2019–20 Cairns Taipans season

Cairns Taipans 85, California Baptist Lancers 76
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 19–21, 20–14, 23–21
Pts: Djeric 17 Rebs: Jawai 8 Asts: Dufelmeier 7		Pts: Boyd 23 Rebs: Davis 9 Asts: Armstrong, Boyd, Davis, Kuol 2

Early Settler Stadium, Cairns
Attendance: not available
Referees: Nico Fernandes, Mark Mill, Alex McEwan

N/A

8 August 2019
20:30

Cairns Taipans 85, Creighton Bluejays 89
Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 28–23, 11–31, 17–22
Pts: Noi 25 Rebs: Noi 12 Asts: Djeric 7		Pts: Mintz 18 Rebs: Jefferson 6 Asts: Jones 5

Early Settler Stadium, Cairns
Attendance: 300
Referees: Nico Fernandes, Mark Mill, Alex McEwan

September

N/A

4 September 2019
19:30

South East Melbourne Phoenix 102, Cairns Taipans 106 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 28–30, 21–12, 18–24, Overtime: 12–16
Pts: Roberson 25 Rebs: Pineau, Wesley 7 Asts: Wesley 6		Pts: Newbill 26 Rebs: Noi, Oliver 8 Asts: Machado 14

State Basketball Centre, Wantirna South
Attendance: not available
Referees: Chris Reid, Daniel Battye, Ruben Woolcock

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6 September 2019
19:30

Melbourne United 104, Cairns Taipans 88
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 27–20, 23–27, 25–21
Pts: Long 18 Rebs: Lual-Acuil 8 Asts: McCarron 4		Pts: Noi 15 Rebs: Deng 8 Asts: Deng 3

Casey Basketball Stadium, Cranbourne
Attendance: not available
Referees: Jon Chapman, Ruben Woolcock, Daniel Battye

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8 September 2019
14:00

South East Melbourne Phoenix 93, Cairns Taipans 80
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 19–25, 32–14, 16–23
Pts: Wesley 21 Rebs: Benson 11 Asts: Roberson, Wesley 6		Pts: Oliver 24 Rebs: Noi 5 Asts: Djeric 4

Kilsyth Basketball Stadium, Kilsyth
Attendance: not available
Referees: not available

N/A

13 September 2019
19:30

Cairns Taipans 104, Brisbane Bullets 66
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 33–23, 20–21, 28–10
Pts: Blagojevic, Oliver 13 Rebs: Noi 9 Asts: Fisher 5		Pts: Singler 10 Rebs: Magnay 6 Asts: Singler 4

Early Settler Stadium, Cairns
Attendance: not available
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Marc Mill, Alex McEwan

N/A

15 September 2019
14:00

Cairns Taipans 76, Brisbane Bullets 66
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 25–18, 14–14, 13–15
Pts: Dufelmeier, Newbill 16 Rebs: Blagojevic 9 Asts: Newbill 5		Pts: Patterson 21 Rebs: Magnay 7 Asts: Cadee 8

Early Settler Stadium, Cairns
Attendance: not available
Referees: Toni Caldwell, Marc Mill, Jacqui Dover

NBL Blitz Game Log

Game 1

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19 September 2019
20:00

Cairns Taipans 100, Adelaide 36ers 99
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 27–19, 34–27, 20–30
Pts: Newbill 18 Rebs: Jawai 7 Asts: Machado 7		Pts: Johnson 27 Rebs: Froling 7 Asts: Taylor 4

Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre, Ulverstone, Tasmania
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Jon Chapman, Nico Fernandez, Travis Stewart

After a media day in Melbourne, the Taipans travelled to Tasmania to compete in the NBL Blitz, an annual pre-season tournament consisting of every NBL team, and this season an All-Star team from the NBL1. The pool the Taipans competed in consisted of the Adelaide 36ers, the Brisbane Bullets, the NBL1 All-Stars and the Taipans. This pool's first set of games were held in Ulverstone, at the Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre on 19 September 2019.

The Taipans first game was against the Adelaide 36ers. Newbill, the Taipans nominated captain for the game, opened the game with a three-point shot to give the Taipans the initial lead, however the 36ers wrestled their way to a three-point lead.^[20] After a brief scoreless period for the Taipans, Newbill shot another three to draw the game before a free throw affair saw the scores slowly raised to 7–8 in favour of the 36ers. Offensive work from Noi saw the game return to field goal shooting, with late points from Dillon handing the 36ers a three-point lead heading into the first break.

Entering the second quarter, Froling helped give the 36ers another two points to add to their lead, but the duo of Machado and Oliver spearheaded the Taipans fightback and lead the team to a 37–31 lead halfway through the quarter. After their charge early in the quarter, Newbill took the reins and added five of his own points to hold back Johnson, the only 36er to score for the final four minutes of the half. The Taipans led into the main break 46–42.

In a move opposite to the second quarter, the 36ers charged into the third quarter with Dillon, Kyei and Taylor all contributing to the three point lead the 36ers held over the Taipans. The Taipans shooting, particularly from range, helped restrict the lead growing any further, and another charge from the Taipans, led by Fisher and Jawai, saw an extensive lead return to them at the end of the quarter, with the final lead being 13 points.

The Taipans continued their run into the final quarter, with an unanswered eight points extending their lead to 17 points. However, after only scoring four points across six minutes, the 36ers quickly caught up to the Taipans, and with 40 seconds remaining they took the lead. After a high scoring final minute, the 36ers held a three-point lead before Johnson fouling on Krslovic who was shooting a three-point shot took the Taipans to the free throw line to shoot three shots an potentially draw the game. After making the first two shots, Krslovic missed the third and final shot which would have tied the game, however a tip in by Jawai gave the Taipans a 100–99 win against the 36ers.

Game 2

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21 September 2019
17:30

Cairns Taipans 87, NBL1 All Stars 68
Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 25–10, 19–27, 20–15
Pts: Noi 18 Rebs: Noi 10 Asts: Djeric 6		Pts: Turner 21 Rebs: Swetalla 10 Asts: Bezman 3

Silverdome, Launceston, Tasmania
Attendance: 670
Referees: Craig Copes, Elliot Green, James Girguol

After sitting out day 2, the Taipans played on day 3 in Launceston against the NBL1 All Stars who lost their first game against the Brisbane Bullets 106–57. Playing in front of the 670 fans in attendance at the Silverdome, the fourth smallest attendance at the Blitz, the Taipans were keen to repeat the Bullets demolition of the NBL1 team, particularly given the Taipans' defeating the Bullets in both of their pre-season games.

After a scoreless first minute, including three missed shots and one turnover, Deng kick started the game with back-to-back points.^[21] Despite Deng's quick start to the game, Doyle and Thomas replied with seven points of their own to take a 4–7 lead. A constant stream of points from both teams held the game level until the final minute, with both teams failing to build a lead of more than four points before Krslovic and Jawai took the Taipans lead out to 23–16 by the first break.

Similar to the first quarter, both teams failed to open their accounts early in the second quarter. It took nearly two minutes, five missed shots and a turnover before a Jawai lay up started the flow of points for the Taipans. Despite the Taipans slow start to the quarter, the NBL1 All Stars took even longer to start scoring and nearly took half of the quarter to score their first points of the quarter, by which the Taipans had extended their lead out to 35–18. The seemingly constant stream of points for the Taipans lasted most of the quarter, with a three-point shot late in the quarter by Noi extending their to 26 points, their highest of the game. The All Stars managed to score a few last points of the half to limited the Taipans lead, 48–26.

Scoring straight after the start of the third quarter, the Taipans seemed ready to continue on their dominant streak. However, the All Stars soon found themselves slowly closing the large points gap which had been created between the two teams. Despite this, the All Stars didn't last long before the Taipans started to rebuild their lead, with Blagojevic and Krslovic forming the backbone of this resurgence. As the quarter closed it was clear that the team on the floor wasn't the main line-up the Taipans had, with their lead shrinking to 67–53 without a clear leader to guide them to success.

The final quarter saw a return to the slow starts of the first two quarters, with Turner of the All Stars being the first to score after one minute and 46 seconds. After a scoreless minute Oliver finally replied with points of his own, but that was quickly silenced by a three-point shot by Barker which drew the Taipans lead down to 10 points, the closest the All Stars would come to the Taipans in the second half. After another lack-luster minute Noi and Newbill added eight points to the Taipans' lead over 34 seconds, which took the All Stars nearly two minutes to respond to. Deng and Fisher closed out the games for the Taipans and rebuilt their lead up to 19 points, ending the game at 87–68; much closer than the Taipans would have wanted.

Regular season

The regular season of the NBL consisted of 28 games, with the Taipans' 14 home games being played at the Cairns Convention Centre.^[22]

Ladder

Pos	2019–20 NBL season v t e
Pos	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

Round 1

4 October 2019
19:30

Cairns Taipans 71, Sydney Kings 79
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 21–24, 22–20, 8–22
Pts: Noi 14 Rebs: Noi 12 Asts: Machado 8		Pts: Ware 23 Rebs: Bogut 12 Asts: Ware, Bogut 5

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: 4,370
Referees: Scott Beker, Toni Caldwell, Ruben Woolcock

After a busy pre-season, the Taipans returned to Cairns to rest before their first game. Despite playing nine pre-season games, their first game was against a team they didn't play during the pre-season; the Sydney Kings, and a crowd of 4,730 packed into the Cairns Convention Centre to see the season start.^[23]

Similar to their last pre-season game against the NBL1 All Stars, the Taipans initially struggled to score with Deng and Oliver both failing to score, before a drive by Machado delivered the first points of the game to the Snakes.^[24] Another scoreless minute passed before Machado was able to score again, with Deng, Newbill, Noi, Oliver (Taipans), Newley and Ware (Kings) unable to take advantage of multiple opportunities. After their slow start, the Kings found successive buckets to take a one-point lead, however sharp shooting from Noi and Oliver retook the lead for the Taipans and led them to a 10–5 lead. The Kings responded with points of their own, but shortly after the scoreless streak returned for nearly two minutes, with both sides failing to get a bucket before a Jawai layup returned scoring to the game. These points started a flow of points, which in the final minutes of the quarter doubled the score during the scoreless period. Despite a layup by Newley in the dying seconds of the quarter, the Taipans took a 20–13 lead into the first break.

Both teams resumed the flow of points at the resumption of the game, and made up for the lack of early scoring. Within minutes, the Kings managed fight back and briefly regain the lead, however sharp shooting by Noi led the Taipans in their fight. At the middle of the second quarter the game had seemingly returned to its earlier state, with both teams only able to score free throws over the middle minutes. The first player to successfully score after this period was Newbill with a shot from beyond the arc, but Bruce responded with a three-point shot of his own to limit the damage. The remaining minutes of the half predominately saw the teams returning serve with three-point shots, with a total of five successful threes across the final four minute. The latest of these was from Newbill, who created a four-point lead for the Taipans leading into the main break, 41–37.

Keen to build their lead in the third quarter, the Taipans quickly built up a 12-point lead over the opening four minutes of the quarter, with Deng, Machado, Noi and Oliver contributing to the lead. Another quiet period across the middle of the quarter settled the game, with the Snakes being unable to build their lead. After the main Taipans lineup left the court and were replaced by the bench, the Kings slowly began to claw back the lead, however with Newbill still on the court the Taipans retained their lead going into the final break, 63–57.

A sloppy start to the final quarter limited the Taipans attempts to rebuild their lead, with eight unanswered points from the Kings leveling the scores with five minutes left to play. Not content with tying the game, the Kings began to build their lead, with three points from the Taipans in the final five minutes doing little to stop them. The Kings won the game 71–79, with this game serving as the base for their six-game winning streak.

Post game, Taipans Head Coach Mike Kelly commented on the missed opportunities, and stated that his team "didn’t take full advantage all the time of that tonight."^[25]

Round 2

11 October 2019
18:30

Brisbane Bullets 90, Cairns Taipans 74
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 24–25, 31–14, 14–11
Pts: Sobey 21 Rebs: Patterson 6 Asts: Braun, Patterson, Sobey 5		Pts: Machado, Oliver 16 Rebs: Noi, Oliver 7 Asts: Machado 10

Nissan Arena, Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 2,070
Referees: Vaughn Mayberry, Toni Caldwell, Marc Mills

After losing their first game of the season, the Taipans travelled down to Brisbane to visit their state rivals the Brisbane Bullets, who were hosting their first game at the Queensland State Netball Centre (later to be rebranded as Nissan Arena). The battle drew an attendance of 2,070 fans, which at the time was the lowest attendance of the season, and was narrowly beaten by a New Zealand Breakers game hosting 2,054 fans.^{[citation needed]}

Starting strong out of the game, the Taipans quickly piled on points and fought their way to a 5–12 lead.^[26] After going down early in the game, the Bullets regathered and limited the Snakes' scoring opportunities whilst Braun and Gliddon puts points of their own on the board. Despite this, the trio of Deng, Djeric and Oliver rebuilt their lead and extended it to nine points before the Bullets could respond. Continuing his form from earlier in the game, Gliddon and Te Rangi made multiple three point shots to level the game as the quarter closed, however a Machado three in the dying seconds handed the lead back to the Taipans.^{[citation needed]}

After ending the first quarter with some points, Machado added some more points in the early seconds of the quarter, but the Bullets quickly responded. After a back and forth battle for the opening minutes of the quarter, a layup by Hodgson took the lead for the Bullets heading into the second half of the quarter. A fightback led by Noi and Oliver quickly led to the Taipans regaining their lead, with the lead reaching seven points before Sobey drew the lead back to four points by the end of the quarter.^{[citation needed]}

Starting strong after half-time, the Bullets dominated the opening minutes and out-scored the Taipans 7-1 and took a four-point lead. A Machado three and a layup was only dampened by Hodgson's own layup, and they quickly drew the scores to within a point. A few tense minutes followed, with both teams fighting for the lead. Over the course of a minute both team shot well from three, with a combined total of three successful shots from four attempts and the final three from Oliver levelling the game again. After multiple turnovers by the Taipans and some quick points by the Bullets, Brisbane's lead quickly expanded to eight points. Limited scoring at the end of the quarter from the Taipans allowed that lead to be extended, finishing the quarter at 76–63.^{[citation needed]}

In the final quarter the Bullets continued their scoring streak, and built their lead up to 18 points before a fight from the Taipans drew the lead back to 15 points. In the final minutes the score jumped between a 15 and 18 point lead, with the Bullets eventually winning with a 16-point lead, 90–74.^{[citation needed]}

After the game, head coach Mike Kelly put the defeat down to his team being unable to cope with the pressure during the second half; "We didn't respond to their pressure well, we turned the ball over when they came out in attack mode."^[27]

14 October 2019
19:30

Illawarra Hawks 89, Cairns Taipans 88
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 20–20, 28–17, 23–28
Pts: Blanchfield 20 Rebs: Ogilvy 6 Asts: Brooks 6		Pts: Newbill 26 Rebs: Oliver 7 Asts: Machado 6

WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, New South Wales
Attendance: 2,614
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, James Boyer, Ruben Woolcock

Round 3

18 October 2019
18:30

Perth Wildcats 76, Cairns Taipans 99
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 22–22, 16–28, 16–25
Pts: Kay, White 15 Rebs: Hunt 8 Asts: Martin 6		Pts: Deng, Oliver 22 Rebs: Jawai, Oliver 9 Asts: Machado 7

RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia
Attendance: 12,331
Referees: Chris Reid, Nico Fernandes, Nathan Durant

Round 4

25 October 2019
19:00

Adelaide 36ers 101, Cairns Taipans 97
Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 33–19, 29–20, 17–28
Pts: Randle 22 Rebs: Kyei 9 Asts: Drmic 3		Pts: Oliver 21 Rebs: Oliver 8 Asts: Machado 9

Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
Attendance: 6,288
Referees: Chris Reid, Nathan Durant, Nico Fernandes

28 October 2019
18:30

Cairns Taipans 90, Melbourne United 85
Scoring by quarter: 19–31, 22–14, 26–21, 23–19
Pts: Jawai 18 Rebs: Oliver 11 Asts: Machado 8		Pts: Long, Trimble 21 Rebs: Long 17 Asts: Goulding 5

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: 3,920
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Damian Lyons, Mitch Hare

Round 5

Sky Sport

31 October 2019
19:30

New Zealand Breakers 93, Cairns Taipans 85
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 23–23, 17–23, 31–28
Pts: Webster 23 Rebs: Ashley 11 Asts: Webster 8		Pts: Oliver 23 Rebs: Deng, Newbill 7 Asts: Machado 9

Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Attendance: 7,943
Referees: Chris Reid, Ryan Jones, Mitch Hare

Round 6

9 November 2019
19:00

Cairns Taipans 91, Illawarra Hawks 101
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 24–37, 23–19, 23–23
Pts: Djeric 19 Rebs: Oliver 7 Asts: Jawai 5		Pts: Ball 24 Rebs: Boone, Ogilvy 9 Asts: Ball 9

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: 5,092
Referees: Chris Reid, Nathan Durant, Marc Mill

Round 7

16 November 2019
19:00

Cairns Taipans 94, Brisbane Bullets 85
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 25–19, 27–18, 18–28
Pts: Noi 20 Rebs: Noi 10 Asts: Machado 9		Pts: Sobey 20 Rebs: Hodgson 9 Asts: Sobey 7

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: 4,017
Referees: Damian Lyons, Toni Caldwell, Marc Mill

Round 8

23 November 2019
19:00

Cairns Taipans 91, Perth Wildcats 84
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 19–29, 20–20, 31–14
Pts: Noi 19 Rebs: Jawai, Noi 6 Asts: Machado 9		Pts: Steindl 17 Rebs: Martin 5 Asts: Kay, Martin 4

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: 4,035
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, James Boyer, Marc Mill

25 November 2019
19:30

Illawarra Hawks 114, Cairns Taipans 106 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 29–23, 30–24, 20–24, 20–28, Overtime: 15–7
Pts: Ball 32 Rebs: Ball 11 Asts: Ball 13		Pts: Newbill 27 Rebs: Oliver 10 Asts: Machado 13

WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, New South Wales
Attendance: 3,275
Referees: Michael Aylen, Damien Lyons, Ruben Woolcock

Round 9

29 November 2019
18:30

Cairns Taipans 93, Melbourne United 86
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 27–18, 22–13, 24–29
Pts: Oliver 26 Rebs: Oliver 13 Asts: Machado 10		Pts: Goulding 19 Rebs: Long 14 Asts: Goulding, Trimble 4

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: 3,904
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Toni Caldwell, Nathan Durant

Round 10

6 December 2019
18:30

Cairns Taipans 108, New Zealand Breakers 90
Scoring by quarter: 3122, 30–22, 20–27, 27–19
Pts: Machado 22 Rebs: Oliver 10 Asts: Machado 7		Pts: Rice Jr. 30 Rebs: Rice Jr. 12 Asts: Rice Jr. 8

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: 3,992
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Damian Lyons, James Griguol

8 December 2019
17:00

Sydney Kings 98, Cairns Taipans 109
Scoring by quarter: 19–30, 24–19, 2025, 35–35
Pts: Ware 23 Rebs: Bogut 12 Asts: Ware 7		Pts: Newbill 31 Rebs: Machado 7 Asts: Machado 9

Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, New South Wales
Attendance: 8,638
Referees: Nico Fernandes, Chris Reid, James Griguol

Round 11

12 December 2019
18:30

Cairns Taipans 84, Perth Wildcats 88
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 30–23, 18–16, 15–25
Pts: Oliver 21 Rebs: Oliver 17 Asts: Machado 12		Pts: Cotton 24 Rebs: Kay 11 Asts: Kay 5

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: 4,358
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Toni Caldwell, Alex McEwan

15 December 2019
17:00

South East Melbourne Phoenix 112, Cairns Taipans 105 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 30–28, 21–18, 20–30, 24–19, Overtime: 17–10
Pts: Roberson 32 Rebs: Creek, Pineau 9 Asts: Wesley 6		Pts: Newbill 30 Rebs: Oliver 13 Asts: Machado 6

Melbourne Arena, Melbourne, Victoria
Attendance: 3,856
Referees: Michael Aylen, Damian Lyons, Travis Stewart

Round 12

22 December 2019
16:00

Cairns Taipans 94, Adelaide 36ers 86
Scoring by quarter: 31–17, 26–27, 17–21, 20–21
Pts: Newbill 26 Rebs: Oliver 15 Asts: Machado 13		Pts: Randle 19 Rebs: Griffin 11 Asts: Randle 7

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: Michael Aylen, Toni Caldwell, Marc Mill
Referees: 4,265

Round 13

26 December 2019
19:30

Melbourne United 75, Cairns Taipans 77
Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 21–26, 23–17, 22–14
Pts: Trimble 16 Rebs: Long 12 Asts: Goulding, Ili, McCarron 2		Pts: Machado, Newbill 20 Rebs: Jawai 9 Asts: Machado 5

Melbourne Arena, Melbourne, Victoria
Attendance: 10,300
Referees: Michael Aylen, Scott Beker, Ruben Woolcock

31 December 2019
19:00

Cairns Taipans 92, South East Melbourne Phoenix 84
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 11–21, 32–19, 23–22
Pts: Machado 29 Rebs: Oliver 10 Asts: Machado 8		Pts: Roberson 19 Rebs: Pineau 9 Asts: Creek, Roberson 5

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: 5,134
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Jon Chapman, Mark Mill

Round 14

3 January 2020
18:30

Cairns Taipans 91, Brisbane Bullets 89
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 25–24, 29–16, 14–30
Pts: Newbill 28 Rebs: Oliver 12 Asts: Djeric, Machado 6		Pts: Singler 20 Rebs: Magnay 8 Asts: Patterson 6

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: Michael Aylen, Damian Lyons, Toni Caldwell
Referees: 4,573

Round 15

9 January 2020
18:30

Cairns Taipans 85, New Zealand Breakers 79
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 30–19, 14–20, 21–15
Pts: Machado 29 Rebs: Oliver 8 Asts: Machado 3		Pts: Loe 24 Rebs: Abercrombie, Loe, Hopson 7 Asts: Hopson 8

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: 4,392
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Toni Caldwell, Scott Beker

11 January 2020
17:30

Sydney Kings 92, Cairns Taipans 83
Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 21–21, 24–23, 24–23
Pts: Kickert 18 Rebs: Bogut, Cooks, Tate 8 Asts: Ware 4		Pts: Deng 18 Rebs: Oliver 7 Asts: Newbill 7

Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, New South Wales
Attendance: 10,857
Referees: Chris Reid, Scott Beker, Nico Fernandez

Round 16

18 January 2020
19:00

Cairns Taipans 108, Adelaide 36ers 91
Scoring by quarter: 30–18, 24–25, 31–28, 23–20
Pts: Newbill 28 Rebs: Oliver 15 Asts: Machado 9		Pts: Johnson 38 Rebs: Randle 9 Asts: Randle 10

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: 4,696
Referees: Chris Reid, Scott Beker, Daniel Battye

Round 17

26 January 2020
15:00

South East Melbourne Phoenix 102, Cairns Taipans 103
Scoring by quarter: 31–31, 20–24, 21–31, 30–17
Pts: Creek 32 Rebs: Creek 10 Asts: Roberson 7		Pts: Machado 24 Rebs: Oliver 9 Asts: Machado 8

State Basketball Centre, Wantirna South, Victoria
Attendance: 3,685
Referees: Chris Reid, Nathan Durant, James Boyer

Round 18

31 January 2020
19:00

Cairns Taipans 99, Illawarra Hawks 75
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 34–23, 28–17, 14–18
Pts: Newbill 20 Rebs: Krslovic, Oliver 5 Asts: Machado 10		Pts: Boone 19 Rebs: Boone 10 Asts: Dech, Hobson 4

Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland
Attendance: 5,168
Referees: Jon Chapman, Toni Caldwell, Nico Fernandes

Round 19

8 February 2020
19:30

Adelaide 36ers 80, Cairns Taipans 99
Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 25–30, 16–17, 19–25
Pts: Johnson 14 Rebs: Griffin 9 Asts: Johnson, Randle 5		Pts: Oliver 31 Rebs: Oliver 11 Asts: Machado 6

Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
Attendance: 7,993
Referees: Michael Aylen, Damian Lyons, Nathan Durant

Round 20

13 February 2020
19:30

Melbourne United 99, Cairns Taipans 83
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 25–24, 23–25, 31–16
Pts: Goulding 23 Rebs: Long 10 Asts: McCarron 8		Pts: Oliver 19 Rebs: Oliver 14 Asts: Machado 9

Melbourne Arena, Melbourne, Victoria
Attendance: 6,315
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Damian Lyons, Mitch Hare

15 February 2020
16:30

Brisbane Bullets 124, Cairns Taipans 88
Scoring by quarter: 39–15, 24–30, 35–24, 26–19
Pts: Sobey 30 Rebs: Hodgson, Singler 9 Asts: Singler, Sobey 6		Pts: Deng 20 Rebs: Krslovic 8 Asts: Djeric4

Nissan Arena, Brisbane, Queensland
Attendance: 5,145
Referees: Chris Reid, Toni Caldwell, Nico Fernandes

Postseason

Semifinals

ESPN
SBS Viceland

28 February 2020
18:30

Perth Wildcats 108, Cairns Taipans 107 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 16–34, 23–17, 25–22, Overtime: 15–14
Pts: Cotton 42 Rebs: Kay 9 Asts: Cotton, Kay 6		Pts: Machado 32 Rebs: Oliver 18 Asts: Machado 9
Perth leads series, 1–0

RAC Arena, Perth, Western Australia
Attendance: 10,858
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry, Chris Reid, Nico Fernandes

ESPN
SBS Viceland

1 March 2020
16:00