Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018
NEW ZEALAND lost to CAIRNS TAIPANS 71-82 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018. CAIRNS TAIPANS won by a 11-point margin. Thomas Abercrombie led all scorers with 23 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 39.4% from the field while CAIRNS TAIPANS managed 43.3%. NEW ZEALAND collected 40 rebounds and CAIRNS TAIPANS grabbed 32. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Thomas Abercrombie | 35:53 | 23 | 8/14 | 4/5 | 4/9 | 3/5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| * Edgar Sosa | 31:15 | 15 | 6/14 | 3/9 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| * D.j. Newbill | 24:22 | 12 | 4/10 | 4/8 | 0/2 | 4/5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| * Mika Vukona | 18:13 | 6 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| * Alex Pledger | 16:59 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Kirk Penney | 26:02 | 7 | 2/7 | 0/2 | 2/5 | 1/3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Shea Ili | 19:07 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/4 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 |
| Finn Delany | 14:56 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 |
| Robert Loe | 13:03 | 4 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Jordan Ngatai | 00:06 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 71 | 26/66 | 17/39 | 9/27 | 10/21 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 60 |
CAIRNS TAIPANS
82 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Scoochie Smith | 36:01 | 18 | 6/9 | 4/7 | 2/2 | 4/4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| * Stephen Weigh | 32:47 | 17 | 8/13 | 8/10 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| * Cameron Gliddon | 28:12 | 12 | 4/11 | 3/6 | 1/5 | 3/3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| * Mitch Mccarron | 26:16 | 8 | 2/10 | 2/9 | 0/1 | 4/6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| * Nnanna Egwu | 14:43 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Alex Loughton | 25:11 | 9 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 4/4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Jerry Evans | 10:45 | 6 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Damon Heuir | 10:43 | 5 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jarrad Weeks | 08:07 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Tevin Jackson | 07:12 | 3 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 199:57 | 82 | 29/67 | 24/48 | 5/19 | 19/26 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 79 |