New Zealand Breakers @ Cairns Taipans
New Zealand BreakersBreakersNZL
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68
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Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breakers NZL | 5 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 68 |
Taipans CNS | 16 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 64 |
Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
17-10
64
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New Zealand Breakers
starters |
Rob LoeR. Loe #15 |
Dererk PardonD. Pardon #0 |
Jarrell BrantleyJ. Brantley #1 |
Izayah Le'AfaI. Le'Afa #2 |
Will McDowell-WhiteMcdowell-White #7 |
bench |
Sam TimminsS. Timmins #33 |
Daniel FotuD. Fotu #42 |
Thomas VodanovichT. Vodanovich #13 |
Alex McNaughtMcnaught #9 |
Barry BrownB. Brown #5 |
Rayan RupertR. Rupert #12 |
Cameron GliddonC. Gliddon #3 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 22 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | -7 |
| 35 | 7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +2 |
| 25 | 13 | 5-13 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | +3 |
| 28 | 11 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 |
| 23 | 7 | 3-10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | +4 |
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 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +2 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 24 | 9-20 | 1-7 | 5-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +6 |
| 25 | 6 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +12 |
| - | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
68 | 25-66 | 8-29 | 10-17 | 35 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 22 | ||
38% | 28% | 59% |
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Dj HoggD. Hogg #1 |
Keanu PinderK. Pinder #25 |
Bul KuolB. Kuol #42 |
Shannon ScottS. Scott #3 |
bench |
Lat MayenL. Mayen #11 |
Josh DaveyJ. Davey #44 |
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 | +/- |
| 21 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 |
| 31 | 25 | 7-18 | 4-11 | 7-8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +4 |
| 34 | 6 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | +4 |
| 27 | 13 | 4-11 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -5 |
| 33 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 |
| 9 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 |
| 20 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -5 |
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 |
64 | 21-63 | 9-34 | 13-18 | 37 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 18 | ||
33% | 26% | 72% |
+/- 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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