Schedule › Round 1
Illawarra Hawks @ New Zealand Breakers
Sun 20 Sep, 3:00pm, Spark Arena. Round 1.
Illawarra81
Final
NZ Breakers95
Drama 40 / 100: how close it finished, overtime and the quality of the teams, without saying who won.
Pre-game prediction
Illawarra 94.5 – 96.1 NZ Breakers
Illawarra 45%NZ Breakers 55%
| Projected margin | NZ Breakers by 1.6 |
| Projected total | 190.6 |
| Expected possessions | 82.4 |
What the model said before tip-off.
Matchup
| ILL | NZB | |
|---|---|---|
| AdjEM | -4.28 | +1.55 |
| Adj. offense | 116.92 | 115.47 |
| Adj. defense | 121.110 | 113.94 |
| Adj. tempo | 82.31 | 79.47 |
| Schedule strength | -0.17 | -2.18 |
| eFG% | 56.4%5 | 57.2%2 |
| Turnover % | 12.9%1 | 15.9%8 |
| Off. rebound % | 31.7%7 | 31.2%8 |
| FT rate | 22.1%9 | 29.8%4 |
| 3PA share | 39.0%8 | 42.2%6 |
Bold is the better of the two. Team pages: Illawarra Hawks, New Zealand Breakers.