Cairns Taipans @ Brisbane Bullets

Preseason

Cairns TaipansTaipansCNS

0-1

2:24 - 3rd

	1	2	3	4	T
Taipans CNS	20	20	19		59
Bullets BRI	26	26	14		66

Brisbane BulletsBulletsBRI

3-1

On the Court

Taipans

Player	PTS	FG	REB	AST	PF
A. Higgins-Titsha#11F	5	2-2	1	1	0
A. Gak#13F	12	5-7	6	0	2
D. Stith#3F	7	3-5	3	1	2
J. Makoi#9G	3	1-2	1	2	0
K. Stattmann#20G	2	0-0	0	1	0

Bullets

Player	PTS	FG	REB	AST	PF
J. Batemon#5G	4	1-7	1	4	0
R. Zikarsky#11C	2	0-3	5	0	1
J. Bairstow#21F	2	0-0	2	0	0
I. White#2G	9	3-3	1	0	0
M. Norton#8G	3	1-1	1	1	1

Team Stats

CNS

BRI

48% (23-48)

Field Goal %

47% (21-45)

41% (11-27)

Three Point %

29% (4-14)

100% (2-2)

Free Throw %

91% (20-22)

Turnovers

Rebounds

Game Information

Game Leaders

CNS

BRI

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Data is currently unavailable.

Matchups

CNS

Season tied

2-2

BRI

Game 1@ CNS

Final

104

Game 2@ BRI

Final

107

111

Game 3@ BRI

Final

100

Game 4@ CNS

Final

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New Zealand	3	1	.750	-	W3
Melbourne	3	2	.600	0.5	L1
South East Melbourne	3	2	.600	0.5	L1
Cairns	3	3	.500	1	W1
Adelaide	1	1	.500	1	W1
Illawarra	1	1	.500	1	L1
Sydney	1	1	.333	1	W1
Perth	1	2	.333	1.5	L2
Brisbane	1	2	.333	1.5	L2
Tasmania	0	2	.000	2	W1

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