Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
NELSON GIANTS defeated TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS 107-91 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. NELSON GIANTS won by a 16-point margin. Xavier Green led all scorers with 28 points. NELSON GIANTS shot 49.3% from the field while TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS managed 45.2%. NELSON GIANTS collected 39 rebounds and TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS 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
NELSON GIANTS
107 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 | 32:35 | 26 | 9/16 | 3/5 | 6/11 | 2/4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| 5 | * Kruz Perrott-Hunt | 32:05 | 22 | 7/11 | 4/7 | 3/4 | 5/6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| 77 | * Eemi Luukkonen | 28:53 | 20 | 8/9 | 6/7 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 |
| 0 | * Alexander Mcnaught | 24:04 | 5 | 2/10 | 2/6 | 0/4 | 1/2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | * Tohi Smith-Milner | 20:23 | 10 | 3/8 | 3/5 | 0/3 | 4/5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Sam Dempster | 27:31 | 14 | 4/10 | 0/1 | 4/9 | 2/2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 35 | James Matthews | 14:37 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Elijah Inwood | 13:08 | 10 | 4/7 | 3/4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Cooper Adams | 03:28 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Joshua Nickel | 03:13 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| 7 | Rico Varricchio | 00:03 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 107 | 37/75 | 21/36 | 16/39 | 17/22 | 31 | 8 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 131 | |
TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS
91 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Aaron Cook | 37:00 | 19 | 8/16 | 5/9 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | |
| * Luka Vea | 34:29 | 8 | 3/9 | 3/7 | 0/2 | 2/4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| 62 | * Marcel Jones | 30:11 | 10 | 4/9 | 3/3 | 1/6 | 1/1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| * Xavier Green | 27:52 | 28 | 10/17 | 10/13 | 0/4 | 8/9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | |
| * Taane Samuel | 22:48 | 11 | 4/10 | 4/8 | 0/2 | 3/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 32 | Quintin Bailey | 27:58 | 10 | 3/7 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 4/5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Riley Tuuta | 19:12 | 5 | 1/5 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Jordan Cooper | 00:21 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 199:51 | 91 | 33/73 | 28/48 | 5/25 | 20/24 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 92 | |