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Cairns Taipans vs Melbourne United — Jan 7, 2026 | Score, Box Score & Stats

NBL NBL · John Cain Arena

Scoreboard

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 T
Cairns Taipans 29 14 33 17 93
United 22 23 30 17 92

Team Stats

Cairns Taipans
STAT
United
31 Field Goals Made 33
11 3-Pointers Made 8
18 Free Throws Made 18
33 Rebounds 38
22 Assists 14
4 Steals 5
5 Blocks 3
16 Turnovers 9
TeamFGFG%3P3P%FTFT%REBOREBDREBASTSTLBLKTOPF
Cairns Taipans
31/51 61% 11/21 52% 18/27 67% 33 3 - 22 4 5 16 21
United
33/78 42% 8/33 24% 18/23 78% 38 17 - 14 5 3 9 27

Cairns Taipans vs Melbourne United — Game Insights

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Cairns Taipans — Players

PlayerMINPTSREBASTFG3PFT
McVeigh JackS
40:00 20 9 4 5/5 2/6 4/5
Waardenburg SamS
31:53 20 9 0 5/7 2/2 4/5
Galloway KyrinS
22:56 13 2 1 1/1 3/4 2/2
Andrews AndrewS
38:59 13 3 13 3/6 1/4 4/6
M. KingS
15:23 3 0 1 1/3 0/2 1/2
Lee MarcusB
15:56 9 2 0 4/5 0/0 1/5
Stattmann KodyB
12:57 8 1 1 0/1 2/2 2/2
Barker LachlanB
12:32 5 0 1 1/1 1/1 0/0
Schofield AdmiralB
09:27 2 4 1 1/2 0/0 0/0

Melbourne United — Players

PlayerMINPTSREBASTFG3PFT
Goulding ChrisS
30:02 27 1 1 3/4 5/11 6/7
Doyle MiltonS
22:11 15 2 0 4/7 2/8 1/1
Delany FinnS
28:08 14 5 4 4/6 1/3 3/3
T. WalkerS
32:47 12 3 4 5/10 0/6 2/2
J. EdwardsS
21:35 11 3 1 4/5 0/0 3/4
Krebs TannerB
16:35 4 8 2 2/4 0/2 0/1
T. WilsonB
05:06 3 0 1 1/2 0/0 1/1
D. DanielsB
12:51 2 3 1 1/3 0/2 0/0
Bowen KyleB
11:56 2 4 0 0/1 0/1 2/4
Krslovic FabijanB
18:26 2 5 0 1/4 0/0 0/0
Machar MalithB
00:35 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0/0

Head to Head

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Last 3 meetings
3
Feb 12, 2026
United 89 - 85 Cairns Taipans
Oct 24, 2025
United 94 - 67 Cairns Taipans
Oct 12, 2025
Cairns Taipans 60 - 95 United

Cairns Taipans Recent

Feb 19 @ Breakers 84-115 L
Feb 12 vs United 89-85 L
Feb 8 @ Bullets 81-72 W
Feb 6 @ Perth 84-98 L
Feb 1 vs Sydney 106-92 L

United Recent

Mar 7 @ Perth 77-95 L
Mar 5 vs JackJumpers 68-82 W
Feb 19 vs Melbourne 91-95 W
Feb 15 vs Hawks 100-91 L
Feb 12 @ Cairns Taipans 89-85 W

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