New Zealand Breakers @ Cairns Taipans

New Zealand BreakersBreakersNZL

10-19

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Breakers NZL	21	26	25	20	92
Taipans CNS	15	22	17	14	68

Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS

8-21

New Zealand Breakers

starters
Tacko FallT. Fall #99
Jonah BoldenJ. Bolden #43
Matthew MooneyM. Mooney #13
Mojave KingM. King #7
Mitch McCarronM. McCarron #8
bench
Sam MennengaS. Mennenga #3
Sean BairstowS. Bairstow #2
Karim LopezK. Lopez #1
Grant AnticevichG. Anticevich #11
Max DarlingM. Darling #12
Alex McNaughtA. McNaught #0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
16	21	9-14	0-0	3-5	12	0	5	0	1	4	8	3	+8
15	7	3-5	1-3	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	2	1	4	+11
32	23	9-14	3-5	2-4	3	10	2	3	0	0	3	3	+31
26	6	2-7	1-5	1-2	6	2	1	2	0	0	6	3	+19
27	8	3-6	0-1	2-3	5	3	1	1	2	2	3	1	+18
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
22	11	5-6	0-1	1-3	5	2	1	1	1	1	4	1	+17
19	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	4	0	2	0	1	1	3	3	0
16	7	1-5	1-1	4-7	6	1	2	1	0	2	4	2	+5
5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-7
22	9	3-5	2-4	1-3	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	4	+19
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1
	92	35-64	8-21	14-27	45	19	17	9	5	12	33	25
		55%	38%	52%

Cairns Taipans

starters
Tanner GrovesT. Groves #22
Pedro BradshawP. Bradshaw #32
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21
Rob EdwardsR. Edwards #2
Taran ArmstrongT. Armstrong #1
bench
Alex Higgins-TitshaA. Higgins-Titsha #11
Dillon StithD. Stith #3
Kyrin GallowayK. Galloway #14
Kyle AdnamK. Adnam #4
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	+/-
33	21	8-13	3-6	2-6	8	1	1	1	1	3	5	5	-24
26	4	1-9	1-5	1-2	4	3	1	2	0	2	2	2	-22
34	11	3-7	2-5	3-6	4	3	2	2	1	0	4	0	-15
29	16	2-11	1-7	11-12	4	2	5	2	0	0	4	3	-27
25	2	1-10	0-3	0-0	2	5	3	0	0	2	0	4	-14
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
6	2	1-1	0-0	0-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	+2
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	8	3-6	1-3	1-2	3	0	1	0	3	1	2	2	-15
8	1	0-2	0-1	1-2	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	-1
--	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
17	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-4
	68	20-62	9-32	19-31	29	16	14	8	5	8	21	22
		32%	28%	61%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

NZL

NZL leads season

2-0

CNS

Game 1@ CNS

Final

Game 2@ CNS

Final

Game 3@ NZL

Final

Game Information

Cairns, QLD

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

NBL News

New Zealand Breakers add key piece to NBL puzzle

New Zealand have pulled off a key signing by luring two-time NBL champion DJ Vasiljevic across the ditch on a one-year deal.

Sources: United, Vickerman working toward release

Melbourne United and head coach Dean Vickerman are in active discussions regarding a potential release from the remainder of his contract, sources told ESPN.

Sources: Joe Ingles plans to join Melbourne United following NBA playoffs

Joe Ingles -- a five-time Olympian and 12-year NBA veteran -- plans to join Melbourne United ahead of the 2026-27 NBL season, multiple sources told ESPN.

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