Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
NELSON GIANTS lost to AUCKLAND TUATARA 82-88 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. AUCKLAND TUATARA won by a 6-point margin. Shane Gatling led all scorers with 30 points. NELSON GIANTS shot 36.0% from the field while AUCKLAND TUATARA managed 42.3%. NELSON GIANTS collected 42 rebounds and AUCKLAND TUATARA grabbed 48. 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
NELSON GIANTS
82 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | * Tohi Smith-Milner | 35:11 | 6 | 2/14 | 1/6 | 1/8 | 1/1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| * Shane Gatling | 34:43 | 30 | 10/21 | 7/13 | 3/8 | 7/8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | |
| 0 | * Alexander Mcnaught | 33:25 | 6 | 3/7 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 77 | * Eemi Luukkonen | 26:26 | 14 | 4/10 | 0/2 | 4/8 | 2/4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | * Kruz Perrott-Hunt | 09:54 | 2 | 0/4 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 | Liam Judd | 30:47 | 19 | 7/13 | 4/8 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Daniel Saylor | 17:46 | 5 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |
| 35 | James Matthews | 06:57 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Elijah Inwood | 04:13 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 11 | Joshua Nickel | 00:38 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 82 | 27/75 | 16/41 | 11/34 | 17/25 | 29 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 91 | |
AUCKLAND TUATARA
88 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | * Robert Loe | 32:50 | 26 | 9/16 | 3/5 | 6/11 | 2/5 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| * Isaac Davidson | 31:32 | 13 | 5/12 | 4/4 | 1/8 | 2/2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
| 32 | * Tom Vodanovich | 29:27 | 12 | 5/11 | 4/5 | 1/6 | 1/1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | * Sean Bairstow | 29:13 | 13 | 6/12 | 6/10 | 0/2 | 1/4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | * Josh Dilling | 23:47 | 5 | 2/9 | 1/3 | 1/6 | 0/2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Zach Riley | 24:36 | 9 | 2/11 | 0/3 | 2/8 | 3/3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 55 | Josh Leger | 17:43 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Dylan Wilkie | 10:52 | 8 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 88 | 33/78 | 20/34 | 13/44 | 9/17 | 35 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 107 | |