Illawarra Hawks @ Melbourne United
Series tied 2-2

Illawarra HawksHawksHWK
20-9
80
20-9
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hawks HWK | 15 | 13 | 23 | 29 | 80 |
United MEL | 12 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 71 |

Melbourne UnitedUnitedMEL
19-10
71
19-10
Illawarra Hawks
starters |
Darius DaysD. Days #0 |
Sam FrolingS. Froling #13 |
Wani Swaka Lo BulukW. Swaka Lo Buluk #9 |
William HickeyW. Hickey #6 |
Tyler HarveyT. Harvey #1 |
bench |
Lachlan OlbrichL. Olbrich #30 |
Mason PeatlingM. Peatling #22 |
Daniel GridaD. Grida #11 |
Todd BlanchfieldT. Blanchfield #21 |
Zac TriplettZ. Triplett #7 |
Hyunjung LeeH. Lee #2 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 22 | 9 | 3-12 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | +11 |
| 9 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -2 |
| 23 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 |
| 30 | 22 | 9-20 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +17 |
| 39 | 12 | 4-15 | 2-9 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +8 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 26 | 13 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +6 |
| 13 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | +4 |
| 15 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +6 |
| 11 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
80 | 30-80 | 9-24 | 11-15 | 48 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 33 | 18 | ||
38% | 38% | 73% |
Melbourne United
starters |
Marcus LeeM. Lee #24 |
Jack WhiteJ. White #14 |
Ian ClarkI. Clark #21 |
Matthew DellavedovaM. Dellavedova #8 |
Chris GouldingC. Goulding #43 |
bench |
Rob LoeR. Loe #2 |
Akech AllirAliir #7 |
Tom KoppensT. Koppens #30 |
Tanner KrebsT. Krebs #13 |
Kyle BowenK. Bowen #15 |
Flynn CameronF. Cameron #11 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 17 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 |
| 29 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -10 |
| 28 | 16 | 6-17 | 0-5 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -10 |
| 35 | 17 | 7-15 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -6 |
| 33 | 17 | 5-16 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -19 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 21 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -7 |
| - | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +10 |
| 11 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 |
| 9 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
71 | 26-71 | 7-26 | 12-18 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 18 | ||
37% | 27% | 67% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
Melbourne, VIC
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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