Cairns Taipans @ New Zealand Breakers

Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
8-21
92
8-21
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taipans CNS | 28 | 21 | 15 | 28 | 92 |
Breakers NZL | 26 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 99 |

New Zealand BreakersBreakersNZL
10-19
99
10-19
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 |
Kody StattmannK. Stattmann #20 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| - | 11 | 4-13 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -14 |
| 37 | 16 | 5-9 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -7 |
| 33 | 16 | 7-13 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | -3 |
| 26 | 14 | 5-14 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -11 |
| 28 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +8 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 7 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 |
| 17 | 11 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| 12 | 4 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -13 |
| 8 | 8 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +13 |
92 | 33-71 | 11-32 | 15-24 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 16 | ||
46% | 34% | 63% |
New Zealand Breakers
starters |
Tacko FallT. Fall #99 |
Karim LopezK. Lopez #1 |
Jonah BoldenJ. Bolden #43 |
Matthew MooneyM. Mooney #13 |
Mojave KingM. King #7 |
bench |
Sam MennengaS. Mennenga #3 |
Dane PineauD. Pineau #22 |
Sean BairstowS. Bairstow #2 |
Carlin DavisonC. Davison #21 |
Grant AnticevichG. Anticevich #11 |
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 | +/- |
| 16 | 14 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | -2 |
| 22 | 11 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +4 |
| 24 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | -8 |
| 1 | 24 | 7-11 | 3-5 | 7-8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| 26 | 16 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -11 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 24 | 10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | +9 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 6 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +17 |
| 16 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +19 |
| 6 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
99 | 38-62 | 10-21 | 13-18 | 39 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 20 | ||
61% | 48% | 72% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
Auckland, New Zealand
2025-26 NBL Standings
| Team | 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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