# 2019–20 Saski Baskonia season

The 2019–20 season was Kirolbet Baskonia's 61st in existence and the club's 38th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish basketball and the 20th consecutive season in the EuroLeague. It was the second consecutive season under head coach Velimir Perasović, who signed in November 2018 and was replaced with Duško Ivanović in December 2019.
Times up to 26 October 2019 and from 29 March 2020 were CEST (UTC+2). Times from 27 October 2019 to 28 March 2020 were CET (UTC+1).

## Players
### Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Transactions
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Date |
| 19 | C | Youssoupha Fall | 24 | SIG Strasbourg | Loan return | June 2022 | 6 June 2019 |
| 50 | C | Micheal Eric | 31 | Darüşşafaka | End of contract | June 2021 | 9 July 2019 |
| 7 | PG | Pierriá Henry | 26 | UNICS | End of contract | June 2020 | 17 July 2019 |
| 22 | SG | Nik Stauskas | 25 | Cleveland Cavaliers | End of contract | June 2020 | 1 August 2019 |
| 33 | PF | Achille Polonara | 27 | Dinamo Sassari | Transfer | June 2021 | 28 August 2019 |
| 17 | PG | Sergi García | 22 | Valencia Basket | Transfer | June 2020 | 5 December 2019 |
| 6 | PG | Semaj Christon | 27 | Limoges CSP | Transfer | June 2020 | 27 January 2020 |
| 30 | SG | Zoran Dragić | 30 | ratiopharm Ulm | Transfer | June 2020 | 30 January 2020 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Moving to | Type | Date |
| 9 | PG | Marcelo Huertas | 36 | Iberostar Tenerife | | End of contract | 11 June 2019 |
| 7 | PF | Johannes Voigtmann | 26 | CSKA Moscow | | End of contract | 28 June 2019 |
| 32 | SG | Darrun Hilliard | 26 | CSKA Moscow | | End of contract | 3 July 2019 |
| 17 | C | Vincent Poirier | 25 | Boston Celtics | | Transfer | 15 July 2019 |
| 8 | SF | Tadas Sedekerskis | 21 | Neptūnas | | Loan | 26 July 2019 |
| 21 | PF | Jalen Jones | 26 | Capital City Go-Go | | End of contract | 27 October 2019 |
| 22 | SG | Nik Stauskas | 26 | Free agent | Free agent | Season ending surgery | 12 February 2020 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Liga ACB | 27 September 2019 | 30 June 2020 | Round 1 | Winners | 30 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 2,472 | 2,405 | +67 | 056.67 |
| EuroLeague | 4 October 2019 | 6 March 2020 | Round 1 | 13th | 28 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 2,059 | 2,155 | −96 | 042.86 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 4,531 | 4,560 | −29 | 050.00 |
Source: Competitions

### Liga ACB
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 6 | MoraBanc Andorra | 23 | 13 | 10 | 1865 | 1814 | +51 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Valencia Basket | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1950 | 1794 | +156 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1926 | 1886 | +40 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Unicaja | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1823 | 1798 | +25 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 10 | San Pablo Burgos | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1840 | 1874 | −34 | Qualification to playoffs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 23 | 12 | 11 | 1926 | 1886 | +40 | 6 | 6 | 991 | 942 | +49 | 6 | 5 | 935 | 944 | −9 |
Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | V |
| Position | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Playoffs
##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Barça | 5 | 4 | 1 | 432 | 400 | +32 | Qualification to the semifinals |
| 2 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 402 | 379 | +23 | Qualification to the semifinals |
| 3 | Unicaja | 5 | 3 | 2 | 418 | 395 | +23 | |
| 4 | Iberostar Tenerife | 5 | 2 | 3 | 381 | 406 | −25 | |
| 5 | Club Joventut Badalona | 5 | 2 | 3 | 423 | 429 | −6 | |
| 6 | RETAbet Bilbao Basket | 5 | 1 | 4 | 359 | 406 | −47 | |

##### Final
### EuroLeague
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 11 | Olympiacos | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2243 | 2282 | −39 |
| 12 | A|X Armani Exchange Milan | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2163 | 2236 | −73 |
| 13 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 28 | 12 | 16 | 2059 | 2155 | −96 |
| 14 | Crvena zvezda mts | 28 | 11 | 17 | 2079 | 2108 | −29 |
| 15 | LDLC ASVEL | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2073 | 2284 | −211 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 28 | 12 | 16 | 2059 | 2155 | −96 | 9 | 5 | 1047 | 1047 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1012 | 1108 | −96 |
Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | V | V | V | V | V | V |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | | | | | | |

#### Matches
## Statistics
### Liga ACB

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| Semaj Christon | 4 | 4 | 24:11 | .611 | .333 | .625 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 8.3 |
| Ilimane Diop | 28 | 4 | 14:07 | .506 | .312 | .858 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 5.7 | 7.6 |
| Zoran Dragić | 11 | 1 | 16:26 | .643 | .264 | .752 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 5.6 |
| Micheal Eric | 28 | 20 | 15:35 | .601 | .000 | .553 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 7.0 | 6.1 |
| Youssoupha Fall | 24 | 6 | 12:36 | .701 | .000 | .597 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 6.5 |
| Sergi García | 12 | 1 | 11:36 | .493 | .172 | .500 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 2.9 |
| Patricio Garino | 8 | 6 | 25:52 | .595 | .394 | .847 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 10.3 | 10.4 |
| Miguel González | 11 | 1 | 5:35 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | –0.1 |
| Jayson Granger | 8 | 2 | 12:03 | .315 | .457 | 1.000 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Pierriá Henry | 25 | 19 | 25:33 | .539 | .417 | .745 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 10.6 | 12.8 |
| Matt Janning | 30 | 18 | 21:59 | .469 | .386 | .787 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 5.4 |
| Artūrs Kurucs | 1 | 0 | 15:15 | 1.000 | .500 | 1.000 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 |
| Achille Polonara | 30 | 1 | 12:55 | .631 | .392 | .748 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 6.6 |
| Tadas Sedekerskis | 1 | 0 | 30:45 | .250 | .500 | .000 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 |
| Tornike Shengelia | 29 | 29 | 32:09 | .543 | .296 | .718 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 15.9 | 18.3 |
| Shavon Shields | 28 | 22 | 27:06 | .550 | .361 | .807 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.5 | 12.3 |
| Nik Stauskas | 18 | 7 | 17:36 | .474 | .315 | .847 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 7.2 | 5.0 |
| Luca Vildoza | 19 | 9 | 23:16 | .448 | .315 | .868 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 8.0 | 7.5 |
Source: ACB

### EuroLeague

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | 2FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
| Semaj Christon | 7 | 5 | 25:14 | .543 | .286 | .727 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 8.0 |
| Ilimane Diop | 27 | 0 | 10:37 | .609 | .286 | .758 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Zoran Dragić | 5 | 1 | 17:23 | .375 | .357 | .706 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 6.0 |
| Micheal Eric | 28 | 22 | 14:58 | .552 | .000 | .457 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
| Youssoupha Fall | 28 | 6 | 13:33 | .615 | .000 | .452 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 5.8 | 7.3 |
| Sergi García | 15 | 1 | 7:01 | .286 | .273 | .000 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Patricio Garino | 10 | 4 | 18:58 | .320 | .320 | .931 | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 5.9 |
| Miguel González | 6 | 2 | 5:03 | 1.000 | .333 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| Pierriá Henry | 25 | 18 | 24:39 | .481 | .295 | .729 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 10.4 |
| Matt Janning | 28 | 13 | 22:41 | .338 | .285 | .909 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 3.9 |
| Lautaro López | 1 | 0 | 3:10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | –1.0 |
| Achille Polonara | 27 | 0 | 12:31 | .408 | .225 | .643 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| Tornike Shengelia | 28 | 28 | 30:24 | .586 | .391 | .769 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 15.9 | 18.5 |
| Shavon Shields | 26 | 21 | 25:21 | .512 | .346 | .857 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 9.5 | 8.5 |
| Nik Stauskas | 22 | 12 | 20:31 | .408 | .422 | .781 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 9.0 | 6.8 |
| Luca Vildoza | 16 | 7 | 23:08 | .490 | .288 | 1.000 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 6.9 |
Source: EuroLeague