NZ Breakers vs Sydney Kings, 2022–23 Grand Final · Game 2
2022–23 · Grand Final · Game 2 · Sun 5 March 2023
Spark Arena
Recap
Kings take Game 2 of the 2022–23 Grand Final
Sydney Kings beat NZ Breakers 81–74 at Spark Arena in Game 2 of the 2022–23 Grand Final, on Sun 5 March 2023.
Barry Brown Jr led all scorers with 21 points for the Breakers on 7-of-18 shooting, including 4 threes; Kouat Noi had 20 for the Kings.
Kings led by as many as 18.
Grand Final series
2022–23 finals- Game 1Sydney Kings87NZ Breakers95
- Game 2NZ Breakers74Sydney Kings81
- Game 3Sydney Kings91NZ Breakers68
- Game 4NZ Breakers80Sydney Kings70
- Game 5Sydney Kings77NZ Breakers69
Leaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
- McDowell-WhiteNZL4
- Le'AfaNZL3
- BruceSYD3
Threes
- VasiljevicSYD4
- Brown JrNZL4
- Le'AfaNZL3
Team stats
NZLShootingSYD
- Field goals 25/5744%
- Threes 9/2241%
- Free throws 22/3465%
37%26/71
31%11/35
58%11/19
The game
- Rebounds 40
- Assists 10
- Turnovers 19
- Steals 12
- Bench points 81
- Biggest lead 18
38
11
17
11
74
0
Box score
NZ Breakers74
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Le'Afa | 14 | 3 | 3 | 28:40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 3-6 | -6 | |
| B. Brown Jr | 21 | 3 | 2 | 27:04 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7-18 | 4-9 | 3-4 | -8 | |
| D. Pardon | 6 | 11 | 0 | 26:47 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | -6 | |
| J. Brantley | 20 | 6 | 1 | 25:10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8-17 | 3-8 | 1-2 | +12 | |
| T. Abercrombie | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23:16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| W. McDowell-White | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19:04 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 2-3 | -2 | |
| C. Gliddon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -12 | |
| R. Loe | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7:12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +1 | |
| R. Rupert | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -2 |
| T. Vodanovich | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -2 |
| D. Fotu | – | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | +2 |
| S. Timmins | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 |
| Team | 74 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 26-71 | 11-35 | 11-19 | |||
| Shooting | 36.6% | 31.4% | 57.9% |
Sydney Kings81
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Noi | 20 | 4 | 2 | 31:14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 9-13 | +15 | |
| S. Bruce | 5 | 6 | 3 | 29:31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 2-3 | +3 | |
| D. Vasiljevic | 16 | 4 | 2 | 25:48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6-10 | 4-6 | 0-1 | -8 | |
| J. Hunter | 4 | 10 | 1 | 21:17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +11 | |
| J. Simon | 12 | 9 | 0 | 18:09 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 3-6 | -5 | |
| A. Glover | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16:02 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 2-2 | +11 | |
| J. Galloway | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14:26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-6 | +10 | |
| T. Soares | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14:12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 1-1 | -12 | |
| X. Cooks | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -3 | |
| Team | 81 | 40 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 25-57 | 9-22 | 22-34 | |||
| Shooting | 43.9% | 40.9% | 64.7% |
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How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: the whole box-score line (scoring and shooting, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, turnovers and fouls) plus the margin while on court, on a 0–10 scale against every NBL game since 2005–06. 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need five minutes to be rated.