2021–22 NBL season

2021–22 NBL season
2021–22 NBL season
	Logo of the league sponsored by Hungry Jack's
League	National Basketball League
Season	2021–22
Teams	10
Games played	140 (regular season); TBD (semi-finals); TBD (Grand Final)
Dates	3 December 2021 – TBA
TV	Australia: ESPN; Fox Sports; 10 Peach; New Zealand: Sky Sport; Online: NBL TV; Kayo Sports; 10 Play; Sky Sport NOW;
Statistical leaders
Efficiency
Efficiency	(United)
Points	Bryce Cotton (Wildcats)
Rebounds	Cameron Bairstow (36ers)
Assists	Tahjere McCall (Taipans)
Records
Biggest home win	42 points; United 89–47 Kings; (16 December 2021)
Biggest away win	24 points; Breakers 59–83 JackJumpers; (30 January 2022)
Highest scoring	193 points; Hawks 97–96 (2OT) Breakers; (17 December 2021)
Lowest scoring	131 points; Taipans 69–62 JackJumpers; (11 December 2021)
Winning streak	8 games; Melbourne United; (12 December 2021 – 30 January 2022)
Losing streak	6 games; New Zealand Breakers; (4 December – 26 December 2021)
Highest attendance	13,615 – RAC Arena; Wildcats vs JackJumpers; (19 December 2021)
Lowest attendance	1,477 – MyState Bank Arena; Breakers vs JackJumpers; (30 January 2022)
Total attendance	227,936
Average attendance	4,850
NBL seasons
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →
	All statistics correct as of 30 January 2022.

The 2021–22 NBL season is the 44th season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979. A total of ten teams are contesting in the 2021–22 season, which commenced on 3 December 2021.^[1]^[2]

Australian broadcast rights to the season are held by ESPN in the first season of a new three-year deal. All games are available live on ESPN and the streaming platform Kayo Sports.^[3] After signing onto the new three-year deal, Network 10 will broadcast two Sunday afternoon games on 10 Peach and 10 Play.^[4] In New Zealand, Sky Sport continue as the official league broadcaster, with , TAP Sports, , Astro, Fanseat, , and YouTube broadcasting games internationally.^[5]

Teams[]

Ten teams are competing in the 2021–22 season, with the Tasmania JackJumpers entering the league for their first season.^[6]

Stadiums and locations[]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	11,300
Brisbane Bullets	Brisbane	Nissan Arena	5,000
Cairns Taipans	Cairns	Cairns Convention Centre	5,300
Illawarra Hawks	Wollongong	WIN Entertainment Centre	6,000
Melbourne United	Melbourne	John Cain Arena	10,500
New Zealand Breakers	Auckland	Spark Arena	9,300
New Zealand Breakers	Hobart	MyState Bank Arena	5,000
Perth Wildcats	Perth	RAC Arena	14,800
South East Melbourne Phoenix	Melbourne	John Cain Arena	10,500
	Melbourne	State Basketball Centre	3,200
	Traralgon	Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium	3,000
Sydney Kings	Sydney	Qudos Bank Arena	18,200
Tasmania JackJumpers	Hobart	MyState Bank Arena	5,000
Tasmania JackJumpers	Hobart	Silverdome	5,000

Personnel and sponsorship[]

Team	Coach	Captain	Main sponsor	Kit manufacturer
Adelaide 36ers	C. J. Bruton	Mitch McCarron	Walker Corporation	Champion
Brisbane Bullets	James Duncan	Jason Cadee	St. Genevieve
Cairns Taipans	Adam Forde	Scott Machado	CQUniversity
Illawarra Hawks	Brian Goorjian	Andrew Ogilvy	Pepper Money
Melbourne United	Dean Vickerman	Chris Goulding	SodaStream
New Zealand Breakers	Dan Shamir	Thomas Abercrombie	Sky Sport
Perth Wildcats	Scott Morrison	Jesse Wagstaff	Pentanet
South East Melbourne Phoenix		Kyle Adnam	Mountain Goat Beer
Sydney Kings	Chase Buford	Shaun Bruce Xavier Cooks	Brydens Lawyers
Tasmania JackJumpers	Scott Roth	Clint Steindl	Spirit of Tasmania

Player transactions[]

Free agency negotiations were delayed until 28 June 2021, due to the late finish of the 2020–21 season which had been delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Coaching transactions[]

Team	Role	2020–21 season	2021–22 season
Adelaide 36ers	Head Coach	Conner Henry	C. J. Bruton
Brisbane Bullets	Head Coach	Andrej Lemanis	James Duncan
Brisbane Bullets	Assistant Coach	C. J. Bruton	Peter Crawford
Cairns Taipans	Head Coach	Mike Kelly	Adam Forde
	Assistant Coach	Jamie O'Loughlin
	Assistant Coach	Brad Hill
New Zealand Breakers	Assistant Coach		N/A
Sydney Kings	Head Coach	Adam Forde	Chase Buford
	Assistant Coach	James Duncan
	Assistant Coach		N/A
Perth Wildcats	Head Coach	Trevor Gleeson	Scott Morrison
	Assistant Coach	Bob Thornton	Keegan Crawford
	Assistant Coach	Jacob Chance	N/A
Tasmania JackJumpers	Head Coach	N/A	Scott Roth
	Assistant Coach	N/A	Jacob Chance
			Mark Radford
			Jack Fleming

Pre-season[]

The pre-season consisted of warm-up games leading up to the start of the regular season, with the NBL Blitz tournament running during this period. This Blitz ran from 13 to 28 November with all ten teams competing, and was hosted throughout Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.^[10]^[11]

Ladder[]

2021–22 NBL pre-season ladder

Ladder

Information

Pos.	Name	Pld.	W.	L.	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	For	Against	Pts %	Win %
1	Illawarra	2	2	0	2–0	W2	0–0	2–0	213	202	105.45%	100.00%
2	Adelaide	5	5	0	5–0	W5	2–0	3–0	401	383	104.70%	100.00%
3	Brisbane	4	3	1	3–1	L1	1–1	2–0	350	327	107.03%	75.00%
4	New Zealand	3	2	1	2–1	W2	2–0	0–1	273	273	100.00%	66.67%
5	S.E. Melbourne	4	2	2	2–2	W1	1–0	1–2	376	375	100.27%	50.00%
6	Perth	5	2	3	2–3	L1	2–1	0–2	433	415	104.34%	40.00%
7	Tasmania (NT)	5	2	3	2–3	W1	1–1	1–2	391	403	97.02%	40.00%
8	Sydney	3	1	2	1–2	L1	1–1	0–1	248	253	98.02%	33.33%
9	Melbourne (RC)	4	1	3	1–3	L3	1–1	0–2	342	350	97.71%	25.00%
10	Cairns	5	0	5	0–5	L5	0–3	0–2	394	447	88.14%	0.00%

Total Rounds
2 weeks

Total Games
21 games

Legend

(NT) New Team
(RC) Reigning Champion

Updated: 28 November 2021

NBL Blitz ladder[]

2021 NBL Blitz ladder

Ladder

Information

Pos.	Name	Pld.	W.	L.	QW	Last 5	Streak	For	Against	Pts %	Win %	Pts.
1	Adelaide	4	4	0	9.5	4–0	W4	308	290	106.21%	100.00%	21.5
2	Brisbane (RC)	4	3	1	10.5	3–1	L1	350	327	107.03%	75.00%	19.5
3	Illawarra^†	2	2	0	6	2–0	W2	213	202	105.45%	100.00%	19
4	Perth	4	2	2	9	2–2	W2	340	318	106.92%	50.00%	15
5	New Zealand^†	3	2	1	5.5	2–1	W2	273	273	100.00%	66.67%	15
6	S.E. Melbourne	4	2	2	7.5	2–2	W1	376	375	100.27%	50.00%	13.5
7	Sydney^†	3	1	2	6	1–2	L1	248	253	98.02%	33.33%	12.5
8	Melbourne	4	1	3	7	1–3	L3	342	350	97.71%	25.00%	10
9	Tasmania (NT)	4	1	3	6	1–3	L2	308	335	91.94%	25.00%	9
10	Cairns	4	0	4	5	0–4	L4	326	362	90.06%	0.00%	5
^† Multiple games were cancelled due to NBL COVID-19 protocols. Teams were awarded 3.5 points per effected game.^[12]^[13]

Total Rounds
2 weeks

Total Games
19 games

Legend

(NT) New Team
(RC) Reigning Champion

Updated: 28 November 2021

Regular season[]

The regular season began on 3 December 2021.^[14] It will consist of 140 games spread across 21 rounds.^[15]^[16]

Ladder[]

2021–22 NBL ladder

Ladder

Information

Pos.	Name	Pld.	W.	L.	Last 5	Streak	Home	Away	For	Against	Pts %	Win %
1	S.E. Melbourne	8	6	2	3–2	W3	3–0	3–2	686	636	107.86%	75.00%
2	Melbourne (RC)	11	8	3	4–1	L1	2–1	6–2	931	830	112.17%	72.73%
3	Perth	10	7	3	3–2	L1	4–1	3–2	880	809	108.78%	70.00%
4	Illawarra	10	6	4	2–3	W1	3–3	3–1	895	876	102.17%	60.00%
5	Sydney	11	5	6	2–3	W2	5–3	0–3	889	910	97.69%	45.45%
6	Tasmania (NT)	10	4	6	3–2	W2	3–3	1–3	757	767	98.70%	40.00%
7	Brisbane	10	4	6	2–3	L3	3–3	1–3	844	880	95.91%	40.00%
8	Adelaide	10	4	6	2–3	W1	3–2	1–4	805	854	94.26%	40.00%
9	Cairns	6	2	4	2–3	L3	2–2	0–2	459	484	94.83%	33.33%
10	New Zealand	10	2	8	2–3	L1	0–2	2–6	776	876	88.58%	20.00%

Current Round
Round 9
Total Rounds
21
Games per Team
28
Total Games
140

Legend

(NT) New Team
(RC) Reigning Champion

Ladder
Updated: 30 January 2022

Ladder progression[]

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Adelaide 36ers	8	6	8	8	8	8	7	8	8
Brisbane Bullets	7	5	7	6	6	7	6	5	7
Cairns Taipans	9	7	4	4	5	5	5	6	9
Illawarra Hawks	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Melbourne United	6	9	6	5	4	4	1	1	2
New Zealand Breakers	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Perth Wildcats	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	3
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	3	1
Sydney Kings	5	4	5	7	7	6	8	7	5
Tasmania JackJumpers	4	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	6

References[]

^ "NBL Season Schedule Puts Fans First | NBL". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ "NBL regular season start date pushed back to December as league announces schedule | ESPN". ESPN.com.au. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ "NBL Achieves History-Making Media Deal". NBL. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ "Network 10 Becomes NBL Free-to-Air Partner | NBL". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
^ "Hungry Jack's NBL Goes Global". National Basketball League | NBL.
^ "Tasmania will get its first NBL team since 1996". ABC News. 28 February 2020.
^ "Stars Headline Free Agency List". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
^ Liam Santamaria (21 July 2021). "NBL22 Roster Watch". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ Liam Santamaria (28 August 2021). "NBL22 Roster Watch". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^ "NBL To Blitz Tassie, Victoria and New South Wales". nbl.com.au. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
^ "Fans Get Sneak Peek in Blitz". nbl.com.au. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
^ "Breakers vs Hawks Blitz Game Cancelled". National Basketball League | NBL. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
^ "Illawarra vs Sydney Blitz Game Cancelled". National Basketball League | NBL. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
^ "NBL 2021-22: Matthew Dellavedova set to face Kings in first game as conference format unveiled". NEWS.com.au. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
^ "NBL confirm November 18 tip-off". ESPN.com.au. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ "NBL Schedule Update". 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "NBL Season Schedule Puts Fans First | NBL". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

[2] "NBL regular season start date pushed back to December as league announces schedule | ESPN". ESPN.com.au. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

[3] "NBL Achieves History-Making Media Deal". NBL. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[4] "Network 10 Becomes NBL Free-to-Air Partner | NBL". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

[5] "Hungry Jack's NBL Goes Global". National Basketball League | NBL.

[6] "Tasmania will get its first NBL team since 1996". ABC News. 28 February 2020.

[7] "Stars Headline Free Agency List". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

[8] Liam Santamaria (21 July 2021). "NBL22 Roster Watch". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[9] Liam Santamaria (28 August 2021). "NBL22 Roster Watch". NBL.com.au. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

[10] "NBL To Blitz Tassie, Victoria and New South Wales". nbl.com.au. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.

[11] "Fans Get Sneak Peek in Blitz". nbl.com.au. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

[12] "Breakers vs Hawks Blitz Game Cancelled". National Basketball League | NBL. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

[13] "Illawarra vs Sydney Blitz Game Cancelled". National Basketball League | NBL. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[14] "NBL 2021-22: Matthew Dellavedova set to face Kings in first game as conference format unveiled". NEWS.com.au. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

[15] "NBL confirm November 18 tip-off". ESPN.com.au. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[16] "NBL Schedule Update". 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.

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