Illawarra Hawks @ Sydney Kings

Illawarra HawksHawksHWK
3-25
79
3-25
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hawks HWK | 24 | 13 | 17 | 25 | 79 |
Kings SYD | 19 | 18 | 26 | 21 | 84 |

Sydney KingsKingsSYD
19-8
84
19-8
Illawarra Hawks
starters |
Deng DengD. Deng #77 |
Sam FrolingS. Froling #13 |
Wani Swaka Lo BulukW. Swaka Lo Buluk #9 |
William HickeyW. Hickey #6 |
Tyler HarveyT. Harvey #1 |
bench |
Mangok MathiangM. Mathiang #2 |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #47 |
Daniel GridaD. Grida #11 |
Tim CoenraadT. Coenraad #22 |
Alex MudronjaA. Mudronja #15 |
Lachlan DentL. Dent #7 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 27 | 7 | 3-11 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | -9 |
| 23 | 14 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | -7 |
| 26 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -4 |
| 20 | 6 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 4-6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -13 |
| 35 | 24 | 8-22 | 7-15 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | +3 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 23 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -1 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 15 | 6-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | +8 |
79 | 30-76 | 14-38 | 5-10 | 36 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 22 | ||
39% | 37% | 50% |
Sydney Kings
starters |
Tim SoaresT. Soares #12 |
Xavier CooksX. Cooks #10 |
Derrick Walton JrD. Walton Jr #11 |
Justin SimonJ. Simon #0 |
Dejan VasiljevicD. Vasiljevic #3 |
bench |
Jordan HunterJ. Hunter #1 |
Jaylin GallowayJ. Galloway #6 |
Isaac GattornaI. Gattorna #25 |
Kouat NoiK. Noi #21 |
Jackson MakoiJ. Makoi #9 |
Angus GloverA. Glover #5 |
Shaun BruceS. Bruce #7 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 26 | 15 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -1 |
| 29 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | +15 |
| 28 | 19 | 7-13 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +5 |
| 22 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +2 |
| 24 | 4 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +15 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 11 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +8 |
| 19 | 13 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +6 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 12 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -15 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -12 |
| 13 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 |
84 | 30-64 | 7-18 | 17-22 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 13 | ||
47% | 39% | 77% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
Sydney, NSW
2025-26 NBL Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 24 | 9 | .727 | - | W11 |
| Adelaide | 23 | 10 | .697 | 1 | L1 |
| South East Melbourne | 22 | 11 | .667 | 2 | L1 |
| Perth | 21 | 12 | .636 | 3 | W1 |
| Melbourne | 20 | 13 | .606 | 4 | W1 |
| Tasmania | 14 | 19 | .424 | 10 | L2 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 20 | .394 | 11 | W1 |
| Illawarra | 13 | 20 | .394 | 11 | W2 |
| Cairns | 9 | 24 | .273 | 15 | L2 |
| Brisbane | 6 | 27 | .182 | 18 | L13 |
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