2025 NBL Finals


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

Seedings

  1. [2024–25 2024–25 Illawarra Hawks season|Illawarra Hawks season|Illawarra Hawks]
  2. [2024–25 2024–25 Melbourne United season|Melbourne United season|Melbourne United]
  3. [2024–25 2024–25 Perth Wildcats season|Perth Wildcats season|Perth Wildcats]
  4. S.E. Melbourne Phoenix
  5. [2024–25 2024–25 Sydney Kings season|Sydney Kings season|Sydney Kings]
  6. [2024–25 2024–25 Adelaide 36ers season|Adelaide 36ers season|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.

Play-in tournament

(3) Perth Wildcats vs. (4) S.E. Melbourne Phoenix

Perth won 3–1 in the regular season series


(5) Sydney Kings vs. (6) Adelaide 36ers

Adelaide won 3–1 in the regular season series


(4) S.E. Melbourne Phoenix vs. (6) Adelaide 36ers

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


Semifinals series

(1) Illawarra Hawks vs. (4) S.E. Melbourne Phoenix

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


(2) Melbourne United vs. (3) Perth Wildcats

Melbourne won 3–0 in the regular season series


Grand Final series

(1) Illawarra Hawks vs. (2) Melbourne United

Illawarra 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.