The 2025 NBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball League's 2024–25 season.
As Australia and New Zealand participated in 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification, the league took a break during the FIBA international window of 17–25 February 2025.
Format The finals will be played in February and March 2025 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 highest seed hosted the first, third and fifth games.
The top two seeds in the regular season automatically qualified to the semifinals. Teams ranked three to six competed in the play-in tournament. The third seed played the fourth seed for third spot and the loser played the winner of fifth or sixth for the fourth seed.
Qualification Qualified teams TeamDate ofqualificationRound ofqualificationFinalsappearancePreviousappearancePrevious bestperformanceRef. Illawarra Hawks 21 January 2025 17 24th 2024 Champions (2001) Melbourne United 26 January 2025 18 29th 2024 Champions (1993, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2021) Sydney Kings 26 January 2025 18 19th 2024 Champions (2003, 2004, 2005, 2022, 2023) Perth Wildcats 30 January 2025 19 38th 2024 Champions (1990, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020) S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 30 January 2025 19 3rd 2023 Semifinalist (2021) Adelaide 36ers 8 February 2025 20 26th 2018 Champions (1986, 1998, 1999, 2002)
Ladder
Ladder progression
Seedings Illawarra Hawks Melbourne United Perth Wildcats S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Sydney Kings Adelaide 36ers
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 Seeding qualifier (3) Perth Wildcats vs. (4) S.E. Melbourne Phoenix
+Regular season seriesPerth won 3–1 in the regular season series
Play-in qualifier (5) Sydney Kings vs. (6) Adelaide 36ers
+Regular season seriesAdelaide won 3–1 in the regular season series
Play-in game (4) S.E. Melbourne Phoenix vs. (6) Adelaide 36ers
+Regular season seriesS.E. Melbourne won 2–1 in the regular season series
Semifinals series (1) Illawarra Hawks vs. (4) S.E. Melbourne Phoenix
+Regular season seriesS.E. Melbourne won 2–1 in the regular season series
(2) Melbourne United vs. (3) Perth Wildcats
+Regular season seriesMelbourne won 3–0 in the regular season series
Championship series (1) Illawarra Hawks vs. (2) Melbourne United
+Regular season seriesIllawarra won 2–1 in the regular season series
Media coverage Television The league extended its partnership with ESPN Australia. All games are available live on ESPN, Kayo Sports, Network 10 and Fetch TV. In New Zealand, ESPN New Zealand will be the official league broadcaster.
See also 2024–25 NBL season 2024–25 NBL regular season
References
External links
Official NBL All-Time Stats at NBL Insider NBL Historical Stats at SpatialJam.com