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Sydney Kings vs Cairns Taipans Tips & Live Stream - Kings tipped for dominant win over Taipans

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Last updated: 11 Jan 2025

Ryan Tucker 11 Jan 2025

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Sydney Kings vs Cairns Taipans expert predictions for Sunday’s Round 16 NBL matchup
Kings tipped to bounce back after loss to Melbourne
Rob Edwards backed to stay under his points total this game

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Xavier Cooks of the Kings (Getty Images)

Sydney Kings vs Cairns Taipans Tips

Sydney are tipped to bounce back from their loss to Melbourne United on Thursday by recording a dominant win over the Cairns Taipans on Sunday. Take Sydney to win and cover the line while going over their team total.

Sydney Kings vs Cairns Taipans Tips
Head to Head
Sydney Kings Form & Team News
Cairns Taipans Form & Team News

Sydney are 6-3 ATS in their last 9 games.
The Kings are scoring 8 more points on average per game in their last 5 than they have all season.
Cairns are allowing teams 101.6 pts per game across their last 5 games played, 2nd most in the NBL.
Rob Edwards is averaging 19.2 pts on the year but had 10 and 5 pts in his 2 games against Sydney earlier this season.

Head to Head

2024/25 Match Results

Nov 29th 24: Cairns 75-81 Sydney

Oct 13th 24: Sydney 99-73 Cairns

2023/24 Season Series

Sydney Kings won 2-1

Sydney Kings Form & Team News

Sydney fell short of their 3rd comeback win in as many games losing on a Melbourne United bucket with 2 seconds remaining on Thursday.

After being completely outplayed in the first quarter the Kings went in to the break down 32-16. A wake up call ensued with the team coming out and playing even in the 2nd and winning the third by 10 points to set up a thrilling finish.

Izayah Le’afa hit his first 3 of the game with only seconds remaining to lock the scores up with the game almost destined to go to OT. A defensive lapse off the inbound pass saw Melbourne get an easy backdoor bucket to win the game.

Rotations were again questionable in the game. Cam Oliver played just 11 minutes, scoring 3 points on 1-5 shooting. Jaylen Adams and Alex Toohey played fewer minutes than their season averages while the hot hands of Le’Afa and Kouat Noi both well exceeded their average minutes on the court.

The 88 points was Sydney’s lowest score since an 81 against Cairns on the 29th November. Sydney have lost 5 of 7 games this season when their opposition has scored 90+ points. They are also 1-7 against top 3 opponents.

Keli Leaupepe is out for the season and incoming import Lamonte Turner who was replacing the injured Jaylin Galloway has failed his medical meaning he will not join the team.

Cairns Taipans Form & Team News

Cairns are coming off a win against the Illawarra Hawks which snapped their 15 game losing streak. The Taipans have one of the busiest schedules ahead with 9 games over the remaining 5 rounds of basketball, 5 of those on the road.

Whilst their season may be over there is still lots to work on for the young team that returned to the winners circle in emphatic fashion out-scoring the NBL’s best scoring team 108-105.

Taran Armstrong and Rob Edwards both scored 28 pts in the win. Armstrong will be hoping to get to the NBA this year and Edwards is playing for another contract so teams that are finals bound will need to be wary of this Taipans team.

Cairns rank 9th in scoring and opposition points over their last 5 games.

Ako Gak is expected to return in this game while there is still no timeline on the return of Sam Waardenburg.

Verdict

Sydney Kings v Cairns Taipans

Take Sydney to win and cover the line while going Over their Team Total. Rob Edwards was kept in check in both previous matchups, expect the same again and for him to go under his points total.

Sydney -8.5

Line

@9/10 - 1 Unit

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Sydney over 93.5

Team Total

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