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NBL Round 1 of Finals. Sydney Kings earn opening victory

- March 22, 2026

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Tim Soares

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Sydney - Adelaide 112-68

Kings dominated down low during the game scoring 58 of its points in the paint compared to Adelaide 36ers' 36. They outrebounded Adelaide 36ers 43-26 including a 35-15 advantage in defensive rebounds. Kings shot the lights out from three sinking 13 long-distance shots on high 54.2 percentage. They looked well-organized offensively handing out 24 assists. Brazilian-American center Tim Soares (211-1997, college: Master's) fired 22 points and 8 rebounds (on 8-of-10 shooting from the field) for the winners. American point guard Kendric Davis (183-1999, college: Memphis) chipped in 25 points and 7 assists (made all of his seven free throws). American guard Bryce Cotton (182-1992, college: Providence, agency: Pensack Sports) produced 10 points and 7 assists and Serbian-American power forward Nick Rakocevic (211-1997, college: USC, agency: Slash Sports) added 10 points and 5 rebounds respectively for lost side. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games.
Top scorers:
Sydney: D.Kendric 25+1reb+7ast, S.Tim 22+8reb+3ast, G.Jaylin 15+4reb+3ast, M.Makuach 12+3reb+1ast, C.Torrey 11+6reb+2ast, C.Xavier 9+6reb+2ast
Adelaide: I.White 11+2reb+1ast, N.Rakocevic 10+5reb+1ast, I.Humphries 10+4reb+1ast, B.Cotton 10+3reb+7ast, J.Jenkins 8+2ast, D.Vasiljevic 5+1reb+2ast

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NBL NBL1 Big V U20 U18

Standings

1

24-9

2

23-10

3

22-11

4

21-12

5

20-13

6

14-19

7

13-20

8

13-20

9

9-24

10

6-27

Full Standings
Last Updated: 3/8/2026

NBL One Standings

NBL One Central

1

10-2

2

10-2

3

10-2

4

7-5

5

5-7

6

5-7

7

5-7

8

3-9

9

3-9

10

2-10

NBL One East

1

12-1

2

11-2

3

10-1

4

9-3

5

8-3

6

7-7

7

6-6

8

6-6

9

6-7

10

5-5

11

4-8

12

4-8

13

3-9

14

2-8

15

1-9

16

1-11

NBL One North

1

7-0

2

7-2

3

6-2

4

6-3

5

5-2

6

5-4

7

4-5

8

3-4

9

3-5

10

2-5

11

2-5

12

1-6

13

0-8

NBL One South

1

10-3

2

10-3

3

10-4

4

10-4

5

9-6

6

8-5

7

7-5

8

7-5

9

7-6

10

7-6

11

7-7

12

6-7

13

6-7

14

5-7

15

5-9

16

4-9

17

3-11

18

3-11

19

2-12

20

0-0

NBL One West

1

10-2

2

9-2

3

9-3

4

9-3

5

8-3

6

7-4

7

6-6

8

5-7

9

4-7

10

4-8

11

4-9

12

4-9

13

3-9

14

1-11

Full Standings
Last Updated: 6/1/2026

Standings

1

7-2

2

7-3

3

6-4

4

6-4

5

6-5

6

5-4

7

5-5

8

5-6

9

3-7

10

3-7

11

2-8

Full Standings
Last Updated: 5/30/2026

Standings

Group A

1

5-1

2

4-2

3

2-4

4

0-6

Group B

1

5-1

2

4-2

3

3-3

4

1-5

Full Standings
Last Updated: 5/5/2026

Standings

Group A

1

6-1

2

6-2

3

6-5

4

5-4

5

2-5

6

2-7

Group B

1

8-1

2

6-3

3

3-3

4

3-4

5

3-5

6

3-5

7

0-8

Full Standings
Last Updated: 5/5/2026

NBL NBL1 Big V U20 U18

Stats Leaders

PPG

RPG

APG

SPG

BPG

Cotton_Bryce_2

Bryce COTTON

Adelaide
(182-G-1992)
Avg: 25.9

25.9

25.1

24.4

22.5

21.2

Stats Leaders

PPG

RPG

APG

SPG

BPG

Browder_Jack

Jack BROWDER

Perry L
(193-G-2004)
Avg: 31.1

31.1

29.8

28.6

28.0

28.0

Stats Leaders

PPG

RPG

APG

SPG

BPG

Shuler_Lanyc

Lanyc SHULER

Warrandyte
(185-G-)
Avg: 28.5

28.5

26.9

24.0

21.9

21.5

Stats Leaders

PPG

RPG

APG

SPG

BPG

Mcgregor_Brodie

Brodie MCGREGOR

Queensland
(-F-2007)
Avg: 23.0

23.0

21.7

21.0

20.0

20.0

Stats Leaders

PPG

RPG

APG

SPG

BPG

Not_Available

Keenan WILLIAMS

SA Metro
(--)
Avg: 27.0

27.0

22.8

19.4

18.0

17.9

NBL NBL1 Big V U20 U18

Player of the Week: Round 35(RS)

Kendric Davis

Kendric Davis

Sydney
(183-PG-99)

Player of the Week: Round 11(RS)

Kody Stattmann

Kody Stattmann

Cairns M.
(202-F/G-00)

Player of the Week: Round 9(RS)

Oliver Stanley

Oliver Stanley

Melbourne Uni
(196-F/C-1994)