2019–20 Perth Wildcats season

The 2019–20 NBL season was the 39th season for the Perth Wildcats in the NBL.

2019–20 Perth Wildcats season
Head Coach Trevor Gleeson
Captain Damian Martin
StadiumRAC Arena, Perth
NBL results
Ladder2nd
FinalsChampions
Wins23
Losses11
Player Records
Scoring leader Bryce Cotton
22.5
Rebounding leader Nick Kay
7.6
Assists leader Bryce Cotton
3.7
Uniforms
All statistics correct as of 21 April 2020.

Roster

2019–20 Perth Wildcats roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 2 Pozoglou, Nic (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
F 3 Kay, Nick 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb)
G 5 Britt, Taylor (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb)
G 8 Norton, Mitch 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
G/F 9 Swaka Lo Buluk, Wani 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb)
G 10 Travers, Luke (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
G 11 Cotton, Bryce (I) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb)
G 12 Reath, Chuatwech (DP) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
C 18 Plumlee, Miles (I) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb)
F/C 22 Majok, Majok 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb)
G 23 White, Terrico (I) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
F 24 Wagstaff, Jesse 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb)
F 25 Vague, Rhys 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb)
G/F 35 Steindl, Clint 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
G 53 Martin, Damian (C) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Josh Cavanagh

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured

Updated: 9 February 2020

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Development
C Miles Plumlee Majok Majok
PF Nick Kay Jesse Wagstaff Rhys Vague Chuatwech Reath
SF Terrico White Wani Swaka Lo Buluk Luke Travers
SG Bryce Cotton Clint Steindl Britt Taylor
PG Damian Martin Mitch Norton Nic Pozoglou

Preseason

The Wildcats pre-season included 4 regular pre-season games and 2 NBL Blitz games. Their first three games were held in Perth against the Adelaide 36ers.[1] As a club in the NBL they also took part in the NBL Blitz and played games against the Illawarra Hawks and Melbourne United, which was followed by another pre-season game in Melbourne against Melbourne United.[2] They decided to opt out of the NBLxNBA games in the United States.[3]

Ladder

2019-20 NBL pre-season ladder
LadderInformation
Pos.Nat.NamePld.W.L.Last 5StreakHomeAwayForAgainstPts %Win %
1 Sydney Kings 5 4 1 4-1 W3 1-0 3-1 486 394 123.35% 80.00%
2 Cairns Taipans 9 6 3 4-1 W4 3-1 3-2 811 763 106.29% 66.67%
3 SEM Phoenix (NT) 9 6 3 4-1 W2 3-2 3-1 819 784 104.46% 66.67%
4 Melbourne United 12 6 6 2-3 L2 4-3 2-3 1167 1095 106.58% 50.00%
5 Brisbane Bullets 8 4 4 3-2 W3 1-1 3-3 676 676 100.00% 50.00%
6 Illawarra Hawks 6 3 3 2-3 L2 1-1 2-2 598 631 94.77% 50.00%
7 Adelaide 36ers 10 4 6 1-4 L2 1-1 3-5 892 920 96.96% 40.00%
8 Perth Wildcats (RC) 7 2 5 1-4 L1 1-2 1-3 625 671 93.14% 28.57%
9 NZ Breakers 6 1 5 0-5 L5 0-0 1-5 501 574 87.28% 16.67%

Total Rounds
11 weeks

Total Games
46 games


Legend
  • (NT) New Team
  • (RC) Reigning Champion

  • Updated: 17 October 2019

Game log

2019–20 season game log

Regular season

Ladder

2019-20 NBL ladder
LadderInformation
Pos.Nat.NamePld.W.L.Last 5StreakHomeAwayForAgainstPts %Win %
1 Sydney Kings 28 20 8 4-1 W2 12-2 8-6 2642 2472 106.88% 71.43%
2 Perth Wildcats (RC) 28 19 9 4-1 W3 11-3 8-6 2529 2409 104.98% 67.86%
3 Cairns Taipans 28 16 12 3-2 L2 11-3 5-9 2587 2547 101.57% 57.14%
4 Melbourne United 28 15 13 4-1 W3 9-5 6-8 2638 2560 103.05% 53.57%
5 Brisbane Bullets 28 15 13 3-2 W1 10-4 5-9 2607 2557 101.96% 53.57%
6 NZ Breakers 28 15 13 4-1 W4 9-5 6-8 2514 2468 101.86% 53.57%
7 Adelaide 36ers 28 12 16 1-4 L2 8-6 4-10 2654 2768 95.88% 42.86%
8 SEM Phoenix (NT) 28 9 19 0-5 L8 6-8 3-11 2671 2761 96.74% 32.14%
9 Illawarra Hawks 28 5 23 0-5 L10 3-11 2-12 2354 2654 88.70% 17.86%

Total Rounds
20
Games per Team
28
Total Games
126


Legend
  • (NT) New Team
  • (RC) Reigning Champion

  • Updated: 16 February 2020[4]

Ladder progression

  • 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.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Adelaide 36ers 8445665564555577777
Brisbane Bullets 24554556777787654455
Cairns Taipans 77668877646444333333
Illawarra Hawks 65799998999999999999
Melbourne United 56886433433333445664
New Zealand Breakers 977789888876866546
Perth Wildcats 42322322222222222222
South East Melbourne Phoenix 33233244355668788888
Sydney Kings 11111111111111111111

Game log

The regular season of the NBL consists of 28 games, with the Wildcats' 14 home games to be played at RAC Arena.[5]

2019–20 season game log

Postseason

2020 playoff game log

Awards

Player of the Week

Round 2, Bryce Cotton

Round 10, Nick Kay

Round 17, Miles Plumlee

Round 18, Nick Kay

See also

References

  1. Rake, Justin (7 August 2019). "Perth Wildcats to kick off pre-season with clash against Adelaide in Mandurah". Mandurah Mail. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  2. "NBL Blitz Landing Page". landing.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  3. "NBL news: NBLxNBA NBA preseason games, NBA preseason, Los Angeles Clippers, schedule". Fox Sports. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. "2019–20 NBL Ladder | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  5. "NBL Schedule | National Basketball League". www.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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