Round 7 Recap: SuperCoach NBL Classic

Sydney Kings guard Kendric Davis ($436,000 ▼ $419,100) topped SuperCoach NBL Round 7 with 97 points from the Kings’ double, his best round of the season.

Davis posted 51 from 24 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds in the 99-91 win against the Perth Wildcats at RAC Arena on Wednesday, October 28. He followed up with 46 from 20 points, 9 assists and 3 steals in the 71-68 win against the Tasmania JackJumpers at the Silverdome in Launceston on Friday, October 30, despite shooting 7-from-26. SuperCoaches who gave him the captaincy banked 194, and he moves from fourth to third overall on 423.

Adelaide 36ers guard Bryce Cotton ($473,900 ▼ $451,900) still leads SuperCoach NBL on 468 after scoring 91. He had 37 in the 108-101 win against the New Zealand Breakers at Spark Arena on Friday, then 54 from 27 points and 9 assists in the 96-89 loss to the Brisbane Bullets at Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Sunday, November 1, the second-biggest single-game score of the round. Teammate Nick Rakocevic ($188,400 ▲ $384,300) is second on 440 after scoring 90, including 49 from 17 points and 11 rebounds against the Breakers, and Zylan Cheatham ($339,500 ▼ $313,900) added 73, 46 of them against Brisbane.

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Breakers guard Carlin Davison ($121,600 ▲ $300,400) had the biggest single game of Round 7, 55 from 16 points, 11 assists and 3 steals against Adelaide. He added 32 from 12 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds in the 94-74 loss to Melbourne United on Monday, November 2. His 87 lifts him from equal 23rd to 12th overall, and his price has more than doubled since the start of the season.

United’s Josh Oduro ($277,000 ▲ $347,900) scored 84. He had 33 from 26 points on 8-from-9 shooting in the 113-97 win against the Cairns Taipans in Cairns on Saturday, October 31, then 51 from 17 points and 19 rebounds against the Breakers, and climbs from eighth to sixth overall. Cole Anthony ($300,000 ▲ $370,800) had 46 in Cairns but only 22 against New Zealand, when he had 5 turnovers, and slips from third to fourth on 411. Joe Ingles ($300,000 ▼ $245,700) scored 44 and enters the Top 25 at 25th.

For the Taipans, Jonah Bolden ($133,600 ▲ $277,300) scored 73, including 42 from 7 points, 13 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks in the 107-85 win against the Bullets in Brisbane on Thursday, October 29. He is back in the Top 25 at 22nd after dropping out last round. Jack McVeigh ($349,800 ▼ $320,700) added 67 and climbs one spot to 14th.

Brisbane’s Nate Hinton ($277,000 ▲ $336,900) scored 72, with 41 from 18 points, 6 assists and 4 steals in the 96-89 win against the 36ers, and moves up to eighth. Tyrell Harrison ($336,100 ▲ $341,100) had 42 from 24 points and 10 rebounds in the same game and climbs from 21st to 18th.

Perth lost both of its games, but Kristian Doolittle ($317,500 ▲ $365,800) scored 71 and Dylan Windler ($271,100 ▲ $334,700) 70. Windler had 46 from 19 points, 9 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks in the 105-98 loss to the Illawarra Hawks on Saturday. Doolittle climbs from equal 23rd to 16th and Windler from equal 25th to 17th. Brandon Knight ($277,000) added 62, including 39 from 27 points against Sydney.

Tasmania’s Dakota Mathias ($145,200 ▲ $228,300) scored 75, with 43 from 22 points and 6 assists in the 98-89 win against the South East Melbourne Phoenix at John Cain Arena on Sunday. He made 7-from-14 from three and 13-from-13 at the line across the round. Will Magnay ($269,300 ▲ $356,600) scored 67, including 40 from 15 points and 4 blocks against the Phoenix, and holds fifth.

Breakers big man Sam Mennenga ($303,100 ▲ $360,900) scored 65, including 43 from 28 points and 6-from-9 from three against Adelaide, and slips from sixth to seventh. Parker Jackson-Cartwright ($405,200 ▲ $426,000) managed 39 from two games, missing 9 of his 10 threes, and drops from seventh to ninth, though his 43.4 a game is still the best average in the Top 25. Charles Bediako ($277,000 ▼ $235,300) scored 67, including 42 against Adelaide, when he had 5 blocks.

Illawarra and the Phoenix played once. William Hickey ($331,600) led the Hawks with 32 from 9 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, and D’Shawn Schwartz ($277,000) scored 36 from 27 points for the Phoenix.

Two players are new to the Top 25: Bolden and Ingles. Three dropped out: Illawarra’s Sam Froling ($228,200), who scored 12; Brisbane’s Max Mackinnon ($200,000), who scored 2 against Cairns and did not play in Adelaide; and Phoenix guard Skylar Mays ($277,000), who scored 8.

Below are the Top 15 scores from Round 7 and the Top 25 overall scorers after seven rounds.

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