South East Melbourne Phoenix vs Brisbane Bullets, 2025–26 Round 13
2025–26 · Round 13 · Sat 20 December 2025
John Cain Arena
Phoenix rout Bullets by 29
South East Melbourne Phoenix beat Brisbane Bullets 107–78 at John Cain Arena in Round 13 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Sat 20 December 2025.
Nathan Sobey led all scorers with 20 points for the Phoenix on 6-of-9 shooting, plus 8 assists; Javon Freeman-Liberty had 17 for the Bullets.
Bullets turned it over 25 times to 12.
Phoenix led by as many as 35.
- 20
- PTS
- 4
- REB
- 8
- AST
- +42
- +/-
6/9 FG · 0/3 3PT · 8/9 FT
Leaders
Points
- SobeySEM20
- MaldonadoSEM18
- Freeman-LibertyBRI17
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
- PurchaseBRI2
- GloverSEM2
- Freeman-LibertyBRI2
Team stats
- Field goals 25/6936%
- Threes 8/2631%
- Free throws 20/2580%
The game
- Rebounds 38
- Assists 12
- Turnovers 25
- Steals 7
- Bench points 42
- Biggest lead 1
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Sobey | 20 | 4 | 8 | 28:23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6-9 | 0-3 | 8-9 | +42 | |
| J. Brown III | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +27 | |
| W. Iwundu | 13 | 0 | 1 | 20:14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5-10 | 1-4 | 2-4 | +13 | |
| H. Maldonado | 18 | 5 | 2 | 19:53 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7-9 | 0-2 | 4-4 | +10 | |
| J. Hunter | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16:17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 3-4 | +21 | |
| D. Mitchell | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22:05 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 2-3 | +4 | |
| A. Glover | 10 | 2 | 1 | 19:29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | +5 | |
| A. Aliir | 9 | 4 | 0 | 16:53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 2-4 | +9 | |
| O. Foxwell | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14:00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 3-4 | +17 | |
| D. Foster | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10:02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 3-6 | +8 | |
| P. Ryan | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4:59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -4 |
| E. Biggar | – | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -3 |
| A. Foxwell | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3:08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 |
| Team | 107 | 32 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 36-72 | 6-27 | 29-42 | |||
| Shooting | 50.0% | 22.2% | 69.0% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Ducas | 7 | 2 | 1 | 28:02 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -21 | |
| T. Taylor | 7 | 6 | 0 | 26:47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -29 | |
| T. Harrison | 9 | 12 | 0 | 25:30 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -16 | |
| M. Norton | 6 | 1 | 5 | 24:38 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 4-4 | -22 | |
| S. McDaniel | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13:38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | -6 | |
| J. Freeman-Liberty | 17 | 1 | 2 | 26:17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5-19 | 2-6 | 5-6 | -23 | |
| T. Smith-Milner | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18:41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 4-6 | +5 | |
| J. Holt | 10 | 6 | 0 | 12:53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 3-4 | -15 | |
| J. Purchase | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 1-1 | -4 | |
| T. Murray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -14 | |
| Team | 78 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 27 | 25-69 | 8-26 | 20-25 | |||
| Shooting | 36.2% | 30.8% | 80.0% |
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.
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