Cairns Taipans @ New Zealand Breakers
Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
17-10
85
17-10
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taipans CNS | 21 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 85 |
Breakers NZL | 14 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 83 |
New Zealand BreakersBreakersNZL
17-10
83
17-10
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Dj HoggD. Hogg #1 |
Bul KuolB. Kuol #42 |
Shannon ScottS. Scott #3 |
Tahjere MccallT. Mccall #22 |
bench |
Lat MayenL. Mayen #11 |
Josh DaveyJ. Davey #7 |
Majok DengM. Deng #13 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
Mirko DjericM. Djeric #5 |
Ben AyreB. Ayre #10 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 35 | 7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | -2 |
| 32 | 18 | 8-16 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
| 33 | 18 | 7-12 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | 10 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | +2 |
| 30 | 18 | 6-15 | 1-2 | 5-6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +6 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 8 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +6 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 6 | 2-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
85 | 32-69 | 8-23 | 13-17 | 35 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 18 | ||
46% | 35% | 76% |
New Zealand Breakers
starters |
Dererk PardonD. Pardon #0 |
Jarrell BrantleyJ. Brantley #1 |
Rayan RupertR. Rupert #12 |
Izayah Le'AfaI. Le'Afa #2 |
Will McDowell-WhiteMcdowell-White #7 |
bench |
Sam TimminsS. Timmins #33 |
Rob LoeR. Loe #15 |
Daniel FotuD. Fotu #42 |
Tom AbercrombieT. Abercrombie #10 |
Thomas VodanovichT. Vodanovich #13 |
Alex McNaughtMcnaught #9 |
Cameron GliddonC. Gliddon #3 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 30 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | +2 |
| 36 | 25 | 8-20 | 3-6 | 6-10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3 | +4 |
| 20 | 7 | 2-10 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 |
| 26 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -7 |
| 35 | 29 | 9-14 | 7-10 | 4-4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -2 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| - | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 6 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 |
83 | 27-66 | 15-34 | 14-21 | 32 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 20 | ||
41% | 44% | 67% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
Auckland, New Zealand
2025-26 NBL Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 24 | 9 | .727 | - | W11 |
| Adelaide | 23 | 10 | .697 | 1 | L1 |
| South East Melbourne | 22 | 11 | .667 | 2 | L1 |
| Perth | 21 | 12 | .636 | 3 | W1 |
| Melbourne | 20 | 13 | .606 | 4 | W1 |
| Tasmania | 14 | 19 | .424 | 10 | L2 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 20 | .394 | 11 | W1 |
| Illawarra | 13 | 20 | .394 | 11 | W2 |
| Cairns | 9 | 24 | .273 | 15 | L2 |
| Brisbane | 6 | 27 | .182 | 18 | L13 |
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