Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
NELSON GIANTS defeated FRANKLIN BULLS 88-85 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. NELSON GIANTS won by a 3-point margin. Shane Gatling led all scorers with 56 points. NELSON GIANTS shot 44.1% from the field while FRANKLIN BULLS managed 47.1%. NELSON GIANTS collected 30 rebounds and FRANKLIN BULLS grabbed 33. 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
88 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Shane Gatling | 37:08 | 56 | 16/35 | 8/15 | 8/20 | 16/16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | |
| 67 | * Liam Judd | 35:48 | 7 | 3/8 | 2/2 | 1/6 | 0/0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 77 | * Eemi Luukkonen | 32:30 | 8 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| * Daniel Saylor | 31:07 | 12 | 6/8 | 6/8 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | |
| 0 | * Alexander Mcnaught | 30:54 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/3 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | James Matthews | 15:07 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| 11 | Joshua Nickel | 09:54 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | Elijah Inwood | 04:06 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 196:34 | 88 | 30/68 | 18/30 | 12/38 | 16/18 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 92 | |
FRANKLIN BULLS
85 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | * Jace Carter | 36:57 | 20 | 8/15 | 7/10 | 1/5 | 3/7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 |
| 4 | * Derrin Boyd | 36:32 | 23 | 8/17 | 4/7 | 4/10 | 3/3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | * Carter Whitt | 33:50 | 14 | 6/16 | 5/12 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| * Kael Robinson | 32:13 | 5 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 25 | * Dom Kelman-Poto | 25:40 | 9 | 4/8 | 3/7 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Hunter Savill | 19:14 | 11 | 4/5 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 1 | Ellis Biggar | 07:14 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| 5 | Zion Anderson | 03:11 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Payton Hughes | 02:54 | 3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Tai Pakaurangi | 02:15 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 85 | 33/70 | 22/43 | 11/27 | 8/16 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 86 | |