The 2025 TPBL playoffs was the postseason tournament of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League's (TPBL) 2024–25 season. The play-in series started on May 23 and ended on May 25. The semifinals series started on May 29 and ended on June 8. The finals series started on June 16 and ended on June 29. On June 29, the New Taipei Kings defeated the Kaohsiung Aquas, 4–3, winning the 2024–25 season championship.
Format Five teams participated in the playoffs. The top three teams, based on winning percentage of regular season, directly qualified for the semifinals. The fourth and fifth seeds played the best-of-three play-in series, which was in a 1-1-1 format. The fourth seed was awarded a one-win advantage. The winner of the play-in series and the top three seeds played the best-of-seven semifinals series, which was in a 2-2-1-1-1 format. The winners of the semifinals series played the best-of-seven finals series, which was in a 2-2-1-1-1 format.
Playoff qualifying On April 19, 2025, the New Taipei Kings became the first team to clinch the semifinals series. On April 29, the Formosa Dreamers became the final team to secure a direct berth in the semifinals bracket. On May 3, the New Taipei Kings clinched the regular season title. And the Taipei Taishin Mars became the first team to qualify the play-in series. On May 18, the Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards became the final team to qualify the play-in series. On May 25, the Taipei Taishin Mars won the play-in series and advanced to the semifinals bracket.
Seed Team Record ClinchedPlay-inberth Semifinalsberth Best recordin TPBL 1 New Taipei Kings 26–10 — April 19 May 3 2 Formosa Dreamers 21–15 — April 29 — 3 Kaohsiung Aquas 19–17 — April 27 — 4 Taipei Taishin Mars 16–20 May 3 May 25 — 5 Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 16–20 May 18 — —
Bracket
Bold: Series winner Italic: Team with home-court advantage
Play-in: (4) Taipei Taishin Mars vs. (5) Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards
Regular-season series The Mars won 4–2 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Semifinals (1) New Taipei Kings vs. (4) Taipei Taishin Mars
Regular-season series The Kings won 4–2 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
(2) Formosa Dreamers vs. (3) Kaohsiung Aquas
Regular-season series The Dreamers won 4–2 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
TPBL Finals: (1) New Taipei Kings vs. (3) Kaohsiung Aquas
Regular-season series The Kings won 5–1 in the regular-season series
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Statistical leaders Category Game high Average Player Team High Player Team Avg. Points Adrien Moerman Taipei Taishin Mars 37 Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 22.0 2 Rebounds Kenny Manigault New Taipei Kings 21 Devin Williams Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 13.0 2 Assists Joseph Lin New Taipei Kings 15 Gao Jin-Wei Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 8.0 2 Steals Kaleb Wesson Kaohsiung Aquas 6 Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 4.5 2 Blocks Kaleb WessonJeremy Lin Kaohsiung AquasNew Taipei Kings 4 Lasan Kromah Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 1.5 2
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