Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
AUCKLAND TUATARA defeated NELSON GIANTS 99-97 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. AUCKLAND TUATARA won by a 2-point margin. Josh Dilling led all scorers with 26 points. AUCKLAND TUATARA shot 48.4% from the field while NELSON GIANTS managed 48.6%. AUCKLAND TUATARA collected 38 rebounds and NELSON GIANTS grabbed 30. This game was played as part of the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025 season in New Zealand. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
AUCKLAND TUATARA
99 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | * Josh Dilling | 36:03 | 26 | 6/10 | 1/3 | 5/7 | 9/13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| 13 | * Zach Riley | 33:01 | 21 | 6/15 | 3/7 | 3/8 | 6/7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | * Robert Loe | 29:45 | 18 | 6/9 | 5/7 | 1/2 | 5/7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 5 | * Chris Johnson | 20:06 | 10 | 4/8 | 4/8 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | * K.c. Ioane | 18:25 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 |
| 32 | Tom Vodanovich | 26:23 | 17 | 6/11 | 5/7 | 1/4 | 4/4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Dylan Wilkie | 16:37 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Joshua Matthew Wyllie | 15:54 | 2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 55 | Josh Leger | 03:46 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 99 | 30/62 | 19/34 | 11/28 | 28/37 | 31 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 109 | |
NELSON GIANTS
97 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | * Liam Judd | 34:37 | 13 | 4/9 | 2/4 | 2/5 | 3/4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | * Tohi Smith-Milner | 34:05 | 9 | 3/9 | 0/1 | 3/8 | 0/0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 0 | * Alexander Mcnaught | 33:34 | 16 | 7/11 | 6/9 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 |
| 5 | * Kruz Perrott-Hunt | 32:18 | 26 | 10/20 | 9/14 | 1/6 | 5/7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 77 | * Eemi Luukkonen | 15:59 | 8 | 3/8 | 3/4 | 0/4 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Sam Dempster | 28:06 | 22 | 7/12 | 1/1 | 6/11 | 2/2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| 35 | James Matthews | 14:18 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Elijah Inwood | 05:13 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Joshua Nickel | 01:50 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 97 | 35/72 | 21/35 | 14/37 | 13/16 | 28 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 109 | |