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2020–21 Melbourne United season

The 2020–21 NBL season was the 38th season for Melbourne United in the NBL, and the 7th under the banner of Melbourne United.

2020–21 Melbourne United season
NBL champions
Regular season champions
Head coachAustralia Dean Vickerman
Co-captainsAustralia Chris Goulding
Australia Mitch McCarron
ArenaJohn Cain Arena
NBL results
Record28–8 (77.8%)
Ladder1st
Finals finishChampions (6th title)
(Defeated Wildcats 3–0)
Stats at NBL.com.au
Cup results
Record4–4 (50%)
Ladder4th
Cup finishN/A
Player records
PointsAustralia Landale
16.4
ReboundsAustralia Landale
7.9
AssistsAustralia McCarron
5.1
EfficiencyAustralia Andersen
67%
All statistics correct as of 6 June 2021.

Roster edit

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2020–21 Melbourne United roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
C 0   Lual-Acuil, Jo 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 29 – (1994-04-26)26 April 1994
G 5   Short, Sam (DP) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 26 – (1998-02-11)11 February 1998
G 10   McCarron, Mitch (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 31 – (1992-06-30)30 June 1992
F/C 13   Andersen, David 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 43 – (1980-06-23)23 June 1980
F 14   White, Jack   2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 26 – (1997-08-05)5 August 1997
G 18   Baba, Yudai (SRP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 28 – (1995-11-07)7 November 1995
F 20   Barlow, David 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 40 – (1983-10-22)22 October 1983
F 22   Peatling, Mason (DP) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1997-03-31)31 March 1997
G 30   McDaniel, Sam 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1995-12-09)9 December 1995
F 32   Hopson, Scotty (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 34 – (1989-08-08)8 August 1989
F 34   Landale, Jock 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 116 kg (256 lb) 28 – (1995-10-25)25 October 1995
G 43   Goulding, Chris (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 35 – (1988-10-24)24 October 1988
G 51   Ili, Shea 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 31 – (1992-10-06)6 October 1992
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  •   Nik Popovic
Team manager
  •   Stephan Semerci
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (SRP) Special restricted player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  •   Injured
Updated: 8 May 2021

Transactions edit

Signings edit

Main article: List of 2020–21 NBL season transactions
  • Mitch McCarron, Shea Ili, Casey Prather, Jo Lual-Acuil and Sam Short all remained with the club after they previously signed multiple season contracts.[1] Head Coach Dean Vickerman and assistant coach Ross McMains also remained with the club under their multiple season contracts.
  • On 15 July 2020, United signed their first new contract for the season. Jack White of Duke University signed a three-season deal with the club.[2]
  • On 17 July 2020, guard Chris Goulding re-signed with the club on a three-season deal, which will take his total seasons with the club to eight.[3]
  • On 19 July 2020, United signed Yudai Baba on a one-season Special Restricted Player deal.[4]
  • On 22 July 2020, David Barlow also re-signed with the club on a new one-season deal.[5]
  • On 24 July 2020, Mason Peatling was signed to a three-season deal, with him being assigned as a development player for the first season.[6]
  • On 14 August 2020, Sam McDaniel was re-signed for his third season with the club on a one-season deal.[7]
  • On 20 August 2020, United released Casey Prather from the final season of his contract.[8]
  • On 21 August 2020, United also released assistant coach Ross McMains from his contract.[9]
  • On 30 November 2020, Scotty Hopson signed a one year deal with the club, filling United’s first Import slot.[10]
  • On 10 December 2020, Jock Landale signed one-year deal with the club.[11]
  • On 9 February 2021, following multiple injuries Dillon Stith was added to the squad as an injury replacement player.[12]
  • On 13 March 2021, C. J. Asuncion-Byrd was signed as the injury replacement player for Baba.[13]
  • On 8 April, David Andersen signed as the injury replacement player for White.[14]

Game log edit

Pre-season edit

2020 pre-season game log
Total: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
December: 1–0 (home: 0–0; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 31 December @ Cairns W 81–97 Chris Goulding (17) Jock Landale (8) Mitch McCarron (5) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
not announced 		1–0

Regular season edit

Main article: 2020–21 NBL regular season


2020–21 game log
Total: 28–8 (Home: 14–4; Road: 14–4)
January: 3–0 (home: 1–0; road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 15 January @ Adelaide W 65–89 Goulding, Lual-Acuil (16) Jo Lual-Acuil (12) Scotty Hopson (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
6,539 		1–0
2 25 January @ Cairns W 85–87 Jock Landale (19) Jo Lual-Acuil (11) Ili, McCarron (4) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
1,896 		2–0
3 31 January South East Melbourne W 96–90 Jack White (22) Jock Landale (7) Mitch McCarron (6) Bendigo Stadium
2,000 		3–0
February: 3–0 (home: 1–0; road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 5 February @ Brisbane W 96–109 Chris Goulding (27) Jock Landale (13) Mitch McCarron (8) Nissan Arena
2,234 		4–0
5 7 February Perth W 75–71 Jock Landale (16) Jack White (8) Scotty Hopson (6) Bendigo Stadium
1,953 		5–0
6 10 February @ Illawarra W 88–91 Scotty Hopson (21) Scotty Hopson (9) Mitch McCarron (7) WIN Entertainment Centre
3,459 		6–0
NBL Cup: 4–4 (home: 2–2; road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 20 February Perth L 85–89 Jock Landale (20) Jock Landale (10) Hopson, Landale (4) John Cain Arena
3,711 		6–1
8 22 February Cairns W 88–81 Jock Landale (18) Jock Landale (11) Mitch McCarron (7) John Cain Arena
2,313 		7–1
9 25 February @ Adelaide W 73–82 Mitch McCarron (18) McCarron (10) Scotty Hopson (4) John Cain Arena
1,991 		8–1
10 27 February Sydney W 83–80 Jock Landale (20) Jo Lual-Acuil (10) Mitch McCarron (6) John Cain Arena
4,206 		9–1
11 5 March @ New Zealand W 84–87 Jock Landale (23) Mitch McCarron (7) Mitch McCarron (7) John Cain Arena
3,421 		10–1
12 7 March Brisbane L 88–96 Chris Goulding (21) Jock Landale (11) Baba, Ili (3) John Cain Arena
3,696 		10–2
13 10 March @ South East Melbourne L 97–92 (OT) Goulding, Landale (22) Jo Lual-Acuil (9) Shea Ili (6) John Cain Arena
3,675 		10–3
14 13 March @ Illawarra L 77–69 Mitch McCarron (16) Jock Landale (8) Landale, McCarron (4) John Cain Arena
4,183 		10–4
March: 3–1 (home: 1–0; road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
15 19 March @ Sydney L 103–75 Jock Landale (18) Ili, Landale (7) Chris Goulding (6) Qudos Bank Arena
5,089 		10–5
16 21 March Illawarra W 75–65 Jock Landale (19) Mitch McCarron (11) Goulding, McCarron (5) John Cain Arena
2,552 		11–5
17 25 March @ New Zealand W 79–82 Ili, McCarron (16) Mitch McCarron (7) Mitch McCarron (7) Bendigo Stadium
1,150 		12–5
18 27 March @ South East Melbourne W 60–80 Chris Goulding (25) Mason Peatling (12) Mitch McCarron (6) John Cain Arena
3,370 		13–5
April: 7–0 (home: 6–0; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
19 2 April Cairns W 95–85 Jock Landale (20) Jock Landale (11) Hopson, McCarron (4) John Cain Arena
3,673 		14–5
20 4 April @ Cairns W 73–83 Chris Goulding (15) Landale, Lual-Acuil (10) Mitch McCarron (7) Cairns Pop-Up Arena
1,847 		15–5
21 10 April New Zealand W 84–78 Scotty Hopson (19) Jock Landale (11) Mitch McCarron (5) John Cain Arena
2,717 		16–5
22 12 April Brisbane W 98–89 Jock Landale (23) Jock Landale (13) Mitch McCarron (12) John Cain Arena
3,422 		17–5
23 18 April Illawarra W 87–76 Jo Lual-Acuil (15) Jock Landale (11) Jock Landale (5) John Cain Arena
3,794 		18–5
24 24 April Adelaide W 92–78 Mitch McCarron (21) Landale, Lual-Acuil (10) Mitch McCarron (5) John Cain Arena
3,034 		19–5
25 28 April New Zealand W 90–76 Scotty Hopson (25) Jo Lual-Acuil (9) Barlow, Goulding, McCarron (3) John Cain Arena
2,173 		20–5
May: 6–3 (home: 2–2; road: 4–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
26 2 May Sydney W 103–78 Chris Goulding (21) Jo Lual-Acuil (9) Mitch McCarron (8) John Cain Arena
2,214 		21–5
27 5 May Perth L 69–82 Jock Landale (11) Jo Lual-Acuil (10) Mitch McCarron (5) John Cain Arena
2,011 		21–6
28 8 May @ South East Melbourne W 82–93 Jock Landale (27) Jock Landale (11) Yudai Baba (3) John Cain Arena
3,899 		22–6
29 13 May @ Perth W 91–99 Chris Goulding (26) Jock Landale (7) Mitch McCarron (6) RAC Arena
9,987 		23–6
30 16 May South East Melbourne L 83–94 Jock Landale (19) Mitch McCarron (7) Mitch McCarron 6 John Cain Arena
3,460 		23–7
31 18 May @ Illawarra W 87–102 Chris Goulding (25) Jock Landale (10) Scotty Hopson (8) WIN Entertainment Centre
1,794 		24–7
32 24 May @ Brisbane W 88–99 Chris Goulding (22) McCarron, Peatling (6) Mitch McCarron (7) Nissan Arena
1,614 		25–7
33 29 May @ Sydney L 100–98 (2OT) Jock Landale (23) Jock Landale (12) Mitch McCarron (9) Qudos Bank Arena
6,238 		25–8
34 31 May Cairns W 101–76 Jock Landale (19) Mason Peatling (11) Scotty Hopson (5) Qudos Bank Arena[15]
closed event 		26–8
June: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
35 4 June @ Perth W 64–78 Jo Lual-Acuil (16) Mitch McCarron (6) Mitch McCarron (5) RAC Arena
12,185 		27–8
36 6 June Adelaide W 102–80 Hopson, Landale (19) Jock Landale (9) Shea Ili (8) Adelaide Entertainment Centre[15]
1,817 		28–8

Postseason edit

Main article: 2021 NBL Finals
2021 finals game log
Total: 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–1)
Semifinals: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 11 June S.E. Melbourne W 96–78 Jock Landale (26) Mason Peatling (6) Mitch McCarron (5) Qudos Bank Arena
500 		1–0
2 13 June @ S.E. Melbourne L 90–79 Scotty Hopson (19) Lual-Acuil, Peatling (7) McCarron, Lual-Acuil, Peatling (4) Qudos Bank Arena
500 		1–1
3 15 June S.E. Melbourne W 84–74 Jock Landale (27) Landale, McCarron (8) Mitch McCarron (6) Qudos Bank Arena
500 		2–1
NBL Finals: 3–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 3–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 18 June @ Perth W 70–73 Chris Goulding (23) Mitch McCarron (11) Mitch McCarron (6) RAC Arena
9,951 		1–0
2 20 June @ Perth W 74–83 Chris Goulding (21) Jock Landale (17) Mitch McCarron (7) RAC Arena
11,097 		2–0
3 25 June Perth W 81–76 Jock Landale (15) Jock Landale (9) Mitch McCarron (5) John Cain Arena
4,507 		3–0

Ladder edit

Pos 2020–21 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Melbourne United 36 28 8 77.78% 4–1 W3 14–4 14–4 3189 2956 107.88%
2 Perth Wildcats 36 25 11 69.44% 3–2 L2 13–5 12–6 3133 2900 108.03%
3 Illawarra Hawks 36 20 16 55.56% 4–1 L1 11–7 9–9 2962 2954 100.27%
4 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 36 19 17 52.78% 2–3 L1 9–9 10–8 3217 3124 102.98%
5 Sydney Kings 36 19 17 52.78% 4–1 W3 11–7 8–10 3112 3087 100.81%
6 Brisbane Bullets 36 18 18 50.00% 4–1 W1 9–9 9–9 3204 3274 97.86%
7 Adelaide 36ers 36 13 23 36.11% 0–5 L7 10–8 3–15 2985 3156 94.58%
8 New Zealand Breakers 36 12 24 33.33% 2–3 L1 8–10 4–14 2937 3021 97.22%
9 Cairns Taipans 36 8 28 22.22% 1–4 L2 6–12 2–16 2940 3207 91.67%

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2021. Source: NBL.com.au

Ladder progression edit

  • 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.
2020–21 NBL season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 NBL Cup 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
6 7 8 9
Adelaide 36ers 3 5 3 3 3 4 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Brisbane Bullets 6 9 5 6 6 7 5 4 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Cairns Taipans 4 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Illawarra Hawks 2 3 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3
Melbourne United 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
New Zealand Breakers – 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Perth Wildcats – 2 4 7 7 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 7 6 6 4 4 5 3 7 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4
Sydney Kings 5 4 7 5 5 6 7 6 6 6 5 4 6 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 5

Awards edit

Player of the Week edit

NBL Awards edit

  • Executive of the Year: Mark Boyd[17]

Melbourne United Awards edit

  • Best Club Person Award: Fiona Gant[18]

Finals Series edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "NBL21 Free Agency Preview: Everything You Need to Know | NBL". NBL.com.au.
  2. ^ "Jack White Inks Long-Term Deal in Australia's NBL". Duke University. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ^ Ward, Roy (16 July 2020). "Melbourne United retain franchise player Chris Goulding in three-year deal". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Yudai Baba signs with NBL's Melbourne United". The Japan Times. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  5. ^ "David Barlow Re-signs With Melbourne United For Another Year". www.melbourneutd.com.au. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  6. ^ Evans, Kyle (26 July 2020). "Short back in black for 2020-21 NBL season". The Courier. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Sam McDaniel re-signs with Melbourne United". www.melbourneutd.com.au. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Prather, Melbourne United part ways". ESPN.com. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Thank You Ross McMains". www.facebook.com. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Scotty Hopson Signs with Melbourne United". NBL.com.au. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Young Australian Star Jock Landale Signs with Melbourne United". NBL.com.au. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Melbourne United Injuries". 9 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Squad update". Twitter. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Veteran David Andersen Signs with Melbourne". NBL.com.au. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  15. ^ a b This game is a home game and was originally due to be played at John Cain Arena, but COVID-19 induced border closures forced the team to relocate to Sydney and Adelaide.
  16. ^ "By The Numbers". Instagram. 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  17. ^ a b c "Bryce Cotton Claims Third Andrew Gaze MVP Trophy". NBL.com.au. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d "Landale, Baba headline Melbourne United club award winners". melbourneutd.com.au. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  19. ^ "United secure NBL21 championship on home court". NBL.com.au. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

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