[1] Former 36ers championship player and 1998 NBL Grand Final MVP Kevin Brooks has re-joined the team as assistant coach.
Source: NBL.com.au Game 3 only if required * Jarrid Frye was released on 12 February 2014 All-NBL First team: Daniel Johnson (Power forward) The addition of 2007 NBL Championship winning coach Joey Wright and a new assistant coach in former 36ers championship player Kevin Brooks, had a marked effect on the Adelaide 36ers.
Along with former NBL Most Valuable Player Gary Ervin who joined the team from Townsville, and small forward Jarrid Frye (who was cut due to injuries two-thirds of the way through the season and was replaced with former 36er Rhys Carter), they helped turn the 36ers fortunes around with what was almost the same team that had finished last in 2012-13.
6'11" (212 cm) centre Daniel Johnson led the 36ers in scoring with 19.5 points per game for the season (up from 16.2 ppg in 2012-13) which was good enough for fifth best in the league.
Team captain Adam Gibson and Gary Ervin finished second and third respectively in league assists per game with 4.7 and 4.6 respectively.
Near the end of the fourth period, Gary Ervin kneed Goulding in the groin, with the Tigers player falling in a heap on the court.
Goulding, who was loudly booed by the 36ers crowd whenever he touched the ball, and for his blatant 'flop' in the 3rd when he ran into former Gold Coast Blaze teammate Anthony Petrie, was restricted to just 6 points on just 1/5 shooting as Adelaide routed the Tigers 102-63 to win their way into the club's first Grand Final series since their 2001-02 championship win.