Cairns Taipans vs Hunter Pirates, 2005–06 Finals
2005–06 · Finals · Thu 9 February 2006
Cairns Convention Centre
Recap
Taipans beat Pirates 88–80
Cairns Taipans beat Hunter Pirates 88–80 at Cairns Convention Centre in the 2005–06 Finals, on Thu 9 February 2006.
Ben Melmeth led all scorers with 29 points for the Pirates on 13-of-22 shooting, plus 13 rebounds in a double-double; Martin Cattalini had 24 for the Taipans.
Taipans won the rebounding battle 53–43.
Leaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
CNSShootingHUN
- Field goals 30/8237%
- Threes 4/2119%
- Free throws 16/2273%
37%30/81
24%6/25
65%22/34
The game
- Rebounds 43
- Assists 10
- Turnovers 14
- Steals 6
- Bench points 0
53
12
15
7
0
Box score
Cairns Taipans88
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Mee | 10 | 4 | 3 | 42:09 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3-9 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| M. Cattalini | 24 | 18 | 3 | 40:08 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8-20 | 0-4 | 8-11 | 0 | |
| A. Grabau | 2 | 6 | 1 | 33:06 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| G. Boodnikoff | 6 | 3 | 0 | 28:34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3-12 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| A. Stewart | 14 | 3 | 3 | 22:13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3-8 | 3-6 | 5-8 | 0 | |
| C. Burgess | 16 | 7 | 1 | 19:27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 0 | |
| N. Crosswell | 10 | 4 | 1 | 18:16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 0 | |
| M. Thomas | 2 | 5 | 0 | 18:03 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| K. Oakley | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14:55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Smith | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3:09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 88 | 53 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 30-81 | 6-25 | 22-34 | |||
| Shooting | 37.0% | 24.0% | 64.7% |
Hunter Pirates80
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Helms | 16 | 4 | 2 | 39:53 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5-19 | 2-7 | 4-8 | 0 | |
| A. Trahair | 9 | 0 | 1 | 39:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3-12 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| R. Hinder | 14 | 8 | 1 | 38:32 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| B. Melmeth | 29 | 13 | 2 | 37:12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13-22 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| B. Davidson | 4 | 4 | 4 | 35:58 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-9 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| G. Cullen | 4 | 10 | 0 | 21:17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| M. Selwood | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15:13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| J. Morgan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| J. Eversteyn | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1:57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 80 | 43 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 30-82 | 4-21 | 16-22 | |||
| Shooting | 36.6% | 19.0% | 72.7% |
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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.