Sydney Kings vs Cairns Taipans, 2022–23 Semi-final · Game 3
2022–23 · Semi-final · Game 3 · Sun 19 February 2023
Qudos Bank Arena
Recap
Kings beat Taipans by 15
Sydney Kings beat Cairns Taipans 79–64 at Qudos Bank Arena in Game 3 of the 2022–23 Semi-final, on Sun 19 February 2023.
Ben Ayre led all scorers with 20 points for the Taipans on 7-of-15 shooting, including 4 threes; Dejan Vasiljevic had 15 for the Kings.
Kings won the rebounding battle 53–37.
Kings led by as many as 16.
Semi-final series
2022–23 finals- Game 1Sydney Kings95Cairns Taipans87
- Game 2Cairns Taipans93Sydney Kings82
- Game 3Sydney Kings79Cairns Taipans64
Leaders
Points
- AyreCNS20
- WaardenburgCNS17
- VasiljevicSYD15
Rebounds
- WaardenburgCNS12
- CooksSYD11
- NoiSYD11
Assists
Threes
- AyreCNS4
- WaardenburgCNS3
- VasiljevicSYD3
Team stats
SYDShootingCNS
- Field goals 23/7232%
- Threes 8/3225%
- Free throws 10/1759%
38%27/71
24%8/34
77%17/22
The game
- Rebounds 37
- Assists 12
- Turnovers 11
- Steals 8
- Bench points 25
- Biggest lead 6
53
14
15
4
31
16
Box score
Sydney Kings79
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Walton Jr | 10 | 4 | 9 | 29:23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 5-6 | +8 | |
| X. Cooks | 11 | 11 | 2 | 29:00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 3-5 | +11 | |
| D. Vasiljevic | 15 | 5 | 1 | 26:39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6-15 | 3-9 | 0-0 | +14 | |
| T. Soares | 4 | 7 | 0 | 23:16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +7 | |
| J. Simon | 8 | 5 | 0 | 23:09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +15 | |
| K. Noi | 11 | 11 | 0 | 24:09 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 4-4 | +7 | |
| S. Bruce | 8 | 3 | 2 | 15:12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 2-2 | +16 | |
| A. Glover | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13:14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-8 | 0-5 | 2-2 | +1 | |
| J. Galloway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-3 | -9 | |
| J. Hunter | – | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3:37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +5 |
| Team | 79 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 27-71 | 8-34 | 17-22 | |||
| Shooting | 38.0% | 23.5% | 77.3% |
Cairns Taipans64
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Waardenburg | 17 | 12 | 2 | 35:13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6-12 | 3-8 | 2-3 | -10 | |
| D. Hogg | 9 | 5 | 1 | 31:38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 3-4 | -21 | |
| B. Kuol | 4 | 8 | 2 | 29:38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -9 | |
| T. McCall | 9 | 5 | 3 | 29:20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3-17 | 0-3 | 3-7 | -6 | |
| J. Antonio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -17 | |
| B. Ayre | 20 | 1 | 4 | 30:34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7-15 | 4-8 | 2-3 | -3 | |
| L. Mayen | 3 | 4 | 0 | 20:22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -2 | |
| M. Deng | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -7 | |
| M. Djeric | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 |
| J. Davey | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Team | 64 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 23-72 | 8-32 | 10-17 | |||
| Shooting | 31.9% | 25.0% | 58.8% |
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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.