Illawarra Hawks Suffers Consecutive Losses; Kings And Breakers Take The Top Two Spots

There has now emerged a triple race between the Sydney Kings, New Zealand Breakers and Cairns Taipans for the top two spots in the NBL after the trio secured an impressive win in Round 14. That was just part of what stood out during the weekend in NBL23 with the Filipino feeling for the Adelaide 36ers as he seized his chance, with the Illawarra Hawks taking another blow and the final pair of brothers. of the Perth, Wildcats hit the ground together.

Round 14 of the NBL kicked off on Wednesday with the New Zealand Breakers beating the Perth Wildcats 97-94 and the Sydney Kings triggering it with 10 trebles from DJ Vasiljevic to beat South East Melbourne Phoenix 118-102. Then on Thursday night, Cairns Taipans went on to win minus Keanu Pinder to beat the lackluster Brisbane Bullets 107-81 before the Adelaide 36ers went home to beat the brave but unlucky Illawarra Hawks 103 -95.

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It led to two doubleheaders over the weekend from Saturday with Melbourne United surviving to beat Tasmanian JackJumpers 92-85 before Sydney Kings beat tired and limp Perth Wildcats 108- eighty-seven. There were two more games on Sunday against the New Zealand Breakers that held the Adelaide 36ers to an 85-83 win over another record crowd at the Adelaide Recreation Center before Cairns Taipans beat the South East Melbourne Phoenix 94-85.

There’ll be little time to catch your breath with a doubleheader on Tuesday night with the Illawarra Hawks at home against the Tasmanian JackJumpers before the Perth Wildcats host the New Zealand Breakers. Then, on Wednesday, the struggling Brisbane Bullets host the top team Sydney Kings.

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