NZ Breakers vs Cairns Taipans, 2023–24 Round 1
2023–24 · Round 1 · Sat 30 September 2023
Spark Arena
Recap
Breakers beat Taipans by 11
NZ Breakers beat Cairns Taipans 98–87 at Spark Arena in Round 1 of the 2023–24 NBL season, on Sat 30 September 2023.
Parker Jackson-Cartwright led all scorers with 25 points for the Breakers on 10-of-17 shooting, plus 8 assists and 6 steals; Sam Mennenga had 17 for the Taipans.
Breakers made 12 threes to 7.
Player of the game
NZ Breakers
- 25
- PTS
- 4
- REB
- 8
- AST
- +15
- +/-
10/17 FG · 2/5 3PT · 3/4 FT
Leaders
Points
- Jackson-CartwrightNZL25
- DelanyNZL18
- MennengaCNS17
Rebounds
Assists
- Jackson-CartwrightNZL8
- MillerCNS6
- Le'AfaNZL4
Threes
Team stats
NZLShootingCNS
- Field goals 33/6055%
- Threes 7/2035%
- Free throws 14/1878%
57%36/63
43%12/28
88%14/16
The game
- Rebounds 27
- Assists 13
- Turnovers 21
- Steals 13
- Bench points 25
25
17
16
13
24
Box score
NZ Breakers98
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Jackson-Cartwright | 25 | 4 | 8 | 29:57 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10-17 | 2-5 | 3-4 | +15 | |
| F. Delany | 18 | 2 | 0 | 29:07 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6-11 | 4-7 | 2-2 | -8 | |
| J. Jessup | 15 | 2 | 3 | 28:19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6-10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | +13 | |
| Z. Cheatham | 11 | 3 | 0 | 27:09 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 6-6 | +14 | |
| T. Abercrombie | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21:27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | +4 | |
| I. Le'Afa | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26:41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | +5 | |
| M. Mathiang | 11 | 5 | 0 | 21:50 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +15 | |
| C. Gliddon | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13:25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | +2 | |
| D. Pineau | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1:24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| D. Fotu | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 |
| A. McNaught | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Team | 98 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 36-63 | 12-28 | 14-16 | |||
| Shooting | 57.1% | 42.9% | 87.5% |
Cairns Taipans87
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Miller | 15 | 5 | 6 | 34:46 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 5-6 | -11 | |
| S. Mennenga | 17 | 4 | 1 | 29:04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7-11 | 1-3 | 2-3 | +2 | |
| S. Waardenburg | 12 | 3 | 2 | 28:46 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5-8 | 1-4 | 1-1 | -12 | |
| L. Mayen | 11 | 6 | 0 | 23:32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| B. Kuol | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22:09 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 3-3 | -8 | |
| A. Gak | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22:12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | -12 | |
| B. Klintman | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20:19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 1-2 | -5 | |
| J. Antonio | 9 | 1 | 0 | 14:41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| A. Mudronja | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 |
| Team | 87 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 33-60 | 7-20 | 14-18 | |||
| Shooting | 55.0% | 35.0% | 77.8% |
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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.