Cairns Taipans @ Brisbane Bullets

Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
12-16
102
12-16
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taipans CNS | 35 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 102 |
Bullets BRI | 17 | 26 | 24 | 34 | 101 |

Brisbane BulletsBulletsBRI
13-15
101
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Cairns Taipans
starters |
Sam MennengaS. Mennenga #3 |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Bul KuolB. Kuol #42 |
Patrick MillerP. Miller #1 |
Tahjere McCallT. McCall #0 |
bench |
Bobi KlintmanB. Klintman #34 |
Lat MayenL. Mayen #11 |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #13 |
Josh RobertsJ. Roberts #23 |
Taran ArmstrongT. Armstrong #2 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
Kian DennisK. Dennis #7 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 29 | 18 | 7-12 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
| 30 | 13 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +7 |
| 35 | 19 | 7-11 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +11 |
| 32 | 17 | 6-15 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -12 |
| 36 | 25 | 9-14 | 2-2 | 5-7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | +4 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 13 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | +5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -9 |
| -- | 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 |
| 19 | 6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -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 |
102 | 37-67 | 13-26 | 15-23 | 30 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 25 | ||
55% | 50% | 65% |
Brisbane Bullets
starters |
Tyrell HarrisonT. Harrison #24 |
Josh BannanJ. Bannan #13 |
Mitchell NortonM. Norton #8 |
Sam McDanielS. McDaniel #26 |
Nathan SobeyN. Sobey #20 |
bench |
Rocco ZikarskyR. Zikarsky #11 |
Aron BaynesA. Baynes #12 |
Chris SmithC. Smith #34 |
DJ MitchellD. Mitchell #0 |
Gabe HadleyG. Hadley #4 |
Shannon ScottS. Scott #3 |
Isaac WhiteI. White #2 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 21 | 9 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +1 |
| 30 | 15 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 7-8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | -3 |
| 25 | 13 | 5-13 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +9 |
| 24 | 12 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 |
| 26 | 24 | 6-16 | 3-10 | 9-10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 7 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +2 |
| 12 | 4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | -4 |
| 17 | 0 | 0-6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +5 |
| 10 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +2 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -15 |
| 14 | 13 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
101 | 34-76 | 7-26 | 26-31 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 22 | ||
45% | 27% | 84% |
+/- 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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