Overview
- Game 1 tips off tonight at Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera in Mexico City to open a best-of-seven that shifts to Monterrey later this week and could run through November 14.
- Diablos Rojos enter as reigning champions after a 4-1 finals win in 2024, seeking a repeat under head coach Nicolás Casalánguida with contributors such as Gael Bonilla, Diashon Smith, Michael Smith and Michael Carrera.
- Fuerza Regia pursues a sixth LNBP crown after titles in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023, led by coach Pablo García and a roster featuring Josh Ibarra, Avry Holmes and Scott Bamforth.
- The finalists posted identical 20-8 regular-season records with near-matching point differentials, with Diablos seeded third and Fuerza Regia fourth.
- Paths to the final diverged slightly as Diablos beat Dorados 3-2 and Astros 4-3, while Fuerza Regia ousted Mineros 3-1 and Panteras 4-2.