Sydney Kings @ Illawarra Hawks

Sydney KingsKingsSYD
19-8
86
19-8
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kings SYD | 21 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 86 |
Hawks HWK | 29 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 79 |

Illawarra HawksHawksHWK
3-25
79
3-25
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 |
Kouat NoiK. Noi #21 |
Jackson MakoiJ. Makoi #9 |
Biwali BaylesB. Bayles #14 |
Angus GloverA. Glover #5 |
Shaun BruceS. Bruce #7 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 26 | 18 | 6-14 | 2-5 | 4-5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | +7 |
| 28 | 21 | 9-13 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | +8 |
| 27 | 9 | 4-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +4 |
| 25 | 6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | +15 |
| 26 | 17 | 7-14 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 12 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 |
| 13 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -8 |
| 13 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 |
| 13 | 6 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +8 |
86 | 33-73 | 8-31 | 12-20 | 44 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 13 | ||
45% | 26% | 60% |
Illawarra Hawks
starters |
Deng DengD. Deng #77 |
Sam FrolingS. Froling #13 |
Peyton SivaP. Siva #8 |
Michael Frazier IiM. Frazier Ii #23 |
Tyler HarveyT. Harvey #1 |
bench |
Mangok MathiangM. Mathiang #2 |
Harry MorrisH. Morris #28 |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #47 |
Wani Swaka Lo BulukW. Swaka Lo Buluk #9 |
Daniel GridaD. Grida #11 |
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 | +/- |
| 28 | 9 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 4-6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +5 |
| 24 | 13 | 5-13 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | -7 |
| 1 | 15 | 6-12 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -1 |
| 26 | 8 | 3-11 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -9 |
| 35 | 19 | 8-20 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -11 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 23 | 9 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | -2 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -7 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +2 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
79 | 30-79 | 9-37 | 10-13 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 19 | ||
38% | 24% | 77% |
+/- 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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7h
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