Cairns Taipans vs Melbourne United, 2025–26 Round 21
2025–26 · Round 21 · Thu 12 February 2026
Cairns Convention Centre
Recap
United beat Taipans 89–85
Melbourne United beat Cairns Taipans 89–85 at Cairns Convention Centre in Round 21 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Thu 12 February 2026.
Jack McVeigh scored 25 points for the Taipans on 7-of-17 shooting, plus 8 rebounds; Milton Doyle had 25 for the United.
United had 50 bench points to 22.
Leaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
CNSShootingMEL
- Field goals 34/8440%
- Threes 9/3129%
- Free throws 12/1675%
42%27/64
30%8/27
79%23/29
The game
- Rebounds 41
- Assists 18
- Turnovers 10
- Steals 8
- Bench points 50
- Biggest lead 5
38
19
14
6
22
10
Box score
Cairns Taipans85
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. McVeigh | 25 | 8 | 4 | 40:00 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7-17 | 1-8 | 10-11 | -4 | |
| A. Andrews | 9 | 9 | 7 | 33:23 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2-11 | 1-4 | 4-6 | -2 | |
| M. King | 13 | 4 | 1 | 31:50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 3-4 | -9 | |
| R. Smith | 11 | 3 | 0 | 23:23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4-11 | 3-9 | 0-0 | +10 | |
| K. Galloway | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11:38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | +4 | |
| M. Lee | 10 | 8 | 2 | 28:23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -8 | |
| K. Stattmann | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18:50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| L. Barker | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12:41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 3-3 | -7 | |
| Team | 85 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 27-64 | 8-27 | 23-29 | |||
| Shooting | 42.2% | 29.6% | 79.3% |
Melbourne United89
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Walker | 17 | 1 | 2 | 25:08 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6-14 | 2-6 | 3-4 | -3 | |
| F. Delany | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24:38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | -6 | |
| C. Goulding | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19:53 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-12 | 0-6 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| J. Edwards | 9 | 13 | 0 | 19:14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | +8 | |
| D. Daniels | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8:12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Doyle | 25 | 3 | 1 | 28:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10-22 | 4-9 | 1-1 | +5 | |
| F. Krslovic | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 1-1 | -4 | |
| T. Krebs | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | +8 | |
| K. Bowen | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13:51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | +7 | |
| T. Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| S. Ili | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6:53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 | |
| M. Machar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 | |
| T. Koppens | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Team | 89 | 41 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 34-84 | 9-31 | 12-16 | |||
| Shooting | 40.5% | 29.0% | 75.0% |
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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.