2014–15 NBL season

2014–15 NBL season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Duration October 2014–March 2015
Number of teams 8
TV partner(s)
NBL.TV (online)
Regular season
Top seed Cairns Taipans
Season MVP Brian Conklin (Townsville Crocodiles)
Top scorer Jordan McRae (Melbourne United)
Finals
Champions New Zealand Breakers
  Runners-up Cairns Taipans
Finals MVP Cedric Jackson

The 2014–15 NBL season was the 37th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 10 October 2014 [1] and 22 February 2015, followed by a post-season featuring the top four in late February and March 2015.

Australian broadcast rights to the season are held by free-to-air network Channel Ten and its digital sports sister station One, in the final year of a five-year deal. In New Zealand, Sky Sport are the official league broadcaster, in the final year of a three-year deal.

During the off-season the Melbourne Tigers were re-branded as Melbourne United.

Pre-season

Sydney Kings pre-season

.
8 August 2014
Sydney Kings 76, Eastern Kentucky University 65
Sutherland Basketball Stadium, Sydney
.
19 August 2014
Sydney Kings 100, University of Hartford 86
The King's School, Sydney
.
5 September 2014
Sydney Kings 98, Goyang Orions 85
Scholastic Sports Stadium, Terrigal
.
8 September 2014
Sydney Kings 91, Dongguan Leopards 70
Alexandria Basketball Stadium, Sydney
.
10 September 2014
Sydney Kings 107, Goyang Orions 88
The Brickpit Sports Stadium, Sydney

Wollongong Hawks pre-season

.
10 August 2014
Wollongong Hawks 106, Eastern Kentucky University 99 (OT)
Beaton Park Stadium, Wollongong
.
6 September 2014
Wollongong Hawks 91, Dongguan Leopards 62
Beaton Park Stadium, Wollongong
.
13 September 2014
Wollongong Hawks 88, Sydney Kings 97
Moss Vale Basketball Stadium, Moss Vale

Cairns Taipans pre-season

.
14 August 2014
Cairns Taipans 77, Eastern Kentucky University 75
Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns
.
26 August 2014
Cairns Taipans 113, University of Hartford 80
Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns
.
5 September 2014
Cairns Taipans 64, Melbourne United 68
Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns
.
7 September 2014
Cairns Taipans 61, Melbourne United 85
Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns
.
26 September 2014
Cairns Taipans 96, Wollongong Hawks 72
Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns
.
27 September 2014
Cairns Taipans 73, Wollongong Hawks 62
Bendigo Bank Basketball Stadium, Cairns

Melbourne United pre-season

.
30 August 2014
Melbourne United 99, Townsville Crocodiles 71
Traralgon Sports Stadium, Traralgon
.
13 September 2014
Melbourne United 88, Dongguan Leopards 56
State Basketball Centre, Melbourne

Adelaide 36ers pre-season

.
31 August 2014
Adelaide 36ers 94, Townsville Crocodiles 88
Marrara Indoor Stadium, Darwin
.
2 September 2014
Adelaide 36ers 89, Japan 84
YMCA Palmerston Recreation Centre, Palmerston
.
4 September 2014
Adelaide 36ers 88, Japan 86
YMCA Palmerston Recreation Centre, Palmerston
.
25 September 2014
Adelaide 36ers 95, CABL All-Stars 61
Westminster School, Adelaide

Perth Wildcats pre-season

.
5 September 2014
Perth Wildcats 98, SBL All-Stars 59
.
18 September 2014
Perth Wildcats 70, Sydney Kings 76
Cotton On Foundation Stadium, Ipswich
.
26 September 2014
Perth Wildcats 81, Melbourne United 66
Waroona Recreation Centre, Waroona
.
28 September 2014
Perth Wildcats 72, Melbourne United 71
Margaret River Recreation Centre, Margaret River

Townsville Crocodiles pre-season

New Zealand Breakers pre-season

2014 NBL Pre-Season Blitz

A pre-season tournament featuring all eight teams was held on 19–21 September 2014 at NAB Stadium, Brisbane. The winner will receive the second annual Loggins-Bruton Cup.

.
20 September 2014
Perth Wildcats 89, Cairns Taipans 98
.
20 September 2014
Sydney Kings 58, Melbourne United 96
.
20 September 2014
Adelaide 36ers 106, Wollongong Hawks 81
.
21 September 2014
Cairns Taipans 93, Sydney Kings 87
.
21 September 2014
Wollongong Hawks 60, Perth Wildcats 79

Townsville Crocodiles are pre-season champions.

Regular season

Round 1

.
10 October 2014
Wollongong Hawks 92, Townsville Crocodiles 83
.
10 October 2014
Adelaide 36ers 87, Cairns Taipans 97
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,229
10 October 2014
Perth Wildcats 70, New Zealand Breakers 80
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 12,903
.
11 October 2014
Sydney Kings 86, Wollongong Hawks 83
12 October 2014
Melbourne United 61, Cairns Taipans 89
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 5,704
.
12 October 2014
Townsville Crocodiles 83, Adelaide 36ers 97

Round 2

17 October 2014
New Zealand Breakers 101, Adelaide 36ers 80
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 6,287
.
17 October 2014
Sydney Kings 81, Townsville Crocodiles 86
.
17 October 2014
Cairns Taipans 88, Melbourne United 73
17 October 2014
Perth Wildcats 69, Wollongong Hawks 59
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,586
19 October 2014
Melbourne United 95, New Zealand Breakers 74
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 3,978
.
19 October 2014
Wollongong Hawks 89, Cairns Taipans 91

Round 3

.
23 October 2014
Adelaide 36ers 94, Wollongong Hawks 73
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,176
24 October 2014
Perth Wildcats 84, Sydney Kings 63
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 12,469
.
25 October 2014
Townsville Crocodiles 92, Melbourne United 81

Round 4

31 October 2014
New Zealand Breakers 84, Townsville Crocodiles 70
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 6,106
31 October 2014
Wollongong Hawks 64, Perth Wildcats 83
.
1 November 2014
Cairns Taipans 74, Sydney Kings 62
.
2 November 2014
Melbourne United 88, Wollongong Hawks 75
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 5,451
2 November 2014
Adelaide 36ers 93, New Zealand Breakers 86
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,832
.
2 November 2014
Townsville Crocodiles 102, Perth Wildcats 80

Round 5

7 November 2014
Wollongong Hawks 53, Sydney Kings 82
.
7 November 2014
Cairns Taipans 71, New Zealand Breakers 79
9 November 2014
Sydney Kings 107, Adelaide 36ers 100
.
9 November 2014
Perth Wildcats 68, Melbourne United 59
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,231

Round 6

.
12 November 2014
Melbourne United 91, Cairns Taipans 76
14 November 2014
New Zealand Breakers 71, Wollongong Hawks 55
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 4,708
14 November 2014
Perth Wildcats 93, Townsville Crocodiles 78
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 12,877
.
15 November 2014
Adelaide 36ers 79, Melbourne United 118
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 6,528
16 November 2014
Sydney Kings 66, Perth Wildcats 85

Round 7

.
20 November 2014
Sydney Kings 93, Cairns Taipans 76
21 November 2014
New Zealand Breakers 80, Melbourne United 72
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 4,643
21 November 2014
Adelaide 36ers 74, Perth Wildcats 84
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,058
.
22 November 2014
Cairns Taipans 69, Wollongong Hawks 65
23 November 2014
Melbourne United 91, Perth Wildcats 76
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 5,233
.
23 November 2014
Townsville Crocodiles 107, Wollongong Hawks 75

Round 8

.
27 November 2014
Melbourne United 94, Adelaide 36ers 91
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 3,407
28 November 2014
New Zealand Breakers 107, Sydney Kings 96
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 4,951
.
28 November 2014
Wollongong Hawks 90, Townsville Crocodiles 76
28 November 2014
Perth Wildcats 84, Cairns Taipans 66
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,652
30 November 2014
Adelaide 36ers 83, Sydney Kings 90
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,708
.
30 November 2014
Cairns Taipans 91, Townsville Crocodiles 82

Round 9

.
5 December 2014
Townsville Crocodiles 96, Adelaide 36ers 84
5 December 2014
Perth Wildcats 79, Wollongong Hawks 55
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,429
.
6 December 2014
Sydney Kings 82, New Zealand Breakers 69
.
6 December 2014
Cairns Taipans 85, Adelaide 36ers 80

Round 10

11 December 2014
New Zealand Breakers 77, Perth Wildcats 66
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 5,235
12 December 2014
Adelaide 36ers 90, Melbourne United 77
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,278
.
12 December 2014
Cairns Taipans 77, Townsville Crocodiles 61
.
13 December 2014
Wollongong Hawks 82, Sydney Kings 77
14 December 2014
Melbourne United 87, New Zealand Breakers 92
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 5,768
.
14 December 2014
Perth Wildcats 97, Adelaide 36ers 76
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 11,731

Round 11

.
18 December 2014
Sydney Kings 78, Perth Wildcats 74
19 December 2014
Wollongong Hawks 98, Melbourne United 103 (OT)
.
19 December 2014
Adelaide 36ers 90, Cairns Taipans 86
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,798
21 December 2014
Melbourne United 105, Sydney Kings 101 (OT)
.
21 December 2014
Cairns Taipans 83, New Zealand Breakers 59

Round 12

26 December 2014
Sydney Kings 85, New Zealand Breakers 97
.
27 December 2014
Wollongong Hawks 93, Cairns Taipans 100
.
27 December 2014
Adelaide 36ers 91, Townsville Crocodiles 84
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 7,443
28 December 2014
Melbourne United 80, Perth Wildcats 81 (OT)
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 6,754

Round 13

.
31 December 2014
Wollongong Hawks 77, Perth Wildcats 86
.
31 December 2014
Cairns Taipans 77, Adelaide 36ers 84 (OT)
.
31 December 2014
Townsville Crocodiles 93, Sydney Kings 92
2 January 2015
Sydney Kings 68, Melbourne United 82
.
3 January 2015
Townsville Crocodiles 75, Cairns Taipans 79
4 January 2015
Adelaide 36ers 74, New Zealand Breakers 81
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,552

Round 14

.
9 January 2015
Cairns Taipans 91, Perth Wildcats 76
.
10 January 2015
Melbourne United 89, Adelaide 36ers 91
.
11 January 2015
Townsville Crocodiles 73, Cairns Taipans 78

Round 15

.
16 January 2015
Townsville Crocodiles 81, Sydney Kings 89
16 January 2015
Perth Wildcats 102, Adelaide 36ers 106
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 13,559
.
17 January 2015
Cairns Taipans 80, Sydney Kings 76
18 January 2015
New Zealand Breakers 88, Melbourne United 75
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 6,001
18 January 2015
Adelaide 36ers 83, Wollongong Hawks 78
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 6,022
.
21 January 2015
Perth Wildcats 78, Melbourne United 86
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 13,316

Round 16

23 January 2015
New Zealand Breakers 81, Sydney Kings 101
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: TBA
23 January 2015
Wollongong Hawks 85, Adelaide 36ers 89
.
23 January 2015
Townsville Crocodiles 85, Perth Wildcats 93 (OT)
.
24 January 2015
Cairns Taipans 92, Perth Wildcats 66
25 January 2015
Sydney Kings 86, Adelaide 36ers 105

Round 17

30 January 2015
Wollongong Hawks 93, Melbourne United 82
1 February 2015
Adelaide 36ers 84, Townsville Crocodiles 77
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 6,372
.
1 February 2015
Cairns Taipans 63, Wollongong Hawks 60
.
1 February 2015
Perth Wildcats 80, Sydney Kings 61
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 12,711

Round 18

.
6 February 2015
Adelaide 36ers 97, Sydney Kings 78
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,848
6 February 2015
Perth Wildcats 65, Cairns Taipans 54
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 12,266
.
7 February 2015
Melbourne United 76, Wollongong Hawks 82

Round 19

12 February 2015
New Zealand Breakers 88, Adelaide 36ers 93
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 4,514
13 February 2015
Cairns Taipans 84, Melbourne United 62
.
14 February 2015
Townsville Crocodiles 105, Melbourne United 68
15 February 2015
Sydney Kings 73, Wollongong Hawks 75
.
15 February 2015
Perth Wildcats 87, New Zealand Breakers 89 (2OT)
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 13,241

Round 20

20 February 2015
Sydney Kings 88, Melbourne United 91
.
20 February 2015
Adelaide 36ers 101, Perth Wildcats 94
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 7,054
.
20 February 2015
Townsville Crocodiles 82, Wollongong Hawks 66
22 February 2015
Melbourne United 95, Sydney Kings 92
Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,300
22 February 2015
New Zealand Breakers 77, Cairns Taipans 81
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 7,108
.
22 February 2015
Perth Wildcats 81, Townsville Crocodiles 71
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 12,659
.
22 February 2015
Wollongong Hawks 85, Adelaide 36ers 105

Ladder

The Cairns Taipans became the first regional centre team to win the minor premiership since the Geelong Cats did so in 1984.

# Team Pld W L Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against % Win %
1 Cairns Taipans 28 21 7 4-1 W3 12-2 9-5 2,275 2,117 107.46% 75.00%
2 New Zealand Breakers 28 19 9 2-3 L1 10-4 9-5 2,343 2,275 102.99% 67.86%
3 Adelaide 36ers 28 17 11 5-0 W10 9-5 8-6 2,501 2,478 100.93% 60.71%
4 Perth Wildcats 28 16 12 3-2 W1 10-4 6-8 2,260 2,171 104.10% 57.14%
5 Melbourne United 28 13 15 2-3 W2 8-6 5-9 2,333 2,379 98.07% 46.43%
6 Townsville Crocodiles 28 11 17 3-2 L1 8-6 3-11 2,343 2,341 100.09% 39.29%
7 Sydney Kings 28 9 19 0-5 L7 5-9 4-10 2,320 2,408 96.35% 32.14%
8 Wollongong Hawks 28 6 22 2-3 L2 4-10 2-12 2,154 2,360 91.27% 21.43%

Ladder Progression

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Adelaide 36ers 5 5 4 3 4 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 3
Cairns Taipans 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Melbourne United 8 7 7 6 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5
New Zealand Breakers 2 2 3 4 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
Perth Wildcats 7 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4
Sydney Kings 3 4 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Townsville Crocodiles 6 6 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
Wollongong Hawks 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Finals Series

Main article: 2015 NBL Finals

The 2014–15 National Basketball League Finals will be played in February and March 2015, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and final series, where the higher seed hosts the first and third games.

Playoff Seedings

  1. Cairns Taipans
  2. New Zealand Breakers
  3. Adelaide 36ers
  4. 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.

Playoff Bracket

Semi-finals Grand Final
 
1  Cairns Taipans 71 80 X  
4  Perth Wildcats 64 66 X  
  1  Cairns Taipans 71 81 X
  2  New Zealand Breakers 86 83 X
2  New Zealand Breakers 111 94 X
3  Adelaide 36ers 82 83 X  

Semi-finals

26 February 2015
New Zealand Breakers 111, Adelaide 36ers 82
Vector Arena, Auckland
Attendance: 3,833
27 February 2015
Cairns Taipans 71, Perth Wildcats 64
28 February 2015
Adelaide 36ers 83, New Zealand Breakers 94
Adelaide Arena, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,807
1 March 2015
Perth Wildcats 68, Cairns Taipans 80
Perth Arena, Perth
Attendance: 8,703

Grand Final

Season statistics

Statistics leaders

Category Player Games
played
Totals Average
Points per game Josh Childress (Sydney Kings) 18 379 21.1
Rebounds per game Josh Childress (Sydney Kings) 18 166 9.2
Assists per game Cedric Jackson (New Zealand Breakers) 28 167 6.0
Steals per game Damian Martin (Perth Wildcats) 28 73 2.6
Blocks per game Mickell Gladness (Townsville Crocodiles) 27 60 2.2
Field goal percentage Ekene Ibekwe (New Zealand Breakers) 28 127-218 58.3%
Three-point field goal percentage Daniel Kickert (Melbourne United) 28 49-96 51.0%
Free throw percentage Stephen Weigh (Cairns Taipans) 28 34-38 89.5%

Note: regular season only (minimum 14 games) and excluding negligible attempts

Top 10 Attendances

Attendance Round Date Home Score Away Venue Weekday Time of Day
13,559 15 16 January 2015 Perth Wildcats 102-106 Adelaide 36ers Perth Arena Friday Night
13,316 15 21 January 2015 Perth Wildcats 78-86 Melbourne United Perth Arena Wednesday Night
13,241 19 15 February 2015 Perth Wildcats 87-89 (2OT) New Zealand Breakers Perth Arena Sunday Afternoon
12,903 1 10 October 2014 Perth Wildcats 70-80 New Zealand Breakers Perth Arena Friday Night
12,877 6 14 November 2014 Perth Wildcats 93-78 Townsville Crocodiles Perth Arena Friday Night
12,711 17 1 February 2015 Perth Wildcats 80-61 Sydney Kings Perth Arena Sunday Afternoon
12,659 20 22 February 2015 Perth Wildcats 81-71 Townsville Crocodiles Perth Arena Sunday Afternoon
12,469 3 24 October 2014 Perth Wildcats 84-63 Sydney Kings Perth Arena Friday Night
12,266 18 6 February 2015 Perth Wildcats 65-54 Cairns Taipans Perth Arena Friday Night
11,731 10 14 December 2014 Perth Wildcats 97-76 Adelaide 36ers Perth Arena Sunday Afternoon

Awards

Player of the Week

Round Player Team
1 Scottie Wilbekin Cairns Taipans
2 Stephen Weigh Cairns Taipans
3 Damian Martin Perth Wildcats
4 Adam Gibson Adelaide 36ers
5 Josh Childress Sydney Kings
6 Jermaine Beal Perth Wildcats
7 Corey Webster New Zealand Breakers
8 DeAndre Daniels Perth Wildcats
9 Torrey Craig Cairns Taipans
10 Cedric Jackson New Zealand Breakers
11 Jordan McRae Melbourne United
12 Tai Wesley New Zealand Breakers
13 Brian Conklin Townsville Crocodiles
14 Jamar Wilson Adelaide 36ers
15 Brock Motum Adelaide 36ers
16 Todd Blanchfield Townsville Crocodiles
17 Jamar Wilson Adelaide 36ers
18 Todd Blanchfield Townsville Crocodiles
19 Cedric Jackson New Zealand Breakers
20 Scottie Wilbekin Cairns Taipans

Player of the Month

Month Player Team
October Scottie Wilbekin Cairns Taipans
November Josh Childress Sydney Kings
December Jordan McRae Melbourne United
January Brock Motum Adelaide 36ers
February Cedric Jackson New Zealand Breakers

Coach of the Month

Month Player Team
October Aaron Fearne Cairns Taipans
November Dean Vickerman New Zealand Breakers
December Dean Vickerman New Zealand Breakers
January Joey Wright Adelaide 36ers
February Joey Wright Adelaide 36ers

Pre-season

Season

Finals

References

  1. "NBL Releases 2014/15 Season Draw". NBL.com.au. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.