2021–22 Adelaide Lightning season

The 2021–22 Adelaide Lightning season is the 30th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

2021–22 Adelaide Lightning season
Head Coach	Chris Lucas
Captain	Stephanie Talbot
Venue	The Lights Community and Sports Centre
Results
Record	10–7
Ladder	4th
Finals	Semi-finals (defeated by Melbourne, 0–2)
Leaders

Roster

2021–22 Adelaide Lightning roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 3 Basham, Brooke 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G/F 7 Talbot, Stephanie (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) F/C 8 Brook, Chelsea 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) G 10 Ortlepp, Taylor 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) F 11 Smith, Alanna 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) G/F 12 Simons, Sam 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) G 13 Wehrung, Abigail 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) F/C 20 Batish, Ella 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) G/F 21 Whittle, Marena 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) G 23 Williams, Kiana 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) C 24 Shook, Kylee 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) G/F 41 Brazel, Tayla 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Head coach Chris Lucas Assistant coach(es) Natalie Hurst Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 20 March 2022

Standings

#	WNBL Championship ladder
	Team	W	L	PCT	GP
1	Melbourne Boomers	12	5	70.5	17
2	Perth Lynx	11	5	68.7	16
3	Canberra Capitals	11	6	64.7	17
4	Adelaide Lightning	10	7	58.8	17
5	Bendigo Spirit	7	9	43.7	16
6	Townsville Fire	7	10	41.1	17
7	Southside Flyers	5	12	29.4	17
8	Sydney Uni Flames	4	13	23.5	17

Results

Regular season

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	December 11	Townsville	59–70	Talbot (19)	Shook (14)	Shook, Talbot (4)	The Lights Community and Sports Centre	0–1
2	December 19	@ Canberra	88–62	Whittle, Williams (17)	Talbot (12)	Talbot (6)	National Convention Centre	1–1
3	December 30	Melbourne	65–53	Smith (21)	Talbot (12)	Talbot (4)	The Lights Community and Sports Centre	2–1
4	January 2	Perth	88–86	Smith (25)	Smith, Talbot (11)	Smith (8)	The Lights Community and Sports Centre	3–1
5	January 20	@ Sydney	77–52	Talbot (19)	Talbot (9)	Talbot (7)	Brydens Stadium	4–1
6	January 28	@ Townsville	73–65 (OT)	Smith (21)	Smith (11)	Talbot (6)	Townsville Entertainment Centre	5–1
7	January 30	Canberra	67–80	Ortlepp, Smith (12)	Smith (8)	Talbot (8)	The Lights Community and Sports Centre	5–2
8	February 5	Bendigo	62–74	Brook (16)	Shook (8)	Wehrung (5)	The Lights Community and Sports Centre	5–3
9	February 19	@ Southside	85–72	Smith (23)	Talbot (11)	Talbot (8)	Dandenong Stadium	6–3
10	February 24	@ Bendigo	84–77	Talbot (18)	Shook, Talbot (11)	Williams (6)	Bendigo Stadium	7–3
11	February 26	@ Sydney	73–56	Shook (20)	Shook (9)	Talbot (12)	Hills Basketball Stadium	8–3
12	March 5	Townsville	78–57	Smith (26)	Smith (11)	Talbot (6)	The Lights Community and Sports Centre	9–3
13	March 7	@ Perth	79–104	Smith, Williams (17)	Smith (8)	Talbot (5)	Bendat Basketball Centre	9–4
14	March 9	@ Perth	73–84	Smith (24)	Smith (17)	Talbot, Williams (7)	Bendat Basketball Centre	9–5
15	March 13	Melbourne	49–72	Williams (12)	Smith (9)	Talbot (3)	The Lights Community and Sports Centre	9–6
16	March 17	Canberra	81–50	Smith (19)	Shook (11)	Talbot (5)	The Lights Community and Sports Centre	10–6
17	March 19	Southside	79–87	Smith (28)	Smith (10)	Talbot (8)	The Lights Community and Sports Centre	10–7

Finals

Semi-finals

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Series
1	March 24	@ Melbourne	64–95	Smith (17)	Talbot (10)	Talbot (6)	Melbourne Sports Centre Parkville	0–1
2	March 26	Melbourne	49–61	Smith (24)	Talbot (12)	Talbot (8)	The Lights Community and Sports Centre	0–2

External links

• Adelaide Lightning Official website