2022 NBL Finals

2022 NBL finals
TeamCoachWins
Sydney Kings Chase Buford 3
Tasmania JackJumpers Scott Roth 0
Country Australia
Dates28 April – 11 May
Season2021–22
Teams4
Defending championsMelbourne United
MVPXavier Cooks (Sydney)
SemifinalistsMelbourne United
Illawarra Hawks
Matches played8
Attendance64,046 (8,006 per match)
Scoring leaderJaylen Adams
25.7
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The 2022 NBL Finals was the championship series of the 2021–22 NBL season and the conclusion of the season.[1]

Format

The finals was played in April and May 2022 between the top four teams of the regular season, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and one best-of-five final series, where the higher seed hosts the first, third and fifth games.[2][3]

Qualification

The 2022 NBL Finals marked the first time in 35 years that the Perth Wildcats have not qualified for the finals, having last failed to do so in 1986.[4]

Qualified teams

Team Date of
qualification 		Round of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Previous
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		Ref.
Melbourne United 10 April 2022 19 27th 2021 Champions (1993, 1997, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2021) [5][6][7]
Sydney Kings 14 April 2022 20 16th 2020 Champions (2003, 2004, 2005) [8][9][10]
Illawarra Hawks 22 April 2022 21 22nd 2021 Champions (2001) [11][12][13]
Tasmania JackJumpers 24 April 2022 21 1st N/A [14][15][16]

Ladder

Pos 2021–22 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Melbourne United 28 20 8 71.43% 4–1 L1 9–5 11–3 2455 2244 109.40%
2 Illawarra Hawks 28 19 9 67.86% 4–1 W2 8–6 11–3 2498 2345 106.52%
3 Sydney Kings 28 19 9 67.86% 3–2 L1 9–5 10–4 2397 2313 103.63%
4 Tasmania JackJumpers 28 17 11 60.71% 4–1 W4 8–6 9–5 2230 2220 100.45%
5 Perth Wildcats 28 16 12 57.14% 2–3 L2 7–7 9–5 2495 2377 104.96%
6 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 28 15 13 53.57% 3–2 W2 7–7 8–6 2456 2424 101.32%
7 Adelaide 36ers 28 10 18 35.71% 3–2 W1 6–8 4–10 2283 2346 97.31%
8 Brisbane Bullets 28 10 18 35.71% 2–3 L2 6–8 4–10 2379 2500 95.16%
9 Cairns Taipans 28 9 19 32.14% 1–4 W1 5–9 4–10 2228 2408 92.52%
10 New Zealand Breakers 28 5 23 17.86% 0–5 L10 2–12 3–11 2234 2478 90.15%

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2022. Source: NBL.com.au

Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
2021–22 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Adelaide 36ers 8 6 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 7
Brisbane Bullets 7 5 7 6 6 7 6 5 7 9 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Cairns Taipans 9 7 4 4 5 5 5 6 9 7 9 10 9 9 10 9 9 8 8 9 9
Illawarra Hawks 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
Melbourne United 6 9 6 5 4 4 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
New Zealand Breakers 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
Perth Wildcats 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 5
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 6 6 6
Sydney Kings 5 4 5 7 7 6 8 7 5 6 5 4 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 3
Tasmania JackJumpers 4 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4

Seedings

  1. Melbourne United
  2. Illawarra Hawks
  3. Sydney Kings
  4. Tasmania JackJumpers

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.

Playoff Bracket

Semifinals Grand Final
            
1 Melbourne United 74 72 73
4 Tasmania JackJumpers 63 79 76
3 Sydney Kings 95 90 97 X X
4 Tasmania JackJumpers 78 86 88 X X
2 Illawarra Hawks 79 87 X
3 Sydney Kings 89 99 X


Semifinals series

(1) Melbourne United vs. (4) Tasmania JackJumpers

28 April 2022 Melbourne United 74–63
(Series: Melbourne leads series, 1–0) 		Tasmania JackJumpers John Cain Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 21–21, 21–7, 12–20
ESPN Pts: Agada 16
Rebs: White 10
Asts: Dellavedova 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Adams 16
Rebs: Adams, Krslovic 5
Asts: Magette 6 		Attendance: 5,268
Referees: Chris Reid, Mitch Hare, Nico Fernandez
30 April 2022 Tasmania JackJumpers 79–72
(Series: Series tied, 1–1) 		Melbourne United MyState Bank Arena, Hobart
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 21–22, 21–25, 20–13
ESPN Pts: McVeigh 15
Rebs: Magette, McDaniel 5
Asts: Bairstow 4 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Goulding 18
Rebs: White 8
Asts: Agada, Dellavedova, Ili, Lual-Acuil 3 		Attendance: 4,865
Referees: Chris Reid, Nico Fernandez, Mitch Hare
2 May 2022 Melbourne United 73–76
(Series: Tasmania wins series, 2–1) 		Tasmania JackJumpers John Cain Arena, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 15–19, 14–20, 19–16
ESPN Pts: Ili 18
Rebs: White 15
Asts: Dellavedova 7 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Adams 30
Rebs: McIntosh 9
Asts: Magette 7 		Attendance: 4,816
Referees: Chris Reid, Mitch Hare, James Griguol

(2) Illawarra Hawks vs. (3) Sydney Kings

29 April 2022 Illawarra Hawks 79–89
(Series: Sydney leads series, 1–0) 		Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 9–30, 24–22, 22–15
ESPN Pts: Reath 26
Rebs: Reath 11
Asts: Rathan-Mayes 4 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Adams 30
Rebs: Cooks, Martin 10
Asts: Adams 5 		Attendance: 5,621
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Michael Aylen, Ruben Woolcock
1 May 2022 Sydney Kings 99–87
(Series: Sydney wins series, 2–0) 		Illawarra Hawks Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 22–31, 25–13, 30–20
10 Peach Pts: Adams 29
Rebs: Cooks 11
Asts: Adams, Cooks 3 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Harvey 21
Rebs: Cleveland 12
Asts: Harvey, Jessup 3 		Attendance: 9,824
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Michael Aylen, Damien Lyons

Grand Final series

(3) Sydney Kings vs. (4) Tasmania JackJumpers

6 May 2022 Sydney Kings 95–78
(Series: Sydney leads series, 1–0) 		Tasmania JackJumpers Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 20–21, 28–18, 24–20
ESPN Pts: Adams 18
Rebs: Cooks 11
Asts: Cooks 7 		boxscore
report 		Pts: McIntosh, McVeigh 14
Rebs: Adams 8
Asts: Magette 10 		Attendance: 12,765
Referees: Chris Reid, Vaughan Mayberry, Michael Aylen
8 May 2022 Tasmania JackJumpers 86–90
(Series: Sydney leads series, 2–0) 		Sydney Kings MyState Bank Arena, Hobart
14:30 Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 21–27, 22–24, 16–22
10 Peach Pts: Adams 36
Rebs: Krslovic 10
Asts: Magette 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Cooks, Martin, Vasiljevic 20
Rebs: Cooks, Martin 10
Asts: Bruce 7 		Attendance: 4,738
Referees: Michael Aylen, Vaughan Mayberry, Chris Reid
11 May 2022 Sydney Kings 97–88
(Series: Sydney wins series, 3–0) 		Tasmania JackJumpers Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 25–23, 19–21, 31–19
ESPN Pts: Cooks 23
Rebs: Martin 17
Asts: Bruce 8 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Adams 27
Rebs: Magette 9
Asts: Magette 7 		Attendance: 16,149
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Michael Aylen, Chris Reid

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.[17] Network 10 will broadcast Sunday afternoon games on 10 Peach and 10 Play.[18][19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Remaining Schedule Released". NBL.com.au. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Semi-Final Schedules Confirmed". NBL.com.au. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Grand Final Schedule". NBL.com.au. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Perth Wildcats' 35-year NBL playoff streak ends, Tasmania Jackjumpers advance in debut season". ABC News. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Match Recap: Round 19, Game 2 vs Cairns Taipans". MelbourneUTD.com.au. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  6. ^ @MelbUnited (10 April 2022). "And we've secured our place in the NBL22 Hungry Jack's NBL Finals" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 April 2022 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ @melbunited (10 April 2022). "And we've secured our place in the NBL22 Hungry Jack's NBL Finals". Retrieved 10 April 2022 – via Instagram.
  8. ^ "Kings win 13th straight after epic in Wollongong". SydneyKings.com. 14 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  9. ^ @SydneyKings (14 April 2022). "Finals Locked" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 April 2022 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ @sydneykings (14 April 2022). "Finals Locked". Retrieved 15 April 2022 – via Instagram.
  11. ^ "Hawks celebrate Goorjian's 800th with Finals clinching win". Hawks.com.au. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  12. ^ @illawarrahawks (22 April 2022). "CLINCHED" (Tweet). Retrieved 22 April 2022 – via Twitter.
  13. ^ @illawarrahawks (22 April 2022). "CLINCHED‼️". Retrieved 22 April 2022 – via Instagram.
  14. ^ "JackJumpers beat United to keep the dream alive". JackJumpers.com.au. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  15. ^ @JackJumpers (24 April 2022). "Now is the time…" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 April 2022 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ @jackjumpers (24 April 2022). "Now is the time…". Retrieved 24 April 2022 – via Instagram.
  17. ^ "NBL Achieves History-Making Media Deal". NBL. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Network 10 Becomes NBL Free-to-Air Partner | NBL". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Finals Shown Live and Free". NBL. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.