2021 NBL pre-season

Pre-season

2021 NBL Blitz logo

The pre-season of the 2021–22 NBL season, the 44th season of Australia's National Basketball League, ran from 13 November 2021 to 28 November 2021.[1][2]

Games

2021 NBL Blitz

The NBL Blitz is an annual pre-season tournament featuring all NBL teams. This season games were held in New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria from the 13th to the 28th of November 2021.[2] The league was separated into two conferences, with New South Wales and Victoria-based teams competing in Melbourne and Wollongong and all other teams competing in Hobart, Ulverstone and Launceston.

New South Wales/Victoria conference

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13 November 2021 Melbourne United 90–84 New Zealand Breakers Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 15–20, 23–19, 27–22
Kayo Freebies Pts: Lual-Acuil 37
Rebs: Lual-Acuil 11
Asts: Dellavedova 6 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Delany 20
Rebs: Timmins 7
Asts: Siva 3 		Attendance: closed event
Referees: Daniel Battye, Mitch Hare, Elliot Green
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13 November 2021 Sydney Kings 75–81 South East Melbourne Phoenix Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 16–17, 25–22, 21–13
Kayo Freebies Pts: Martin 15
Rebs: Martin, Vodanovich 9
Asts: Cooks 3 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Creek 17
Rebs: Broekhoff 10
Asts: Le'afa 4 		Attendance: closed event
Referees: Chris Reid, Todd Spain, Jack Taylor
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15 November 2021 South East Melbourne Phoenix 112–1160(OT) Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 30–24, 25–28, 19–21, Overtime: 12–16
Kayo Freebies Pts: Te Rangi 18
Rebs: Zhou 12
Asts: Adnam 12 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Jessup 27
Rebs: Cleveland, Coenraad, H. Froling, S. Froling, Jessup 5
Asts: Rathan-Mayes 7 		Attendance: closed event
Referees: Chris Reid, Elliot Green, Jason Kelly
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15 November 2021 Sydney Kings 80–75 Melbourne United Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 14–22, 22–12, 19–26
Kayo Freebies Pts: Glover 18
Rebs: Cooks 14
Asts: Bayles, Cooks 4 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Lual-Acuil 13
Rebs: Peatling 8
Asts: Agada 4 		Attendance: closed event
Referees: Mitch Hare, Damian Lyons, David Baddock
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18 November 2021 New Zealand Breakers 97–93 Sydney Kings Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 25–23, 21–22, 31–22
Kayo Freebies Pts: Martin 23
Rebs: Siva 6
Asts: Martin, Siva 7 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Adams 16
Rebs: Cooks 11
Asts: Adams, Cooks 3 		Attendance: closed event
Referees: Chris Reid, Daniel Battye, Damian Lyons
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20 November 2021 New Zealand Breakers 92–90 South East Melbourne Phoenix Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 15–22, 27–24, 26–26
Kayo Freebies Pts: Besson 24
Rebs: Wetzell 12
Asts: McDowell-White, Siva 4 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Adnam 21
Rebs: Zhou 2
Asts: Munford 4 		Attendance: closed event
Referees: Chris Reid, Mitch Hare, Jack Taylor
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20 November 2021 Melbourne United 90–97 Illawarra Hawks Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 28–30, 33–22, 10–23, 19–22
Kayo Freebies Pts: Lual-Acuil 20
Rebs: Lual-Acuil 9
Asts: Dellavedova 6 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Cleveland 21
Rebs: Reath 6
Asts: Harvey, Rathan-Mayes (3) 		Attendance: closed event
Referees: Damian Lyons, Daniel Battye, David Baddock
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25 November 2021 Illawarra Hawks vs. New Zealand Breakers WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
cancelled
report
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27 November 2021 Illawarra Hawks vs. Sydney Kings WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong
cancelled
report
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28 November 2021 South East Melbourne Phoenix 89–87 Melbourne United Melbourne Sports Centre, Melbourne
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 24–19, 26–25, 19–18
Kayo Freebies Pts: Broekhoff 21
Rebs: Broekhoff 7
Asts: Le'Afa, Munford 4 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Goulding 26
Rebs: Lual-Acuil 10
Asts: Dellavedova 9 		Attendance: closed event
Referees: Mitch Hare, Damian Lyons, Jon Chapman

Tasmania conference

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14 November 2021 Tasmania JackJumpers 79–89 Brisbane Bullets MyState Bank Arena, Hobart
13:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 17–21, 24–28, 17–22
Kayo Freebies Pts: Adams 18
Rebs: McDaniel, McVeigh 6
Asts: Magette 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Sobey 17
Rebs: Franks, Sobey 7
Asts: Patterson 6 		Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Michael Aylen, Jacqui Dover, James Grigoul
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14 November 2021 Cairns Taipans 87–910(OT) Adelaide 36ers MyState Bank Arena, Hobart
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 19–25, 20–15, 23–22, Overtime: 8–12
Kayo Freebies Pts: Deng, Sotto 46
Rebs: Sotto 11
Asts: Machado 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Johnson 33
Rebs: Bairstow 11
Asts: Dech, McCarron 4 		Attendance: 4,500
Referees: not available
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16 November 2021 Perth Wildcats 56–63 Adelaide 36ers MyState Bank Arena, Hobart
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 16–19, 20–15, 8–12
Kayo Freebies Pts: Law, Wagstaff 11
Rebs: Hodgson, Law 8
Asts: Cotton, Wagstaff 3 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Hannahs, King 11
Rebs: Bairstow, Humphries 7
Asts: McCarron 4 		Attendance: not available
Referees: not available
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16 November 2021 Cairns Taipans 66–81 Tasmania JackJumpers MyState Bank Arena, Hobart
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 22–23, 13–15, 15–22
Kayo Freebies Pts: Sotto 45
Rebs: Sotto 33
Asts: Machado 9 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Adams 15
Rebs: Magette 6
Asts: Magette 4 		Attendance: not available
Referees: not available
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19 November 2021 Brisbane Bullets 100–90 Perth Wildcats Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre, Ulverstone
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 33–25, 27–23, 18–20
Kayo Freebies Pts: Digbeu, Harrison, Patterson 16
Rebs: Harrison 9
Asts: Patterson 7 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Cotton 22
Rebs: Law 6
Asts: Cotton, Law 5 		Attendance: not available
Referees: Nathan Durant, Ruben Woolcock, Mark Grist
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21 November 2021 Perth Wildcats 96–87 Cairns Taipans Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre, Ulverstone
13:00 Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 25–25, 22–24, 24–14
Kayo Freebies Pts: Law 28
Rebs: Law 12
Asts: Travers 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Jawai 21
Rebs: McCall 13
Asts: Djeric, Machado 7 		Attendance: not available
Referees: Mark Mill, Ruben Woolcock, James Griguol
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21 November 2021 Adelaide 36ers 82–80 Tasmania JackJumpers Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre, Ulverstone
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 12–33, 21–17, 22–11, 27–19
Kayo Freebies Pts: Hannahs 19
Rebs: Humphries 6
Asts: McCarron 12 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Steindl 17
Rebs: McDaniel, Magnay 4
Asts: Magette 8 		Attendance: not available
Referees: Michael Aylen, Mark Grist, Travis Stewart
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24 November 2021 Cairns Taipans 86–94 Brisbane Bullets Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre, Ulverstone
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 27–21, 16–24, 19–24
Kayo Freebies Pts: McCall 17
Rebs: Pinder 10
Asts: Machado, Noi 5 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Sobey 27
Rebs: Franks 8
Asts: Sobey 8 		Attendance: not available
Referees: Mark Mill, Craig Copes, Alex McEwan
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24 November 2021 Perth Wildcats 98–68 Tasmania JackJumpers Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre, Ulverstone
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 25–17, 22–15, 28–15
Kayo Freebies Pts: Cotton 18
Rebs: Law 9
Asts: Cotton 6 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Adams 17
Rebs: Magnay 5
Asts: Magette 7 		Attendance: not available
Referees: not available
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26 November 2021 Tasmania JackJumpers 83–68 Cairns Taipans Elphin Sports Centre, Launceston
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 17–15, 21–17, 23–15
Kayo Freebies Pts: Magette 26
Rebs: Magnay 9
Asts: Magette 6 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Noi 12
Rebs: Zimmerman 8
Asts: McCall 5 		Attendance: not available
Referees: Ruben Woolcock, Jacqui Dover, Hugh Starkey

Note: Does not count towards Blitz ladder

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26 November 2021 Adelaide 36ers 97–93 Perth Wildcats Elphin Sports Centre, Launceston
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 29–27, 23–34, 18–18, 27–14
Kayo Freebies Pts: Hannahs, Withers 19
Rebs: Johnson 6
Asts: McCarron 9 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Law 24
Rebs: Hayes-Brown 11
Asts: Zunic 5 		Attendance: not available
Referees: not available

Note: Does not count towards Blitz ladder

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28 November 2021 Brisbane Bullets 67–72 Adelaide 36ers MyState Bank Arena, Hobart
13:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 19–27, 16–13, 15–22
Kayo Freebies Pts: Krebs 15
Rebs: Deng, Salt 9
Asts: Cadee 3 		boxscore
report 		Pts: Johnson 16
Rebs: Marshall 12
Asts: McCarron 8 		Attendance: not available
Referees: Craig Copes, Alex McEwan, Jacqui Dover

Pre-season ladder

2021–22 NBL pre-season ladder
Ladder Information
Pos. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts % Win %
1 Australia Illawarra 2 2 0 2–0 W2 0–0 2–0 213 202 105.45% 100.00%
2 Australia Adelaide 5 5 0 5–0 W5 2–0 3–0 401 383 104.70% 100.00%
3 Australia Brisbane 4 3 1 3–1 L1 1–1 2–0 350 327 107.03% 75.00%
4 New Zealand New Zealand 3 2 1 2–1 W2 2–0 0–1 273 273 100.00% 66.67%
5 Australia S.E. Melbourne 4 2 2 2–2 W1 1–0 1–2 376 375 100.27% 50.00%
6 Australia Perth 5 2 3 2–3 L1 2–1 0–2 433 415 104.34% 40.00%
7 Australia Tasmania (NT) 5 2 3 2–3 W1 1–1 1–2 391 403 97.02% 40.00%
8 Australia Sydney 3 1 2 1–2 L1 1–1 0–1 248 253 98.02% 33.33%
9 Australia Melbourne (RC) 4 1 3 1–3 L3 1–1 0–2 342 350 97.71% 25.00%
10 Australia 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. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. QW Last 5 Streak For Against Pts % Win % Pts.
1 Australia Adelaide 4 4 0 9.5 4–0 W4 308 290 106.21% 100.00% 21.5
2 Australia Brisbane (RC) 4 3 1 10.5 3–1 L1 350 327 107.03% 75.00% 19.5
3 Australia Illawarra† 2 2 0 6 2–0 W2 213 202 105.45% 100.00% 19
4 Australia Perth 4 2 2 9 2–2 W2 340 318 106.92% 50.00% 15
5 New Zealand New Zealand† 3 2 1 5.5 2–1 W2 273 273 100.00% 66.67% 15
6 Australia S.E. Melbourne 4 2 2 7.5 2–2 W1 376 375 100.27% 50.00% 13.5
7 Australia Sydney† 3 1 2 6 1–2 L1 248 253 98.02% 33.33% 12.5
8 Australia Melbourne 4 1 3 7 1–3 L3 342 350 97.71% 25.00% 10
9 Australia Tasmania (NT) 4 1 3 6 1–3 L2 308 335 91.94% 25.00% 9
10 Australia 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.[3][4]

Total Rounds
2 weeks

Total Games
19 games

Legend
  • (NT) New Team
  • (RC) Reigning Champion
  • Updated: 28 November 2021


References

  1. ^ "NBL To Blitz Tassie, Victoria and New South Wales". National Basketball League | NBL. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Fans Get Sneak Peek in Blitz". National Basketball League | NBL. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Breakers vs Hawks Blitz Game Cancelled". National Basketball League | NBL. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Illawarra vs Sydney Blitz Game Cancelled". National Basketball League | NBL. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.