Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2026-2027
MELBOURNE UNITED lost to CAIRNS TAIPANS 95-107 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2026-2027. CAIRNS TAIPANS won by a 12-point margin. Cole Anthony led all scorers with 40 points. MELBOURNE UNITED shot 42.7% from the field while CAIRNS TAIPANS managed 46.5%. MELBOURNE UNITED collected 42 rebounds and CAIRNS TAIPANS grabbed 32. This game was played as part of the AUSTRALIA NBL 2026-2027 season in Australia. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
MELBOURNE UNITED
95 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | BLR | PF | PFR | EFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | * Josh Oduro | 30:01 | 11 | █▊.█ | ▊█.▊ | ▌▊.▊ | ▒▒.▋ | █▊.▉ | ▊▊.▓ | ▒▓.▒ | █▊.█ | ▓▊.▓ | ▌▋.▓ | ▓▌.▊ | ▊▓.█ | ▌█.▋ | 21 |
| 3 | * Cole Anthony | 29:02 | 40 | ▒▋.▋ | █▒.▊ | ▌▓.▊ | ▉▊.█ | ██.▊ | ▌▓.▉ | ▌▊.▋ | ▋▓.▓ | █▌.▉ | ▒▒.▊ | ▓█.▉ | ▊▓.▓ | ▊▉.█ | 28 |
| 23 | * Luke Travers | 26:57 | 10 | █▒.▊ | █▓.█ | █▓.▒ | ▌▊.█ | ▓▊.█ | ▋▓.▒ | █▌.▓ | █▉.▊ | ▌▓.▓ | █▌.█ | ▌█.█ | ▉▌.▌ | ▉▒.▋ | 12 |
| 21 | * Samuel Waardenburg | 24:25 | 4 | ▉▌.█ | ▉▋.▒ | ▉▋.▌ | ▊▉.█ | ▓▓.▊ | ▓█.█ | ▒▌.▌ | ▊█.█ | ▉▓.▉ | ▒▓.▒ | ▊▋.█ | ▒▓.▌ | █▒.▉ | 1 |
| 9 | * Malith Machar | 14:25 | 14 | ▋▉.▊ | ▒█.█ | ▉█.▊ | ▒█.▉ | ██.▓ | ▌█.▓ | ▉▒.▊ | ▓▓.█ | ▓▓.▓ | ▒▓.▓ | ▌▊.█ | ▉▉.█ | ▊▌.▊ | 11 |
| 7 | Joe Ingles | 24:33 | 8 | ▊▊.▓ | ▋▋.▒ | ▓▉.▓ | ██.▋ | ▉█.▊ | ▌█.▊ | █▓.▌ | ▒▓.▓ | ▉▊.▌ | ▉▉.▊ | ▌▉.▓ | ▌▋.▉ | ▌▓.▋ | 9 |
| 51 | Shea Ili | 17:14 | 2 | ▒▋.▉ | ▒▌.▌ | █▒.█ | ▒▒.▉ | ▋▓.█ | ▊▒.▓ | ▊▊.▋ | ▉▌.▋ | ▊▒.▊ | ▓█.▉ | ▊█.▓ | ▓▉.▒ | ▋▒.▉ | 3 |
| 15 | Kyle Bowen | 13:50 | 4 | ▌▊.▓ | ▒▉.▌ | ▋▊.▊ | ▌▌.█ | ▌▊.█ | ▓▌.▋ | ▋▊.▒ | ▌▊.▓ | ▒▌.▓ | ██.▉ | ▌▓.▓ | ▓▋.▓ | ▌▒.▌ | 5 |
| 12 | Thomas Wilson | 11:12 | 2 | ▒▉.▊ | ▊▌.▒ | ▋▌.▌ | ▒▉.▌ | ▓█.▊ | ▋█.▋ | ██.▌ | ▉▒.▒ | ▌▌.▌ | ▋█.▊ | █▊.▌ | ▓▌.▊ | ▌█.▒ | -2 |
| 18 | Fabijan Krslovic | 08:21 | 0 | ▉▌.▌ | ▊▓.▌ | ▋█.▒ | ▊▓.▉ | ▒▒.▋ | ▋▊.▌ | ▉█.▓ | ▊▋.▓ | █▓.▌ | ▒▌.█ | █▒.▊ | ▋█.▋ | ▊▌.▋ | 4 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 95 | ▉▓.▓ | ▉█.▓ | █▌.▒ | ▓█.▓ | ██.▒ | ▉▌.█ | █▌.▒ | ▉▋.▌ | ▒▊.█ | ▌█.█ | █▓.▓ | ▉▉.▓ | ▋█.▌ | 92 | |
CAIRNS TAIPANS
107 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | RDef | ROff | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | BLR | PF | PFR | EFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | * Jack Mcveigh | 36:45 | 20 | ▒▓.▌ | ██.▓ | █▒.▉ | ▋▋.▋ | ▊▉.█ | ▉▌.▓ | ▌▓.▋ | ▓▉.▉ | ▋▋.▊ | ▉▊.▋ | ▋▒.▓ | ▓▊.▋ | ▉▒.▌ | 18 |
| 2 | * Reyne Smith | 30:42 | 21 | ▓▒.▋ | █▓.▉ | █▌.█ | ▒█.▓ | ▒▓.█ | █▌.▊ | ▓▊.▒ | ▌▊.▓ | █▋.█ | ▌▋.▓ | ▒▋.▓ | ▌█.▊ | █▓.▓ | 24 |
| 3 | * Jaylon Brown | 29:01 | 20 | ▌▊.▊ | █▋.▓ | ▋▓.▋ | █▋.▌ | ▊▉.▒ | ▊█.▊ | ▊▒.▒ | ▋▊.▌ | ▋▋.▊ | ▌▉.▒ | ▊▓.▌ | ▌▌.▋ | ▉▉.▋ | 17 |
| 25 | * Keanu Pinder | 26:56 | 27 | ▒█.▌ | ▓▓.▉ | ▋█.▌ | ▌▊.▓ | ▊▓.█ | ▌▋.▊ | ▒▋.▌ | ▊█.█ | ▋▊.▒ | ▊▓.▊ | ▓█.▉ | ▓▓.▒ | ▌█.▊ | 30 |
| 33 | * Malique Lewis | 26:26 | 9 | ▒▒.▋ | ▒▊.▒ | █▌.▓ | ▋▋.▒ | ▋▊.▉ | ▉▒.█ | ▌▋.▒ | ▒▊.▉ | ▉▓.▒ | █▉.█ | ▋▒.█ | ▊█.▒ | ▉▌.▓ | 17 |
| 43 | Jonah Bolden | 22:29 | 9 | ▋█.▒ | ▓▌.█ | ▓▒.▒ | ▋▒.▋ | ▋▓.▓ | ▌▉.▊ | ▋▒.▌ | ▌▊.▌ | ▓▓.▌ | ▋▒.█ | ▉▓.▌ | ▊▌.▒ | ▌▒.▋ | 17 |
| 14 | Kyrin Galloway | 15:15 | 1 | ▌▊.▉ | ▒▋.█ | ▌▓.█ | ▌▉.█ | ▉▊.▋ | ▊▋.▋ | ▒▒.▌ | ▒▓.▉ | ▒▉.▉ | ▒▉.▉ | █▒.█ | ▌▉.█ | ▌▊.▋ | 2 |
| 44 | Sunday Dech | 09:26 | 0 | ▉▒.▌ | █▉.▌ | ██.▒ | ▋▌.▌ | ▉▓.▉ | ▉▉.▉ | ▊▊.█ | ▊█.▌ | ▓▊.█ | ▊▓.▋ | ▌▓.▓ | ▒▒.▋ | ▋▋.▓ | 0 |
| 22 | Walter Brown | 03:00 | 0 | ██.█ | ▊▓.▋ | ▌▋.▒ | █▊.▒ | ▌▊.▓ | ▌█.▌ | ▊▉.▉ | ▒▓.█ | ▋▒.▉ | ▌▌.▉ | ▒▓.▋ | ▓▓.▓ | █▌.▉ | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 107 | ▉█.█ | ▋▓.▓ | ▒▊.▒ | ▌█.▌ | ▊█.▌ | █▊.▋ | ▓▉.▒ | ▌▊.▉ | █▌.▊ | ▒█.▌ | ██.▌ | ▓▉.▊ | ▓▋.█ | 124 | |