New Zealand Breakers @ Cairns Taipans

New Zealand BreakersBreakersNZL
10-19
77
10-19
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breakers NZL | 28 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 77 |
Taipans CNS | 23 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 69 |

Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
8-21
69
8-21
New Zealand Breakers
starters |
Sam MennengaS. Mennenga #3 |
Karim LopezK. Lopez #1 |
Grant AnticevichG. Anticevich #11 |
Matthew MooneyM. Mooney #13 |
Parker Jackson-CartwrightP. Jackson-Cartwright #6 |
bench |
Freddie GillespieF. Gillespie #33 |
Dane PineauD. Pineau #22 |
Sean BairstowS. Bairstow #2 |
Carlin DavisonC. Davison #21 |
Kaia IsaacK. Isaac #5 |
Alex McNaughtA. McNaught #0 |
Mitch McCarronM. McCarron #8 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 25 | 12 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| 27 | 9 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +5 |
| 25 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 |
| 28 | 15 | 5-16 | 2-8 | 3-3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +5 |
| 31 | 11 | 3-11 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +12 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 24 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | +10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +5 |
| 23 | 8 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +3 |
| - | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| -- | 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 | -2 |
| 12 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 |
77 | 30-70 | 8-25 | 9-12 | 33 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 12 | ||
43% | 32% | 75% |
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Tanner GrovesT. Groves #22 |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Rob EdwardsR. Edwards #2 |
Taran ArmstrongT. Armstrong #1 |
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 |
Jackson MakoiJ. Makoi #9 |
Kody StattmannK. Stattmann #20 |
Deshon TaylorD. Taylor #23 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 17 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -7 |
| 29 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 |
| 33 | 33 | 13-23 | 4-11 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 |
| 29 | 5 | 1-9 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -12 |
| 27 | 9 | 3-9 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -13 |
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 |
| 26 | 11 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | +1 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -7 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -7 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +5 |
69 | 27-62 | 8-31 | 7-10 | 30 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 19 | ||
44% | 26% | 70% |
+/- 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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