2021–22 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix season

2021–22 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix season
Head coach	Simon Mitchell
Captain	Kyle Adnam
Arena	John Cain Arena
NBL results
Record	15–13 (53.6%)
Ladder	6th
Finals finish	Did not qualify
Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
Points	Creek 20.5
Rebounds	Broekhoff 6.7
Assists	Munford 4.3
All statistics correct as of 24 April 2022.

The 2021–22 NBL season was the 3rd season for the South East Melbourne Phoenix in the NBL.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

2021–22 South East Melbourne Phoenix roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age G 1 Gibson, Adam 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 38 – (1986-10-30)30 October 1986 G 3 Gliddon, Cameron 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 35 – (1989-08-16)16 August 1989 G 4 Adnam, Kyle (C) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 31 – (1993-11-18)18 November 1993 G 5 Munford, Xavier (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 32 – (1992-06-01)1 June 1992 G/F 7 Te Rangi, Reuben 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 30 – (1994-10-14)14 October 1994 G 8 Le'afa, Izayah 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1996-11-07)7 November 1996 G 9 Sapwell, Koen (DP) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) F 13 Ashley, Brandon (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 30 – (1994-07-15)15 July 1994 F 14 Smith-Milner, Tohi 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb) 29 – (1995-10-06)6 October 1995 C 22 Pineau, Dane 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 – (1994-08-02)2 August 1994 F 25 Taylor Jr., Steve (IN) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 109 kg (240 lb) 32 – (1993-02-15)15 February 1993 C 26 Zhou Qi (SRP) 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 29 – (1996-01-16)16 January 1996 G 30 Foxwell, Owen (DP) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 21 – (2003-08-17)17 August 2003 F/C 34 Forsyth, Tristan (DP) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 27 – (1998-01-19)19 January 1998 G 40 Barker, Lachlan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 28 – (1996-07-14)14 July 1996 G/F 45 Broekhoff, Ryan 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 34 – (1990-08-23)23 August 1990 G/F 55 Creek, Mitch 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 32 – (1992-04-27)27 April 1992	Head coach Simon Mitchell Assistant coach(es) Judd Flavell Luke Kendall Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (IN) Inactive (I) Import player (SRP) Special restricted player (NS) Next Star player Injured Roster Updated: 10 February 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 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

2021 NBL Blitz game log Total: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1)

November: 2–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 13 November @ Sydney W 75–81 Adnam, Creek (17) Ryan Broekhoff (9) Izayah Le'afa (4) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre closed event 1–0 2 15 November Illawarra L 112–116 (OT) Reuben Te Rangi (18) Zhou Qi (12) Kyle Adnam (12) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre closed event 1–1 3 20 November @ New Zealand L 92–90 Kyle Adnam (21) Zhou Qi (9) Xavier Munford (4) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre closed event 1–2 4 28 November Melbourne W 89–87 Ryan Broekhoff (21) Ryan Broekhoff (7) Le'Afa, Munford (4) Melbourne Sports Centre closed event 2–2

Regular season

Main article: 2021–22 NBL regular season

Ladder

Pos	2021–22 NBL season v t e
	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 v t e
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: 15–13 (Home: 7–7; Road: 8–6)
December: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 4 December New Zealand W 89–65 Xavier Munford (27) Munford, Pineau (7) Xavier Munford (5) John Cain Arena 3,453 1–0 2 10 December New Zealand W 95–88 Mitch Creek (36) Cameron Gliddon (6) Xavier Munford (6) John Cain Arena 3,752 2–0 3 12 December @ Melbourne W 86–94 Zhou Qi (22) Zhou Qi (10) Creek, Le'afa (5) John Cain Arena 6,361 3–0 4 18 December @ Sydney L 84–73 Mitch Creek (22) Zhou Qi (13) Izayah Le'afa (4) Qudos Bank Arena 6,379 3–1
January: 3–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 15 January @ Brisbane L 100–84 Mitch Creek (19) Mitch Creek (8) Xavier Munford (7) Nissan Arena 2,389 3–2 6 23 January @ Tasmania W 63–76 Mitch Creek (21) Ashley, Broekhoff (11) Kyle Adnam (5) MyState Bank Arena 4,235 4–2 7 25 January Cairns W 87–77 Mitch Creek (26) Broekhoff, Creek (8) Xavier Munford (4) Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium 2,634 5–2 8 29 January @ Brisbane W 73–88 Mitch Creek (22) Ashley, Broekhoff (7) Xavier Munford (5) Nissan Arena 2,552 6–2
February: 4–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 9 5 February Perth L 79–101 Xavier Munford (18) Ashley, Creek (9) Ashley, Creek, Munford (3) John Cain Arena 3,727 6–3 10 7 February @ Illawarra W 87–88 Xavier Munford (24) Ryan Broekhoff (16) Xavier Munford (5) WIN Entertainment Centre 2,040 7–3 11 10 February Sydney L 87–92 Ryan Broekhoff (25) Zhou Qi (10) Izayah Le'afa (6) John Cain Arena 2,133 7–4 12 13 February Tasmania W 83–71 Ryan Broekhoff (18) Ryan Broekhoff (8) Kyle Adnam (5) John Cain Arena 3,875 8–4 13 17 February @ Melbourne L 94–87 Mitch Creek (23) Zhou Qi (9) Xavier Munford (5) John Cain Arena 5,012 8–5 14 19 February Brisbane W 98–94 Cameron Gliddon (20) Ryan Broekhoff (8) Kyle Adnam (5) John Cain Arena 3,252 9–5 15 26 February Perth W 86–80 Kyle Adnam (24) Ryan Broekhoff (11) Kyle Adnam (6) John Cain Arena 3,606 10–5
March: 2–5 (Home: 0–3; Road: 2–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 16 4 March @ Adelaide W 76–83 Mitch Creek (29) Creek, Zhou Qi (7) Mitch Creek (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 4,775 11–5 17 6 March Illawarra L 77–83 Mitch Creek (18) Broekhoff, Munford, Zhou Qi (7) Xavier Munford (6) John Cain Arena 2,989 11–6 18 13 March Melbourne L 90–98 Mitch Creek (27) Zhou Qi (12) Mitch Creek (5) John Cain Arena 8,319 11–7 19 17 March @ Illawarra L 103–97 Zhou Qi (25) Zhou Qi (8) Kyle Adnam (6) WIN Entertainment Centre 2,324 11–8 20 19 March Sydney L 89–91 Xavier Munford (26) Zhou Qi (8) Adnam, Munford (5) John Cain Arena 2,717 11–9 21 25 March @ Cairns W 74–86 Brandon Ashley (25) Mitch Creek (8) Xavier Munford (4) Cairns Convention Centre 3,044 12–9 22 27 March @ Adelaide L 100–92 Mitch Creek (27) Mitch Creek (12) Xavier Munford (3) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 3,765 12–10
April: 3–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 23 2 April @ Cairns L 90–85 Mitch Creek (21) Xavier Munford (7) Mitch Creek (4) Cairns Convention Centre 3,206 12–11 24 7 April Melbourne L 88–90 Mitch Creek (20) Zhou Qi (7) Izayah Le'afa (6) John Cain Arena 4,167 12–12 25 10 April @ New Zealand W 89–99 Xavier Munford (25) Mitch Creek (8) Xavier Munford (8) Bendigo Stadium not available 13–12 26 17 April Tasmania L 80–84 Mitch Creek (27) Mitch Creek (7) Xavier Munford (5) John Cain Arena 3,056 13–13 27 22 April Adelaide W 94–91 Cameron Gliddon (24) Brandon Ashley (11) Xavier Munford (7) John Cain Arena 4,673 14–13 28 24 April @ Perth W 100–102 (OT) Xavier Munford (24) Dane Pineau (8) Xavier Munford (10) RAC Arena 10,271 15–13
2021–22 season schedule

Transactions

Main article: List of 2021–22 NBL season transactions

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Mitch Creek[1]	18 June
Kyle Adnam[2]	22 June
Izayah Le'afa[3]	24 June
Ryan Broekhoff[4]	28 June
Tristan Forsyth[5]	20 October
Adam Gibson[6]	10 February
Reuben Te Rangi[7][8]	24 March

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Zach Hankins[9]	28 July	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Tohi Smith-Milner[10]	13 August	Wellington Saints
Xavier Munford[11]	1 September	Bursaspor Basketbol
Zhou Qi[12]	8 September	Xinjiang Flying Tigers
Owen Foxwell[13]	18 November	Bulleen Boomers
Devin Thomas[14]	19 November	BC Kalev
Koen Sapwell[15]	3 December	Hobart Chargers
Brandon Ashley[16]	11 January	Fortitudo Bologna
Steve Taylor Jr.[17]	14 January	Al-Ahli Jeddah
Lachlan Barker[18]	25 January	Frankston Blues

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Yanni Wetzell[19]	Free agent	New Zealand Breakers
Keifer Sykes[20][21]	Free agent	Indiana Pacers
Devondrick Walker[22]	Free agent	VEF Rīga
Zach Hankins[11]	Released	N/A
Devin Thomas[23]	Released	N/A

Awards

Club awards

• Club MVP: Mitch Creek^[24][25]

See also

• 2021–22 NBL season
• South East Melbourne Phoenix

References

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External links

• Official Website