Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
NELSON GIANTS defeated WELLINGTON SAINTS 97-95 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. NELSON GIANTS won by a 2-point margin. Liam Judd led all scorers with 34 points. NELSON GIANTS shot 48.5% from the field while WELLINGTON SAINTS managed 58.5%. NELSON GIANTS collected 27 rebounds and WELLINGTON SAINTS grabbed 27. 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
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 | 37:51 | 34 | 10/16 | 4/6 | 6/10 | 8/10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 0 | * Alexander Mcnaught | 36:34 | 19 | 7/11 | 3/5 | 4/6 | 1/2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| 16 | * Tohi Smith-Milner | 36:02 | 9 | 2/9 | 1/3 | 1/6 | 4/5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | * Kruz Perrott-Hunt | 32:29 | 15 | 5/15 | 2/9 | 3/6 | 2/3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 77 | * Eemi Luukkonen | 19:53 | 6 | 3/6 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Sam Dempster | 24:00 | 8 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 35 | James Matthews | 11:10 | 6 | 2/5 | 0/2 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | Elijah Inwood | 01:03 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Joshua Nickel | 00:58 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 97 | 32/66 | 15/32 | 17/34 | 16/21 | 18 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 104 | |
WELLINGTON SAINTS
95 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Elijah Pepper | 38:16 | 20 | 9/16 | 7/8 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| * Carlin Davison | 36:24 | 9 | 4/7 | 3/5 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | |
| * Akech Aliir | 33:30 | 24 | 8/11 | 6/7 | 2/4 | 6/7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | |
| * Donte Ingram | 30:35 | 7 | 3/9 | 2/2 | 1/7 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 11 | * Jordan Hunt | 29:42 | 16 | 6/9 | 4/6 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Aubrey Chunga | 14:45 | 14 | 6/8 | 4/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| 3 | Samuel Gold | 14:17 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Darius Latu | 02:32 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team totals | 200:01 | 95 | 38/65 | 27/34 | 11/31 | 8/9 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 117 | |