2015 NBL Finals explained

2015 NBL Finals
League:National Basketball League
Sport:Basketball
Pixels:250px
Duration:February 2015–March 2015
No Of Teams:4
Tv:

Network Ten (Australia)

One (Australia)

Sky Sport (New Zealand)

NBL.TV (online)

LiveBasketball.TV (online)

Finals:NBL Finals
Finals Champ:New Zealand Breakers
Finals Runner-Up:Cairns Taipans
Finals Mvp:Cedric Jackson
Finals Mvp Link:NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award
Prevseason Link:2014 NBL Finals
Prevseason Year:2014
Nextseason Link:2016 NBL Finals
Nextseason Year:2016

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
25 January 2015 16 6th Champions (2011, 2012, 2013)
30 January 2015 17 5th Runners-up (2011)
7 February 2015 18 29th Champions (1990, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2010, 2014)
13 February 2015 19 23rd Champions (1986, 1998, 1999, 2002)

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.

Semi-finals series

(1) Cairns Taipans vs (4) Perth Wildcats

Regular season series

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

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

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

Grand Final series

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

Regular season series

Cairns won 3–1 in the regular season series:

See also