2019–20 Perth Wildcats season

2019–20 Perth Wildcats season
NBL champions
Head coach	Trevor Gleeson
Captain	Damian Martin
Arena	Perth Arena
NBL results
Record	19–9 (67.9%)
Ladder	2nd
Finals finish	Champions (10th title) (Defeated Kings 2–1)
Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
Points	Cotton 22.5
Rebounds	Kay 7.6
Assists	Cotton 3.7
Uniforms
Home Away
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 Pozoglou, Nic (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 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/F 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 Trevor Gleeson Assistant coach(es) Scott Roth Jacob Chance Luke Brennan 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 Roster 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	Luke Travers
SF	Terrico White	Clint Steindl		Nic Pozoglou
SG	Bryce Cotton	Wani Swaka Lo Buluk		Chuatwech Reath
PG	Damian Martin	Mitch Norton		Britt Taylor

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 Sydney 5 4 1 4–1 W3 1–0 3–1 486 394 123.35% 80.00% 2 Cairns 9 6 3 4–1 W4 3–1 3–2 811 763 106.29% 66.67% 3 S.E. Melbourne (NT) 9 6 3 4–1 W2 3–2 3–1 819 784 104.46% 66.67% 4 Melbourne 12 6 6 2–3 L2 4–3 2–3 1167 1095 106.58% 50.00% 5 Brisbane 8 4 4 3–2 W3 1–1 3–3 676 676 100.00% 50.00% 6 Illawarra 6 3 3 2–3 L2 1–1 2–2 598 631 94.77% 50.00% 7 Adelaide 10 4 6 1–4 L2 1–1 3–5 892 920 96.96% 40.00% 8 Perth (RC) 7 2 5 1–4 L1 1–2 1–3 625 671 93.14% 28.57% 9 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) 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 v t e
	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 v t e
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
S.E. 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 finals game log
Semifinals: 2–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 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
NBL Finals: 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

• 2019–20 NBL season
• Perth Wildcats

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.

External links

• Official Website