2023 NBL Finals


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

Seedings

  1. [2022–23 2022–23 Sydney Kings season|Sydney Kings season|Sydney Kings]
  2. [2022–23 2022–23 New Zealand Breakers season|New Zealand Breakers season|New Zealand Breakers]
  3. [2022–23 2022–23 Cairns Taipans season|Cairns Taipans season|Cairns Taipans]
  4. [2022–23 2022–23 Tasmania JackJumpers season|Tasmania JackJumpers season|Tasmania JackJumpers]
  5. S.E. Melbourne Phoenix
  6. [2022–23 2022–23 Perth Wildcats season|Perth Wildcats season|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.

Play-in tournament

(5) S.E. Melbourne Phoenix vs. (6) Perth Wildcats

S.E. Melbourne won 2–1 in the regular season series


(3) Cairns Taipans vs. (4) Tasmania JackJumpers

Cairns won 2–1 in the regular season series


(3) Cairns Taipans vs. (6) Perth Wildcats

Perth won 2–1 in the regular season series


Semifinals series

(2) New Zealand Breakers vs. (4) Tasmania JackJumpers

New Zealand won 3–1 in the regular season series


(1) Sydney Kings vs. (3) Cairns Taipans

Cairns won 2–1 in the regular season series


Grand Final series

(1) Sydney Kings vs. (2) New Zealand Breakers

Sydney 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.