Melbourne United @ Cairns Taipans
Melbourne UnitedUnitedMEL
19-10
76
19-10
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United MEL | 25 | 21 | 13 | 17 | 76 |
Taipans CNS | 13 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 66 |
Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
8-21
66
8-21
Melbourne United
starters |
Marcus LeeM. Lee #24 |
Jack WhiteJ. White #14 |
Matthew DellavedovaM. Dellavedova #8 |
Shea IliS. Ili #51 |
Chris GouldingC. Goulding #43 |
bench |
Rob LoeR. Loe #2 |
Akech AllirAliir #7 |
Tanner KrebsT. Krebs #13 |
Kyle BowenK. Bowen #15 |
Flynn CameronF. Cameron #11 |
Ian ClarkI. Clark #21 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 20 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | 14 | 5-8 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | -2 |
| 28 | 7 | 2-8 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +2 |
| 16 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | +4 |
| 25 | 19 | 6-17 | 4-13 | 3-5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +13 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 20 | 4 | 2-8 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +10 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | +12 |
| 17 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | +17 |
| 23 | 12 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -6 |
76 | 29-75 | 7-38 | 11-15 | 53 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 17 | ||
39% | 18% | 73% |
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Tanner GrovesT. Groves #22 |
Pedro BradshawP. Bradshaw #32 |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Rob EdwardsR. Edwards #44 |
Taran ArmstrongT. Armstrong #1 |
bench |
Alex Higgins-TitshaA. Higgins-Titsha #11 |
Dillon StithD. Stith #3 |
Kyrin GallowayK. Galloway #14 |
Kyle AdnamK. Adnam #4 |
Jackson MakoiJ. Makoi #9 |
Kody StattmannK. Stattmann #20 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 32 | 20 | 7-10 | 3-3 | 3-4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +2 |
| 17 | 4 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -7 |
| 25 | 7 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -11 |
| 28 | 6 | 2-12 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -13 |
| 33 | 4 | 1-9 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -5 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 17 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -11 |
| 15 | 12 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +5 |
| -- | 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 | 6 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -11 |
66 | 22-63 | 9-32 | 13-21 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 18 | ||
35% | 28% | 62% |
+/- 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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