fill: #ed1c24; After the demise of the Forestville Eagles at the end of the 1981 NBL season had left the West Adelaide Bearcats as Adelaide's only representative in the NBL, the Basketball Association of South Australia formed a composite team representing all the state league teams (not the Bearcats). The team had a bye going into the semi-final where they easily defeated for the Newcastle Falcons 151103 at home in what the then record semi-final win in the NBL, something Ken Cole had publicly predicted would happen. fill: #e41e26; } That day he scored 30 points in Adelaide 36ers's road loss against Melbourne Tigers, 116-107. On 2 October 2022, the 36ers became the first NBL team to beat an NBA team when they defeated the Phoenix Suns. Adelaide improved to a 1412 record under Monson and made the playoffs finishing in 7th place but were beaten in the quarter-finals by the defending NBL champion South East Melbourne Magic. The 200001 season was also the last for longtime Adelaide favourite and former club captain Mark Davis who retired from playing after 482 NBL games, all with the Adelaide 36ers. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. fill: #ffc528; Roster; Depth; . } They lost guard Nathan Herbert before the season with an Anterior cruciate ligament injury. Davis was an integral member of the 1986, 1998 and 199899 championship teams. #sem-icon .b { } } fill: none; #nzb-icon .d { } We pay our respects to their Elders past, present & emerging as well as all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Community. } 162, Australia - NBL career RS : } fill: #fff; Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. 12, Australia - NBL career RS : Darryl Pearce, who holds the record for most points in a single game as a 36er when he scored 48 against the Newcastle Falcons in 1988, and the No. Team and Opponent Stats Share & Export Modify, Export & Share Table } Game 2 Titans 88 def. The 200910 season was a disaster however and the Adelaide 36ers finished on the bottom of the NBL ladder for the first time in their history with a 1018 record. Brisbane Bullets, #cns-icon .B { Minutes later, Blackmore backhanded Martin Cattalini as he cut through the key, giving him a cut on his mouth that required 15 stitches, an incident which almost led to a brawl (Cattalini later told that not retaliating was self-preservation as Blakemore, who looked more like a professional wrestler than a basketball player, had gained a reputation of one player not to mess with). fill: #070813; Tasmania JackJumpers. fill: #69bf29; 36 singlet. The 200607 NBL season saw the 36ers miss the playoffs for the first time since Smyth took over as coach, finishing a club record worst-place of 11th with an 1113 record. } #mel-icon .c { fill: #faac32; 32, Australia - NBL career RS : 2016-17 Adelaide 36ers 2018-19 Adelaide 36ers. #cns-icon .D { However their road form wasn't so good and they dropped to 9th on the table with an 1113 record. fill: #69be29; 5 which belonged to club games record holder Brett Maher who along with his 526 games also holds the club record for points scored with 8,941 and captained the club to the 1998, 1998/99 and 2001/02 NBL Championships. Cairns Taipans, #ill-icon .st0{fill:#E11837;} } 23-way Head-to-Head between Wollongong Hawks (4-2), West Sydney Razorbacks (3-3) and Melbourne Tigers (2-4). Mark Bradtke and Mike McKay would go on to represent Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. They grabbed a quick bite and headed straight for the Arizona State campus for practice, preparing for a three-game American visit and what they hope will be the franchise's first winning season since 2017-18, an NBL campaign that the 36ers will start a bit later than their rivals due to their preseason dates against NBA foes. } [3], The Adelaide 36ers team mascot is Murray the Magpie. #per-icon .d, However, on 7 February of that same year, before a crowd of 7,800 fans, the main court was named the Brett Maher Court. } Magic 93 @ Clipsal Powerhouse At the conclusion of the 1999 NBL championship season, the 36ers were invited to take part in the McDonald's Championship, held at the 12,000 seat Fila Forum in Milan, Italy. Game 1 36ers 122 def. 1985 would see Al Green set a single season points per game record for the 36ers when he scored 31.0 ppg in 28 games played (the record still stands as of 201617). The 36ers filled the last spot by signing shooting guard Craig Randall II, who told ESPN he turned down NBA camp invitations for guaranteed money and the chance to start for Adelaide. Join our linker program. } #adl-icon .f { NBA News. Scores from any date in BAA/NBA or ABA history, Frequently Asked Questions about the NBA, WNBA and Basketball, Basketball-Reference.com Blog and Articles, Subscribe to Stathead Basketball: Get your first month FREE. The 36ers average winning margin in 1986 was 17.8 points and 25 years later during the 201112 NBL season, the 1986 36ers were named the league's greatest ever team on the NBL's official website.[2]. He also had 20 points and finished the game with a 23 efficiency. } } } fill: none; Historical roster for Adelaide 36ers - B Player Position Height Season; Bairstow Cameron C 2m05 / 6-9: 2021-2022: Bartlett Everard SG . For his efforts during the season, 19-year-old guard Mike McKay was awarded the NBL's Rookie of the Year award (despite having already played 38 games with West Adelaide in 1983 and 1984 as a bench player). #per-icon .d, fill: #5b4099; fill: none; Shipway was retained as coach for the 1991 NBL season despite the team's worst ever performance in 1990. 20, Australia - NBL career RS : The Adelaide 36ers, also known as the Sixers,[1] are an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL). fill: #070813; Under Cole (who had previously coached in South Australia in the 1970s), the 36ers became one of the league's premier teams. #sem-icon .g { Tasmania JackJumpers. #sem-icon .e { I guess that was the celebration," Cleveland said, shrugging. Bruton recruited James Crawford to counter Mark Davis, former Harlem Globetrotter Kendall "Tiny" Pinder to counter Bill Jones, they had team captain Mike Ellis to counter Darryl Pearce and Bruton himself to oppose his best friend off the court, Al Green. } 2023 NBA playoffs: Odds, picks, betting tips for Tuesday. He played a major role in game one as Adelaide came back from 63 to 77 down in the last period down to level the game at 8484 at the end of regulation time and most felt that had Adelaide won the series he would have been the leading candidate for the Grand Final MVP award. "I need something to wake my guys up.". clip-path: url(#adl-a); . Player profiles, league standings, game results, stats leaders Our content is available on this website, but also through our API for basketball websites (medias, leagues, teams), and on our basketball app available on iOS and Android. The emergence of 6'11" (212cm) centre Daniel Johnson as a scoring and rebounding threat (he led the club in scoring for both seasons and led the NBL with 8 rebounds per game in 201213), the signing of former Gold Coast Blaze players Adam Gibson, Anthony Petrie and Jason Cadee, and the emergence of exciting young Victorian Swingman and crowd favourite Mitch Creek (who suffered a season ending Achilles tendon injury in mid-201213), gave fans hope for the future. #sem-icon .f { The 36ers once again missed the NBL playoffs in 1983 finishing 6th on the ladder with an 1111 record. clip-path: url(#sem-b); The team had lost centre Mark Bradtke to the Melbourne Tigers in acrimonious circumstances during the off-season, but gained experience in NBL championship winners, Adelaide born Aussie Boomers captain Phil Smyth and veteran 6'11" (211cm) centre Willie Simmons, both from the Canberra Cannons. Game 3: Knicks at Heat, 3:30 p.m. (ABC) The club finished with the wooden spoon in both seasons and ended each with an 820 record, including a club record losing streak of 8 straight games during each season. #tas-icon .st1{fill:#37B44B;} This season also saw Brett Maher take over the team captaincy from Mark Davis, something he would hold until his retirement in 2009, a record total of 381 games. Claxton, who was only signed by the club at the last moment due to unexpectedly losing Mike Dunlap, was only signed for one season as head coach and following the 1997 season was replaced by rookie coach and former player Phil Smyth (it was incorrectly believed that Claxton had been sacked). On January 01, 2023, Ian Clark set a season high in assists in a Australia - NBL game. 33 which was worn by Mark Davis throughout his 482-game NBL/36ers career. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. fill: none; ^ "Hyrum Harris Added to 36ers Roster". } } #nzb-icon .c { 2009 was also the last season for the club games record holder Brett Maher who was retiring after 526 NBL games and three championships with the 36ers. } Game 1 36ers 104 def. Captain Brett Maher was voted the Grand Final MVP and coach Phil Smyth had his second championship in two years of coaching. In 2009 the team was sponsored by Hood Sweeney, an Adelaide-based consulting firm and were known as the Hood Sweeney Adelaide 36ers. "I'm grateful that we played the way we did just to show how competitive our league is." } Following the 1998 season, the NBL moved from being a winter league to playing during Australia's summer, meaning that seasons would start in October and finish in March rather than go from April to November (in preparation for the change, the 1998 season had started in January and ran to July rather than the usual April to October/November). } Brian Windhorst details why Joel Embiid is ruled out of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals vs. the Celtics. Adelaide 36ers Club History Roster & Stats Schedule & Results On this page: Team and Opponent Stats Per Game Totals Per 36 Minutes Full Site Menu An ad blocker has likely prevented this video content from loading. #syd-icon .d { Bradtke's selection at age 18 making him the youngest player at the time to ever represent Australia in Basketball at the Summer Olympics (Bradtke turned 19 during the games). } #adl-icon .c { fill: #f28d3a; The first game against an NBA team was played on 5 October 2018, when Adelaide lost to Utah Jazz. 26 October 2021. Going into the final period the game the Bullets' were leading 7874 but a 4221 last period in favour of the home team with Loggins leading the way saw Adelaide fail to win their first grand final going down 95120. A total of 11 teams contested the league, The free-to-air television network ABC did not return this season only showing on Fox Sports on Foxtel . Bullets 119 (OT) @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre 27-year-old import centre Bill Jones replaced Peter Ali as captain and 6'6" (199cm) former import forward (now a naturalised Australian citizen) Dwayne Nelson returned to the team after a year away, while Ken Cole would win the NBL Coach of the Year award after guiding the team to a 242 record, 5 more wins than the second placed Canberra Cannons (as of 201617 this is the only time a 36ers coach has won the award). fill: #32aee3; 1992 was also the rookie NBL season for Brett Maher who would go on to play a record 525 games for the club and captain the team to three NBL championships. fill: #231f20; #tas-icon .st2{fill:#F9AD3B;} #adl-icon .d { 3Brisbane Bullets won Head-to-Head (2-1). Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The team had a down year by its recent standards and Adelaide was eliminated in the Elimination Final by their playoff nemesis, the Perth Wildcats. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? } } At the time of his retirement, Mark Davis was the NBL's all-time leading rebounder having grabbed 5,200 in his career, averaging 10.7 per game. #per-icon .e { #syd-icon .d { The club was originally called the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the NBL in 1982, but changed their name to the 36ers the following year. The Wildcats and new coach Cal Bruton, who had left Brisbane after a public falling out with Bullets coach Brian Kerle following the 1986 season, built a team with the aim of beating the champion 36ers. #per-icon .d, #ill-icon .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#FFFFFF;} In 1998 Smyth became the first rookie coach since Brian Kerle in the league's inaugural season (1979) to win an NBL championship, thought unlike Kerle, Smyth had limited previous senior coaching experience. } Do you have a sports website? Bradtke averaged 15.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game over the 24-game season. #nzb-icon .d { Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. #sem-icon .d { #per-icon .f { The 36ers nickname comes from the fact that the Colony of South Australia was officially proclaimed on 28 December 1836. However, despite the change, for the third season running the team had earned a bye to the semi-finals where this time they would face the Perth Wildcats who were in their first ever playoffs. Amazingly, Game 1 of the Grand Final was only the second time the 36ers had defeated the Magic since the Eastside Melbourne Spectres and Southern Melbourne Saints had merged to form the Magic in 1992. #nzb-icon .c { } The 36ers final game at their original home was a 10299 semi-final loss to the Perth Wildcats in 1991. In 2012 the NBL announced that the 1986 Adelaide 36ers were voted as the greatest single season team in league history. On February 02, 2023, Antonius Cleveland set a season high in points in a Australia - NBL game. Adelaide 36ers, #bne-icon .st0 {fill: #1f4ea2;} The 36ers defeated the Illawarra Hawks in a one-sided Semi-final before gaining revenge for the 1985 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Bullets by defeating them in the NBL's first ever three game Grand Final series 21. } Adelaide def. BASA is now defunct and replaced by Basketball SA focused solely on all Basketball in SA and no one competition. To appear in this section a player must have either: In November 2015, Adelaide's daily newspaper The Advertiser ran an online poll to find the fans favourite / best ever team. #adl-icon .f { Bruton said of the Suns. #tas-icon .st1{fill:#37B44B;} fill: #5b4099; The venue is now (as of 2015) officially known as the Titanium Security Arena due to sponsorship from Adelaide-based company Titanium Security Australia.[17]. fill: #faac32; Guerschon Yabusele, Dante Exum at center of EuroLeague brawl. fill: none; } Adelaide finished with a 1416 record in 1997, finishing in 7th place and missing the playoffs for the first time since 1992. The 36ers had not been expected to defeat the Brian Goorjian coached Magic who had a 26-4 regular season record and had easily swept the Brisbane Bullets in the Semi-finals. fill: #231f20; All Leagues NBA; NBA Playoffs; NCAA; Euro League; Australia NBL; . } Two former NBA players -- Madrid's Guerschon Yabusele and Partizan's Dante Exum -- were at the center of the action, with Yabusele slamming Exum to the ground. After a slow start which saw the team with a 36 record by Round 7 where they took a 10587 mauling at home by the Brisbane Bullets (who returned to the NBL for the first time since 2008), plus early season injuries to captain Mitch Creek (ankle) and Daniel Johnson (hamstring), the 36ers turned their season around from Round 8 with a 10183 away win over Brisbane, highlighted by a monster Terrance Ferguson dunk. Long serving club captain Brett Maher, who made his 36ers debut on the night they opened the Clipsal Powerhouse, retired from the NBL having played in 525 games for the club, captaining the club to 3 NBL championships (1998, 1998/99, 2001/02), and twice winning the NBL's Grand Final MVP award in 1998/99 and 2001/02. Built on the site of a former rubbish dump, he AU$16m, 8,000 seat Clipsal Powerhouse quickly became a fortress for the 36ers with every game played in front of a sell-out crowd (at an open day for the new arena staged a week before the opening round, the 36ers sold over 6,000 season tickets for the 1992 season). While most experts predicted the young and relatively inexperienced 36ers to finish last, the 201617 NBL season saw the 36ers emerge as the team to beat. Their loss of momentum proved costly in the NBL Final Series, with the 36ers bundled out in a three-game series against the Illawarra Hawks.[6]. clip-path: url(#per-a); Cole is also the only 36ers coach to be named as the NBL's Coach of the Year having won the award in 1986. 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The 36ers defeated the Perth Wildcats in a straight sweep of the Semi-Final Series, to secure their spot in the Grand Final Series against Melbourne United. #bne-icon .st1 {fill: #ffffff;} ADELAIDE 36ers Schedule 2002-03 . fill: none; Melbourne Phoenix, #syd-icon .a { The NBL suspended Shipway for 4 games (later reduced to 2 on appeal). Randall II, Robert The 201516 season saw the 36ers sign import point guard Jerome Randle to replace Kenyon McNeail, who sustained an injury and left after three games, while the team also acquired young guard Nathan Sobey from the Cairns Taipans. The younger Bruton was a second-round draft pick in 1997 by the Vancouver Grizzlies after leading Iowa Hills Community College to an NJCAA title, went to training camp with the Portland Trail Blazers and years later had a summer league stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers. #per-icon .f { The win over the Tigers came at a cost though as team captain Mark Davis's court time was limited in the Grand Final after dislocating his right shoulder during the first game of the semi-finals. In his second season as a head coach, Bruton is trying to join his father on the short list of men to win NBL titles. They won through to the 1998 NBL Grand Final series by finally disposing their Finals nemesis the Perth Wildcats in just 2 games. He also had 17 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and finished the game with a 19 efficiency. fill: none; In December 2016, Adelaide businessman, Grant Kelley, joined the Adelaide 36ers as majority shareholder, before becoming outright owner of the club in March 2017. } fill: #fff; clip-path: url(#sem-b); During Rd.7 the 36ers underlined their championship credentials when they defeated the previously undefeated Perth Wildcats 9186 in front of 6,585 fans at the Adelaide Arena, the largest 36ers home crowd since Brett Maher's last home game in 2009. Mark Davis replaced Darryl Pearce captain of the team in 1990, a position he would hold until the end of the 1996 season. One notable absence from the roster was star US import, Jerome Randle, who was replaced by experienced guard, Shannon Shorter. fill: #fff; Mike Osborne continued as head coach while David Winslow was named team captain. #tas-icon .st3{fill:#008C46;} Pos. Roster; Depth; Injuries . Brett Maher dishes a season high 10 assists for Adelaide 36ers On February 02, 2006, Brett Maher set a season high in assists in a Australia - NBL Playoffs game. Cleveland, the NBL's reigning Defensive Player of the Year, added 22. Those two losses ultimately denied Adelaide a perfect season but earned the team the nickname "The Invincibles" (the nickname was given by Adelaide's multi-award-winning basketball journalist Boti Nagy). } South East Melbourne Magic 20. Following the season, Mike Osborne was not retained as coach. fill: #fff; Tasmania JackJumpers. Fox was replaced by the club's long-time assistant coach Don Shipway who coached the team from 1990 to 1992. Magic 62 @ National Tennis Centre, Adelaide def. fill: #e2cfa8; #adl-icon .e { The 36ers finished 5th out of 6 in the tournament with a 11 record. Bill Jones left the team to join former coach Ken Cole in Newcastle and was replaced as an import player by 1983 NCAA West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year and former Los Angeles Lakers draft pick, 6'7" (201cm) Orlando Phillips. } He had played all 526 career NBL games for the club on that same court. #sem-icon .g { He also had 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and finished the game with a 31 efficiency. clip-path: url(#mel-a); Bill Jones was replaced as team captain by Fox who appointed Australian Boomers representative Darryl Pearce as the new captain. 13 Losses 15 PPG 90.9 Statistics The Latest Team Roster Shop 36ers Club Website Memberships Buy Tickets Schedule . } They pulled their starters with 4:29 remaining in the third quarter after Chris Paul, Devin Booker and Co. cut a 12-point halftime lead to three. Adelaide finished with their third minor premiership in a row and the second under Gary Fox after finishing with a 195 record in 1988 but would again be beaten Semi-finalists. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. clip-path: url(#nzb-a); After the 1995 season and twice winning the club's MVP award in his two seasons in Adelaide, Robert Rose was let go by the club who claimed that his asking price was too high. } During 2012 and 2013, the Adelaide Arena was in the hands of the Commonwealth Bank after former owner Eddy Groves defaulted on his loan. clip-path: url(#sem-b); The first head coach of the Adelaide City Eagles in 1982 was Mike Osborne, who would coach the team (renamed the Adelaide 36ers in 1983) until the end of the 1984 season. Dunlap had also been in hot water over an incident in the 1995 Semi-finals against Perth. Before the playoffs, the players got together and went to the club board demanding Cole's return, going so far as to tell the board that they would refuse to play unless Cole was coaching them. However ticket demand was more than double that of what Apollo could hold (often tickets for games would be sold out in less than an hour), so in conjunction with the Basketball Association of South Australia (BASA), a new home for basketball in South Australia was opened in 1992 in the western suburb of Findon. Randle led the league in scoring and earned the inaugural NBL Australia Post Fan's MVP. #nzb-icon .b { The series was a hard-fought battle, with both teams winning on their home court to level the series at one-all. #syd-icon .b { Johnson, Mitchell McCarron, Ian #adl-icon .e { The 36ers' tally of four championships is equal with the New Zealand Breakers, and fourth only behind the Sydney Kings (five), Melbourne United (six) and Perth Wildcats (ten) as the most by any club in the NBL's history. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. } #sem-icon .e { clip-path: url(#per-a); The two games the 36ers lost in the regular season were both last second shots against the West Sydney Westars and Coburg Giants respectively. West Sydney Razorbacks 21. This team was known as the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the NBL in 1982. fill: #cda97c; In Game 3 of the 200102 NBL Grand Final series at the Clipsal Powerhouse, the 36ers broke their own NBL record for the most points scored in an NBL Grand Final game of 122 (set in Game 1 of 1986) when they scored 125 points to defeat the West Sydney Razorbacks by 18 points.