Breakers State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,387 boxscore
12/12/2003 Cairns Taipans 100–72 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre 3,953 boxscore
12/12/2003 Hunter Pirates 88–108 Sydney Kings Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,502 boxscore
12/12/2003 Brisbane Bullets 104–112 West Sydney Razorbacks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3,953 boxscore
13/12/2003 Victoria Giants 81–113 New Zealand Breakers Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,422 boxscore
13/12/2003 Adelaide 36ers 104–99 Townsville Crocodiles Adelaide Arena 5,900 boxscore
14/12/2003 Illawarra Hawks 91–98 Cairns Taipans WIN Entertainment Centre 3,425 boxscore

Round 12

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
17/12/2003 Brisbane Bullets 123–80 Hunter Pirates Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2,007 boxscore
17/12/2003 New Zealand Breakers 98–83 Melbourne Tigers North Shore Events Centre 2,426 boxscore
17/12/2003 Sydney Kings 115–82 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,183 boxscore
20/12/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 90–109 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,096 boxscore
20/12/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 99–84 Cairns Taipans State Sports Centre 2,287 boxscore
20/12/2003 Perth Wildcats 98–86 New Zealand Breakers Challenge Stadium 2,500 boxscore
20/12/2003 Adelaide 36ers 98–108 Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena 6,352 boxscore
20/12/2003 Melbourne Tigers 100–72 Victoria Giants State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,894 boxscore
20/12/2003 Hunter Pirates 88–100 Illawarra Hawks Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,675 boxscore

Round 13

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
27/12/2003 Perth Wildcats 104–97 Cairns Taipans Challenge Stadium 2,300 boxscore
27/12/2003 Brisbane Bullets 124–107 Hunter Pirates Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2,220 boxscore
27/12/2003 Illawarra Hawks 110–101 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre 4,186 boxscore
27/12/2003 New Zealand Breakers 83–93 Sydney Kings North Shore Events Centre 4,423 boxscore
27/12/2003 Victoria Giants 95–107 West Sydney Razorbacks Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,148 boxscore

Round 14

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
29/12/2003 Melbourne Tigers 85–113 Townsville Crocodiles State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,170 boxscore
31/12/2003 Cairns Taipans 106–113 Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre 5,352 boxscore
31/12/2003 Adelaide 36ers 93–86 Hunter Pirates Adelaide Arena 6,465 boxscore
31/12/2003 Victoria Giants 116–111 Melbourne Tigers Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,807 boxscore
31/12/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 112–103 New Zealand Breakers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
31/12/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 100–87 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre 1,957 boxscore
2/01/2004 Illawarra Hawks 121–75 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre 4,300 boxscore
2/01/2004 Brisbane Bullets 103–83 New Zealand Breakers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2,681 boxscore
3/01/2004 Victoria Giants 97–82 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 947 boxscore
3/01/2004 Hunter Pirates 109–103 Cairns Taipans Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,892 boxscore
3/01/2004 Sydney Kings 111–113 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre 5,318 boxscore
3/01/2004 Perth Wildcats 115–72 Townsville Crocodiles Challenge Stadium 2,829 boxscore

Round 15

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
7/01/2004 Victoria Giants 108–115 Adelaide 36ers Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 2,200 boxscore
7/01/2004 Brisbane Bullets 108–101 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2,951 boxscore
9/01/2004 Townsville Crocodiles 126–101 Hunter Pirates Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,098 boxscore
9/01/2004 Sydney Kings 109–99 New Zealand Breakers Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,901 boxscore
9/01/2004 Illawarra Hawks 105–109 West Sydney Razorbacks WIN Entertainment Centre 4,438 boxscore
10/01/2004 Adelaide 36ers 96–126 Brisbane Bullets Adelaide Arena 5,680 boxscore
10/01/2004 Cairns Taipans 103–60 Hunter Pirates Cairns Convention Centre 3,639 boxscore
10/01/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 98–82 New Zealand Breakers State Sports Centre 2,117 boxscore
10/01/2004 Melbourne Tigers 93–89 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,423 boxscore
11/01/2004 Perth Wildcats 100–98 Illawarra Hawks Challenge Stadium 2,981 boxscore

Round 16

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
14/01/2004 Illawarra Hawks 104–79 Cairns Taipans WIN Entertainment Centre 3,580 boxscore
14/01/2004 Brisbane Bullets 105–98 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3,060 boxscore
14/01/2004 New Zealand Breakers 93–79 Townsville Crocodiles Westpac Trust Centre 2,017 boxscore
16/01/2004 Sydney Kings 118–101 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre 5,416 boxscore
16/01/2004 Cairns Taipans 100–87 Victoria Giants Cairns Convention Centre 3,791 boxscore
17/01/2004 Hunter Pirates 110–115 Adelaide 36ers Newcastle Entertainment Centre 2,180 boxscore
17/01/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 94–82 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre 3,123 boxscore
17/01/2004 Perth Wildcats 111–96 Melbourne Tigers Burswood Dome 8,501 boxscore
17/01/2004 Victoria Giants 90–102 Sydney Kings Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,738 boxscore
17/01/2004 New Zealand Breakers 80–96 Townsville Crocodiles North Shore Events Centre 2,055 boxscore

Round 17

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
21/01/2004 Cairns Taipans 103–107 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre 3,960 boxscore
21/01/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 100–93 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre 2,157 boxscore
21/01/2004 Hunter Pirates 97–112 Townsville Crocodiles Newcastle Entertainment Centre 2,205 boxscore
21/01/2004 Illawarra Hawks 109–79 Victoria Giants WIN Entertainment Centre 3,610 boxscore
23/01/2004 Perth Wildcats 99–83 Brisbane Bullets Challenge Stadium 3,308 boxscore
23/01/2004 Townsville Crocodiles 98–107 Illawarra Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
24/01/2004 Melbourne Tigers 97–89 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,959 boxscore
24/01/2004 New Zealand Breakers 110–100 Hunter Pirates North Shore Events Centre 2,311 boxscore
24/01/2004 Adelaide 36ers 113–93 Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena 6,432 boxscore
25/01/2004 Sydney Kings 117–96 Victoria Giants Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,693 boxscore
25/01/2004 Brisbane Bullets 100–88 Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3,009 boxscore

Round 18

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
28/01/2004 Sydney Kings 125–94 Hunter Pirates Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,269 boxscore
28/01/2004 Cairns Taipans 92–90 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre 3,680 boxscore
28/01/2004 New Zealand Breakers 104–97 Perth Wildcats Westpac Trust Centre 1,830 boxscore
30/01/2004 Brisbane Bullets 107–116 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3,600 boxscore
30/01/2004 New Zealand Breakers 98–89 Perth Wildcats North Shore Events Centre 3,122 boxscore
30/01/2004 Victoria Giants 85–101 Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,410 boxscore
31/01/2004 Adelaide 36ers 94–103 Brisbane Bullets Adelaide Arena 5,823 boxscore
31/01/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 118–103 Hunter Pirates State Sports Centre 2,782 boxscore
31/01/2004 Townsville Crocodiles 117–126 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,129 boxscore
1/02/2004 Hunter Pirates 108–130 Illawarra Hawks Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,832 boxscore

Round 19

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
4/02/2004 Cairns Taipans 105–86 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre 4,031 boxscore
4/02/2004 Sydney Kings 107–97 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,550 boxscore
4/02/2004 New Zealand Breakers 87–69 Victoria Giants North Shore Events Centre 2,140 boxscore
4/02/2004 Illawarra Hawks 110–99 West Sydney Razorbacks WIN Entertainment Centre 4,134 boxscore
6/02/2004 Hunter Pirates 82–93 New Zealand Breakers Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,879 boxscore
6/02/2004 Victoria Giants 102–105 Perth Wildcats Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,044 boxscore
7/02/2004 Townsville Crocodiles 122–112 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
7/02/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 99–85 Cairns Taipans State Sports Centre 2,482 boxscore
7/02/2004 Melbourne Tigers 95–87 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,265 boxscore
7/02/2004 Adelaide 36ers 104–105 Illawarra Hawks Adelaide Arena 5,046 boxscore

Round 20

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
11/02/2004 Sydney Kings 88–80 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,650 boxscore
11/02/2004 Perth Wildcats 120–98 Townsville Crocodiles Challenge Stadium 2,904 boxscore
11/02/2004 Hunter Pirates 91–102 Victoria Giants Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,503 boxscore
13/02/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 108–94 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre 3,128 boxscore
14/02/2004 Victoria Giants 106–103 Hunter Pirates Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre 1,054 boxscore
14/02/2004 Sydney Kings 120–104 New Zealand Breakers Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,780 boxscore
14/02/2004 Adelaide 36ers 124–111 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena 4,846 boxscore
14/02/2004 Melbourne Tigers 109–94 West Sydney Razorbacks State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,056 boxscore
14/02/2004 Townsville Crocodiles 90–95 Illawarra Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,120 boxscore
15/02/2004 Cairns Taipans 116–97 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre 5,070 boxscore

Round 21

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
18/02/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 119–96 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre 2,128 boxscore
18/02/2004 Perth Wildcats 113–89 Brisbane Bullets Marrara Indoor Stadium 1,408 boxscore
18/02/2004 Melbourne Tigers 98–102 Townsville Crocodiles State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,237 boxscore
18/02/2004 Sydney Kings 124–94 Victoria Giants Sydney Entertainment Centre 3,969 boxscore
18/02/2004 New Zealand Breakers 84–108 Illawarra Hawks North Shore Events Centre 4,358 boxscore
20/02/2004 Townsville Crocodiles 113–94 Victoria Giants Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,065 boxscore
21/02/2004 Illawarra Hawks 112–118 Brisbane Bullets WIN Entertainment Centre 4,901 boxscore
21/02/2004 Perth Wildcats 97–90 Hunter Pirates Challenge Stadium 4,126 boxscore
21/02/2004 Adelaide 36ers 111–123 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena 5,687 boxscore
21/02/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 78–104 Sydney Kings State Sports Centre 4,236 boxscore
22/02/2004 Cairns Taipans 87–83 Victoria Giants Cairns Convention Centre 4,550 boxscore

Round 22

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
23/02/2004 Perth Wildcats 106–93 Hunter Pirates Kalgoorlie Stadium 1,100 boxscore
25/02/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 104–91 Townsville Crocodiles State Sports Centre 2,738 boxscore
27/02/2004 Illawarra Hawks 99–88 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre 4,879 boxscore
27/02/2004 Hunter Pirates 96–109 Townsville Crocodiles Newcastle Entertainment Centre 1,738 boxscore
28/02/2004 Adelaide 36ers 93–88 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena 6,129 boxscore
28/02/2004 Brisbane Bullets 94–93 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 4,000 boxscore
28/02/2004 Cairns Taipans 86–83 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre 5,356 boxscore
29/02/2004 Victoria Giants 100–95 Perth Wildcats Dandenong Stadium 1,648 boxscore
29/02/2004 Hunter Pirates 91–107 Melbourne Tigers Newcastle Entertainment Centre 2,308 boxscore

Ladder

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Pos 2003–04 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Sydney Kings 33 26 7 78.79% 4–1 L1 14–3 12–4 3425 3029 113.07%
2 Wollongong Hawks 33 25 8 75.76% 4–1 W1 11–5 14–3 3391 3045 111.36%
3 West Sydney Razorbacks1 33 22 11 66.67% 2–3 L1 13–4 9–7 3330 3172 104.98%
4 Brisbane Bullets1 33 22 11 66.67% 2–3 W2 12–4 10–7 3463 3222 107.48%
5 Melbourne Tigers 33 20 13 60.61% 4–1 W2 11–5 9–8 3296 3239 101.76%
6 Cairns Taipans 33 16 17 48.48% 3–2 W3 11–5 5–12 3090 3025 102.15%
7 Perth Wildcats 33 15 18 45.45% 2–3 L2 13–3 2–15 3296 3342 98.62%
8 Adelaide 36ers 33 14 19 42.42% 2–3 W1 10–7 4–12 3359 3450 97.36%
9 Townsville Crocodiles 33 13 20 39.39% 3–2 W1 7–9 6–11 3365 3455 97.40%
10 New Zealand Breakers 33 12 21 36.36% 2–3 L3 8–9 4–12 3016 3198 94.31%
11 Victoria Giants 33 11 22 33.33% 2–3 W1 8–9 3–13 3113 3388 91.88%
12 Hunter Pirates 33 2 31 06.06% 0–5 L15 2–15 0–16 3065 3644 84.11%

Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2004. 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.

1West Sydney Razorbacks won Head-to-Head (2-1).

Finals

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Main article: 2004 NBL Finals

Playoff bracket

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Elimination Finals

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
3/03/2004 Cairns Taipans 103–96 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre 5,500 boxscore
5/03/2004 Melbourne Tigers 111–107 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,459 boxscore
6/03/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 110–88 Cairns Taipans State Sports Centre 1,572 boxscore
7/03/2004 Brisbane Bullets 112–101 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Entertainment Centre 3,424 boxscore

Semi-finals

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
12/03/2004 Illawarra Hawks 91–107 West Sydney Razorbacks WIN Entertainment Centre 5,127 boxscore
13/03/2004 Sydney Kings 104–100 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre 6,005 boxscore
14/03/2004 Brisbane Bullets 96–101 Sydney Kings Brisbane Entertainment Centre 4,213 boxscore
15/03/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 110–95 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre 2,755 boxscore

Grand Final

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
24/03/2004 Sydney Kings 96–76 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Entertainment Centre 7,126 boxscore
26/03/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 87–72 Sydney Kings State Sports Centre 4,038 boxscore
31/03/2004 Sydney Kings 80–82 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Entertainment Centre 8,073 boxscore
4/04/2004 West Sydney Razorbacks 77–82 Sydney Kings State Sports Centre 4,053 boxscore
6/04/2004 Sydney Kings 90–79 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Entertainment Centre 9,609 boxscore

All Star Game

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Main article: 2003–04 NBL All-Star Game
4 April 2004
18:00
Eastern All Stars 129–126 Western All Stars
Scoring by quarter: 29–32, 37 –31, 31–24, 32–39
Pts: Knight 19
Rebs: Saville 12
Asts: Rose 5		 Pts: Cattalini 27
Rebs: Bradtke 10
Asts: Rillie 7
Eastern All Stars win, 129–126

Most Valuable Player

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Awards

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Player of the month

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Coach of the month

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All NBL Team

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# Player Team
PG Stephen Black[2] Brisbane Bullets
SG John Rillie West Sydney Razorbacks
SF Sam Mackinnon West Sydney Razorbacks
PF Matthew Nielsen Sydney Kings
C Mark Bradtke Melbourne Tigers

References

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  1. ^ "All-NBL Team revealed". NBL.com.au. 8 April 2004. Archived from the original on 26 June 2004. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ NBL: Basketball Australia
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