2019–20 Melbourne United season

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2019–20 Melbourne United season
Head CoachAustralia Dean Vickerman
CaptainAustralia Chris Goulding
StadiumMelbourne Arena, Melbourne
NBL results
Ladder4th
FinalsSemi-finalist
Wins16
Losses15
Player Records
Efficiency leaderUnited States Dillon Stith
71%
Scoring leaderUnited States Melo Trimble
19.4
Rebounding leaderUnited States Shawn Long
9.4
Assists leaderUnited States Melo Trimble
4.5
All statistics correct as of 21 April 2020.

The 2019–20 NBL season was the 37th season for Melbourne United in the NBL, and the 6th under the banner of Melbourne United.

Roster[]

2019–20 Melbourne United roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
C 0 South Sudan Lual-Acuil, Jo 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 1 United States Trimble, Melo (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
F 2 United States Stith, Dillon (IN) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
G 5 Australia  (DP) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 78 kg (172 lb)
G 10 Australia McCarron, Mitch 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 97 kg (214 lb)
F 11 United States Kidd, Stanton (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
F 12 Australia Purchase, Jack (DP) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
F 14 New Zealand Smith-Milner, Tohi 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
F 20 Australia Barlow, David 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb)
C 21 United States Long, Shawn (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
F 23 United States Prather, Casey Injured (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 96 kg (212 lb)
G/F 30 Australia McDaniel, Sam 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
C 35 New Zealand Pledger, Alex 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 113 kg (249 lb)
G 43 Australia Goulding, Chris (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
G 55 New Zealand Ili, Shea 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Australia Nik Popovic
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 20 December 2019

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Development
C Shawn Long Jo Lual-Acuil Alex Pledger
PF David Barlow Tohi Smith-Milner Jack Purchase
SF Mitch McCarron Dillon Stith Casey Prather
SG Chris Goulding
PG Melo Trimble Shea Ili

Preseason[]

Ladder[]

2019–20 NBL pre-season ladder
Ladder Information
Pos. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts % Win %
1 Australia Sydney 5 4 1 4–1 W3 1–0 3–1 486 394 123.35% 80.00%
2 Australia Cairns 9 6 3 4–1 W4 3–1 3–2 811 763 106.29% 66.67%
3 Australia S.E. Melbourne (NT) 9 6 3 4–1 W2 3–2 3–1 819 784 104.46% 66.67%
4 Australia Melbourne 12 6 6 2–3 L2 4–3 2–3 1167 1095 106.58% 50.00%
5 Australia Brisbane 8 4 4 3–2 W3 1–1 3–3 676 676 100.00% 50.00%
6 Australia Illawarra 6 3 3 2–3 L2 1–1 2–2 598 631 94.77% 50.00%
7 Australia Adelaide 10 4 6 1–4 L2 1–1 3–5 892 920 96.96% 40.00%
8 Australia Perth (RC) 7 2 5 1–4 L1 1–2 1–3 625 671 93.14% 28.57%
9 New Zealand New Zealand 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 pre-season game log
Pre-Season: 4–2 (Home: 4–2; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 6 August California Baptist Lancers L 78-79 David Barlow (30) Short, Lual-Acuil & Diing (6) Sam Short (5) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 0-1
2 18 August Zhejiang Lions W 97-77 Jo Lual-Acuil (20) Jack Purchase (11) Mitch McCarron (6) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 1-1
3 3 September Shanxi Loongs W 111-66 Shawn Long (22) Mitch McCarron (10) Casey Prather (6) State Basketball Centre 2-1
4 6 September Cairns Taipans W 104-88 Jo Lual-Acuil (25) Jo Lual-Acuil (9) Mitch McCarron (6) 3-1
5 8 September Brisbane Bullets L 80-102 Shawn Long (22) Shawn Long, Jo Lual-Acuil (10) Melo Trimble (4) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 3-2
6 13 September Illawarra Hawks W 111-70 Casey Prather (31) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (6) Ballarat Sports Events Centre 4-2
NBL Blitz: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 20 September New Zealand Breakers L 76-97 Shawn Long (24) Shawn Long (8) Melo Trimble (3) Kingborough Sports Centre 0-1
2 22 September Illawarra Hawks W 110-91 Casey Prather (23) Shawn Long (11) Shea Ili (5) Derwent Entertainment Centre 1-1
Pre-Season: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 25 September Perth Wildcats L 90-92 Melo Trimble (17) Long, Pledger, Trimble (5) Melo Trimble (7) Geelong Arena 4-3
8 27 September @ Adelaide 36ers W 91-100 Melo Trimble (19) Jo Lual-Acuil, Mitch McCarron (8) Mitch McCarron (8) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 5-3
NBLxNBA: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 13 October @ Los Angeles Clippers L 110-118 Melo Trimble (22) Shawn Long (9) Melo Trimble (6) STAPLES Center 5-4
2 16 October @ Sacramento Kings L 110-124 Chris Goulding (25) Shawn Long (15) Melo Trimble (6) Golden 1 Center 5-5

Regular season[]

Ladder[]

2019–20 NBL ladder
Ladder Information
Pos. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts % Win %
1 Australia Sydney 28 20 8 4–1 W2 12–2 8–6 2642 2472 106.88% 71.43%
2 Australia Perth (RC) 28 19 9 4–1 W3 11–3 8–6 2529 2409 104.98% 67.86%
3 Australia Cairns 28 16 12 3–2 L2 11–3 5–9 2587 2547 101.57% 57.14%
4 Australia Melbourne 28 15 13 4–1 W3 9–5 6–8 2638 2560 103.05% 53.57%
5 Australia Brisbane 28 15 13 3–2 W1 10–4 5–9 2607 2557 101.96% 53.57%
6 New Zealand New Zealand 28 15 13 4–1 W4 9–5 6–8 2514 2468 101.86% 53.57%
7 Australia Adelaide 28 12 16 1–4 L2 8–6 4–10 2654 2768 95.88% 42.86%
8 Australia S.E. Melbourne (NT) 28 9 19 0–5 L8 6–8 3–11 2671 2761 96.74% 32.14%
9 Australia Illawarra 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
  • Ladder
    Updated: 16 February 2020

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 – 8 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7
Brisbane Bullets 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 6 5 4 4 5 5
Cairns Taipans 7 7 6 6 8 8 7 7 6 4 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Illawarra Hawks 6 5 7 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Melbourne United 5 6 8 8 6 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 4
New Zealand Breakers – – 9 7 7 7 8 9 8 8 8 8 7 6 8 6 6 5 4 6
Perth Wildcats 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
South East Melbourne Phoenix 3 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 3 5 5 6 6 8 7 8 8 8 8 8
Sydney Kings 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Game log[]

2019–20 game log
October: 1–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 3 October South East Melbourne Phoenix L 88-91 Chris Goulding (27) Shawn Long (13) Melo Trimble (6) Melbourne Arena 0-1
2 5 October @ Perth Wildcats L 94-93 Melo Trimble (25) Melo Trimble (8) Melo Trimble (5) RAC Arena 0-2
3 20 October Perth Wildcats L 93-95 Melo Trimble (21) Shawn Long 12 Melo Trimble 5 Melbourne Arena 0-3
4 26 October New Zealand Breakers W 104-98 Shawn Long (27) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (7) Melbourne Arena 1-3
5 28 October @ Cairns Taipans L 90-85 Shawn Long, Melo Trimble (21) Shawn Long (17) Chris Goulding (5) Cairns Convention Centre 1-4
November: 6–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6 2 November @ South East Melbourne Phoenix W 98-110 Shawn Long (31) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (4) Melbourne Arena 2-4
7 4 November Sydney Kings W 107-104 Melo Trimble (27) Shawn Long (14) Melo Trimble (5) Melbourne Arena 3-4
8 7 November @ New Zealand Breakers W 101-104 Chris Goulding (24) Shawn Long (8) Melo Trimble (5) Spark Arena 4-4
9 10 November Adelaide 36ers W 109-90 Melo Trimble (32) David Barlow (7) Mitch McCarron (5) Melbourne Arena 5-4
10 16 November South East Melbourne Phoenix W 96-95 Melo Trimble (22) Shawn Long, Mitch McCarron (8) Shea Ili (4) Melbourne Arena 6-4
11 24 November Brisbane Bullets W 108-94 Melo Trimble (25) Jo Lual-Acuil (13) Mitch McCarron (7) Melbourne Arena 7-4
12 29 November @ Cairns Taipans L 93-86 Chris Goulding (19) Shawn Long (14) Chris Goulding, Melo Trimble (4) Cairns Convention Centre 7-5
December: 3–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
13 1 December @ Sydney Kings L 111-101 Melo Trimble (32) Mitch McCarron (6) Melo Trimble (4) Qudos Bank Arena 7-6
14 7 December Adelaide 36ers W 112-90 Shawn Long (34) Shawn Long (15) Chris Goulding, Mitch McCarron (4) Melbourne Arena 8-6
15 14 December Sydney Kings L 81-104 Melo Trimble (19) Jo Lual-Acuil (6) Melo Trimble (5) Melbourne Arena 8-7
16 16 December @ Illawarra Hawks W 73-94 Melo Trimble (22) Shawn Long (14) Melo Trimble (6) WIN Entertainment Centre 9-7
17 21 December @ Perth Wildcats W 74-87 Shawn Long, Melo Trimble (23) Shawn Long (13) Melo Trimble (6) RAC Arena 10-7
18 26 December Cairns Taipans L 75-77 Melo Trimble (16) Shawn Long (12) Goulding, Ili, McCarron (2) Melbourne Arena 10-8
19 29 December Brisbane Bullets L 96-102 Shawn Long (25) Stanton Kidd, Shawn Long (8) Melo Trimble (7) Melbourne Arena 10-9
January: 2–3 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
20 4 January @ Illawarra Hawks W 91-104 Chris Goulding, Stanton Kidd (21) Shawn Long (7) Melo Trimble (5) WIN Entertainment Centre 11-9
21 11 January @ Adelaide 36ers L 100-86 Chris Goulding (26) Shawn Long (15) Mitch McCarron, Melo Trimble (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 11-10
22 19 January @ New Zealand Breakers L 90-68 Shawn Long (18) Kidd, Long, Lual-Acuil, Trimble (4) Melo Trimble 5 Spark Arena 11-11
23 26 January @ Sydney Kings L 106-88 Melo Trimble (26) Stanton Kidd (7) Melo Trimble (2) Qudos Bank Arena 11-12
24 29 January Perth Wildcats W 77-67 Chris Goulding (17) Jo Lual-Acuil (10) Ili, McCarron, Trimble (3) Melbourne Arena 12-12
February: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
25 1 February @ Brisbane Bullets L 87-83 Melo Trimble (36) Shawn Long (9) Melo Trimble (6) Nissan Arena 12-13
26 8 February Illawarra Hawks W 95-72 Chris Goulding (20) Stanton Kidd (10) Melo Trimble (9) Melbourne Arena 13-13
27 13 February Cairns Taipans W 99-83 Chris Goulding (23) Shawn Long (10) Mitch McCarron (8) Melbourne Arena 14-13
28 16 February @ South East Melbourne Phoenix W 90-109 Chris Goulding (28) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (7) Melbourne Arena 15-13

Postseason[]

2020 playoff game log
Semi-finals: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 29 February @ Sydney Kings L 86-80 Melo Trimble (34) Shawn Long (11) Melo Trimble (5) Qudos Bank Arena 0-1
2 2 March Sydney Kings W 125-80 Shawn Long (26) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (5) Melbourne Arena 1-1
3 5 March @ Sydney Kings L 89-87 Chris Goulding (11) Shawn Long (9) Shea Ili (5) Qudos Bank Arena 1-2

Transactions[]

Re-signed[]

Player Signed
David Barlow[1] 29 April
Alex Pledger[2] 30 April
Tohi Smith-Milner[3] 7 May

Additions[]

Player Signed Former team
Melo Trimble[4] 26 April Cairns Taipans
Shawn Long[5] 30 May New Zealand Breakers
Shea Ili[6] 20 June New Zealand Breakers
Casey Prather[7] 17 July Promitheas Patras
Jack Purchase[8] 9 August Melbourne Tigers (NBL1)
Jo Lual-Acuil[9] 20 August Hapoel Galil Elyon
Dillon Stith[10] 15 December Belfast Star
Stanton Kidd[11] 20 December Utah Jazz

Subtractions[]

Player Reason left New team
[12] Released South East Melbourne Phoenix
Casper Ware[13] Free agent Sydney Kings
Craig Moller[14] Free agent Sydney Kings
Josh Boone[15] Free agent Illawarra Hawks
Casey Prather[16] Released Hapoel Eilat

Awards[]

Player of the Week[]

Melbourne United Awards[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "David Barlow is back!". melbourneutd.com.au. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Alex Pledger stands United!". melbourneutd.com.au. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Tohi Smith-Milner is UNITED!". melbourneutd.com.au. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Melbourne Sign Melo". melbourneutd.com.au. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Shawn Long Stands United". melbourneutd.com.au. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Shea Ili Stands United". melbourneutd.com.au. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Casey Prather Stands United". melbourneutd.com.au. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Melbourne United adds Jack Purchase as development player". melbourneutd.com.au. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Melbourne United signs Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. to complete roster". 20 August 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Casey Prather hamstring injury update". 15 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Stanton Kidd joins Melbourne United". 20 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  12. ^ "South East Melbourne Lock Down Dan Trist". semphoenix.com.au. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Club Statement: Casper Ware Jr". melbourneutd.com.au. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Club Statement: Craig Moller". melbourneutd.com.au. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Thank you Josh Boone". melbourneutd.com.au. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Melbourne United and Casey Prather part ways". melbourneutd.com.au. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  17. ^ "NBL20 Club MVP!". facebook.com. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  18. ^ "NBL20 Club Defensive Player of the Year!". facebook.com. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Club Players of the Year!". facebook.com. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

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