2025/26 NBL Midseason Review – Cairns Taipans
IT HAS not been the most easy going campaign in the National Basketball League (NBL) so far for the Cairns Taipans during the 2025/26 season, heading into the midseason break on the bottom of the ladder with nowhere to go but up. It was billed as a season of promise for the Taipans after the […]
Cotton’s Sixers trump McVeigh’s Taipans in OT
IN ONE of the best games of the season to-date in the 2025/26 National Basketball League (NBL) season, the Adelaide 36ers snuck past the Cairns Taipans by four points in overtime, as stars Bryce Cotton and Jack McVeigh duelled in a thrilling affair. On paper, it was not shaping as a blockbuster matchup, given the […]
Phoenix pip Taipans despite late fightback
AS EXPECTED, the SEM Phoenix were able to travel north and get the job done over the Cairns Taipans at the Cairns Convention Centre in Friday night’s action in the National Basketball League (NBL), claiming an 11-point win. The visiting Phoenix entered the clash as favourites, having been one of the stronger performing teams to […]
Phoenix fly north to take on Taipans
THE ACTION continues in the National Basketball League (NBL) tonight, with hostilities for Round 9 resume with a clash between the Cairns Taipans and the SEM Phoenix in Queensland in a high-stakes clash. On paper, it looks as if the Phoenix will enter this matchup heavily favoured when looking at the standings, given South East […]
Hickey hits terrific triple-double in big win
FURTHER demonstrating his importance since returning to the lineup following a delayed start to the 2025/26 National Basketball League (NBL) season, William Hickey notched a triple-double as the Illawarra Hawks defeated the Cairns Taipans. The Hawks entered the match having turned their season around following the injection of Hickey into the starting lineup over the […]
Queensland rivals lock horns in NBL action
IN TONIGHT’s exciting round seven matchup, the Brisbane Bullets will host the Cairns Taipans in an action packed Queensland derby. Both clubs will be eager to win the game not just for bragging rights, but to get a win on the board as the two teams are sitting in the bottom half of the ladder […]
2024/25 NBL Round 18 weekend wrap
IT WAS a packed Round 18 in the NBL over the weekend and we recap the key players from each game, and what the coaches had to say, with the most recent games first. Adelaide 36ers 27 30 22 15 94 New Zealand Breakers 15 20 23 20 78 KEY PLAYERS: Adelaide 36ers: Kendric Davis […]
Fall finds form to tame Taipans
TOWERING import Tacko Fall produced the best game of his NBL season, stepping up to record a massive double-double in the absence of suspended Parker Jackson-Cartwright and guide New Zealand to a big win over Cairns Taipans. In a battle of the bottom two sides with nine (New Zealand) and 15 (Cairns) game losing streaks […]
Seventh heaven for finals-bound Jackies
AN INCREDIBLE seventh straight win was the Christmas present all Tasmania JackJumpers fans were able to open together at MyState Bank Arena yesterday evening as the Apple Isle saw off the struggling New Zealand Breakers by 15 points to close our Round 13 of the NBL. The Breakers started the year with a 5-0 record […]
Breakers’ bravery on display in Thunder loss
ALTHOUGH it was not exactly the trip to the United States they were hoping for, the New Zealand Breakers delivered their best performance yet in the loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday morning. The clash marked the last of the NBL x NBA preseason clashes, with the Breakers missing the last two rounds […]
