The Sydney Kings have taken advantage of Chris Goulding's absence to defeat Melbourne United, 101-80, in the NBL's historic Christmas Day clash.
abc.net.au/news/sydney-kings-reign-over-melbourne-united-in-historic-nbl-christm/101808564The Sydney Kings have broken new ground with a 101-80 defeat of NBL rivals Melbourne United in Australia's first professional basketball fixture on Christmas Day.The NBL became the first Australian professional league to host a fixture on Christmas Day
Some 7,012 fans turned out at the Sydney Super Dome to watch the Kings venture into what they called "one of the last frontiers in Australian sport", although the match was not the see-sawing contest that would have been fit for the historic occasion. "It was awesome to be part of," Kings big man Jordan Hunter said after spending the day with his partner.
United missed veteran David Barlow and captain Chris Goulding, who withdrew on game day through illness, and struggled to contain the Kings' own marquee man Xavier Cooks . Nevertheless, coach Dean Vickerman said United would leave Sydney feeling positive after participating in history."We spoke about that as a group. We had our American players talk about how they grow up wanting to play on Christmas Day because it's the big day to play , other than the play-offs.
United drew level midway through the third quarter but the Kings began to work Tucker, holding him scoreless from only three field goal attempts for the period.
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