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2015 NBL Finals
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
DurationFebruary 2015–March 2015
Number of teams4
TV partner(s)
NBL.TV (online)
NBL Finals
Champions New Zealand Breakers
  Runners-up Cairns Taipans
Finals MVP Cedric Jackson
Seasons

The 2015 NBL Finals was the championship series of the 2014–15 NBL season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The New Zealand Breakers defeated the Cairns Taipans in two games (2–0) to claim their fourth NBL championship.

Format

The 2014–15 National Basketball League Finals will be played in February and March 2015 between the top four teams of the regular season, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and final series, where the higher seed hosts the first and third games.

Qualification

Qualified teams

Team Date of
qualification		 Round of
qualification		 Finals
appearance		 Previous
appearance		 Previous best
performance
New Zealand Breakers 25 January 2015 16 6th 2013 Champions ( 2011, 2012, 2013)
Cairns Taipans 30 January 2015 17 5th 2011 Runners-up ( 2011)
Perth Wildcats 7 February 2015 18 29th 2014 Champions ( 1990, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2010, 2014)
Adelaide 36ers 13 February 2015 19 23rd 2014 Champions ( 1986, 1998, 1999, 2002)

Ladder

Pos 2014–15 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Cairns Taipans 28 21 7 75.00% 4–1 W3 12–2 9–5 2275 2117 107.46%
2 New Zealand Breakers 28 19 9 67.86% 2–3 L1 10–4 9–5 2343 2275 102.99%
3 Adelaide 36ers 28 17 11 60.71% 5–0 W10 9–5 8–6 2501 2478 100.93%
4 Perth Wildcats 28 16 12 57.14% 3–2 W1 10–4 6–8 2260 2171 104.10%
5 Melbourne United 28 13 15 46.43% 2–3 W2 8–6 5–9 2333 2379 98.07%
6 Townsville Crocodiles 28 11 17 39.29% 3–2 L1 8–6 3–11 2343 2341 100.09%
7 Sydney Kings 28 9 19 32.14% 0–5 L7 5–9 4–10 2320 2408 96.35%
8 Wollongong Hawks 28 6 22 21.43% 2–3 L2 4–10 2–12 2154 2360 91.27%

Updated to match(es) played on 22 February 2015. Source: NBL.com.au

Ladder Progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
2014–15 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Adelaide 36ers 5 5 4 3 4 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3
Cairns Taipans 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Melbourne United 8 7 7 6 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
New Zealand Breakers 2 2 3 4 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Perth Wildcats 7 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Sydney Kings 3 4 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Townsville Crocodiles 6 6 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
Wollongong Hawks 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Seedings

  1. Cairns Taipans
  2. New Zealand Breakers
  3. Adelaide 36ers
  4. Perth Wildcats

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.

Bracket

Semifinals Grand Final
          
1 Cairns Taipans 71 80 X
4 Perth Wildcats 64 66 X
1 Cairns Taipans 71 81 X
2 New Zealand Breakers 86 83 X
2 New Zealand Breakers 111 94 X
3 Adelaide 36ers 82 83 X


Semi-finals series

(1) Cairns Taipans vs (4) Perth Wildcats

27 February 2015 Cairns Taipans 71–64
( Series: Cairns leads series, 1–0) 		Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
7:30pm EST Scoring by quarter: 15-18, 28-12, 2-18, 26-16
One Pts: Scottie Wilbekin 28
Rebs: Scottie Wilbekin 10
Asts: Scottie Wilbekin 4 		boxscore Pts: Jermaine Beal 20
Rebs: Matthew Knight 9
Asts: Damian Martin 5 		Attendance: TBA
Referees: Raoul Kirsten, Scott Beker, Matt Beattie
1 March 2015 Perth Wildcats 68–80
( Series: Cairns wins series, 2–0) 		Cairns Taipans Perth Arena, Perth
6:30pm WST Scoring by quarter: 11-14, 15-22, 18-16, 24-28
One Pts: Jermaine Beal 21
Rebs: Knight, Wagstaff 10
Asts: Jermaine Beal 4 		boxscore Pts: Wilbekin, Weigh 16
Rebs: Scottie Wilbekin 11
Asts: Scottie Wilbekin 6 		Attendance: 15,235
Referees: Michael Aylen, Matt Townsend, Brad Giersch Emergency Referee: David Bull

Regular season series

Tied 2–2 in the regular season series; 303-291 points differential to Cairns:

28 November 2014 Perth Wildcats 84–66 Cairns Taipans Perth Arena, Perth
9 January 2015 Cairns Taipans 91–76 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
24 January 2015 Cairns Taipans 92–66 Perth Wildcats Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
6 February 2015 Perth Wildcats 65–54 Cairns Taipans Perth Arena, Perth

(2) New Zealand Breakers vs (3) Adelaide 36ers

26 February 2015 New Zealand Breakers 111–82
( Series: New Zealand leads series, 1–0) 		Adelaide 36ers Vector Arena, Auckland
7:30pm NZDT Scoring by quarter: 31-25, 25-16, 33-15, 22-26
One Pts: Corey Webster 24
Rebs: Mika Vukona 10
Asts: Cedric Jackson 10 		boxscore Pts: Jamar Wilson 21
Rebs: Daniel Johnson 8
Asts: Adam Gibson 7 		Attendance: 3,833
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Brett Hogan, Tim Boswell
28 February 2015 Adelaide 36ers 83–94
( Series: New Zealand wins series, 2–0) 		New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
7:30pm CDT Scoring by quarter: 25-28, 14-21, 14-21, 30-24
One Pts: Jackson, Ibekwe 18
Rebs: Cedric Jackson 10
Asts: Cedric Jackson 6 		boxscore Pts: Jamar Wilson 23
Rebs: Brock Motum 8
Asts: Jamar Wilson 4 		Attendance: 4,807
Referees: Chris Reid, Tim Mills, ?

Tied 2–2 in the regular season series; 356-340 points differential to New Zealand:

17 October 2014 New Zealand Breakers 101–80 Adelaide 36ers Vector Arena, Auckland
2 November 2014 Adelaide 36ers 93–86 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
4 January 2015 Adelaide 36ers 74–81 New Zealand Breakers Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
12 February 2015 New Zealand Breakers 88–93 Adelaide 36ers Vector Arena, Auckland

Grand Final series

(1) Cairns Taipans vs (2) New Zealand Breakers

6 March 2015 Cairns Taipans 71–86
( Series: New Zealand leads series, 1–0) 		New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
7:30pm EST Scoring by quarter: 17-28, 17-22, 26-11, 11-25
One Pts: Scottie Wilbekin 16
Rebs: Cameron Gliddon 9
Asts: Stephen Weigh 4 		boxscore Pts: Cedric Jackson 22
Rebs: Ekene Ibekwe 8
Asts: Jackson, Webster 3 		Attendance: TBA
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Chris Reid, Matt Beattie
8 March 2015 New Zealand Breakers 83–81
( Series: New Zealand wins series, 2–0) 		Cairns Taipans North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
3:00pm NZDT Scoring by quarter: 23-17, 21-22, 14-20, 25-22
Network Ten Pts: Thomas Abercrombie 19
Rebs: Mika Vukona 8
Asts: Cedric Jackson 6 		boxscore Pts: Cameron Tragardh 17
Rebs: Loughton, Young 6
Asts: Scottie Wilbekin 4 		Attendance: TBA
Referees: Michael Aylen, Scott Beker, Brad Giersch

Regular season series

Cairns won 3–1 in the regular season series:

23 October 2014 New Zealand Breakers 76–85 Cairns Taipans North Shore Events Centre, Auckland
7 November 2014 Cairns Taipans 71–79 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
21 December 2014 Cairns Taipans 83–59 New Zealand Breakers Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns
22 February 2015 New Zealand Breakers 77–81 Cairns Taipans Vector Arena, Auckland

See also

References

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