2019–20 Melbourne United season

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2019–20 Melbourne United season
Head coachAustralia Dean Vickerman
CaptainAustralia Chris Goulding
ArenaMelbourne Arena
NBL results
Record15–13 (53.6%)
Ladder4th
Finals finishSemifinalist
(lost to Kings 1–2)
Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
PointsUnited States Trimble
19.4
ReboundsUnited States Long
9.4
AssistsUnited States Trimble
4.5
EfficiencyUnited States Stith
71%
All statistics correct as of 21 April 2020.

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

Game log

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


Preseason

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

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

Regular season

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 S.E. Melbourne L 88–91 Chris Goulding (27) Shawn Long (13) Melo Trimble (6)
Melbourne Arena
 0–1
2 5 October @ Perth L 94–93 Melo Trimble (25) Melo Trimble (8) Melo Trimble (5)
RAC Arena
 0–2
3 20 October Perth L 93–95 Melo Trimble (21) Shawn Long 12 Melo Trimble 5
Melbourne Arena
 0–3
4 26 October New Zealand W 104–98 Shawn Long (27) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (7)
Melbourne Arena
 1–3
5 28 October @ Cairns 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)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6 2 November @ S.E. Melbourne W 98–110 Shawn Long (31) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (4)
Melbourne Arena
 2–4
7 4 November Sydney W 107–104 Melo Trimble (27) Shawn Long (14) Melo Trimble (5)
Melbourne Arena
 3–4
8 7 November @ New Zealand W 101–104 Chris Goulding (24) Shawn Long (8) Melo Trimble (5) Spark Arena 4–4
9 10 November Adelaide W 109–90 Melo Trimble (32) David Barlow (7) Mitch McCarron (5)
Melbourne Arena
 5–4
10 16 November S.E. Melbourne W 96–95 Melo Trimble (22) Shawn Long, Mitch McCarron (8) Shea Ili (4)
Melbourne Arena
 6–4
11 24 November Brisbane W 108–94 Melo Trimble (25) Jo Lual-Acuil (13) Mitch McCarron (7)
Melbourne Arena
 7–4
12 29 November @ Cairns L 93–86 Chris Goulding (19) Shawn Long (14) Chris Goulding, Melo Trimble (4) Cairns Convention Centre 7–5
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 L 111–101 Melo Trimble (32) Mitch McCarron (6) Melo Trimble (4)
Qudos Bank Arena
 7–6
14 7 December Adelaide W 112–90 Shawn Long (34) Shawn Long (15) Chris Goulding, Mitch McCarron (4)
Melbourne Arena
 8–6
15 14 December Sydney L 81–104 Melo Trimble (19) Jo Lual-Acuil (6) Melo Trimble (5)
Melbourne Arena
 8–7
16 16 December @ Illawarra W 73–94 Melo Trimble (22) Shawn Long (14) Melo Trimble (6)
WIN Entertainment Centre
 9–7
17 21 December @ Perth W 74–87 Shawn Long, Melo Trimble (23) Shawn Long (13) Melo Trimble (6)
RAC Arena
 10–7
18 26 December Cairns L 75–77 Melo Trimble (16) Shawn Long (12) Goulding, Ili, McCarron (2)
Melbourne Arena
 10–8
19 29 December Brisbane 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 W 91–104 Chris Goulding, Stanton Kidd (21) Shawn Long (7) Melo Trimble (5)
WIN Entertainment Centre
 11–9
21 11 January @ Adelaide L 100–86 Chris Goulding (26) Shawn Long (15) Mitch McCarron, Melo Trimble (5) Adelaide Entertainment Centre 11–10
22 19 January @ New Zealand L 90–68 Shawn Long (18) Kidd, Long, Lual-Acuil, Trimble (4) Melo Trimble 5 Spark Arena 11–11
23 26 January @ Sydney L 106–88 Melo Trimble (26) Stanton Kidd (7) Melo Trimble (2)
Qudos Bank Arena
 11–12
24 29 January Perth 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 L 87–83 Melo Trimble (36) Shawn Long (9) Melo Trimble (6) Nissan Arena 12–13
26 8 February Illawarra W 95–72 Chris Goulding (20) Stanton Kidd (10) Melo Trimble (9)
Melbourne Arena
 13–13
27 13 February Cairns W 99–83 Chris Goulding (23) Shawn Long (10) Mitch McCarron (8)
Melbourne Arena
 14–13
28 16 February @ S.E. Melbourne W 90–109 Chris Goulding (28) Shawn Long (11) Mitch McCarron (7)
Melbourne Arena
 15–13

Postseason

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

Transactions

Re-signed

Player Signed
David Barlow[1] 29 April
Alex Pledger[2] 30 April
Tohi Smith-Milner[3] 7 May

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Melo Trimble[4] 26 April Cairns Taipans
Shawn Long[5] 30 May New Zealand Breakers
Shea Ili[6] 20 June New Zealand Breakers
Casey Prather[7] 17 July Promitheas Patras
Jack Purchase[8] 9 August Melbourne Tigers (NBL1)
Jo Lual-Acuil[9] 20 August Hapoel Galil Elyon
Dillon Stith[10] 15 December Belfast Star
Stanton Kidd[11] 20 December Utah Jazz

Subtractions

Player Reason left New team
Dan Trist[12] Released South East Melbourne Phoenix
Casper Ware[13] Free agent Sydney Kings
Craig Moller[14] Free agent Sydney Kings
Josh Boone[15] Free agent Illawarra Hawks
Casey Prather[16] Released Hapoel Eilat

Awards

Player of the Week

Melbourne United Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "David Barlow is back!". melbourneutd.com.au. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Alex Pledger stands United!". melbourneutd.com.au. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Tohi Smith-Milner is UNITED!". melbourneutd.com.au. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Melbourne Sign Melo". melbourneutd.com.au. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Shawn Long Stands United". melbourneutd.com.au. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Shea Ili Stands United". melbourneutd.com.au. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Casey Prather Stands United". melbourneutd.com.au. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Melbourne United adds Jack Purchase as development player". melbourneutd.com.au. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Melbourne United signs Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. to complete roster". 20 August 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Casey Prather hamstring injury update". 15 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Stanton Kidd joins Melbourne United". 20 December 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  12. ^ "South East Melbourne Lock Down Dan Trist". semphoenix.com.au. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Club Statement: Casper Ware Jr". melbourneutd.com.au. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Club Statement: Craig Moller". melbourneutd.com.au. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Thank you Josh Boone". melbourneutd.com.au. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Melbourne United and Casey Prather part ways". melbourneutd.com.au. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  17. ^ "NBL20 Club MVP!". facebook.com. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  18. ^ "NBL20 Club Defensive Player of the Year!". facebook.com. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Club Players of the Year!". facebook.com. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.

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