South East Melbourne Phoenix vs Cairns Taipans, 2025–26 Round 1
2025–26 · Round 1 · Sat 20 September 2025
John Cain Arena
Phoenix rout Taipans by 37
South East Melbourne Phoenix beat Cairns Taipans 114–77 at John Cain Arena in Round 1 of the 2025–26 NBL season, on Sat 20 September 2025.
Reyne Smith led all scorers with 19 points for the Taipans on 4-of-11 shooting, including 4 threes; Angus Glover had 18 for the Phoenix.
Phoenix won the rebounding battle 47–37, and Phoenix made 14 threes to 8.
Phoenix led by as many as 39.
- 14
- PTS
- 4
- REB
- 4
- AST
- +18
- +/-
6/12 FG · 0/0 3PT · 2/2 FT
Leaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
- Field goals 25/6737%
- Threes 8/2928%
- Free throws 19/2479%
The game
- Rebounds 37
- Assists 14
- Turnovers 19
- Steals 2
- Bench points 10
- Biggest lead 2
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Brown III | 14 | 4 | 4 | 24:17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +18 | |
| N. Sobey | 13 | 3 | 8 | 23:20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 4-5 | +17 | |
| M. Lewis | 2 | 8 | 2 | 20:57 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | +18 | |
| J. Hunter | 10 | 8 | 0 | 19:20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 2-2 | +15 | |
| O. Foxwell | 12 | 3 | 1 | 18:38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 2-2 | +13 | |
| H. Maldonado | 16 | 2 | 5 | 21:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5-13 | 2-5 | 4-5 | +23 | |
| A. Glover | 18 | 5 | 0 | 20:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6-12 | 4-9 | 2-2 | +26 | |
| D. Mitchell | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15:44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 2-2 | +19 | |
| G. Gak | 11 | 6 | 0 | 13:17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +8 | |
| D. Foster | 6 | 4 | 1 | 13:14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | +17 | |
| P. Ryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5:56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +8 | |
| E. Biggar | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Team | 114 | 47 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 39-88 | 14-33 | 22-24 | |||
| Shooting | 44.3% | 42.4% | 91.7% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. McVeigh | 18 | 3 | 3 | 35:02 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7-13 | 1-4 | 3-5 | -29 | |
| K. Stattmann | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25:53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -21 | |
| M. Lee | 10 | 12 | 1 | 25:41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 6-8 | -24 | |
| A. Schofield | 12 | 6 | 0 | 25:17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5-15 | 2-6 | 0-0 | -23 | |
| R. Smith | 19 | 6 | 1 | 24:53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-11 | 4-8 | 7-8 | -12 | |
| K. Galloway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16:26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -16 | |
| K. Adnam | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -17 | |
| A. Higgins-Titsha | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -15 | |
| L. Barker | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -21 | |
| L. McVeigh | – | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3:59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | -7 |
| Team | 77 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 25-67 | 8-29 | 19-24 | |||
| Shooting | 37.3% | 27.6% | 79.2% |
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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.