Cairns Taipans vs South East Melbourne Phoenix, 2025–26 Round 15
2025–26 · Round 15 · Wed 31 December 2025
Cairns Convention Centre
Phoenix beat Taipans by 15
South East Melbourne Phoenix beat Cairns Taipans 111–96 at Cairns Convention Centre in Round 15 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Wed 31 December 2025.
Nathan Sobey led all scorers with 31 points for the Phoenix on 10-of-21 shooting, including 5 threes, plus 10 assists and 4 steals; Jack McVeigh had 26 for the Taipans.
Taipans turned it over 21 times to 5.
- 31
- PTS
- 3
- REB
- 10
- AST
- +23
- +/-
10/21 FG · 5/11 3PT · 6/7 FT
Leaders
Points
- SobeySEM31
- McVeighCNS26
- WaardenburgCNS22
Rebounds
- AndrewsCNS7
- WaardenburgCNS6
- McVeighCNS5
Assists
Threes
Team stats
- Field goals 42/8152%
- Threes 10/3132%
- Free throws 17/2471%
The game
- Rebounds 27
- Assists 23
- Turnovers 5
- Steals 15
- Bench points 17
- Biggest lead 15
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. McVeigh | 26 | 5 | 2 | 39:08 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7-10 | 3-5 | 9-11 | -12 | |
| S. Waardenburg | 22 | 6 | 3 | 34:24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8-13 | 0-1 | 6-8 | -14 | |
| A. Andrews | 17 | 7 | 9 | 30:35 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5-13 | 2-6 | 5-6 | -11 | |
| M. King | 14 | 4 | 0 | 24:35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 2-2 | -16 | |
| K. Galloway | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23:17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -18 | |
| M. Lee | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19:57 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | -2 | |
| K. Stattmann | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-4 | +2 | |
| K. Adnam | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -4 | |
| M. Mag | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 96 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 30-56 | 10-23 | 26-35 | |||
| Shooting | 53.6% | 43.5% | 74.3% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Sobey | 31 | 3 | 10 | 33:44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10-21 | 5-11 | 6-7 | +23 | |
| W. Iwundu | 15 | 5 | 2 | 27:53 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7-11 | 1-5 | 0-1 | +13 | |
| J. Brown III | 12 | 3 | 1 | 27:00 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +8 | |
| O. Foxwell | 17 | 5 | 6 | 26:12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 6-8 | +21 | |
| J. Hunter | 19 | 5 | 2 | 26:08 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8-12 | 2-5 | 1-2 | +26 | |
| A. Glover | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:02 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| M. Lewis | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15:53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +5 | |
| I. Clark | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 2-2 | -6 | |
| D. Foster | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7:23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| A. Aliir | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -1 | |
| D. Mitchell | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1:56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -5 |
| Team | 111 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 42-81 | 10-31 | 17-24 | |||
| Shooting | 51.9% | 32.3% | 70.8% |
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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.