Sydney Kings vs NZ Breakers, 2022–23 Grand Final · Game 1
2022–23 · Grand Final · Game 1 · Fri 3 March 2023
Qudos Bank Arena
Recap
Breakers take Game 1 of the 2022–23 Grand Final
NZ Breakers beat Sydney Kings 95–87 at Qudos Bank Arena in Game 1 of the 2022–23 Grand Final, on Fri 3 March 2023.
Will McDowell-White scored 19 points for the Breakers on 6-of-11 shooting, plus 9 rebounds and 9 assists; Justin Simon had 18 for the Kings.
Breakers led by as many as 14.
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
- McDowell-WhiteNZL19
- Brown JrNZL19
- SimonSYD18
Rebounds
- McDowell-WhiteNZL9
- BrantleyNZL7
- SimonSYD6
Assists
- McDowell-WhiteNZL9
- Walton JrSYD6
- VasiljevicSYD2
Threes
- BrantleyNZL3
- GloverSYD1
- AbercrombieNZL1
Team stats
SYDShootingNZL
- Field goals 32/7145%
- Threes 11/2938%
- Free throws 20/2677%
44%30/68
32%7/22
71%20/28
The game
- Rebounds 38
- Assists 15
- Turnovers 8
- Steals 8
- Bench points 95
- Biggest lead 14
32
16
11
1
87
2
Box score
Sydney Kings87
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X. Cooks | 8 | 4 | 1 | 27:50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 4-7 | -2 | |
| J. Simon | 18 | 6 | 0 | 26:09 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 2-5 | -6 | |
| D. Vasiljevic | 11 | 4 | 2 | 25:50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -12 | |
| D. Walton Jr | 12 | 0 | 6 | 24:16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | +2 | |
| K. Noi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19:41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -10 | |
| J. Hunter | 15 | 4 | 1 | 16:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 6-7 | -3 | |
| S. Bruce | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15:46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0-0 | -10 | |
| T. Soares | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15:38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| A. Glover | 8 | 3 | 1 | 14:53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3-3 | +6 | |
| J. Galloway | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4-4 | -4 | |
| Z. Gattorna | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Team | 87 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 30-68 | 7-22 | 20-28 | |||
| Shooting | 44.1% | 31.8% | 71.4% |
NZ Breakers95
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. McDowell-White | 19 | 9 | 9 | 34:23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 6-6 | +9 | |
| J. Brantley | 16 | 7 | 2 | 34:03 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5-17 | 3-7 | 3-3 | +8 | |
| I. Le'Afa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26:07 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| D. Pardon | 9 | 1 | 2 | 25:09 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | +8 | |
| B. Brown Jr | 19 | 4 | 1 | 21:37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7-20 | 1-8 | 4-4 | +2 | |
| T. Abercrombie | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17:35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +7 | |
| R. Loe | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14:20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-4 | +3 | |
| R. Rupert | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14:08 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 1-1 | +3 | |
| C. Gliddon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7:53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| T. Vodanovich | – | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4:50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Team | 95 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 32-71 | 11-29 | 20-26 | |||
| Shooting | 45.1% | 37.9% | 76.9% |
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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.