Sydney Kings @ Illawarra Hawks

Sydney KingsKingsSYD
16-13
79
16-13
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kings SYD | 22 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 79 |
Hawks HWK | 22 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 86 |

Illawarra HawksHawksHWK
20-9
86
20-9
Sydney Kings
starters |
Alex TooheyA. Toohey #22 |
Xavier CooksX. Cooks #10 |
Bul KuolB. Kuol #0 |
Izayah Le'AfaI. Le'Afa #4 |
Jaylen AdamsJ. Adams #2 |
bench |
Jason SpurginJ. Spurgin #14 |
Keli LeaupepeK. Leaupepe #34 |
Cameron OliverC. Oliver #1 |
Makuach MaluachM. Maluach #15 |
Kouat NoiK. Noi #12 |
Tyler RobertsonT. Robertson #3 |
Klairus AmirK. Amir #11 |
Shaun BruceS. Bruce #7 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 21 | 4 | 1-9 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | -6 |
| 27 | 12 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 6-10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | -15 |
| 21 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | +13 |
| 35 | 5 | 2-9 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -6 |
| 33 | 23 | 7-20 | 6-10 | 3-4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 |
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 |
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 |
| 22 | 16 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | +7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| 18 | 15 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | +1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 |
79 | 24-73 | 13-39 | 18-24 | 31 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 24 | ||
33% | 33% | 75% |
Illawarra Hawks
starters |
Darius DaysD. Days #0 |
Sam FrolingS. Froling #13 |
Wani Swaka Lo BulukW. Swaka Lo Buluk #9 |
Trey KellT. Kell #3 |
Tyler HarveyT. Harvey #1 |
bench |
Lachlan OlbrichL. Olbrich #30 |
Luca YatesL. Yates #19 |
Mason PeatlingM. Peatling #22 |
Daniel GridaD. Grida #11 |
Kuany KuanyK. Kuany #8 |
William HickeyW. Hickey #6 |
Hyunjung LeeH. Lee #2 |
Kobe Mcdowell-WhiteK. Mcdowell-White #10 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 16 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | 14 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 6-12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +12 |
| 27 | 12 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
| 32 | 19 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 9-10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 |
| 27 | 13 | 3-8 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | +8 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 22 | 7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +7 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 |
| -- | 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 |
| 15 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +7 |
| - | 16 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +6 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
86 | 25-55 | 12-29 | 24-34 | 36 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | ||
45% | 41% | 71% |
+/- 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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