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Sydney Kings level NBL Championship series with victory over New ... (ABC News)

The Sydney Kings have defied injuries to Xavier Cooks and Derrick Walton Jr to level the NBL grand final series against the New Zealand Breakers with an ...

With Noi having an instant impact off the bench and Dejan Vasiljevic knocking down a long three on the quarter-time buzzer, the Kings led 21-9 at the first break. - The Sydney Kings levelled the five-game series at 1-1 with an away victory in Auckland The Sydney Kings have defied injuries to Xavier Cooks and Derrick Walton Jr to level the NBL grand final series against the New Zealand Breakers with an 81-74 win in Game Two.

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Brave Kings overcome mid-game injuries, huge road trip to level ... (Fox Sports)

Brave Kings overcome mid-game injuries, huge road trip to level NBL grand final series.

NBL commentator Jack Heverin and the GOAT Andrew Gaze noticed the “exodus” of Sydney fans with over a minute to go in the clash and the Kings down nine. Twelve days between the last game of the semi final and the first game of the grand final for the FIBA break meant both teams had players sucking in the big ones in game one. Dererk Pardon was hampered for the Breakers and Derrick Walton for the Kings. Incredible fight from the Kings to go to Auckland and win in front of a packed Spark Arena crowd, with neither having a huge impact. Thumbs down if you were among the troop of Kings fans who marched out on their team early. In game two in Auckland, he struggled as Sydney took hold of the contest. A JackJumpers’ fan tweeted Crosscourt he’d look good in Ant green and Brisbane, Perth and South East Melbourne are among his suitors — and even Phoenix import Alan Williams is on the recruiting trail. Simon took over for Sydney in the third quarter with a defensive masterclass. The 24-year-old was worth north of $500k a year before this series, and he’ll still be able to write his own cheque. Ditto Jordy Hunter, who had 15 after halftime in game one and then Kouat Noi, who poured in a team-high 20 points in game two. After leading the Kings with 18 points, six rebounds and three blocks in game one, Simon refused to lose game two with a remarkable six steals - five of those coming after halftime - to go with 12 points and nine boards. His 8.7ppg comes on just 32 per cent shooting from the field and 28.6 percent from deep.

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Injury-hit Sydney Kings rally to level NBL grand final series against ... (The New Daily)

Sydney Kings have defied injuries to Xavier Cooks and Derrick Walton Jr to level the NBL grand final series against New Zealand Breakers with an 81-74 win ...

Their lead stretched to 13 when Vasiljevic started the second stanza with a terrific drive and another three-point bomb but with Walton sidelined, NZ trimmed the gap to four points at halftime. The hosts were ice-cold early, missing their first eight shots and taking almost five minutes to get off the mark as Sydney controlled proceedings with their aggressive defence. Sydney Kings have defied injuries to Xavier Cooks and Derrick Walton Jr to level the NBL grand final series against New Zealand Breakers with an 81-74 win in game two.

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Undermanned Sydney Kings stun NZ Breakers to level NBL grand ... (Stuff.co.nz)

The Sydneysiders saw two key starters sidelined by injury, but still had too much for the Kiwi club to handle in game 2 of the championship series.

The home side found a better offensive flow in the second quarter, making eight of 15 shots to battle back into the contest with a 21-13 second term, and trail by just four (34-30) at the major break. The Breakers could not have started worse, held to just nine points in the opening quarter as they made 4 of 18 shots, had 9 turnovers and trailed by a dozen (21-9) at the end of a term best forgotten. The Breakers, who shot an abysmal 37% from the floor (26 of 71) and 31% from beyond the arc (11 of 35), clearly have a lot to think about as they prepare for game 3 in Sydney on Friday. The Breakers simply could not survive two horror scoring periods – they had just 9 points in the first quarter and 11 in the third. But it’s a series, it’s one loss, it’s 1-1 and we pick ourselves up and we go again.” But it was the visitors who produced the heroics as the Kiwi outfit came up with their worst performance of the post-season, and were outplayed by the defending champions who led from pillar to post.

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Sydney Kings level NBL grand final series against New Zealand ... (NNN)

Despite Brown's surge in the dying minutes, the Breakers were unable to catch up as their composure faltered during important parts of the game. Credit: https ...

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Sydney coach rubbishes Twitter 'morons' (The Queenslander)

Sydney coach Chase Buford has slammed social media trolling of injured star Xavier Cooks, who sat out the second half of the depleted Kings' gutsy NBL grand ...

“When he went at McDowell-White three times in a row in that third quarter, it totally changed the momentum of the entire game and we never really looked back after that.”AAP He is averaging five points while shooting 18 per cent for the series. “We probably had no business winning this game with the outs we had.” “I really challenged him, told him if we were comparing his defence in Game One to Game Three (semifinals against Cairns) against DJ Hogg, it’s night and day,” Buford said. “I took him out at the five-minute mark and he said to me, ‘I can’t move my legs’,” Buford said. “We knew before the game both of them were unlikely to give us much,” Buford said.

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