2025 TPBL finals

The 2025 TPBL finals was the championship series of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL)'s 2024–25 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. The best-of-seven final series was played by the winners of the semifinals series.^[1][2] The finals series started on June 16 and ended on June 29.^[3][4] The series was matched by New Taipei Kings and Kaohsiung Aquas.^[5] On June 29, the New Taipei Kings defeated the Kaohsiung Aquas, 4–3, winning the 2024–25 season championship.^[4] Jeremy Lin of the New Taipei Kings was named the Finals MVP.^[6]

2025 TPBL finals

Team Coach Wins New Taipei Kings Ryan Marchand 4 Kaohsiung Aquas Mathias Fischer 3
Dates	June 16 – 29, 2025
MVP	Jeremy Lin (New Taipei Kings)
TPBL finals

Bracket

	Play-in					Semifinals					Finals
						1	New Taipei Kings	4
						4	Taipei Taishin Mars	0
	4	Taipei Taishin Mars	2
	5	Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards	1
											1	New Taipei Kings	4
											3	Kaohsiung Aquas	3
						2	Formosa Dreamers	1
						3	Kaohsiung Aquas	4

Bold Series winner
Italic Team with home-court advantage

Background

New Taipei Kings

Main article: 2024–25 New Taipei Kings season

Kaohsiung Aquas

Main article: 2024–25 Kaohsiung Aquas season

Road to the finals

Further information: 2024–25 TPBL season and 2025 TPBL playoffs

New Taipei Kings (1st seed)			Kaohsiung Aquas (3rd seed)
Team GP W L PCT GB New Taipei Kings 36 26 10 .722 — Formosa Dreamers 36 21 15 .583 5.0 Kaohsiung Aquas 36 19 17 .528 7.0 Taipei Taishin Mars 36 16 20 .444 10.0 Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 36 16 20 .444 10.0 New Taipei CTBC DEA 36 16 20 .444 10.0 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers 36 12 24 .333 14.0	Regular season		Team GP W L PCT GB New Taipei Kings 36 26 10 .722 — Formosa Dreamers 36 21 15 .583 5.0 Kaohsiung Aquas 36 19 17 .528 7.0 Taipei Taishin Mars 36 16 20 .444 10.0 Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards 36 16 20 .444 10.0 New Taipei CTBC DEA 36 16 20 .444 10.0 Hsinchu Toplus Lioneers 36 12 24 .333 14.0
No need to play play-in series	Play-in		No need to play play-in series
Defeated the 4th seed Taipei Taishin Mars, 4–0	Semifinals		Defeated the 2nd seed Formosa Dreamers, 4–1

Regular season series

The Kings won 5–1 in the regular-season series.

October 19, 2024

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New Taipei Kings

88–78

Kaohsiung Aquas

Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City

December 15, 2024

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New Taipei Kings

107–78

Kaohsiung Aquas

Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City

December 28, 2024

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Kaohsiung Aquas

108–111

New Taipei Kings

Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City

April 2, 2025

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Kaohsiung Aquas

91–111

New Taipei Kings

Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City

April 5, 2025

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Kaohsiung Aquas

92–106

New Taipei Kings

Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City

April 26, 2025

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New Taipei Kings

83–97

Kaohsiung Aquas

Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City

Series summary

Game	Date	Away Team	Result	Home Team
Game 1	June 16	Kaohsiung Aquas	89–100 (0–1)	New Taipei Kings
Game 2	June 18	Kaohsiung Aquas	99–91 (1–1)	New Taipei Kings
Game 3	June 21	New Taipei Kings	104–99 (2–1)	Kaohsiung Aquas
Game 4	June 23	New Taipei Kings	99–117 (2–2)	Kaohsiung Aquas
Game 5	June 25	Kaohsiung Aquas	83–93 (2–3)	New Taipei Kings
Game 6	June 27	New Taipei Kings	109–112 (OT) (3–3)	Kaohsiung Aquas
Game 7	June 29	Kaohsiung Aquas	89–108 (3–4)	New Taipei Kings

Game summaries

Game 1

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June 16, 2025 19:00 (UTC+8)

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Kaohsiung Aquas	89–100	New Taipei Kings
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 18–29, 29–24, 23–26
Pts: Sword 23 Rebs: Wesson 12 Asts: Wesson 7		Pts: Manigault, Washburn 22 Rebs: Manigault 21 Asts: Manigault 6
Kings leads series, 1–0 [7]

Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City Attendance: 6,800 Referees: Yu Jung, Hsieh Wen-Wei, Hsieh Shang-Chien

Game 2

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June 18, 2025 19:00 (UTC+8)

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Kaohsiung Aquas	99–91	New Taipei Kings
Scoring by quarter: 12–31, 29–21, 31–19, 27–20
Pts: Sword, Želionis 17 Rebs: Wesson 16 Asts: Wesson 5		Pts: Je. Lin 21 Rebs: Manigault 9 Asts: Manigault 8
Series tied, 1–1 [8]

Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City Attendance: 6,800 Referees: Chen Hung-Ming, Sung Ming-Lu, Huang Chen-Feng

Game 3

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June 21, 2025 17:00 (UTC+8)

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New Taipei Kings	104–99	Kaohsiung Aquas
Scoring by quarter: 26–26, 25–24, 16–22, 37–27
Pts: Je. Lin 26 Rebs: Sakakini 9 Asts: Je. Lin 9		Pts: Sword 26 Rebs: Želionis 12 Asts: Yu Huan-Ya 7
Kings leads series, 2–1 [9]

Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Chen Chao-Hung, Yeh Chun-Hung, Chen Chien-Lin

Game 4

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June 23, 2025 19:00 (UTC+8)

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New Taipei Kings	99–117	Kaohsiung Aquas
Scoring by quarter: 27–30, 24–33, 26–28, 22–26
Pts: Washburn 20 Rebs: Sakakini 10 Asts: Je. Lin 10		Pts: Želionis 25 Rebs: Želionis 8 Asts: Yu Huan-Ya 8
Series tied, 2–2 [10]

Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City Attendance: 10,142 Referees: Lin Chien-Hung, Lo Kuo-Hsien, Lai Chien-Hao

Game 5

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June 25, 2025 19:00 (UTC+8)

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Kaohsiung Aquas	83–93	New Taipei Kings
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 13–27, 16–22, 31–27
Pts: Želionis, Sword 17 Rebs: Želionis 14 Asts: Sword 4		Pts: Je. Lin 29 Rebs: Daye 11 Asts: Lee Kai-Yan 6
Kings leads series, 3–2 [11]

Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City Attendance: 6,800 Referees: Yu Jung, Chen Chao-Hung, Sung Ming-Lu

Game 6

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June 27, 2025 19:00 (UTC+8)

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New Taipei Kings	109–112 (OT)	Kaohsiung Aquas
Scoring by quarter: 30–26, 18–24, 31–31, 20–18, Overtime: 10–13
Pts: Je. Lin 26 Rebs: Manigault 9 Asts: Je. Lin 8		Pts: Sword 26 Rebs: Wesson 9 Asts: Sword 9
Series tied, 3–3 [12]

Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung City Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Chen Hung-Ming, Lin Chien-Hung, Lo Kuo-Hsien

Game 7

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June 29, 2025 17:00 (UTC+8)

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Kaohsiung Aquas	89–108	New Taipei Kings
Scoring by quarter: 18–35, 20–26, 30–21, 21–26
Pts: Wesson 25 Rebs: Wesson 12 Asts: Chen Huai-An 8		Pts: Je. Lin 27 Rebs: Daye, Washburn 14 Asts: three players 4
Kings wins TPBL finals, 4–3 [4]

Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City Attendance: 6,800 Referees: Yu Jung, Yeh Chun-Hung, Lai Chien-Hao

Rosters

New Taipei Kings

2024–25 New Taipei Kings roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From G 1 Joseph Lin (HP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 33 – (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 Hamilton G 2 Su Pei-Kai 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 25 – (1999-11-02)2 November 1999 NTUA F 3 Chen Chun-Nan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 25 – (2000-04-20)20 April 2000 NTSU G 7 Jeremy Lin (HP) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 36 – (1988-08-23)23 August 1988 Harvard G 9 Lee Kai-Yan 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 32 – (1993-05-06)6 May 1993 HWU G 10 Chien You-Che 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 29 – (1995-09-10)10 September 1995 UCH C 11 Wang Po-Chih 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 130 kg (287 lb) 28 – (1996-10-29)29 October 1996 NTSU F 13 Lu Cheng-Ju 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 39 – (1986-04-13)13 April 1986 TPEC F 17 Su Shih-Hsuan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1996-04-09)9 April 1996 NTNU F 19 Lin Chin-Pang (C) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 40 – (1985-06-15)15 June 1985 MU G 24 Hung Chih-Shan 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 40 – (1985-07-05)5 July 1985 NTUT F 25 Austin Daye (I) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 37 – (1988-06-05)5 June 1988 Gonzaga F 31 Sani Sakakini (AI) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 36 – (1988-08-19)19 August 1988 JUST C 42 Jason Washburn (I) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 35 – (1990-06-05)5 June 1990 Utah F 55 Kenny Manigault (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 34 – (1991-05-22)22 May 1991 Pikeville G 72 Lin Li-Jen 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 35 – (1990-06-16)16 June 1990 MDU	Head coach Ryan Marchand Assistant coach(es) Lin Cheng-Yu Thomas Wisman Mark Coppola Strength & conditioning coach(es) Chang Chung-Hsi Liu Cheng-Yu Athletic trainer(s) Chiu Po-Kai Wu Chung-Hao Team manager Hung Chih-Hu Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player (HP) Heritage player (AI) Asian import player Injured Roster Updated: June 1, 2025

Kaohsiung Aquas

2024–25 Kaohsiung Aquas roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From PG 0 Wei Liang-Che 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 23 – (2001-11-28)28 November 2001 NKNU PF 1 Edgaras Želionis (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 36 – (1989-06-04)4 June 1989 Lithuania G 3 Craig Sword (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 31 – (1994-01-16)16 January 1994 Mississippi State SG 7 Yu Huan-Ya 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 31 – (1993-11-30)30 November 1993 NTNU SG 8 Chiu Tzu-Hsuan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 25 – (1999-12-08)8 December 1999 ISU PF 10 Hu Long-Mao 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 32 – (1992-12-22)22 December 1992 Chaminade SF 11 Tang Wei-Chieh 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 25 – (1999-09-25)25 September 1999 VMI SF 12 Lin Jen-Hung 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 – (1993-12-18)18 December 1993 NTNU PF 18 Wu I-Ping 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 32 – (1992-08-29)29 August 1992 ISU C 21 Lu Wei-Ting 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 28 – (1997-04-16)16 April 1997 ISU PF 22 Anthony Morse (I) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – (1994-04-13)13 April 1994 Tennessee Tech SG 24 Su Wen-Ju 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 27 – (1997-10-16)16 October 1997 ISU SG 28 Yu Chun-An (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 33 – (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 NTNU C 34 Kaleb Wesson (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 26 – (1999-07-27)27 July 1999 Ohio State SF 57 Wu Siao-Jin 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 29 – (1995-08-28)28 August 1995 NKNU PG 66 Chen Huai-An 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 28 – (1997-04-29)29 April 1997 NTUA C 85 Chin Ming-Ching 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 30 – (1994-11-14)14 November 1994 NTNU	Head coach Mathias Fischer Assistant coach(es) Zhu Yong-Hong Peng Te-Hsuan Liao Che-Yi Athletic trainer(s) Liao Hsuan-Yi Team manager Chu Li-Fu Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: May 29, 2025

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	MPG	Minutes per game	FG%	Field goal percentage
3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game
PPG	Points per game		Finals MVP

New Taipei Kings

Player	GP	MPG	PPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Joseph Lin	7	35:47	10.3	46.9%	28.0%	55.6%	2.7	3.6	1.6	0.0
Su Pei-Kai	Did not play
Chen Chun-Nan	Did not play
Jeremy Lin	7	37:05	22.4	38.1%	34.9%	83.3%	5.4	6.0	1.9	0.9
Lee Kai-Yan	7	31:19	8.1	40.8%	41.4%	62.5%	2.7	2.3	0.9	0.1
Chien You-Che	7	10:05	2.4	29.4%	23.1%	100.0%	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.0
Wang Po-Chih	2	3:59	0.0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
Lu Cheng-Ju	5	2:30	2.2	60.0%	60.0%	66.7%	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0
Su Shih-Hsuan	7	18:16	4.9	52.0%	18.2%	60.0%	3.1	1.3	0.4	0.7
Lin Chin-Pang	6	3:46	1.0	66.7%	100.0%	33.3%	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Hung Chih-Shan	6	12:08	1.5	27.3%	27.3%	0.0%	0.7	1.5	0.0	0.0
Austin Daye	5	30:38	15.8	50.0%	47.1%	77.8%	9.4	1.4	1.8	0.8
Sani Sakakini	4	30:50	14.5	42.9%	22.2%	90.9%	8.8	1.5	1.3	0.3
Jason Washburn	5	31:57	19.0	64.9%	25.0%	69.0%	7.6	0.8	0.4	1.0
Kenny Manigault	7	32:05	15.6	44.7%	40.0%	65.8%	9.4	3.6	2.3	0.4
Lin Li-Jen	Did not play

Kaohsiung Aquas

Player	GP	MPG	PPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Wei Liang-Che	Did not play
Edgaras Želionis	6	30:22	18.2	47.5%	32.3%	71.9%	9.0	2.2	1.0	0.7
Craig Sword	7	34:09	21.3	50.5%	36.4%	81.4%	5.7	4.1	1.7	0.7
Yu Huan-Ya	7	26:42	7.3	34.0%	30.6%	75.0%	1.1	3.9	1.1	0.0
Chiu Tzu-Hsuan	7	23:20	4.9	29.5%	17.4%	66.7%	3.1	2.3	1.4	0.3
Hu Long-Mao	7	30:14	11.7	51.9%	50.0%	75.0%	3.0	1.7	0.6	0.4
Tang Wei-Chieh	2	1:40	0.0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lin Jen-Hung	2	2:52	0.0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wu I-Ping	Did not play
Lu Wei-Ting	4	4:21	1.3	25.0%	16.7%	0.0%	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3
Anthony Morse	3	27:45	9.7	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%	5.3	1.0	0.7	0.0
Su Wen-Ju	7	30:59	9.9	37.3%	48.4%	100.0%	2.9	1.3	1.7	0.1
Yu Chun-An	6	7:34	2.3	37.5%	20.0%	0.0%	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0
Kaleb Wesson	5	33:21	16.0	50.0%	44.1%	33.3%	10.8	3.8	1.4	0.8
Wu Siao-Jin	2	2:00	1.0	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chen Huai-An	7	25:11	9.1	44.9%	40.0%	55.6%	4.4	4.9	1.4	0.0
Chin Ming-Ching	1	2:12	0.0	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0

• Reference：^[13]