2018 WNBL Finals

The 2018 WNBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2017–18 season.

2018 WNBL Finals

Team Coach Wins Townsville Fire Claudia Brassard 2 Melbourne Boomers Guy Molloy 1
Dates	January 3 – January 21
MVP	Suzy Batkovic

Standings

#	WNBL Championship ladder
	Team	W	L	PCT	GP
1	Perth Lynx	15	6	71.4	21
2	Sydney Uni Flames	14	7	66.6	21
3	Townsville Fire	14	7	66.6	21
4	Melbourne Boomers	12	9	57.1	21
5	Adelaide Lightning	11	10	52.3	21
6	Canberra Capitals	7	14	33.3	21
7	Dandenong Rangers	7	14	33.3	21
8	Bendigo Spirit	4	17	19.1	21

Bracket

	Semifinals					Grand Final
	1	Perth Lynx	0
	4	Melbourne Boomers	2
						4	Melbourne Boomers	1
						3	Townsville Fire	2
	3	Townsville Fire	2
	2	Sydney Uni Flames	0

Finals

Semi-finals

(1) Perth Lynx vs. (4) Melbourne Boomers

3 January 2018 7:30 PM (AEDT)

Boxscore

Melbourne Boomers	92–76	Perth Lynx
Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 28–23, 19–10, 17–21
Pts: Cole 21 Rebs: Cambage 9 Asts: O'Hea 11		Pts: Kunek 22 Rebs: Dowe, Williams 8 Asts: Dowe, Whitcomb 3

State Basketball Centre, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 2,257 Referees: Nicolas Fernandes, Mark Grist, Kylie Voevodin

5 January 2018 6:30 PM (AWST)

Boxscore

Perth Lynx	69–78	Melbourne Boomers
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 26–15, 15–15, 16–30
Pts: Williams 20 Rebs: Williams 12 Asts: Kunek, Whitcomb, Williams 3		Pts: Cambage 25 Rebs: Cambage 15 Asts: Purcell 6
Melbourne win series, 2–0

Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth, Western Australia Attendance: 1,665 Referees: Sarah Carey, Mark Grist, Vanessa Devlin

(2) Sydney Uni Flames vs. (3) Townsville Fire

4 January 2018 7:00 PM (AEST)

Boxscore

Townsville Fire	78–49	Sydney Uni Flames
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 22–8, 18–11, 17–11
Pts: Batkovic 19 Rebs: Batkovic 15 Asts: Mincy 4		Pts: Snell 11 Rebs: Hamson 10 Asts: Snell, Taylor 3

Townsville RSL Stadium, Townsville, Queensland Referees: Sarah Carey, Vanessa Devlin, Mark Grist

6 January 2018 3:00 PM (AEDT)

Boxscore

Sydney Uni Flames	65–68	Townsville Fire
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 16–25, 16–15, 12–12
Pts: Taylor 18 Rebs: Hamson 15 Asts: Snell 7		Pts: Batkovic, Wiese 14 Rebs: Batkovic 10 Asts: Wilson 6
Townsville win series, 2–0

Brydens Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales Attendance: 625 Referees: Nicolas Fernandes, Jason Kelly, Kylie Voevodin

Grand Final

(3) Townsville Fire vs. (4) Melbourne Boomers

13 January 2018 6:30PM (AEST)

Boxscore

Townsville Fire	69–64	Melbourne Boomers
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 10–10, 17–10, 21–24
Pts: Batkovic 16 Rebs: Batkovic 15 Asts: Donnelly, Mincy, Wilson 4		Pts: Cambage 26 Rebs: Cambage 13 Asts: O'Hea, Purcell 4

Townsville RSL Stadium, Townsville, Queensland Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Sarah Carey, Vanessa Devlin, Nicolas Fernandes

18 January 2018 7:30PM (AEDT)

Boxscore

Melbourne Boomers	58–57	Townsville Fire
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 11–18, 17–12, 15–10
Pts: Cambage 19 Rebs: Purcell 10 Asts: Cole, O'Hea 3		Pts: Batkovic 23 Rebs: Batkovic 8 Asts: Wilson 4

State Basketball Centre, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 3,655 Referees: Sarah Carey, Vanessa Devlin, Nicolas Fernandes

21 January 2018 6:00PM (AEST)

Boxscore

Townsville Fire	70–57	Melbourne Boomers
Pts: Batkovic 28 Rebs: Batkovic 13 Asts: Batkovic, George, Wilson 3		Pts: Cambage 18 Rebs: Cambage, Smart 9 Asts: O'Hea 6
Townsville win series, 2–1

Townsville RSL Stadium, Townsville, Queensland Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Sarah Carey, Vanessa Devlin, Nicolas Fernandes

Rosters

2017–18 Townsville Fire roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. SG 1 Mincy, Laurin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) PG 6 Donnelly, Mikhaela 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) G 7 Andrews, Haylee 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) C 8 Batkovic, Suzy (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) SF 10 Murray, Mia 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) PF 14 Garbin, Darcee 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) C 15 Aokuso, Zitina 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) PG 22 Wilson, Kelly 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) PF 23 George, Cayla 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) SG 24 Wiese, Sydney 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) PG 32 Cocks, Micaela 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Head coach Claudia Brassard Assistant coach(es) Peter Crawford Rachael McCully Mark Wrobel Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured

2017–18 Melbourne Boomers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. C 2 Tomlinson, Louella 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) G 3 Smart, Brittany 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) G 4 Cole, Rebecca 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) F 5 Burton, Kasey 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G 6 Ott, Rebecca 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) C 8 Cambage, Liz 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) F 9 Kalka, Peri 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) G/F 11 O'Hea, Jenna (C) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) G 14 Conti, Monique 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) F 15 Grant, Ashleigh 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) G 23 Garrick, Madeleine 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) F 32 Purcell, Kalani 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Guy Molloy Assistant coach(es) Katrina Hibbert Paul Flynn Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured