2020–21 Perth Wildcats season

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2020–21 Perth Wildcats season
NBL Cup champions
Head coachAustralia Trevor Gleeson
CaptainAustralia Jesse Wagstaff
ArenaPerth Arena
NBL results
Record25–11 (69.4%)
Ladder2nd
Finals finishRunners-up
(lost to United 0–3)
Stats at NBL.com.au
Cup results
Record7–1 (87.5%)
Ladder1st
Cup finishChampions (1st title)

The 2020–21 NBL season was the 40th season for the Perth Wildcats in the NBL.

Roster[edit]

Squad[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

2020–21 Perth Wildcats roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
F 2 Australia Bairstow, Jarred 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 31 – (1992-11-05)5 November 1992
G 3 Australia White, Kevin 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 37 – (1987-04-07)7 April 1987
G 4 Australia Travers, Luke (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 22 – (2001-09-03)3 September 2001
G 5 Australia Britt, Taylor (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 27 – (1996-09-22)22 September 1996
G 8 Australia Norton, Mitch 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 31 – (1993-04-01)1 April 1993
G/F 9 Australia Swaka Lo Buluk, Wani 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 22 – (2001-06-09)9 June 2001
G 11 United States Cotton, Bryce Injured (I) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 31 – (1992-08-11)11 August 1992
G/F 12 Australia Blanchfield, Todd 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 32 – (1991-11-07)7 November 1991
C 13 Australia Jervis, Tom 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 37 – (1987-02-04)4 February 1987
F/C 22 South Sudan Majok, Majok Injured 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 31 – (1992-12-10)10 December 1992
C 23 Australia Magnay, Will 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 25 – (1998-06-02)2 June 1998
F 24 Australia Wagstaff, Jesse (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 38 – (1986-04-30)30 April 1986
F 25 Australia Shervill, Corey (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1998-03-19)19 March 1998
F 33 United States Mooney, John (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 26 – (1998-03-20)20 March 1998
C 34 Australia Ferguson, Andrew (DP) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 25 – (1998-10-17)17 October 1998
G/F 35 Australia Steindl, Clint 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 35 – (1989-03-15)15 March 1989
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Australia Josh Cavanagh
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 6 May 2021

Pre-season[edit]

Ladder[edit]

2020–21 NBL pre-season ladder
Ladder Information
Pos. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts % Win %
1 Australia Melbourne 1 1 0 1–0 W1 0–0 1–0 97 81 119.75% 100.00%
2 Australia Sydney 1 1 0 1–0 W1 1–0 0–0 98 89 110.11% 100.00%
3 Australia Adelaide 3 2 1 2–1 L1 2–0 0–1 276 225 122.67% 66.67%
4 Australia Perth (RC) 2 1 1 1–1 L1 1–1 0–0 165 165 100.00% 50.00%
5 Australia Cairns 2 1 1 1–1 W1 1–1 0–0 177 185 95.68% 50.00%
6 Australia Brisbane 4 2 2 2–2 W2 2–0 0–2 347 378 91.80% 50.00%
7 Australia Illawarra 3 1 2 1–2 L1 0–0 1–2 254 263 96.58% 33.33%
8 Australia S.E. Melbourne 2 0 2 0–2 L2 0–0 0–2 198 210 94.29% 0.00%

Total Rounds
5 weeks

Total Games
11 games

Legend
  • (RC) Reigning Champion
  • Updated: 9 January 2021

Game log[edit]

2020 pre-season game log
Total: 1–1 (home: 1–1; road: 0–0)
December: 1–1 (home: 1–1; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 15 December The Hawks W 91–83 Bryce Cotton (25) John Mooney (8) Mitch Norton (4) RAC Arena
not announced 		1–0
2 17 December The Hawks L 74–82 John Mooney (19) John Mooney (13) Mitch Norton (5) Bendat Basketball Centre
not announced 		1–1

Regular season[edit]

Main article: 2020–21 NBL regular season

Ladder[edit]

Pos 2020–21 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Melbourne United 36 28 8 77.78% 4–1 W3 14–4 14–4 3189 2956 107.88%
2 Perth Wildcats 36 25 11 69.44% 3–2 L2 13–5 12–6 3133 2900 108.03%
3 Illawarra Hawks 36 20 16 55.56% 4–1 L1 11–7 9–9 2962 2954 100.27%
4 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 36 19 17 52.78% 2–3 L1 9–9 10–8 3217 3124 102.98%
5 Sydney Kings 36 19 17 52.78% 4–1 W3 11–7 8–10 3112 3087 100.81%
6 Brisbane Bullets 36 18 18 50.00% 4–1 W1 9–9 9–9 3204 3274 97.86%
7 Adelaide 36ers 36 13 23 36.11% 0–5 L7 10–8 3–15 2985 3156 94.58%
8 New Zealand Breakers 36 12 24 33.33% 2–3 L1 8–10 4–14 2937 3021 97.22%
9 Cairns Taipans 36 8 28 22.22% 1–4 L2 6–12 2–16 2940 3207 91.67%

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2021. Source: NBL.com.au

Ladder progression[edit]

  • 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.
2020–21 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 NBL Cup 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
6 7 8 9
Adelaide 36ers 3 5 3 3 3 4 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Brisbane Bullets 6 9 5 6 6 7 5 4 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Cairns Taipans 4 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Illawarra Hawks 2 3 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3
Melbourne United 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
New Zealand Breakers – 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Perth Wildcats – 2 4 7 7 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 7 6 6 4 4 5 3 7 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4
Sydney Kings 5 4 7 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 5 4 6 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 5

Game log[edit]

2020–21 game log
Total: 25–11 (home: 13–5; road: 12–6)
January: 1–1 (home: 1–1; road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 24 January South East Melbourne W 88–76 Bryce Cotton (27) John Mooney (14) Bryce Cotton (7) RAC Arena
7,150 		1–0
2 29 January South East Melbourne L 89–90 Bryce Cotton (32) John Mooney (13) Bryce Cotton (6) RAC Arena
7,150 		1–1
February : 1–2 (home: 0–0; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 7 February @ Melbourne L 75–71 Bryce Cotton (24) Cotton, Mooney, Wagstaff (7) Bryce Cotton (6) Bendigo Stadium
1,953 		1–2
4 11 February @ South East Melbourne W 75–106 Todd Blanchfield (22) John Mooney (13) Bryce Cotton (7) State Basketball Centre
1,875 		2–2
5 14 February @ South East Melbourne L 96–71 John Mooney (19) John Mooney (10) Bryce Cotton (9) State Basketball Centre
closed event 		2–3
NBL Cup: 7–1 (home: 3–1; road: 4–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6 20 February @ Melbourne W 85–89 Bryce Cotton (29) John Mooney (9) Bryce Cotton (7) John Cain Arena
3,711 		3–3
7 23 February @ Sydney W 106–113 Cotton, Mooney (30) John Mooney (16) Bryce Cotton (9) John Cain Arena
1,079 		4–3
8 26 February @ Cairns W 69–89 Bryce Cotton (23) John Mooney (12) Bryce Cotton (9) John Cain Arena
809 		5–3
9 3 March South East Melbourne W 93–92 Bryce Cotton (28) John Mooney (11) Mitch Norton (8) State Basketball Centre
2,257 		6–3
10 5 March Brisbane L 92–95 Bryce Cotton (29) John Mooney (9) Cotton, Jervis, Mooney (4) John Cain Arena
3,421 		6–4
11 7 March @ Illawarra W 70–87 Bryce Cotton (18) John Mooney (10) Mitch Norton (6) John Cain Arena
3,696 		7–4
12 12 March New Zealand W 85–75 Bryce Cotton (24) John Mooney (12) Bryce Cotton (7) John Cain Arena
2,478 		8–4
13 14 March Adelaide W 97–88 Bryce Cotton (34) John Mooney (16) Bryce Cotton (7) John Cain Arena
4,019 		9–4
March: 4–0 (home: 3–0; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
14 19 March Cairns W 93–75 Bryce Cotton (28) John Mooney (8) Bryce Cotton (5) RAC Arena
9,997 		10–4
15 22 March Adelaide W 92–82 Bryce Cotton (36) John Mooney (14) Bryce Cotton (6) RAC Arena
9,550 		11–4
16 26 March Illawarra W 81–70 Bryce Cotton (22) John Mooney (16) Bryce Cotton (5) RAC Arena
10,216 		12–4
17 28 March @ Sydney W 65–89 Bryce Cotton (29) John Mooney (18) Cotton, Mooney (4) Qudos Bank Arena
5,067 		13–4
April: 5–2 (home: 3–1; road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
18 1 April Sydney W 95–89 Bryce Cotton (22) John Mooney (11) Mitch Norton (7) RAC Arena
10,123 		14–4
19 8 April @ Sydney W 69–73 Bryce Cotton (23) Mooney, Wagstaff (10) Bryce Cotton (6) Qudos Bank Arena
4,115 		15–4
20 10 April @ Adelaide L 83–68 John Mooney (18) John Mooney (14) John Mooney (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,339 		15–5
21 13 April @ New Zealand W 79–85 (OT) Bryce Cotton (34) Bairstow, Mooney, Norton (9) Cotton, Mooney (3) Silverdome
1,358 		16–5
22 16 April Illawarra W 83–69 Blanchfield, Cotton (18) John Mooney (15) Mitch Norton (5) RAC Arena
11,485 		17–5
23 18 April New Zealand L 78–83 John Mooney (22) John Mooney (8) Bryce Cotton (9) RAC Arena
11,316 		17–6
24 23 April Brisbane W 92–74 Bryce Cotton (21) John Mooney (13) John Mooney (7) RAC Arena
4,737 		18–6
May: 7–3 (home: 3–1; road: 4–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
25 1 May @ New Zealand L 86–84 John Mooney (25) John Mooney (9) Blanchfield, Mooney, Norton (4) Silverdome
1,621 		18–7
26 5 May @ Melbourne W 69–82 John Mooney (30) John Mooney (14) Bryce Cotton (10) John Cain Arena
2,011 		19–7
27 9 May New Zealand W 98–84 Bryce Cotton (32) John Mooney (9) Bryce Cotton (10) RAC Arena
10,518 		20–7
28 13 May Melbourne L 91–99 Cotton, Mooney (24) John Mooney (14) John Mooney (5) RAC Arena
9,987 		20–8
29 15 May @ Brisbane W 90–102 Todd Blanchfield (31) Mitch Norton (8) John Mooney (5) Nissan Arena
3,405 		21–8
30 17 May @ Cairns W 78–89 Bryce Cotton (24) John Mooney (10) Bryce Cotton (5) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
1,811 		22–8
31 19 May @ Brisbane L 91–88 Clint Steindl (25) Bairstow, Mooney (7) Bryce Cotton (5) Nissan Arena
1,332 		22–9
32 21 May Cairns W 100–79 Blanchfield, Cotton (19) Will Magnay (9) Mitch Norton (5) RAC Arena
10,671 		23–9
33 23 May @ Adelaide W 68–76 Mitch Norton (19) John Mooney (12) John Mooney (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,422 		24–9
34 27 May Sydney W 81–67 Todd Blanchfield (23) John Mooney (10) Mitch Norton (6) RAC Arena
10,650 		25–9
June: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
35 1 June @ Illawarra L 81–79 Clint Steindl (15) John Mooney (15) Mitch Norton (9) WIN Entertainment Centre
2,038 		25–10
36 4 June Melbourne L 64–78 Todd Blanchfield (15) Luke Travers (8) Kevin White (6) RAC Arena
12,185 		25–11

Postseason[edit]

Main article: 2021 NBL Finals
2021 playoff game log
Total: 2–4 (home: 1–3; road: 1–1)
Semifinals: 2–1 (home: 1–1; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 10 June Illawarra L 72–74 Todd Blanchfield (24) John Mooney (16) Bairstow, Norton (3) RAC Arena
7,662 		0–1
2 12 June @ Illawarra W 71–79 John Mooney (18) Luke Travers (10) Kevin White (5) WIN Entertainment Centre
5,217 		1–1
3 14 June Illawarra W 79–71 Todd Blanchfield (24) John Mooney (14) Luke Travers (4) RAC Arena
8,986 		2–1
NBL Finals: 0–3 (home: 0–2; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 18 June Melbourne L 70–73 Todd Blanchfield (27) Blanchfield, Mooney (7) John Mooney (4) RAC Arena
9,951 		0–1
2 20 June Melbourne L 74–83 John Mooney (17) John Mooney (9) Mooney, Shervill (3) RAC Arena
11,097 		0–2
3 25 June @ Melbourne L 81–76 Mooney, White (14) John Mooney (13) Mitch Norton (3) John Cain Arena
4,507 		0–3

Transactions[edit]

Main article: List of 2020–21 NBL season transactions

Re-signed[edit]

Player Signed
Bryce Cotton[1] 26 May
Majok Majok[2] 3 June
Taylor Britt[3] 13 August

Additions[edit]

Player Signed Former team
Todd Blanchfield[4] 20 July Illawarra Hawks
Kevin White[5] 6 August Adelaide 36ers
John Mooney[6] 15 August Notre Dame
Andrew Ferguson[7] 24 August CSU Monterey Bay
Corey Shervill[8] 24 November St. Edward's
Jarred Bairstow[9] 9 December Brisbane Capitals
Tom Jervis[10] 14 January Perth Wildcats
Will Magnay[11] 6 May Erie BayHawks

Subtractions[edit]

Player Reason left New team
Nick Kay[12][13] Opted Out Real Betis Baloncesto
Rhys Vague[14] Free Agent Kagawa Five Arrows
Damian Martin[15] Retired N/A
Terrico White[16] Free Agent Cariduros de Fajardo

Awards[edit]

Player of the Week[edit]

Round 8, John Mooney

Round 10, Bryce Cotton

Round 11, John Mooney

Round 16, John Mooney

Round 17, Bryce Cotton

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bryce Cotton Returns to Wildcats | NBL". nbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Wildcats Retain Majok Majok | NBL". nbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Taylor Britt Re-signs with Wildcats | NBL".
  4. ^ "Wildcats Add Todd Blanchfield | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  5. ^ "Wildcats add Kevin White | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  6. ^ "Wildcats Sign Import Power Forward John Mooney | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  7. ^ "Wildcats Add Andrew Ferguson as DP | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  8. ^ "Wildcats Sign Development Player, Corey Shervill". nbl.com.au.
  9. ^ "Perth Wildcats Sign Jarred Bairstow". nbl.com.au.
  10. ^ "Wildcats sign three-time champion Tom Jervis". Wildcats.com.au. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Will Magnay Signs with Perth". NBL.com.au. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Nick Kay Opts Out of Contract with Wildcats | NBL". nbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Nick Kay Signs in Spain | NBL". eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Rhys Vague Signs in Japan | NBL". nbl.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Legendary Wildcat Damian Martin Announces Retirement | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  16. ^ "Terrico White joins Los Cariduros de Fajardo". Sportando. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

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