Sydney Kings vs Cairns Taipans, 2025–26 Round 2
2025–26 · Round 2 · Sun 28 September 2025
Qudos Bank Arena
Recap
Taipans edge Kings 77–74
Cairns Taipans beat Sydney Kings 77–74 at Qudos Bank Arena in Round 2 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Sun 28 September 2025.
Jack McVeigh led all scorers with 24 points for the Taipans on 9-of-14 shooting, plus 9 rebounds; Kendric Davis had 21 for the Kings.
Taipans made 11 threes to 4, and Taipans turned it over 14 times to 6.
Leaders
Team stats
SYDShootingCNS
- Field goals 28/6543%
- Threes 11/3432%
- Free throws 10/1856%
37%32/87
14%4/28
75%6/8
The game
- Rebounds 38
- Assists 15
- Turnovers 14
- Steals 4
- Bench points 11
- Biggest lead 9
45
11
6
10
20
7
Box score
Sydney Kings74
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Davis | 21 | 3 | 2 | 36:02 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9-27 | 1-7 | 2-2 | +2 | |
| M. Dellavedova | 10 | 6 | 5 | 31:53 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | -17 | |
| X. Cooks | 8 | 6 | 1 | 27:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -16 | |
| T. Soares | 12 | 6 | 0 | 20:50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-10 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -6 | |
| J. Galloway | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 1-2 | -17 | |
| K. Noi | 8 | 9 | 0 | 25:08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-13 | 1-9 | 1-1 | +13 | |
| B. Kuol | 3 | 8 | 1 | 24:20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +11 | |
| H. Goodrick | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 | |
| S. Bruce | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6:50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +5 | |
| M. Maluach | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3:30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +7 |
| Team | 74 | 45 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 32-87 | 4-28 | 6-8 | |||
| Shooting | 36.8% | 14.3% | 75.0% |
Cairns Taipans77
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. McVeigh | 24 | 9 | 4 | 34:59 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9-14 | 2-4 | 4-4 | +3 | |
| R. Smith | 16 | 5 | 0 | 33:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6-15 | 4-10 | 0-0 | -2 | |
| A. Schofield | 7 | 6 | 0 | 31:17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3-10 | 1-6 | 0-1 | +13 | |
| A. Andrews | 16 | 2 | 7 | 28:53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6-11 | 3-7 | 1-3 | +10 | |
| M. Lee | 3 | 6 | 2 | 27:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | +2 | |
| A. Higgins-Titsha | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15:12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -6 | |
| K. Stattmann | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| K. Galloway | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12:23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 3-5 | +1 | |
| K. Adnam | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Team | 77 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 28-65 | 11-34 | 10-18 | |||
| Shooting | 43.1% | 32.4% | 55.6% |
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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.