New Zealand Breakers @ Adelaide 36ers
NZL leads series 1-0

New Zealand BreakersBreakersNZL
13-20
111
13-20
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Breakers NZL | 28 | 19 | 34 | 30 | 111 |
36ers ADL | 25 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 107 |

Adelaide 36ers36ersADL
23-10
107
23-10
New Zealand Breakers
starters |
Sam MennengaS. Mennenga #3 |
Reuben Te RangiR. Te Rangi #7 |
Karim LopezK. Lopez #1 |
Parker Jackson-CartwrightP. Jackson-Cartwright #6 |
Izaiah BrockingtonI. Brockington #8 |
bench |
Rob LoeR. Loe #15 |
Carlin DavisonC. Davison #21 |
Max DarlingM. Darling #12 |
Sean BairstowS. Bairstow #2 |
Taylor BrittT. Britt #5 |
Tukaha CooperT. Cooper #34 |
Jack AndrewJ. Andrew #20 |
Alex McNaughtA. McNaught #0 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 30 | 21 | 5-12 | 2-3 | 9-10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | |
| 23 | 17 | 6-12 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -1 | |
| 32 | 12 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +10 | |
| 36 | 29 | 11-20 | 3-5 | 4-5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 35 | 21 | 9-13 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +9 | |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 9 | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +6 | |
| 16 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | +6 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -8 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +4 | |
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111 | 39-70 | 12-23 | 21-28 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 26 | |||
56% | 52% | 75% | ||||||||||||
Adelaide 36ers
starters |
Issac HumphriesI. Humphries #8 |
Zylan CheathamZ. Cheatham #45 |
John JenkinsJ. Jenkins #12 |
Flynn CameronF. Cameron #1 |
Bryce CottonB. Cotton #11 |
bench |
Nick RakocevicN. Rakocevic #31 |
Matt KenyonM. Kenyon #0 |
Isaac WhiteI. White #2 |
Dejan VasiljevicD. Vasiljevic #34 |
Keanu RasmussenK. Rasmussen #22 |
Michael HarrisM. Harris #17 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 20 | 10 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -4 | |
| 35 | 21 | 6-9 | 0-2 | 9-11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | |
| 15 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -10 | |
| 24 | 6 | 3-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -6 | |
| 40 | 34 | 9-18 | 3-9 | 13-14 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -4 | |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 20 | 21 | 8-10 | 1-1 | 4-7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | -1 | |
| 8 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +4 | |
| 11 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +5 | |
| 27 | 6 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
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107 | 36-68 | 8-29 | 27-34 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 22 | |||
53% | 28% | 79% | ||||||||||||
+/- 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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