2021–22 Illawarra Hawks season
# 2021–22 Illawarra Hawks season

The 2021–22 NBL season was the 44th season for the Illawarra Hawks in the NBL.

## Roster

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

## Pre-season

### Game log

2021 NBL Blitz game log Total: 2–0 (home: 0–0; road: 2–0) :

November: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–0)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

15 November

@ South East Melbourne

W 112–116 (OT)

Justinian Jessup (27)

Cleveland, Coenraad, H. Froling, S. Froling, Jessup (5)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (7)

Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre closed event

1–0

2

20 November

@ Melbourne

W 90–97

Antonius Cleveland (21)

Duop Reath (6)

Harvey, Rathan-Mayes (3)

Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre closed event

2–0 :

Cancelled

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

25 November

New Zealand

Cancelled

2

27 November

Sydney

Cancelled :

## Regular season

### Ladder

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| Pos | 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 vte :

| 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: 19–9 (home: 8–6; road: 11–3) :

December: 3–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

5 December

@ Adelaide

W 71–81

Duop Reath (18)

Duop Reath (9)

Tyler Harvey (6)

Adelaide Entertainment Centre 4,802

1–0

2

11 December

@ Sydney

W 84–92

Duop Reath (27)

Sam Froling (13)

Jessup, Rathan-Mayes (4)

Qudos Bank Arena 6,212

2–0

3

17 December

New Zealand

W 97–96 (2OT)

Tyler Harvey (26)

Duop Reath (13)

Justinian Jessup (4)

WIN Entertainment Centre 2,873

3–0

4

19 December

@ Brisbane

L 96–92

H.Froling, Reath (15)

Sam Froling (11)

H.Froling, Jessup (4)

Nissan Arena 3,584

3–1 :

January: 3–3 (Home: 2–3; Road: 1–0)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

5

13 January

Sydney

W 97–89

Sam Froling (27)

Sam Froling (10)

Tyler Harvey (5)

WIN Entertainment Centre 1,994

4–1

6

16 January

Melbourne

L 84–88

Justinian Jessup (18)

Sam Froling (13)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (5)

WIN Entertainment Centre 1,753

4–2

7

22 January

Perth

L 78–94

Jessup, Rathan-Mayes (17)

Cleveland, S.Froling, Rathan-Mayes (8)

Harvey, Rathan-Mayes (4)

WIN Entertainment Centre 2,278

4–3

8

24 January

Adelaide

W 100–89

Harry Froling (27)

Harry Froling (9)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (7)

WIN Entertainment Centre 2,141

5–3

9

27 January

Perth

L 80–94

Antonius Cleveland (22)

Cleveland, Reath (7)

S.Froling, Harvey, Rathan-Mayes (3)

WIN Entertainment Centre 2,240

5–4

10

29 January

@ Cairns

W 75–94

Tyler Harvey (24)

Sam Froling (13)

Harvey, Jessup (3)

Cairns Convention Centre 3,095

6–4 :

February: 3–3 (Home: 3–2; Road: 0–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

11

2 February

@ New Zealand

L 90–67

Tyler Harvey (17)

Cleveland, S.Froling (7)

Tyler Harvey (3)

MyState Bank Arena closed event

6–5

12

7 February

S.E. Melbourne

L 87–88

Tyler Harvey (20)

Rathan-Mayes, Reath (8)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (5)

WIN Entertainment Centre 2,040

6–6

13

12 February

Cairns

W 87–81

Jessup, Reath (18)

Duop Reath (10)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (5)

WIN Entertainment Centre 2,652

7–6

14

18 February

Cairns

W 79–54

Duop Reath (16)

Sam Froling (10)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (4)

WIN Entertainment Centre 2,275

8–6

15

20 February

Tasmania

L 86–96

Duop Reath (25)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (10)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (9)

WIN Entertainment Centre 2,325

8–7

16

25 February

Adelaide

W 87–71

Duop Reath (18)

Sam Froling (9)

Antonius Cleveland (6)

WIN Entertainment Centre 3,002

9–7 :

March: 6–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 4–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

17

1 March

@ New Zealand

W 87–102

Justinian Jessup (23)

Coenraad, S.Froling (8)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (7)

MyState Bank Arena closed event

10–7

18

6 March

@ S.E. Melbourne

W 77–83

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (19)

Cleveland, Jessup (7)

Cleveland, H.Froling, Harvey, Rathan-Mayes (3)

John Cain Arena 2,989

11–7

19

13 March

@ Tasmania

L 81–77

Tyler Harvey (16)

Duop Reath (7)

Sam Froling (4)

MyState Bank Arena 4,738

11–8

20

17 March

S.E. Melbourne

W 103–97

Harvey, Reath (22)

Duop Reath (12)

Antonius Cleveland (4)

WIN Entertainment Centre 2,324

12–8

21

19 March

@ Tasmania

W 65–91

Antonius Cleveland (22)

Duop Reath (11)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (5)

Silverdome 3,532

13–8

22

27 March

@ Melbourne

W 77–92

Antonius Cleveland (20)

Antonius Cleveland (8)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (7)

John Cain Arena 5,017

14–8

23

31 March

Brisbane

W 87–70

Justinian Jessup (29)

Antonius Cleveland (9)

Antonius Cleveland (6)

WIN Entertainment Centre 2,262

15–8 :

April: 4–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 4–0)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

24

2 April

@ Melbourne

W 90–96

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (25)

Jessup, Reath (9)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (8)

John Cain Arena 4,517

16–8

25

9 April

@ Brisbane

W 77–108

Duop Reath (28)

Duop Reath (11)

Cleveland, Harvey (6)

Nissan Arena 3,652

17–8

26

14 April

Sydney

L 102–107 (OT)

Tyler Harvey (35)

Sam Froling (13)

Tyler Harvey (5)

WIN Entertainment Centre 4,872

17–9

27

22 April

@ Perth

W 77–82

Tyler Harvey (22)

Cleveland, S.Froling (11)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (4)

RAC Arena 10,251

18–9

28

24 April

@ Sydney

W 84–87

Justinian Jessup (24)

Cleveland, Reath (6)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (4)

Qudos Bank Arena 12,632

19–9 :

2021–22 season schedule :

## Postseason

2022 finals game log Total: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1) :

Semi-finals: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)

GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord

1

29 April

Sydney

L 79–89

Duop Reath (26)

Duop Reath (11)

Xavier Rathan-Mayes (4)

WIN Entertainment Centre 5,621

1–0

2

1 May

@ Sydney

L 99–87

Tyler Harvey (21)

Antonius Cleveland (12)

Harvey, Jessup (3)

Qudos Bank Arena 9,824

0–2 :

2022 finals schedule :

## Transactions

### Re-signed

| Player | Signed |
| - | - |
| Tyler Harvey | 9 July |
| Isaac White | 13 July |
| Lachlan Dent | 14 July |
| Andrew Ogilvy | 16 July |
| Tim Coenraad | 1 September |
| Sam Froling | 25 February |
| Daniel Grida | 17 March |

### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former team |
| - | - | - |
| Duop Reath | 19 July | Crvena zvezda |
| Travis Trice | 21 July | Galatasaray |
| Harry Froling | 23 July | Brisbane Bullets |
| Xavier Rathan-Mayes | 18 October | CSU Sibiu |
| Alex Mudronja | 15 November | Adelaide 36ers |

### Subtractions

| Player | Reason left | New team |
| - | - | - |
| Deng Deng | Free agent | Brisbane Bullets |
| Max Darling | Released | Canterbury Rams |
| Justin Simon | Free agent | ratiopharm Ulm |
| Travis Trice | Mutual consent | Śląsk Wrocław |
| Cameron Bairstow | Free agent | Adelaide 36ers |

## Awards

### Club awards

* Community Award: Daniel Grida
* Defensive Player: Antonius Cleveland
* Members Award: Antonius Cleveland
* Player's Player Award: Antonius Cleveland
* Club MVP: Duop Reath
* Club Person of the Year: Joe Tertzakian (Team manager)
