2002–03 NBL season

2002–03 NBL season
LeagueNational Basketball League
Season2002–03
Dates2 October 2002 – 6 April 2003
Teams11
TV partner(s)Australia:
Regular season
Season championsSydney Kings
Season MVPUnited States Chris Williams (Sydney)
Finals
ChampionsSydney Kings (1st title)
  Runners-upPerth Wildcats
SemifinalistsTownsville Crocodiles
Wollongong Hawks
Finals MVPUnited States Chris Williams (Sydney)
Statistical leaders
Points Australia John Rillie (West Sydney) 23.6
Rebounds Australia Mark Bradtke (Melbourne) 12.9
Assists Australia Ricky Grace (Perth) 8.0
NBL seasons

The 2002–03 NBL season was the 25th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 11 teams contested the league.

Regular season

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The 2002–03 regular season took place over 22 rounds between 2 October 2002 and 1 March 2003.

Round 1

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
2/10/2002 West Sydney Razorbacks 104–92 Adelaide 36ers State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
2/10/2002 Canberra Cannons 94–88 Townsville Crocodiles AIS Arena N/A boxscore
4/10/2002 Cairns Taipans 109–98 Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
4/10/2002 Melbourne Tigers 105–111 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre N/A boxscore
5/10/2002 Illawarra Hawks 116–104 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
6/10/2002 Perth Wildcats 95–85 Victoria Giants Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore

Round 2

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
9/10/2002 Adelaide 36ers 93–110 Illawarra Hawks Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
9/10/2002 Canberra Cannons 90–77 Brisbane Bullets AIS Arena N/A boxscore
11/10/2002 Townsville Crocodiles 88–96 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
11/10/2002 West Sydney Razorbacks 122–106 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
12/10/2002 Cairns Taipans 88–110 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
12/10/2002 Victoria Giants 105–95 West Sydney Razorbacks Hisense Arena N/A boxscore
12/10/2002 Illawarra Hawks 108–100 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 3

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
16/10/2002 Victoria Giants 130–102 Melbourne Tigers Hisense Arena N/A boxscore
16/10/2002 Perth Wildcats 106–101 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore
18/10/2002 Sydney Kings 119–102 Illawarra Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
18/10/2002 Melbourne Tigers 103–92 Canberra Cannons State Netball and Hockey Centre N/A boxscore
18/10/2002 Brisbane Bullets 92–101 Cairns Taipans Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore
19/10/2002 Adelaide 36ers 92–105 Canberra Cannons Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
19/10/2002 Townsville Crocodiles 108–117 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/10/2002 West Sydney Razorbacks 94–122 Sydney Kings State Sports Centre N/A boxscore

Round 4

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
23/10/2002 Perth Wildcats 90–87 Illawarra Hawks Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore
23/10/2002 Sydney Kings 120–75 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
25/10/2002 Townsville Crocodiles 96–93 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
26/10/2002 Canberra Cannons 117–91 West Sydney Razorbacks AIS Arena N/A boxscore
26/10/2002 Victoria Giants 97–104 Illawarra Hawks Hisense Arena N/A boxscore
26/10/2002 Brisbane Bullets 92–116 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore
27/10/2002 Cairns Taipans 92–103 Melbourne Tigers Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore

Round 5

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
30/10/2002 Victoria Giants 135–129 Brisbane Bullets Hisense Arena N/A boxscore
1/11/2002 West Sydney Razorbacks 97–103 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
1/11/2002 Cairns Taipans 83–90 Illawarra Hawks Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
1/11/2002 Perth Wildcats 104–96 Townsville Crocodiles Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore
2/11/2002 Sydney Kings 95–87 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
2/11/2002 Adelaide 36ers 115–111 Townsville Crocodiles Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore

Round 6

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
6/11/2002 Adelaide 36ers 91–105 Sydney Kings Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
8/11/2002 Illawarra Hawks 111–104 Victoria Giants WIN Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
8/11/2002 Perth Wildcats 130–127 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore
8/11/2002 Melbourne Tigers 108–102 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre N/A boxscore
9/11/2002 Canberra Cannons 118–99 Victoria Giants AIS Arena N/A boxscore
9/11/2002 Cairns Taipans 118–104 Townsville Crocodiles Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
10/11/2002 West Sydney Razorbacks 111–85 Brisbane Bullets State Sports Centre N/A boxscore

Round 7

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
13/11/2002 Illawarra Hawks 119–93 West Sydney Razorbacks WIN Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
15/11/2002 West Sydney Razorbacks 92–78 Canberra Cannons State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
15/11/2002 Melbourne Tigers 113–90 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre N/A boxscore
16/11/2002 Adelaide 36ers 123–111 Victoria Giants Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
16/11/2002 Townsville Crocodiles 103–95 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
17/11/2002 Cairns Taipans 91–95 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
17/11/2002 Sydney Kings 98–100 Canberra Cannons Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 8

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
20/11/2002 Victoria Giants 112–106 Brisbane Bullets Geelong Arena N/A boxscore
22/11/2002 Perth Wildcats 103–87 Cairns Taipans Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore
22/11/2002 Victoria Giants 96–100 Townsville Crocodiles Hisense Arena N/A boxscore
23/11/2002 Melbourne Tigers 107–97 Illawarra Hawks State Netball and Hockey Centre N/A boxscore
23/11/2002 Canberra Cannons 123–107 Brisbane Bullets AIS Arena N/A boxscore
23/11/2002 Adelaide 36ers 106–107 Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
23/11/2002 West Sydney Razorbacks 104–87 Townsville Crocodiles State Sports Centre N/A boxscore

Round 9

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
27/11/2002 Cairns Taipans 71–86 Brisbane Bullets Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
27/11/2002 Sydney Kings 102–74 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
27/11/2002 Townsville Crocodiles 101–106 Adelaide 36ers Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
29/11/2002 Victoria Giants 74–114 Sydney Kings Hisense Arena N/A boxscore
29/11/2002 Illawarra Hawks 94–84 Cairns Taipans Shoalhaven Stadium N/A boxscore
29/11/2002 Canberra Cannons 98–99 Perth Wildcats AIS Arena N/A boxscore
30/11/2002 Melbourne Tigers 100–85 Canberra Cannons State Netball and Hockey Centre N/A boxscore
30/11/2002 West Sydney Razorbacks 116–105 Cairns Taipans State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
30/11/2002 Brisbane Bullets 91–96 Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore

Round 10

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
4/12/2002 Brisbane Bullets 103–96 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore
4/12/2002 Illawarra Hawks 101–113 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
7/12/2002 Melbourne Tigers 95–96 West Sydney Razorbacks State Netball and Hockey Centre N/A boxscore
7/12/2002 Brisbane Bullets 93–91 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore
7/12/2002 Canberra Cannons 109–114 Adelaide 36ers AIS Arena N/A boxscore
7/12/2002 Victoria Giants 102–133 Perth Wildcats Hisense Arena N/A boxscore

Round 11

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
10/12/2002 Brisbane Bullets 94–111 Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore
11/12/2002 Adelaide 36ers 107–106 Melbourne Tigers Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
13/12/2002 Brisbane Bullets 88–77 Victoria Giants Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore
13/12/2002 Cairns Taipans 103–91 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
14/12/2002 Perth Wildcats 106–91 Melbourne Tigers Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore
14/12/2002 Townsville Crocodiles 115–101 West Sydney Razorbacks Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
14/12/2002 Sydney Kings 87–92 Illawarra Hawks Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
15/12/2002 Illawarra Hawks 117–91 Victoria Giants WIN Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 12

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
18/12/2002 West Sydney Razorbacks 101–99 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre N/A boxscore
19/12/2002 Sydney Kings 92–94 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
20/12/2002 Cairns Taipans 115–91 Victoria Giants Cairns Convention Centre N/A boxscore
20/12/2002 Adelaide 36ers 111–107 West Sydney Razorbacks Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
21/12/2002 Perth Wildcats 122–114 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium N/A boxscore
21/12/2002 Melbourne Tigers 79–92 Brisbane Bullets State Netball and Hockey Centre N/A boxscore
21/12/2002 Townsville Crocodiles 101–83 Victoria Giants Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore

Round 13

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
26/12/2002 Victoria Giants 91–98 Sydney Kings Hisense Arena N/A boxscore
27/12/2002 Sydney Kings 114–95 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
27/12/2002 Melbourne Tigers 88–94 Townsville Crocodiles State Netball and Hockey Centre N/A boxscore
27/12/2002 Brisbane Bullets 90–115 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore
28/12/2002 Illawarra Hawks 94–89 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
28/12/2002 Adelaide 36ers 112–114 Townsville Crocodiles Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
28/12/2002 West Sydney Razorbacks 97–105 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre N/A boxscore

Round 14

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
31/12/2002 Brisbane Bullets 78–87 Melbourne Tigers Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore
31/12/2002 Townsville Crocodiles 121–110 Illawarra Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre N/A boxscore
31/12/2002 Adelaide 36ers 103–91 Cairns Taipans Adelaide Arena N/A boxscore
3/01/2003 Cairns Taipans 75–86 West Sydney Razorbacks Cairns Convention Centre 4,520 boxscore
3/01/2003 Sydney Kings 112–96 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre 5,975 boxscore
4/01/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 104–99 West Sydney Razorbacks Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
4/01/2003 Perth Wildcats 109–89 Illawarra Hawks Challenge Stadium 4,400 boxscore
4/01/2003 Brisbane Bullets 105–121 Sydney Kings Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre N/A boxscore
4/01/2003 Victoria Giants 99–107 Adelaide 36ers Hisense Arena 3,000 boxscore

Round 15

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
8/01/2003 Victoria Giants 114–100 Canberra Cannons Geelong Arena 1,050 boxscore
8/01/2003 Brisbane Bullets 101–82 Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3,215 boxscore
10/01/2003 Cairns Taipans 98–96 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre 4,183 boxscore
10/01/2003 Sydney Kings 111–83 Canberra Cannons Sydney Entertainment Centre 5,163 boxscore
11/01/2003 Melbourne Tigers 115–86 Victoria Giants State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
11/01/2003 Adelaide 36ers 100–82 Canberra Cannons Adelaide Arena 7,750 boxscore
11/01/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 122–109 Perth Wildcats Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
12/01/2003 Illawarra Hawks 87–79 Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre 5,566 boxscore

Round 16

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
15/01/2003 Melbourne Tigers 94–86 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,455 boxscore
15/01/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 112–77 Victoria Giants State Sports Centre 3,086 boxscore
17/01/2003 Victoria Giants 112–107 Cairns Taipans Bendigo Stadium 1,095 boxscore
17/01/2003 Illawarra Hawks 89–98 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre 4,271 boxscore
18/01/2003 Canberra Cannons 100–96 Melbourne Tigers AIS Arena 3,131 boxscore
18/01/2003 Sydney Kings 122–108 West Sydney Razorbacks Sydney Entertainment Centre 7,124 boxscore
18/01/2003 Brisbane Bullets 107–115 Townsville Crocodiles Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3,861 boxscore
18/01/2003 Perth Wildcats 119–97 Canberra Cannons Challenge Stadium 4,306 boxscore

Round 17

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
22/01/2003 Sydney Kings 103–111 Victoria Giants Sydney Entertainment Centre 4,635 boxscore
22/01/2003 Illawarra Hawks 87–76 Canberra Cannons WIN Entertainment Centre 3,569 boxscore
22/01/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 97–81 Cairns Taipans Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
24/01/2003 Adelaide 36ers 115–108 Brisbane Bullets Adelaide Arena 7,418 boxscore
25/01/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 87–106 Illawarra Hawks State Sports Centre 3,048 boxscore
25/01/2003 Perth Wildcats 106–88 Brisbane Bullets Challenge Stadium 3,500 boxscore
25/01/2003 Cairns Taipans 71–95 Sydney Kings Cairns Convention Centre 4,475 boxscore

Round 18

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
29/01/2003 Canberra Cannons 80–108 Sydney Kings AIS Arena 2,651 boxscore
29/01/2003 Brisbane Bullets 96–111 Perth Wildcats Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 2,980 boxscore
29/01/2003 Adelaide 36ers 128–105 West Sydney Razorbacks Adelaide Arena 6,667 boxscore
1/02/2003 Melbourne Tigers 91–87 Perth Wildcats State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,956 boxscore
1/02/2003 Illawarra Hawks 111–85 Brisbane Bullets WIN Entertainment Centre 4,000 boxscore
1/02/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 104–101 Sydney Kings State Sports Centre 4,112 boxscore
1/02/2003 Victoria Giants 106–109 Townsville Crocodiles Dandenong Stadium 2,154 boxscore
1/02/2003 Cairns Taipans 123–88 Canberra Cannons Cairns Convention Centre 4,300 boxscore

Round 19

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
5/02/2003 Canberra Cannons 99–91 Victoria Giants AIS Arena 2,349 boxscore
5/02/2003 Perth Wildcats 97–99 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium 3,868 boxscore
7/02/2003 Adelaide 36ers 122–104 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena 7,593 boxscore
8/02/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 103–88 Canberra Cannons Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
8/02/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 101–104 Victoria Giants State Sports Centre 3,413 boxscore
8/02/2003 Cairns Taipans 93–87 Illawarra Hawks Cairns Convention Centre 4,382 boxscore
8/02/2003 Melbourne Tigers 108–103 Adelaide 36ers State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,410 boxscore

Round 20

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
12/02/2003 Canberra Cannons 84–81 Cairns Taipans AIS Arena 1,956 boxscore
12/02/2003 Melbourne Tigers 90–95 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,669 boxscore
14/02/2003 Illawarra Hawks 100–116 Adelaide 36ers WIN Entertainment Centre 4,000 boxscore
14/02/2003 Victoria Giants 98–106 Melbourne Tigers Hisense Arena 4,765 boxscore
15/02/2003 Perth Wildcats 124–101 West Sydney Razorbacks Challenge Stadium 3,596 boxscore
15/02/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 103–93 Canberra Cannons Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
15/02/2003 Sydney Kings 111–84 Brisbane Bullets Sydney Entertainment Centre 5,540 boxscore
18/02/2003 Perth Wildcats 106–91 West Sydney Razorbacks Bunbury Stadium 1,500 boxscore

Round 21

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
19/02/2003 Canberra Cannons 90–104 Cairns Taipans AIS Arena 1,564 boxscore
20/02/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 120–75 Brisbane Bullets Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
21/02/2003 Brisbane Bullets 66–79 Canberra Cannons Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3,890 boxscore
21/02/2003 Victoria Giants 77–102 Cairns Taipans Dandenong Stadium 1,979 boxscore
22/02/2003 Canberra Cannons 94–106 Perth Wildcats State Sports Centre 1,450 boxscore
22/02/2003 Adelaide 36ers 97–99 Victoria Giants Adelaide Arena 7,597 boxscore
22/02/2003 Illawarra Hawks 89–96 Melbourne Tigers WIN Entertainment Centre 4,305 boxscore
23/02/2003 West Sydney Razorbacks 93–90 Melbourne Tigers State Sports Centre 3,246 boxscore
23/02/2003 Sydney Kings 100–87 Cairns Taipans Sydney Entertainment Centre 5,087 boxscore

Round 22

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
26/02/2003 Canberra Cannons 93–140 Illawarra Hawks Southern Cross Stadium 1,350 boxscore
26/02/2003 Melbourne Tigers 108–99 Cairns Taipans State Netball and Hockey Centre 2,430 boxscore
26/02/2003 Sydney Kings 114–99 Adelaide 36ers Sydney Entertainment Centre 5,105 boxscore
27/02/2003 Illawarra Hawks 124–94 Canberra Cannons WIN Entertainment Centre 3,265 boxscore
28/02/2003 Brisbane Bullets 85–108 West Sydney Razorbacks Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 3,300 boxscore
1/03/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 106–104 Melbourne Tigers Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
1/03/2003 Perth Wildcats 118–88 Victoria Giants Challenge Stadium 3,667 boxscore
1/03/2003 Canberra Cannons 103–113 West Sydney Razorbacks Southern Cross Stadium 1,979 boxscore
1/03/2003 Cairns Taipans 128–109 Adelaide 36ers Cairns Convention Centre 5,159 boxscore

Ladder

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Pos 2002–03 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Sydney Kings1 30 22 8 73.33% 4–1 W4 11–4 11–4 3166 2780 113.88%
2 Perth Wildcats1 30 22 8 73.33% 4–1 W4 14–1 8–7 3175 2960 106.72%
3 Townsville Crocodiles 30 19 11 63.33% 5–0 W16 12–3 7–8 3068 3004 102.13%
4 Wollongong Hawks 30 18 12 60.00% 2–3 W2 11–4 7–8 3053 2897 105.38%
5 Adelaide 36ers 30 16 14 53.33% 2–3 L3 9–6 7–8 3198 3162 101.14%
6 Melbourne Tigers 30 15 15 50.00% 4–1 W1 10–5 5–10 2953 2908 101.55%
7 West Sydney Razorbacks 30 14 16 46.67% 3–2 W3 10–5 4–11 3020 3072 98.31%
8 Cairns Taipans 30 13 17 43.33% 3–2 W1 8–7 5–10 2897 2913 99.45%
9 Canberra Cannons 30 11 19 36.67% 1–4 L4 8–7 3–12 2832 3049 92.88%
10 Victoria Giants 30 9 21 30.00% 2–3 L1 6–9 3–12 2945 3225 91.32%
11 Brisbane Bullets 30 6 24 20.00% 0–5 L9 4–11 2–13 2797 3134 89.25%

Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2003. Source: NBL.com.au

1Sydney Kings won Head-to-Head (2-1).

Finals

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Main article: 2003 NBL Finals

Playoff bracket

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Qualifying Finals Semifinals Grand Final
               
1 Sydney Kings 124 91 114
3 Townsville Crocodiles 107 113 99
1 Sydney Kings 101 104 114
6 Melbourne Tigers 89 108 89
1 Sydney Kings 98 117 X
2 Perth Wildcats 94 101 X
2 Perth Wildcats 119 91 94
5 Adelaide 36ers 116 99 86
2 Perth Wildcats 121 113 X
4 Wollongong Hawks 90 84 X
3 Townsville Crocodiles 87 101 X
4 Wollongong Hawks 97 102 X


Qualifying Finals

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
8/03/2003 Melbourne Tigers 89–101 Sydney Kings State Netball and Hockey Centre 3,500 boxscore
8/03/2003 Adelaide 36ers 116–119 Perth Wildcats Adelaide Arena 6,563 boxscore
8/03/2003 Illawarra Hawks 97–87 Townsville Crocodiles WIN Entertainment Centre 4,391 boxscore
10/03/2003 Sydney Kings 104–108 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre 6,501 boxscore
12/03/2003 Perth Wildcats 91–99 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium 3,611 boxscore
12/03/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 101–102 Illawarra Hawks Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
15/03/2003 Sydney Kings 114–89 Melbourne Tigers Sydney Entertainment Centre 6,395 boxscore
16/03/2003 Perth Wildcats 94–86 Adelaide 36ers Challenge Stadium 3,082 boxscore

Semi-finals

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
20/03/2003 Townsville Crocodiles 107–124 Sydney Kings Townsville Entertainment Centre 5,257 boxscore
21/03/2003 Illawarra Hawks 90–121 Perth Wildcats WIN Entertainment Centre 5,479 boxscore
26/03/2003 Perth Wildcats 113–84 Illawarra Hawks Challenge Stadium 3,421 boxscore
26/03/2003 Sydney Kings 91–113 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre 7,284 boxscore
29/03/2003 Sydney Kings 114–99 Townsville Crocodiles Sydney Entertainment Centre 6,025 boxscore

Grand Final

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Date Home Score Away Venue Crowd Boxscore
3/04/2003 Sydney Kings 98–94 Perth Wildcats Sydney Entertainment Centre 10,439 boxscore
6/04/2003 Perth Wildcats 101–117 Sydney Kings Challenge Stadium 4,700 boxscore

2002–03 NBL statistics leaders

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Category Player Team Stat
Points per game Chris Williams Sydney Kings 23.6
Rebounds per game Mark Bradtke Melbourne Tigers 12.9
Assists per game Ricky Grace Perth Wildcats 8.0
Steals per game Darryl McDonald Victoria Titans 2.4
Blocks per game Reginald Poole Canberra Cannons 2.2
Free throw percentage Andrew Gaze Melbourne Tigers 89.3%
Three-point field goal percentage James Harvey Perth Wildcats 43.8%

NBL awards

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All NBL Team

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# Player Team
PG Ricky Grace[1] Perth Wildcats
SG Shane Heal Sydney Kings
SF Brett Maher Adelaide 36ers
PF Chris Williams Sydney Kings
C Mark Bradtke Melbourne Tigers

References

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  1. ^ "NBL Season 2002-2003". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
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