Sydney Kings @ Illawarra Hawks

Sydney KingsKingsSYD
19-8
106
19-8
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kings SYD | 24 | 20 | 31 | 31 | 106 |
Hawks HWK | 21 | 22 | 29 | 25 | 97 |

Illawarra HawksHawksHWK
3-25
97
3-25
Sydney Kings
starters |
Tim SoaresT. Soares #12 |
Xavier CooksX. Cooks |
Derrick Walton JrD. Walton Jr #11 |
Justin SimonJ. Simon #0 |
Dejan VasiljevicD. Vasiljevic #3 |
bench |
Jordan HunterJ. Hunter #1 |
Jaylin GallowayJ. Galloway |
Kouat NoiK. Noi #21 |
Jackson MakoiJ. Makoi #9 |
Biwali BaylesB. Bayles #14 |
Iggy MitchellI. Mitchell #20 |
Shaun BruceS. Bruce #7 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 23 | 6 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +19 | |
| 29 | 24 | 9-13 | 1-1 | 5-11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +9 | |
| 31 | 32 | 10-18 | 5-8 | 7-9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +10 | |
| 28 | 19 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | +15 | |
| 28 | 16 | 5-13 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +4 | |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
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106 | 38-73 | 12-27 | 18-27 | 37 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 13 | |||
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Illawarra Hawks
starters |
Deng DengD. Deng #77 |
Sam FrolingS. Froling |
Wani Swaka Lo BulukW. Swaka Lo Buluk #9 |
Justin RobinsonJ. Robinson #3 |
Tyler HarveyT. Harvey #1 |
bench |
Mangok MathiangM. Mathiang #2 |
Harry MorrisH. Morris #28 |
George KingG. King |
Akoldah GakA. Gak |
Tim CoenraadT. Coenraad #22 |
Alex MudronjaA. Mudronja #15 |
William HickeyW. Hickey #6 |
Lachlan DentL. Dent #7 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 14 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -8 | |
| 23 | 7 | 3-12 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | +3 | |
| 24 | 14 | 6-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +9 | |
| 31 | 10 | 5-20 | 0-9 | 0-0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -14 | |
| 35 | 18 | 6-19 | 1-7 | 5-5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -15 | |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
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97 | 36-86 | 15-40 | 10-11 | 43 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 31 | 25 | |||
42% | 38% | 91% | ||||||||||||
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
Wollongong, 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 |
NBL News

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5h

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