New Zealand Breakers @ Cairns Taipans
New Zealand BreakersBreakersNZL
10-19
92
10-19
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breakers NZL | 21 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 92 |
Taipans CNS | 15 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 68 |
Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
8-21
68
8-21
New Zealand Breakers
starters |
Tacko FallT. Fall #99 |
Jonah BoldenJ. Bolden #43 |
Matthew MooneyM. Mooney #13 |
Mojave KingM. King #7 |
Mitch McCarronM. McCarron #8 |
bench |
Sam MennengaS. Mennenga #3 |
Sean BairstowS. Bairstow #2 |
Karim LopezK. Lopez #1 |
Grant AnticevichG. Anticevich #11 |
Max DarlingM. Darling #12 |
Alex McNaughtA. McNaught #0 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 16 | 21 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | +8 |
| 15 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | +11 |
| 32 | 23 | 9-14 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +31 |
| 26 | 6 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +19 |
| 27 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | +18 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 22 | 11 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +17 |
| 19 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | 7 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 4-7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -7 |
| 22 | 9 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +19 |
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
92 | 35-64 | 8-21 | 14-27 | 45 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 25 | ||
55% | 38% | 52% |
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Tanner GrovesT. Groves #22 |
Pedro BradshawP. Bradshaw #32 |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Rob EdwardsR. Edwards #2 |
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 | +/- |
| 33 | 21 | 8-13 | 3-6 | 2-6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -24 |
| 26 | 4 | 1-9 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -22 |
| 34 | 11 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 3-6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -15 |
| 29 | 16 | 2-11 | 1-7 | 11-12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -27 |
| 25 | 2 | 1-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -14 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | +2 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 8 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -15 |
| 8 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 |
| -- | 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 |
| 17 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
68 | 20-62 | 9-32 | 19-31 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 22 | ||
32% | 28% | 61% |
+/- 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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