Cairns Taipans @ Brisbane Bullets

Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
8-21
111
8-21
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taipans CNS | 31 | 31 | 20 | 29 | 111 |
Bullets BRI | 24 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 80 |

Brisbane BulletsBulletsBRI
12-17
80
12-17
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 |
Kyle AdnamK. Adnam #4 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 25 | 17 | 6-8 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +14 |
| 29 | 9 | 3-9 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +25 |
| 19 | 5 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | +10 |
| 35 | 35 | 13-20 | 7-11 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +23 |
| 26 | 19 | 8-15 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +14 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 9 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +12 |
| 16 | 7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +14 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +23 |
| 18 | 14 | 5-7 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +20 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
111 | 41-69 | 16-29 | 13-21 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 16 | ||
59% | 55% | 62% |
Brisbane Bullets
starters |
Casey PratherC. Prather #23 |
Josh BannanJ. Bannan #13 |
Tohi Smith-MilnerT. Smith-Milner #18 |
Keandre CookK. Cook #1 |
Mitchell NortonM. Norton #8 |
bench |
Josh KunenJ. Kunen #0 |
Kye SavageK. Savage #3 |
Tristan DeversT. Devers #6 |
Josh AdamsJ. Adams #14 |
Isaac WhiteI. White #2 |
Emmett NaarE. Naar #41 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 31 | 22 | 7-18 | 3-7 | 5-6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | -22 |
| 35 | 16 | 2-10 | 1-3 | 11-14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | -25 |
| 13 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -11 |
| 31 | 13 | 5-16 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -23 |
| 27 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -19 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 16 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -14 |
| 2 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| 3 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 |
| 24 | 10 | 5-8 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -9 |
| 19 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -23 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
80 | 27-73 | 10-29 | 16-21 | 41 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 19 | ||
37% | 34% | 76% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
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 |
NBL News

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7h

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