Match summary — NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025
TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS lost to NELSON GIANTS 73-98 on in the NEW ZEALAND NBL 2025. NELSON GIANTS won by a 25-point margin. Brandon Stroud led all scorers with 28 points. TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS shot 35.5% from the field while NELSON GIANTS managed 45.3%. TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS collected 44 rebounds and NELSON GIANTS grabbed 44. 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
TARANAKI MOUNTAIN AIRS
73 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Brandon Stroud | 38:40 | 28 | 11/23 | 10/19 | 1/4 | 5/9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | |
| * James Moors | 25:47 | 14 | 5/11 | 5/11 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | |
| 62 | * Marcel Jones | 25:38 | 14 | 5/13 | 3/7 | 2/6 | 2/4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | * Zavier Adam | 25:08 | 0 | 0/5 | 0/1 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 |
| 23 | * Nico Hill | 17:30 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -5 |
| 8 | Riley Tuuta | 21:12 | 3 | 1/6 | 0/2 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Taane Samuel | 17:51 | 3 | 1/6 | 1/4 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | |
| Luka Vea | 17:30 | 5 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |
| 32 | Quintin Bailey | 10:44 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 73 | 27/76 | 23/52 | 4/24 | 15/25 | 30 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 66 | |
NELSON GIANTS
98 PTS | # | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | * Kruz Perrott-Hunt | 34:46 | 23 | 9/20 | 7/14 | 2/6 | 3/4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| 67 | * Liam Judd | 33:17 | 12 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 5/6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 16 | * Tohi Smith-Milner | 30:55 | 23 | 8/13 | 3/4 | 5/9 | 2/3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| 77 | * Eemi Luukkonen | 27:11 | 10 | 4/10 | 3/7 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| * Shane Gatling | 22:23 | 13 | 3/10 | 0/2 | 3/8 | 4/5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1 | Elijah Inwood | 15:38 | 2 | 1/6 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Daniel Saylor | 15:10 | 10 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | |
| 35 | James Matthews | 08:40 | 1 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Rico Varricchio | 05:16 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Joshua Nickel | 03:28 | 3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zach Rampton | 03:16 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 98 | 34/75 | 21/42 | 13/33 | 17/23 | 36 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 119 | |