2019–20 Perth Wildcats season
NBL champions
Head coachAustralia Trevor Gleeson
CaptainAustralia Damian Martin
ArenaPerth Arena
NBL results
Record19–9 (67.9%)
Ladder2nd
Finals finishChampions (10th title)
(Defeated Kings 2–1)
Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
PointsUnited States Cotton
22.5
ReboundsAustralia Kay
7.6
AssistsUnited States 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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 2 Australia Pozoglou, Nic (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 Britt, Taylor (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 Reath, Chuatwech (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 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 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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
4 25 September @ Melbourne United W 90-92 Nick Kay (21) Nic Pozoglou (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

Pos 2019–20 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 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.au

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.
2019–20 NBL season
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
S.E. 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.[4]

2019–20 game log
October: 5–1 (Home: 3–1; Road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
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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