Brisbane Bullets @ Cairns Taipans
Brisbane BulletsBulletsBRI
12-17
88
12-17
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bullets BRI | 26 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 88 |
Taipans CNS | 32 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 100 |
Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
8-21
100
8-21
Brisbane Bullets
starters |
Casey PratherC. Prather #23 |
Tohi Smith-MilnerT. Smith-Milner #18 |
Keandre CookK. Cook #1 |
Josh AdamsJ. Adams #14 |
Mitchell NortonM. Norton #8 |
bench |
Josh KunenJ. Kunen #0 |
Callum DaltonC. Dalton #81 |
Tristan DeversT. Devers #6 |
Isaac WhiteI. White #2 |
Emmett NaarE. Naar #41 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 33 | 19 | 8-17 | 0-5 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -19 |
| 28 | 9 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -7 |
| 40 | 28 | 11-24 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | -12 |
| 29 | 9 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -11 |
| 26 | 8 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -25 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| 16 | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +5 |
| - | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +12 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
88 | 32-71 | 9-21 | 15-19 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 21 | ||
45% | 43% | 79% |
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Tanner GrovesT. Groves #22 |
Alex Higgins-TitshaA. Higgins-Titsha #11 |
Pedro BradshawP. Bradshaw #32 |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Taran ArmstrongT. Armstrong #1 |
bench |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #13 |
Dillon StithD. Stith #3 |
Kyrin GallowayK. Galloway #14 |
Kyle AdnamK. Adnam #4 |
Kody StattmannK. Stattmann #20 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 22 | 15 | 6-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | +16 |
| 21 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +12 |
| 30 | 14 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +11 |
| 32 | 23 | 9-12 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +20 |
| 32 | 28 | 12-22 | 1-4 | 3-6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +17 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 12 | 5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -12 |
| 11 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -6 |
| 20 | 5 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +8 |
| 13 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
100 | 37-65 | 9-22 | 17-24 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 20 | ||
57% | 41% | 71% |
+/- 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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