# 2019–20 BLNO season

The 2019–20 BLNO was the 20th season of the Basketball League of Norway since its establishment. Kongsberg Miners were the defending champions.
On 11 March 2020, the season was ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic.

## Format

The ten participating teams first played the regular season, that consisted in a round-robin schedule containing three rounds with every team playing each opponent at least once home and once away for a total of 27 matches.
At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams qualified for the playoffs.

## Teams

| Team | City | Arena |
| Ammerud | Oslo | Apallokka |
| Asker Aliens | Asker | Vollenhallen |
| Bærum | Bærum | Rykkinnhallen |
| Centrum Tigers | Oslo | Vulkanhallen |
| Frøya | Bergen | Frøya Idrettspark |
| Fyllingen | Bergen | Framohallen |
| Gimle | Bergen | Gimlehallen |
| Kongsberg Miners | Kongsberg | Kongsberghallen |
| Nidaros Jets | Trondheim | Husebyhallen |
| Tromsø Storm | Tromsø | Tromsøhallen |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kongsberg Miners | 27 | 26 | 1 | 2592 | 2038 | +554 | 52 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Bærum | 27 | 19 | 8 | 2323 | 2160 | +163 | 38 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Fyllingen | 27 | 17 | 10 | 2360 | 2284 | +76 | 34 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Gimle | 27 | 17 | 10 | 2323 | 2209 | +114 | 34 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Frøya | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2466 | 2350 | +116 | 32 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Tromsø Storm | 27 | 13 | 14 | 2408 | 2384 | +24 | 26 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Centrum Tigers | 27 | 9 | 18 | 2070 | 2291 | −221 | 18 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Asker Aliens | 27 | 8 | 19 | 2079 | 2192 | −113 | 16 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Ammerud | 27 | 7 | 20 | 2164 | 2401 | −237 | 14 | Qualification to relegation playoffs |
| 10 | Nidaros Jets | 27 | 3 | 24 | 2007 | 2483 | −476 | 6 | Qualification to relegation playoffs |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AMM | ASK | BAE | CEN | FRO | FYL | GIM | KON | NID | TRO | AMM | ASK | BAE | CEN | FRO | FYL | GIM | KON | NID | TRO |
| Ammerud | — | 77–72 | 81–97 | 82–80 | 64–75 | 78–87 | 100–87 | 80–86 | 83–75 | 86–89 | — | 76–94 | — | 77–83 | — | — | — | 87–105 | 77–65 | — |
| Asker Aliens | 84–75 | — | 57–76 | 74–65 | 74–90 | 86–73 | 72–79 | 76–101 | 105–68 | 61–84 | — | — | 74–54 | — | 86–84 | — | 73–83 | 84–93 | — | — |
| Bærum | 95–86 | 83–76 | — | 110–71 | 97–90 | 80–96 | 87–77 | 60–91 | 82–72 | 87–69 | 103–76 | — | — | 100–87 | 99–85 | 92–84 | — | — | — | 81–80 |
| Centrum Tigers | 80–73 | 67–48 | 64–84 | — | 80–94 | 80–85 | 68–101 | 98–109 | 87–70 | 70–66 | — | 70–62 | — | — | — | — | 71–100 | 78–91 | 83–72 | — |
| Frøya | 91–70 | 104–84 | 80–114 | 71–81 | — | 93–74 | 125–129 | 68–92 | 88–77 | 104–96 | 97–88 | — | — | 101–63 | — | 91–81 | — | — | 83–75 | 112–105 |
| Fyllingen | 83–77 | 102–92 | 90–79 | 87–81 | 91–90 | — | 89–78 | 83–88 | 93–69 | 102–86 | 86–76 | 99–83 | — | 84–83 | — | — | — | — | 102–73 | 86–94 |
| Gimle | 75–83 | 81–73 | 66–96 | 75–59 | 81–80 | 65–71 | — | 82–98 | 114–53 | 87–82 | 109–76 | — | 70–82 | — | 83–93 | 109–86 | — | — | — | 91–80 |
| Kongsberg Miners | 100–74 | 75–64 | 110–66 | 89–53 | 99–74 | 87–81 | 94–57 | — | 111–56 | 98–64 | — | — | 92–65 | — | 91–89 | 103–93 | 80–89 | — | — | 102–87 |
| Nidaros Jets | 82–89 | 81–74 | 88–83 | 83–86 | 79–109 | 70–83 | 86–92 | 81–111 | — | 81–100 | — | 72–73 | 58–91 | — | — | — | 81–90 | 79–101 | — | — |
| Tromsø Storm | 110–85 | 96–95 | 90–80 | 105–103 | 97–105 | 101–89 | 71–73 | 70–95 | 85–87 | — | 111–88 | 84–83 | — | 98–79 | — | — | — | — | 108–74 | — |

## Playoffs

The playoffs were played in a best-of-three games format. During the quarterfinals, the league was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Kongsberg Miners | 1 | | |
| Kongsberg Miners | 1 | Cancelled | Cancelled | |
| Asker Aliens | 1 | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| | | Gimle BBK | |
| Gimle BBK | 2 | Gimle BBK | |
| Gimle BBK | 2 | | | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Frøya | 0 | | | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Bærum | 2 | | | | |
| Bærum | 2 | Cancelled | Cancelled | | |
| Centrum Tigers | 0 | Cancelled | Cancelled | | |
| Centrum Tigers | 0 | Bærum | | | |
| | | Fyllingen | |
| Fyllingen | 2 | Fyllingen | |
| Tromsø Storm | 0 | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Kongsberg Miners | 1–1 | Asker Aliens | 80–78 | 84–67 | Cancelled |
| Bærum | 2–0 | Centrum Tigers | 91–75 | 99–69 | 0 |
| Fyllingen | 2–0 | Tromsø Storm | 86–79 | 110–85 | 0 |
| Gimle | 2–0 | Frøya | 87–75 | 80–92 | 0 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| | Cancelled | Gimle | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bærum | Cancelled | Fyllingen | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| | Cancelled | | 0 | 0 | 0 |