Illawarra Hawks @ Cairns Taipans

Illawarra HawksHawksHWK
14-14
71
14-14
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hawks HWK | 18 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 71 |
Taipans CNS | 14 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 81 |

Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
12-16
81
12-16
Illawarra Hawks
starters |
Gary ClarkG. Clark #8 |
Sam FrolingS. Froling #13 |
Wani Swaka Lo BulukW. Swaka Lo Buluk #9 |
Justin RobinsonJ. Robinson #3 |
Hyunjung LeeH. Lee #2 |
bench |
Lachlan OlbrichL. Olbrich #30 |
Mason PeatlingM. Peatling #22 |
Daniel GridaD. Grida #11 |
AJ JohnsonA. Johnson #7 |
William HickeyW. Hickey #6 |
Tyler HarveyT. Harvey #1 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 31 | 19 | 7-18 | 2-7 | 3-5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | -18 |
| 33 | 18 | 8-13 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
| 24 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -8 |
| 33 | 10 | 4-12 | 0-5 | 2-3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | -3 |
| 25 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -4 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 12 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 |
| 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 12 | 5-17 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -15 |
71 | 28-78 | 6-29 | 9-15 | 36 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 19 | ||
36% | 21% | 60% |
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Sam MennengaS. Mennenga #3 |
Sam WaardenburgS. Waardenburg #21 |
Bul KuolB. Kuol #42 |
Taran ArmstrongT. Armstrong #2 |
Tahjere McCallT. McCall #0 |
bench |
Lat MayenL. Mayen #11 |
Akoldah GakA. Gak #13 |
Lachlan AndersonL. Anderson #24 |
Josh RobertsJ. Roberts #23 |
Alex MudronjaA. Mudronja #15 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
Kian DennisK. Dennis #7 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 15 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -5 |
| 31 | 15 | 6-13 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
| 32 | 19 | 6-14 | 2-4 | 5-6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +8 |
| 30 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +9 |
| 35 | 16 | 5-12 | 0-2 | 6-10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | +11 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 28 | 10 | 4-6 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +16 |
| 15 | 8 | 4-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +9 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
81 | 31-63 | 5-21 | 14-23 | 43 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 17 | ||
49% | 24% | 61% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
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