Cairns Taipans vs NZ Breakers, 2024–25 Round 14
2024–25 · Round 14 · Tue 31 December 2024
Cairns Convention Centre
Breakers rout Taipans by 24
NZ Breakers beat Cairns Taipans 92–68 at Cairns Convention Centre in Round 14 of the 2024–25 NBL season, on Tue 31 December 2024.
Matthew Mooney led all scorers with 23 points for the Breakers on 9-of-14 shooting, including 3 threes, plus 10 assists; Tanner Groves had 21 for the Taipans.
Breakers won the rebounding battle 45–29.
Breakers led by as many as 26.
Leaders
Team stats
- Field goals 35/6455%
- Threes 8/2138%
- Free throws 14/2752%
The game
- Rebounds 45
- Assists 19
- Turnovers 17
- Steals 9
- Bench points 27
- Biggest lead 26
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Waardenburg | 11 | 4 | 3 | 34:23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 3-6 | -15 | |
| T. Groves | 21 | 8 | 1 | 32:31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8-13 | 3-6 | 2-6 | -24 | |
| R. Edwards | 16 | 4 | 2 | 29:17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2-11 | 1-7 | 11-12 | -27 | |
| P. Bradshaw | 4 | 4 | 3 | 26:19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-9 | 1-5 | 1-2 | -22 | |
| T. Armstrong | 2 | 2 | 5 | 25:09 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -14 | |
| K. Galloway | 8 | 3 | 0 | 20:53 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -15 | |
| J. Antonio | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| K. Adnam | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8:05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -1 | |
| A. Higgins-Titsha | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6:05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | +2 | |
| Team | 68 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 20-62 | 9-32 | 19-31 | |||
| Shooting | 32.3% | 28.1% | 61.3% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Mooney | 23 | 3 | 10 | 31:39 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9-14 | 3-5 | 2-4 | +31 | |
| M. McCarron | 8 | 5 | 3 | 26:32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2-3 | +18 | |
| M. King | 6 | 6 | 2 | 25:48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 1-2 | +19 | |
| T. Fall | 21 | 12 | 0 | 16:28 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 3-5 | +8 | |
| J. Bolden | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +11 | |
| M. Darling | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21:56 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | +19 | |
| S. Mennenga | 11 | 5 | 2 | 21:53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 1-3 | +17 | |
| S. Bairstow | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18:32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| K. Lopez | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15:40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 4-7 | +5 | |
| G. Anticevich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | |
| A. McNaught | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Team | 92 | 45 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 35-64 | 8-21 | 14-27 | |||
| Shooting | 54.7% | 38.1% | 51.9% |
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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.