Cairns Taipans @ New Zealand Breakers

Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
12-16
87
12-16
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taipans CNS | 25 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 87 |
Breakers NZL | 23 | 24 | 31 | 21 | 99 |

New Zealand BreakersBreakersNZL
13-15
99
13-15
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Sam MennengaS. Mennenga #3 |
Lat MayenL. Mayen #11 |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Bul KuolB. Kuol #42 |
Patrick MillerP. Miller #1 |
bench |
Bobi KlintmanB. Klintman #34 |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #13 |
Lachlan AndersonL. Anderson #24 |
Alex MudronjaA. Mudronja #15 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 29 | 17 | 7-11 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | +2 |
| 24 | 11 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | -5 |
| 29 | 12 | 5-8 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -12 |
| 22 | 7 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -8 |
| 35 | 15 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -11 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 20 | 8 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -5 |
| 22 | 8 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -12 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 |
| 15 | 9 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
87 | 33-60 | 7-20 | 14-18 | 27 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 17 | ||
55% | 35% | 78% |
New Zealand Breakers
starters |
Zylan CheathamZ. Cheatham #45 |
Finn DelaneyDelany #70 |
Tom AbercrombieT. Abercrombie #10 |
Parker Jackson-CartwrightP. Jackson-Cartwright #6 |
Justinian JessupJ. Jessup #37 |
bench |
Dane PineauD. Pineau #22 |
Carlin DavisonC. Davison #21 |
Mangok MathiangM. Mathiang #8 |
Dominique Kelman-PotoD. Kelman-Poto #25 |
Daniel FotuD. Fotu #42 |
Alex McNaughtMcnaught #0 |
Izayah Le'AfaI. Le'Afa #2 |
Cameron GliddonC. Gliddon #3 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 27 | 11 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 6-6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +14 |
| 29 | 18 | 6-11 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -8 |
| 21 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +4 |
| 30 | 25 | 10-17 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | +15 |
| 28 | 15 | 6-10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +13 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 11 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | +15 |
| -- | 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 | 1 | -2 |
| - | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| 27 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +5 |
| 13 | 6 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 |
98 | 36-63 | 12-28 | 14-16 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | ||
57% | 43% | 88% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
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