Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2024-2025
CAIRNS TAIPANS lost to MELBOURNE UNITED 66-76 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2024-2025. MELBOURNE UNITED won by a 10-point margin. Tanner Groves led all scorers with 20 points. CAIRNS TAIPANS shot 34.9% from the field while MELBOURNE UNITED managed 38.7%. CAIRNS TAIPANS collected 28 rebounds and MELBOURNE UNITED grabbed 53. This game was played as part of the AUSTRALIA NBL 2024-2025 season in Australia. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
CAIRNS TAIPANS
66 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Taran Armstrong | 32:54 | 4 | 1/9 | 0/3 | 1/6 | 1/5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| * Tanner Groves | 32:16 | 20 | 7/10 | 4/7 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 |
| * Rob Edwards | 27:46 | 6 | 2/12 | 2/7 | 0/5 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| * Samuel Waardenburg | 25:21 | 7 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 5/6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| * Pedro Bradshaw | 16:57 | 4 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyrin Galloway | 20:00 | 5 | 2/7 | 1/2 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Alex Higgins-Titsha | 17:26 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Adnam | 15:04 | 12 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Jonah Antonio | 12:16 | 6 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 66 | 22/63 | 13/31 | 9/32 | 13/21 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 56 |
MELBOURNE UNITED
76 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Matthew Dellavedova | 28:18 | 7 | 2/8 | 1/3 | 1/5 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| * Jack White | 27:11 | 14 | 5/8 | 4/4 | 1/4 | 3/4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| * Chris Goulding | 24:58 | 19 | 6/17 | 2/4 | 4/13 | 3/5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| * Marcus Lee | 20:14 | 8 | 4/7 | 4/7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| * Shea Ili | 16:02 | 4 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Ian Clark | 23:16 | 12 | 6/11 | 6/10 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Robert Loe | 19:46 | 4 | 2/8 | 2/3 | 0/5 | 0/0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Flynn Cameron | 16:30 | 1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Bowen | 12:49 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tanner Krebs | 10:56 | 7 | 3/7 | 2/3 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 76 | 29/75 | 22/37 | 7/38 | 11/15 | 38 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 86 |