2019–20 Melbourne United season

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

Depth chart

Game log

Preseason

|- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 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 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 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 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 3 | 3 September | Shanxi Loongs | W 111-66 | Shawn Long (22) | Mitch McCarron (10) | Casey Prather (6) | State Basketball Centre | 2-1 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 4 | 6 September | Cairns Taipans | W 104-88 | Jo Lual-Acuil (25) | Jo Lual-Acuil (9) | Mitch McCarron (6) | Casey Stadium | 3-1 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 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 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 6 | 13 September | Illawarra Hawks | W 111-70 | Casey Prather (31) | Shawn Long (11) | Mitch McCarron (6) | Ballarat Sports Events Centre | 4-2

|- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 1 | 20 September | New Zealand Breakers | L 76-97 | Shawn Long (24) | Shawn Long (8) | Melo Trimble (3) | Kingborough Sports Centre | 0-1 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 2 | 22 September | Illawarra Hawks | W 110-91 | Casey Prather (23) | Shawn Long (11) | Shea Ili (5) | Derwent Entertainment Centre | 1-1

|- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 7 | 25 September | Perth Wildcats | L 90-92 | Melo Trimble (17) | Long, Pledger, Trimble (5) | Melo Trimble (7) | Geelong Arena | 4-3 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 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

|- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 1 | 13 October | @ Los Angeles Clippers | L 110-118 | Melo Trimble (22) | Shawn Long (9) | Melo Trimble (6) | STAPLES Center | 5-4 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 2 | 16 October | @ Sacramento Kings | L 110-124 | Chris Goulding (25) | Shawn Long (15) | Melo Trimble (6) | Golden 1 Center | 5-5

Ladder

Regular season

|- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 1 | 3 October | S.E. Melbourne | L 88–91 | Chris Goulding (27) | Shawn Long (13) | Melo Trimble (6) | Melbourne Arena | 0–1 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 2 | 5 October | @ Perth | L 94–93 | Melo Trimble (25) | Melo Trimble (8) | Melo Trimble (5) | RAC Arena | 0–2 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 3 | 20 October | Perth | L 93–95 | Melo Trimble (21) | Shawn Long 12 | Melo Trimble 5 | Melbourne Arena | 0–3 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 4 | 26 October | New Zealand | W 104–98 | Shawn Long (27) | Shawn Long (11) | Mitch McCarron (7) | Melbourne Arena | 1–3 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 5 | 28 October | @ Cairns | L 90–85 | Shawn Long, Melo Trimble (21) | Shawn Long (17) | Chris Goulding (5) | Cairns Convention Centre | 1–4

|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 6 | 2 November | @ S.E. Melbourne | W 98–110 | Shawn Long (31) | Shawn Long (11) | Mitch McCarron (4) | Melbourne Arena | 2–4 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 7 | 4 November | Sydney | W 107–104 | Melo Trimble (27) | Shawn Long (14) | Melo Trimble (5) | Melbourne Arena | 3–4 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 8 | 7 November | @ New Zealand | W 101–104 | Chris Goulding (24) | Shawn Long (8) | Melo Trimble (5) | Spark Arena | 4–4 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 9 | 10 November | Adelaide | W 109–90 | Melo Trimble (32) | David Barlow (7) | Mitch McCarron (5) | Melbourne Arena | 5–4 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 10 | 16 November | S.E. Melbourne | W 96–95 | Melo Trimble (22) | Shawn Long, Mitch McCarron (8) | Shea Ili (4) | Melbourne Arena | 6–4 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 11 | 24 November | Brisbane | W 108–94 | Melo Trimble (25) | Jo Lual-Acuil (13) | Mitch McCarron (7) | Melbourne Arena | 7–4 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 12 | 29 November | @ Cairns | L 93–86 | Chris Goulding (19) | Shawn Long (14) | Chris Goulding, Melo Trimble (4) | Cairns Convention Centre | 7–5

|- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 13 | 1 December | @ Sydney | L 111–101 | Melo Trimble (32) | Mitch McCarron (6) | Melo Trimble (4) | Qudos Bank Arena | 7–6 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 14 | 7 December | Adelaide | W 112–90 | Shawn Long (34) | Shawn Long (15) | Chris Goulding, Mitch McCarron (4) | Melbourne Arena | 8–6 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 15 | 14 December | Sydney | L 81–104 | Melo Trimble (19) | Jo Lual-Acuil (6) | Melo Trimble (5) | Melbourne Arena | 8–7 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 16 | 16 December | @ Illawarra | W 73–94 | Melo Trimble (22) | Shawn Long (14) | Melo Trimble (6) | WIN Entertainment Centre | 9–7 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 17 | 21 December | @ Perth | W 74–87 | Shawn Long, Melo Trimble (23) | Shawn Long (13) | Melo Trimble (6) | RAC Arena | 10–7 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 18 | 26 December | Cairns | L 75–77 | Melo Trimble (16) | Shawn Long (12) | Goulding, Ili, McCarron (2) | Melbourne Arena | 10–8 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 19 | 29 December | Brisbane | L 96–102 | Shawn Long (25) | Stanton Kidd, Shawn Long (8) | Melo Trimble (7) | Melbourne Arena | 10–9

|- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 20 | 4 January | @ Illawarra | W 91–104 | Chris Goulding, Stanton Kidd (21) | Shawn Long (7) | Melo Trimble (5) | WIN Entertainment Centre | 11–9 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 21 | 11 January | @ Adelaide | L 100–86 | Chris Goulding (26) | Shawn Long (15) | Mitch McCarron, Melo Trimble (5) | Adelaide Entertainment Centre | 11–10 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 22 | 19 January | @ New Zealand | L 90–68 | Shawn Long (18) | Kidd, Long, Lual-Acuil, Trimble (4) | Melo Trimble 5 | Spark Arena | 11–11 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 23 | 26 January | @ Sydney | L 106–88 | Melo Trimble (26) | Stanton Kidd (7) | Melo Trimble (2) | Qudos Bank Arena | 11–12 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 24 | 29 January | Perth | W 77–67 | Chris Goulding (17) | Jo Lual-Acuil (10) | Ili, McCarron, Trimble (3) | Melbourne Arena | 12–12

|- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 25 | 1 February | @ Brisbane | L 87–83 | Melo Trimble (36) | Shawn Long (9) | Melo Trimble (6) | Nissan Arena | 12–13 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 26 | 8 February | Illawarra | W 95–72 | Chris Goulding (20) | Stanton Kidd (10) | Melo Trimble (9) | Melbourne Arena | 13–13 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 27 | 13 February | Cairns | W 99–83 | Chris Goulding (23) | Shawn Long (10) | Mitch McCarron (8) | Melbourne Arena | 14–13 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 28 | 16 February | @ S.E. Melbourne | W 90–109 | Chris Goulding (28) | Shawn Long (11) | Mitch McCarron (7) | Melbourne Arena | 15–13

Postseason

|- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 1 | 29 February | @ Sydney | L 86–80 | Melo Trimble (34) | Shawn Long (11) | Melo Trimble (5) | Qudos Bank Arena | 0–1 |- style="background-color:#ccffcc;" | 2 | 2 March | Sydney | W 125–80 | Shawn Long (26) | Shawn Long (11) | Mitch McCarron (5) | Melbourne Arena | 1–1 |- style="background-color:#ffcccc;" | 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 29 April Alex Pledger 30 April Tohi Smith-Milner 7 May

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

Subtractions Player Reason left New team Dan Trist Released South East Melbourne Phoenix Casper Ware Free agent Sydney Kings Craig Moller Free agent Sydney Kings Josh Boone Free agent Illawarra Hawks Casey Prather Released Hapoel Eilat

Awards

Player of the Week Round 4, Shawn Long

Round 20, Chris Goulding

Melbourne United Awards Most Valuable Player: Shawn Long

Best Defensive Player: Shea Ili

Coaches Award: Shea Ili & Mitch McCarron

See also

2019–20 NBL season Melbourne United

References

External links

Official Website