Here are results and statistics from the National Basketball League

National Basketball League (Australasia)

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 season of 1979.

End of Season Ladder

This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. In all, 90 games were played, 18 for each team. The top two teams then played a sudden death grand final.

	Team	Played	Won	Lost	%	Won %
1	St. Kilda Saints	18	15	3	118	83
2	Canberra Cannons Canberra Cannons The Canberra Cannons were a basketball team competing in the Australian National Basketball League. They went into financial administration in 2003 and were relocated to Newcastle, where they became the Hunter Pirates...	18	13	5	104	72
3	Nunawading Spectres	18	13	5	107	72
4	West Adelaide Bearcats West Adelaide Bearcats The West Adelaide Bearcats are a semi-professional basketball team competing in the Australian Basketball Association.-NBL:The West Adelaide Bearcats was a foundation club in the NBL which merged with the Adelaide 36ers in 1985. Founded in 1946, it won the NBL championship 80–74 against the Geelong...	18	12	6	109	67
5	Brisbane Bullets Brisbane Bullets The Brisbane Bullets were, until 2008, a professional basketball team competing in Australia's National Basketball League. The Bullets were one of only two teams that survived since the NBL's inception in 1979; the only surviving team is now the Wollongong Hawks. The team played in Midnight Navy...	18	10	8	100	57
6	Newcastle Falcons	18	8	10	98	44
7	City of Sydney Astronauts	18	8	10	95	44
8	Illawarra Hawks Wollongong Hawks The Wollongong Hawks are a team competing in Australia's National Basketball League , based in the New South Wales city of Wollongong. They won the NBL championship in 2001 and finished as runners-up in 2005 and 2010...	18	5	13	95	28
9	Bankstown Bruins	18	3	15	91	17
10	Glenelg Tigers Glenelg Tigers (NBL) The Glenelg Tigers were a foundation club in the NBL that formed in 1979. The club was based in South Australia in the Adelaide suburb of Glenelg. The Tigers lasted only one season before folding due to financial difficulties...	18	3	15	88	17

There was only one final played in this season and it was contested by the Top 2 teams.

Grand Final

• Played at Albert Park Stadium, Melbourne

St. Kilda Saints 94 to Canberra Cannons

Canberra Cannons

The Canberra Cannons were a basketball team competing in the Australian National Basketball League. They went into financial administration in 2003 and were relocated to Newcastle, where they became the Hunter Pirates...

 93

The Saints won on a reverse layup just before the buzzer by Peter Vittles.

Awards

Award	Player	Team
NBL MVP NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player At the conclusion of each NBL game, both coaches award votes to the best players from that game. Each coach has 10 votes to allocate, with no more than 5 to be awarded to one player by each coach....	Ken Richardson	West Adelaide Bearcats West Adelaide Bearcats The West Adelaide Bearcats are a semi-professional basketball team competing in the Australian Basketball Association.-NBL:The West Adelaide Bearcats was a foundation club in the NBL which merged with the Adelaide 36ers in 1985. Founded in 1946, it won the NBL championship 80–74 against the Geelong...
Grand Final MVP NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player - Grand Final The Larry Sengstock Medal is awarded to the Most Valuable Player of the Grand Final series.* 1979 Larry Sengstock * 1980 Rocky Smith The Larry Sengstock Medal is awarded to the Most Valuable Player of the Grand Final series.* 1979 Larry Sengstock (St. Kilda Saints)* 1980 Rocky Smith The Larry...	Larry Sengstock Larry Sengstock Larry Sengstock is a retired Australian basketball player and the current CEO of Basketball Australia and NBL....	St. Kilda Saints

Points Per Game

1. Calvin Bruton - 33.2 PPG (18 games for the Brisbane Bullets)
2. Ken Richardson - 26.2 PPG (18 games for the West Adelaide Bearcats)
3. Dave Ankeney - 26.1 PPG (18 games for the Newcastle Falcons)
4. Jim Slacke - 23.8 PPG (18 games for the Illawarra Hawks)
5. Cal Stamp - 23.3 PPG (18 games for the Canberra Cannons)

Field Goal %

1. Dave Ankeney - 50.0% (18 games for the Newcastle Falcons) (165/330)
2. Dan Riley - 50.0% (18 games for the Newcastle Falcons) (146/292)
3. Glen Ryan - 50.0% (17 games for the Newcastle Falcons) (63/126)
4. Darrell Corcoran - 50.0% (18 games for the West Sydney Westars) (66/132)
5. Richard Dunphy - 50.0% (16 games for the West Sydney Westars) (109/218)

Foul Shot %

1. Jim Slacke - 80.8% (63/78)
2. David Leslie - 80.6% (54/67)
3. David Symth - 78.7% (48/61)
4. Calvin Bruton - 78.5% (113/144)
5. Gary Fox - 77.8% (49/63)