Sydney Kings @ Cairns Taipans
Sydney KingsKingsSYD
16-13
82
16-13
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kings SYD | 27 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 82 |
Taipans CNS | 23 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 64 |
Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
8-21
64
8-21
Sydney Kings
starters |
Keli LeaupepeK. Leaupepe #34 |
Xavier CooksX. Cooks #10 |
Izayah Le'AfaI. Le'Afa #4 |
Bul KuolB. Kuol #0 |
Shaun BruceS. Bruce #7 |
bench |
Jason SpurginJ. Spurgin #14 |
Cameron OliverC. Oliver #1 |
Jaylin GallowayJ. Galloway #6 |
Makuach MaluachM. Maluach #15 |
Kouat NoiK. Noi #12 |
Tyler RobertsonT. Robertson #3 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 20 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +11 |
| 20 | 8 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | +17 |
| 21 | 21 | 7-11 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +11 |
| 16 | 10 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +13 |
| 19 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +13 |
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 |
| 17 | 12 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | +6 |
| 15 | 7 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 |
| 13 | 9 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 |
| 8 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| 15 | 4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +5 |
82 | 29-59 | 15-33 | 9-16 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 18 | ||
49% | 45% | 56% |
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Tanner GrovesT. Groves #22 |
Pedro BradshawP. Bradshaw #32 |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Kyrin GallowayK. Galloway #14 |
Rob EdwardsR. Edwards #2 |
bench |
Alex Higgins-TitshaA. Higgins-Titsha #11 |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #13 |
Dillon StithD. Stith #3 |
Taran ArmstrongT. Armstrong #1 |
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 | +/- |
| 25 | 12 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | -8 |
| 29 | 11 | 2-11 | 1-6 | 6-8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -13 |
| 13 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 |
| 20 | 11 | 4-11 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -14 |
| 23 | 14 | 5-12 | 1-5 | 3-5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -10 |
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 |
| 11 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -10 |
| 8 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 6 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 12 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -14 |
64 | 21-65 | 6-30 | 16-23 | 34 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 14 | ||
32% | 20% | 70% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
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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