The 2023 NBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball League's 2022–23 season.
Format The finals will be played in February and March 2023 between the top six teams of the regular season, consisting of three play-in games, two best-of-three semifinal series and the best-of-five Grand Final series, where the higher seed hosts the first, third and fifth games.
The top two seeds in the regular season will automatically qualify to the semifinals. Teams ranked three to six will compete in the play-in tournament. The third seed will play the fourth seed for third spot and the loser will play the winner of fifth or sixth for the fourth seed. This will be the first season the league will introduce play-in games.
Qualification Qualified teams TeamDate ofqualificationRound ofqualificationFinalsappearancePreviousappearancePrevious bestperformanceRef. Sydney Kings 16 January 2023 15 17th 2022 Champions (2003, 2004, 2005, 2022) New Zealand Breakers 28 January 2023 17 9th 2018 Champions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015) Cairns Taipans 28 January 2023 17 9th 2020 Runners-up (2011, 2015) Tasmania JackJumpers 4 February 2023 18 2nd 2022 Runners-up (2022) S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 5 February 2023 18 2nd 2021 Semifinalist (2021) Perth Wildcats 5 February 2023 18 36th 2021 Champions (1990, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020)
Ladder
Ladder progression
Seedings
Sydney Kings New Zealand Breakers Cairns Taipans Tasmania JackJumpers S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 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 overall points percentage will determine order of seeding.
Playoff Bracket
Play-in tournament
Play-in qualifier (5) S.E. Melbourne Phoenix vs. (6) Perth Wildcats
+Regular season seriesS.E. Melbourne won 2–1 in the regular season series
Seeding qualifier (3) Cairns Taipans vs. (4) Tasmania JackJumpers
+Regular season seriesCairns won 2–1 in the regular season series
Play-in game (3) Cairns Taipans vs. (6) Perth Wildcats
+Regular season seriesPerth won 2–1 in the regular season series
Semifinals series (2) New Zealand Breakers vs. (4) Tasmania JackJumpers
+Regular season seriesNew Zealand won 3–1 in the regular season series
(1) Sydney Kings vs. (3) Cairns Taipans
+Regular season seriesCairns won 2–1 in the regular season series
Championship series (1) Sydney Kings vs. (2) New Zealand Breakers
+Regular season seriesSydney won 2–1 in the regular season series
Media coverage Television Australian broadcast rights to the season are held by ESPN. All games are available live on ESPN and the streaming platform Kayo Freebies. Network 10 will broadcast Sunday afternoon games on 10 Peach and 10 Play.
See also 2022–23 NBL season 2022–23 NBL regular season
References
External links
NBL Historical Stats at SpatialJam.com