NZ Breakers vs Perth Wildcats, 2025–26 Round 2
2025–26 · Round 2 · Sat 27 September 2025
Spark Arena
Recap
Wildcats beat Breakers by 11
Perth Wildcats beat NZ Breakers 89–78 at Spark Arena in Round 2 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Sat 27 September 2025.
Jo Lual-Acuil Jr led all scorers with 21 points for the Wildcats on 7-of-11 shooting, plus 8 rebounds and 4 blocks; Parker Jackson-Cartwright had 18 for the Breakers.
Wildcats won the rebounding battle 48–39.
Leaders
Points
- Lual-Acuil JrPER21
- WindlerPER20
- Jackson-CartwrightNZL18
Rebounds
- WindlerPER15
- Lual-Acuil JrPER8
- LopezNZL7
Assists
- Jackson-CartwrightNZL5
- Le'AfaNZL3
- DoolittlePER3
Threes
Team stats
NZLShootingPER
- Field goals 30/7441%
- Threes 6/3517%
- Free throws 23/2882%
36%26/73
26%8/31
82%18/22
The game
- Rebounds 48
- Assists 14
- Turnovers 12
- Steals 9
- Bench points 26
- Biggest lead 11
39
15
12
5
27
12
Box score
NZ Breakers78
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Jackson-Cartwright | 18 | 2 | 5 | 32:24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7-18 | 0-5 | 4-5 | -6 | |
| K. Lopez | 16 | 7 | 1 | 28:14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4-12 | 2-4 | 6-7 | -16 | |
| S. Mennenga | 8 | 7 | 2 | 23:05 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| R. Te Rangi | 4 | 5 | 1 | 19:27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 4-4 | -8 | |
| I. Brockington | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18:29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -5 | |
| I. Le'Afa | 14 | 1 | 3 | 21:32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| R. Loe | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16:57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -6 | |
| R. Baker II | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 2-2 | -7 | |
| S. Bairstow | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +10 | |
| M. Darling | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| T. Britt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7:08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | |
| C. Davison | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3:35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Team | 78 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 26-73 | 8-31 | 18-22 | |||
| Shooting | 35.6% | 25.8% | 81.8% |
Perth Wildcats89
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Lual-Acuil Jr | 21 | 8 | 1 | 33:23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 7-10 | +17 | |
| K. Doolittle | 16 | 6 | 3 | 32:44 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 3-3 | +15 | |
| D. Windler | 20 | 15 | 2 | 30:12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7-13 | 2-5 | 4-5 | +13 | |
| M. Jones | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21:05 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-8 | 0-7 | 2-2 | -5 | |
| D. Russo-Nance | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19:57 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| B. Henshall | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 3-3 | +18 | |
| L. Mayen | 2 | 6 | 1 | 12:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| E. Pepper | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11:47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-7 | 1-7 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| D. Okwera | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8:32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | -3 | |
| J. Rillie | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6:53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +21 | |
| J. Wagstaff | – | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4:51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -9 |
| Team | 89 | 48 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 30-74 | 6-35 | 23-28 | |||
| Shooting | 40.5% | 17.1% | 82.1% |
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.