Cairns Taipans @ Brisbane Bullets

Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
12-16
89
12-16
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taipans CNS | 26 | 17 | 27 | 19 | 89 |
Bullets BRI | 18 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 86 |

Brisbane BulletsBulletsBRI
13-15
86
13-15
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Sam MennengaS. Mennenga #3 |
Lat MayenL. Mayen #11 |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Bul KuolB. Kuol #42 |
Patrick MillerP. Miller #1 |
bench |
Bobi KlintmanB. Klintman #34 |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #13 |
Lachlan AndersonL. Anderson #24 |
Josh RobertsJ. Roberts #23 |
Taran ArmstrongT. Armstrong #2 |
Alex MudronjaA. Mudronja #15 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 16 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +6 |
| 11 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +1 |
| 32 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +2 |
| 29 | 11 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +6 |
| 37 | 21 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 9-12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +5 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 24 | 19 | 6-9 | 3-3 | 4-4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +10 |
| 24 | 13 | 6-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -6 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 |
89 | 33-62 | 9-18 | 14-19 | 34 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 23 | ||
53% | 50% | 74% |
Brisbane Bullets
starters |
Aron BaynesA. Baynes #12 |
Chris SmithC. Smith #34 |
Shannon ScottS. Scott #3 |
Sam McDanielS. McDaniel #26 |
Nathan SobeyN. Sobey #20 |
bench |
Rocco ZikarskyR. Zikarsky #11 |
Tyrell HarrisonT. Harrison #24 |
DJ MitchellD. Mitchell #0 |
Matthew JohnsM. Johns #32 |
Tristan DeversT. Devers #6 |
Gabe HadleyG. Hadley #4 |
Isaac WhiteI. White #2 |
Mitchell NortonM. Norton #8 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 9 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -1 |
| 26 | 12 | 5-11 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
| 27 | 4 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -7 |
| 32 | 11 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -2 |
| 32 | 31 | 8-22 | 3-8 | 12-12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 6 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -6 |
| 23 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +2 |
| 11 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 9 | 4-8 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -9 |
| 18 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +2 |
86 | 30-71 | 6-24 | 20-24 | 33 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 19 | ||
42% | 25% | 83% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
Nathan, QLD
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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