The 2021–22 NBL season was the 19th season for the New Zealand Breakers in the NBL.

Roster

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2021–22 New Zealand Breakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 1 United States Siva, Peyton (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 34 – (1990-10-24)24 October 1990
F 3 New Zealand Delany, Finn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 29 – (1995-08-12)12 August 1995
F 6 Australia Galloway, Kyrin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 25 – (1999-10-07)7 October 1999
G 7 Australia McDowell-White, William 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1998-04-13)13 April 1998
G 8 United States Randle, Chasson (I) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 32 – (1993-02-05)5 February 1993
G/F 10 New Zealand Abercrombie, Thomas (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 37 – (1987-07-05)5 July 1987
G 11 France Dieng, Ousmane (NS) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 21 – (2003-05-21)21 May 2003
F 12 New Zealand Davidson, Isaac 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1997-06-22)22 June 1997
F/C 15 New Zealand Loe, Robert 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 33 – (1991-08-05)5 August 1991
G 18 Denmark Bach, Rasmus 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 29 – (1995-07-22)22 July 1995
G 25 France Besson, Hugo (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 23 – (2001-04-26)26 April 2001
F/C 33 New Zealand Timmins, Sam (DP) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 27 – (1997-05-23)23 May 1997
F/C 45 India Singh, Princepal (DP) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 24 – (2001-01-03)3 January 2001
G 88 Australia Short, Sam 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 27 – (1998-02-11)11 February 1998
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • New Zealand Emily Nolan
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (SRP) Special restricted player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 17 April 2022

Pre-season

Main article: 2021 NBL 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

Game log

2021 NBL Blitz game log
Total: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
November: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 13 November @ Melbourne L 90–84 Finn Delany (20) Sam Timmins (7) Peyton Siva (3) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
closed event 		0–1
2 18 November Sydney W 97–93 Jeremiah Martin (23) Peyton Siva (6) Martin, Siva (7) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
closed event 		1–1
3 20 November S.E. Melbourne W 92–90 Hugo Besson (24) Yanni Wetzell (12) McDowell-White, Siva (4) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
closed event 		2–1
Cancelled
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 25 November @ Illawarra Cancelled[1]

Regular season

Main article: 2021–22 NBL regular season

Ladder

Pos 2021–22 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Melbourne United 28 20 8 71.43% 4–1 L1 9–5 11–3 2455 2244 109.40%
2 Illawarra Hawks 28 19 9 67.86% 4–1 W2 8–6 11–3 2498 2345 106.52%
3 Sydney Kings 28 19 9 67.86% 3–2 L1 9–5 10–4 2397 2313 103.63%
4 Tasmania JackJumpers 28 17 11 60.71% 4–1 W4 8–6 9–5 2230 2220 100.45%
5 Perth Wildcats 28 16 12 57.14% 2–3 L2 7–7 9–5 2495 2377 104.96%
6 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 28 15 13 53.57% 3–2 W2 7–7 8–6 2456 2424 101.32%
7 Adelaide 36ers 28 10 18 35.71% 3–2 W1 6–8 4–10 2283 2346 97.31%
8 Brisbane Bullets 28 10 18 35.71% 2–3 L2 6–8 4–10 2379 2500 95.16%
9 Cairns Taipans 28 9 19 32.14% 1–4 W1 5–9 4–10 2228 2408 92.52%
10 New Zealand Breakers 28 5 23 17.86% 0–5 L10 2–12 3–11 2234 2478 90.15%

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2022. Source: NBL.com.au

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.
2021–22 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Adelaide 36ers 8 6 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 7
Brisbane Bullets 7 5 7 6 6 7 6 5 7 9 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Cairns Taipans 9 7 4 4 5 5 5 6 9 7 9 10 9 9 10 9 9 8 8 9 9
Illawarra Hawks 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
Melbourne United 6 9 6 5 4 4 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
New Zealand Breakers 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
Perth Wildcats 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 5
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 6 6 6
Sydney Kings 5 4 5 7 7 6 8 7 5 6 5 4 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 3
Tasmania JackJumpers 4 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4

Game log

2021–22 game log
Total: 5–23 (Home: 2–12; Road: 3–11)
December: 0–6 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–6)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 4 December @ S.E. Melbourne L 89–65 Finn Delany (18) Finn Delany (9) Jeremiah Martin (4) John Cain Arena
3,453 		0–1
2 10 December @ S.E. Melbourne L 95–88 Finn Delany (26) Hugo Besson (8) William McDowell-White (8) John Cain Arena
3,752 		0–2
3 12 December @ Adelaide L 98–85 William McDowell-White (27) Robert Loe (6) William McDowell-White (7) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
4,445 		0–3
4 17 December @ Illawarra L 97–96 (2OT) Yanni Wetzell (25) Yanni Wetzell (17) Delany, McDowell-White (4) WIN Entertainment Centre
2,873 		0–4
5 19 December @ Melbourne L 83–60 Finn Delany (14) Finn Delany (9) Delany, Martin (4) John Cain Arena
5,479 		0–5
6 26 December @ Tasmania L 84–75 Jeremiah Martin (24) Yanni Wetzell (10) Jeremiah Martin (8) MyState Bank Arena
4,623 		0–6
January: 2–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 9 January @ Brisbane W 83–88 Yanni Wetzell (27) Yanni Wetzell (8) Jeremiah Martin (8) Nissan Arena
2,925 		1–6
8 14 January Melbourne L 78–89 Jeremiah Martin (20) Yanni Wetzell (9) Peyton Siva (5) MyState Bank Arena
closed event 		1–7
9 16 January @ Sydney W 75–82 Jeremiah Martin (22) Finn Delany (9) Peyton Siva (5) Qudos Bank Arena
4,356 		2–7
10 30 January Tasmania L 59–83 Hugo Besson (19) Hugo Besson (8) William McDowell-White (7) MyState Bank Arena
1,477 		2–8
February: 2–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 2 February Illawarra W 90–67 Yanni Wetzell (22) Finn Delany (13) William McDowell-White, (6) MyState Bank Arena
closed event 		3–8
12 6 February @ Sydney L 84–65 Yanni Wetzell (16) Delany, Dieng, Wetzell (5) McDowell-White, Wetzell (3) Qudos Bank Arena
5,011 		3–9
13 14 February @ Cairns W 83–84 Yanni Wetzell (23) Yanni Wetzell (12) Hugo Besson (5) Cairns Convention Centre
2,795 		4–9
14 20 February @ Melbourne L 108–73 Besson, Siva (17) Besson, Delany (5) Peyton Siva (5) John Cain Arena
6,033 		4–10
March: 1–7 (Home: 1–5; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
15 1 March Illawarra L 87–102 Hugo Besson (20) Hugo Besson (7) Peyton Siva (8) MyState Bank Arena
closed event 		4–11
16 5 March @ Tasmania L 66–62 Chasson Randle (18) Ousmane Dieng (9) Peyton Siva (9) Silverdome
3,532 		4–12
17 7 March Brisbane L 74–92 Chasson Randle (20) Finn Delany (6) Peyton Siva (6) MyState Bank Arena
closed event 		4–13
18 12 March Adelaide W 84–75 Hugo Besson (17) Yanni Wetzell (9) Peyton Siva (6) Adelaide Arena
3,044 		5–13
19 14 March Perth L 102–104 (OT) Hugo Besson (23) Yanni Wetzell (18) Peyton Siva (7) MyState Bank Arena
closed event 		5–14
20 20 March @ Perth L 95–85 Yanni Wetzell (15) Yanni Wetzell (6) Peyton Siva (9) RAC Arena
6,927 		5–15
21 24 March Brisbane L 100–101 (OT) Yanni Wetzell (23) Yanni Wetzell (10) Peyton Siva (8) Cairns Convention Centre
closed event 		5–16
22 27 March Cairns L 90–93 Yanni Wetzell (21) Yanni Wetzell (8) Hugo Besson (6) Cairns Convention Centre
closed event 		5–17
April: 0–6 (Home: 0–5; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
23 4 April Cairns L 77–87 Yanni Wetzell (24) Yanni Wetzell (9) William McDowell-White (4) MyState Bank Arena
closed event 		5–18
24 7 April @ Perth L 89–80 Yanni Wetzell (22) Yanni Wetzell (10) Peyton Siva (6) RAC Arena
10,270 		5–19
25 10 April S.E. Melbourne L 89–99 Ousmane Dieng (22) Dieng, Wetzell (6) Finn Delany (7) Bendigo Stadium
not available 		5–20
26 12 April Sydney L 70–76 Yanni Wetzell (22) Yanni Wetzell (14) McDowell-White, Siva (6) Bendigo Stadium
1,543 		5–21
27 15 April Tasmania L 86–88 Robert Loe (27) Robert Loe (7) Hugo Besson (7) MyState Bank Arena
closed event 		5–22
28 24 April Adelaide L 60–93 Bach, Randle (14) Robert Loe (10) Peyton Siva (7) MyState Bank Arena
closed event 		5–23
2021–22 season schedule

Transactions

Main article: List of 2021–22 NBL season transactions

Re-signed

Player Signed
Rasmus Bach[2] 23 June
William McDowell-White[3] 26 June
Tai Webster[4] 11 July
Isaac Davidson[5] 28 October

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Ousmane Dieng[6] 2 June Centre Fédéral
Sam Timmins[7] 30 June Otago Nuggets
Yanni Wetzell[8] 2 July South East Melbourne Phoenix
Peyton Siva[9] 22 August Alba Berlin
Hugo Besson[10] 23 September Saint-Quentin
Jeremiah Martin[11] 3 October Cleveland Cavaliers
Princepal Singh[12] 10 November Stockton Kings
Chasson Randle[13] 15 December Lakeland Magic
Geremy McKay[14] 8 January Otago Nuggets
Sam Short[15] 19 February Melbourne United

Subtractions

Player Reason left New team
Taine Murray[16] College Virginia Cavaliers
Colton Iverson[17] Free agent Akita Northern Happinets
Corey Webster[18][19] Mutual consent Al Ittihad
Tai Webster[20][21] Mutual consent Žalgiris Kaunas
Levi Randolph[22] Free agent Oostende
Jeremiah Martin[23] Released BG Göttingen
Yanni Wetzell[24] Mutual consent Baskonia
Hugo Besson[25] NBA draft N/A
Ousmane Dieng[25]

Awards

Club awards

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Rasmus Bach Returns to the NZ Breakers". NBL.com.au. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. ^ "A late addition to our #NBL21 campaign is now locked in for #NBL22". www.twitter.com. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Breakers Beat Off Overseas Rivals and Tai Webster Stays for Two More Years". nzbreakers.basketball. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Breakers Reward DP with Roster Spot". NBL.com.au. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Projected 2022 Lottery Pick Ousmane Dieng Becomes NBL Next Star with Breakers". NBL.com.au. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Breakers Add Sam Timmins as Development Player". NBL.com.au. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Rising Kiwi Star Turns Back on Australia to Join Sky Sport Breakers on 3-Year Deal". nzbreakers.basketball. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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  11. ^ "Breakers Sign former Nets and Cavs guard Jeremiah Martin". NBL.com.au. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  12. ^ "India's Top Prospect Signs with the Sky Sport Breakers". nzbreakers.basketball. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Breakers Secure Experienced NBA Player to Extinguish Injury Crisis". nzbreakers.basketball. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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  15. ^ @breakersnz (19 February 2022). "SAM SHORT" – via Instagram.
  16. ^ "New Zealand Guard Taine Murray Becomes Virginia Basketball's First 2021 Commitment | TheSabre.com". virginia.sportswar.com.
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  20. ^ "Tai Webster and Breakers Agree Release". NBL.com.au. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  21. ^ "E.Mudiay Kauno „Žalgiryje" keičia T.Websteris". zalgiris.lt (in Lithuanian). 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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  23. ^ "Breakers, Martin Agree Release with Randle Upgraded". NBL.com.au. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  24. ^ "Breakers and Wetzell Agree Release to EuroLeague Outfit". NBL.com.au. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  25. ^ a b "Dieng, Besson Turn Attention to NBA Draft". NBL.com.au. 17 April 2022. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  26. ^ @breakersnz (8 June 2022). "NBL22 Club Awards". Retrieved 9 June 2022 – via Instagram.
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