Cairns Taipans @ Sydney Kings
Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
8-21
73
8-21
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taipans CNS | 18 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 73 |
Kings SYD | 28 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 99 |
Sydney KingsKingsSYD
16-13
99
16-13
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Pedro BradshawP. Bradshaw #32 |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #13 |
Rob EdwardsR. Edwards #2 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
bench |
Alex Higgins-TitshaA. Higgins-Titsha #11 |
Dillon StithD. Stith #3 |
Kyrin GallowayK. Galloway #14 |
Kyle AdnamK. Adnam #4 |
Jackson MakoiJ. Makoi #9 |
Tad Dufelmeier Jr.Dufelmeier #5 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 29 | 16 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 4-5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -20 |
| 30 | 22 | 8-16 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | -24 |
| 25 | 8 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -28 |
| 27 | 5 | 2-12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -18 |
| 19 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -21 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 5 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +2 |
| 20 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 |
| 14 | 6 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 |
| 19 | 8 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -14 |
| 8 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 |
73 | 26-71 | 10-33 | 11-15 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 16 | ||
37% | 30% | 73% |
Sydney Kings
starters |
Keli LeaupepeK. Leaupepe #34 |
Alex TooheyA. Toohey #22 |
Xavier CooksX. Cooks #10 |
Bul KuolB. Kuol #0 |
Tyler RobertsonT. Robertson #3 |
bench |
Jason SpurginJ. Spurgin #14 |
Cameron OliverC. Oliver #1 |
Jaylin GallowayJ. Galloway #6 |
Makuach MaluachM. Maluach #15 |
Kouat NoiK. Noi #12 |
Klairus AmirK. Amir #11 |
Izayah Le'AfaI. Le'Afa #4 |
Shaun BruceS. Bruce #7 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 22 | 10 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | +19 |
| 22 | 15 | 6-11 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +27 |
| 24 | 18 | 7-11 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +24 |
| 20 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | +16 |
| 20 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +12 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -3 |
| 23 | 7 | 2-9 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +9 |
| 18 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +16 |
| 10 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -8 |
| 5 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -4 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +4 |
| 15 | 21 | 6-7 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +18 |
99 | 37-81 | 13-36 | 12-18 | 50 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 17 | ||
46% | 36% | 67% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
Sydney, NSW
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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