Cairns Taipans vs Brisbane Bullets, 2025–26 Round 16
2025–26 · Round 16 · Mon 12 January 2026
Cairns Convention Centre
Recap
Taipans beat Bullets 88–83
Cairns Taipans beat Brisbane Bullets 88–83 at Cairns Convention Centre in Round 16 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Mon 12 January 2026.
Hunter Maldonado led all scorers with 31 points for the Bullets on 9-of-16 shooting; Jack McVeigh had 25 for the Taipans.
Taipans led by as many as 16.
Leaders
Team stats
CNSShootingBRI
- Field goals 29/6445%
- Threes 3/1619%
- Free throws 22/3073%
53%36/68
30%7/23
75%9/12
The game
- Rebounds 30
- Assists 12
- Turnovers 10
- Steals 7
- Bench points 9
- Biggest lead 0
29
23
12
8
10
16
Box score
Cairns Taipans88
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. McVeigh | 25 | 6 | 6 | 40:00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11-18 | 1-2 | 2-3 | +5 | |
| A. Andrews | 18 | 2 | 13 | 32:59 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5-13 | 3-8 | 5-5 | +4 | |
| K. Galloway | 19 | 5 | 1 | 24:53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8-11 | 2-4 | 1-1 | +15 | |
| S. Waardenburg | 13 | 3 | 1 | 21:38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +12 | |
| M. King | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20:44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1-1 | +9 | |
| K. Stattmann | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20:57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-11 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| M. Lee | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18:42 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -3 | |
| A. Schofield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -14 | |
| L. Barker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6:59 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +1 | |
| Team | 88 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 36-68 | 7-23 | 9-12 | |||
| Shooting | 52.9% | 30.4% | 75.0% |
Brisbane Bullets83
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Taylor | 22 | 8 | 1 | 38:30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10-20 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -6 | |
| M. Norton | 6 | 5 | 2 | 36:29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 4-6 | -2 | |
| H. Maldonado | 31 | 6 | 5 | 32:44 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9-16 | 0-3 | 13-18 | +2 | |
| A. Ducas | 7 | 4 | 0 | 31:30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -7 | |
| J. Holt | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22:57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +2 | |
| T. Smith-Milner | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18:35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -6 | |
| T. Murray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | |
| T. Devers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| Team | 83 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 29-64 | 3-16 | 22-30 | |||
| Shooting | 45.3% | 18.8% | 73.3% |
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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.