Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2023
TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS defeated NELSON GIANTS 87-74 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2023. TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS won by a 13-point margin. Elijah Minnie led all scorers with 30 points. TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS shot 45.3% from the field while NELSON GIANTS managed 40.7%. TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS collected 40 rebounds and NELSON GIANTS grabbed 25. 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
TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS
87 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Carlin Davison | 31:42 | 18 | 7/12 | 7/10 | 0/2 | 4/4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| * Mitch Mccarron | 31:20 | 6 | 2/8 | 2/5 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| * Flynn Cameron | 29:54 | 11 | 2/8 | 1/3 | 1/5 | 6/7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| * Tobias Cameron | 27:36 | 9 | 2/8 | 0/2 | 2/6 | 3/4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| * Quintin Bailey | 19:23 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Elijah Minnie | 25:08 | 30 | 12/15 | 8/9 | 4/6 | 2/2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| Derone Raukawa | 23:37 | 9 | 4/6 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Nico Hill | 07:15 | 3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Cameron Quinnell | 01:38 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Morgan Trott | 00:49 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geordie Hoeata | 00:49 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zavier Adam | 00:49 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 87 | 29/64 | 21/37 | 8/27 | 21/25 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 109 |
NELSON GIANTS
74 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Dan Fotu | 37:19 | 19 | 6/12 | 5/9 | 1/3 | 6/8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| * Alexander Mcnaught | 33:17 | 13 | 5/8 | 5/7 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| * Sam Dempster | 32:33 | 4 | 2/8 | 2/3 | 0/5 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| * Kobe Langley | 28:10 | 13 | 3/9 | 1/2 | 2/7 | 5/5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| * Daniel Grida | 24:44 | 17 | 6/15 | 6/12 | 0/3 | 5/5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| Tom Ingham | 15:16 | 5 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 0/3 | 3/3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Hayden Jones | 10:33 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Aston Inwood | 10:19 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Davidson | 07:49 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 74 | 24/59 | 21/36 | 3/23 | 23/26 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 73 |