Schedule › Round 3
Cairns Taipans @ New Zealand Breakers
Wed 30 Sep, 5:30pm, Spark Arena. Round 3.
Cairns75
Final
NZ Breakers98
Drama 10 / 100: how close it finished, overtime and the quality of the teams, without saying who won.
Pre-game prediction
Cairns 88.1 – 95.4 NZ Breakers
Cairns 30%NZ Breakers 70%
| Projected margin | NZ Breakers by 7.4 |
| Projected total | 183.5 |
| Expected possessions | 79.5 |
What the model said before tip-off.
Matchup
| CNS | NZB | |
|---|---|---|
| AdjEM | -5.69 | +1.55 |
| Adj. offense | 111.39 | 115.47 |
| Adj. defense | 116.99 | 113.94 |
| Adj. tempo | 80.85 | 79.47 |
| Schedule strength | +0.14 | -2.18 |
| eFG% | 54.5%6 | 57.2%2 |
| Turnover % | 13.4%3 | 15.9%8 |
| Off. rebound % | 20.2%10 | 31.2%8 |
| FT rate | 19.7%10 | 29.8%4 |
| 3PA share | 49.8%1 | 42.2%6 |
Bold is the better of the two. Team pages: Cairns Taipans, New Zealand Breakers.