Cairns Taipans vs South Dragons, 2008–09 Round 1
2008–09 · Round 1 · Sat 13 September 2008
Cairns Convention Centre
Recap
Taipans beat Dragons 98–92
Cairns Taipans beat South Dragons 98–92 at Cairns Convention Centre in Round 1 of the 2008–09 NBL season, on Sat 13 September 2008.
Mark Worthington led all scorers with 23 points for the Dragons on 8-of-17 shooting; Martin Cattalini had 21 for the Taipans.
Taipans made 9 threes to 4.
Leaders
Team stats
CNSShootingSTH
- Field goals 33/7445%
- Threes 4/2119%
- Free throws 22/2976%
44%32/72
39%9/23
66%25/38
The game
- Rebounds 39
- Assists 14
- Turnovers 18
- Steals 5
- Bench points 0
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6
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Box score
Cairns Taipans98
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Thomas | 13 | 8 | 2 | 36:53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6-12 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | |
| D. Mee | 12 | 3 | 3 | 31:11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| M. Cattalini | 21 | 6 | 0 | 30:24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5-17 | 3-7 | 8-10 | 0 | |
| S. Black | 9 | 2 | 2 | 25:22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 0 | |
| I. Crosswhite | 10 | 3 | 1 | 25:04 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0 | |
| L. Abney | 8 | 7 | 0 | 22:57 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| A. Grabau | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22:35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0 | |
| K. Williams | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17:02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| S. Cook | 10 | 0 | 2 | 14:41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0 | |
| G. Boodnikoff | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13:56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 98 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 32-72 | 9-23 | 25-38 | |||
| Shooting | 44.4% | 39.1% | 65.8% |
South Dragons92
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Worthington | 23 | 5 | 1 | 39:08 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8-17 | 0-4 | 7-9 | 0 | |
| T. Darden | 10 | 5 | 0 | 34:08 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 6-8 | 0 | |
| C. Groves | 17 | 4 | 3 | 32:26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 7-10 | 0 | |
| A. Gibson | 3 | 4 | 3 | 31:59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| J. Ingles | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29:27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| N. Horvath | 17 | 11 | 3 | 28:30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8-14 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| M. Burston | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16:17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| R. Carter | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16:02 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| M. Vukona | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12:05 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 92 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 33-74 | 4-21 | 22-29 | |||
| Shooting | 44.6% | 19.0% | 75.9% |
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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.