Cairns Taipans vs NZ Breakers, 2017–18 Round 5
2017–18 · Round 5 · Sat 4 November 2017
Cairns Convention Centre
Recap
Breakers edge Taipans 73–70
NZ Breakers beat Cairns Taipans 73–70 at Cairns Convention Centre in Round 5 of the 2017–18 NBL season, on Sat 4 November 2017.
Kirk Penney scored 16 points for the Breakers on 6-of-8 shooting, including 4 threes; Michael Carrera had 16 for the Taipans.
Breakers won the rebounding battle 39–27.
Leaders
Team stats
CNSShootingNZL
- Field goals 24/5742%
- Threes 11/2544%
- Free throws 14/2361%
35%24/68
29%7/24
83%15/18
The game
- Rebounds 39
- Assists 16
- Turnovers 14
- Steals 5
- Bench points 31
- Biggest lead 5
27
14
10
4
29
8
Box score
Cairns Taipans70
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Egwu | 7 | 4 | 2 | 30:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 3-4 | +2 | |
| D. Smith | 12 | 6 | 2 | 25:57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3-11 | 0-3 | 6-7 | +4 | |
| M. Carrera | 16 | 6 | 3 | 20:53 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6-9 | 1-1 | 3-4 | +14 | |
| C. Gliddon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-10 | 1-7 | 0-0 | -3 | |
| S. Weigh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +3 | |
| A. Loughton | 13 | 2 | 2 | 28:17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 3-3 | -13 | |
| M. McCarron | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23:17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -9 | |
| J. Weeks | 10 | 1 | 1 | 16:50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| D. Heuir | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14:44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -9 | |
| C. Patton | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 |
| Team | 70 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 24-68 | 7-24 | 15-18 | |||
| Shooting | 35.3% | 29.2% | 83.3% |
NZ Breakers73
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Sosa | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27:59 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3-9 | 2-7 | 1-2 | +3 | |
| T. Abercrombie | 12 | 4 | 0 | 25:47 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 3-3 | -6 | |
| D. Newbill | 10 | 4 | 4 | 25:07 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 3-4 | +6 | |
| M. Vukona | 10 | 7 | 2 | 22:02 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| A. Pledger | 1 | 8 | 1 | 15:59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-4 | +4 | |
| R. Loe | 2 | 3 | 1 | 23:02 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 2-4 | -3 | |
| K. Penney | 16 | 2 | 0 | 20:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6-8 | 4-4 | 0-0 | +10 | |
| S. Ili | 2 | 5 | 2 | 20:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -2 | |
| F. Delany | 11 | 5 | 1 | 19:09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 2-4 | +4 | |
| Team | 73 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 24-57 | 11-25 | 14-23 | |||
| Shooting | 42.1% | 44.0% | 60.9% |
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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.