2016 NBL Finals

June 2020 June 2020 June 2020 NBL Finals 2016 NBL Finals Logo 2016.png 175xp 2015–16 16 February – 6 March 2016 4 Perth Wildcats 7 New Zealand Breakers Melbourne United Illawarra Hawks 2015 2017 The 2016 NBL Finals was the championship series of the 2015–16 NBL season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Perth Wildcats defeated the New Zealand Breakers in three games (2–1) to claim their seventh NBL championship. Format The 2015–16 National Basketball League Finals were played in February and March 2016 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.Swisse partners with NBL to launch Swisse NBL Finals Series http://www.nbl.com.au/featured-news/swisse-partners-with-nbl-to-launch-swisse-nbl-finals-series/ NBL.com.au 11 February 2016 11 February 2016 Qualification Qualified teams Team Date ofqualification Round ofqualification Finalsappearance Previousappearance Previous bestperformance Melbourne United 29 January 2016 17 22nd 2014 Champions (1993, 1997, 2006, 2008) Perth Wildcats 5 February 2016 18 30th 2015 Champions (1990, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2010, 2014) Illawarra Hawks 6 February 2016 18 19th 2014 Champions (2001) New Zealand Breakers 12 February 2016 19 7th 2015 Champions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015) Ladder Seedings Melbourne United Perth Wildcats Illawarra Hawks New Zealand Breakers 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) Melbourne United vs (4) New Zealand Breakers #eee 18 February 2016 7:30pm EDT Hisense Arena, Melbourne Fox Sports Michael Aylen, Brad Giersch, Matt Townsend 5,532 Melbourne United 82 New Zealand Breakers 91 boxscore report 16-27 25-11 17-24 24-29 Hakim Warrick 24 Cedric Jackson 20 Hakim Warrick 13 Mika Vukona 13 Stephen Holt 4 Mika Vukona 5 New Zealand leads series, 1–0 20 February 2016 7:30pm NZDT Vector Arena, Auckland Sky Sport Michael Aylen, Brad Giersch, Matt Townsend TBA New Zealand Breakers 91 Melbourne United 78 boxscore report 23-17 18-29 17-11 33-21 Thomas Abercrombie 23 Chris Goulding 23 Mika Vukona 9 Todd Blanchfield 8 Cedric Jackson 5 Nate Tomlinson 5 New Zealand win series, 2–0 Regular season series New Zealand won 3–1 in the regular season series: #eee 8 November 2015 Hisense Arena, Melbourne Melbourne United 87 New Zealand Breakers 86 22 November 2015 Vector Arena, Auckland New Zealand Breakers 80 Melbourne United 69 #eee 12 February 2016 North Shore Events Centre, Auckland New Zealand Breakers 100 Melbourne United 63 14 February 2016 Hisense Arena, Melbourne Melbourne United 68 New Zealand Breakers 70 (2) Perth Wildcats vs (3) Illawarra Hawks #eee 19 February 2016 6:30pm WST Perth Arena, Perth Fox Sports Vaughan Mayberry, Matt Beattie, Chris Reid 8,700 Perth Wildcats 80 Illawarra Hawks 68 boxscore report 15-18 24-18 21-15 20-17 Casey Prather 19 Tim Coenraad 23 Tom Jervis 8 Andrew Ogilvy 11 Damian Martin 6 Rhys Martin 4 Perth leads series, 1-0 21 February 2016 3:00pm EDT WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong Fox Sports Vaughan Mayberry, Matt Beattie, Chris Reid TBA Illawarra Hawks 104 Perth Wildcats 87 boxscore report 24-26 28-24 27-16 21-16 Oscar Forman 21 Casey Prather 21 Andrew Ogilvy 7 Nathan Jawai 8 Kirk Penney 7 Damian Martin 7 Series tied, 1–1 #eee 26 February 2016 6:30pm WST Perth Arena, Perth Fox Sports Vaughan Mayberry, Matt Beattie, Chris Reid TBA Perth Wildcats 89 Illawarra Hawks 74 boxscore report 22-20 27-22 21-14 19-18 Jermaine Beal 17 Kirk Penney 18 Matthew Knight 9 Andrew Ogilvy 11 Casey Prather 4 Andrew Ogilvy 5 Perth wins series, 2-1 Regular season series Perth won 4-0 in the regular season series: #eee 25 October 2015 WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong Illawarra Hawks 99 Perth Wildcats 106 31 October 2015 Perth Arena, Perth Perth Wildcats 91 Illawarra Hawks 62 #eee 11 November 2015 WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong Illawarra Hawks 96 Perth Wildcats 99 21 January 2016 Perth Arena, Perth Perth Wildcats 95 Illawarra Hawks 72 Grand Final series (2) Perth Wildcats vs (4) New Zealand Breakers #eee 2 March 2016 6:30pm WST Perth Arena, Perth Fox Sports Vaughan Mayberry, Michael Aylen, Matt Beattie TBA Perth Wildcats 82 New Zealand Breakers 76 boxscore report 24-14 21-24 18-23 19-15 Nathan Jawai 15 Corey Webster 19 Damian Martin 10 Charles Jackson 10 Damian Martin 5 Cedric Jackson 2 Perth leads series, 1-0 4 March 2016 7:30pm NZDT North Shore Events Centre, Auckland Sky Sport Vaughan Mayberry, Michael Aylen, Chris Reid TBA New Zealand Breakers 72 Perth Wildcats 68 boxscore report 16-17 21-14 19-19 16-18 Cedric Jackson 13 Jermaine Beal 20 Cedric Jackson 9 Matthew Knight 6 Cedric Jackson 8 Jermaine Beal 4 Series tied, 1-1 #eee 6 March 2016 2:30pm WST Perth Arena, Perth Fox Sports Vaughan Mayberry, Michael Aylen, Brad Giersch 13,090 Perth Wildcats 75 New Zealand Breakers 52 boxscore report 22-18 20-12 15-8 18-14 Casey Prather 19 Thomas Abercrombie 21 Matthew Knight 11 Charles Jackson 12 Jesse Wagstaff 5 Corey Webster 4 Perth wins series, 2–1 Regular season series Tied 2–2 in the regular season series; 347-327 points differential to New Zealand: #eee 16 October 2015 Perth Arena, Perth Perth Wildcats 83 New Zealand Breakers 80 13 November 2015 Vector Arena, Auckland New Zealand Breakers 88 Perth Wildcats 80 #eee 27 November 2015 Perth Arena, Perth Perth Wildcats 86 New Zealand Breakers 80 2 December 2015 North Shore Events Centre, Auckland New Zealand Breakers 99 Perth Wildcats 78 See also 2015–16 NBL season References Finals 2016 Category:2016 in New Zealand basketball