Austraalia NBL 02/17 06:30 20 [10] SE Melbourne Phoenix v Sydney Kings [7] L 67-122
Austraalia NBL 02/10 06:30 19 [10] SE Melbourne Phoenix v Tasmania JackJumpers [3] L 67-94
Austraalia NBL 02/03 09:00 18 [1] Melbourne United v SE Melbourne Phoenix [10] L 99-83
Austraalia NBL 01/27 09:00 17 [10] SE Melbourne Phoenix v Perth Wildcats [2] L 91-103
Austraalia NBL 01/25 08:30 17 [10] SE Melbourne Phoenix v Sydney Kings [5] W 104-98
Austraalia NBL 01/20 06:30 16 [9] New Zealand Breakers v SE Melbourne Phoenix [8] L 106-75
Austraalia NBL 01/17 08:30 16 [8] SE Melbourne Phoenix v Adelaide 36ers [10] L 85-110
Austraalia NBL 01/13 09:00 15 [2] Perth Wildcats v SE Melbourne Phoenix [7] L 100-79
Austraalia NBL 01/05 08:30 14 [8] Illawarra Hawks v SE Melbourne Phoenix [5] L 116-78
Austraalia NBL 12/30 09:00 13 [9] Brisbane Bullets v SE Melbourne Phoenix [5] L 95-83
Austraalia NBL 12/25 06:30 12 [2] Tasmania JackJumpers v SE Melbourne Phoenix [6] W 77-85
Austraalia NBL 12/22 08:30 12 [6] Cairns Taipans v SE Melbourne Phoenix [5] L 94-75
Austraalia NBL 12/16 06:30 11 [5] SE Melbourne Phoenix v Illawarra Hawks [9] L 72-100
Austraalia NBL 12/14 08:30 11 [3] SE Melbourne Phoenix v Melbourne United [1] L 78-106
Austraalia NBL 12/10 05:00 10 [3] Sydney Kings v SE Melbourne Phoenix [5] W 94-104
Austraalia NBL 12/02 06:30 9 [5] SE Melbourne Phoenix v New Zealand Breakers [7] W 90-79
Austraalia NBL 11/17 08:30 8 [9] Adelaide 36ers v SE Melbourne Phoenix [4] L 96-93
Austraalia NBL 11/12 03:00 7 [4] SE Melbourne Phoenix v Melbourne United [1] L 83-92
Austraalia NBL 11/05 03:00 6 [4] SE Melbourne Phoenix v Cairns Taipans [5] W 91-78
Austraalia NBL 11/02 08:30 6 [6] Brisbane Bullets v SE Melbourne Phoenix [2] L 108-92
Austraalia NBL 10/28 06:30 5 [4] SE Melbourne Phoenix v New Zealand Breakers [10] W 103-100
Austraalia NBL 10/21 06:30 4 [6] SE Melbourne Phoenix v Brisbane Bullets [7] W 96-73
Austraalia NBL 10/19 08:30 4 [10] Adelaide 36ers v SE Melbourne Phoenix [7] W 85-102
Austraalia NBL 10/14 09:00 3 [8] SE Melbourne Phoenix v Tasmania JackJumpers [1] W 86-85
Austraalia NBL 10/07 06:30 2 [9] Illawarra Hawks v SE Melbourne Phoenix [8] L 113-106
Austraalia NBL 10/05 08:30 2 [8] Cairns Taipans v SE Melbourne Phoenix [5] L 87-80
Austraalia NBL 10/01 05:00 1 [8] SE Melbourne Phoenix v Perth Wildcats [5] W 110-99
Austraalia NBL 09/28 09:30 1 Melbourne United v SE Melbourne Phoenix L 82-67
Austraalia NBL Blitz 09/20 03:00 - Cairns Taipans v SE Melbourne Phoenix L 100-95
Austraalia NBL Blitz 09/18 09:30 - Sydney Kings v SE Melbourne Phoenix W 86-93

The South East Melbourne Phoenix are an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. The Phoenix entered the National Basketball League (NBL) in the 2019–20 season. The team play the majority of their home games at John Cain Arena, which they share with fellow NBL team Melbourne United, with some games being played at the State Basketball Centre.

History

With plans to expand the National Basketball League (NBL) beginning with the 2019–20 season, the league sold a franchise licence to Swansea City co-owner Romie Chaudhari in July 2018. In August 2018, former Melbourne Tigers player Tommy Greer was appointed general manager of the new franchise, with this appointment at the time indicating the franchise would likely be Melbourne-based. On 2 September 2018, the NBL announced that the league's ninth franchise for the 2019–20 season will be based in south-eastern Melbourne. On 18 October 2018, Simon Mitchell was appointed as the inaugural head coach of the team. On 17 November 2018, the team's name was announced as South East Melbourne Phoenix. The team logo and colours were also revealed. On 4 December 2018, former Adelaide 36ers forward Mitch Creek was announced as the team's first marquee signing.

First Season (2019–20)

The Phoenix debuted in the 2019–20 season opener on 3 October 2019, when they were hosted by cross-town rivals Melbourne United at Melbourne Arena. In front of a sold-out crowd of 10,300, the Phoenix won 91–88. The Phoenix played their first home game at Melbourne Arena on 13 October 2019 against the Brisbane Bullets, winning 113–93. The crowd of 6,019 was the highest recorded for an expansion franchise's first home game in league history.[] Despite losing import forward Tai Wesley to injury on opening night, the Phoenix sat in second place with a 5–2 record after the season's first six rounds. From that point, however, they won just four more games to finish their inaugural season in eighth place with a 9–19 record. The Phoenix averaged the highest crowd figures ever for a first-year start-up club in Australian Basketball, with a total of 75,179 fans attending their fourteen home games at an average of 5,369 fans per game.