Brisbane Bullets vs Cairns Taipans, 2023–24 Round 2
2023–24 · Round 2 · Sat 7 October 2023
Nissan Arena
Recap
Taipans edge Bullets 89–86
Cairns Taipans beat Brisbane Bullets 89–86 at Nissan Arena in Round 2 of the 2023–24 NBL season, on Sat 7 October 2023.
Nathan Sobey led all scorers with 31 points for the Bullets on 8-of-22 shooting, including 3 threes; Patrick Miller had 21 for the Taipans.
Taipans turned it over 20 times to 14, and Taipans had 45 bench points to 25.
Leaders
Team stats
BRIShootingCNS
- Field goals 33/6253%
- Threes 9/1850%
- Free throws 14/1974%
42%30/71
25%6/24
83%20/24
The game
- Rebounds 34
- Assists 18
- Turnovers 20
- Steals 5
- Bench points 45
33
17
14
13
25
Box score
Brisbane Bullets86
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. McDaniel | 11 | 8 | 2 | 32:13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 3-3 | -2 | |
| N. Sobey | 31 | 2 | 1 | 31:49 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8-22 | 3-8 | 12-12 | +3 | |
| S. Scott | 4 | 4 | 7 | 27:00 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | -7 | |
| C. Smith | 12 | 3 | 1 | 25:38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5-11 | 2-7 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| A. Baynes | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -1 | |
| T. Harrison | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22:49 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +2 | |
| M. Norton | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18:29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 | |
| I. White | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12:20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-8 | 0-3 | 1-1 | -9 | |
| D. Mitchell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10:59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +2 | |
| R. Zikarsky | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6:08 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -6 | |
| M. Johns | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 |
| Team | 86 | 33 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 30-71 | 6-24 | 20-24 | |||
| Shooting | 42.3% | 25.0% | 83.3% |
Cairns Taipans89
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Miller | 21 | 3 | 5 | 37:14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 9-12 | +5 | |
| S. Waardenburg | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31:52 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +2 | |
| B. Kuol | 11 | 0 | 5 | 28:57 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | +6 | |
| S. Mennenga | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16:14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +6 | |
| L. Mayen | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11:26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-1 | +1 | |
| A. Gak | 13 | 4 | 2 | 23:50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| B. Klintman | 19 | 6 | 0 | 23:38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6-9 | 3-3 | 4-4 | +10 | |
| T. McCall | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17:24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| J. Roberts | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -6 | |
| J. Antonio | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -7 |
| Team | 89 | 34 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 33-62 | 9-18 | 14-19 | |||
| Shooting | 53.2% | 50.0% | 73.7% |
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How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: the whole box-score line (scoring and shooting, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, turnovers and fouls) plus the margin while on court, on a 0–10 scale against every NBL game since 2005–06. 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need five minutes to be rated.