2019–20 Adelaide 36ers season

The 2019–20 NBL season was the 39th season for the Adelaide 36ers in the NBL.

2019–20 Adelaide 36ers season
Head coachUnited States Joey Wright
Co-captainsAustralia Brendan Teys
Australia Kevin White
ArenaAdelaide Entertainment Centre
NBL results
Record12–16 (42.9%)
Ladder7th
Finals finishDid not qualify

Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
PointsUnited States Randle
19.8
ReboundsAustralia Johnson
8.3
AssistsUnited States Randle
4.5
Uniforms
All statistics correct as of 21 April 2020.

Roster

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2019–20 Adelaide 36ers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
F 1   Kyei, Obi 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
G 3   White, Kevin (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (198 lb)
G 6   Mudronja, Alex (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
G/F 7   Teys, Brendan (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 82 kg (181 lb)
F 9   McVeigh, Jack 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
G 10   Moore, Ramone   (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb)
C 11   Froling, Harry 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb)
G/F 12   Dillon, Daniel 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
G 13   Ayre, Ben (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb)
F 17   Griffin, Eric (I) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
F/C 21   Johnson, Daniel 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb)
G/F 22   Drmic, Anthony 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
G 23   Johnson, Bijan (DP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb)
G 24   Randle, Jerome (I) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 79 kg (174 lb)
G 30   Harris, Michael (DP) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  •   Injured

Updated: 10 January 2020

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Development
C Daniel Johnson Harry Froling
PF Obi Kyei Eric Griffin Michael Harris
SF Anthony Drmic Jack McVeigh
SG Brendan Teys Ramone Moore Bijan Johnson
PG Jerome Randle Kevin White Daniel Dillon Ben Ayre
Alex Mudronja

Preseason

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The 36ers pre-season included 7 regular pre-season games, 2 NBL Blitz games and 1 NBLxNBA games. Their first two games were part of a tour of Philippines, before they had three games in Perth against the Perth Wildcats.[1][2] As a club in the NBL they also took part in the NBL Blitz and played games against the Brisbane Bullets and the Cairns Taipans, which was followed by another 2 pre-season games in Adelaide against the New Zealand Breakers and Melbourne United.[3][4] They finished their pre-season with a game against the Utah Jazz after the first regular season game of the 2019–20 NBL season.[5]

Ladder

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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

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2019–20 pre-season game log
Philippines Tour: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 23 August @ Philippines L 92-83 Ramone Moore (16) Harry Froling (7) Daniel Dillon (5) Meralco Gym 0-1
2 25 August @ Philippines W 75-85 Daniel Johnson (16) Harry Froling (9) Daniel Johnson (4) Meralco Gym 1-1
Perth Tour: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
3 4 September @ Perth Wildcats W 84-90 Deshon Taylor (20) Harry Froling (5) Ramone Moore (6) Mandurah Aquatic & Recreation Centre 2-1
4 6 September @ Perth Wildcats L 100-98 Harry Froling (27) Harry Froling (10) Daniel Dillon (5) South West Sports Centre 2-2
5 8 September @ Perth Wildcats W 77-83 Jack McVeigh (18) Harry Froling (8) Harry Froling (6) HBF Arena 3-2
NBL Blitz : 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 19 September Cairns Taipans L 100-99 Daniel Johnson (27) Harry Froling (7) Deshon Taylor (4) Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre 0-1
2 21 September Brisbane Bullets L 85-92 Deshon Taylor (23) Anthony Drmic (5) Ramone Moore (6) Silverdome 0-2
Pre-Season : 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
6 24 September New Zealand Breakers W 93-67 Eric Griffin (18) Harry Froling (10) Anthony Drmic (4) Titanium Security Arena 4-2
7 27 September Melbourne United L 91-100 Eric Griffin (16) Obi Kyei, Eric Griffin (6) Ramone Moore (9) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 4-3
NBLxNBA : 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 5 October @ Utah Jazz L 133-81 Jerome Randle (18) Harry Froling (11) Daniel Dillon (4) Vivint Smart Home Arena 4-4

Regular season

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The regular season of the NBL consisted of 28 games, with the 36ers' 14 home games played at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre after leaving Titanium Security Arena during the off-season.[6][7]

Ladder

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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

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  • 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

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2019–20 game log
October: 3–2 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–2)
November: 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
December: 3–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 2–2)
February: 1–2 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
26 2 February South East Melbourne Phoenix W 100-93 Jerome Randle (35) Anthony Drmic (10) Brendan Teys (6) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 12-14
27 8 February Cairns Taipans L 80-99 Daniel Johnson (14) Eric Griffin (9) Daniel Johnson, Jerome Randle (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 12-15
28 15 February @ Perth Wildcats L 94-79 Daniel Johnson (18) Daniel Johnson (11) Harry Froling (5) RAC Arena 12-16

Awards

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Player of the Week

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Round 7, Jerome Randle

Round 11, Jerome Randle

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Adelaide 36ers to take on the Philippines in Manila". www.adelaide36ers.com. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. ^ Rake, Justin (7 August 2019). "Perth Wildcats to kick off pre-season with clash against Adelaide in Mandurah". Mandurah Mail. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. ^ "NBL Blitz Landing Page". landing.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. ^ "36ers add another home game to exciting pre-season schedule". www.adelaide36ers.com. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  5. ^ "NBL news: NBLxNBA NBA preseason games, NBA preseason, Los Angeles Clippers, schedule". Fox Sports. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  6. ^ "NBL Schedule | National Basketball League". www.nbl.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Adelaide 36ers to leave longstanding home to play future NBL fixtures at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre". Australasian Leisure. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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