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National Basketball League 2022-23
National Basketball League Final: Sydney Kings - New Zealand Breakers 91-68 NZL Breakers (Modi Maor): William McDowell-White 12, Jamaal Brantley 16, Dererk Pardon 9, Thomas Abercrombie 0, Izayah Mauriohooho-Le'afa 8, Barry Brown Jr. 22, Robert Loe 2, Cameron Gliddon 0, Rayan Rupert 0, Alexander McNaught 0, Samuel Timmins 0, Daniel Fotu 0, Thomas Vodanovich 0 Standings 2022-23
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 SE Melbourne Player of the Week: Round 18(RS)  Perth National Basketball League Final  Sydney Kings to another NBL title (Credit Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
 Twice as nice: Cooks, Walton jnr guide Sydney Kings to another NBL title-Mar 15, 2023
The Sydney Kings defended their NBL title by defeating the New Zealand Breakers 77-69 in the fifth and final game of the championship series at Qudos Bank Arena. In front of the largest NBL crowd in history - 18,124 - NBA-bound forward Xavier Cooks (203-F-1995, college: Winthrop) had his best game of the series to help the Kings fight back from 12 points down in the first half. Cooks and Finals MVP Derrick Walton Jr. (185-G-1995, college: Michigan) finished with the plaudits, but the courage shown by bench guard Angus Glover (192-G-1998) arguably played as big of a role. Battling a sternum/rib injury, Glover played through obvious pain, willing his side back into the contest in the final quarter. The Kings have now won back-to-back titles in Chase Buford's first two seasons as coach. The win put paid to a Breakers fairytale - New Zealand spent the whole of last season on the road due to COVID-19 and finished bottom of the ladder. Sydney's fifth NBL title comes after one of the closest championship series in NBL history - it marked only the fifth time a best-of-five series had been taken to five games, and the second time since 1997 the team that lost game one went on to clinch the trophy. The Breakers were quicker to come out of the blocks and led by as many as 11 points in the first quarter as William McDowell-White (196-G-1998, college: Fresno St.) (12 points, eight rebounds), one of their best this series, called the shots. Cooks' last game before joining the NBA's Washington Wizards was his best of the championship series, despite a corked thigh continuing to give him grief. Before finishing with 19 points and 11 rebounds he worked his way into the contest in the second period. A jump shot from Walton (team-high 21 points, six assists) gave the Kings their first lead since early in the first quarter and proved a sign of things to come.
Courtesy of: smh.com.au Australiabasket.com All-Australian NBL Awards 2023-Mar 17, 2023
Finals MVP:
 Derrick Walton Jr. (185-G-1995) of SydneyPlayer of the Year: Bryce Cotton (182-G-1992) of PerthGuard of the Year: Bryce Cotton (182-G-1992) of PerthForward of the Year:  Xavier Cooks (203-F-1995) of SydneyCenter of the Year: Keanu Pinder (205-F/C-1995) of FuenlabradaSixth Player of the Year: Barry Brown Jr. (190-SF-1996) of NZL BreakersMost Improved Player of the Year: Keanu Pinder (205-F/C-1995) of FuenlabradaDomestic Player of the Year: Xavier Cooks (203-F-1995) of SydneyImport Player of the Year: Bryce Cotton (182-G-1992) of PerthRookie of the Year:  Samuel Waardenburg (208-F-1999) of LudwigsburgDefensive Player of the Year: Antonius Cleveland (196-G-1994) of H.EilatCoach of the Year: Modi Maor of NZL Breakers
First Team Bryce Cotton (182-G-1992) of Perth Derrick Walton Jr. (185-G-1995) of Sydney Milton Doyle (193-SG-1993) of Tofas Mitch Creek (196-F/G-1992) of Guaynabo Xavier Cooks (203-F-1995) of Sydney
Second Team Barry Brown Jr. (190-SF-1996) of NZL Breakers Chris Goulding (192-G-1988) of Paris DJ Hogg (203-F-1996) of Cairns Alan Williams (203-C-1993) of Nagoya DD Keanu Pinder (205-F/C-1995) of Fuenlabrada
Honorable Mention Robert Franks (201-F-1996) of H.Gilboa Galil Dererk Pardon (203-C-1996) of NZL Breakers Jarrell Brantley (201-PF-1996) of NZL Breakers Tahjere McCall (193-G-1994) of Cairns Antonius Cleveland (196-G-1994) of H.Eilat Tyler Harvey (194-G-1993) of Illawarra Nathan Sobey (190-G-1990) of Brisbane
All-Domestic Players Team Nathan Sobey (190-G-1990) of Brisbane Chris Goulding (192-G-1988) of Paris Mitch Creek (196-F/G-1992) of Guaynabo Xavier Cooks (203-F-1995) of Sydney Keanu Pinder (205-F/C-1995) of Fuenlabrada
All-Imports Team Bryce Cotton (182-G-1992) of Perth Derrick Walton Jr. (185-G-1995) of Sydney Milton Doyle (193-SG-1993) of Tofas DJ Hogg (203-F-1996) of Cairns Alan Williams (203-C-1993) of Nagoya DD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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