Cairns Taipans @ Melbourne United
Preseason

Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
0-1
87
0-1
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taipans CNS | 27 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 87 |
United MEL | 23 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 94 |

Melbourne UnitedUnitedMEL
3-1
94
3-1
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 |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #13 |
Dillon StithD. Stith #3 |
Kyrin GallowayK. Galloway #14 |
Kody StattmannK. Stattmann #20 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 27 | 15 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -1 |
| 32 | 15 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 7-9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | 8 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 |
| 29 | 24 | 8-17 | 2-5 | 6-7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -1 |
| 21 | 13 | 5-12 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | +1 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | 7 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -9 |
| 6 | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 |
| 15 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -15 |
87 | 27-68 | 7-23 | 26-35 | 36 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 22 | ||
40% | 30% | 74% |
Melbourne United
starters |
Rob LoeR. Loe #2 |
Jack WhiteJ. White #14 |
Ian ClarkI. Clark #21 |
Shea IliS. Ili #51 |
Chris GouldingC. Goulding #43 |
bench |
Marcus LeeM. Lee #24 |
Akech AllirAliir #7 |
Tanner KrebsT. Krebs #13 |
Kyle BowenK. Bowen #15 |
Flynn CameronF. Cameron #11 |
Matthew DellavedovaM. Dellavedova #8 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 22 | 12 | 5-10 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
| 26 | 14 | 7-9 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +5 |
| 24 | 16 | 6-13 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +22 |
| 19 | 10 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | +18 |
| 27 | 15 | 3-13 | 2-12 | 7-7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -12 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 16 | 5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | +7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -10 |
| 12 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +13 |
| 12 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +7 |
| 16 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -4 |
| 22 | 13 | 5-12 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -16 |
94 | 35-75 | 10-39 | 14-21 | 39 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 27 | ||
47% | 26% | 67% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
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