Cairns Taipans @ Illawarra Hawks
Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
8-21
108
8-21
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taipans CNS | 19 | 26 | 40 | 23 | 108 |
Hawks HWK | 24 | 32 | 21 | 28 | 105 |
Illawarra HawksHawksHWK
20-9
105
20-9
Cairns Taipans
starters |
Tanner GrovesT. Groves #22 |
Pedro BradshawP. Bradshaw #32 |
Kyrin GallowayK. Galloway #14 |
Rob EdwardsR. Edwards #2 |
Taran ArmstrongT. Armstrong #1 |
bench |
Alex Higgins-TitshaA. Higgins-Titsha #11 |
Dillon StithD. Stith #3 |
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 | +/- |
| 24 | 17 | 6-9 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | +5 |
| 30 | 12 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | +22 |
| 33 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +13 |
| 38 | 28 | 9-26 | 3-11 | 7-8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +5 |
| 32 | 28 | 8-16 | 2-5 | 10-11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -7 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 19 | 14 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -10 |
| 6 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -9 |
| 14 | 7 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +7 |
| -- | 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 |
| 4 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -11 |
108 | 34-80 | 11-33 | 29-33 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 24 | ||
43% | 33% | 88% |
Illawarra Hawks
starters |
Sam FrolingS. Froling #13 |
Wani Swaka Lo BulukW. Swaka Lo Buluk #9 |
Mason PeatlingM. Peatling #22 |
Trey KellT. Kell #3 |
Tyler HarveyT. Harvey #1 |
bench |
Lachlan OlbrichL. Olbrich #30 |
Darius DaysD. Days #0 |
Luca YatesL. Yates #19 |
Daniel GridaD. Grida #11 |
Todd BlanchfieldT. Blanchfield #21 |
Zac TriplettZ. Triplett #7 |
William HickeyW. Hickey #6 |
Hyunjung LeeH. Lee #2 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 17 | 5 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | -5 |
| 17 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -19 |
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -13 |
| 34 | 22 | 5-13 | 2-4 | 10-10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | -10 |
| 33 | 23 | 9-22 | 2-12 | 3-5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -1 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 20 | 15 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| 24 | 15 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +13 |
| -- | 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 |
| 8 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +21 |
| 15 | 13 | 4-7 | 1-4 | 4-5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
105 | 38-76 | 7-25 | 22-29 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 25 | ||
50% | 28% | 76% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
Wollongong, NSW
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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