# 2019–20 Brisbane Bullets season

The 2019–20 NBL season was the 34th season for the Brisbane Bullets in the NBL, and the 4th since their return to the league.

## Roster
### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Development |
| C | Matt Hodgson | Will Magnay | Tyrell Harrison | |
| PF | Taylor Braun | Mika Vukona | Cameron Goldfinch | Callum Dalton |
| SF | Lamar Patterson | Reuben Te Rangi | | Kian Dennis |
| SG | Cameron Gliddon | E. J. Singler | | |
| PG | Nathan Sobey | Jason Cadee | | |

## Preseason

As part of their pre-season, the Bullets played five pre-season games. Their first game were held in Brisbane against the Creighton Bluejays, with the next two games being held in Melbourne against the South East Melbourne Phoenix and Melbourne United. After that they played two games in Cairns against the Cairns Taipans, and as a club in the NBL they also took part in the NBL Blitz where they played games against the Adelaide 36ers and the NBL1 All-Stars. They rounded off their pre-season on the Sunshine Coast against the Perth Wildcats, and they opted out of the NBLxNBA games.

### Game log

2019–20 pre-season game log :
Pre-Season: 1–4 (Home: 0–1; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
13 August
Creighton Bluejays
L 79 - 107
Not announced
Not announced
Not announced
NAB Stadium
0-1
2
6 September
@ South East Melbourne Phoenix
L 85-80
Lamar Patterson (19)
Lamar Patterson (7)
Jason Cadee, Tamuri Wigness (3)
Traralgon Sports Stadium
0-2
3
8 September
@ Melbourne United
W 80-102
Taylor Braun (22)
Will Magnay, E. J. Singler (7)
Lamar Patterson (6)
Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
1-2
4
13 September
@ Cairns Taipans
L 104-66
E. J. Singler (10)
Will Magnay (6)
E. J. Singler (4)
Early Settler Stadium
1-3
5
15 September
@ Cairns Taipans
L 76-66
Lamar Patterson (21)
Will Magnay (7)
Jason Cadee (8)
Early Settler Stadium
1-4 :
NBL Blitz
: 1–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
19 September
NBL1 All-Stars
W 106-57
E. J. Singler (19)
Taylor Braun (8)
Lamar Patterson (10)
Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre
1-0
2
21 September
Adelaide 36ers
W 85-92
Lamar Patterson (20)
Matt Hodgson (7)
Lamar Patterson (8)
Silverdome
2-0 :
Pre-Season: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
27 September
Perth Wildcats
W 85-82
Lamar Patterson (26)
Tyrell Harrison (6)
Nathan Sobey (7)
University of the Sunshine Coast
2-4 :

## Regular season

The regular season of the NBL consisted of 28 games, with the Bullet's 14 home games played at Nissan Arena after moving from the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre and the Brisbane Entertainment Centre during the off-season.

### Ladder

| Pos | 2019–20 NBL season vte | 2019–20 NBL season vte | 2019–20 NBL season vte | 2019–20 NBL season vte | 2019–20 NBL season vte | 2019–20 NBL season vte | 2019–20 NBL season vte | 2019–20 NBL season vte | 2019–20 NBL season vte | 2019–20 NBL season vte | 2019–20 NBL season vte | 2019–20 NBL season vte |
| 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 vte :
| 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: 2–3 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
6 October
@ Illawarra Hawks
W 81-90
Lamar Patterson (25)
Cameron Gliddon (9)
Taylor Braun (6)
WIN Entertainment Centre
1-0
2
11 October
Cairns Taipans
W 90-74
Nathan Sobey (21)
Lamar Patterson (6)
Braun, Patterson, Sobey (5)
Nissan Arena
2-0
3
13 October
@ South East Melbourne Phoenix
L 113-93
Lamar Patterson (30)
Taylor Braun, Nathan Sobey (6)
Nathan Sobey (7)
Melbourne Arena
2-1
4
19 October
@ Adelaide 36ers
L 104-98
Lamar Patterson (21)
Taylor Braun, Hodgson (5)
Lamar Patterson (6)
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
2-2
5
26 October
@ Sydney Kings
L 94-79
Nathan Sobey (21)
Taylor Braun (5)
Braun, Hodgson, Patterson (3)
Qudos Bank Arena
2-3 :
November: 3–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
1 November
Perth Wildcats
W 87-78
Jason Cadee (17)
Lamar Patterson, Nathan Sobey (7)
Jason Cadee (5)
Nissan Arena
3-3
7
3 November
@ Illawarra Hawks
W 69-83
Nathan Sobey (18)
Matt Hodgson (9)
Lamar Patterson (7)
AIS Arena
4-3
8
8 November
Sydney Kings
L 85-95
Lamar Patterson (22)
Lamar Patterson (11)
Lamar Patterson (7)
Nissan Arena
4-4
9
16 November
@ Cairns Taipans
L 94-85
Nathan Sobey (20)
Matt Hodgson (9)
Nathan Sobey (7)
Cairns Convention Centre
4-5
10
22 November
Adelaide 36ers
W 106-104
Lamar Patterson (27)
Lamar Patterson (6)
E. J. Singler (6)
Nissan Arena
5-5
11
24 November
@ Melbourne United
L 108-94
Jason Cadee (18)
Matt Hodgson, Lamar Patterson (7)
Lamar Patterson (8)
Melbourne Arena
5-6
12
30 November
South East Melbourne Phoenix
L 95-110
Jason Cadee (15)
Will Magnay (7)
Lamar Patterson (8)
Nissan Arena
5-7 :
December: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
7 December
Illawarra Hawks
W 101-91
Lamar Patterson (19)
Matt Hodgson (9)
Lamar Patterson (6)
Nissan Arena
6-7
14
9 December
@ New Zealand Breakers
L 96-85
Lamar Patterson (36)
Matt Hodgson (9)
Lamar Patterson (6)
Spark Arena
6-8
15
14 December
@ Perth Wildcats
L 86-78
Nathan Sobey (15)
Matt Hodgson, Lamar Patterson (8)
Jason Cadee (4)
RAC Arena
6-9
16
21 December
Sydney Kings
W 87-80
Will Magnay (23)
Will Magnay (14)
E. J. Singler (6)
Nissan Arena
7-9
17
27 December
New Zealand Breakers
L 96-99
Nathan Sobey (29)
Lamar Patterson (9)
Lamar Patterson (8)
Nissan Arena
7-10
18
29 December
@ Melbourne United
W 96-102
Lamar Patterson (35)
Matt Hodgson (11)
Cameron Gliddon (4)
Melbourne Arena
8-10 :
January: 5–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
3 January
@ Cairns Taipans
L 91-89
E. J. Singler (20)
Will Magnay (8)
Lamar Patterson (6)
Cairns Convention Centre
8-11
20
5 January
Perth Wildcats
97-85
Lamar Patterson (35)
Will Magnay (9)
Lamar Patterson, Nathan Sobey (4)
Nissan Arena
9-11
21
12 January
@ New Zealand Breakers
W 85-95
Lamar Patterson (18)
Matt Hodgson (10)
Lamar Patterson, Nathan Sobey (5)
Spark Arena
10-11
22
18 January
Illawarra Hawks
W 106-77
Lamar Patterson (20)
Lamar Patterson (9)
Jason Cadee (6)
Nissan Arena
11-11
23
23 January
South East Melbourne Phoenix
W 108-101
Lamar Patterson (27)
E. J. Singler (9)
Cameron Gliddon (6)
Nissan Arena
12-11
24
25 January
@ Adelaide 36ers
W 99-108
Lamar Patterson (29)
Matt Hodgson (12)
Nathan Sobey (6)
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
13-11 :
February: 2–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
25
1 February
Melbourne United
W 87-83
Lamar Patterson (31)
Matt Hodgson (14)
Lamar Patterson (5)
Nissan Arena
14-11
26
7 February
New Zealand Breakers
L 87-91
Nathan Sobey (30)
Will Magnay (11)
Nathan Sobey (3)
Nissan Arena
14-12
27
9 February
@ Perth Wildcats
L 85-72
Lamar Patterson (25)
Lamar Patterson (11)
Taylor Braun, Lamar Patterson (3)
RAC Arena
14-13
28
15 February
Cairns Taipans
W 124-88
Nathan Sobey (30)
Matt Hodgson, E. J. Singler (9)
E. J. Singler, Nathan Sobey (6)
Nissan Arena
15-13 :

## Awards
### Player of the Week

Round 5, Jason Cadee
Round 13, Lamar Patterson