Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
OTAGO NUGGETS defeated NELSON GIANTS 86-77 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. OTAGO NUGGETS won by a 9-point margin. Kruz Perrott-Hunt led all scorers with 26 points. OTAGO NUGGETS shot 45.1% from the field while NELSON GIANTS managed 41.5%. OTAGO NUGGETS collected 41 rebounds and NELSON GIANTS grabbed 41. 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
OTAGO NUGGETS
86 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Buay Tuach | 33:00 | 21 | 7/14 | 5/10 | 2/4 | 5/7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | |
| * Ethan Rusbatch | 31:59 | 14 | 4/12 | 2/5 | 2/7 | 4/4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| * Alain Louis | 31:35 | 18 | 7/14 | 7/12 | 0/2 | 4/11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |
| * Zach Mckenzie | 22:14 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| * Mikey Henn | 17:37 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/4 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Isaa Miller-Jose | 19:28 | 14 | 6/9 | 6/8 | 0/1 | 2/5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | |
| 7 | Matthew Bardsley | 15:40 | 5 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Christian Martin | 12:51 | 6 | 3/7 | 3/4 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Caleb Miller | 12:41 | 2 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Tyson Thata-Paese | 02:40 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oak Chisholm | 00:15 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 86 | 32/71 | 28/49 | 4/22 | 18/33 | 32 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 92 | |
NELSON GIANTS
77 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | * Sam Dempster | 38:42 | 10 | 4/9 | 2/2 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | * Kruz Perrott-Hunt | 36:56 | 26 | 8/18 | 6/13 | 2/5 | 8/9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| 0 | * Alexander Mcnaught | 36:36 | 5 | 2/6 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 67 | * Liam Judd | 34:51 | 7 | 2/8 | 2/5 | 0/3 | 3/5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2 |
| 16 | * Tohi Smith-Milner | 30:36 | 23 | 9/17 | 5/9 | 4/8 | 1/2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Joshua Nickel | 10:54 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 |
| 35 | James Matthews | 07:01 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Elijah Inwood | 04:24 | 2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 77 | 27/65 | 19/37 | 8/28 | 15/26 | 33 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 69 | |