Cairns Taipans vs New Zealand Breakers — NBL Result & Stats, 25 October 2026

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NBL quarter scores

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Cairns Taipans	16	23	21	26	86
New Zealand Breakers	25	21	16	22	84

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Team match statistics

Statistic	New Zealand Breakers	Cairns Taipans
PTS	84	86
FG	30-69	31-71
FG%	43.5	43.7
2PT	18-44	17-36
2PT%	40.9	47.2
3PT	12-25	14-35
3PT%	48	40
FT	12-23	10-18
FT%	52.2	55.6
REB	46	42
OREB	12	11
DREB	34	31
AST	22	21
STL	7	6
BLK	2	4
TO	9	9
PF	17	19

Shooting totals show made–attempted. A dash means a statistic is unavailable.

NBL player box score

Cairns Taipans

Match box score; shooting totals are made–attempted

Player	Team	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	DREB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	FG	FG%	2PT	2PT%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	EFF
Jaylin Galloway G Starter	Cairns Taipans	26:32	18	3	1	2	6	0	0	2	1	11	7-11	63.6	4-6	66.7	3-5	60	1-2	50	20
Jaylon Brown #3 G Starter	Cairns Taipans	27:41	3	5	1	4	5	0	0	0	4	4	1-11	9.1	0-5	0	1-6	16.7	0-2	0	1
Keanu Pinder #25 F Starter	Cairns Taipans	20:30	15	5	1	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	5-12	41.7	3-7	42.9	2-5	40	3-5	60	13
Jack McVeigh #9 F Starter	Cairns Taipans	28:56	18	3	2	1	7	2	0	0	5	8	6-13	46.2	3-6	50	3-7	42.9	3-4	75	22
Malique Lewis #33 F Starter	Cairns Taipans	33:44	11	4	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	5-7	71.4	4-5	80	1-2	50	0-1	0	16
Reyne Smith #2 G	Cairns Taipans	19:56	9	3	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	-1	3-7	42.9	0-0	—	3-7	42.9	0-0	—	5
Jonah Bolden #43 C	Cairns Taipans	22:02	5	14	2	12	0	0	1	1	3	-1	2-4	50	1-2	50	1-2	50	0-0	—	17
Luke Paul #10 G	Cairns Taipans	09:53	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	-3	1-4	25	1-3	33.3	0-1	0	3-4	75	4
Kyrin Galloway #14 F	Cairns Taipans	10:46	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	-10	1-2	50	1-2	50	0-0	—	0-0	—	2
Walter Brown #22 F DNP	Cairns Taipans	00:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	—	0-0	—	0-0	—	0-0	—	0
Lloyd McVeigh #1 G DNP	Cairns Taipans	00:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	—	0-0	—	0-0	—	0-0	—	0
Luca Yates #19 F DNP	Cairns Taipans	00:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	—	0-0	—	0-0	—	0-0	—	0
Shaun Bruce #7 G DNP	Cairns Taipans	00:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	—	0-0	—	0-0	—	0-0	—	0

New Zealand Breakers

Match box score; shooting totals are made–attempted

Player	Team	MIN	PTS	REB	OREB	DREB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	FG	FG%	2PT	2PT%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	EFF
Dejan Vasiljevic #34 G Starter	New Zealand Breakers	20:58	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	-4	3-8	37.5	2-4	50	1-4	25	0-0	—	3
Parker Jackson-Cartwright #6 G Starter	New Zealand Breakers	26:55	14	6	0	6	9	1	0	0	1	-11	5-9	55.6	3-6	50	2-3	66.7	2-2	100	26
Charles Bediako #8 C Starter	New Zealand Breakers	30:01	15	10	4	6	0	0	2	1	2	-8	5-6	83.3	5-6	83.3	0-0	—	5-9	55.6	21
Reuben Te Rangi #7 F Starter	New Zealand Breakers	22:10	3	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	-3	1-6	16.7	0-3	0	1-3	33.3	0-0	—	3
Sam Mennenga #3 F Starter	New Zealand Breakers	35:55	22	8	3	5	4	0	0	3	1	-3	7-18	38.9	3-10	30	4-8	50	4-10	40	14
Mojave King #9 G	New Zealand Breakers	27:14	6	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	2-5	40	0-2	0	2-3	66.7	0-0	—	9
Carlin Davison #0 F	New Zealand Breakers	18:29	8	8	0	8	6	1	0	4	3	2	3-8	37.5	2-6	33.3	1-2	50	1-2	50	13
Nelson Weidemann #11 G	New Zealand Breakers	12:30	7	3	1	2	0	2	0	1	2	11	3-7	42.9	2-5	40	1-2	50	0-0	—	7
Kouat Noi #12 F	New Zealand Breakers	05:48	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1-2	50	1-2	50	0-0	—	0-0	—	2
Anzac Rissetto #13 F DNP	New Zealand Breakers	00:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	—	0-0	—	0-0	—	0-0	—	0
Izayah Le'Afa #2 G DNP	New Zealand Breakers	00:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	—	0-0	—	0-0	—	0-0	—	0

NBL play-by-play

Period / clock	Team / player	Event	Home – away
Q1		Full time	0–0
Q1		Period - Period pending	0–0
Q1 10:00	Cairns Taipans	Possession Arrow	0–0
Q1		Tip-off	0–0
Q1 10:00		Period - Period start	0–0
Q1 10:00		Clock - Start Clock	0–0
Q1 10:00	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	Jump Ball - Lost	0–0
Q1 10:00	New Zealand Breakers Charles Bediako	Jump Ball - Won	0–0
Q1 09:58	Cairns Taipans	Possession Arrow	0–0
Q1 09:58	New Zealand Breakers	Possession	0–0
Q1 09:45	New Zealand Breakers Charles Bediako	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	0–2
Q1 09:45	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	Assist	0–2
Q1 09:44	Cairns Taipans	Possession	0–2
Q1 09:30	New Zealand Breakers	Possession	0–2
Q1 09:30	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	Turnover - Bad Pass	0–2
Q1 09:30	New Zealand Breakers Reuben Te Rangi	Steal	0–2
Q1 09:08	New Zealand Breakers Reuben Te Rangi	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	0–2
Q1 09:08	New Zealand Breakers Reuben Te Rangi	Rebound - Offensive Rebound	0–2
Q1 09:04	New Zealand Breakers Reuben Te Rangi	2-Point Shot - Tip-In — missed · Tip In	0–2
Q1 09:04	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	Rebound - Defensive Rebound	0–2
Q1 09:03	Cairns Taipans	Possession	0–2
Q1 09:00	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	2-Point Shot - Layup — missed	0–2
Q1 09:00	New Zealand Breakers Charles Bediako	Rebound - Defensive Rebound	0–2
Q1 08:58	New Zealand Breakers	Possession	0–2
Q1 08:45	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	Rebound - Defensive Rebound	0–2
Q1 08:45	New Zealand Breakers Dejan Vasiljevic	2-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — missed · Pull Up Jump Shot	0–2
Q1 08:42	Cairns Taipans	Possession	0–2
Q1 08:34	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	3–2
Q1 08:34	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	Assist	3–2
Q1 08:32	New Zealand Breakers	Possession	3–2
Q1 08:14	New Zealand Breakers Reuben Te Rangi	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	3–5
Q1 08:14	New Zealand Breakers Parker Jackson-Cartwright	Assist	3–5
Q1 08:13	Cairns Taipans	Possession	3–5
Q1 07:57	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	3–5
Q1 07:57	New Zealand Breakers Parker Jackson-Cartwright	Rebound - Defensive Rebound	3–5
Q1 07:55	New Zealand Breakers	Possession	3–5
Q1 07:45	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	2-Point Shot - Turnaround Jump Shot — missed · Turn Around Jump Shot	3–5
Q1 07:45	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	Rebound - Defensive Rebound	3–5
Q1 07:42	Cairns Taipans	Possession	3–5
Q1 07:36	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	3–5
Q1 07:36	New Zealand Breakers Parker Jackson-Cartwright	Rebound - Defensive Rebound	3–5
Q1 07:34	New Zealand Breakers	Possession	3–5
Q1 07:26	New Zealand Breakers Charles Bediako	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	3–7
Q1 07:26	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	Assist	3–7
Q1 07:24	Cairns Taipans	Possession	3–7
Q1 07:11	Cairns Taipans Jaylon Brown	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	3–7
Q1 07:11	Cairns Taipans Malique Lewis	Rebound - Offensive Rebound	3–7
Q1 06:58		Clock - Stop Clock	3–7
Q1 06:58	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	2-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	3–7
Q1 06:58	New Zealand Breakers	Rebound - Defensive Rebound	3–7

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Period / clock	Team / player	Event	Home – away
Q1 09:45	New Zealand Breakers Charles Bediako	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	0–2
Q1 09:08	New Zealand Breakers Reuben Te Rangi	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	0–2
Q1 09:04	New Zealand Breakers Reuben Te Rangi	2-Point Shot - Tip-In — missed · Tip In	0–2
Q1 09:00	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	2-Point Shot - Layup — missed	0–2
Q1 08:45	New Zealand Breakers Dejan Vasiljevic	2-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — missed · Pull Up Jump Shot	0–2
Q1 08:34	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	3–2
Q1 08:14	New Zealand Breakers Reuben Te Rangi	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	3–5
Q1 07:57	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	3–5
Q1 07:45	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	2-Point Shot - Turnaround Jump Shot — missed · Turn Around Jump Shot	3–5
Q1 07:36	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	3–5
Q1 07:26	New Zealand Breakers Charles Bediako	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	3–7
Q1 07:11	Cairns Taipans Jaylon Brown	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	3–7
Q1 06:58	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	2-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	3–7
Q1 06:42	New Zealand Breakers Parker Jackson-Cartwright	3-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — made · Pull Up Jump Shot	3–10
Q1 06:30	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	3–10
Q1 06:27	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	2-Point Shot - Tip-In — made · Tip In	5–10
Q1 06:04	Cairns Taipans Malique Lewis	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	7–10
Q1 05:49	New Zealand Breakers Reuben Te Rangi	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	7–10
Q1 05:40	Cairns Taipans Jaylon Brown	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	7–10
Q1 05:36	Cairns Taipans Jonah Bolden	2-Point Shot - Tip-In — made · Tip In	9–10
Q1 05:12	New Zealand Breakers Charles Bediako	2-Point Shot - Layup — missed	9–10
Q1 05:01	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — made	11–10
Q1 04:44	New Zealand Breakers Dejan Vasiljevic	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — made	11–12
Q1 04:19	Cairns Taipans Jaylon Brown	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	11–12
Q1 04:17	Cairns Taipans Jaylon Brown	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	11–12
Q1 03:59	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	13–12
Q1 03:23	New Zealand Breakers Carlin Davison	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — made	13–14
Q1 02:54	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	14–14
Q1 02:46	New Zealand Breakers Kouat Noi	2-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	14–14
Q1 02:30	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	2-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	14–14
Q1 02:23	New Zealand Breakers Nelson Weidemann	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	14–16
Q1 02:11	Cairns Taipans Kyrin Galloway	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	14–16
Q1 02:03	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	14–16
Q1 01:46	Cairns Taipans Reyne Smith	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	14–16
Q1 01:38	New Zealand Breakers Nelson Weidemann	3-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — made · Pull Up Jump Shot	14–19
Q1 00:55	New Zealand Breakers Nelson Weidemann	2-Point Shot - Floating Jump Shot — made	14–21
Q1 00:44	Cairns Taipans Malique Lewis	2-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — made · Pull Up Jump Shot	16–21
Q1 00:13	Cairns Taipans Jaylon Brown	2-Point Shot - Layup — missed	16–23
Q1 00:01	New Zealand Breakers Carlin Davison	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	16–25
Q2 09:46	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	2-Point Shot - Fadeaway — missed · Fade Away	16–25
Q2 09:20	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	2-Point Shot - Fadeaway — missed · Fade Away	16–25
Q2 09:13	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	19–25
Q2 09:00	New Zealand Breakers Reuben Te Rangi	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	19–25
Q2 08:53	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	22–25
Q2 08:30	New Zealand Breakers Dejan Vasiljevic	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	22–25
Q2 08:18	New Zealand Breakers Dejan Vasiljevic	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	22–25
Q2 08:11	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — made	24–25
Q2 07:58	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	24–28
Q2 07:39	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	2-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	24–28
Q2 07:29	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	24–28
Q2 07:12	New Zealand Breakers Dejan Vasiljevic	2-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	24–30
Q2 06:47	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	2-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	24–30
Q2 06:42	New Zealand Breakers Mojave King	2-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	24–30
Q2 06:42	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	24–32
Q2 06:30	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	26–32
Q2 05:47	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	3-Point Shot - Step-Back Jump Shot — missed · Step Back Jump Shot	27–33
Q2 05:07	Cairns Taipans Jaylon Brown	2-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — missed · Pull Up Jump Shot	28–34
Q2 04:54	New Zealand Breakers Carlin Davison	3-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — made · Pull Up Jump Shot	28–37
Q2 04:41	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	30–37
Q2 04:08	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	30–37
Q2 03:49	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	30–40
Q2 03:35	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	33–40
Q2 03:06	Cairns Taipans Reyne Smith	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	33–40
Q2 02:54	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	33–40
Q2 02:07	New Zealand Breakers Carlin Davison	2-Point Shot - Fadeaway — missed · Fade Away	33–40
Q2 01:52	Cairns Taipans Malique Lewis	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	35–40
Q2 01:36	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	35–43
Q2 01:21	Cairns Taipans Kyrin Galloway	2-Point Shot - Hook Shot — made	37–43
Q2 01:03	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	37–46
Q2 00:41	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	3-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — missed · Pull Up Jump Shot	37–46
Q2 00:28	Cairns Taipans Luke Paul	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — made	39–46
Q2 00:03	New Zealand Breakers Nelson Weidemann	2-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — missed · Pull Up Jump Shot	39–46
Q3 09:48	New Zealand Breakers Charles Bediako	2-Point Shot — made · Alley Oop Dunk	39–48
Q3 09:31	Cairns Taipans Malique Lewis	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	42–48
Q3 09:07	New Zealand Breakers Dejan Vasiljevic	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	42–51
Q3 08:05	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	2-Point Shot - Layup — missed	43–51
Q3 08:02	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	2-Point Shot - Tip-In — missed · Tip In	43–51
Q3 07:56	New Zealand Breakers Charles Bediako	2-Point Shot - Dunk — made	43–54
Q3 07:49	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	43–54
Q3 07:31	New Zealand Breakers Dejan Vasiljevic	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	43–54
Q3 07:04	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	46–54
Q3 06:40	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	46–56
Q3 06:14	New Zealand Breakers Parker Jackson-Cartwright	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	48–58
Q3 06:00	Cairns Taipans Jaylin Galloway	3-Point Shot - Step-Back Jump Shot — made · Step Back Jump Shot	51–58
Q3 05:34	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	51–60
Q3 05:21	Cairns Taipans Jaylon Brown	2-Point Shot - Layup — missed	51–60
Q3 05:02	New Zealand Breakers Mojave King	2-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	51–60
Q3 04:51	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	54–60
Q3 04:23	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	54–60
Q3 04:14	Cairns Taipans Jonah Bolden	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	57–60
Q3 03:53	New Zealand Breakers Nelson Weidemann	2-Point Shot - Layup — missed	57–60
Q3 03:42	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	57–60
Q3 03:33	New Zealand Breakers Reuben Te Rangi	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	57–60
Q3 03:20	New Zealand Breakers Carlin Davison	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	57–60
Q3 03:07	Cairns Taipans Jaylon Brown	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	57–60
Q3 02:22	Cairns Taipans Reyne Smith	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	58–60
Q3 02:08	Cairns Taipans Luke Paul	2-Point Shot - Turnaround Jump Shot — missed · Turn Around Jump Shot	58–60
Q3 01:49	New Zealand Breakers Kouat Noi	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	58–62
Q3 01:34	Cairns Taipans Luke Paul	2-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	58–62
Q3 01:18	Cairns Taipans Malique Lewis	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	58–62
Q3 01:10	New Zealand Breakers Nelson Weidemann	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	58–62
Q3 00:57	New Zealand Breakers Nelson Weidemann	2-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	58–62
Q3 00:46	Cairns Taipans Luke Paul	3-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — missed · Pull Up Jump Shot	58–62
Q3 00:26	New Zealand Breakers Carlin Davison	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	58–62
Q3 00:04	New Zealand Breakers Carlin Davison	2-Point Shot - Floating Jump Shot — missed	60–62
Q4 09:42	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	61–62
Q4 09:23	New Zealand Breakers Mojave King	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	61–65
Q4 09:10	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	63–65
Q4 08:37	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	66–65
Q4 08:13	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	2-Point Shot - Layup — missed	66–65
Q4 08:08	Cairns Taipans Reyne Smith	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	66–65
Q4 08:02	Cairns Taipans Reyne Smith	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	69–65
Q4 07:43	New Zealand Breakers Parker Jackson-Cartwright	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — missed	69–65
Q4 07:30	Cairns Taipans Jaylon Brown	2-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — missed · Pull Up Jump Shot	69–65
Q4 07:19	New Zealand Breakers Mojave King	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	69–65
Q4 07:12	Cairns Taipans Reyne Smith	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	72–65
Q4 06:53	New Zealand Breakers Parker Jackson-Cartwright	2-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — missed · Pull Up Jump Shot	72–65
Q4 06:29	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	72–66
Q4 06:25	New Zealand Breakers Charles Bediako	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	72–68
Q4 06:16	Cairns Taipans Jonah Bolden	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	72–69
Q4 05:45	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	72–71
Q4 05:34	New Zealand Breakers Dejan Vasiljevic	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	72–71
Q4 05:20	Cairns Taipans Jaylon Brown	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	75–71
Q4 05:04	New Zealand Breakers Mojave King	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	75–74
Q4 04:43	Cairns Taipans Jaylon Brown	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	75–74
Q4 04:37	Cairns Taipans Jonah Bolden	2-Point Shot - Layup — missed	75–74
Q4 04:21	New Zealand Breakers Parker Jackson-Cartwright	2-Point Shot - Pull-Up Jump Shot — missed · Pull Up Jump Shot	75–74
Q4 04:08	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — made	77–74
Q4 03:50	New Zealand Breakers Parker Jackson-Cartwright	2-Point Shot - Floating Jump Shot — made	77–76
Q4 03:34	Cairns Taipans Malique Lewis	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	77–76
Q4 03:03	Cairns Taipans Jack McVeigh	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	79–76
Q4 02:34	Cairns Taipans Malique Lewis	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	81–77
Q4 01:57	Cairns Taipans Reyne Smith	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	84–79
Q4 01:41	New Zealand Breakers Parker Jackson-Cartwright	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — made	84–82
Q4 00:56	New Zealand Breakers Parker Jackson-Cartwright	3-Point Shot - Jump Shot — missed	84–82
Q4 00:48	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	2-Point Shot - Layup — missed	84–82
Q4 00:39	Cairns Taipans Keanu Pinder	2-Point Shot - Layup — made	86–82
Q4 00:26	New Zealand Breakers Sam Mennenga	2-Point Shot - Layup — missed	86–82
Q4 00:17	New Zealand Breakers Parker Jackson-Cartwright	2-Point Shot - Driving Layup — made	86–84
Q4 00:07	New Zealand Breakers Carlin Davison	2-Point Shot - Layup — missed	86–84

Before tip-off

Regular-season results before this game. These records cover the fixtures available on this site.

Cairns Taipans

Pre-game season record: 4–4 (8 games)

Points per game: 90.5 · Conceded: 97.5

Last five regular-season games

L South East Melbourne Phoenix 115–83 Cairns Taipans 17 Oct 2026, 5:30 PM AEDTW Illawarra Hawks 100–110 Cairns Taipans 11 Oct 2026, 5:00 PM AEDTW Cairns Taipans 97–91 Brisbane Bullets 8 Oct 2026, 7:30 PM AEDTW Melbourne United 95–107 Cairns Taipans 3 Oct 2026, 7:30 PM AESTL New Zealand Breakers 98–75 Cairns Taipans 30 Sep 2026, 5:30 PM AEST

New Zealand Breakers

Pre-game season record: 4–4 (8 games)

Points per game: 92.1 · Conceded: 89

Last five regular-season games

L Tasmania JackJumpers 98–92 New Zealand Breakers 18 Oct 2026, 3:00 PM AEDTW Sydney Kings 101–102 New Zealand Breakers 14 Oct 2026, 7:30 PM AEDTL Perth Wildcats 100–84 New Zealand Breakers 10 Oct 2026, 9:30 PM AEDTW Adelaide 36ers 72–88 New Zealand Breakers 4 Oct 2026, 5:00 PM AEDTW New Zealand Breakers 98–75 Cairns Taipans 30 Sep 2026, 5:30 PM AEST

Featured players

Current season averages for the featured players. These may include later games and do not confirm the starting five or player availability.

NBL head-to-head results

New Zealand Breakers 98–75 Cairns Taipans 30 Sep 2026, 5:30 PM AEST · 2026-27 · Spark Arena

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