2019–20 B.League season explained

2019–20 B.League season
League:	B.League
Sport:	Basketball
Duration:	October 3, 2019 – March 14, 2020 September 20, 2019 – March 14, 2020
Tv:	Basket LIVE, DAZN, NHK, SKY PerfecTV!, others
Season:	2019–20
Regular Season:	B1 Regular season
Mvp:	Daiki Tanaka
Top Scorer:	Davante Gardner
Rebounds Leader:	Jack Cooley
Assists Leader:	Yuki Togashi
Finals:	B1 Finals
Champions:	not awarded
Promoted:	(B1) Hiroshima Dragonflies, Shinshu Brave Warriors (B2) Saga Ballooners
Prevseason:	2018-19

The 2019–20 B.League season was the fourth season of the Japanese B.League.^[1] The 2020 B. League All-Star Game was played on January 18, 2020 at the Hokkai Kitayell in Sapporo, Hokkaido. At the end of February 2020, the B.League temporarily suspended its competitions for two weeks until March 13, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, on March 27, 2020, the B.League canceled the remainder of the season. ^[2]

B1

Regular season

The regular season began on October 3, 2019 and originally scheduled to end on April 19, 2020.

East District

	B1
1	Alvark Tokyo	32	9		—	41
2		31	9		0.5	40
3		28	12		3.5	40
4		27	14		5	41
5		19	22		13	41
6		13	27		18.5	40

Central District

	B1
1	Kawasaki Brave Thunders	31	9		—	40
2		18	23		13.5	41
3		17	24		14.5	41
4		13	28		18.5	41
5		11	30		20.5	41
6		5	36		26.5	41

West District

	B1
1	Ryukyu Golden Kings	27	14		—	41
2		26	15		1	41
3		21	20		6	41
4		20	21		7	41
5		17	24		10	41
6		11	30		16	41

B1 Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game			23.4
Rebounds per game			13.3
Assists per game			6.5
Steals per game			1.8
Blocks per game			1.5
Turnovers per game			4.4
Fouls per game			2.9
Minutes per game			37.3
FT%			97.4%
3FG%			47.2%

B2

Regular Season:	B2 Regular season
Mvp:	Gregory Echenique
Top Scorer:	Chehales Tapscott
Rebounds Leader:	Kevin Kotzur
Assists Leader:	Kaito Ishikawa
Finals:	B2 Finals
Champions:	not awarded

Regular season

The regular season began on September 20, 2019.

East District

	B2
1		35	12		-	47
2		34	13		1	47
3		26	21		9	47
4		21	26		14	47
5		16	31		19	47
6		8	39		27	47

Central District

	B2
1	Shinshu Brave Warriors	40	7		—	47
2		29	18		11	47
3		25	22		15	47
4		21	26		19	47
5		15	32		25	47
6		12	35		28	47

West District

	B2
1		40	7		-	47
2		27	20		13	47
3		24	23		16	47
4		20	27		20	47
5		18	29		22	47
6		12	35		28	47

B2 Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game			30.0
Rebounds per game			15.0
Assists per game			9.3
Steals per game			1.7
Blocks per game			2.1
Turnovers per game			4.3
Fouls per game			3.3
Minutes per game			37.9
FT%			92.8%
3FG%			42.8%

B3 season

B3 regular season

	B3 Regular season
1		30	10		—	40
2		29	11		1	40
3		29	11		1	40
4		29	11		1	40
5		23	17		7	40
6		21	19		9	40
7		19	20		10.5	39
8		16	23		13.5	39
9		14	26		16	40
10	Veltex Shizuoka	13	26		16.5	39
11	Gifu Swoops	8	31		21.5	39
12	Kanazawa Samuraiz	7	33		23	40

B3 Individual statistic leaders

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points per game			27.61
Rebounds per game			12.47
Assists per game			5.06
Steals per game			1.66
Blocks per game			2.00
FT%			90.28%
3FG%			46.11%

Notes and References

1. Web site: 順位表 - B.LEAGUE（Bリーグ）公式サイト. B.LEAGUE（Bリーグ）公式サイト.
2. Web site: Nagatsuka. Kaz. 2020-03-27. B. League cancels remainder of season, playoffs. 2020-07-10. The Japan Times. en-US.