Overview

• JaVale McGee delivered 32 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks on 15-of-20 shooting, the best first game in Illawarra’s 40-minute era.
• Tasmania’s Bryce Hamilton scored 21 points, Tyger Campbell added 17 with four rebounds and four assists, and Majok Deng had 14 before a late hamstring issue.
• The JackJumpers led by 11 early in the fourth quarter, the Hawks answered with an 11-0 run, and Tasmania closed it out with timely stops and scores.
• On the Hawks’ banner-raising night in Wollongong, Tyler Harvey posted 19 points and Todd Blanchfield 12, while new guard Jaquori McLaughlin shot 1-for-8.
• Tasmania improved to 2-1 despite the absence of import David Johnson due to a leg injury, in a league increasingly stocked with former NBA players.