Sydney Kings @ Illawarra Hawks

Sydney KingsKingsSYD
13-15
103
13-15
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kings SYD | 20 | 32 | 32 | 19 | 103 |
Hawks HWK | 17 | 25 | 18 | 23 | 83 |

Illawarra HawksHawksHWK
14-14
83
14-14
Sydney Kings
starters |
Jordan HunterJ. Hunter #1 |
Alex TooheyA. Toohey #22 |
Denzel ValentineD. Valentine #45 |
Dj HoggD. Hogg #3 |
Jaylen AdamsJ. Adams #2 |
bench |
Sam TimminsS. Timmins #33 |
Jonah BoldenJ. Bolden #43 |
Isaac GattornaI. Gattorna #25 |
Makuach MaluachM. Maluach #15 |
Kouat NoiK. Noi #21 |
Jasper RentoyJ. Rentoy #20 |
Angus GloverA. Glover #5 |
Shaun BruceS. Bruce #7 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 19 | 11 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +12 |
| 20 | 8 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | +12 |
| 20 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +13 |
| 20 | 13 | 4-10 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +10 |
| 28 | 16 | 6-11 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +14 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 8 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | +11 |
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 |
| 19 | 16 | 6-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +13 |
| 22 | 10 | 3-9 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | +6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 |
| 14 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 |
| 15 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +10 |
103 | 38-78 | 14-38 | 13-16 | 44 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 20 | ||
49% | 37% | 81% |
Illawarra Hawks
starters |
Gary ClarkG. Clark #8 |
Sam FrolingS. Froling #13 |
Wani Swaka Lo BulukW. Swaka Lo Buluk #9 |
Justin RobinsonJ. Robinson #3 |
Tyler HarveyT. Harvey #1 |
bench |
Lachlan OlbrichL. Olbrich #30 |
Luca YatesL. Yates #19 |
Daniel GridaD. Grida #11 |
Todd BlanchfieldT. Blanchfield #21 |
AJ JohnsonA. Johnson #7 |
Biwali BaylesB. Bayles #14 |
William HickeyW. Hickey #6 |
Hyunjung LeeH. Lee #2 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 28 | 23 | 8-13 | 2-4 | 5-7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | -11 |
| 24 | 13 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | -14 |
| 16 | 10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -16 |
| 30 | 10 | 4-12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -22 |
| 22 | 4 | 1-11 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 20 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -13 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -3 |
| 8 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 |
| 10 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 |
| 8 | 7 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -9 |
| 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +4 |
| 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 |
83 | 31-77 | 5-20 | 16-22 | 36 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 18 | ||
40% | 25% | 73% |
+/- 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 |
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