NZ Breakers vs Cairns Taipans, 2010–11 Grand Final · Game 3
2010–11 · Grand Final · Game 3 · Fri 29 April 2011
North Shore Events Centre
Recap
Breakers win the 2010–11 NBL championship
NZ Breakers beat Cairns Taipans 71–53 at North Shore Events Centre in Game 3 of the 2010–11 Grand Final, on Fri 29 April 2011.
CJ Bruton scored 14 points for the Breakers on 5-of-10 shooting, including 4 threes; Dusty Rychart had 14 for the Taipans.
Breakers had 60 bench points to 38.
Grand Final series
2010–11 finals- Game 1NZ Breakers85Cairns Taipans67
- Game 2Cairns Taipans85NZ Breakers81
- Game 3NZ Breakers71Cairns Taipans53
Leaders
Points
Rebounds
- AbercrombieNZL10
- VukonaNZL10
- RychartCNS10
Assists
- HenareNZL4
- CrosswhiteCNS4
- UbakaCNS3
Threes
- BrutonNZL4
- PenneyNZL2
- CrosswhiteCNS1
Team stats
NZLShootingCNS
- Field goals 21/6831%
- Threes 2/258%
- Free throws 9/1275%
38%24/64
32%6/19
71%17/24
The game
- Rebounds 36
- Assists 15
- Turnovers 18
- Steals 6
- Bench points 38
43
14
15
11
60
Box score
NZ Breakers71
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Abercrombie | 7 | 10 | 2 | 30:22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| P. Henare | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22:41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| C. Webster | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| B. Anthony | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| J. Bloxham | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| K. Penney | 11 | 5 | 1 | 31:00 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 3-5 | 0 | |
| G. Wilkinson | 13 | 6 | 2 | 24:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-11 | 0-1 | 7-8 | 0 | |
| K. Braswell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22:18 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| C. Bruton | 14 | 1 | 2 | 21:36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5-10 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Vukona | 9 | 10 | 2 | 16:44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| A. Pledger | 9 | 6 | 0 | 14:17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0 | |
| D. Boucher | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 71 | 43 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 24-64 | 6-19 | 17-24 | |||
| Shooting | 37.5% | 31.6% | 70.8% |
Cairns Taipans53
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Ubaka | 7 | 0 | 3 | 36:45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-13 | 0-5 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| R. Dorsey | 4 | 8 | 3 | 35:42 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2-13 | 0-8 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| P. Jones | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15:17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | |
| A. Grabau | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8:47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Brebner | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| D. Rychart | 14 | 10 | 1 | 29:50 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| A. Loughton | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26:30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2-10 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| D. Dillon | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19:49 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| I. Crosswhite | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16:27 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| L. TAIT | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8:15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 53 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 21-68 | 2-25 | 9-12 | |||
| Shooting | 30.9% | 8.0% | 75.0% |
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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.