Gold Coast Blaze vs Cairns Taipans, 2008–09 Round 1
2008–09 · Round 1 · Fri 19 September 2008
Gold Coast Convention Centre
Recap
Taipans beat Blaze by 10
Cairns Taipans beat Gold Coast Blaze 85–75 at Gold Coast Convention Centre in Round 1 of the 2008–09 NBL season, on Fri 19 September 2008.
Stephen Black led all scorers with 18 points for the Taipans on 7-of-11 shooting; Casey FRANK had 17 for the Blaze.
Blaze won the rebounding battle 42–33, and Blaze turned it over 22 times to 14.
Leaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
GCBShootingCNS
- Field goals 31/7144%
- Threes 5/1828%
- Free throws 18/2669%
43%28/65
26%5/19
58%14/24
The game
- Rebounds 33
- Assists 19
- Turnovers 14
- Steals 7
- Bench points 0
42
22
22
7
0
Box score
Gold Coast Blaze75
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Heal | 7 | 6 | 4 | 41:03 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3-12 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| J. Hawkins | 12 | 8 | 3 | 39:32 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0 | |
| C. FRANK | 17 | 9 | 5 | 33:23 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 4-6 | 0 | |
| J. Harvey | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31:20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| S. McGregor | 5 | 6 | 6 | 29:32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 3-6 | 0 | |
| D. Joyce | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23:44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| P. Cameron | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13:17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| B. Melmeth | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| G. Vanderjagt | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9:53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | |
| T. Demos | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7:53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 75 | 42 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 27 | 28-65 | 5-19 | 14-24 | |||
| Shooting | 43.1% | 26.3% | 58.3% |
Cairns Taipans85
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Cattalini | 13 | 3 | 6 | 35:59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-13 | 1-2 | 6-8 | 0 | |
| D. Mee | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35:50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0 | |
| S. Black | 18 | 4 | 2 | 34:38 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7-11 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| D. Thomas | 12 | 7 | 1 | 31:56 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5-13 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0 | |
| L. Abney | 17 | 5 | 1 | 31:11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| A. Grabau | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20:24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| I. Crosswhite | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16:50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | |
| G. Boodnikoff | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15:51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0 | |
| S. Cook | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | |
| D. Vale | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 85 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 31-71 | 5-18 | 18-26 | |||
| Shooting | 43.7% | 27.8% | 69.2% |
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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.