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{{{NBLyear}}} 2019–20 Melbourne United season season
Head coachAustralia Dean Vickerman
CaptainAustralia Chris Goulding
ArenaMelbourne Arena, Melbourne
NBL results
Record16–15 (51.6%)
LadderTemplate:NBL Ladder 2019–20 - Team's Page
Finals finishTemplate:NBL Finals 2019–20 - Team's Page

Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
PointsUnited States Melo Trimble
19.4
ReboundsUnited States Shawn Long
9.43
AssistsUnited States Melo Trimble
4.8
Uniforms
All statistics correct as of 21 April 2020.

The 2019–20 NBL season was the 37th season for Melbourne United in the NBL, and the 6th under the banner of Melbourne United.

Roster

2019–20 Melbourne United roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
C 0 South Sudan Lual-Acuil, Jo 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 102 kg (225 lb)
G 1 United States Trimble, Melo (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb)
F 2 United States Stith, Dillon (IN) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
G 5 Australia Short, Sam (DP) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 78 kg (172 lb)
G 10 Australia McCarron, Mitch 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 97 kg (214 lb)
F 11 United States Kidd, Stanton (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
F 12 Australia Purchase, Jack (DP) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb)
F 14 New Zealand Smith-Milner, Tohi 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
F 20 Australia Barlow, David 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb)
C 21 United States Long, Shawn (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
F 23 United States Prather, Casey Injured (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 96 kg (212 lb)
G/F 30 Australia McDaniel, Sam 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
C 35 New Zealand Pledger, Alex 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) 113 kg (249 lb)
G 43 Australia Goulding, Chris (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
G 55 New Zealand Ili, Shea 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Australia Nik Popovic

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

Updated: 20 December 2019

Depth Chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Development
C Shawn Long Jo Lual-Acuil Alex Pledger
PF David Barlow Tohi Smith-Milner Jack Purchase
SF Mitch McCarron Dillon Stith Casey Prather
SG Chris Goulding Sam McDaniel
PG Melo Trimble Shea Ili Sam Short

Pre-season

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 pre-season game log
Pre-Season: 4–2 (Home: 4–2; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 6 August California Baptist Lancers L 78-79 David Barlow (30) Short, Lual-Acuil & Diing (6) Sam Short (5) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 0-1
2 18 August Zhejiang Lions W 97-77 Jo Lual-Acuil (20) Jack Purchase (11) Mitch McCarron (6) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 1-1
3 3 September Shanxi Loongs W 111-66 Shawn Long (22) Mitch McCarron (10) Casey Prather (6) State Basketball Centre 2-1
4 6 September Cairns Taipans W 104-88 Jo Lual-Acuil (25) Jo Lual-Acuil (9) Mitch McCarron (6) Casey Stadium 3-1
5 8 September Brisbane Bullets L 80-102 Shawn Long (22) Shawn Long, Jo Lual-Acuil (10) Melo Trimble (4) Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre 3-2
6 13 September Illawarra Hawks W 111-70 Casey Prather (31) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (6) Ballarat Sports Events Centre 4-2
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 New Zealand Breakers L 76-97 Shawn Long (24) Shawn Long (8) Melo Trimble (3) Kingborough Sports Centre 0-1
2 22 September Illawarra Hawks W 110-91 Casey Prather (23) Shawn Long (11) Shea Ili (5) Derwent Entertainment Centre 1-1
Pre-Season: 1–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
7 25 September Perth Wildcats L 90-92 Melo Trimble (17) Long, Pledger, Trimble (5) Melo Trimble (7) Geelong Arena 4-3
8 27 September @ Adelaide 36ers W 91-100 Melo Trimble (19) Jo Lual-Acuil, Mitch McCarron (8) Mitch McCarron (8) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 5-3
NBLxNBA: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 13 October @ Los Angeles Clippers L 110-118 Melo Trimble (22) Shawn Long (9) Melo Trimble (6) STAPLES Center 5-4
2 16 October @ Sacramento Kings L 110-124 Chris Goulding (25) Shawn Long (15) Melo Trimble (6) Golden 1 Center 5-5

Regular season

Ladder

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

2019–20 game log
October: 1–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
1 3 October South East Melbourne Phoenix L 88-91 Chris Goulding (27) Shawn Long (13) Melo Trimble (6) Melbourne Arena 0-1
2 5 October @ Perth Wildcats L 94-93 Melo Trimble (25) Melo Trimble (8) Melo Trimble (5) RAC Arena 0-2
3 20 October Perth Wildcats L 93-95 Melo Trimble (21) Shawn Long 12 Melo Trimble 5 Melbourne Arena 0-3
4 26 October New Zealand Breakers W 104-98 Shawn Long (27) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (7) Melbourne Arena 1-3
5 28 October @ Cairns Taipans L 90-85 Shawn Long, Melo Trimble (21) Shawn Long (17) Chris Goulding (5) Cairns Convention Centre 1-4
November: 6–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 2–1)
December: 3–4 (Home: 1–3; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
13 1 December @ Sydney Kings L 111-101 Melo Trimble (32) Mitch McCarron (6) Melo Trimble (4) Qudos Bank Arena 7-6
14 7 December Adelaide 36ers W 112-90 Shawn Long (34) Shawn Long (15) Chris Goulding, Mitch McCarron (4) Melbourne Arena 8-6
15 14 December Sydney Kings L 81-104 Melo Trimble (19) Jo Lual-Acuil (6) Melo Trimble (5) Melbourne Arena 8-7
16 16 December @ Illawarra Hawks W 73-94 Melo Trimble (22) Shawn Long (14) Melo Trimble (6) WIN Entertainment Centre 9-7
17 21 December @ Perth Wildcats W 74-87 Shawn Long, Melo Trimble (23) Shawn Long (13) Melo Trimble (6) RAC Arena 10-7
18 26 December Cairns Taipans L 75-77 Melo Trimble (16) Shawn Long (12) Goulding, Ili, McCarron (2) Melbourne Arena 10-8
19 29 December Brisbane Bullets L 96-102 Shawn Long (25) Stanton Kidd, Shawn Long (8) Melo Trimble (7) Melbourne Arena 10-9
January: 2–3 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
20 4 January @ Illawarra Hawks W 91-104 Chris Goulding, Stanton Kidd (21) Shawn Long (7) Melo Trimble (5) WIN Entertainment Centre 11-9
21 11 January @ Adelaide 36ers L 100-86 Chris Goulding (26) Shawn Long (15) Mitch McCarron, Melo Trimble (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 11-10
22 19 January @ New Zealand Breakers L 90-68 Shawn Long (18) Kidd, Long, Lual-Acuil, Trimble (4) Melo Trimble 5 Spark Arena 11-11
23 26 January @ Sydney Kings L 106-88 Melo Trimble (26) Stanton Kidd (7) Melo Trimble (2) Qudos Bank Arena 11-12
24 29 January Perth Wildcats W 77-67 Chris Goulding (17) Jo Lual-Acuil (10) Ili, McCarron, Trimble (3) Melbourne Arena 12-12
February: 3–1 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Record
25 1 February @ Brisbane Bullets L 87-83 Melo Trimble (36) Shawn Long (9) Melo Trimble (6) Nissan Arena 12-13
26 8 February Illawarra Hawks W 95-72 Chris Goulding (20) Stanton Kidd (10) Melo Trimble (9) Melbourne Arena 13-13
27 13 February Cairns Taipans W 99-83 Chris Goulding (23) Shawn Long (10) Mitch McCarron (8) Melbourne Arena 14-13
28 16 February @ South East Melbourne Phoenix W 90-109 Chris Goulding (28) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (7) Melbourne Arena 15-13

Post season

2020 playoff game log
Semi-finals: 1–2 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance
Series
1 29 February @ Sydney Kings L 86-80 Melo Trimble (34) Shawn Long (11) Melo Trimble (5) Qudos Bank Arena 0-1
2 2 March Sydney Kings W 125-80 Shawn Long (26) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (5) Melbourne Arena 1-1
3 5 March @ Sydney Kings L 89-87 Chris Goulding (11) Shawn Long (9) Shea Ili (5) Qudos Bank Arena

Awards

Player of the Week

Round 4, Shawn Long

Round 20, Chris Goulding

See also

References