Illawarra Hawks @ Cairns Taipans

Illawarra HawksHawksHWK
20-9
87
20-9
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hawks HWK | 17 | 23 | 19 | 28 | 87 |
Taipans CNS | 24 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 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 | +/- |
| 13 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +3 |
| 28 | 10 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | +13 |
| 20 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 |
| 33 | 14 | 4-15 | 1-8 | 5-7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +22 |
| 26 | 20 | 8-13 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +1 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 23 | 10 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +7 |
| 10 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +11 |
| 20 | 9 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +7 |
| 15 | 9 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 6-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -4 |
87 | 30-70 | 6-25 | 21-29 | 40 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 17 | ||
43% | 24% | 72% |
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Pedro BradshawP. Bradshaw #32 |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #13 |
Rob EdwardsR. Edwards #2 |
Kyle AdnamK. Adnam #4 |
bench |
Alex Higgins-TitshaA. Higgins-Titsha #11 |
Dillon StithD. Stith #3 |
Kyrin GallowayK. Galloway #14 |
Jackson MakoiJ. Makoi #9 |
Kody StattmannK. Stattmann #20 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
Tad Dufelmeier Jr.Dufelmeier #5 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 34 | 18 | 4-15 | 3-6 | 7-8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | -16 |
| 34 | 14 | 5-13 | 1-5 | 3-6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | -9 |
| 32 | 12 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 6-6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | -12 |
| 34 | 17 | 5-16 | 2-9 | 5-8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -13 |
| 28 | 7 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -3 |
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 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -4 |
| -- | 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 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +5 |
| 10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -8 |
75 | 22-71 | 8-33 | 23-30 | 47 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 22 | ||
31% | 24% | 77% |
+/- 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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