The 2016 NBL Finals was the championship series of the

2015–16 NBL season The 2015–16 NBL season was the 38th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 7 October 2015 and 14 February 2016, followed by a post-season featuri ...

and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The

Perth Wildcats The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Wildcats compete in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Perth Arena, ...

defeated the

New Zealand Breakers The New Zealand Breakers (also known as the Sky Sport Breakers for sponsorship reasons) are a New Zealand professional basketball team based in Auckland. The Breakers compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at ...

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

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, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and final series, where the higher seed hosts the first and third games.

Qualification

Qualified teams

Ladder

Seedings

Melbourne United Melbourne United is an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. United compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at John Cain Arena. The team made their debut in the NBL in 1984 a ...

Illawarra Hawks The Illawarra Hawks (formerly the Wollongong Hawks and The Hawks) is an Australian professional basketball team based in Wollongong, New South Wales. The Illawarra Hawks compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home game ...

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

Regular season series New Zealand won 3–1 in the regular season series:

(2) Perth Wildcats vs (3) Illawarra Hawks

Regular season series Perth won 4-0 in the regular season series:

Grand Final series

(2) Perth Wildcats vs (4) New Zealand Breakers

Regular season series Tied 2–2 in the regular season series; 347-327 points differential to New Zealand:

References

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