2020–21 Perth Wildcats season – Wikipedia

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

Squad[edit]

2020–21 Perth Wildcats roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 2 Bairstow, Jarred 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 30 – (1992-11-05)5 November 1992 G 3 White, Kevin 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 36 – (1987-04-07)7 April 1987 G 4 Travers, Luke (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 21 – (2001-09-03)3 September 2001 G 5 Britt, Taylor (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 26 – (1996-09-22)22 September 1996 G 8 Norton, Mitch 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 30 – (1993-04-01)1 April 1993 G/F 9 Swaka Lo Buluk, Wani 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 21 – (2001-06-09)9 June 2001 G 11 Cotton, Bryce  (I) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 30 – (1992-08-11)11 August 1992 G/F 12 Blanchfield, Todd 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 31 – (1991-11-07)7 November 1991 C 13 Jervis, Tom 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 36 – (1987-02-04)4 February 1987 F/C 22 Majok, Majok  2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 30 – (1992-12-10)10 December 1992 C 23 Magnay, Will 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 24 – (1998-06-02)2 June 1998 F 24 Wagstaff, Jesse (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 36 – (1986-04-30)30 April 1986 F 25 Shervill, Corey (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 25 – (1998-03-19)19 March 1998 F 33 Mooney, John (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 25 – (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 C 34 Ferguson, Andrew (DP) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 24 – (1998-10-17)17 October 1998 G/F 35 Steindl, Clint 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 34 – (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[edit]

Ladder[edit]

2020–21 NBL pre-season ladder
Ladder	Information
	after-content-x4 Total Rounds 5 weeks Total Games 11 games Legend

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)

Regular season[edit]

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.

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)
February : 1–2 (home: 0–0; road: 1–2)
NBL Cup: 7–1 (home: 3–1; road: 4–0) after-content-x4 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)
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)

Postseason[edit]

2021 playoff game log Total: 2–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 1–1)
Semi-finals: 2–1 (home: 1–1; road: 1–0)
Grand Final: 0–3 (home: 0–2; road: 0–1)

Transactions[edit]

Re-signed[edit]

Additions[edit]

Subtractions[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]

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