Sydney Kings @ Illawarra Hawks

Sydney KingsKingsSYD

24-9

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Kings SYD	18	35	18	27	98
Hawks HWK	14	18	18	21	71

Illawarra HawksHawksHWK

13-20

Sydney Kings deliver big blow to NBL reigning champions

Illawarra coach Justin Tatum has suffered his first loss to Sydney, with the Hawks comprehensively outplayed by their NBL arch-rivals in a thumping 98-71 defeat.

Nov 16, 2025, 03:02 pm - AAP

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Matchups

SYD

SYD leads season

1-0

HWK

Game 1@ HWK

Final

108

Game 2@ SYD

Final

122

Game 3@ SYD

Final

104

120

Game 4@ HWK

Final

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New Zealand	3	1	.750	-	W3
Melbourne	3	2	.600	0.5	L1
South East Melbourne	3	2	.600	0.5	L1
Cairns	3	3	.500	1	W1
Adelaide	1	1	.500	1	W1
Illawarra	1	1	.500	1	L1
Sydney	1	1	.333	1	W1
Perth	1	2	.333	1.5	L2
Brisbane	1	2	.333	1.5	L2
Tasmania	0	2	.000	2	W1

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