2019–20 Sydney Kings season

2019–20 Sydney Kings season
Regular season champions
Head coachUnited States Will Weaver
CaptainAustralia Kevin Lisch
ArenaSydney SuperDome
NBL results
Record20–8 (71.4%)
Ladder1st
Finals finishRunners-up
(lost to Wildcats 1–2)
Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
PointsUnited States Ware
19.9
ReboundsAustralia Cooks
9.1
AssistsUnited States Ware
3.9
Uniforms
All statistics correct as of 21 April 2020.

The 2019–20 NBL season was the 31st season for the Sydney Kings in the NBL.

Roster

2019–20 Sydney Kings roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G/F 0 Brazil Louzada, Didi (NS) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
C 1 Australia Hunter, Jordan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb)
G 2 Australia Hutchison, Lochlan (DP)
G 4 United States Taylor, Deshon (I) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
C 6 Australia Bogut, Andrew 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 118 kg (260 lb)
G 7 Australia Bruce, Shaun 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb)
G/F 8 Australia Newley, Brad 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb)
F 9 Australia Moller, Craig Injured 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
F 10 Australia Cooks, Xavier 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
G 11 Australia Lisch, Kevin (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
F 12 Australia Walker, Lucas 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
F/C 14 Australia Kickert, Daniel 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb)
G 21 Australia Madden, Hunter (DP) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
G 22 United States Ware, Casper (I) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb)
F 24 United States Tate, Jae'Sean (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 104 kg (229 lb)
C 25 Australia Talbot, Banjo (DP) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 9 February 2020

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Development
C Andrew Bogut Daniel Kickert Jordan Hunter Banjo Talbot
PF Jae'Sean Tate Lucas Walker Craig Moller
SF Didi Louzada Brad Newley
SG Kevin Lisch Xavier Cooks Hunter Madden
PG Casper Ware Shaun Bruce Deshon Taylor Lochlan Hutchison

Preseason

The Kings' pre-season games consisted of three regular pre-season games and two NBL Blitz games. The first game was against Hills Select, before the Kings travelled to Tasmania to participate in the NBL Blitz during September, with games against the South East Melbourne Phoenix and the Perth Wildcats.[1] They then had games against the New Zealand Breakers and the Illawarra Hawks.

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: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 14 September @ Hills Select W 109-67 Craig Moller (22) Jordan Hunter, Jae'Sean Tate (8) Bruce, Lisch, Walker (4) Hills Basketball Stadium 1-0
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 South East Melbourne Phoenix L 87-96 Casper Ware (19) Jae'Sean Tate (7) Shaun Bruce (4) Devonport Recreation & Function Centre 0-1
2 22 September Perth Wildcats W 71-103 Didi Louzada (29) Jordan Hunter (10) Louzada, Moller, Ware (3) Derwent Entertainment Centre 1-1
Pre-Season: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 26 September New Zealand Breakers W 81-64 Casper Ware (26) Andrew Bogut (8) Kevin Lisch (4) Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre 2-0
3 29 September @ Illawarra Hawks W 96-106 Didi Louzada (24) Jordan Hunter (11) Kevin Lisch, Jae'Sean Tate (4) WIN Entertainment Centre 3-0

Regular season

Standings

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 – 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 consisted of 28 games, with the King's 14 home games played at Qudos Bank Arena.[2]

2019–20 game log
October: 4–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 4 October @ Cairns Taipans W 71-79 Casper Ware (23) Andrew Bogut (12) Casper Ware, Andrew Bogut (5) Cairns Convention Centre 1-0
2 12 October Adelaide 36ers W 102-80 Brad Newley (18) Jae'Sean Tate (7) Shaun Bruce (7) Qudos Bank Arena 2-0
3 18 October New Zealand Breakers W 96-91 Casper Ware (27) Andrew Bogut (15) Andrew Bogut, Casper Ware (5) Qudos Bank Arena 3-0
4 20 October @ New Zealand Breakers W 66-76 Casper Ware (17) Andrew Bogut (16) Shaun Bruce (3) Spark Arena 4-0
5 26 October Brisbane Bullets W 94-79 Casper Ware (17) Andrew Bogut (11) Casper Ware (5) Qudos Bank Arena 5-0
November: 5–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 3–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6 2 November @ Adelaide 36ers W 96-98 Andrew Bogut (18) Andrew Bogut (12) Jae'Sean Tate (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 6-0
7 4 November @ Melbourne United L 107-104 Casper Ware (34) Andrew Bogut (8) Shaun Bruce (8) Melbourne Arena 6-1
8 8 November @ Brisbane Bullets W 85-95 Brad Newley (20) Andrew Bogut (8) Shaun Bruce (8) Nissan Arena 7-1
9 10 November Perth Wildcats W 104-85 Didi Louzada (28) Jae'Sean Tate (8) Shaun Bruce (7) Qudos Bank Arena 8-1
10 17 November Illawarra Hawks W 92-87 Jae'Sean Tate (24) Andrew Bogut (9) Casper Ware (6) Qudos Bank Arena 9-1
11 23 November @ South East Melbourne Phoenix W 86-90 Casper Ware (25) Andrew Bogut (10) Bogut, Bruce, Ware (4) Melbourne Arena 10-1
December: 3–5 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
12 1 December Melbourne United W 111-101 Casper Ware (27) Andrew Bogut (8) Casper Ware (5) Qudos Bank Arena 11-1
13 6 December @ Perth Wildcats L 96-77 Casper Ware (13) Andrew Bogut (8) Shaun Bruce (4) RAC Arena 11-2
14 8 December Cairns Taipans L 98-109 Casper Ware (23) Andrew Bogut (12) Casper Ware (7) Qudos Bank Arena 11-3
15 14 December @ Melbourne United W 81-104 Casper Ware (27) Jae'Sean Tate (12) Shaun Bruce (4) Melbourne Arena 12-3
16 21 December @ Brisbane Bullets L 87-80 Casper Ware (26) Xavier Cooks (7) Casper Ware (3) Nissan Arena 12-4
17 23 December South East Melbourne Phoenix W 110-98 Daniel Kickert (18) Xavier Cooks (9) Casper Ware (7) Qudos Bank Arena 13-4
18 28 December Perth Wildcats L 85-98 Casper Ware (33) Andrew Bogut (12) Shaun Bruce (4) Qudos Bank Arena 13-5
19 31 December @ Illawarra Hawks L 85-80 Jae'Sean Tate (23) Xavier Cooks (9) Daniel Kickert (5) WIN Entertainment Centre 13-6
January: 5–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
20 4 January Adelaide 36ers W 91-77 Brad Newley, Jae'Sean Tate (20) Andrew Bogut (10) Casper Ware (6) Qudos Bank Arena 14-6
21 11 January Cairns Taipans W 92=83 Daniel Kickert (18) Bogut, Cooks, Tate (8) Casper Ware (4) Qudos Bank Arena 15-6
22 17 January @ New Zealand Breakers L 86-81 Jae'Sean Tate (22) Xavier Cooks (10) Casper Ware (5) TSB Stadium 15-7
23 19 January South East Melbourne Phoenix W 98-81 Didi Louzada (18) Andrew Bogut (11) Shaun Bruce, Casper Ware (6) Qudos Bank Arena 16-7
24 24 January @ Illawarra Hawks W 79-102 Jae'Sean Tate, Deshon Taylor (17) Xavier Cooks (11) Shaun Bruce (5) WIN Entertainment Centre 17-7
25 26 January Melbourne United W 106-88 Casper Ware (26) Xavier Cooks (10) Andrew Bogut (9) Qudos Bank Arena 18-7
February: 2–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
26 1 February @ Perth Wildcats L 110-100 Jae'Sean Tate (23) Jae'Sean Tate (12) Shaun Bruce (5) RAC Arena 18-8
27 9 February @ South East Melbourne Phoenix W 96-99 Casper Ware (24) Xavier Cooks (13) Xavier Cooks, Brad Newley (3) Melbourne Arena 19-8
28 14 February Illawarra Hawks W 98-82 Jae'Sean Tate, Casper Ware (19) Xavier Cooks (11) Newley, Taylor, Ware (3)3 Qudos Bank Arena 20-8

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 29 February Melbourne United W 86-80 Jae'Sean Tate (23) Andrew Bogut (10) Casper Ware (5) Qudos Bank Arena 1-0
2 2 March @ Melbourne United L 125-80 Jae'Sean Tate (18) Xavier Cooks (7) Didi Louzada (2) Melbourne Arena 1-1
3 5 March Melbourne United W 89-87 Jae'Sean Tate (2) Xavier Cooks (9) Kevin Lisch (4) Qudos Bank Arena 2-1
NBL Finals: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 8 March Perth Wildcats L 86-88 Andrew Bogut (18) Andrew Bogut (12) Casper Ware (4)4 Qudos Bank Arena 0-1
2 13 March @ Perth Wildcats W 85-97 Jae'Sean Tate (20) Andrew Bogut (13) Brad Newley (5) RAC Arena 1-1
3 15 March Perth Wildcats L 96-111 Jae'Sean Tate (20) Xavier Cooks (9) Andrew Bogut, Shaun Bruce (3) Qudos Bank Arena 1-2

Awards

Player of the Week

Round 3, Andrew Bogut

See also

References

  1. ^ "NBL Blitz Landing Page". landing.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. ^ "National Basketball League | NBL". www.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2019.