2020–21 Perth Wildcats season

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

2020–21 Perth Wildcats season
Head Coach Trevor Gleeson
Captain Jesse Wagstaff
StadiumRAC Arena, Perth
NBL results
Ladder2nd
NBL Cup1st
FinalsRunners-Up
Wins27
Losses15

Roster

Squad

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

2020–21 Perth Wildcats roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
F 2 Bairstow, Jarred 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 29 – (1992-11-05)5 November 1992
G 3 White, Kevin 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 34 – (1987-04-07)7 April 1987
G 4 Travers, Luke (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 20 – (2001-09-03)3 September 2001
G 5 Britt, Taylor (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 25 – (1996-09-22)22 September 1996
G 8 Norton, Mitch 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1993-04-01)1 April 1993
G/F 9 Swaka Lo Buluk, Wani 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 20 – (2001-06-09)9 June 2001
G 11 Cotton, Bryce  (I) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 29 – (1992-08-11)11 August 1992
G/F 12 Blanchfield, Todd 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1991-11-07)7 November 1991
C 13 Jervis, Tom 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 34 – (1987-02-04)4 February 1987
F/C 22 Majok, Majok  2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 29 – (1992-12-10)10 December 1992
C 23 Magnay, Will 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 23 – (1998-06-02)2 June 1998
F 24 Wagstaff, Jesse (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 35 – (1986-04-30)30 April 1986
F 25 Shervill, Corey (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 23 – (1998-03-19)19 March 1998
F 33 Mooney, John (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 23 – (1998-03-20)20 March 1998
C 34 Ferguson, Andrew (DP) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 23 – (1998-10-17)17 October 1998
G/F 35 Steindl, Clint 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 32 – (1989-03-15)15 March 1989
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Josh Cavanagh
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured
Updated: 6 May 2021

Pre-season

Ladder
2020-21 NBL pre-season ladder
LadderInformation
Pos.Nat.NamePld.W.L.Last 5StreakHomeAwayForAgainstPts %Win %
1 Melbourne United 1 1 0 1-0 W1 0-0 1-0 97 81 119.75% 100.00%
2 Sydney Kings 1 1 0 1-0 W1 1-0 0-0 98 89 110.11% 100.00%
3 Adelaide 36ers 3 2 1 2-1 L1 2-0 0-1 276 225 122.67% 66.67%
4 Perth Wildcats (RC) 2 1 1 1-1 L1 1-1 0-0 165 165 100.00% 50.00%
5 Cairns Taipans 2 1 1 1-1 W1 1-1 0-0 177 185 95.68% 50.00%
6 Brisbane Bullets 4 2 2 2-2 W2 2-0 0-2 347 378 91.80% 50.00%
7 Illawarra Hawks 3 1 2 1-2 L1 0-0 1-2 254 263 96.58% 33.33%
8 SEM Phoenix 2 0 2 0-2 L2 0-0 0-2 198 210 94.29% 0.00%
NZ Breakers 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%

Total Rounds
5 weeks

Total Games
11 games

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

Game log
2020 pre-season game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
December: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
Main article: 2020–21 NBL regular season

Ladder
2020-21 NBL ladder
LadderInformation
Pos.Nat.NamePld.W.L.Last 5StreakHomeAwayForAgainstPts %Win %
1 Melbourne United 36 28 8 4-1 W3 14-4 14-4 3189 2956 107.88% 77.78%
2 Perth Wildcats (RC) 36 25 11 3-2 L2 13-5 12-6 3133 2900 108.03% 69.44%
3 Illawarra Hawks 36 20 16 4-1 L1 11-7 9-9 2962 2954 100.27% 55.56%
4 SEM Phoenix 36 19 17 2-3 L1 9-9 10-8 3217 3124 102.98% 52.78%
5 Sydney Kings 36 19 17 4-1 W3 11-7 8-10 3112 3087 100.81% 52.78%
6 Brisbane Bullets 36 18 18 4-1 W1 9-9 9-9 3204 3274 97.86% 50.00%
7 Adelaide 36ers 36 13 23 0-5 L7 10-8 3-15 2985 3156 94.58% 36.11%
8 NZ Breakers 36 12 24 2-3 L1 8-10 4-14 2937 3021 97.22% 33.33%
9 Cairns Taipans 36 8 28 1-4 L2 6-12 2-16 2940 3207 91.67% 22.22%

Total Rounds
21
Games per Team
36
Total Games
162

Legend
  • (RC) Reigning Champion

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 NBL Cup 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
6 7 8 9
Adelaide 36ers 353334657777777777777
Brisbane Bullets 695667545566566666666
Cairns Taipans 478888999999999999999
Illawarra Hawks 231222433435455554433
Melbourne United 112111111222111111111
New Zealand Breakers –89999888888888888888
Perth Wildcats –24773222111222222222
South East Melbourne Phoenix 766445374343334443344
Sydney Kings 547556766654643335555

Game log
2020–21 game log
Total: 25–11 (Home: 13–5; Road: 12–6)
January: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
Main article: 2021 NBL Finals
2021 playoff game log
Total: 2–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–1)
Semi-finals: 2–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
Grand Final: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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
Main article: List of 2020–21 NBL season transactions

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

Additions
Player Signed Former team
Todd Blanchfield[4]20 JulyIllawarra Hawks
Kevin White[5]6 AugustAdelaide 36ers
John Mooney[6]15 AugustNotre Dame
Andrew Ferguson[7]24 AugustCSU Monterey Bay
Corey Shervill[8]24 NovemberSt. Edward's
Jarred Bairstow[9]9 DecemberBrisbane Capitals
Tom Jervis[10]14 JanuaryPerth Wildcats
Will Magnay[11]6 MayErie BayHawks

Subtractions
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] Retried N/A
Terrico White[16] Free Agent Cariduros de Fajardo

Awards

Player of the Week

Round 8, John Mooney

Round 10, Bryce Cotton

Round 11, John Mooney

Round 16, John Mooney

Round 17, Bryce Cotton

See also

References
  1. "Bryce Cotton Returns to Wildcats | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. "Wildcats Retain Majok Majok | NBL". nbl.com.au. 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. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  13. "Nick Kay Signs in Spain | NBL". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  14. "Rhys Vague Signs in Japan | NBL". nbl.com.au. 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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