Breakers 77-69 Taipans (16 Nov, 2024) Play-by-Play

New Zealand Breakers

7-3

	1	2	3	4	T
NZL	28	24	11	14	77
CNS	23	19	17	10	69

Cairns Taipans

3-9

Rob Edwards misses 9-foot two point shot
Sam Mennenga blocks Sam Waardenburg's layup
Jonah Antonio makes 23-foot three point jumper (Taran Armstrong assists)
Rob Edwards makes 1-foot shot
Rob Edwards makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
Taran Armstrong makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tanner Groves assists)
Taran Armstrong misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rob Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Tanner Groves makes layup (Taran Armstrong assists)
Sam Waardenburg makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
Rob Edwards makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Deshon Taylor misses 9-foot two point shot
Sam Waardenburg makes 4-foot shot
Rob Edwards misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Rob Edwards makes 3-foot shot
Akoldah Gak misses 3-foot two point shot
Jackson Makoi makes 4-foot shot
Rob Edwards misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jonah Antonio misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tanner Groves makes 7-foot two point shot (Taran Armstrong assists)
Rob Edwards makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sam Waardenburg assists)
Taran Armstrong misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rob Edwards makes layup (Sam Waardenburg assists)
Rob Edwards misses 4-foot three point jumper
Rob Edwards makes layup
Rob Edwards misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jonah Antonio makes 27-foot three point jumper (Taran Armstrong assists)
Jonah Antonio misses three point jumper
Rob Edwards makes 25-foot three pointer (Taran Armstrong assists)
Taran Armstrong misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Rob Edwards makes 3-foot shot (Taran Armstrong assists)
Rob Edwards misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rob Edwards makes 4-foot two point shot (Jonah Antonio assists)
Taran Armstrong misses layup
Taran Armstrong misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rob Edwards makes shot
Akoldah Gak misses layup
Akoldah Gak makes shot
Akoldah Gak makes 3-foot two point shot (Jonah Antonio assists)
Sean Bairstow blocks Rob Edwards 's 2-foot shot
Jonah Antonio misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jonah Antonio misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rob Edwards makes 3-foot shot
Deshon Taylor misses 20-foot jumper
Rob Edwards makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
Kyrin Galloway misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Akoldah Gak makes layup (Rob Edwards assists)
Rob Edwards misses shot
Jackson Makoi misses 10-foot two point shot
Akoldah Gak makes shot
Jackson Makoi misses shot
Jonah Antonio makes 28-foot three point jumper (Sam Waardenburg assists)
Rob Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jonah Antonio misses 31-foot three point jumper
Akoldah Gak makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Taran Armstrong assists)
Deshon Taylor misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jonah Antonio misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
misses 26-foot three point jumper
Taran Armstrong misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
Sam Waardenburg misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Taran Armstrong misses 27-foot three point jumper
Taran Armstrong misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sam Mennenga misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Karim Lopez makes shot
Grant Anticevich makes 21-foot jumper (Sam Mennenga assists)
Matthew Mooney misses shot
Jonah Antonio blocks Karim Lopez 's 4-foot layup
Grant Anticevich makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sam Mennenga assists)
Karim Lopez makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
Karim Lopez makes 2-foot dunk (Parker Jackson-Cartwright assists)
Karim Lopez misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Sam Mennenga makes 25-foot three point jumper (Karim Lopez assists)
Parker Jackson-Cartwright misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Tanner Groves blocks Sean Bairstow 's 6-foot jumper
Freddie Gillespie misses shot
Matthew Mooney misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Mitch McCarron makes 9-foot two point shot
Sean Bairstow makes 27-foot three point jumper (Mitch McCarron assists)
Matthew Mooney misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sam Mennenga makes 27-foot three pointer (Parker Jackson-Cartwright assists)
Sam Mennenga misses layup
Karim Lopez makes 4-foot hook shot
Sam Mennenga misses 6-foot two point shot
Dane Pineau makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Parker Jackson-Cartwright assists)
Grant Anticevich misses 26-foot three point jumper
Parker Jackson-Cartwright misses shot
Dane Pineau misses layup
Parker Jackson-Cartwright makes layup
Parker Jackson-Cartwright makes 3-foot shot
Sam Waardenburg blocks Matthew Mooney 's 3-foot layup
Matthew Mooney makes jumper
Matthew Mooney makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sean Bairstow assists)
Parker Jackson-Cartwright misses 12-foot step back jumpshot
Matthew Mooney misses 27-foot three point jumper
Sean Bairstow makes 26-foot three pointer (Parker Jackson-Cartwright assists)
Sean Bairstow misses layup
Freddie Gillespie makes 3-foot hook shot
Mitch McCarron makes 9-foot two point shot
Sam Mennenga misses 29-foot three point jumper
Tanner Groves blocks Parker Jackson-Cartwright 's 7-foot shot
Sam Mennenga makes 12-foot two point shot
Grant Anticevich makes 27-foot three pointer (Matthew Mooney assists)
Sam Mennenga makes 3-foot dunk (Matthew Mooney assists)
Sam Mennenga misses three point jumper
Freddie Gillespie misses 15-foot jumper
Matthew Mooney misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Akoldah Gak blocks Parker Jackson-Cartwright 's 2-foot shot
Sean Bairstow misses two point shot
Sam Mennenga makes 7-foot two point shot
Grant Anticevich misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sean Bairstow misses two point shot
Freddie Gillespie makes 4-foot two point shot (Grant Anticevich assists)
Freddie Gillespie makes 14-foot jumper (Matthew Mooney assists)
Matthew Mooney misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
Parker Jackson-Cartwright misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Sam Mennenga misses 29-foot three point jumper
Parker Jackson-Cartwright misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Matthew Mooney misses 13-foot two point shot
Parker Jackson-Cartwright misses layup
Matthew Mooney misses 5-foot jumper
Mitch McCarron misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sean Bairstow misses 26-foot three point jumper
Matthew Mooney makes 4-foot hook shot
Matthew Mooney misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Sean Bairstow misses 24-foot three point jumper
Matthew Mooney makes 26-foot three point jumper (Parker Jackson-Cartwright assists)
Matthew Mooney makes 3-foot shot
Grant Anticevich misses 26-foot three point jumper
Freddie Gillespie makes 2-foot jumper
Parker Jackson-Cartwright makes 13-foot pullup jump shot
Matthew Mooney misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot

BREAKERS

TAIPANS

TIME		NZL	CNS
10:00	Sam Mennenga vs. Tanner Groves	0	0
9:40	Rob Edwards misses 9-foot two point shot	0	0
9:35	Parker Jackson-Cartwright defensive rebound	0	0
9:31	Sam Mennenga misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	0	0
9:26	Karim Lopez offensive rebound	0	0
9:26	Karim Lopez makes shot	2	0
9:13	Sam Mennenga blocks Sam Waardenburg's layup	2	0
9:09	Parker Jackson-Cartwright defensive rebound	2	0
8:56	Grant Anticevich makes 21-foot jumper (Sam Mennenga assists)	4	0
8:42	Sam Waardenburg bad pass (Matthew Mooney steals)	4	0
8:37	Matthew Mooney misses shot	4	0
8:34	Jonah Antonio defensive rebound	4	0
8:32	Taran Armstrong turnover Parker Jackson-Cartwright	4	0
8:26	Jonah Antonio blocks Karim Lopez 's 4-foot layup	4	0
8:21	Jonah Antonio defensive rebound	4	0
8:04	Jonah Antonio makes 23-foot three point jumper (Taran Armstrong assists)	4	3
7:45	Grant Anticevich makes 27-foot three point jumper (Sam Mennenga assists)	7	3
7:34	Rob Edwards makes 1-foot shot	7	5
7:18	Karim Lopez makes 17-foot pullup jump shot	9	5
7:18	Rob Edwards personal foul	9	5
7:15	Karim Lopez makes 2-foot dunk (Parker Jackson-Cartwright assists)	11	5
7:07	Rob Edwards makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot	11	8
6:49	Rob Edwards personal foul	11	8
6:49	Matthew Mooney makes free throw 1 of 2	12	8
6:49	Matthew Mooney makes free throw 2 of 2	13	8
6:49	Matthew Mooney substitution out	13	8
6:28	Taran Armstrong makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tanner Groves assists)	13	11
6:13	Karim Lopez misses 12-foot pullup jump shot	13	11
6:10	Taran Armstrong defensive rebound	13	11
5:58	Grant Anticevich personal foul	13	11
5:58	Grant Anticevich substitution out	13	11
5:58	Freddie Gillespie substitution in	13	11
5:55	Taran Armstrong misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot	13	11
5:47	Sam Mennenga makes 25-foot three point jumper (Karim Lopez assists)	16	11
5:26	Rob Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	16	11
5:23	Parker Jackson-Cartwright defensive rebound	16	11
5:13	Parker Jackson-Cartwright misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	16	11
5:10	Sean Bairstow offensive rebound	16	11
5:07	Tanner Groves blocks Sean Bairstow 's 6-foot jumper	16	11
5:04	Sean Bairstow offensive rebound	16	11
5:00	Freddie Gillespie misses shot	16	11
4:56	Freddie Gillespie offensive rebound	16	11
4:56	Freddie Gillespie turnover Taran Armstrong	16	11
4:56	Sam Mennenga personal foul	16	11
4:56	Jonah Antonio substitution out	16	11
4:56	Karim Lopez substitution out	16	11
4:30	Tanner Groves makes layup (Taran Armstrong assists)	16	13
4:30	Deshon Taylor personal foul	16	13
4:30	Tanner Groves substitution out	16	13
4:30	Akoldah Gak substitution in	16	13
4:30	Parker Jackson-Cartwright makes free throw 1 of 2	17	13
4:30	Parker Jackson-Cartwright makes free throw 2 of 2	18	13
4:13	Sam Waardenburg makes 9-foot pullup jump shot	18	15
3:58	Matthew Mooney misses 19-foot pullup jump shot	18	15
3:54	Sam Waardenburg defensive rebound	18	15
3:49	Sam Mennenga substitution out	18	15
3:49	Grant Anticevich substitution in	18	15
3:43	Rob Edwards turnover	18	15
3:43	Parker Jackson-Cartwright substitution out	18	15
3:15	Mitch McCarron personal foul	20	15
3:15	Akoldah Gak misses free throw 1 of 2	20	15
3:15	Akoldah Gak makes free throw 2 of 2	20	16
2:57	Freddie Gillespie bad pass	20	16
2:49	Rob Edwards makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot	20	19
2:31	Mitch McCarron makes 9-foot two point shot	22	19
2:16	Deshon Taylor misses 9-foot two point shot	22	19
2:13	Akoldah Gak offensive rebound	22	19
2:06	Sam Waardenburg makes 4-foot shot	22	21
1:40	Sean Bairstow makes 27-foot three point jumper (Mitch McCarron assists)	25	21
1:17	Rob Edwards misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot	25	21
1:16	Cairns Taipans offensive team rebound	25	21
1:16	Grant Anticevich personal foul	25	21
1:16	Taran Armstrong substitution out	25	21
1:16	Sam Waardenburg substitution out	25	21
1:16	Kyrin Galloway substitution in	25	21
1:16	Sam Mennenga substitution in	25	21
1:06	Rob Edwards makes 3-foot shot	25	23
0:58	Matthew Mooney misses 25-foot three point jumper	25	23
0:58	Cairns Taipans defensive team rebound	25	23
0:58	Deshon Taylor substitution out	25	23
0:58	Sean Bairstow substitution out	25	23
0:58	Karim Lopez substitution in	25	23
0:46	Akoldah Gak misses 3-foot two point shot	25	23
0:43	Breakers defensive team rebound	25	23
0:43	Grant Anticevich substitution out	25	23
0:28	Sam Mennenga makes 27-foot three pointer (Parker Jackson-Cartwright assists)	28	23
0:01	Rob Edwards bad pass (Dane Pineau steals)	28	23
0:00	End of the 1st Quarter	28	23

Regular Season Series

NZL leads 1-0

Breakers
77
Taipans
69

Game 1

16/11

Breakers
Taipans

Game 2

31/12

Taipans
Breakers

Game 3

1/2

Cairns Convention Centre

6:30 AM, 16 November 2024

Cairns, QLD

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Melbourne	10	4	.714	-	W3
New Zealand	7	3	.700	1	W1
Illawarra	7	4	.636	1.5	W1
Adelaide	6	5	.545	2.5	L1
Sydney	7	6	.538	2.5	L1
Perth	6	7	.462	3.5	L1
Brisbane	4	6	.400	4	W1
South East Melbourne	5	8	.385	4.5	L1
Tasmania	5	8	.385	4.5	W2
Cairns	3	9	.250	6	L8

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