2020–21 Perth Wildcats season explained

Clubname:Perth Wildcats
Cupwin:yes
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Nextseason:2021–22
Prevseason:2019–20
Finals:Runners-up
Nblcup:1st
Ladder:2nd
Arena:Perth Arena
Wins:25
Losses:11
Cup Wins:7
Cup Losses:1
Cup Ladder:1st
Cup:Champions
Captain:Jesse Wagstaff
Captain N:AUS
Coach:Trevor Gleeson
Coach N:AUS

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

Roster

Squad

Pre-season

Game log

|-style="background:#cfc;"| 1| 15 December| The Hawks| W 91–83| Bryce Cotton (25)| John Mooney (8)| Mitch Norton (4) | RAC Arena
not announced| 1–0|-style="background:#fcc;"| 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

See main article: 2020–21 NBL regular season.

Game log

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

Postseason

See main article: 2021 NBL Finals. |-style="background:#fcc;"| 1| 10 June| Illawarra| L 72–74| Todd Blanchfield (24)| John Mooney (16)| Bairstow, Norton (3)| RAC Arena
7,662| 0–1|-style="background:#cfc;"| 2| 12 June| @ Illawarra| W 71–79| John Mooney (18)| Luke Travers (10)| Kevin White (5)| WIN Entertainment Centre
5,217| 1–1|-style="background:#cfc;"| 3| 14 June| Illawarra| W 79–71| Todd Blanchfield (24)| John Mooney (14)| Luke Travers (4)| RAC Arena
8,986| 2–1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 1| 18 June| Melbourne| L 70–73| Todd Blanchfield (27)| Blanchfield, Mooney (7)| John Mooney (4)| RAC Arena
9,951| 0–1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 2| 20 June| Melbourne| L 74–83| John Mooney (17)| John Mooney (9)| Mooney, Shervill (3)| RAC Arena
11,097| 0–2|-style="background:#fcc;"| 3| 25 June| @ Melbourne| L 81–76| Mooney, White (14)| John Mooney (13)| Mitch Norton (3)| John Cain Arena
4,507| 0–3

Transactions

See main article: List of 2020–21 NBL season transactions.

Re-signed

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

Additions

PlayerSignedFormer 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

PlayerReason leftNew team
Nick Kay[12] [13] Opted OutReal Betis Baloncesto
Rhys Vague[14] Free AgentKagawa Five Arrows
Damian Martin[15] RetiredN/A
Terrico White[16] Free AgentCariduros 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bryce Cotton Returns to Wildcats NBL. nbl.com.au. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603041818/https://nbl.com.au/news/bryce-cotton-returns-to-wildcats . 3 June 2020 . 2020-05-26.
  2. Web site: Wildcats Retain Majok Majok NBL. nbl.com.au. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603041215/https://nbl.com.au/news/wildcats-retain-majok-majok . 3 June 2020 . 2020-06-03.
  3. Web site: Taylor Britt Re-signs with Wildcats NBL . en.
  4. Web site: Wildcats Add Todd Blanchfield NBL . nbl.com.au . en.
  5. Web site: Wildcats add Kevin White NBL . nbl.com.au . en.
  6. Web site: Wildcats Sign Import Power Forward John Mooney NBL . nbl.com.au . en.
  7. Web site: Wildcats Add Andrew Ferguson as DP NBL . nbl.com.au . en.
  8. Web site: Wildcats Sign Development Player, Corey Shervill . nbl.com.au . en.
  9. Web site: Perth Wildcats Sign Jarred Bairstow . nbl.com.au . en.
  10. Web site: Wildcats sign three-time champion Tom Jervis . Wildcats.com.au . 14 January 2021 . 14 January 2021.
  11. Web site: Will Magnay Signs with Perth . NBL.com.au . 6 May 2021 . 6 May 2021.
  12. Web site: Nick Kay Opts Out of Contract with Wildcats NBL. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210114162757/https://nbl.com.au/news/nick-kay-opts-out-of-contract-with-wildcats . 14 January 2021 . 2020-05-06. nbl.com.au. en.
  13. Web site: Nick Kay Signs in Spain NBL. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200715061421/https://nbl.com.au/news/nick-kay-signs-in-spain . 15 July 2020 . 2020-07-16. eurobasket.com. en.
  14. Web site: Rhys Vague Signs in Japan NBL. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200709144126/https://nbl.com.au/news/rhys-vague-signs-in-japan . 9 July 2020 . 2020-07-09. nbl.com.au. en.
  15. Web site: Legendary Wildcat Damian Martin Announces Retirement NBL . nbl.com.au . en.
  16. Web site: Terrico White joins Los Cariduros de Fajardo . Sportando . 14 October 2020 . 14 October 2020.

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