The pre-season games started on 19 June 2019 and ended on 16 October 2019. The pre-season featured games in China, the Philippines and the United States, and featured the NBLxNBA 2019 Tour in which five NBL teams played a total of seven games.
Updated to match(es) played on 16 February 2020. Source: NBL.com.au
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage between the teams will determine order of seeding.
1Melbourne United won on overall points percentage. Brisbane Bullets finished 5th on overall points percentage.
Ladder progressionedit
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.
The 2020 NBL Finals were played in February and March 2020, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final series and a best-of-five Grand Final series.[3] In the semi-finals, the higher seed hosted the first and third games. In the Grand Final, the higher seed hosts the first, third and fifth games.
Despite the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple other sporting events being cancelled due to the pandemic, the Grand Final series started on 8 March 2020. Beginning with Game 2, all remaining games would be played behind closed doors with no spectators. After Game 3, the Sydney Kings (who were trailing 2–1 in the series) announced that they would pull out of the Grand Final due to COVID-19 concerns. The NBL therefore cancelled the remainder of the series, and named the Perth Wildcats as NBL champions by default.[4][5][6]
Australian Broadcast Rights to the 2019–20 season were held by SBS Viceland in the first year of a two-year deal. All 126 games were available live and free on streaming platforms such as SBS On Demand. ESPN also broadcast 59 games including all games after 7.30pm AEDT.[7] In New Zealand, Sky Sport were the official league broadcaster.[8] The NBL also became the first Australian sports body to broadcast their matches online with them signing a two-year deal with Twitch which included all pre-season games.[9] The NBL also signed a deal with Facebook Watch, which broadcast 52 games across the season in the United States.[10]
^"South East Melbourne Phoenix Set To Rise". National Basketball League. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^"Schedule for Hungry Jack's NBL Finals Presented by MG". nbl.com.au.
^"NBL game two to be played in isolation". The West Australian. 13 March 2020.
^"Remaining NBL Grand Final Series Games Cancelled | NBL". nbl.com.au.
^"NBL news: NBL names Perth Wildcats champions, Sydney Kings". Fox Sports. 19 March 2020.
^Mark, David (31 July 2019). "National Basketball League now on SBS and ESPN after Nine opts out of its broadcast deal". ABC. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
^Ward, Roy (11 October 2019). "NBL strikes 'revolutionary' live stream deal with Twitch". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^Ward, Roy (24 September 2019). "Lots to like: Facebook could open floodgates for NBL". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
External linksedit
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The 2019 20 NBL season was the 42nd season of the National Basketball League since its establishment in 1979 1 2019 20 NBL seasonLeagueNational Basketball LeagueSeason2019 20Duration3 October 2019 15 March 2020Number of games126 regular season 6 Semi finals 3 Grand Final Number of teams9TV partner s Australia SBS VicelandESPN New Zealand Sky Sport Online SBS On DemandNBL TVTwitchFacebook WatchRegular seasonSeason championsSydney KingsSeason MVPBryce Cotton Perth FinalsChampionsPerth Wildcats 10th title Runners upSydney KingsSemifinalistsCairns TaipansMelbourne UnitedFinals MVPBryce Cotton Perth Statistical leadersPointsBryce Cotton Perth 22 5ReboundsShawn Long Melbourne 9 4AssistsScott Machado Cairns 7 9EfficiencyJordan Hunter Sydney 73 RecordsBiggest home win45 pointsUnited 125 80 Kings 2 March 2020 Biggest away win23 pointsWildcats 76 99 Taipans 18 October 2019 United 81 104 Kings 14 December 2019 Hawks 79 102 Kings 24 January 2020 Highest scoring224 points36ers 113 111 Phoenix 13 December 2019 Winning streak6 gamesMelbourne United 2 29 November 2019 Sydney Kings 4 October 4 November 2019 Brisbane Bullets 5 January 7 February 2020 Losing streak10 gamesIllawarra Hawks 4 January 15 February 2020 Highest attendance17 514 Qudos Bank ArenaKings vs Hawks 17 November 2019 Lowest attendance2 054 ILT Stadium SouthlandBreakers vs Wildcats 3 November 2019 Average attendance6 903Total attendance896 408NBL seasons 2018 192020 21 All statistics correct as of 17 March 2020 Contents 1 Teams 1 1 Off season changes 2 Pre season 2 1 Ladder 2 1 1 NBL Blitz ladder 3 Regular season 3 1 Ladder 3 2 Ladder progression 4 Finals 4 1 Playoff bracket 5 Awards 5 1 Pre season 5 2 Regular season 5 2 1 Player of the Week 5 2 2 Awards night 5 3 Post season 6 Media 7 References 8 External linksTeams editNine teams competed in the 2019 20 Season with the addition of South East Melbourne Phoenix 2 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Breakers Bullets Hawks Kings Taipans United Wildcats 36ers Phoenix Team Location Coach Captain Stadium Capacity Founded Main SponsorAdelaide 36ers Adelaide nbsp Joey Wright nbsp Brendan Teys nbsp Kevin White Adelaide Entertainment Centre 11 300 1982 Scouts AustraliaBrisbane Bullets Brisbane nbsp Andrej Lemanis Rotating captaincy Nissan Arena 5 000 1979 TyrepowerCairns Taipans Cairns nbsp Mike Kelly nbsp Nathan Jawai nbsp D J Newbill Cairns Convention Centre 5 300 1999 CQUniversityIllawarra Hawks Wollongong nbsp Matt Flinn nbsp David Andersen nbsp Todd Blanchfield WIN Entertainment Centre 6 000 1979 SLAM Media Inc AIS Arena 5 200Melbourne United Melbourne nbsp Dean Vickerman nbsp Chris Goulding Melbourne Arena 10 500 1984 SodaStreamNew Zealand Breakers Auckland nbsp Dan Shamir nbsp Thomas Abercrombie Spark Arena 9 300 2003 Sky SportEventfinda Stadium 4 400ILT Stadium Southland 4 000Perth Wildcats Perth nbsp Trevor Gleeson nbsp Damian Martin Perth Arena 14 800 1982 PentanetSouth East Melbourne Phoenix Melbourne nbsp Simon Mitchell nbsp Mitch Creek nbsp Adam Gibson Melbourne Arena 10 500 2019 Dreamstreet LendingState Basketball Centre 3 200Sydney Kings Sydney nbsp Will Weaver nbsp Kevin Lisch Qudos Bank Arena 18 200 1988 HostplusOff season changes edit The South East Melbourne Phoenix joined the NBL Will Weaver replaced Andrew Gaze as head coach of the Sydney Kings Dan Shamir replaced Kevin Braswell as head coach of the New Zealand Breakers Matt Flinn replaced Rob Beveridge as head coach of the Illawarra Hawks Pre season editMain article 2019 NBL pre season The pre season games started on 19 June 2019 and ended on 16 October 2019 The pre season featured games in China the Philippines and the United States and featured the NBLxNBA 2019 Tour in which five NBL teams played a total of seven games Ladder edit 2019 20 NBL pre season ladderLadder InformationPos Nat Name Pld W L Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts Win 1 nbsp Sydney 5 4 1 4 1 W3 1 0 3 1 486 394 123 35 80 00 2 nbsp Cairns 9 6 3 4 1 W4 3 1 3 2 811 763 106 29 66 67 3 nbsp S E Melbourne NT 9 6 3 4 1 W2 3 2 3 1 819 784 104 46 66 67 4 nbsp Melbourne 12 6 6 2 3 L2 4 3 2 3 1167 1095 106 58 50 00 5 nbsp Brisbane 8 4 4 3 2 W3 1 1 3 3 676 676 100 00 50 00 6 nbsp Illawarra 6 3 3 2 3 L2 1 1 2 2 598 631 94 77 50 00 7 nbsp Adelaide 10 4 6 1 4 L2 1 1 3 5 892 920 96 96 40 00 8 nbsp Perth RC 7 2 5 1 4 L1 1 2 1 3 625 671 93 14 28 57 9 nbsp New Zealand 6 1 5 0 5 L5 0 0 1 5 501 574 87 28 16 67 Total Rounds 11 weeksTotal Games 46 games Legend NT New Team RC Reigning Champion Updated 17 October 2019 NBL Blitz ladder edit 2019 NBL Blitz ladderLadder InformationPos Nat Name Pld W L QW Last 5 Streak For Against Pts Win Pts 1 nbsp Brisbane 2 2 0 6 5 2 0 W2 198 142 139 44 100 00 12 52 nbsp Cairns 2 2 0 5 2 0 W2 187 167 111 98 100 00 113 nbsp S E Melbourne NT 2 2 0 5 2 0 W2 198 182 108 79 100 00 114 nbsp Sydney 2 1 1 5 1 1 W1 190 167 113 77 50 00 85 nbsp New Zealand 2 1 1 5 1 1 L1 192 178 107 87 50 00 86 nbsp Melbourne 2 1 1 5 1 1 W1 186 188 98 94 50 00 87 nbsp Illawarra 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 L1 213 229 93 01 50 00 4 58 nbsp Adelaide RC 2 0 2 3 5 0 2 L2 184 192 95 83 0 00 3 59 nbsp Perth 2 0 2 2 5 0 2 L2 190 225 84 44 0 00 2 510 nbsp NBL1 All Stars NT 2 0 2 1 0 2 L2 125 193 64 77 0 00 1 Total Rounds 4 daysGames per Team 2Total Games 10 Legend NT New Team RC Reigning Champion Updated 22 September 2019Regular season editMain article 2019 20 NBL regular season The 2019 20 regular season took place over 20 rounds between 3 October 2019 and 16 February 2020 Ladder edit Pos 2019 20 NBL season vteTeam Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP1 Sydney Kings 28 20 8 71 43 4 1 W2 12 2 8 6 2642 2472 106 88 2 Perth Wildcats 28 19 9 67 86 4 1 W3 11 3 8 6 2529 2409 104 98 3 Cairns Taipans 28 16 12 57 14 3 2 L2 11 3 5 9 2587 2547 101 57 4 Melbourne United 28 15 13 53 57 4 1 W3 9 5 6 8 2638 2560 103 05 5 Brisbane Bullets 28 15 13 53 57 3 2 W1 10 4 5 9 2607 2557 101 96 6 New Zealand Breakers 28 15 13 53 57 4 1 W4 9 5 6 8 2514 2468 101 86 7 Adelaide 36ers 28 12 16 42 86 1 4 L2 8 6 4 10 2654 2768 95 88 8 S E Melbourne Phoenix 28 9 19 32 14 0 5 L8 6 8 3 11 2671 2761 96 74 9 Illawarra Hawks 28 5 23 17 86 0 5 L10 3 11 2 12 2354 2654 88 70 Updated to match es played on 16 February 2020 Source NBL com auThe NBL tie breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win loss record the overall points percentage between the teams will determine order of seeding 1Melbourne United won on overall points percentage Brisbane Bullets finished 5th on overall points percentage 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 2019 20 NBL season vteTeam 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20Adelaide 36ers 8 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7Brisbane Bullets 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 6 5 4 4 5 5Cairns Taipans 7 7 6 6 8 8 7 7 6 4 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3Illawarra Hawks 6 5 7 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9Melbourne United 5 6 8 8 6 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 4New Zealand Breakers 9 7 7 7 8 9 8 8 8 8 7 6 8 6 6 5 4 6Perth Wildcats 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2S E Melbourne Phoenix 3 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 3 5 5 6 6 8 7 8 8 8 8 8Sydney Kings 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Finals editMain article 2020 NBL Finals The 2020 NBL Finals were played in February and March 2020 consisting of two best of three semi final series and a best of five Grand Final series 3 In the semi finals the higher seed hosted the first and third games In the Grand Final the higher seed hosts the first third and fifth games Despite the threat of the COVID 19 pandemic and multiple other sporting events being cancelled due to the pandemic the Grand Final series started on 8 March 2020 Beginning with Game 2 all remaining games would be played behind closed doors with no spectators After Game 3 the Sydney Kings who were trailing 2 1 in the series announced that they would pull out of the Grand Final due to COVID 19 concerns The NBL therefore cancelled the remainder of the series and named the Perth Wildcats as NBL champions by default 4 5 6 Playoff bracket edit SemifinalsGrand Final 1Sydney Kings8680894Melbourne United80125871Sydney Kings8697962Perth Wildcats88851112Perth Wildcats10874933Cairns Taipans1078582Awards editPre season edit Most Valuable Player Ray Borner Medal John Roberson South East Melbourne Phoenix 3 Point Shootout David Barlow Melbourne United Dunk Contest Terry Armstrong South East Melbourne Phoenix Regular season edit Player of the Week edit Rounds Player TeamRound 1 Mitch Creek South East Melbourne PhoenixRound 2 Bryce Cotton Perth WildcatsRound 3 Andrew Bogut Sydney KingsRound 4 Shawn Long Melbourne UnitedRound 5 Jason Cadee Brisbane BulletsRound 6 LaMelo Ball Illawarra HawksRound 7 Jerome Randle Adelaide 36ersRound 8 LaMelo Ball Illawarra HawksRound 9 Cameron Oliver Cairns TaipansRound 10 Nick Kay Perth WildcatsRound 11 John Roberson South East Melbourne PhoenixJerome Randle Adelaide 36ersRound 12 Scotty Hopson New Zealand BreakersRound 13 Lamar Patterson Brisbane BulletsRound 14 Dane Pineau South East Melbourne PhoenixRound 15 Scott Machado Cairns TaipansRound 16 Scotty Hopson New Zealand BreakersRound 17 Miles Plumlee Perth WildcatsRound 18 Nick Kay Perth WildcatsRound 19 Cameron Oliver Cairns TaipansRound 20 Chris Goulding Melbourne UnitedAwards night edit Most Valuable Player Andrew Gaze Trophy Bryce Cotton Perth Wildcats Rookie of the Year LaMelo Ball Illawarra Hawks Best Defensive Player D J Newbill Cairns Taipans Best Sixth Man Jason Cadee Brisbane Bullets Most Improved Player Will Magnay Brisbane Bullets Fans MVP Scott Machado Cairns Taipans Coach of the Year Lindsay Gaze Trophy Mike Kelly Cairns Taipans Referee of the Year Vaughan Mayberry GameTime by Kmart Dane Pineau South East Melbourne Phoenix All NBL First Team Scott Machado Cairns Taipans Bryce Cotton Perth Wildcats Lamar Patterson Brisbane Bullets Jae Sean Tate Sydney Kings Nick Kay Perth Wildcats All NBL Second Team Casper Ware Sydney Kings D J Newbill Cairns Taipans Scotty Hopson New Zealand Breakers Cameron Oliver Cairns Taipans Andrew Bogut Sydney Kings Post season edit Semi finals MVP Nick Kay Perth Wildcats Jae Sean Tate Sydney Kings Grand Final Series MVP Larry Sengstock Medal Bryce Cotton Perth Wildcats Media editAustralian Broadcast Rights to the 2019 20 season were held by SBS Viceland in the first year of a two year deal All 126 games were available live and free on streaming platforms such as SBS On Demand ESPN also broadcast 59 games including all games after 7 30pm AEDT 7 In New Zealand Sky Sport were the official league broadcaster 8 The NBL also became the first Australian sports body to broadcast their matches online with them signing a two year deal with Twitch which included all pre season games 9 The NBL also signed a deal with Facebook Watch which broadcast 52 games across the season in the United States 10 References edit NBL20 Schedule Released National Basketball League 18 July 2019 Retrieved 7 July 2019 South East Melbourne Phoenix Set To Rise National Basketball League 17 November 2018 Retrieved 7 July 2019 Schedule for Hungry Jack s NBL Finals Presented by MG nbl com au NBL game two to be played in isolation The West Australian 13 March 2020 Remaining NBL Grand Final Series Games Cancelled NBL nbl com au NBL news NBL names Perth Wildcats champions Sydney Kings Fox Sports 19 March 2020 Mark David 31 July 2019 National Basketball League now on SBS and ESPN after Nine opts out of its broadcast deal ABC Retrieved 23 October 2019 NBL and Breakers Team Up with SKY Sport National Basketball League 5 June 2019 Retrieved 7 July 2019 Ward Roy 11 October 2019 NBL strikes revolutionary live stream deal with Twitch The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 22 October 2019 Ward Roy 24 September 2019 Lots to like Facebook could open floodgates for NBL The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 23 October 2019 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2019 20 NBL season amp oldid 1156325799, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
