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The pre-season of the 2022–23 NBL season, the 45th season of Australia's National Basketball League, ran from 9 August 2022 to 6 October 2022.[1][2] The pre-season also featured the Adelaide 36ers to play games between two NBA teams, this will be the fourth NBLxNBA tour.[3][4]

On 2 October 2022, the 36ers became the first NBL team to beat an NBA team when they defeated the Phoenix Suns.[5]

Pre-season games

9 August 2022 Melbourne United 67–88 Saint Mary's Gaels Keilor Stadium, Melbourne
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 19–16, 16–26, 14–21
NBL TV Pts: Ili 18
Rebs: Newley 5
Asts: Duach 3		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Ducas 18
Rebs: Saxen 12
Asts: Bowen 5		 Attendance: 1,000
10 August 2022 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 74–860(OT) Saint Mary's Gaels Frankston Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–17, 16–13, 17–23, 9–18, Overtime: 3–15
NBL TV Pts: Adnam 12
Rebs: Smith-Milner 8
Asts: Adnam 5		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Mahaney 24
Rebs: Ducas 11
Asts: Marciulionis 5		 Attendance: 400
3 September 2022 Illawarra Hawks 87–94 UC Riverside Highlanders Snakepit, Wollongong
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 22–26, 21–28, 21–17
NBL TV Pts: Harvey 24
Rebs: Froling 7
Asts: Harvey, Robinson 3		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Olbrich 19
Rebs: Olbrich 10
Asts: Pullin 8		 Attendance: 1,500
6 September 2022 Tasmania JackJumpers 88–83 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre, Ulverstone
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 16–14, 31–22, 17–29
NBL TV Pts: Kelly 20
Rebs: Kenyon 6
Asts: Magette 6		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Williams 15
Rebs: Anticevich 8
Asts: Browne, Kell 4		 Attendance: 1,100
8 September 2022 Tasmania JackJumpers 84–80 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Elphin Sports Centre, Launceston
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 21–23, 19–18, 21–13
NBL TV Pts: Doyle 17
Rebs: Kelly, Kenyon 5
Asts: Magette 6		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Adnam 15
Rebs: Pineau 8
Asts: Browne 4		 Attendance: 1,100
8 September 2022 Melbourne United 77–105 Brisbane Bullets Selkirk Stadium, Wendouree
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 27–34, 8–19, 26–26
NBL TV Pts: Tucker 20
Rebs: Tucker 8
Asts: Rathan-Mayes 4		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Walker 18
Rebs: Froling 9
Asts: Mitchell 6		 Attendance: 2,000
9 September 2022 Perth Wildcats 98–87 Adelaide 36ers Eaton Recreration Centre, Bunbury
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 23–30, 30–17, 21–22
NBL TV Pts: Cotton 20
Rebs: Travers 9
Asts: Norton 6		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Cleveland 23
Rebs: Sotto 11
Asts: Marshall, Randall 4		 Attendance: 300
10 September 2022 New Zealand Breakers 71–680(OT) Illawarra Hawks The Stockyard, Pukekohe
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 23–9, 19–19, 8–14, Overtime: 7–4
NBL TV Pts: Le'afa 16
Rebs: Pardon 12
Asts: McDowell-White 5		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Robinson 26
Rebs: Deng 15
Asts: Froling 3		 Attendance: 600
10 September 2022 Melbourne United 72–76 Brisbane Bullets Casey Stadium, Melbourne
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 20–23, 13–26, 17–9
NBL TV Pts: Tucker 28
Rebs: Tucker 9
Asts: Newley 2		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Walker 17
Rebs: Gak 9
Asts: Bach 4		 Attendance: 1,500
11 September 2022 Perth Wildcats 97–91 Adelaide 36ers HBF Arena, Joondalup
13:00 Scoring by quarter: 34–25, 29–20, 20–25, 14–21
NBL TV Pts: Manek 15
Rebs: Webster 6
Asts: Cotton 5		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Randall 29
Rebs: Cleveland 9
Asts: McCarron 6		 Attendance: 500
2 October 2022 Adelaide 36ers 134–124 Phoenix Suns Footprint Center, Phoenix
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 33–28, 38–31, 25–31, 38–34
NBL TV Pts: Randall 35
Rebs: McCarron 9
Asts: McCarron 16		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Payne 23
Rebs: Bridges 7
Asts: Paul 12		 Attendance: 15,152
6 October 2022 Adelaide 36ers 98–131 Oklahoma City Thunder Paycom Center, Oklahoma City
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–35, 27–38, 27–35, 28–23
NBL TV Pts: Randall 27
Rebs: Franks 7
Asts: Randall 8		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Mann 26
Rebs: Williams 12
Asts: Giddey, Williams 6		 Attendance: TBA

NBL Blitz

The 2022 NBL Blitz is an annual pre-season tournament featuring all NBL teams. This season games were held in Darwin, Northern Territory from the 16th to the 23rd of September 2022.[6]

16 September 2022 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 76–84 Adelaide 36ers Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 13–18, 20–24, 23–21
Kayo Freebies Pts: Adnam 19
Rebs: Williams 7
Asts: Adnam 4		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Randall 16
Rebs: McCarron 8
Asts: McCarron 5		 Attendance: not available
17 September 2022 Tasmania JackJumpers 73–53 Sydney Kings Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 22–22, 14–11, 25–7
Kayo Freebies Pts: McVeigh 16
Rebs: Kenyon 9
Asts: Magette 5		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Walton 12
Rebs: Noi 10
Asts: Walton 4		 Attendance: 916
17 September 2022 Perth Wildcats 98–80 Cairns Taipans Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–27, 25–20, 20–19, 29–14
Kayo Freebies Pts: Cotton 36
Rebs: Blanchfield, Travers 7
Asts: Cotton 4		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Pinder 21
Rebs: McCall 8
Asts: McCall 6		 Attendance: 916
18 September 2022 Brisbane Bullets 81–69 New Zealand Breakers Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 25–9, 19–16, 19–16
Kayo Freebies Pts: Baynes, Johnson 14
Rebs: Gak 8
Asts: Gak 6		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Vodanovich 15
Rebs: Brantley 8
Asts: Le'afa 4		 Attendance: 932
18 September 2022 Illawarra Hawks 81–68 Melbourne United Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 27–18, 23–13, 11–17
Kayo Freebies Pts: Froling, Robinson 14
Rebs: Froling 8
Asts: Robinson 8		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Tucker 20
Rebs: Hukporti 8
Asts: Tucker 3		 Attendance: 922
19 September 2022 Adelaide 36ers 87–79 Tasmania JackJumpers Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 21–23, 23–19, 16–15
Kayo Freebies Pts: Cleveland 27
Rebs: Dech 9
Asts: Cleveland, Dech, McCarron 3		 boxscore
report		 Pts: McVeigh 16
Rebs: Kelly, Kenyon 5
Asts: Magette 7		 Attendance: 838
19 September 2022 Perth Wildcats 87–71 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 25–22, 19–14, 22–19
Kayo Freebies Pts: Webster 16
Rebs: Manek 9
Asts: Cotton 5		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Adnam 16
Rebs: Williams 11
Asts: Browne 8		 Attendance: 838
20 September 2022 New Zealand Breakers 81–85 Illawarra Hawks Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 10–27, 23–17, 23–15, 25–26
Kayo Freebies Pts: Rupert 17
Rebs: Pardon 9
Asts: Le'afa 9		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Harvey 27
Rebs: Froling 7
Asts: Robinson 8		 Attendance: 660
20 September 2022 Cairns Taipans 76–77 Brisbane Bullets Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 14–25, 11–12, 22–19
Kayo Freebies Pts: Kuol 21
Rebs: Davey 8
Asts: McCall 4		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Walker 16
Rebs: Baynes 9
Asts: Johnson, Walker 3		 Attendance: 660
21 September 2022 Sydney Kings 91–79 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–27, 24–14, 14–19, 31–19
Kayo Freebies Pts: Walton 15
Rebs: Cooka 5
Asts: Bayles 4		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Adnam 24
Rebs: Madut 8
Asts: Adnam 5		 Attendance: 917
21 September 2022 Melbourne United 90–63 Perth Wildcats Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 27–19, 25–17, 17–16
Kayo Freebies Pts: Rathan-Mayes 22
Rebs: Caroline 14
Asts: Caroline, Humphries, Tucker 3		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Thomas, Webster 10
Rebs: Cotton 7
Asts: Travers 4		 Attendance: 917
22 September 2022 Tasmania JackJumpers 100–81 Cairns Taipans Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 31–20, 19–32, 25–13
Kayo Freebies Pts: McVeigh 25
Rebs: White 8
Asts: Doyle, Magette 4		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Ayre 26
Rebs: Davey 7
Asts: Ayre, Davey, Đerić, Scott 2		 Attendance: 912
22 September 2022 Illawarra Hawks 77–84 Adelaide 36ers Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 26–20, 13–27, 12–20
Kayo Freebies Pts: King 20
Rebs: Deng, King 8
Asts: Harvey, White 4		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Franks 30
Rebs: Johnson 11
Asts: Dech 7		 Attendance: 912
23 September 2022 New Zealand Breakers 93–101 Sydney Kings Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–33, 20–26, 27–21, 22–21
Kayo Freebies Pts: Brown 19
Rebs: Pardon, Rupert 5
Asts: Brown, Le'afa 4		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Soares 19
Rebs: Cooks 9
Asts: Makoi 4		 Attendance: 905
23 September 2022 Melbourne United 80–67 Brisbane Bullets Darwin Basketball Facility, Darwin
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 19–13, 21–14, 21–18
Kayo Freebies Pts: Goulding 19
Rebs: Tucker 8
Asts: Rathan-Mayes 4		 boxscore
report		 Pts: Krebs 21
Rebs: Froling 7
Asts: Bach, Johnson 3		 Attendance: 906

Blitz ladder

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PP BP Pts
1 Adelaide 36ers (C) 3 3 0 255 232 109.9 8 17
2 Melbourne United 3 2 1 238 211 112.8 8.5 14.5
3 Perth Wildcats 3 2 1 248 241 102.9 7 13
4 Tasmania JackJumpers 3 2 1 252 221 114.0 6.5 12.5
5 Illawarra Hawks 3 2 1 243 233 104.3 6.5 12.5
6 Brisbane Bullets 3 2 1 225 225 100.0 6 12
7 Sydney Kings 3 2 1 245 245 100.0 5.5 11.5
8 New Zealand Breakers 3 0 3 243 267 91.0 5 5
9 Cairns Taipans 3 0 3 237 275 86.2 4 4
10 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 3 0 3 226 262 86.3 3 3
Updated to match(es) played on 23 September 2022. Source: nblblitz.com.au
(C) Champions

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Hoops Frenzy Scheduled for Blitz". NBL.com.au | NBL. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "The NBL is expanding and Darwin could be the next team to join the competition". ABC.net.au. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Adelaide 36ers head to USA to take on NBL Alumni". SportingNews.com. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Adelaide 36ers take on Suns, Thunder in preseason fixtures". ESPN.com.au | ESPN. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "36ers Stun NBA's Phoenix Suns". NBL.com.au | NBL. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "NBL Blitz Darwin Bound". NBL.com.au | NBL. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Adelaide Claims Loggins-Bruton Cup". NBL.com.au | NBL. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "McVeigh Wins MVP". NBL.com.au | NBL. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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