This Week's Games (Round 18)

The final round of the NBL23 regular season is upon us, and there are still so many potential ways for it to end.

Aside from Sydney in first, Brisbane in ninth and Illawarra in tenth, the immediate futures of the other seven teams are up in the air - meaning two sides will miss finals. As it stands it stands those two unlucky sides will be Adelaide and Melbourne, but it's far from confirmed that they'll be the two sides to miss out.

NBL Media runs through Round 18's fixtures.

Illawarra Hawks vs New Zealand Breakers

Stats and box score | Game report 

Adelaide 36ers vs Sydney Kings

Stats and box score | Game report

Perth Wildcats vs Cairns Taipans

Stats and box score | Game report 

Illawarra Hawks vs Tasmania JackJumpers

Stats and box score | Game report

Brisbane Bullets vs New Zealand Breakers

Stats and box score | Game report

Melbourne United vs Adelaide 36ers

Stats and box score | Game report

Perth Wildcats vs Sydney Kings

When: Sunday, February 5 | 4pm AEDT

Where: RAC Arena – Buy Tickets

Follow online: Live stats and box score

Broadcast details: Live and free on 10 Peach and 10 play | Live on ESPN via Kayo Sports and Foxtel; Sky NZ

What’s happening: It all comes down to this. An entire regular season’s worth of highs and lows, ups and downs, and jostling for ladder position comes down to what happens to Perth against Sydney.

139 games down, one to go.

Few regular seasons in recent memory have been filled with as many twists and turns as NBL23, and it would be typical of the season to see Perth register a massive win over the ladder-leaders and reigning champions to further shake-up the top six race.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jordi Hunter joined the 500-point NBL club yesterday with this bucket - well-done legend ?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeTheKings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeTheKings</a> <a href="https://t.co/paAM0b6lUB">pic.twitter.com/paAM0b6lUB</a></p>&mdash; Sydney Kings (@SydneyKings) <a href="https://twitter.com/SydneyKings/status/1619858804497154048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>