2019–20 Brisbane Bullets season

The 2019–20 NBL season was the 34th season for the Brisbane Bullets in the NBL, and the 4th since their return to the league.

2019–20 Brisbane Bullets season
Head Coach Andrej Lemanis
CaptainRotating captaincy
StadiumNissan Arena, Brisbane
NBL results
Ladder5th
FinalsDNQ
Wins15
Losses13
Player Records
Scoring leader Lamar Patterson
21.4
Rebounding leader Matt Hodgson
6.4
Assists leader Lamar Patterson
4.5
Uniforms
All statistics correct as of 21 April 2020.

Roster
2019–20 Brisbane Bullets roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
F 1 Braun, Taylor (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
F 2 Dennis, Kian (DP) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 83 kg (183 lb)
G 3 Gliddon, Cameron 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb)
G 5 Cadee, Jason (C) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb)
C 6 Hodgson, Matt 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb)
F 8 Goldfinch, Cameron (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
F/C 9 Dalton, Callum (DP) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 113 kg (249 lb)
F 12 Magnay, Will 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb)
F 13 Patterson, Lamar (I) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
F 14 Vukona, Mika (C) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 103 kg (227 lb)
G 20 Sobey, Nathan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
C 24 Harrison, Tyrell 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
G/F 25 Te Rangi, Reuben 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
G 33 Singler, E. J. (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
G Williams, Verle (TP) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured
Updated: 1 February 2020

Depth Chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Development
C Matt Hodgson Will Magnay Tyrell Harrison
PF Taylor Braun Mika Vukona Cameron Goldfinch Callum Dalton
SF Lamar Patterson Reuben Te Rangi Kian Dennis
SG Cameron Gliddon E. J. Singler
PG Nathan Sobey Jason Cadee

Pre-Season

As part of their pre-season, the Bullets played five pre-season games. Their first game were held in Brisbane against the Creighton Bluejays, with the next two games being held in Melbourne against the South East Melbourne Phoenix and Melbourne United.[1] After that they played two games in Cairns against the Cairns Taipans, and as a club in the NBL they also took part in the NBL Blitz where they played games against the Adelaide 36ers and the NBL1 All-Stars. They rounded off their pre-season on the Sunshine Coast against the Perth Wildcats, and they opted out of the NBLxNBA games.

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 pre-season game log
Pre-Season: 1–4 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1 August 13 Creighton Bluejays L 79 - 107 Not announced Not announced Not announced NAB Stadium 0-1
2 September 6 @ South East Melbourne Phoenix L 85-80 Lamar Patterson (19) Lamar Patterson (7) Jason Cadee, Tamuri Wigness (3) Traralgon Sports Stadium 0-2
3 September 8 @ Melbourne United W 80-102 Taylor Braun (22) Will Magnay, E. J. Singler (7) Lamar Patterson (6) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 1-2
4 September 13 @ Cairns Taipans L 104-66 E. J. Singler (10) Will Magnay (6) E. J. Singler (4) Early Settler Stadium 1-3
5 September 15 @ Cairns Taipans L 76-66 Lamar Patterson (21) Will Magnay (7) Jason Cadee (8) Early Settler Stadium 1-4
NBL Blitz: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1 September 19 NBL1 All-Stars W 106-57 E. J. Singler (19) Taylor Braun (8) Lamar Patterson (10) Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre 1-0
2 September 21 Adelaide 36ers W 85-92 Lamar Patterson (20) Matt Hodgson (7) Lamar Patterson (8) Silverdome 2-0
Pre-Season: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
6 September 27 Perth Wildcats W 85-82 Lamar Patterson (26) Tyrell Harrison (6) Nathan Sobey (7) University of the Sunshine Coast 2-4

Regular season

The regular season of the NBL consisted of 28 games, with the Bullet's 14 home games played at Nissan Arena after moving from the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre and the Brisbane Entertainment Centre during the off-season.[2]

Ladder
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[3]

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
2019–20 season game log
October: 2–3 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1 October 6 @ Illawarra Hawks W 81-90 Lamar Patterson (25) Cameron Gliddon (9) Taylor Braun (6) WIN Entertainment Centre 1-0
2 October 11 Cairns Taipans W 90-74 Nathan Sobey (21) Lamar Patterson (6) Braun, Patterson, Sobey (5) Nissan Arena 2-0
3 October 13 @ South East Melbourne Phoenix L 113-93 Lamar Patterson (30) Taylor Braun, Nathan Sobey (6) Nathan Sobey (7) Melbourne Arena 2-1
4 October 19 @ Adelaide 36ers L 104-98 Lamar Patterson (21) Taylor Braun, Hodgson (5) Lamar Patterson (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 2-2
5 October 26 @ Sydney Kings L 94-79 Nathan Sobey (21) Taylor Braun (5) Braun, Hodgson, Patterson (3) Qudos Bank Arena 2-3
November: 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
6 November 1 Perth Wildcats W 87-78 Jason Cadee (17) Lamar Patterson, Nathan Sobey (7) Jason Cadee (5) Nissan Arena 3-3
7 November 3 @ Illawarra Hawks W 69-83 Nathan Sobey (18) Matt Hodgson (9) Lamar Patterson (7) AIS Arena 4-3
8 November 8 Sydney Kings L 85-95 Lamar Patterson (22) Lamar Patterson (11) Lamar Patterson (7) Nissan Arena 4-4
9 November 16 @ Cairns Taipans L 94-85 Nathan Sobey (20) Matt Hodgson (9) Nathan Sobey (7) Cairns Convention Centre 4-5
10 November 22 Adelaide 36ers W 106-104 Lamar Patterson (27) Lamar Patterson (6) E. J. Singler (6) Nissan Arena 5-5
11 November 24 @ Melbourne United L 108-94 Jason Cadee (18) Matt Hodgson, Lamar Patterson (7) Lamar Patterson (8) Melbourne Arena 5-6
12 November 30 South East Melbourne Phoenix L 95-110 Jason Cadee (15) Will Magnay (7) Lamar Patterson (8) Nissan Arena 5-7
December: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
13 December 7 Illawarra Hawks W 101-91 Lamar Patterson (19) Matt Hodgson (9) Lamar Patterson (6) Nissan Arena 6-7
14 December 9 @ New Zealand Breakers L 96-85 Lamar Patterson (36) Matt Hodgson (9) Lamar Patterson (6) Spark Arena 6-8
15 December 14 @ Perth Wildcats L 86-78 Nathan Sobey (15) Matt Hodgson, Lamar Patterson (8) Jason Cadee (4) RAC Arena 6-9
16 December 21 Sydney Kings W 87-80 Will Magnay (23) Will Magnay (14) E. J. Singler (6) Nissan Arena 7-9
17 December 27 New Zealand Breakers L 96-99 Nathan Sobey (29) Lamar Patterson (9) Lamar Patterson (8) Nissan Arena 7-10
18 December 29 @ Melbourne United W 96-102 Lamar Patterson (35) Matt Hodgson (11) Cameron Gliddon (4) Melbourne Arena 8-10
January: 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
19 January 3 @ Cairns Taipans L 91-89 E. J. Singler (20) Will Magnay (8) Lamar Patterson (6) Cairns Convention Centre 8-11
20 January 5 Perth Wildcats 97-85 Lamar Patterson (35) Will Magnay (9) Lamar Patterson, Nathan Sobey (4) Nissan Arena 9-11
21 January 12 @ New Zealand Breakers W 85-95 Lamar Patterson (18) Matt Hodgson (10) Lamar Patterson, Nathan Sobey (5) Spark Arena 10-11
22 January 18 Illawarra Hawks W 106-77 Lamar Patterson (20) Lamar Patterson (9) Jason Cadee (6) Nissan Arena 11-11
23 January 23 South East Melbourne Phoenix W 108-101 Lamar Patterson (27) E. J. Singler (9) Cameron Gliddon (6) Nissan Arena 12-11
24 January 25 @ Adelaide 36ers W 99-108 Lamar Patterson (29) Matt Hodgson (12) Nathan Sobey (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 13-11
February: 2–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
25 February 1 Melbourne United W 87-83 Lamar Patterson (31) Matt Hodgson (14) Lamar Patterson (5) Nissan Arena 14-11
26 February 7 New Zealand Breakers L 87-91 Nathan Sobey (30) Will Magnay (11) Nathan Sobey (3) Nissan Arena 14-12
27 February 9 @ Perth Wildcats L 85-72 Lamar Patterson (25) Lamar Patterson (11) Taylor Braun, Lamar Patterson (3) RAC Arena 14-13
28 February 15 Cairns Taipans W 124-88 Nathan Sobey (30) Matt Hodgson, E. J. Singler (9) E. J. Singler, Nathan Sobey (6) Nissan Arena 15-13

Awards

Player of the Week

Round 5, Jason Cadee

Round 13, Lamar Patterson

See also

References
  1. "Phoenix Pre-Season Schedule Launched". www.semphoenix.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. "National Basketball League | NBL". www.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. "2019–20 NBL Ladder | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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