2019–20 Perth Wildcats season

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2019–20 Perth Wildcats season
Head CoachAustralia Trevor Gleeson
CaptainAustralia Damian Martin
StadiumRAC Arena, Perth
NBL results
Ladder2nd
FinalsChampions (10th title)
Wins23
Losses11
Player Records
Scoring leaderUnited States Bryce Cotton
22.5
Rebounding leaderAustralia Nick Kay
7.6
Assists leaderUnited States Bryce Cotton
3.7
Uniforms
All statistics correct as of 21 April 2020.

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

Roster[]

2019–20 Perth Wildcats roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G 2 Australia  (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
F 3 Australia Kay, Nick 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb)
G 5 Australia  (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb)
G 8 Australia Norton, Mitch 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
G/F 9 Australia Swaka Lo Buluk, Wani 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb)
G 10 Australia Travers, Luke (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
G 11 United States Cotton, Bryce (I) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb)
G 12 Australia  (DP) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
C 18 United States Plumlee, Miles (I) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb)
F/C 22 South Sudan Majok, Majok 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb)
G 23 United States White, Terrico (I) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
F 24 Australia Wagstaff, Jesse 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb)
F 25 Australia Vague, Rhys 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb)
G/F 35 Australia Steindl, Clint 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
G 53 Australia Martin, Damian (C) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Australia Josh Cavanagh
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured 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
SF Terrico White Wani Swaka Lo Buluk Luke Travers
SG Bryce Cotton Clint Steindl
PG Damian Martin Mitch Norton

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
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 game log
Pre-Season: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 4 September Adelaide 36ers L 84-90 Bryce Cotton (23) Rhys Vague (8) Bryce Cotton (6) Mandurah Aquatic & Recreation Centre 0-1
2 6 September Adelaide 36ers W 100-98 Rhys Vague (20) Rhys Vague (7) Damian Martin (6) South West Sports Centre 1-1
3 8 September Adelaide 36ers L 77-83 Rhys Vague (16) Majok Majok (8) Mitchell Norton (6) HBF Arena 1-2
NBL Blitz: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 20 September Illawarra Hawks L 122-119 Bryce Cotton (27) Bryce Cotton (6) Bryce Cotton (8) Kingborough Sports Centre 0-1
2 22 September Melbourne United L 71-103 Clint Steindl (17) Majok Majok (12) Clint Steindl (4) Derwent Entertainment Centre 0-2
Pre-Season: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 25 September @ Melbourne United W 90-92 Nick Kay (21) (9) Bryce Cotton, Dario Hunt (6) Geelong Arena 2-2
5 27 September @ Brisbane Bullets L 85-82 Clint Steindl (17) Hunt, Kay, Majok (7) Bryce Cotton, Damian Martin (3) University of the Sunshine Coast 2-3

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[]

The regular season of the NBL consists of 28 games, with the Wildcats' 14 home games to be played at RAC Arena.[4]

2019–20 game log
October: 5–1 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 5 October Melbourne United W 94-93 Bryce Cotton (21) Nick Kay (8) Nick Kay (7) RAC Arena 1-0
2 11 October Illawarra Hawks W 103-76 Bryce Cotton (28) Dario Hunt (10) Bryce Cotton (7) RAC Arena 2-0
3 18 October Cairns Taipans L 76-99 Nick Kay, Terrico White (15) Dario Hunt (8) Damian Martin (6) RAC Arena 2-1
4 20 October @ Melbourne United W 93-95 Bryce Cotton (28) Nick Kay (8) Dario Hunt (7) Melbourne Arena 3-1
5 25 October South East Melbourne Phoenix W 110-79 Terrico White (17) Nick Kay (13) Bryce Cotton (8) RAC Arena 4-1
6 27 October @ Illawarra Hawks W 76-81 Bryce Cotton (21) Damian Martin (10) Bryce Cotton, Damian Martin (4) WIN Entertainment Centre 5-1
November: 3–3 (Home: 1–0; Road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 1 November @ Brisbane Bullets L 87-78 Terrico White (23) Nick Kay (9) Damian Martin (4) Nissan Arena 5-2
8 3 November @ New Zealand Breakers W 79-84 Dario Hunt (21) Dario Hunt (11) Bryce Cotton (7) iLT Stadium Southland 6-2
9 10 November @ Sydney Kings L 104-85 Bryce Cotton (36) Dario Hunt (10) Bryce Cotton, Dario Hunt (3) Qudos Bank Arena 6-3
10 15 November @ Adelaide 36ers W 95-99 Nick Kay (21) Nick Kay, Dario Hunt (8) Nick Kay (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 7-3
11 17 November New Zealand Breakers W 88-77 Bryce Cotton (34) Nick Kay (8) Damian Martin, Terrico White (5) RAC Arena 8-3
12 23 November @ Cairns Taipans L 91-84 Clint Steindl 17 Damian Martin 5 Nick Kay, Damian Martin 4 Cairns Convention Centre 8-4
December: 5–2 (Home: 2–2; Road: 3–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
13 1 December Adelaide 36ers L 88-99 Bryce Cotton (18) Jesse Wagstaff (6) Kay, Travers, Wagstaff (4) RAC Arena 8-5
14 6 December Sydney Kings W 96-77 Bryce Cotton (27) Nick Kay (13) Bryce Cotton (4) RAC Arena 9-5
15 8 December @ South East Melbourne Phoenix W 98-108 Bryce Cotton (26) Nick Kay (12) Damian Martin, Jesse Wagstaff (4) Melbourne Arena 10-5
16 12 December @ Cairns Taipans W 84-88 Bryce Cotton (24) Nick Kay (11) Nick Kay (5) Cairns Convention Centre 11-5
17 14 December Brisbane Bullets W 86-78 Bryce Cotton (23) Damien Martin (8) Mitch Norton (3) RAC Arena 12-5
18 21 December Melbourne United L 74-87 Bryce Cotton (15) Nick Kay (5) Cotton, Martin, White (3) RAC Arena 12-6
19 28 December @ Sydney Kings W 85-98 Bryce Cotton (39) Nick Kay (10) Dario Hunt (4) Qudos Bank Arena 13-6
January: 3–3 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
20 1 January @ Adelaide 36ers L 100-97 Bryce Cotton (22) Majok Majok (10) Bryce Cotton (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 13-7
21 5 January @ Brisbane Bullets L 97-85 Bryce Cotton (24) Bryce Cotton (6) Nick Kay (4) Nissan Arena 13-8
22 10 January @ Illawarra Hawks W 77-99 Bryce Cotton (23) Nick Kay (10) Bryce Cotton (6) WIN Entertainment Centre 14-8
23 17 January South East Melbourne Phoenix W 97-71 Bryce Cotton (25) Majok Majok (10) Bryce Cotton (7) RAC Arena 15-8
24 25 January New Zealand Breakers W 90-89 Bryce Cotton, Miles Plumlee (23) Miles Plumlee (17) Bryce Cotton, Mitch Norton (4) RAC Arena 16-8
25 29 January @ Melbourne United L 77-67 Nick Kay (23) Nick Kay (8) Mitch Norton (4) Melbourne Arena 16-9
February: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
26 1 February Sydney Kings W 110-100 Bryce Cotton (30) Nick Kay (10) Mitch Norton (5) RAC Arena 17-9
27 7 February Brisbane Bullets W 85-72 Bryce Cotton (25) Nick Kay (8) Bryce Cotton, Nick Kay (5) RAC Arena 18-9
28 14 February Adelaide 36ers W 94-79 Nick Kay (23) Mitch Norton (8) Mitch Norton (5) RAC Arena 19-9

Postseason[]

2020 playoff game log
Semi-finals: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 28 February Cairns Taipans W 108-107 Bryce Cotton (42) Nick Kay (9) Bryce Cotton, Nick Kay (6) RAC Arena 1-0
2 1 March @ Cairns Taipans L 85-74 Clint Steindl (18) Nick Kay (10) Nick Kay (4) Cairns Convention Centre 1-1
3 5 March Cairns Taipans W 93-82 Terrico White (26) Nick Kay (12) Bryce Cotton (8) RAC Arena 2-1
Grand Final: 2–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 8 March @ Sydney Kings W 86-88 Bryce Cotton (32) Miles Plumlee (7) Bryce Cotton, Mitch Norton (4) Qudos Bank Arena 1-0
2 13 March Sydney Kings L 85-97 Bryce Cotton 27 Miles Plumlee 8 Bryce Cotton, Mitch Norton 3 RAC Arena 1-1
3 15 March @ Sydney Kings W 96-111 Bryce Cotton (31) Nick Kay (12) Bryce Cotton (7) Qudos Bank Arena 2-1

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. ^ "NBL Schedule | National Basketball League". www.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

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