The

2012–13 NBL season The 2012–13 NBL season was the 35th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of eight teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 5 October 2012 and 24 March 2013, followed by a post-season which invo ...

is the 31st season for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL. In 2011–12, the 36ers missed out on the playoffs for the 5th time in the past 6 seasons, finishing the season with the club's second ever wooden spoon (the club's second in three years) with a worst ever 8-20 record. The 36ers, have won the NBL Championship four times (1986, 1998, 1998–99 and 2001–02), earning Adelaide the nickname of "Title Town", and with some astute off-season recruiting (helped by the demise of the

Gold Coast Blaze The Gold Coast Blaze were an Australian men's professional basketball team which competed in the National Basketball League (NBL). The Blaze competed in their inaugural season in 2007–08. The club was based on the Gold Coast and joined the ...

), will be looking to get back to a position of power in the league. 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 Perth Arena (known commercially as ) is an entertainment and sporting arena in the city centre of Perth, Western Australia, used mostly for basketball matches. It is located on Wellington Street near the site of the former Perth Entertainmen ...

(14,846 - set at 12,000 for NBL games), the Sydney Entertainment Centre (10,517), Hisense Arena in Melbourne (10,500) and the

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(9,300) in Auckland. The season is the last of a 3-year contract for head coach Marty Clarke. As a player, Tasmanian born Clarke was a

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with the NBL championship winning North Melbourne Giants in 1989. Prior to joining the 36ers in

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he spent 12 years as first an assistant, and later head coach, at the

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

(1998–2010). As well as being the 36ers Head Coach, Clarke is also an assistant coach of the

Australian Boomers The Australian men's national basketball team, known as the Boomers after the slang term for a male kangaroo, represents Australia in international basketball competition. Since the late 1980s, Australia has been placed among the world elite t ...

Off-season

Additions

(From the squad at the end of the

2011–12 NBL season The 2011–12 NBL season was the 34th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of nine teams contested the league. The regular season was played between 7 October 2011 and 25 March 2012, followed by a post-season involving t ...

) ''* C. J. Massingale was released by the 36ers on 5 December 2012.
* Scott Christopherson signed following the season ending Achilles tendon injury to Mitch Creek, though officially he is the replacement for Massingale.''

Subtractions

(From the squad at the end of the

)

Current roster

Depth chart

2012–13 NBL clubs

* State Sports Centre used by the

Sydney Kings The Sydney Kings are an Australian men's professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League (NBL). The team is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The Kings were formed from a merger between the West Sydney Westars and the ...

for one game only due to a clash of dates at their usual home, the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
* The

Melbourne Tigers Melbourne United is an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. United compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at John Cain Arena. The team made their debut in the NBL in 1984 as ...

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

's respectively.
* The Perth Wildcats are the only team with an entirely new venue in 2012-13, with the 14,846 seat

replacing their previous home, the 4,500 seat

Challenge Stadium Perth Superdrome, known as HBF Stadium under a commercial naming rights arrangement, is a sports complex in Perth, Western Australia. It is home to the Western Australian Institute of Sport (WAIS). The venue is located in the suburb of Mount Cl ...

Regular season

Ladder

Game log

Regular season

* Games with a * are televised on One HD. Games with ** are on

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. Games with *** shown on Sky Sport NZ , - style="background-color:#bbffbb;" , 1** , 7 October , Tigers
W 84-61
, Daniel Johnson,

Stephen Weigh Stephen Weigh (born 28 February 1987) is an Australian former professional basketball player who spent 10 seasons in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL). He started his NBL career in 2008 after a two-year ...

(21) , Daniel Johnson,

Luke Schenscher Luke Dean Schenscher (born 31 December 1982) is an Australian former professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball for Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball, Georgia Tech before having stints in the National B ...

(9) ,

Adam Gibson Adam Matthew Gibson (born 30 October 1986) is an Australian former professional basketball player who played 16 years in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL). He made his NBL debut in 2005 and went on to ...

(7) , Adelaide Arena
3,988 , 1-0 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 2*** , 12 October , @ Breakers
L 59-73
, Daniel Johnson (15) ,

(9) ,

Nathan Crosswell Nathan Crosswell (born 3 August 1979) is an Australian former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball League from 1999 to 2013. During his 14-year career in the NBL, Crosswell played for the Melbourne Tigers, Vict ...

(3) ,

6,625 , 1-1 , - style="background-color:#bbffbb;" , 3 , 20 October , Taipans
W 85-81
,

(21) ,

(10) , Jason Cadee (7) , Adelaide Arena
4,331 , 2-1 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 4** , 28 October ,

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L 63-77
, Anthony Petrie (16) , Daniel Johnson (7) ,

(7) , Adelaide Arena
4,720 , 2-2 , - style="background-color:#bbffbb;" , 5** , 4 November , @

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W 88-81
,

(18) , Anthony Petrie (11) , Daniel Johnson (7) , Sydney Entertainment Centre
4,660 , 3-2 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 6 , 9 November , @ Tigers
L 66-96
, Anthony Petrie (15) , Daniel Johnson (8) ,

,
Jason Cadee,

(2) , Hisense Arena
5,283 , 3-3 , - style="background-color:#bbffbb;" , 7** , 11 November ,

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W 77-65
, C. J. Massingale (18) ,

(11) ,

(6) , Adelaide Arena
3,696 , 4-3 , - style="background-color:#bbffbb;" , 8* , 16 November , @

W 69-65
, Daniel Johnson (21) , Daniel Johnson (15) ,

(6) ,

11,562 , 5-3 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 9 , 30 November , @ Crocodiles
L 73-75
,

(17) ,

(9) ,

(7) , Townsville Entertainment Centre
3,255 , 5-4 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 10** , 2 December ,

L 85-88
, Daniel Johnson (24) ,

(10) ,

(10) , Adelaide Arena
4,015 , 5-5 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 11** , 9 December ,

L 85-91 (OT)
, Daniel Johnson (23) , Anthony Petrie,
Mitch Creek (7) ,

(6) , Adelaide Arena
3,485 , 5-6 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 12 , 15 December , Crocodiles
L 75-80
,

(18) ,

(12) ,

(9) , Adelaide Arena
4,493 , 5-7 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 13* , 28 December , Breakers
L 66-71
,

(25) ,

(16) ,

,
Jason Cadee,

(2) , Adelaide Arena
4,740 , 5-8 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 14 , 31 December , @ Crocodiles
L 82-86
,

(21) ,

(10) ,

(6) , Townsville Entertainment Centre
4,124 , 5-9 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 15* , 4 January , Crocodiles
L 61-75
,

(22) , Daniel Johnson (9) ,

(3) , Adelaide Arena
3,997 , 5-10 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 16 , 5 January , @

L 82-86
,

(19) , Daniel Johnson (12) ,

,
Jason Cadee (5) , Sydney Entertainment Centre
4,511 , 5-11 , - style="background-color:#bbffbb;" , 17** , 13 January ,

W 82-64
, Daniel Johnson (24) , Daniel Johnson,

,
Anthony Petrie (7) ,

(4) , Adelaide Arena
4,489 , 6-11 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 18** , 20 January , Breakers
L 66-84
, Anthony Petrie (19) , Daniel Johnson (9) ,

(4) , Adelaide Arena
4,630 , 6-12 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 19** , 27 January , @ Tigers
L 80-87
, Daniel Johnson (25) , Daniel Johnson (10) ,

(6) , State Netball and Hockey Centre
3,215 , 6-13 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 20* , 1 February ,

L 78-86
, Daniel Johnson (21) , Daniel Johnson (7) ,

(9) , Adelaide Arena
3,628 , 6-14 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 21* , 8 February , @

L 67-73
, Daniel Johnson (22) , Anthony Petrie (7) ,

(5) ,

10,779 , 6-15 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 22** , 10 February , Tigers
L 71-84
, Daniel Johnson (20) , Daniel Johnson (12) ,

(7) , Adelaide Arena
5,055 , 6-16 , - style="background-color:#bbffbb;" , 23 , 16 February , Taipans
W 71-68
, Anthony Petrie (18) , Daniel Johnson (11) ,

(4) ,

Cairns Convention Centre The Cairns Convention Centre is a convention and entertainment centre in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The venue was selected the World's Best Congress Centre in 2004 and 2014. Description The centre has a floor space of on a site in the Ca ...

3,911 , 7-16 , - style="background-color:#bbffbb;" , 24* , 22 February , @

W 91-90 (OT)
, Anthony Petrie (26) , Anthony Petrie (8) ,

(5) ,

WIN Entertainment Centre Wollongong Entertainment Centre (also known by its naming rights sponsor WIN Entertainment Centre and colloquially as the WEC) is a multi-purpose indoor arena, located in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The WEC opened on 5 September 1998 ...

3,024 , 8-16 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 25 , 28 February , @ Breakers
L 79-104
, Anthony Petrie (16) , Daniel Johnson,
Steven Weigh,
Jason Cadee,
Scott Christopherson (4) ,

(6) ,

8,500 , 8-17 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 26 , 9 March , Taipans
L 69-70
, Daniel Johnson (21) , Daniel Johnson (13) ,

(5) , Adelaide Arena
5,309 , 8-18 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 27 , 15 March , @ Taipans
L 73-76
, Anthony Petrie (19) , Daniel Johnson (8) ,

(5) ,

4,013 , 8-19 , - style="background-color:#ffcccc;" , 28 , 23 March , @

L 64-74
,

(22) , Daniel Johnson (10) ,

,
Jason Cadee,

(2) ,

4,512 , 8-20

Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

''* C. J. Massingale was released on 5 December 2012.''

Finals

Awards

Player of the Week

* Week 7: Daniel Johnson – 21 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal vs Perth Wildcats @

* Week 14: Daniel Johnson – 24 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks vs

@ Adelaide Arena

Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

NBL Award Winners

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– Anthony Petrie (''nominated'') *

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– Tom Daly (''nominated'') * All-NBL Second Team – Daniel Johnson * NBL Leading Rebounder – Daniel Johnson, 8.1 per game

Season summary

After a strong start to the season where they were 5-3 after Round 7, including two wins over the Perth Wildcats, one at the opening of the 14,856 seat

, Adelaide were sitting third on the NBL ladder and were looking good for a return to the playoffs. That was as good as it got for the 36ers though, following the 69-65 win over the Wildcats in Perth, Adelaide went on to a club record equaling eight-game losing streak from which they would never recover. The 36ers 5-3 start had come to a grinding halt and they went 3-17 over the final two-thirds of the season. Import player C. J. Massingale was cut from the team on 5 December, while young gun Mitch Creek was lost for the season with an Achilles tendon suffered against the Crocodiles on 15 December. Former

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guard Scott Christopherson was signed as Massingale's replacement, but had a season he would rather forget, only scoring in double figures once in 14 games, a 16 point effort against the

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on 15 March. Starting centre

also missed seven games through injury after a heavy fall against the

on 13 January. Adelaide won the game against the Kings 84-62 at the Adelaide Arena, snapping their eight-game losing streak. Bright spots for the 36ers were 6'11" power forward/centre Daniel Johnson who won two "NBL Player of the Week" awards (the only 36er to win one during the season) and was selected to the All-NBL Second Team, improving on his 2011–12 selection to the All-NBL Third Team. DJ completed eight double-double's during the season and easily led the team in scoring, averaging 16.2 points per game (next best in the team was co-captain

with 11.6 ppg). His points average was also the 5th best in the NBL and he also led the league in rebounding with 8.1 per game. Johnson was also selected as the starting centre for the South All-Stars in the NBL All-Star Game played in Adelaide on 22 December. Hard working forward Anthony Petrie was nominated for NBL's Best Sixth Man award. Petrie generally started from the bench for the 36ers until Schenscher's injury thrust him into a starting role and he responded by averaging over 18 ppg as a starter. Petrie was an original bench selection for the NBL All-Star Game but withdrew with a back injury. Local guard Tom Daly was elevated from being a Development Player to having a spot on the roster after Creek was injured and was rewarded for his good performances with nomination for the NBL's Rookie of the Year award. The 36ers finished the season in 8th and last place on the NBL ladder, their second wooden spoon in a row and the club's third in four seasons. They became the first team since the Bankstown Bruins in

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and

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to earn consecutive wooden spoons in the NBL. Before the last game of the season against the Wollongong Hawks at the

in Wollongong, co-captain

announced his retirement and that the game would be his 350th and last in the NBL. Crosswell started his career with the

in 1999 and won the 2007–08 NBL championship with the Tigers. Despite finishing on the bottom of the NBL ladder at the end of the regular season and only having a 4-10 record at the Adelaide Arena, the Adelaide 36ers finished 4th in average attendances with 60,576 attending the 14 home games for an average of 4,327 per game. The highest attendance was 5,309 for the final home game of the season against the

(Round 22), while the lowest home attendance was 3,485 for the Round 10 overtime game with the Perth Wildcats.

Adelaide 36ers Awards

* Most Valuable Player ( Mark Davis Trophy): Daniel Johnson * Players' Player:

and Tom Daly * Most Improved Player: Tom Daly * Best Defensive Player:

* Best Club Person: Narelle Smith

References

External links

Official website of the Adelaide 36ers
{{DEFAULTSORT:2012-13 Adelaide 36ers Season Adelaide 36ers seasons Ade

Off-season

Additions

Subtractions

Current roster

Depth chart

2012–13 NBL clubs

Regular season

Ladder

Game log

Regular season

Finals

Player statistics

Regular season

Finals

Awards

Player of the Week

Player of the Month

Coach of the Month

NBL Award Winners

Season summary

Adelaide 36ers Awards

See also

References

External links