2015 NBL Finals

June 2020 June 2020 June 2020 2015 NBL Finals National Basketball League Basketball 250px February 2015–March 2015 4 Network Ten (Australia) One (Australia) Sky Sport (New Zealand) NBL.TV (online) LiveBasketball.TV (online) NBL Finals New Zealand Breakers Cairns Taipans Cedric Jackson NBL Grand Final Most Valuable Player Award 2014 NBL Finals 2014 2016 NBL Finals 2016 The 2015 NBL Finals was the championship series of the 2014–15 NBL season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The New Zealand Breakers defeated the Cairns Taipans in two games (2–0) to claim their fourth NBL championship. Format The 2014–15 National Basketball League Finals will be played in February and March 2015 between the top four teams of the regular season, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and final series, where the higher seed hosts the first and third games. Qualification Qualified teams Team Date ofqualification Round ofqualification Finalsappearance Previousappearance Previous bestperformance New Zealand Breakers 25 January 2015 16 6th 2013 Champions (2011, 2012, 2013) Cairns Taipans 30 January 2015 17 5th 2011 Runners-up (2011) Perth Wildcats 7 February 2015 18 29th 2014 Champions (1990, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2010, 2014) Adelaide 36ers 13 February 2015 19 23rd 2014 Champions (1986, 1998, 1999, 2002) Ladder Seedings Cairns Taipans New Zealand Breakers Adelaide 36ers 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 results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding. Bracket Semi-finals series (1) Cairns Taipans vs (4) Perth Wildcats #eee 27 February 2015 7:30pm EST Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns One Raoul Kirsten, Scott Beker, Matt Beattie TBA Cairns Taipans 71 Perth Wildcats 64 boxscore 15-18 28-12 2-18 26-16 Scottie Wilbekin 28 Jermaine Beal 20 Scottie Wilbekin 10 Matthew Knight 9 Scottie Wilbekin 4 Damian Martin 5 Cairns leads series, 1–0 1 March 2015 6:30pm WST Perth Arena, Perth One Michael Aylen, Matt Townsend, Brad Giersch Emergency Referee: David Bull 15,235 Perth Wildcats 68 Cairns Taipans 80 boxscore 11-14 15-22 18-16 24-28 Jermaine Beal 21 Wilbekin, Weigh 16 Knight, Wagstaff 10 Scottie Wilbekin 11 Jermaine Beal 4 Scottie Wilbekin 6 Cairns wins series, 2–0 Regular season series Tied 2–2 in the regular season series; 303-291 points differential to Cairns: #eee 28 November 2014 Perth Arena, Perth Perth Wildcats 84 Cairns Taipans 66 9 January 2015 Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns Cairns Taipans 91 Perth Wildcats 76 #eee 24 January 2015 Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns Cairns Taipans 92 Perth Wildcats 66 6 February 2015 Perth Arena, Perth Perth Wildcats 65 Cairns Taipans 54 (2) New Zealand Breakers vs (3) Adelaide 36ers #eee 26 February 2015 7:30pm NZDT Vector Arena, Auckland One Vaughan Mayberry, Brett Hogan, Tim Boswell 3,833 New Zealand Breakers 111 Adelaide 36ers 82 boxscore 31-25 25-16 33-15 22-26 Corey Webster 24 Jamar Wilson 21 Mika Vukona 10 Daniel Johnson 8 Cedric Jackson 10 Adam Gibson 7 New Zealand leads series, 1–0 28 February 2015 7:30pm CDT Adelaide Arena, Adelaide One Chris Reid, Tim Mills, ? 4,807 Adelaide 36ers 83 New Zealand Breakers 94 boxscore 25-28 14-21 14-21 30-24 Jackson, Ibekwe 18 Jamar Wilson 23 Cedric Jackson 10 Brock Motum 8 Cedric Jackson 6 Jamar Wilson 4 New Zealand wins series, 2–0 Tied 2–2 in the regular season series; 356-340 points differential to New Zealand: #eee 17 October 2014 Vector Arena, Auckland New Zealand Breakers 101 Adelaide 36ers 80 2 November 2014 Adelaide Arena, Adelaide Adelaide 36ers 93 New Zealand Breakers 86 #eee 4 January 2015 Adelaide Arena, Adelaide Adelaide 36ers 74 New Zealand Breakers 81 12 February 2015 Vector Arena, Auckland New Zealand Breakers 88 Adelaide 36ers 93 Grand Final series (1) Cairns Taipans vs (2) New Zealand Breakers #eee 6 March 2015 7:30pm EST Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns One Vaughan Mayberry, Chris Reid, Matt Beattie TBA Cairns Taipans 71 New Zealand Breakers 86 boxscore 17-28 17-22 26-11 11-25 Scottie Wilbekin 16 Cedric Jackson 22 Cameron Gliddon 9 Ekene Ibekwe 8 Stephen Weigh 4 Jackson, Webster 3 New Zealand leads series, 1–0 8 March 2015 3:00pm NZDT North Shore Events Centre, Auckland Network Ten Michael Aylen, Scott Beker, Brad Giersch TBA New Zealand Breakers 83 Cairns Taipans 81 boxscore 23-17 21-22 14-20 25-22 Thomas Abercrombie 19 Cameron Tragardh 17 Mika Vukona 8 Loughton, Young 6 Cedric Jackson 6 Scottie Wilbekin 4 New Zealand wins series, 2–0 Regular season series Cairns won 3–1 in the regular season series: #eee 23 October 2014 North Shore Events Centre, Auckland New Zealand Breakers 76 Cairns Taipans 85 7 November 2014 Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns Cairns Taipans 71 New Zealand Breakers 79 #eee 21 December 2014 Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns Cairns Taipans 83 New Zealand Breakers 59 22 February 2015 Vector Arena, Auckland New Zealand Breakers 77 Cairns Taipans 81 See also 2014–15 NBL season References Finals Category:National Basketball League (Australia) Finals Category:2015 in New Zealand basketball