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2021–22 New Zealand Breakers season

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

2021–22 New Zealand Breakers season
Head coachIsrael Dan Shamir
CaptainNew Zealand Thomas Abercrombie
ArenaDerwent Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record5–23 (17.9%)
Ladder10th
Finals finishDid not qualify
Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
PointsNew Zealand Wetzell
17.7
ReboundsNew Zealand Wetzell
8.2
AssistsUnited States Siva
4.9
All statistics correct as of 24 April 2022.

Roster

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2021–22 New Zealand Breakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
G 1   Siva, Peyton (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 34 – (1990-10-24)24 October 1990
F 3   Delany, Finn 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 29 – (1995-08-12)12 August 1995
F 6   Galloway, Kyrin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 25 – (1999-10-07)7 October 1999
G 7   McDowell-White, William 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 26 – (1998-04-13)13 April 1998
G 8   Randle, Chasson (I) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 31 – (1993-02-05)5 February 1993
G/F 10   Abercrombie, Thomas (C) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 37 – (1987-07-05)5 July 1987
G 11   Dieng, Ousmane (NS) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 21 – (2003-05-21)21 May 2003
F 12   Davidson, Isaac 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1997-06-22)22 June 1997
F/C 15   Loe, Robert 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 33 – (1991-08-05)5 August 1991
G 18   Bach, Rasmus 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 29 – (1995-07-22)22 July 1995
G 25   Besson, Hugo (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 23 – (2001-04-26)26 April 2001
F/C 33   Timmins, Sam (DP) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 27 – (1997-05-23)23 May 1997
F/C 45   Singh, Princepal (DP) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 23 – (2001-01-03)3 January 2001
G 88   Short, Sam 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 26 – (1998-02-11)11 February 1998
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  •   Emily Nolan
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (SRP) Special restricted player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  •   Injured
Updated: 17 April 2022

Pre-season

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Main article: 2021 NBL pre-season

Ladder

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2021–22 NBL pre-season ladder
Ladder Information
Pos. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts % Win %
1   Illawarra 2 2 0 2–0 W2 0–0 2–0 213 202 105.45% 100.00%
2   Adelaide 5 5 0 5–0 W5 2–0 3–0 401 383 104.70% 100.00%
3   Brisbane 4 3 1 3–1 L1 1–1 2–0 350 327 107.03% 75.00%
4   New Zealand 3 2 1 2–1 W2 2–0 0–1 273 273 100.00% 66.67%
5   S.E. Melbourne 4 2 2 2–2 W1 1–0 1–2 376 375 100.27% 50.00%
6   Perth 5 2 3 2–3 L1 2–1 0–2 433 415 104.34% 40.00%
7   Tasmania (NT) 5 2 3 2–3 W1 1–1 1–2 391 403 97.02% 40.00%
8   Sydney 3 1 2 1–2 L1 1–1 0–1 248 253 98.02% 33.33%
9   Melbourne (RC) 4 1 3 1–3 L3 1–1 0–2 342 350 97.71% 25.00%
10   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

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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

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Main article: 2021–22 NBL regular season

Ladder

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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

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  • 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

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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

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Main article: List of 2021–22 NBL season transactions

Re-signed

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

Additions

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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

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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

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Club awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Breakers vs Hawks Blitz Game Cancelled". National Basketball League | NBL. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  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.
  9. ^ "Breakers Confirm Peyton Siva Signing". NBL.com.au. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Breakers Add French Prospect Hugo Besson". NBL.com.au. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  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.
  14. ^ @breakersnz (8 January 2022). "TEAM NEWS" – via Instagram.
  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.
  17. ^ "【新入団】コルトン・アイバーソン選手契約合意のお知らせ". northern-happinets.com (in Japanese). 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Corey Webster and NZ Breakers Part Ways". NBL.com.au. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Corey Webster (ex NZL Breakers) signs at Al Ettehad". basketball.eurobasket.com. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  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.
  22. ^ Yahyabeyoglu, Fersu (16 August 2021). "Oostende tabs Levi Randolph, ex NZL Breakers". Sportando. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  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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