Round 6 Recap: SuperCoach NBL Classic

Sydney Kings forward Torrey Craig ($290,400 ▲ $313,700) topped SuperCoach NBL Round 6 with 88 points from the Kings’ double.

Craig posted 40 from 22 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals in the 108-82 win against the Illawarra Hawks at WIN Entertainment Centre on Thursday, October 22. He followed up with 48 from 22 points and 13 rebounds in Sunday’s 105-95 loss to Melbourne United at John Cain Arena, and made 7-from-13 from three across the two games. After scoring 79 in his first four rounds, he has 163 from the last two and enters the Top 25 at 16th.

United guard Cole Anthony ($300,000 ▲ $356,900) was just 1 point behind on 87. He had 26 in the 103-102 loss to the Perth Wildcats at RAC Arena on Friday, October 23, then 61 from 30 points, 9 assists and 2 blocks against the Kings, the second-biggest single-game score of the round. It is his best round of the season, and he moves from sixth to third overall on 343.

Anthony’s Sunday came at the expense of Kings guard Kendric Davis ($436,000 ▼ $405,000), a popular captain this round. Davis had the biggest single game of Round 6 on Thursday, 63 from 23 points and 14 assists without a turnover against the Hawks, but managed only 14 against Melbourne, when he shot 3-from-16 with 5 assists and 5 turnovers. He finished on 77 (154 as captain) and moves from eighth to fourth overall on 326.

Adelaide 36ers guard Bryce Cotton ($473,900 ▼ $438,400) still leads SuperCoach NBL on 377 after scoring 53 from 37 points and 8 assists in the 108-94 loss to the South East Melbourne Phoenix at John Cain Arena on Saturday, October 24. Teammate Nick Rakocevic ($188,400 ▲ $357,300) is second on 350 after posting 46 from 18 points and 17 rebounds in the same game, despite going 6-from-18 from the field.

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The Kings had four players in the Top 15. Andrew Carr ($277,000 ▲ $298,600) scored 83, including 47 from 16 points and 20 rebounds against Illawarra, and finished the round with 31 rebounds. Xavier Cooks ($308,000 ▼ $296,300) added 59. Of those, 35 came against United, from 14 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists on 6-from-7 shooting. Carr enters the Top 25 at 19th and Cooks at 20th.

Melbourne also had four in the Top 15. Luke Travers ($292,900 ▼ $291,200) scored 73, including 46 from 26 points and 9 rebounds in Perth, and is back in the Top 25 at 13th after dropping out in Round 5. Josh Oduro ($277,000 ▲ $327,700) put up 67 on the back of 49 points across the two games and climbs to eighth overall, while Joe Ingles ($300,000 ▼ $247,800) scored 50, 32 of them from 11 points, 8 assists and 3 steals against the Wildcats.

Brisbane’s Nate Hinton ($277,000 ▲ $313,200) scored 70 from the Bullets’ double, with 34 points, 11 assists and 5 steals across the two games, and teammate Max Mackinnon ($200,000 ▲ $227,700) added 52. Illawarra’s Makur Maker ($99,800 ▲ $151,900) scored 57 from 31 points and 13 rebounds, and Perth’s Kristian Doolittle ($317,500 ▲ $322,800) had 54 from his only game, with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists against United.

New Zealand Breakers guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright ($405,200 ▲ $477,500) returned from injury with 41 from 14 points and 9 assists in the 86-84 loss to the Cairns Taipans on Sunday, and still has the best average in the Top 25 at 51.3 from six games. Jack McVeigh ($349,800 ▼ $304,500) also scored 41 for the Taipans, and Jaylin Galloway ($196,400) had 29 in his first game of the season. Breakers big man Sam Mennenga ($303,100 ▲ $370,900) scored 32 and slips from fourth to sixth overall.

Six players are new to the Top 25: Travers, Craig, Carr, Cooks, Mackinnon and Doolittle. Five dropped out. Brisbane’s Arnas Velicka ($277,000 ▲ $301,900) did not play in Round 6. The other four are Cairns pair Jonah Bolden ($133,600 ▲ $263,700) and Jaylon Brown ($277,000 ▼ $251,200), and Illawarra’s William Hickey ($331,600 ▼ $227,900) and Kelan Martin ($277,000 ▼ $208,800).

Below are the Top 15 scores from Round 6 and the Top 25 overall scorers after six rounds.

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