2019–20 Sydney Kings season

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

2019–20 Sydney Kings season
Head Coach Will Weaver
Captain Kevin Lisch
StadiumQudos Bank Arena, Sydney
NBL results
Ladder1st
FinalsRunners-Up
Wins23
Losses11
Player Records
Scoring leader Casper Ware
19.9
Rebounding leader Xavier Cooks
9.1
Assists leader Casper Ware
3.9
Uniforms
All statistics correct as of 21 April 2020.

Roster

2019–20 Sydney Kings roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G/F 0 Louzada Silva, Marcos (NS) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
C 1 Hunter, Jordan 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 104 kg (229 lb)
G 2 Hutchison, Lochlan (DP)
G 4 Taylor, Deshon (I) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
C 6 Bogut, Andrew 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 118 kg (260 lb)
G 7 Bruce, Shaun 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb)
G/F 8 Newley, Brad 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb)
F 9 Moller, Craig  2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
F 10 Cooks, Xavier 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
G 11 Lisch, Kevin (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
F 12 Walker, Lucas 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
F/C 14 Kickert, Daniel 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb)
G 21 Madden, Hunter (DP) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
G 22 Ware, Casper (I) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb)
F 24 Tate, Jae'Sean (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 104 kg (229 lb)
C 25 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

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 Marcos Louzada Silva 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
LadderInformation
Pos.Nat.NamePld.W.L.Last 5StreakHomeAwayForAgainstPts %Win %
1 Sydney Kings 5 4 1 4-1 W3 1-0 3-1 486 394 123.35% 80.00%
2 Cairns Taipans 9 6 3 4-1 W4 3-1 3-2 811 763 106.29% 66.67%
3 SEM Phoenix (NT) 9 6 3 4-1 W2 3-2 3-1 819 784 104.46% 66.67%
4 Melbourne United 12 6 6 2-3 L2 4-3 2-3 1167 1095 106.58% 50.00%
5 Brisbane Bullets 8 4 4 3-2 W3 1-1 3-3 676 676 100.00% 50.00%
6 Illawarra Hawks 6 3 3 2-3 L2 1-1 2-2 598 631 94.77% 50.00%
7 Adelaide 36ers 10 4 6 1-4 L2 1-1 3-5 892 920 96.96% 40.00%
8 Perth Wildcats (RC) 7 2 5 1-4 L1 1-2 1-3 625 671 93.14% 28.57%
9 NZ Breakers 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 season game log

Regular season

Standings

2019-20 NBL ladder
LadderInformation
Pos.Nat.NamePld.W.L.Last 5StreakHomeAwayForAgainstPts %Win %
1 Sydney Kings 28 20 8 4-1 W2 12-2 8-6 2642 2472 106.88% 71.43%
2 Perth Wildcats (RC) 28 19 9 4-1 W3 11-3 8-6 2529 2409 104.98% 67.86%
3 Cairns Taipans 28 16 12 3-2 L2 11-3 5-9 2587 2547 101.57% 57.14%
4 Melbourne United 28 15 13 4-1 W3 9-5 6-8 2638 2560 103.05% 53.57%
5 Brisbane Bullets 28 15 13 3-2 W1 10-4 5-9 2607 2557 101.96% 53.57%
6 NZ Breakers 28 15 13 4-1 W4 9-5 6-8 2514 2468 101.86% 53.57%
7 Adelaide 36ers 28 12 16 1-4 L2 8-6 4-10 2654 2768 95.88% 42.86%
8 SEM Phoenix (NT) 28 9 19 0-5 L8 6-8 3-11 2671 2761 96.74% 32.14%
9 Illawarra Hawks 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

  • Updated: 16 February 2020[2]

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 8445665564555577777
Brisbane Bullets 24554556777787654455
Cairns Taipans 77668877646444333333
Illawarra Hawks 65799998999999999999
Melbourne United 56886433433333445664
New Zealand Breakers 977789888876866546
Perth Wildcats 42322322222222222222
South East Melbourne Phoenix 33233244355668788888
Sydney Kings 11111111111111111111

Game log

The regular season of the NBL consisted of 28 games, with the King's 14 home games played at Qudos Bank Arena.[3]

2019–20 season game log

Postseason

2020 playoff game log

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. "2019–20 NBL Ladder | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  3. "National Basketball League | NBL". www.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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