Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2023
NELSON GIANTS lost to OTAGO NUGGETS 79-88 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2023. OTAGO NUGGETS won by a 9-point margin. Zaccheus Darko-Kelly led all scorers with 34 points. NELSON GIANTS shot 35.6% from the field while OTAGO NUGGETS managed 55.9%. NELSON GIANTS collected 34 rebounds and OTAGO NUGGETS grabbed 34. This game was played as part of the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2023 season in New Zealand. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
NELSON GIANTS
79 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Alexander Mcnaught | 37:13 | 7 | 2/7 | 2/5 | 0/2 | 3/5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| * Daniel Grida | 36:21 | 28 | 8/17 | 6/12 | 2/5 | 10/15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| * Sam Dempster | 35:14 | 9 | 2/14 | 1/4 | 1/10 | 4/4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| * Dan Fotu | 33:50 | 20 | 7/20 | 5/16 | 2/4 | 4/6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| * Kobe Langley | 05:58 | 5 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tom Ingham | 20:18 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Aston Inwood | 19:30 | 8 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Nicolas Davidson | 11:36 | 0 | 0/6 | 0/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 79 | 26/73 | 20/50 | 6/23 | 21/30 | 22 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 73 |
OTAGO NUGGETS
88 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Zaccheus Darko-Kelly | 40:00 | 34 | 11/20 | 6/8 | 5/12 | 7/9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| * Kimani Lawrence | 35:24 | 22 | 8/12 | 7/10 | 1/2 | 5/13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| * Darcy Knox | 31:28 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| * Jack Andrew | 31:04 | 13 | 6/9 | 5/6 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| * Matthew Bardsley | 21:54 | 8 | 4/6 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Joshua Aitcheson | 22:43 | 4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Robert Coman | 08:56 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Caleb Miller | 05:18 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joseph Ahie | 03:15 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 200:02 | 88 | 33/59 | 25/32 | 8/27 | 14/24 | 30 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 100 |