# 2024 WNBL Finals

The 2024 WNBL Finals is the postseason tournament of the WNBL's 2023–24 season. The Townsville Fire were the defending champions, but were defeated by Perth in the Semi-Finals. The WNBL Finals schedule was confirmed 25 February 2024, followed by the Grand Finals series schedule announced 6 March 2024.

## Overview
### Finals appearances

* The Townsville Fire qualified for Finals for the second consecutive season and were back-to-back minor premiers.
* The Southside Flyers qualified for Finals for the second consecutive season.
* The Melbourne Boomers qualified for Finals for the seventh consecutive season, which is the longest active run of WNBL Finals appearances.
* The Perth Lynx qualified for Finals for the third consecutive season.
* The Sydney Flames missed Finals for the sixth consecutive season.
* The Bendigo Spirit missed Finals for the ninth consecutive season, currently the longest break between Finals appearances in the WNBL.
* The Adelaide Lightning missed Finals for the second consecutive season.
* The Canberra Capitals missed Finals for the second consecutive season.

### Notable occurrences

* The same four teams that qualified for Finals in 2023, again qualified for the 2024 Finals. This marked the first occurrence of back-to-back appearances of the exact same teams since 2001–2002.

## Standings

| # | 2023–24 WNBL Championship ladder | 2023–24 WNBL Championship ladder | 2023–24 WNBL Championship ladder | 2023–24 WNBL Championship ladder | 2023–24 WNBL Championship ladder |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GP |
| 1 | Townsville Fire | 14 | 7 | 66.6 | 21 |
| 2 | Southside Flyers | 13 | 8 | 61.9 | 21 |
| 3 | Melbourne Boomers | 12 | 9 | 57.1 | 21 |
| 4 | Perth Lynx | 11 | 10 | 52.3 | 21 |
| 5 | Sydney Flames | 11 | 10 | 52.3 | 21 |
| 6 | Bendigo Spirit | 11 | 10 | 52.3 | 21 |
| 7 | Adelaide Lightning | 8 | 13 | 38.0 | 21 |
| 8 | Canberra Capitals | 4 | 17 | 19.0 | 21 |

## Bracket

| Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| 1 | Townsville Fire | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Perth Lynx | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Perth Lynx | 2 | 4 | Perth Lynx | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Southside Flyers | 2 |
| 3 | Melbourne Boomers | 1 | 2 | Southside Flyers | 2 |
| 2 | Southside Flyers | 2 | | | |

## Semi-Finals
### (1) Townsville Fire vs. (4) Perth Lynx

* 29 February 2024 6:00 PM (AEST)
* Box Score
| Townsville Fire | 87–88 | Perth Lynx |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 24–19, 14–27, 22–17 |||
| Pts: Whitcomb 24 Rebs: Aokuso 10 Asts: Reid 5 | | Pts: McDonald 26 Rebs: Potter 10 Asts: McDonald 9 |
* Townsville Entertainment Centre,Townsville, Queensland Attendance: 2,341 Referees: Scott Beker, Tayla Flint, Elliot Green
* 3 March 2024 12:30 PM (AWST)
* Box Score
| Perth Lynx | Townsville Fire |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–23, 28–21, 23–24, 29–34 |||
| Pts: Atwell, McDonald 27 Rebs: Potter 13 Asts: McDonald 11 | Pts: Whitcomb 24 Rebs: Ruef 9 Asts: Reid 7 |
| Perth win series, 2–0 |||
* Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth, Western Australia Attendance: 1,275 Referees: Joshua Durand, Brad Henshaw, Jack Taylor
Townsville won 3–0 in the regular season series :
25 November 2023
Box Score
Perth Lynx 76, Townsville Fire 92
Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth, Western Australia
31 December 2023
Box Score
Townsville Fire 87, Perth Lynx 64
Townsville Entertainment Centre,Townsville
3 January 2024
Box Score
Townsville Fire 104, Perth Lynx 91
Townsville Entertainment Centre,Townsville :

### (2) Southside Flyers vs. (3) Melbourne Boomers

* 28 February 2024 7:00 PM (AEDT)
* Box Score
| Southside Flyers | 90–86 | Melbourne Boomers |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 25–26, 26–14, 20–25 |||
| Pts: Jackson 20 Rebs: Three players 8 Asts: Mitchell, Russell 5 | | Pts: Froling 23 Rebs: Froling, Hillmon 7 Asts: Canada 11 |
* Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 890 Referees: Calia Hanks, Travis Stewart, Jack Taylor
* 2 March 2024 7:00 PM (AEDT)
* Box Score
| Melbourne Boomers | 88–67 | Southside Flyers |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 21–17, 27–23, 26–15 |||
| Pts: Hillmon 22 Rebs: Conti, Hillmon 9 Asts: Canada 5 | | Pts: Jackson 21 Rebs: Jackson, Russell 6 Asts: Mitchell, Rocci 6 |
* Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 2,892 Referees: James Boyer, Madison Crowley-Long, Jacqui Dover
* 6 March 2024 7:00 PM (AEDT)
* Box Score
| Southside Flyers | Melbourne Boomers |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 25–21, 27–17, 19–19 |||
| Pts: Jackson 38 Rebs: Jackson 11 Asts: Rocci 6 | Pts: Canada 18 Rebs: Hillmon 8 Asts: Canada 7 |
| Southside win series, 2–1 |||
* Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 1,896 Referees: Calia Hanks, Travis Stewart, Jack Taylor
Melbourne won 2–1 in the regular season series :
4 November 2023
Box Score
Southside Flyers 70, Melbourne Boomers 77
State Basketball Centre, Melbourne
3 January 2024
Box Score
Melbourne Boomers 67, Southside Flyers 61
Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne
21 January 2024
Box Score
Melbourne Boomers 82, Southside Flyers 84
Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne :

## Grand Final
### (2) Southside Flyers vs. (4) Perth Lynx

* 10 March 2024 3:30 PM (AEDT)
* Box Score
| Southside Flyers | 79–101 | Perth Lynx |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 21–34, 16–22, 26–19 |||
| Pts: Jackson 21 Rebs: Rocci 9 Asts: Mitchell 6 | | Pts: Atwell 30 Rebs: Potter 10 Asts: McDonald 10 |
* Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 2,356 Referees: Scott Beker, Calia Hanks, Jack Taylor
* 14 March 2024 6:30 PM (AWST)
* Box Score
| Perth Lynx | 95–97 | Southside Flyers |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 18–27, 28–23, 24–19 |||
| Pts: McDonald 26 Rebs: Maley 17 Asts: McDonald 8 | | Pts: Dickey 19 Rebs: Russell 17 Asts: Rocci 6 |
* Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth, Western Australia Attendance: 1,753 Referees: Scott Beker, Tayla Flint, Jack Taylor
* 17 March 2024 1:30 PM (AEDT)
* Box Score
| Southside Flyers | 115–81 | Perth Lynx |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–27, 24–12, 33–26, 30–16 |||
| Pts: Dickey 19 Rebs: Russell 13 Asts: Mitchell 6 | | Pts: Atwell 22 Rebs: Maley 6 Asts: McDonald 3 |
* Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria Attendance: 2,986 Referees: Scott Beker, Tayla Flint, Jack Taylor
Southside won 2–1 in the regular season series :
22 November 2023
Box Score
Southside Flyers 94, Perth Lynx 92
State Basketball Centre, Melbourne
23 December 2023
Box Score
Perth Lynx 95, Southside Flyers 85
Bendat Basketball Centre, Perth
31 January 2024
Box Score
Southside Flyers 91, Perth Lynx 70
State Basketball Centre, Melbourne :