Melbourne United @ Cairns Taipans
Melbourne UnitedUnitedMEL
15-13
72
15-13
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United MEL | 15 | 18 | 10 | 29 | 72 |
Taipans CNS | 15 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 97 |
Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
17-10
97
17-10
Melbourne United
starters |
Issac HumphriesI. Humphries #7 |
David OkweraD. Okwera #35 |
Xavier Rathan-MayesX. Rathan-Mayes #11 |
Shea IliS. Ili #51 |
Chris GouldingC. Goulding #43 |
bench |
Makuach MaluachM. Maluach #13 |
David BarlowD. Barlow #20 |
Brad NewleyB. Newley #4 |
Rayjon TuckerR. Tucker #59 |
Lachlan BarkerL. Barker #38 |
Malith MacharM. Machar #9 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 26 | 17 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -23 |
| 27 | 7 | 3-8 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | -12 |
| 25 | 8 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | -23 |
| 17 | 1 | 0-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -19 |
| 29 | 12 | 5-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -26 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 11 | 10 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +9 |
| 12 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -19 |
| 16 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +4 |
| 20 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -24 |
| 13 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 |
72 | 30-68 | 8-27 | 4-8 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 17 | ||
44% | 30% | 50% |
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Dj HoggD. Hogg #1 |
Keanu PinderK. Pinder #25 |
Bul KuolB. Kuol #42 |
Majok DengM. Deng #13 |
Shannon ScottS. Scott #3 |
bench |
Lat MayenL. Mayen #11 |
Josh DaveyJ. Davey #7 |
Gabe HadleyG. Hadley #2 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
Ben AyreB. Ayre #10 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 30 | 17 | 6-13 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +34 |
| 29 | 18 | 6-15 | 1-3 | 5-8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | +30 |
| 33 | 18 | 6-12 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +37 |
| 34 | 10 | 5-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | +20 |
| 31 | 13 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +31 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 8 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -13 |
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -5 |
| 3 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -12 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 16 | 6-12 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | +3 |
97 | 34-74 | 15-36 | 14-20 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 15 | ||
46% | 42% | 70% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
Cairns, QLD
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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