NZ Breakers vs Melbourne United, 2025–26 Round 19
2025–26 · Round 19 · Fri 30 January 2026
Spark Arena
Recap
Breakers edge United 97–95
NZ Breakers beat Melbourne United 97–95 at Spark Arena in Round 19 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Fri 30 January 2026.
Karim Lopez led all scorers with 32 points for the Breakers on 11-of-13 shooting, plus 8 rebounds; Jesse Edwards had 23 for the United.
United had 35 bench points to 8.
Breakers led by as many as 10.
Leaders
Points
- LopezNZL32
- Jackson-CartwrightNZL23
- EdwardsMEL23
Rebounds
- EdwardsMEL14
- LopezNZL8
- BrockingtonNZL6
Assists
Threes
Team stats
NZLShootingMEL
- Field goals 37/7549%
- Threes 10/3132%
- Free throws 11/1669%
58%36/62
24%6/25
76%19/25
The game
- Rebounds 34
- Assists 23
- Turnovers 13
- Steals 9
- Bench points 35
- Biggest lead 8
29
17
11
9
8
10
Box score
NZ Breakers97
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Brockington | 16 | 6 | 3 | 35:56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7-12 | 0-3 | 2-4 | +9 | |
| P. Jackson-Cartwright | 23 | 1 | 3 | 34:29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7-11 | 1-4 | 8-9 | +3 | |
| K. Lopez | 32 | 8 | 2 | 29:50 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11-13 | 1-2 | 9-12 | -1 | |
| R. Loe | 10 | 5 | 3 | 26:23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4-8 | 2-6 | 0-0 | +6 | |
| R. Te Rangi | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26:02 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 0-0 | +12 | |
| C. Davison | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13:59 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -10 | |
| S. Bairstow | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11:41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| M. Darling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| T. Webster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| J. Andrew | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3:48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 |
| Team | 97 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 36-62 | 6-25 | 19-25 | |||
| Shooting | 58.1% | 24.0% | 76.0% |
Melbourne United95
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Edwards | 23 | 14 | 1 | 28:47 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10-13 | 0-0 | 3-4 | -2 | |
| F. Delany | 13 | 3 | 4 | 27:56 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 1-3 | -12 | |
| T. Walker | 8 | 0 | 4 | 27:05 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -13 | |
| C. Goulding | 16 | 2 | 2 | 24:50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6-19 | 4-12 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| D. Daniels | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| M. Doyle | 10 | 6 | 9 | 29:23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4-11 | 2-8 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| S. Ili | 11 | 2 | 3 | 15:11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 4-5 | +11 | |
| T. Krebs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +6 | |
| K. Bowen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12:05 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | +10 | |
| F. Krslovic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11:14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | |
| M. Machar | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +4 |
| Team | 95 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 37-75 | 10-31 | 11-16 | |||
| Shooting | 49.3% | 32.3% | 68.8% |
Tap a column heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating.
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.