# 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 nationalities 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) :
Semifinals: 0–2 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
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)