Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018
CAIRNS TAIPANS defeated NEW ZEALAND 81-71 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018. CAIRNS TAIPANS won by a 10-point margin. D.j. Newbill led all scorers with 25 points. CAIRNS TAIPANS shot 41.9% from the field while NEW ZEALAND managed 44.8%. CAIRNS TAIPANS collected 27 rebounds and NEW ZEALAND grabbed 31. This game was played as part of the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018 season in Australia. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
CAIRNS TAIPANS
81 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Cameron Gliddon | 31:02 | 20 | 6/8 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 4/4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| * Jarrad Weeks | 30:51 | 6 | 2/10 | 2/5 | 0/5 | 2/2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 |
| * Mitch Mccarron | 29:32 | 10 | 3/9 | 3/8 | 0/1 | 4/4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| * Alex Loughton | 21:43 | 6 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| * Nnanna Egwu | 18:28 | 4 | 2/8 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Jerry Evans | 24:03 | 11 | 4/7 | 3/4 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Scoochie Smith | 16:26 | 12 | 3/5 | 1/1 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Nathan Jawai | 15:41 | 6 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Damon Heuir | 12:11 | 6 | 1/5 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 3/6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:57 | 81 | 26/62 | 16/38 | 10/24 | 19/23 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 87 |
NEW ZEALAND
71 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * D.j. Newbill | 32:44 | 25 | 10/15 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| * Shea Ili | 27:03 | 14 | 6/14 | 6/10 | 0/4 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| * Thomas Abercrombie | 26:21 | 9 | 2/8 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 4/4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| * Mika Vukona | 21:46 | 5 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| * Robert Loe | 09:57 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Kirk Penney | 20:37 | 6 | 1/5 | 1/1 | 0/4 | 4/4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Finn Delany | 18:13 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Rakeem Christmas | 17:46 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Jordan Ngatai | 17:24 | 6 | 2/5 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Alex Pledger | 08:05 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 71 | 26/58 | 20/38 | 6/20 | 13/14 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 71 |