Sydney Kings win back-to-back Australian NBL title amid fan chaos / News - Basketnews.com

One fan threw a water bottle after a non-call that was thought to be goaltending. Former EuroLeague guard Derrick Walton Jr. became the MVP of the finals series.

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The 2022-23 Australian Basketball League (NBL) season has come to an end. With record-setting audiences in arenas, a record-setting outcome was reached.

Sydney Kings overcame the New Zealand Breakers 77-69, winning the finals series 3-2.

Former Zalgiris Kaunas, ALBA Berlin, and LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne player Derrick Walton Jr. got named the Finals MVP, recording 21 points and 6 assists in the final contest.

The game featured an unusual incident. After a goaltending no-call at the beginning of the fourth quarter when Justin Simon's layup was swatted away from the basket by Will McDowell-White.

Unhappy with the call, local Kings fans started throwing stuff on the court, one of them being a water bottle.

An NBL-record of 18,124 spectators watched the final match of the series in the Qudos Bank Arena.

The fan incident:

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