NZ Breakers vs Cairns Taipans, 2014–15 Grand Final · Game 2
2014–15 · Grand Final · Game 2 · Sun 8 March 2015
North Shore Events Centre
Recap
Breakers win the 2014–15 NBL championship
NZ Breakers beat Cairns Taipans 83–81 at North Shore Events Centre in Game 2 of the 2014–15 Grand Final, on Sun 8 March 2015.
Tom Abercrombie led all scorers with 19 points for the Breakers on 7-of-12 shooting; Cameron Tragardh had 17 for the Taipans.
Taipans made 10 threes to 5, and Taipans had 43 bench points to 15.
Grand Final series
2014–15 finalsLeaders
Points
- AbercrombieNZL19
- TragardhCNS17
- GliddonCNS16
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
- CraigCNS4
- GliddonCNS4
- AbercrombieNZL2
Team stats
NZLShootingCNS
- Field goals 31/7442%
- Threes 10/2737%
- Free throws 9/1560%
45%34/75
31%5/16
71%10/14
The game
- Rebounds 39
- Assists 13
- Turnovers 12
- Steals 2
- Bench points 43
- Biggest lead 6
34
18
8
10
15
8
Box score
NZ Breakers83
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Jackson | 15 | 6 | 7 | 34:00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6-17 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| T. Abercrombie | 19 | 3 | 0 | 33:00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7-12 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| C. Webster | 11 | 1 | 3 | 27:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Vukona | 9 | 8 | 2 | 25:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | |
| E. Ibekwe | 14 | 4 | 0 | 24:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | |
| T. Wesley | 12 | 5 | 2 | 23:00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| R. Carter | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| A. Pledger | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| R. Te Rangi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 83 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 34-75 | 5-16 | 10-14 | |||
| Shooting | 45.3% | 31.3% | 71.4% |
Cairns Taipans81
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Gliddon | 16 | 4 | 3 | 33:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6-12 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| S. Wilbekin | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32:00 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4-15 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| A. Loughton | 4 | 6 | 0 | 17:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| S. Weigh | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| M. Burston | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| C. Tragardh | 17 | 5 | 0 | 29:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8-17 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0 | |
| T. Craig | 16 | 5 | 2 | 25:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6-12 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| S. Bruce | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Young | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| Team | 81 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 31-74 | 10-27 | 9-15 | |||
| Shooting | 41.9% | 37.0% | 60.0% |
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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.