Final regular season standings:

Central (4): Windsor Express (21-11); Orangeville A’s (18-14); London Lightning (18-14); Mississauga Power (7-25)

Atlantic (4): Halifax Rainmen (20-12); Island Storm (19-13); Saint John Mill Rats (17-15); Moncton Miracles (8-24)

In the quarterfinals, the Halifax Rainment defeated the Moncton Miracles 110-111; 129-94; 124-96; 112-83 (3g-1). The Miracles included Shawn Van Zant, Trayvon Lathan, Stanley Robinson, Troy Brewer, Darryl ‘Dwayne’ Smith, Tramer Sutherland, Tyler Murray, DaQuan Brooks, Chris Matthews, Zach Atkinson, Shamus Ferguson, Jason Conrad, Harold Washington, Naofall Folahan, Matt Hunter, Decorey Jones, coach Serge Langis

The Island Storm defeated the Saint John Mill Rats 124-103; 97-104; 108-107; 107-128; 103-102 (3g-2). The Mill Rats included Kenny Jones, Anthony Anderson, Johnny Mayhane, Tyrone Levett, Rahiem Singleton, Jeremy Williams, Eric Crookshank, Darin Mency, Alex Johnson, Aquille Carr, Jabs Newby, Keith Cothran, Jean-Richard Volcy, Anthony Winbush, Dane Smith, Naofall Folahan, Jermaine Dailey, J Peterson, Jamie Vanderbeken, Matt Brooks, John Paul Nyadarao, Peter Wedge, coach Julian King.

The Orangeville A’s defeated the London Lightning 105-85; 91-106; 105-89; 98-106; 102-92 (3g-2). The Lightning included Marvin Phillips, Emmanuel Little, John Hart, Al Stewart, Jonathan Mills, Brent Jennings, Zane Johnson, Ed Horton, Clinton Springer-Williams, Elvin Mims, Adrian Moss, Sefton Barrett, Darnell Lazare, Maurice Bolden, Quincy Okolie, Stephen McDowell, Kurt Alexander, Enrico DiLoreto, Billy Baptist, Christian Kabongo, Horace Bond, coach Carlos Knox.

In the last quarterfinal, the Windsor Express defeated the Mississauga Power 107-59; 107-93; 109-116; 107-102 (3g-1). Mississauga Power: Omar Strong, Travis Releford, Paul Cooper, Marcus Capers, Warren Ward, JauShay Rockett, Jordan Weidner, Tyrone Garland, Tut Ruach, Alex Johnson, Malcolm Grant, Michael Allison, Jabs Newby, Kirk Williams Jr., Chad Posthumus, Brian Oliver, Douglas Thomas, Donald Johnson, Miguel Paul, Tyrell Vernon, Antoine Hood, Julian Brooks, Christopher Barnes, coach Kyle Julius

        In the semis, the Halifax Rainmen defeated the Island Storm 117-99; 107-105; 106-93; 105-113; 125-116ot (4g-1).

        In the other semi, the Windsor Express defeated the Brampton A’s 97-99; 105-93; 103-125; 111-119; 123-112; 104-99; 120-101 (4g-3).

In the finals, the Windsor Express defeated the Halifax Rainmen 113-104; 93-100; 70-100; 109-105; 91-125; 119-112; 2-0 (default).

The seventh and final game of the series became renowned as the “2015 NBL Canada Final Brawl” after the Halifax Rainmen failed to show for the deciding seventh game, with the Rainmen asserting in an official statement that “due to a physical altercation between the Halifax Rainmen and the Windsor Express, the game has been cancelled citing safety concerns.” The game was forfeited and Windsor was declared the champion.

All games in the physical series had been foulfests, with the Rainmen asserting that they were being victimized by both the Express and the officials. Two Rainmen were unable to play the final contest because of concussions. The Halifax Chronicle reported that game five threatened to erupt into a full-scale brawl,

Before the start of game seven, most accounts indicate that the Rainmen arrived early (11 a.m.) for their 1:00 p.m. shootaround at Windsor’s WFCU Centre, and were discovered by Windsor assistant Gerry Brumpton, who said: “hey snuck in here before they even had the light on. We were here in the dark, I opened up the curtain and I looked in and there they were. They were still here working out. So they had been here for a while.” The Express told the Rainmen to leave. They refused. Rainment coach Bill Jones attempted to take a ball from Halifax post Liam McMorrow but, according to Wikipedia, “the player ‘flinched,’ pretending to throw a punch. According to Rainmen player Forrest Fisher, Jones tackled McMorrow to the ground and Express guard Tony Bennett followed up by hitting McMorrow with a chair. Referring to the Rainmen, Jones said, ‘A couple of them kicked me and tried to take swings at me. And my players were there and they came to my rescue to be able to get me up.’ Soon the violence escalated, with staff members and players from both teams involved. At around 10:40 AM, Windsor police received a phone call ‘that between 15 to 20 men were involved in an altercation.’ By the time they arrived at the WFCU Centre, however, the fighting was over and the Rainmen players had already reached their team bus.”

In the aftermath, the Rainmen were fined $90,000. Rainmen coaches Joseph Claros and Pedro Monteiro were banned for life from coaching in the NBL Canada, with Claros also being fined $10,000 and Monteiro $9,000 (the coaches monthly salaries were $1,500). Rainmen Seiya Ando, Chris Cayole, Cliff Clinkscales, Jermaine Dailey, Forrest Fisher, P.J. Foster, Joey Haywood, Liam McMorrow, Nigel Spikes, Tyrone Watson and Kevin Young were each fined $5,000 and suspended indefinitely. Rainmen guard Douglas Appiah Jr escaped penalty because he was injured at the time of the brawl. Express guard Tony Bennett was fined $5,000 and suspended indefinitely (later reduced to $500 and two games). Express coach Bill Jones was fined $4,000 and suspended for one season (later reinstated and allowed to coach again midway through the 2015-16 campaign).

Two months later, on July 6, the Rainmen filed for bankruptcy, with a debt of $700,000 (according to court documents). Rainmen owner Andre Levingston joined with a larger group of local businessmen to replace the Rainmen in the Halifax market with a team called the Halifax Hurricanes.

The semi-finalist Orangeville A’s: Tyshwan Edmondson, Cavell Johnson, Akeem Scott, Richard Amardi, Akeem Ellis, Brent Jennings, Kyle Johnson, Flenard Whitfield, Anthony Harris, Ashton Smith, Bryson Johnson, Thomas Granado, Zane Johnson, Melvin Council, Cedric Moodie, Don Johnson, Marques Oliver, David Tyndale, DeAnthony Bowden, Theo Davis, Christopher Cayole, Douglas ‘Freddy’ Appiah, coach David Magley

The semi-finalist Island Storm: Brandon Robinson, Nick Evans, Rashad Whack, Michael Martin, Nick Okorie, Billy Rush, Michael Williams, Louis Birdsong Jr., Sammy Zeglinski, Oluyiama Famutimi, Alex DesRoches, Avery Smith, Renardo Sidney, Cordell Jeanty, Johnny Mayhane, Myron Strong, Doug McKinney, coach Joe Salerno

The runner-up Halifax Hurricanes: Kevin Young, Tyrone Watson, Joey Haywood, Seiya Ando, Christopher Cayole, Emmanuel Jones, Clifford Clinkscales, Pedro Foster, Stefon Barrett, Liam McMorrow, Forrest Fisher, Tim Parham, Justin Tubbs, Jermaine Dailey, Michael Martin, Jasonn Hannibal, Nigel Spikes, Freddy Appiah, coach Josep Claros

The champion Windsor Express: Quinnel Brown, Tony Bennett, DeAndre Thomas, Chris Commons, Ryan Anderson, Kevin Loiselle, Gary Gibson, Kirk Williams Jr., Jamarcus Ellis, Dominique Buckley, Eric Parker, Casey Love, Josh Collins, Fred Sturdivant, Karl Finley, Tim Parham, Adrian Moss, Jahmal McQueen, coach Bill Jones