47th season of the Australasian basketball competition
- 19 September 2024 – 8 February 2025
- February 2025
(play-in tournament) - February – March 2025 (semifinals)
- March 2025 (finals)
Number of games | 145 |
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Number of teams | 10 |
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TV partner(s) | - Australia:
- ESPN
- Network 10
- New Zealand:
- Sky Sport
- Online:
- Kayo Sports
- NBL TV
- 10Play
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← 2023–24 2025–26 → |
The 2024–25 NBL season will be the 47th season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of ten teams contested in the 2024–25 season.
The league extended its partnership with ESPN Australia. All games are available live on ESPN, Kayo Sports and Fetch TV.[1] Network 10 will broadcast the marquee 2:30pm Sunday game on Network 10’s main channel and 10 Play. In New Zealand, Sky Sport will continue as the official league broadcaster.[2]
Teams
All ten teams from the 2023–24 NBL season continued on in 2024–25.
Stadiums and locations
Adelaide 36ers
Brisbane Bullets
Cairns Taipans
Illawarra Hawks
Melbourne United
New Zealand Breakers
Perth Wildcats
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix
Sydney Kings
Tasmania JackJumpers
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
Adelaide 36ers | Adelaide | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | 11,300 |
Brisbane Bullets | Brisbane | Brisbane Entertainment Centre | 10,500 |
Cairns Taipans | Cairns | Cairns Convention Centre | 5,300 |
Illawarra Hawks | Wollongong | WIN Entertainment Centre | 6,000 |
Melbourne United | Melbourne | John Cain Arena | 10,175 |
New Zealand Breakers | Auckland | Spark Arena | 9,740 |
Perth Wildcats | Perth | RAC Arena | 14,800 |
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | Melbourne | John Cain Arena | 10,175 |
State Basketball Centre | 3,200 |
Sydney Kings | Sydney | Qudos Bank Arena | 18,200 |
Tasmania JackJumpers | Hobart | MyState Bank Arena | 4,865 |
Launceston | Silverdome | 4,000 |
Personnel and sponsorship
Player transactions
Free agency began on 15 April 2024.[3]
Coaching transactions
Regular season
The regular season will begin on 19 September 2024.[7] It will consist of 145 games spread across 20 rounds, with the final game being played on 8 February 2025.[8][9]
Round 1
Melbourne United v Tasmania JackJumpers 19 September 2024 | Melbourne United | vs. | Tasmania JackJumpers | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Perth Wildcats v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 20 September 2024 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
New Zealand Breakers v Brisbane Bullets 21 September 2023 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | Brisbane Bullets | Perth Superdrome, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Cairns Taipans v Illawarra Hawks Adelaide 36ers v Sydney Kings Round 2
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Melbourne United Illawarra Hawks v Brisbane Bullets Perth Wildcats v Sydney Kings 27 September 2024 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | Sydney Kings | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Cairns Taipans v Adelaide 36ers Tasmania JackJumpers v Melbourne United Sydney Kings v Illawarra Hawks New Zealand Breakers v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 29 September 2024 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | Spark Arena, Auckland |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Sky Sport | | boxscore | | | |
Round 3
Adelaide 36ers v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Cairns Taipans v Tasmania JackJumpers Perth Wildcats v Melbourne United 4 October 2024 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | Melbourne United | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Illawarra Hawks v Adelaide 36ers Brisbane Bullets v Sydney Kings Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans Tasmania JackJumpers v Perth Wildcats Round 4
Cairns Taipans v Perth Wildcats Adelaide 36ers v Sydney Kings Illawarra Hawks v Tasmania JackJumpers S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Brisbane Bullets Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans Melbourne United v Adelaide 36ers Round 5
Brisbane Bullets v New Zealand Breakers Tasmania JackJumpers v Sydney Kings 18 October 2024 | Tasmania JackJumpers | vs. | Sydney Kings | Silverdome, Launceston |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
New Zealand Breakers v Perth Wildcats 19 October 2024 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | Perth Wildcats | Spark Arena, Auckland |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Sky Sport | | boxscore | | | |
Cairns Taipans v Illawarra Hawks Melbourne United v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Adelaide 36ers v Tasmania JackJumpers Round 6
Brisbane Bullets v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 24 October 2024 | Brisbane Bullets | vs. | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | Spark Arena, Auckland |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Illawarra Hawks v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Adelaide 36ers v Cairns Taipans Perth Wildcats v Sydney Kings 25 October 2024 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | Sydney Kings | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Illawarra Hawks Brisbane Bullets v Tasmania JackJumpers Sydney Kings v New Zealand Breakers Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans Round 7
Melbourne United v Sydney Kings Tasmania JackJumpers v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 1 November 2024 | Tasmania JackJumpers | vs. | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | Silverdome, Launceston |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Perth Wildcats v Illawarra Hawks 1 November 2024 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | Illawarra Hawks | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
New Zealand Breakers v Adelaide 36ers 2 November 2024 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | Adelaide 36ers | Spark Arena, Auckland |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Sky Sport | | boxscore | | | |
Cairns Taipans v Brisbane Bullets S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Perth Wildcats Sydney Kings v Tasmania JackJumpers Melbourne United v New Zealand Breakers Round 8
Brisbane Bullets v Melbourne Untied Perth Wildcats v Tasmania JackJumpers 7 November 2024 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | Tasmania JackJumpers | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Sydney Kings v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Tasmania JackJumpers v New Zealand Breakers Melbourne Untied v Perth Wildcats S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Cairns Taipans Adelaide 36ers v Illawarra Hawks Round 9
Tasmania JackJumpers v Brisbane Bullets Perth Wildcats v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 15 November 2024 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers Illawarra Hawks v Sydney Kings Brisbane Bullets v Perth Wildcats Melbourne United v Adelaide 36ers Round 10
Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers Cairns Taipans v Sydney Kings Perth Wildcats v Brisbane Bullets 29 November 2024 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | Brisbane Bullets | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Illawarra Hawks Adelaide 36ers v Tasmania JackJumpers Melbourne United v Sydney Kings Perth Wildcats v New Zealand Breakers 1 December 2024 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | New Zealand Breakers | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Round 11
New Zealand Breakers v Melbourne United 5 December 2024 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | Melbourne United | Wolfbrook Arena, Christchurch |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Sky Sport | | boxscore | | | |
Tasmania JackJumpers v Cairns Taipans Brisbane Bullets v Adelaide 36ers Perth Wildcats v Illawarra Hawks 6 December 2024 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | Illawarra Hawks | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings 7 December 2024 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | Sydney Kings | TSB Arena, Wellington |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Sky Sport | | boxscore | | | |
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Cairns Taipans Melbourne United v Cairns Taipans Adelaide 36ers v Perth Wildcats Round 12
New Zealand Breakers v Tasmania JackJumpers 12 December 2024 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | Tasmania JackJumpers | Eventfinda Stadium, Auckland |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Sky Sport | | boxscore | | | |
Brisbane Bullets v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Melbourne United v Illawarra Hawks Adelaide 36ers v New Zealand Breakers Cairns Taipans v Perth Wildcats S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Melbourne United Sydney Kings v Brisbane Bullets Round 13
New Zealand Breakers v Sydney Kings 20 December 2024 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | Sydney Kings | Spark Arena, Auckland |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Sky Sport | | boxscore | | | |
Brisbane Bullets v Cairns Taipans S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Adelaide 36ers Illawarra Hawks v Perth Wildcats Melbourne United v Tasmania JackJumpers Adelaide 36ers v Brisbane Bullets Sydney Kings v Illawarra Hawks Tasmania JackJumpers v Brisbane Bullets Round 14
Cairns Taipans v Melbourne United Brisbane Bullets v Illawarra Hawks Adelaide 36ers v Perth Wildcats Tasmania JackJumpers v Brisbane Bullets Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers Illawarra Hawks v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Cairns Taipans v New Zealand Breakers Round 15
Sydney Kings v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Illawarra Hawks v Cairns Taipans Adelaide 36ers v Melbourne United Brisbane Bullets v Sydney Kings New Zealand Breakers v Perth Wildcats Tasmania JackJumpers v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Illawarra Hawks v Tasmania JackJumpers Brisbane Bullets v New Zealand Breakers Round 16
Sydney Kings v Melbourne United Tasmania JackJumpers v Adelaide 36ers Illawarra Hawks v New Zealand Breakers S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Brisbane Bullets 11 January 2025 | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | vs. | Brisbane Bullets | Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium, Traralgon |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Tasmania JackJumpers v Perth Wildcats Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans New Zealand Breakers v Melbourne United 13 January 2025 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | Melbourne United | TSB Stadium, New Plymouth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Sky Sport | | boxscore | | | |
Adelaide 36ers v Illawarra Hawks Cairns Taipans v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Brisbane Bullets v Perth Wildcats Round 17
New Zealand Breakers v Tasmania JackJumpers 16 January 2025 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | Tasmania JackJumpers | Spark Arena, Auckland |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Sky Sport | | boxscore | | | |
Brisbane Bullets v Cairns Taipans Perth Wildcats v Adelaide 36ers 17 January 2025 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | Adelaide 36ers | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v New Zealand Breakers Illawarra Hawks v Melbourne United Sydney Kings v Tasmania JackJumpers Cairns Taipans v Adelaide 36ers Illawarra Hawks v Brisbane Bullets S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Sydney Kings Perth Wildcats v Melbourne United 22 January 2025 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | Melbourne United | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Round 18
Cairns Taipans v Illawarra Hawks New Zealand Breakers v Brisbane Bullets 24 January 2025 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | Brisbane Bullets | Wolfbrook Arena, Christchurch |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Sky Sport | | boxscore | | | |
Sydney Kings v Adelaide 36ers S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Tasmania JackJumpers Perth Wildcats v Cairns Taipans 25 January 2025 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | Cairns Taipans | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Brisbane Bullets v Melbourne United Adelaide 36ers v New Zealand Breakers Round 19
Tasmania JackJumpers v Illawarra Hawks Adelaide 36ers v Brisbane Bullets Perth Wildcats v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 31 January 2025 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans 1 February 2025 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | Cairns Taipans | Spark Arena, Auckland |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Sky Sport | | boxscore | | | |
Melbourne United v Tasmania JackJumpers Sydney Kings v Perth Wildcats S.E. Melbourne Phoenix v Adelaide 36ers Round 20
New Zealand Breakers v Illawarra Hawks 5 February 2025 | New Zealand Breakers | vs. | Illawarra Hawks | Spark Arena, Auckland |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
Sky Sport | | boxscore | | | |
Cairns Taipans v Brisbane Bullets Illawarra Hawks v Sydney Kings Perth Wildcats v Adelaide 36ers 7 February 2025 | Perth Wildcats | vs. | Adelaide 36ers | Perth Arena, Perth |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |
ESPN | | boxscore | | | |
Tasmania JackJumpers v Cairns Taipans Melbourne United v S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Ladder
Pos | 2024–25 NBL season |
Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Last 5 | Streak | Home | Away | PF | PA | PP |
1 | Adelaide 36ers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
2 | Brisbane Bullets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
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3 | Cairns Taipans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
4 | Illawarra Hawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
5 | Melbourne United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
6 | New Zealand Breakers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
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7 | Perth Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
8 | S.E. Melbourne Phoenix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
9 | Sydney Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
10 | Tasmania JackJumpers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2024. Source: NBL.com.au
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.
References
- ^ "NBL strikes new media deal". NBL.com.au. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "NBL and ESPN strike new broadcast agreement". ESPN.com.au. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "NBL 2024-25 Live Free Agency tracker". ESPN.com.au. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Coach Mody Maor to leave NZ Breakers". ESPN.com.au. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Inside the downfall of Sydney Kings' head coach Mahmoud Abdelfattah". ESPN.com.au. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Brian Goorjian returns to coach Sydney Kings". ESPN.com.au. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Perth will be the ultimate hub of Australian basketball in September". ESPN.com.au. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Biggest NBL season yet looms as full 2024-25 fixture revealed". FoxSports.com.au. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "2024-25 NBL season to open with blockbuster matchups". ESPN.com.au. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
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- Brisbane Bullets
- Cairns Taipans
- Illawarra Hawks
- Melbourne United
- New Zealand Breakers
- Perth Wildcats
- S.E. Melbourne Phoenix
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