South East Melbourne Phoenix @ Cairns Taipans

South East Melbourne PhoenixPhoenixPNX
16-13
113
16-13
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phoenix PNX | 33 | 25 | 24 | 31 | 113 |
Taipans CNS | 28 | 31 | 19 | 24 | 102 |

Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS
8-21
102
8-21
South East Melbourne Phoenix
starters |
Jordan HunterJ. Hunter #1 |
Matt HurtM. Hurt #22 |
Malique LewisM. Lewis #33 |
Angus GloverA. Glover #5 |
Nathan SobeyN. Sobey #20 |
bench |
Joe WieskampJ. Wieskamp #21 |
Thomas VodanovichT. Vodanovich #15 |
Majok MajokM. Majok #24 |
Luke RosendaleL. Rosendale #13 |
Owen FoxwellO. Foxwell #30 |
Ben AyreB. Ayre #10 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 21 | 8 | 4-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 2 | +1 |
| 32 | 33 | 14-18 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | +13 |
| 13 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +5 |
| 31 | 11 | 3-10 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +3 |
| 31 | 26 | 10-19 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +18 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 24 | 11 | 3-11 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | +6 |
| 19 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +3 |
| -- | 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 | -2 |
| 11 | 7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 |
| 18 | 9 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +4 |
113 | 43-88 | 10-26 | 17-22 | 51 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 32 | 17 | ||
49% | 38% | 77% |
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 |
Kody StattmannK. Stattmann #20 |
Jonah AntonioJ. Antonio #6 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 21 | 10 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -16 |
| 29 | 16 | 7-14 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +1 |
| 32 | 22 | 7-15 | 3-8 | 5-6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -13 |
| 28 | 13 | 5-13 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | +3 |
| 28 | 20 | 7-13 | 2-4 | 4-7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -15 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 5 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -8 |
| 16 | 8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +3 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 5 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -2 |
| 14 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +4 |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -12 |
102 | 37-76 | 14-37 | 14-18 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 23 | ||
49% | 38% | 78% |
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
Cairns, QLD
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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