2013–14 Adelaide 36ers season

The 2013–14 NBL season is the 32nd season for the Adelaide 36ers in the Australasian based National Basketball League. In 2012–13, the 36ers missed out on the playoffs for the 6th time in the past 7 seasons, finishing the season with the club's third wooden spoon (the third in four years) with a record equalling worst ever 8-20 record. The Adelaide 36ers have won the NBL championship four times (1986, 1998, 1998–99 and 2001–02), earning Adelaide the nickname of "Title Town".

2013–14 Adelaide 36ers season
Head CoachJoey Wright
CaptainAdam Gibson
StadiumAdelaide Arena (8,000)
NBL results
Ladder2nd
FinalsTBD
Wins18
Losses10

The 36ers have played their home games at the 8,000 seat Adelaide Arena since 1992. The arena is the largest purpose built basketball venue in Australia and the fifth largest venue currently used in the NBL behind the Perth Arena (14,846 - set at 13,000 for regular season NBL games), the Sydney Entertainment Centre (10,517), Hisense Arena in Melbourne (10,500) and the Vector Arena (9,300) in Auckland. Along with the North Shore Events Centre (Auckland) which also opened in 1992, the Adelaide Arena is also the second oldest venue currently used by the NBL, with the Sydney Entertainment Centre the oldest having opened in 1983.

After three disappointing seasons under former Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) coach Marty Clarke which saw the club finish second last, last, and last again, the 36ers signed former Brisbane Bullets NBL championship winning coach Joey Wright as its head coach for 2013–14.[1] Former 36ers championship player and 1998 NBL Grand Final MVP Kevin Brooks has re-joined the team as assistant coach.

Off-season

Additions

(From the squad at the end of the 2012–13 NBL season)

Player Signed Former Team
B. J. Anthony Announced signing on 20 June 2013[2] OceanaGold Nuggets
Brendan Teys Announced signing on 26 June 2013.[3] Townsville Crocodiles
Gary Ervin Announced signing on 10 July 2013.[4] Townsville Crocodiles
Jarrid Frye* Announced signing on 16 July 2013.[5] Stjarnan
Rhys Carter* Announced signing on 12 February 2014.[6] Uppsala Basket

* Jarrid Frye was released by the 36ers on 12 February 2014.
* Rhys Carter signed on 12 February following Frye's release.

Subtractions

(From the squad at the end of the 2012–13 NBL season)

Player Reason Left New Team
Tom Daly Not re-signed Mount Gambier Pioneers (SEABL)
Scott Christopherson Not re-signed BC Boncourt Red Team (Switzerland)
Nathan Crosswell Retired
Stephen Weigh Not re-signed Cairns Taipans
Pero Vasiljevic Not re-signed North Adelaide Rockets (CABL)

Current roster
Adelaide 36ers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 1 Gibson, Adam (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
PG 4 Cadee, Jason 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 73 kg (161 lb)
PG 6 Adnam, Kyle (DP)
G/F 7 Teys, Brendan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PG 8 Sims, Daniel (DP)
PG 9 Ervin, Gary (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb)
C 10 Schenscher, Luke 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 115 kg (254 lb)
PF 13 Warbout, Jan (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
G 15 Carter, Rhys 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
F/C 17 Petrie, Anthony 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
PG 19 Doyle, Adam (DP) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PF 20 Anthony, B. J. 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
F/C 21 Johnson, Daniel 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb)
G/F 23 Creek, Mitch 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Ben Brugman
General manager
  • Dean Parker
Team manager
  • Junior Viranatuleo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured
Updated: 19 February 2014

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Reserve
C Daniel Johnson Luke Schenscher
PF Anthony Petrie B. J. Anthony Jan Warbout
SF Brendan Teys Mitch Creek
SG Adam Gibson Rhys Carter Daniel Sims
PG Gary Ervin Jason Cadee Kyle Adnam Adam Doyle

2013–14 NBL clubs
Club Founded Years Active City Home Venue Venue Opened Capacity
Adelaide 36ers 1982 1982– Adelaide, South Australia Adelaide Arena 1992 8,000
Cairns Taipans 1999 1999– Cairns, Queensland Cairns Convention Centre 1997 5,300
Melbourne Tigers 1984 1984– Melbourne, Victoria State Netball and Hockey Centre
Hisense Arena		 2001
2000		 3,500
10,500
New Zealand Breakers 2003 2003– Auckland, New Zealand North Shore Events Centre
Vector Arena		 1992
2007		 4,400
9,300
Perth Wildcats 1982 1982– Perth, Western Australia Perth Arena 2012 14,846
Sydney Kings 1988 1988–2008,
2010–		 Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Entertainment Centre 1983 10,517
Townsville Crocodiles 1993 1993– Townsville, Queensland Townsville Entertainment Centre 1993 5,257
Wollongong Hawks 1979 1979– Wollongong, New South Wales WIN Entertainment Centre 1998 6,000

* The Melbourne Tigers and New Zealand Breakers use two home venues each during the season, with finals games (if they qualify) to be played at the larger Hisense and Vector Arena's respectively (subject to venue availability).

Regular season

Ladder
# Team Played Won Loss Win% Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Points%
1 Perth Wildcats 28 21 7 75.00% 4-1 Won 1 12-2 9-5 2,419 2,177 111.12%
2 Adelaide 36ers 28 18 10 64.29% 3-2 Won 1 13-1 5-9 2,527 2,469 102.35%
3 Melbourne Tigers 28 15 13 53.57% 3-2 Lost 1 7-7 8-6 2,299 2,292 100.31%
4 Wollongong Hawks 28 13 15 46.43% 3-2 Lost 1 8-6 5-9 2,295 2,333 98.37%
5 Sydney Kings1 28 12 16 42.86% 1-4 Lost 2 7-7 5-9 2,312 2,414 95.78%
6 Cairns Taipans1 28 12 16 42.86% 3-2 Won 1 5-9 7-7 2,304 2,349 98.08%
7 New Zealand Breakers 28 11 17 39.29% 2-3 Lost 1 8-6 3-11 2,474 2,493 99.24%
8 Townsville Crocodiles 28 10 18 35.71% 2-3 Won 1 6-8 4-10 2,369 2,472 95.83%

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 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Adelaide 36ers 53322222222222222222222
Cairns Taipans 22246677775475555777675
Melbourne Tigers 67433335433333333333333
New Zealand Breakers 16867764686767666566767
Perth Wildcats 41111111111111111111111
Sydney Kings 35654443344544444444456
Townsville Crocodiles 74575556557888887888888
Wollongong Hawks 88788888868656778655544

Regular season
  • Games with a * are televised on One HD. Games with ** are on Network Ten. Games with *** shown on Sky Sport NZ (games in NZ are not televised in Australia unless finals). All games are broadcast live online through NBL.TV
2013–14 season game log
October: 3–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–2)
November: 5–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–0)
December : 2–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–2)
January : 2–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–1)
February : 3–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–3)
March: 3–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–1)

Finals

Game 3 only if required

2013–14 season game log
Semi-finals: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
SF1* 27 March Tigers W 101-85 Gary Ervin (27) Luke Schenscher,
Daniel Johnson (7)		 Gary Ervin (7) Adelaide Arena
3,865		 1-0
SF2* 30 March @ Tigers L 87-98 Brendan Teys,
Anthony Petrie (17)		 Daniel Johnson (12) Adam Gibson (3) Hisense Arena
4,044		 1-1
SF3* 1 April Tigers W 102-63 Daniel Johnson (23) Adam Gibson (8) Jason Cadee (4) Adelaide Arena
4,024		 2-1
2013–14 season game log
Grand Final: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
GF1* 7 April @ Wildcats L 85-92 Daniel Johnson (18) Daniel Johnson (8) Adam Gibson (9) Perth Arena
13,291		 0-1
GF2* 11 April Wildcats W 89-84 Gary Ervin (23) Adam Gibson (9) Adam Gibson (7) Adelaide Arena
8,127		 1-1
GF3* 13 April @ Wildcats TBD TBD TBD TBD Perth Arena
TBD		 TBD

Player statistics

Regular season
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
No. Player GP Min FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1 Adam Gibson (C) 25807:04.484.371.7324.04.80.90.412.4
4 Jason Cadee 27519:02.364.316.8222.12.50.30.16.3
6 Kyle Adman (DP) 27:23.200.000.0000.00.50.00.01.0
7 Brendan Teys 23219:27.377.190.7781.00.40.50.02.2
9 Gary Ervin (I) 26770:42.406.370.7503.34.71.30.116.4
10 Luke Schenscher 28428:19.528.500.6315.50.70.30.66.9
12 Jarrid Frye* (I) 19407:34.455.091.2934.41.50.90.38.3
13 Jan Warbout (DP) 11:00.000.000.0000.00.00.00.00.0
15 Rhys Carter 8127:36.360.3421.002.31.61.00.06.9
17 Anthony Petrie 28728:37.468.297.7436.81.40.50.910.1
19 Adam Doyle (DP) 27:11.250.000.0000.50.50.00.01.0
20 B. J. Anthony 26303:46.442.000.5613.20.50.30.23.8
21 Daniel Johnson 28807:54.546.400.7876.81.10.50.719.8
23 Mitch Creek 27451:06.509.361.6964.11.10.60.48.3
35 Daniel Sims (DP) 311:09.000.000.0000.30.30.00.00.0

* Jarrid Frye was released on 12 February 2014

Finals
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
No. Player GP Min FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1 Adam Gibson (C) 385:14.429.400.5005.33.70.70.39.7
4 Jason Cadee 329:54.533.250.8572.02.00.00.08.0
6 Kyle Adman (DP) 13:451.00.000.0000.00.50.00.02.0
7 Brendan Teys 368:00.528.429.7503.31.00.70.011.0
9 Gary Ervin (I) 252:44.461.3851.005.54.01.00.016.5
10 Luke Schenscher 362:06.500.000.4295.32.30.30.35.0
15 Rhys Carter 354:32.417.474.0002.32.70.30.69.7
17 Anthony Petrie 386:37.450.333.8755.71.01.31.014.3
20 B. J. Anthony 323:00.714.0001.002.30.70.30.04.0
21 Daniel Johnson 377:47.563.571.8338.31.31.01.017.7
23 Mitch Creek 343:35.333.000.8183.31.00.30.05.7
35 Daniel Sims (DP) 12:26.000.000.0001.01.00.00.00.0

Awards

Coach of the Month

NBL Award Winners

All-NBL First team: Daniel Johnson (Power forward)

Regular season

The addition of 2007 NBL Championship winning coach Joey Wright and a new assistant coach in former 36ers championship player Kevin Brooks, had a marked effect on the Adelaide 36ers. Along with former NBL Most Valuable Player Gary Ervin who joined the team from Townsville, and small forward Jarrid Frye (who was cut due to injuries two-thirds of the way through the season and was replaced with former 36er Rhys Carter), they helped turn the 36ers fortunes around with what was almost the same team that had finished last in 2012-13.

The Adelaide 36ers finished the regular season in second place behind the Perth Wildcats with an 18-10 record. 6'11" (212 cm) centre Daniel Johnson led the 36ers in scoring with 19.5 points per game for the season (up from 16.2 ppg in 2012-13) which was good enough for fifth best in the league. Johnson also led the team in rebounding (7.0 pg) which was also good enough for 5th in the league. This however was down on his league leading 8.0 rebounds per game in 2012-13. Team captain Adam Gibson and Gary Ervin finished second and third respectively in league assists per game with 4.7 and 4.6 respectively.

Adelaide's change in fortunes, after finishing three of the previous four seasons in last place, including in 2011-12 and 2012–13, was shown when it won both of its season series against the 2012-13 Grand Final teams, defending champions New Zealand, and the Perth Wildcats. The 36ers defeated the Breakers 4-0 in their series, including the team's first win in Auckland for 5 years, and tied the series 2-2 with Perth, but won the series by outscoring the Wildcats 334-333 over the four games. However, with Perth winning the regular season with a 21-7 record they would have home court advantage throughout the finals.

Semi-finals

The Adelaide 36ers were matched against the third placed Melbourne Tigers for their semi-final series. Adelaide won the season series 3-1 over the Tigers and had home court advantage for the semis. Game 1 of the series went to the 36ers 101-85, giving them their first finals victory since 2006. Game two at the Hisense Arena in Melbourne was shrouded in controversy. The NBL's leading points scorer, Tigers shooting guard Chris Goulding exploded after a quiet game 1 and scored 37 points to help keep the Tigers from being eliminated with a 98-87 win. Near the end of the fourth period, Gary Ervin kneed Goulding in the groin, with the Tigers player falling in a heap on the court. For his actions Ervin was suspended for one game by the NBL (meaning he would miss the crucial Game 3 in Adelaide). He was also fined A$7,500.

With Ervin out, the Tigers were expected to push the 36ers in Game 3 despite not having won at the Adelaide Arena during the season. The 36ers, led by 23 points from Daniel Johnson and 19 points in a return to form by Jason Cadee, with club captain Adam Gibson keeping Goulding out of the game. Goulding, who was loudly booed by the 36ers crowd whenever he touched the ball, and for his blatant 'flop' in the 3rd when he ran into former Gold Coast Blaze teammate Anthony Petrie, was restricted to just 6 points on just 1/5 shooting as Adelaide routed the Tigers 102-63 to win their way into the club's first Grand Final series since their 2001-02 championship win.

Grand final

The Adelaide 36ers will play the Perth Wildcats in the NBL Grand Final after the Wildcats swept their semi-final series with the Wollongong Hawks for the second straight year. After playing semi-finals against each other in 1987, 1991, 1995 and 1999/2000 (all won by Perth), the 36ers and Wildcats, the two most successful clubs in NBL history with 9 championships between them, play each other in their first Grand Final series.

Adelaide 36ers Awards

See also

References
  1. 36ers Sign Joey Wright as Coach Archived 2013-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 36ers Sign Kiwi International Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "36ers Sign Brendan Teys". Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. 36ers Sign Gary Ervin Archived 2013-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 36ers Sign Jarrid Frye Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  6. 36ers Release Frye, Sign Rhys Carter Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Joey Wright Named 'Coach of the Month'". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
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