The Illawarra Hawks made it two from two in the second round of the NBL season, defeating the Sydney Kings 100-86 after a 21-point win over the New Zealand Breakers earlier in the week.
Oscar Foreman finished with a game-high 24 points for the Hawks, sinking six out of seven three-pointers and recording ten rebounds.
Julian Khazzouh scored 21 points for the home side but it wasn’t enough to get a win for the Kings as they slump to a 1-2 record after two rounds.
The Kings lead 53-52 at half time after the second quarter saw several lead changes. But the Hawks were in front by 6 at the final change and rode that out to a 14-point victory in the final term.
Final Score:
Sydney Kings 86
Illawarra Hawks 1000
The Sydney Kings host the Illawarra Hawks in round two of the 2015-2016 NBL season at Qantas Credit Union Arena looking to continue their winning form at home, while the Hawks look to grab their second victory of the season. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 5:30pm (AEDT).
The Hawks have been a tough team to play so far this year. Across their three games to date they have had two close losses against genuine competition heavyweights in the Cairns Taipans and Melbourne United – both away from home before they broke through for a win on Wednesday night against the Breakers 96-75.
The Sydney Kings got off to an impressive start to the season by belting the Cairns Taipans in Sydney last Saturday night. The 87-63 win was very impressive considering they were missing Josh Childress who is of course their star import player.
Childress also missed the Kings Thursday night game against the Townsville Crocodiles and remains in huge doubt for this home game against the Hawks.
The Kings were able to jump out of the blocks against the Taipans in round one to lead 29-15 at quarter time and continued to dominate the second quarter to go on to win easily. Big centre Julian Khazzouh had 22 points and 9 rebounds and was well supported from guard Jason Cadee with 19 points.
During the Hawks 21 point victory over the Breakers on Wednesday, Kirk Penney led the scoring with 36 and was well supported by AJ Ogilvy with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 4 steals. T
They have also been extremely competitive in both of their losses. The loss to the Taipans, 79-74 on Thursday had Jarrad Weeks and Kirk Penney top scoring with 12 points each, before they followed that up with a 93-81 loss to Melbourne United on Sunday at Hisense Arena with AJ Ogilvy scoring 20 points, Kirk Penney with 18 and Tim Coenraad finishing with 17.
The Hawks also hold a narrow 3-2 lead in the past five games against the Kings, and in recent times the team’s have been fairly evenly matched. It doesn’t look like it will be much different this time around.
Prediction: The Sydney Kings will get a home win against the Hawks although the Hawks will hang in for the most part and make it interesting. The Kings should have too much down the stretch though.
Kings by 12.
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Jason Dowlin
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Struggling with the loss of josh Childress,tough game up next as well
Riley Pettigrew
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Unlucky Kings
Jason Dowlin
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They are ballin no doubt mate
Jason Dowlin
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No doubt Scott, some soul searching needed with a tough 36ers coming to town soon as well
Jason Dowlin
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The Hawks pulled away in the last half to get a great win against the Kings. Led by MVP Oscar Foreman the Hawks were able to put scoreboard pressure on the Kings after a tough and tight first half. With the Kings leading 53-52 at half time, The Hawks were able to out score the Kings 25 to 18 in the third quarter to take a 77-71 lead into the last quarter. The Hawks were able to continue the good form in the last quarter by pulling away to a 100 -86 win in front of a huge crowd at the Qantas Credit Union Arena. The Hawks got off to a hot start leading the game 16-9 early in the first before the Kings steadied and took the lead 30-27 at quarter time, Both teams exchanged blows in the second quarter in a fast paced game with both teams shooting the ball well. The Hawks were the better team from the three point arc shooting 13 from 29 (44%) while the Kings only shot 10 from 36 (27%) to be a telling part of the game. The win takes the Hawks to 2-2 from 4 games while the Kings who are missing Josh Childress slip to 1-2 from three games. Khazzouh continued a great start to the year to record a double- double 21 and 10 boards for the Kings but it wasn’t enough to get over the Hawks who had big games from Foreman 24 and 10 boards, Coenraad 16 and Penney with 15 points. The Hawks host the Wildcats next Sunday, while the Kings take on the 36ers in Sydney on Friday night. Jason Dowlin
Jason Dowlin
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That's all from me, thank you for joining me tonight, game wrap will follow later on from this game,lots of great basketball to follow on The Roar.
Jason Dowlin
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Great game from the Hawks tonight, led well from Pscar Forman with 24 points and 10 rebounds, Coenraad had 18 points and Kirk Penney managed 16. For the Kings Khazzouh battled hard with 21 and 10, Cadee 16 and 6 assists and garlepp had 14 points. Remember to check out our other game tonight from Cairns, Scott Pryde will walk you through that massive clash, Taipans and Crocs coming up soon
Jason Dowlin
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Game Summary Sydney Kings Illawarra Hawks 28/75 (37%) Field Goals 34/71 (47%) 10/36 (27%) 3 Points 13/29 (44%) 20/24 (83%) Free Throws 19/23 (82%) 37 Rebounds 38 19 Assists 20 4 Steals 5 3 Blocks 4 10 Turnovers 10 22 (22) Fouls (Fouls On) 22 (22) 28 Points in the Paint 36 10 Second Chance Points 9 4 Points off Turnovers
Jason Dowlin
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Sydney Kings STARTERS FG REB AS ST BS PTS M. Thornton 7-19 1 1 1 0 19 J. Cadee 4-11 4 6 1 0 16 J. Khazzouh 8-12 10 2 0 0 21 S. Markovic 2-4 0 3 0 0 4 T. Garlepp (C) 3-9 4 5 0 1 14 BENCH FG REB AS ST BS PTS J. Hodgson 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 B. Kearins 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 A. Brandt 0-1 1 1 0 1 1 D. Prewster 2-7 5 1 0 0 4 J. Trustum 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 R. Carter 2-10 7 0 2 0 7 J. Hill 0-2 5 0 0 1 0 TEAM TOTALS 28-75 37 19 4 3 86 Coach: Damian Cotter Points from Turnovers: 4 Points in the Paint: 28 Assistant: Jacob Jackomas, Ben Knight Second Chance Points: 10 Fast Break Points: 0Illawarra Hawks STARTERS FG REB AS ST BS PTS K. White 2-3 2 3 0 0 5 A. Ogilvy 4-11 9 6 1 4 15 O. Forman (C) 9-13 10 0 0 0 24 K. Penney 5-11 3 3 1 0 16 T. Coenraad 6-17 5 3 1 0 18 BENCH FG REB AS ST BS PTS T. Demos 2-4 3 0 0 0 4 L. Davidson 2-3 3 2 1 0 4 C. Ellis 1-5 2 1 1 0 4 J. Weeks 3-4 1 2 0 0 10 TEAM TOTALS 34-71 38 20
Jason Dowlin
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Garlepp hits free throw. Hawks hold on to the ball. Game over. Hawks big winners in Sydney. Kings 86 Hawks 101 Time left: full time. MVP for the game is Oscar Forman
Jason Dowlin
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Weeks is fouled. Shooting free throws. Hits both. Kings ball. Cadee hits a three. Ellis charging to the hoop for two. Garlepp gets two and fouled. Kings 85 Hawks 100 Time left:1
Scott Pryde
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Wow! 100. Horrible week for the Kings.
Jason Dowlin
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Garlepp shoots two free throws. Gets the both. Hawks ball. Threeeeeeeeeeee from Forman. Kings 80 Hawks 96 Time left:1
Jason Dowlin
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Thornton hits a three. Penney gets a two. Thornton missed two. Forman hits a two. Kings 78 Hawks 93 Time left: 1
Scott Pryde
Expert
The Hawks have an incredibly well drilled offence. Two games in a row over 90.
Jason Dowlin
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Cadee fouled. Kings ball in back court. Thornton miss. Khazzouh tip in. Ogilvy charging to the hoop is fouled. Shoots two. Misses first. Hits second. Kings 75 Hawks 89 Time left: 3
Jason Dowlin
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Penney hits both. Garlepp missed two. Hawks ball. Coenraad misses a jumper. Kings ball and a time out. Blow out coming. Kings 73 Hawks 88 Time left: 3
Jason Dowlin
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After the time out. Kings ball. Cadee missed three. Penney gets fouled. Too the line. Hits both. Kings down the floor. Thornton missed three. Turnover ball. Kings then turnover the ball. Penney fouled again. Shooting two. Kings 73 Hawks 86 Time left: 4
Jason Dowlin
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Carter misses a two. Hawks ball. Ogilvy nice two. Kings down the floor. Turnover . Hawks to Coenraad for two under the hoop. Kings 73 Hawks 84 Time left 5 Kings in trouble
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Garlepp missed three. Inbound Hawks. Turnover out of bounds. Kings ball in back court. Garlepp hits a two. Forman hits a two. Garlepp missed two. Kings 73 Hawks 80 Time left: 6