South East Melbourne Phoenix vs Cairns Taipans – Box Score, Shot Chart & Play-by-Play

NBL27Round 5Sat, 17 Oct, 5:30 pm AEDT

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Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
SEM	27	35	27	26	115
CNS	35	19	9	20	83

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Recap

Phoenix storm back from 12 down to beat Taipans

South East Melbourne Phoenix beat Cairns Taipans 115–83 at John Cain Arena in Round 5, recovering from 12 points down.

Nathan Sobey led all scorers with 29 points on 9-of-19 shooting, including 7 threes, plus 8 rebounds and 6 assists; Jonah Bolden had 17 for Taipans.

An 11–0 run in the third quarter stretched the lead from 8 to 19.

Phoenix won the rebounding battle 59–34 and made 14 threes to 8.

In context

Yannis Morin's 10 rebounds were a career high (previous best: 5, at Perth Wildcats in October 2026).
This was Keanu Pinder's 150th NBL game.
South East Melbourne Phoenix have now beaten Cairns Taipans 8 times in a row.
Yannis Morin had a first NBL double-double: 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The 32-point margin is the biggest in the NBL this season.

More from Round 5

South East Melbourne Phoenix115

South East Melbourne Phoenix box score. Column headers sort the table.
Player
20N. SobeyG	9.1	29	8	6	26:34	1	0	3	0	9-19	7-14	4-6	+21
5A. GloverG	7.4	14	4	4	23:34	1	0	1	1	5-13	1-5	3-3	+25
99D. SchwartzF	7.2	8	5	4	23:06	1	0	0	1	2-8	1-4	3-4	+31
4D. DanielsG	7.1	10	4	2	22:29	1	0	2	0	5-10	0-1	0-2	+36
12Y. MorinF	7.7	11	10	2	21:16	2	1	2	3	5-8	0-0	1-2	+21
9S. MaysG	6.9	10	2	1	18:46	1	1	1	2	3-7	2-5	2-2	+10
1J. HunterC	9.0	19	11	1	18:44	1	1	0	0	9-12	1-4	0-0	+11
7A. AliirF	5.8	2	2	1	16:54	0	1	0	2	1-3	0-1	0-1	+1
11D. FosterG	6.8	7	1	3	12:55	1	0	1	1	3-4	1-2	0-1	+6
2P. RyanF	6.1	5	3	0	11:19	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-2	0-0	-1
3S. DavidsonG	–	0	0	0	4:23	0	0	1	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-1
13T. KrebsG	Did not play
8E. BiggarC	Did not play
Team		115	59	24		9	4	11	10	44-91	14-40	13-21
Shooting										48.4%	35.0%	61.9%

Cairns Taipans83

Cairns Taipans box score. Column headers sort the table.
Player
33M. LewisF	6.9	7	5	2	25:58	1	5	2	0	3-5	1-2	0-0	-14
2R. SmithG	6.9	14	5	0	25:24	2	0	1	0	5-11	4-9	0-0	-25
3J. BrownG	5.4	8	0	3	23:19	2	0	1	4	4-12	0-4	0-0	-28
9J. McVeighF	4.9	8	1	1	21:54	0	0	3	3	2-8	1-2	3-3	-16
25K. PinderF	6.5	11	5	3	20:16	2	0	2	2	5-10	0-2	1-2	-26
43J. BoldenC	7.3	17	5	2	18:38	0	0	1	3	7-10	2-4	1-3	-16
14K. GallowayF	6.2	4	3	1	18:28	1	1	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	-16
10L. PaulG	5.5	4	1	2	15:39	0	0	3	1	2-4	0-0	0-0	-2
7S. BruceG	5.8	2	1	5	13:13	1	1	1	1	1-6	0-4	0-0	-12
22W. BrownF	5.6	2	1	0	8:25	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-7
1L. McVeighG	–	3	0	0	4:23	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	1-1	+1
19L. YatesF	–	3	2	1	4:23	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	1-2	+1
Team		83	34	20		9	7	17	15	34-74	8-29	7-11
Shooting										45.9%	27.6%	63.6%

Tap a column heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating.

Start of Q1 · SEM 0 – 0 CNS
Q1 09:49CNSK. PinderJump shot (2PT) · assist J. Brown0–2
Q1 09:25CNSJ. BrownLayup (2PT)0–4
Q1 08:58CNSR. SmithDriving layup (2PT)0–6
Q1 08:41SEMN. SobeyDriving layup (2PT)2–6
Q1 08:21SEMN. SobeyJump shot (3PT) · assist Y. Morin5–6
Q1 08:11CNSR. SmithJump shot (3PT) · assist K. Pinder5–9
Q1 07:39CNSK. PinderDriving layup (2PT)5–11
Q1 07:11SEMD. SchwartzFree throw 1 of 26–11
Q1 07:11SEMD. SchwartzFree throw 2 of 27–11
Q1 06:49CNSR. SmithStep back jump shot (3PT) · assist K. Pinder7–14
Q1 06:39SEMD. DanielsDriving layup (2PT)9–14
Q1 06:07SEMN. SobeyJump shot (3PT) · assist D. Schwartz12–14
Q1 05:19CNSJ. McVeighStep back jump shot (2PT)12–16
Q1 04:59SEMN. SobeyPull up jump shot (3PT)15–16
Q1 04:43CNSJ. BrownPull up jump shot (2PT)15–18
Q1 04:29SEMN. SobeyFree throw 2 of 216–18
Q1 03:59CNSJ. BoldenLayup (2PT) · assist J. Brown16–20
Q1 03:59CNSJ. BoldenFree throw 1 of 116–21
Q1 03:50SEMD. FosterDriving layup (2PT)18–21
Q1 03:38CNSJ. McVeighFree throw 1 of 318–22
Q1 03:38CNSJ. McVeighFree throw 2 of 318–23
Q1 03:38CNSJ. McVeighFree throw 3 of 318–24
Q1 03:07CNSL. PaulDriving layup (2PT)18–26
Q1 02:57CNSM. LewisLayup (2PT)18–28
Q1 02:41SEMN. SobeyDriving layup (2PT)20–28
Q1 02:26CNSM. LewisPull up jump shot (2PT)20–30
Q1 02:12SEMN. SobeyFree throw 2 of 221–30
Q1 01:51CNSJ. BoldenJump shot (3PT) · assist S. Bruce21–33
Q1 01:32SEMJ. HunterLayup (2PT) · assist D. Foster23–33
Q1 01:01SEMJ. HunterHook shot (2PT)25–33
Q1 00:52CNSJ. BoldenDriving layup (2PT)25–35
Q1 00:38SEMS. MaysFree throw 1 of 226–35
Q1 00:38SEMS. MaysFree throw 2 of 227–35
End of Q1 · SEM 27 – 35 CNS
Start of Q2 · SEM 27 – 35 CNS
Q2 09:43SEMS. MaysJump shot (3PT) · assist A. Aliir30–35
Q2 09:26CNSJ. McVeighPull up jump shot (3PT) · assist K. Pinder30–38
Q2 07:41SEMY. MorinLayup (2PT) · assist A. Glover32–38
Q2 07:08SEMD. DanielsLayup (2PT) · assist N. Sobey34–38
Q2 06:50CNSK. PinderLayup (2PT) · assist J. McVeigh34–40
Q2 06:07SEMY. MorinLayup (2PT) · assist N. Sobey36–40
Q2 05:55CNSJ. BrownLayup (2PT) · assist J. Bolden36–42
Q2 05:47SEMN. SobeyPull up jump shot (3PT) · assist Y. Morin39–42
Q2 05:33CNSJ. BoldenJump shot (3PT) · assist J. Brown39–45
Q2 05:23SEMN. SobeyJump shot (3PT) · assist D. Schwartz42–45
Q2 04:35SEMD. FosterTiedJump shot (3PT) · assist N. Sobey45–45
Q2 04:24CNSK. PinderDunk (2PT) · assist S. Bruce45–47
Q2 04:05SEMD. SchwartzTiedDriving layup (2PT)47–47
Q2 03:30SEMS. MaysLead changeJump shot (3PT) · assist D. Schwartz50–47
Q2 03:17CNSJ. BoldenAlley oop dunk (2PT) · assist S. Bruce50–49
Q2 02:56SEMD. FosterTurn around jump shot (2PT)52–49
Q2 02:42SEMY. MorinLayup (2PT) · assist D. Foster54–49
Q2 02:24CNSJ. BoldenJump shot (2PT)54–51
Q2 01:28SEMA. AliirLayup (2PT) · assist N. Sobey56–51
Q2 01:24SEMN. SobeyJump shot (3PT) · assist D. Daniels59–51
Q2 01:14CNSJ. BrownReverse layup (2PT)59–53
Q2 00:51SEMA. GloverJump shot (3PT) · assist N. Sobey62–53
Q2 00:29CNSK. PinderFree throw 2 of 262–54
End of Q2 · SEM 62 – 54 CNS
Start of Q3 · SEM 62 – 54 CNS
Q3 09:29SEMD. DanielsTip in (2PT)64–54
Q3 09:05SEMA. GloverDriving layup (2PT) · assist D. Schwartz66–54
Q3 08:40SEMD. DanielsFloating jump shot (2PT)68–54
Q3 07:58SEMA. GloverDriving layup (2PT)70–54
Q3 07:58SEMA. GloverFree throw 1 of 171–54
Q3 07:25SEMY. MorinTip in (2PT)73–54
Q3 05:38CNSS. BruceJump shot (2PT) · assist L. Paul73–56
Q3 04:55CNSM. LewisJump shot (3PT) · assist S. Bruce73–59
Q3 04:39SEMJ. HunterTip in (2PT)75–59
Q3 04:20SEMJ. HunterTip in (2PT)77–59
Q3 04:08CNSL. PaulDriving layup (2PT)77–61
Q3 03:46SEMA. GloverFree throw 1 of 278–61
Q3 03:46SEMA. GloverFree throw 2 of 279–61
Q3 03:29SEMJ. HunterLayup (2PT) · assist D. Foster81–61
Q3 02:55SEMA. GloverLayup (2PT) · assist J. Hunter83–61
Q3 02:15SEMP. RyanFloating jump shot (2PT) · assist A. Glover85–61
Q3 01:18SEMD. SchwartzJump shot (3PT) · assist D. Daniels88–61
Q3 01:04CNSJ. BoldenDunk (2PT) · assist S. Bruce88–63
Q3 00:12SEMY. MorinFree throw 1 of 289–63
End of Q3 · SEM 89 – 63 CNS
Start of Q4 · SEM 89 – 63 CNS
Q4 09:32SEMN. SobeyFree throw 1 of 290–63
Q4 09:32SEMN. SobeyFree throw 2 of 291–63
Q4 09:15SEMD. SchwartzFree throw 2 of 292–63
Q4 08:38CNSK. PinderJump shot (2PT)92–65
Q4 07:58SEMP. RyanJump shot (3PT) · assist A. Glover95–65
Q4 07:35SEMA. GloverLayup (2PT) · assist N. Sobey97–65
Q4 07:25CNSR. SmithJump shot (3PT) · assist M. Lewis97–68
Q4 06:34SEMY. MorinTip in (2PT)99–68
Q4 05:46SEMS. MaysLayup (2PT)101–68
Q4 05:31CNSK. GallowayJump shot (2PT)101–70
Q4 04:54SEMJ. HunterDunk (2PT)103–70
Q4 04:44CNSR. SmithJump shot (3PT) · assist M. Lewis103–73
Q4 04:32SEMN. SobeyJump shot (3PT) · assist S. Mays106–73
Q4 03:59SEMJ. HunterDunk (2PT)108–73
Q4 03:29SEMD. DanielsStep back jump shot (2PT)110–73
Q4 03:18CNSL. YatesFree throw 1 of 2110–74
Q4 02:52SEMJ. HunterJump shot (3PT)113–74
Q4 02:15SEMJ. HunterTurn around jump shot (2PT)115–74
Q4 02:01CNSK. GallowayTip in (2PT)115–76
Q4 01:19CNSW. BrownJump shot (2PT) · assist L. Paul115–78
Q4 00:47CNSL. McVeighLayup (2PT) · assist L. Yates115–80
Q4 00:47CNSL. McVeighFree throw 1 of 1115–81
Q4 00:25CNSL. YatesDunk (2PT)115–83
End of Q4 · SEM 115 – 83 CNS

Phoenix storm back from 12 down to beat Taipans

In context

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