Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018
NEW ZEALAND defeated CAIRNS TAIPANS 82-69 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018. NEW ZEALAND won by a 13-point margin. Edgar Sosa led all scorers with 19 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 43.9% from the field while CAIRNS TAIPANS managed 32.4%. NEW ZEALAND collected 39 rebounds and CAIRNS TAIPANS grabbed 41. 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
82 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 | 31:24 | 12 | 4/8 | 2/6 | 2/2 | 2/4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| * Edgar Sosa | 29:48 | 19 | 6/11 | 1/3 | 5/8 | 2/4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| * Robert Loe | 25:27 | 7 | 2/8 | 2/5 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| * Thomas Abercrombie | 23:47 | 16 | 5/7 | 3/3 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
| * Mika Vukona | 21:57 | 5 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Shea Ili | 22:35 | 5 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Kirk Penney | 16:54 | 11 | 3/9 | 2/6 | 1/3 | 4/5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Finn Delany | 14:25 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Pledger | 13:39 | 5 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 82 | 25/57 | 15/36 | 10/21 | 22/31 | 31 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 102 |
CAIRNS TAIPANS
69 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Mitch Mccarron | 37:40 | 5 | 1/6 | 0/3 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| * Cameron Gliddon | 27:06 | 15 | 5/12 | 2/6 | 3/6 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| * Jarrad Weeks | 26:09 | 15 | 5/13 | 2/6 | 3/7 | 2/4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| * Alex Loughton | 21:05 | 0 | 0/9 | 0/2 | 0/7 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -6 |
| * Nnanna Egwu | 19:19 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Jerry Evans | 25:00 | 17 | 5/9 | 3/4 | 2/5 | 5/6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Scoochie Smith | 21:54 | 8 | 4/8 | 4/5 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Nathan Jawai | 14:35 | 5 | 1/7 | 1/7 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Damon Heuir | 07:08 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 69 | 23/71 | 14/39 | 9/32 | 14/19 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 76 |