Brisbane Bullets vs Cairns Taipans, 2025–26 Round 20
2025–26 · Round 20 · Sun 8 February 2026
Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Taipans beat Bullets 81–72
Cairns Taipans beat Brisbane Bullets 81–72 at Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Round 20 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Sun 8 February 2026.
Terry Taylor led all scorers with 25 points for the Bullets on 12-of-22 shooting, plus 9 rebounds; Jack McVeigh had 22 for the Taipans.
Bullets won the rebounding battle 48–39, and Taipans made 8 threes to 3.
Taipans led by as many as 12.
Leaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
- Field goals 28/6444%
- Threes 8/2928%
- Free throws 17/2085%
The game
- Rebounds 39
- Assists 21
- Turnovers 11
- Steals 2
- Bench points 27
- Biggest lead 12
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. Maldonado | 13 | 10 | 0 | 36:18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5-15 | 1-5 | 2-4 | -4 | |
| T. Taylor | 25 | 9 | 2 | 36:14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12-22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| A. Ducas | 11 | 2 | 3 | 31:08 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-18 | 1-5 | 2-5 | -11 | |
| J. Holt | 13 | 11 | 2 | 29:14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6-15 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -9 | |
| M. Norton | 2 | 6 | 4 | 25:56 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +10 | |
| T. Murray | 4 | 6 | 3 | 26:05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -20 | |
| T. Smith-Milner | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15:11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| Team | 72 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 32-90 | 3-24 | 5-11 | |||
| Shooting | 35.6% | 12.5% | 45.5% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Andrews | 12 | 6 | 10 | 36:44 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4-14 | 2-5 | 2-2 | +8 | |
| J. McVeigh | 22 | 5 | 1 | 36:41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7-18 | 4-11 | 4-4 | +10 | |
| M. King | 13 | 11 | 1 | 32:38 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 1-2 | +1 | |
| K. Galloway | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13:50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-6 | 0-4 | 1-1 | -2 | |
| R. Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +2 | |
| K. Stattmann | 15 | 4 | 3 | 28:24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6-9 | 0-2 | 3-3 | +8 | |
| M. Lee | 8 | 9 | 2 | 25:35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | +11 | |
| A. Schofield | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16:08 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +8 | |
| L. Barker | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4:26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -1 |
| Team | 81 | 39 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 28-64 | 8-29 | 17-20 | |||
| Shooting | 43.8% | 27.6% | 85.0% |
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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.