NZ Breakers vs Cairns Taipans, 2010–11 Grand Final · Game 1
2010–11 · Grand Final · Game 1 · Wed 20 April 2011
North Shore Events Centre
Breakers take Game 1 of the 2010–11 Grand Final
NZ Breakers beat Cairns Taipans 85–67 at North Shore Events Centre in Game 1 of the 2010–11 Grand Final, on Wed 20 April 2011.
Kirk Penney led all scorers with 25 points for the Breakers on 9-of-17 shooting, including 4 threes, plus 8 rebounds; Ian Crosswhite had 15 for the Taipans.
Breakers won the rebounding battle 38–29, and Taipans turned it over 17 times to 8.
Grand Final series
2010–11 finals- Game 1NZ Breakers85Cairns Taipans67
- Game 2Cairns Taipans85NZ Breakers81
- Game 3NZ Breakers71Cairns Taipans53
Leaders
Points
- PenneyNZL25
- CrosswhiteCNS15
- WilkinsonNZL15
Rebounds
- PenneyNZL8
- RychartCNS8
- AbercrombieNZL6
Assists
- PenneyNZL4
- AbercrombieNZL3
- BoucherNZL3
Threes
Team stats
- Field goals 22/5441%
- Threes 7/1741%
- Free throws 16/2176%
The game
- Rebounds 29
- Assists 12
- Turnovers 17
- Steals 5
- Bench points 67
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Penney | 25 | 8 | 4 | 30:51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9-17 | 4-8 | 3-3 | 0 | |
| C. Bruton | 8 | 1 | 0 | 27:02 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-11 | 2-9 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| T. Abercrombie | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25:11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0 | |
| K. Braswell | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23:40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| A. Pledger | 13 | 4 | 1 | 19:50 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| M. Vukona | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18:44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| D. Boucher | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18:01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| P. Henare | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16:19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| G. Wilkinson | 15 | 4 | 1 | 15:25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| C. Webster | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| B. Anthony | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1:16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| J. Bloxham | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 85 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 32-76 | 8-24 | 13-16 | |||
| Shooting | 42.1% | 33.3% | 81.3% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Crosswhite | 15 | 6 | 1 | 28:40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 0 | |
| D. Rychart | 12 | 8 | 0 | 24:54 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| A. Ubaka | 12 | 1 | 3 | 24:53 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| A. Loughton | 0 | 5 | 3 | 24:03 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| R. Dorsey | 12 | 2 | 1 | 23:56 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 5-6 | 0 | |
| P. Jones | 14 | 3 | 1 | 20:00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5-10 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Dillon | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| A. Grabau | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16:03 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| L. TAIT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:06 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Brebner | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 67 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 22-54 | 7-17 | 16-21 | |||
| Shooting | 40.7% | 41.2% | 76.2% |
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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.