New Zealand Breakers @ Cairns Taipans
New Zealand BreakersBreakersNZL
13-15
111
13-15
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breakers NZL | 36 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 111 |
Taipans CNS | 18 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 82 |
Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
12-16
82
12-16
New Zealand Breakers
starters |
Anthony LambA. Lamb #44 |
Mantas RubstaviciusM. Rubstavicius #17 |
Mangok MathiangM. Mathiang #8 |
Finn DelaneyDelany #70 |
Parker Jackson-CartwrightP. Jackson-Cartwright #99 |
bench |
Zylan CheathamZ. Cheatham #45 |
Dane PineauD. Pineau #22 |
Daniel FotuD. Fotu #42 |
Tom AbercrombieT. Abercrombie #10 |
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 | +/- |
| 33 | 29 | 11-20 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +16 |
| 29 | 21 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 9-9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +21 |
| 18 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | +11 |
| 29 | 11 | 5-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +12 |
| 30 | 20 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 9-9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +19 |
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 |
| 3 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +6 |
| 1 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 |
| 28 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +24 |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 |
| 23 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +22 |
| 5 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +4 |
111 | 37-63 | 12-27 | 25-34 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 18 | ||
59% | 44% | 74% |
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Bul KuolB. Kuol #42 |
Patrick MillerP. Miller #1 |
Josh RobertsJ. Roberts #23 |
Tahjere McCallT. McCall #0 |
bench |
Sam MennengaS. Mennenga #3 |
Bobi KlintmanB. Klintman #34 |
Lat MayenL. Mayen #11 |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #13 |
Taran ArmstrongT. Armstrong #2 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
Kian DennisK. Dennis #7 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 26 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -14 |
| 15 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 |
| 24 | 13 | 6-11 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -11 |
| 9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -10 |
| 27 | 9 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -15 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 20 | 13 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 |
| 21 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -19 |
| 17 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -28 |
| 8 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -7 |
| 20 | 15 | 5-7 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -13 |
| 15 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -15 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
82 | 32-68 | 7-22 | 11-19 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 28 | ||
47% | 32% | 58% |
+/- 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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