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2019/20 NBL season review: Cairns Taipans
PRIOR to the start of the 2020 season, the Taipans had finished either last, or one position above that in their previous two campaigns. Cairns would also accumulate an abysmal 6-22 record in their 2018-19 season, six wins lower than Illawarra who finished seventh. Given this, not many would have guessed how much of a […]
2019/20 NBL Semi-final 3 preview: Perth Wildcats vs. Cairns Taipans
WITH the series at one game apiece for two of the highest scoring offences in the league, Game 3 of the Wildcats/Taipans series goes back to RAC Arena on Thursday night and the Cotton/Machado MVP conversation can finally be laid to rest for this season. The opening game of the series went Perth’s way by […]
2019/20 NBL Semi-final 1 preview: Perth Wildcats vs. Cairns Taipans
TO tip off the NBL 2020 semi-finals, the Perth Wildcats face off with the Cairns Taipans in what will be a thrilling back and forth. The Wildcats who are ranked second with a 19 and nine record, have the Taipans (16-12) to thank for two of those losses, although the Wildcats eventually took down the […]
2019/20 NBL season team preview: Cairns Taipans
AFTER a relatively unsuccessful season only registering six wins, the Taipans will be hoping to have more of an impact on the competition heading into their 2020 campaign. But they will have to do so without some notable players such as Melo Trimble who is headed down south to Melbourne United along with Robert Loe […]
Wildcats tame Taipans in Cairns
PERTH Wildcats were able to bounce back from a heart-breaking defeat to Melbourne United on Christmas Day to win an equally nail-biting contest against Cairns Taipans last night to continue Round 12 of the NBL. The three-point victory – which saw the Wildcats start strongly to lead by nine points at the first change, then […]
Resilient Breakers steal win over Cairns in fourth, Taipans lose six in a row
AFTER an extraordinary fourth quarter comeback and some vital free throw shooting in the dying stages of yesterday’s opener, the New Zealand Breakers have stolen their first win of the NBL21 season from the Cairns Taipans, 85-79, which as a result now extends their opponents’ losing streak to six games. It was a particularly slow […]
