Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
NELSON GIANTS lost to WHAI 78-91 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. WHAI won by a 13-point margin. Shane Gatling led all scorers with 23 points. NELSON GIANTS shot 38.2% from the field while WHAI managed 42.9%. NELSON GIANTS collected 41 rebounds and WHAI grabbed 38. This game was played as part of the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025 season in New Zealand. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
NELSON GIANTS
78 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Shane Gatling | 32:55 | 23 | 8/20 | 5/10 | 3/10 | 4/6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
| 5 | * Kruz Perrott-Hunt | 31:44 | 17 | 6/17 | 3/8 | 3/9 | 2/2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | * Tohi Smith-Milner | 25:27 | 8 | 4/11 | 4/8 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 0 | * Alexander Mcnaught | 24:44 | 2 | 0/4 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 77 | * Eemi Luukkonen | 21:24 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 67 | Liam Judd | 25:24 | 9 | 3/8 | 0/1 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Daniel Saylor | 17:16 | 14 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | |
| 1 | Elijah Inwood | 09:13 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | James Matthews | 06:23 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 7 | Rico Varricchio | 02:45 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zach Rampton | 02:45 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 78 | 29/76 | 19/42 | 10/34 | 10/13 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 81 | |
WHAI
91 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Taine Murray | 31:43 | 13 | 4/14 | 2/5 | 2/9 | 3/3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| * Reuben Te Rangi | 31:31 | 17 | 5/13 | 2/4 | 3/9 | 4/5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | |
| * Jordan Ngatai | 29:32 | 14 | 6/9 | 4/5 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | |
| 1 | * Anzac Rissetto | 28:27 | 9 | 3/7 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| * Nicholas Stoddart | 23:51 | 22 | 7/13 | 4/7 | 3/6 | 5/6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | |
| 66 | Jayden Bezzant | 15:35 | 3 | 1/7 | 0/4 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kiani Saxon | 14:38 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Xanda Marsters | 12:58 | 3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 27 | Cole Hopoi | 11:44 | 8 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Team totals | 199:59 | 91 | 30/70 | 16/34 | 14/36 | 17/20 | 29 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 107 | |