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2013–14 Adelaide 36ers season
Head coachJoey Wright
CaptainAdam Gibson
ArenaAdelaide Arena
NBL results
Record18–10 (64.3%)
Ladder2nd
Finals finishRunners-up
Stats at NBL.com.au

The 2013–14 NBL season is the 32nd season for the Adelaide 36ers in the Australasian based National Basketball League. In 2012–13, the 36ers missed out on the playoffs for the 6th time in the past 7 seasons, finishing the season with the club's third wooden spoon (the third in four years) with a record equalling worst ever 8-20 record. The Adelaide 36ers have won the NBL championship four times (1986, 1998, 1998–99 and 2001–02), earning Adelaide the nickname of "Title Town".

The 36ers have played their home games at the 8,000 seat Adelaide Arena since 1992. The arena is the largest purpose built basketball venue in Australia and the fifth largest venue currently used in the NBL behind the Perth Arena (14,846 - set at 13,000 for regular season NBL games), the Sydney Entertainment Centre (10,517), Hisense Arena in Melbourne (10,500) and the Vector Arena (9,300) in Auckland. Along with the North Shore Events Centre (Auckland) which also opened in 1992, the Adelaide Arena is also the second oldest venue currently used by the NBL, with the Sydney Entertainment Centre the oldest having opened in 1983.

After three disappointing seasons under former Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) coach Marty Clarke which saw the club finish second last, last, and last again, the 36ers signed former Brisbane Bullets NBL championship winning coach Joey Wright as its head coach for 2013–14.[1] Former 36ers championship player and 1998 NBL Grand Final MVP Kevin Brooks has re-joined the team as assistant coach.

Off-season

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Additions

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(From the squad at the end of the 2012–13 NBL season)

Player Signed Former Team
B. J. Anthony Announced signing on 20 June 2013[2] OceanaGold Nuggets
Brendan Teys Announced signing on 26 June 2013.[3] Townsville Crocodiles
Gary Ervin Announced signing on 10 July 2013.[4] Townsville Crocodiles
Jarrid Frye* Announced signing on 16 July 2013.[5] Stjarnan
Rhys Carter* Announced signing on 12 February 2014.[6] Uppsala Basket

* Jarrid Frye was released by the 36ers on 12 February 2014.
* Rhys Carter signed on 12 February following Frye's release.

Subtractions

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(From the squad at the end of the 2012–13 NBL season)

Player Reason Left New Team
Tom Daly Not re-signed Mount Gambier Pioneers (SEABL)
Scott Christopherson Not re-signed BC Boncourt Red Team (Switzerland)
Nathan Crosswell Retired
Stephen Weigh Not re-signed Cairns Taipans
Pero Vasiljevic Not re-signed North Adelaide Rockets (CABL)

Current roster

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Adelaide 36ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G 1 Australia Gibson, Adam (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
PG 4 Australia Cadee, Jason 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 73 kg (161 lb)
PG 6 Australia Adnam, Kyle (DP)
G/F 7 Australia Teys, Brendan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PG 8 Australia Sims, Daniel (DP)
PG 9 United States Ervin, Gary (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb)
C 10 Australia Schenscher, Luke 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 115 kg (254 lb)
PF 13 Australia Warbout, Jan (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
G 15 Australia Carter, Rhys 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
F/C 17 Australia Petrie, Anthony 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
PG 19 Australia Doyle, Adam (DP) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PF 20 New Zealand Anthony, B. J. 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
F/C 21 Australia Johnson, Daniel 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb)
G/F 23 Australia Creek, Mitch 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Australia Ben Brugman
General manager
  • Australia Dean Parker
Team manager
  • Australia Junior Viranatuleo
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 19 February 2014

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Reserve
C Daniel Johnson Luke Schenscher
PF Anthony Petrie B. J. Anthony Jan Warbout
SF Brendan Teys Mitch Creek
SG Adam Gibson Rhys Carter Daniel Sims
PG Gary Ervin Jason Cadee Kyle Adnam Adam Doyle

2013–14 NBL clubs

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Club Founded Years Active City Home Venue Venue Opened Capacity
Adelaide 36ers 1982 1982– Adelaide, South Australia Adelaide Arena 1992 8,000
Cairns Taipans 1999 1999– Cairns, Queensland Cairns Convention Centre 1997 5,300
Melbourne Tigers 1984 1984– Melbourne, Victoria State Netball and Hockey Centre
Hisense Arena 		2001
2000 		3,500
10,500
New Zealand Breakers 2003 2003– Auckland, New Zealand North Shore Events Centre
Vector Arena 		1992
2007 		4,400
9,300
Perth Wildcats 1982 1982– Perth, Western Australia Perth Arena 2012 14,846
Sydney Kings 1988 1988–2008,
2010– 		Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Entertainment Centre 1983 10,517
Townsville Crocodiles 1993 1993– Townsville, Queensland Townsville Entertainment Centre 1993 5,257
Wollongong Hawks 1979 1979– Wollongong, New South Wales WIN Entertainment Centre 1998 6,000

* The Melbourne Tigers and New Zealand Breakers use two home venues each during the season, with finals games (if they qualify) to be played at the larger Hisense and Vector Arena's respectively (subject to venue availability).

Regular season

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Ladder

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Pos 2013–14 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Perth Wildcats 28 21 7 75.00% 4–1 W1 12–2 9–5 2419 2177 111.12%
2 Adelaide 36ers 28 18 10 64.29% 3–2 W1 13–1 5–9 2527 2469 102.35%
3 Melbourne Tigers 28 15 13 53.57% 3–2 L1 7–7 8–6 2299 2292 100.31%
4 Wollongong Hawks 28 13 15 46.43% 3–2 L1 8–6 5–9 2295 2333 98.37%
5 Sydney Kings1 28 12 16 42.86% 1–4 L2 7–7 5–9 2312 2414 95.78%
6 Cairns Taipans1 28 12 16 42.86% 3–2 W1 5–9 7–7 2304 2349 98.08%
7 New Zealand Breakers 28 11 17 39.29% 2–3 L1 8–6 3–11 2474 2493 99.24%
8 Townsville Crocodiles 28 10 18 35.71% 2–3 W1 6–8 4–10 2369 2472 95.83%

Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2014. 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.
2013–14 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Adelaide 36ers 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Cairns Taipans 2 2 2 4 6 6 7 7 7 7 5 4 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 7 5
Melbourne Tigers 6 7 4 3 3 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
New Zealand Breakers 1 6 8 6 7 7 6 4 6 8 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 6 7
Perth Wildcats 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sydney Kings 3 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 6
Townsville Crocodiles 7 4 5 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
Wollongong Hawks 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 8 6 5 6 7 7 8 6 5 5 5 4 4

Game log

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Regular season

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  • Games with a * are televised on One HD. Games with ** are on Network Ten. Games with *** shown on Sky Sport NZ (games in NZ are not televised in Australia unless finals). All games are broadcast live online through NBL.TV
2013–14 game log
October: 3–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1* 11 October @ Wildcats L 80-83 Daniel Johnson (28) Anthony Petrie (10) Gary Ervin (7) Perth Arena
10,208 		0-1
2 19 October Hawks W 97-91 Gary Ervin (24) Daniel Johnson (9) Adam Gibson (7) Adelaide Arena
5,815 		1-1
3* 25 October @ Taipans W 87-84 Mitch Creek (14) Jarrid Frye,
Anthony Petrie (7) 		Jarrid Frye (3) Cairns Convention Centre
3,703 		2-1
4 27 October @ Tigers L 93-79 Daniel Johnson (20) Anthony Petrie (12) Adam Gibson (3) State Netball and Hockey Centre
3,236 		2-2
5*** 31 October @ Breakers W 96-93 Gary Ervin (22) Anthony Petrie (6) Gary Ervin (6) North Shore Events Centre
3,175 		3-2
November: 5–0 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6** 3 November Kings W 97-84 Daniel Johnson (20) Mitch Creek (10) Gary Ervin (7) Adelaide Arena
4,540 		4-2
7 8 November Tigers W 90-87 Gary Ervin (21) Luke Schenscher (7) Gary Ervin (8) Adelaide Arena
4,364 		5-2
8*** 15 November @ Breakers W 95-94 Gary Ervin (26) Daniel Johnson (9) Adam Gibson,
Gary Ervin (6) 		Vector Arena
7,470 		6-2
9* 22 November Wildcats W 91-86 Daniel Johnson (24) Anthony Petrie (8) Jason Cadee (5) Adelaide Arena
6,585 		7-2
10* 29 November Hawks W 82-81 Gary Ervin,
Daniel Johnson (16) 		Daniel Johnson (12) Adam Gibson (6) Adelaide Arena
4,080 		8-2
December : 2–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 6 December @ Crocodiles L 94-98 Gary Ervin (22) Anthony Petrie (8) Adam Gibson (5) Townsville Entertainment Centre
2,909 		8-3
12 7 December @ Taipans L 78-98 Adam Gibson (20) B.J. Anthony (8) Adam Gibson,
Gary Ervin,
Jarrid Frye (2) 		Cairns Convention Centre
3,750 		8-4
13** 15 December Taipans W 91-67 Daniel Johnson (21) Luke Schenscher (9) Adam Gibson (9) Adelaide Arena
4,981 		9-4
14 31 December @ Crocodiles W 90-89 Daniel Johnson (20) Daniel Johnson (9) Jason Cadee (6) Townsville Entertainment Centre
3,920 		10-4
January : 2–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
15 4 January Breakers W 99-73 Daniel Johnson (26) Anthony Petrie (13) Adam Gibson (7) Adelaide Arena
6,676 		11-4
16** 12 January Kings L 89-102 Daniel Johnson (21) Adam Gibson (6) Jason Cadee (5) Adelaide Arena
6,314 		11-5
17** 18 January Crocodiles W 92-79 Adam Gibson (28) Luke Schenscher (12) Gary Ervin (8) Adelaide Arena
5,737 		12-5
18** 26 January @ Kings L 93-105 Daniel Johnson (28) Daniel Johnson (8) Gary Ervin (6) Sydney Entertainment Centre
3,622 		12-6
February : 3–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
19 1 February Taipans W 89-87 Daniel Johnson (33) Daniel Johnson (8) Adam Gibson (8) Adelaide Arena
5,519 		13-6
20** 9 February @ Hawks L 80-102 Adam Gibson (21) Mitch Creek (10) Jarrid Frye (2) WIN Entertainment Centre
1,840 		13-7
21* 14 February @ Wildcats L 61-85 Anthony Petrie (15) Adam Gibson (5) Adam Gibson (5) Perth Arena
11,473 		13-8
22** 16 February @ Tigers W 99-82 Gary Ervin (25) Daniel Johnson (11) Gary Ervin (8) Hisense Arena
6,704 		14-8
23** 23 February Breakers W 96-92 Daniel Johnson (28) Daniel Johnson,
Adam Gibson (7) 		Adam Gibson (11) Adelaide Arena
6,011 		15-8
24* 28 February @ Hawks L 89-91 Gary Ervin (21) Daniel Johnson (12) Gary Ervin (4) WIN Entertainment Centre
3,123 		15-9
March: 3–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
25 8 March Crocodiles W 102-70 Gary Ervin (20) Luke Schenscher (10) Mitch Creek (5) Adelaide Arena
5,722 		16-9
26* 14 March Wildcats W 102-79 Daniel Johnson (19) Luke Schenscher (11) Gary Ervin (7) Adelaide Arena
6,253 		17-9
27** 16 March @ Kings L 90-100 Daniel Johnson (23) Luke Schenscher (7) Jason Cadee (3) Sydney Entertainment Centre
3,746 		17-10
28** 23 March Tigers W 99-94 Daniel Johnson (25) Luke Schenscher (9) Jason Cadee (8) Adelaide Arena
5,843 		18-10

Finals

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Game 3 only if required

2013–14 game log
Semi-finals: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
SF1* 27 March Tigers W 101-85 Gary Ervin (27) Luke Schenscher,
Daniel Johnson (7) 		Gary Ervin (7) Adelaide Arena
3,865 		1-0
SF2* 30 March @ Tigers L 87-98 Brendan Teys,
Anthony Petrie (17) 		Daniel Johnson (12) Adam Gibson (3) Hisense Arena
4,044 		1-1
SF3* 1 April Tigers W 102-63 Daniel Johnson (23) Adam Gibson (8) Jason Cadee (4) Adelaide Arena
4,024 		2-1
2013–14 game log
Grand Final: 1–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
GF1* 7 April @ Wildcats L 85-92 Daniel Johnson (18) Daniel Johnson (8) Adam Gibson (9) Perth Arena
13,291 		0-1
GF2* 11 April Wildcats W 89-84 Gary Ervin (23) Adam Gibson (9) Adam Gibson (7) Adelaide Arena
8,127 		1-1
GF3* 13 April @ Wildcats TBD TBD TBD TBD Perth Arena
TBD 		TBD

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
No. Player GP Min FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1 Adam Gibson (C) 25 807:04 .484 .371 .732 4.0 4.8 0.9 0.4 12.4
4 Jason Cadee 27 519:02 .364 .316 .822 2.1 2.5 0.3 0.1 6.3
6 Kyle Adman (DP) 2 7:23 .200 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
7 Brendan Teys 23 219:27 .377 .190 .778 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.0 2.2
9 Gary Ervin (I) 26 770:42 .406 .370 .750 3.3 4.7 1.3 0.1 16.4
10 Luke Schenscher 28 428:19 .528 .500 .631 5.5 0.7 0.3 0.6 6.9
12 Jarrid Frye* (I) 19 407:34 .455 .091 .293 4.4 1.5 0.9 0.3 8.3
13 Jan Warbout (DP) 1 1:00 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Rhys Carter 8 127:36 .360 .342 1.00 2.3 1.6 1.0 0.0 6.9
17 Anthony Petrie 28 728:37 .468 .297 .743 6.8 1.4 0.5 0.9 10.1
19 Adam Doyle (DP) 2 7:11 .250 .000 .000 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0
20 B. J. Anthony 26 303:46 .442 .000 .561 3.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 3.8
21 Daniel Johnson 28 807:54 .546 .400 .787 6.8 1.1 0.5 0.7 19.8
23 Mitch Creek 27 451:06 .509 .361 .696 4.1 1.1 0.6 0.4 8.3
35 Daniel Sims (DP) 3 11:09 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0

* Jarrid Frye was released on 12 February 2014

Finals

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
No. Player GP Min FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1 Adam Gibson (C) 3 85:14 .429 .400 .500 5.3 3.7 0.7 0.3 9.7
4 Jason Cadee 3 29:54 .533 .250 .857 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 8.0
6 Kyle Adman (DP) 1 3:45 1.00 .000 .000 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.0
7 Brendan Teys 3 68:00 .528 .429 .750 3.3 1.0 0.7 0.0 11.0
9 Gary Ervin (I) 2 52:44 .461 .385 1.00 5.5 4.0 1.0 0.0 16.5
10 Luke Schenscher 3 62:06 .500 .000 .429 5.3 2.3 0.3 0.3 5.0
15 Rhys Carter 3 54:32 .417 .474 .000 2.3 2.7 0.3 0.6 9.7
17 Anthony Petrie 3 86:37 .450 .333 .875 5.7 1.0 1.3 1.0 14.3
20 B. J. Anthony 3 23:00 .714 .000 1.00 2.3 0.7 0.3 0.0 4.0
21 Daniel Johnson 3 77:47 .563 .571 .833 8.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 17.7
23 Mitch Creek 3 43:35 .333 .000 .818 3.3 1.0 0.3 0.0 5.7
35 Daniel Sims (DP) 1 2:26 .000 .000 .000 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Awards

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Player of the Month

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Coach of the Month

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NBL Award Winners

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All-NBL First team: Daniel Johnson (Power forward)

Season summary

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Regular season

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The addition of 2007 NBL Championship winning coach Joey Wright and a new assistant coach in former 36ers championship player Kevin Brooks, had a marked effect on the Adelaide 36ers. Along with former NBL Most Valuable Player Gary Ervin who joined the team from Townsville, and small forward Jarrid Frye (who was cut due to injuries two-thirds of the way through the season and was replaced with former 36er Rhys Carter), they helped turn the 36ers fortunes around with what was almost the same team that had finished last in 2012-13.

The Adelaide 36ers finished the regular season in second place behind the Perth Wildcats with an 18-10 record. 6'11" (212 cm) centre Daniel Johnson led the 36ers in scoring with 19.5 points per game for the season (up from 16.2 ppg in 2012-13) which was good enough for fifth best in the league. Johnson also led the team in rebounding (7.0 pg) which was also good enough for 5th in the league. This however was down on his league leading 8.0 rebounds per game in 2012-13. Team captain Adam Gibson and Gary Ervin finished second and third respectively in league assists per game with 4.7 and 4.6 respectively.

Adelaide's change in fortunes, after finishing three of the previous four seasons in last place, including in 2011-12 and 2012–13, was shown when it won both of its season series against the 2012-13 Grand Final teams, defending champions New Zealand, and the Perth Wildcats. The 36ers defeated the Breakers 4-0 in their series, including the team's first win in Auckland for 5 years, and tied the series 2-2 with Perth, but won the series by outscoring the Wildcats 334-333 over the four games. However, with Perth winning the regular season with a 21-7 record they would have home court advantage throughout the finals.

NBL Finals

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Semi-finals
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The Adelaide 36ers were matched against the third placed Melbourne Tigers for their semi-final series. Adelaide won the season series 3-1 over the Tigers and had home court advantage for the semis. Game 1 of the series went to the 36ers 101-85, giving them their first finals victory since 2006. Game two at the Hisense Arena in Melbourne was shrouded in controversy. The NBL's leading points scorer, Tigers shooting guard Chris Goulding exploded after a quiet game 1 and scored 37 points to help keep the Tigers from being eliminated with a 98-87 win. Near the end of the fourth period, Gary Ervin kneed Goulding in the groin, with the Tigers player falling in a heap on the court. For his actions Ervin was suspended for one game by the NBL (meaning he would miss the crucial Game 3 in Adelaide). He was also fined A$7,500.

With Ervin out, the Tigers were expected to push the 36ers in Game 3 despite not having won at the Adelaide Arena during the season. The 36ers, led by 23 points from Daniel Johnson and 19 points in a return to form by Jason Cadee, with club captain Adam Gibson keeping Goulding out of the game. Goulding, who was loudly booed by the 36ers crowd whenever he touched the ball, and for his blatant 'flop' in the 3rd when he ran into former Gold Coast Blaze teammate Anthony Petrie, was restricted to just 6 points on just 1/5 shooting as Adelaide routed the Tigers 102-63 to win their way into the club's first Grand Final series since their 2001-02 championship win.

Grand final
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The Adelaide 36ers will play the Perth Wildcats in the NBL Grand Final after the Wildcats swept their semi-final series with the Wollongong Hawks for the second straight year. After playing semi-finals against each other in 1987, 1991, 1995 and 1999/2000 (all won by Perth), the 36ers and Wildcats, the two most successful clubs in NBL history with 9 championships between them, play each other in their first Grand Final series.

Adelaide 36ers Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 36ers Sign Joey Wright as Coach Archived 2013-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 36ers Sign Kiwi International Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "36ers Sign Brendan Teys". Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. ^ 36ers Sign Gary Ervin Archived 2013-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ 36ers Sign Jarrid Frye Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ 36ers Release Frye, Sign Rhys Carter Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Joey Wright Named 'Coach of the Month'". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
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