Illawarra Hawks @ Cairns Taipans
Illawarra HawksHawksHWK
20-9
102
20-9
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hawks HWK | 26 | 28 | 18 | 30 | 102 |
Taipans CNS | 21 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 75 |
Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
8-21
75
8-21
Illawarra Hawks
starters |
Darius DaysD. Days #0 |
Sam FrolingS. Froling #13 |
Wani Swaka Lo BulukW. Swaka Lo Buluk #9 |
Trey KellT. Kell #3 |
Tyler HarveyT. Harvey #1 |
bench |
Lachlan OlbrichL. Olbrich #30 |
Mason PeatlingM. Peatling #22 |
Daniel GridaD. Grida #11 |
Todd BlanchfieldT. Blanchfield #21 |
William HickeyW. Hickey #6 |
Hyunjung LeeH. Lee #2 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 29 | 20 | 8-15 | 1-5 | 3-3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | +11 |
| 28 | 19 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | +12 |
| 20 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +10 |
| 25 | 9 | 1-8 | 0-2 | 7-7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +6 |
| 29 | 14 | 7-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +15 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 20 | 12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | +27 |
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 |
| 19 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +25 |
| 17 | 12 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +18 |
102 | 38-81 | 6-24 | 20-22 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 34 | 16 | ||
47% | 25% | 91% |
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Tanner GrovesT. Groves #22 |
Pedro BradshawP. Bradshaw #32 |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Rob EdwardsR. Edwards #2 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
bench |
Alex Higgins-TitshaA. Higgins-Titsha #11 |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #13 |
Dillon StithD. Stith #3 |
Kyrin GallowayK. Galloway #14 |
Kyle AdnamK. Adnam #4 |
Tad Dufelmeier Jr.Dufelmeier #5 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 27 | 19 | 9-15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -17 |
| 31 | 8 | 2-13 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -16 |
| 24 | 13 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -11 |
| 29 | 17 | 4-15 | 4-7 | 5-6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -32 |
| 31 | 5 | 1-8 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | -6 |
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 |
| 13 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 8 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -16 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -27 |
75 | 26-71 | 10-34 | 13-17 | 32 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 15 | ||
37% | 29% | 76% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
Perth, WA
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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