Sydney Kings vs Cairns Taipans, 2022–23 Semi-final · Game 1
2022–23 · Semi-final · Game 1 · Wed 15 February 2023
Qudos Bank Arena
Kings beat Taipans 95–87
Sydney Kings beat Cairns Taipans 95–87 at Qudos Bank Arena in Game 1 of the 2022–23 Semi-final, on Wed 15 February 2023.
Xavier Cooks led all scorers with 27 points for the Kings on 11-of-19 shooting, plus 14 rebounds in a double-double; DJ Hogg had 24 for the Taipans.
Kings won the rebounding battle 42–32, and Taipans made 12 threes to 6.
Kings led by as many as 10.
Semi-final series
2022–23 finals- Game 1Sydney Kings95Cairns Taipans87
- Game 2Cairns Taipans93Sydney Kings82
- Game 3Sydney Kings79Cairns Taipans64
Leaders
Team stats
- Field goals 27/6542%
- Threes 12/3534%
- Free throws 21/2875%
The game
- Rebounds 32
- Assists 17
- Turnovers 10
- Steals 6
- Bench points 26
- Biggest lead 12
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X. Cooks | 27 | 14 | 2 | 32:58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11-19 | 0-0 | 5-9 | +9 | |
| D. Vasiljevic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 29:53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-11 | 0-4 | 0-1 | -4 | |
| D. Walton Jr | 21 | 4 | 5 | 29:26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9-12 | 1-3 | 2-2 | +12 | |
| T. Soares | 14 | 4 | 0 | 22:02 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 2-2 | +7 | |
| J. Simon | 10 | 8 | 3 | 21:35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 3-4 | +10 | |
| A. Glover | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15:53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +14 | |
| S. Bruce | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14:46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| J. Galloway | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14:46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| K. Noi | 8 | 3 | 0 | 14:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 1-1 | +6 | |
| J. Hunter | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -12 |
| Team | 95 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 38-73 | 6-20 | 13-19 | |||
| Shooting | 52.1% | 30.0% | 68.4% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Scott | 13 | 5 | 7 | 33:44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 1-1 | +5 | |
| D. Hogg | 24 | 1 | 2 | 32:58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8-19 | 1-7 | 7-8 | -13 | |
| S. Waardenburg | 11 | 7 | 1 | 29:53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 5-7 | -4 | |
| B. Kuol | 8 | 4 | 3 | 28:27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 3-6 | -12 | |
| L. Mayen | 5 | 5 | 0 | 25:23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | +3 | |
| J. Antonio | 20 | 6 | 0 | 17:47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-10 | 6-9 | 2-3 | -4 | |
| M. Deng | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16:14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| B. Ayre | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -15 | |
| Team | 87 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 27-65 | 12-35 | 21-28 | |||
| Shooting | 41.5% | 34.3% | 75.0% |
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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.