NZ Breakers vs Cairns Taipans, 2017–18 Round 1
2017–18 · Round 1 · Sun 8 October 2017
Spark Arena
Recap
Taipans beat Breakers by 11
Cairns Taipans beat NZ Breakers 82–71 at Spark Arena in Round 1 of the 2017–18 NBL season, on Sun 8 October 2017.
Tom Abercrombie led all scorers with 23 points for the Breakers on 8-of-14 shooting, including 4 threes, plus 4 blocks; Dayshon Smith had 18 for the Taipans.
Breakers turned it over 17 times to 7.
Taipans led by as many as 13.
Leaders
Team stats
NZLShootingCNS
- Field goals 29/6743%
- Threes 5/1926%
- Free throws 19/2673%
39%26/66
33%9/27
48%10/21
The game
- Rebounds 34
- Assists 8
- Turnovers 7
- Steals 8
- Bench points 25
- Biggest lead 13
41
12
17
3
13
11
Box score
NZ Breakers71
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Abercrombie | 23 | 6 | 1 | 34:24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8-14 | 4-9 | 3-5 | -8 | |
| E. Sosa | 15 | 2 | 4 | 29:11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6-14 | 3-5 | 0-0 | +1 | |
| D. Newbill | 12 | 4 | 2 | 28:16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 4-5 | -22 | |
| A. Pledger | 2 | 7 | 0 | 18:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -13 | |
| M. Vukona | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15:50 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | +4 | |
| K. Penney | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26:02 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 1-3 | -2 | |
| S. Ili | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19:08 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| F. Delany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14:56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | -12 | |
| R. Loe | 4 | 8 | 2 | 13:04 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 2-2 | +3 | |
| J. Ngatai | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 71 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 26-66 | 9-27 | 10-21 | |||
| Shooting | 39.4% | 33.3% | 47.6% |
Cairns Taipans82
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Smith | 18 | 6 | 2 | 34:47 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 4-4 | +14 | |
| S. Weigh | 17 | 5 | 2 | 32:14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8-13 | 0-3 | 1-2 | +13 | |
| C. Gliddon | 12 | 2 | 3 | 27:30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-11 | 1-5 | 3-3 | +19 | |
| M. McCarron | 8 | 8 | 1 | 24:23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2-10 | 0-1 | 4-6 | +17 | |
| N. Egwu | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12:42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +5 | |
| A. Loughton | 9 | 4 | 0 | 25:11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 4-4 | +6 | |
| J. Evans Jr | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10:46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | -1 | |
| D. Heuir | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10:44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | -6 | |
| J. Weeks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -10 | |
| T. Jackson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7:13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -2 | |
| Team | 82 | 34 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 29-67 | 5-19 | 19-26 | |||
| Shooting | 43.3% | 26.3% | 73.1% |
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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.