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New Zealand Breakers vs Cairns Taipans Live Stream & Tips - Taipans form to continue in NBL

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Last updated: 31 Jan 2025
Jeremy Darke 31 Jan 2025
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  • New Zealand Breakers vs Cairns Taipans expert predictions for Saturday’s Round 19 NBL matchup
  • Cairns Taipans poised for third consecutive win
  • Breakers have lost 7 of their last 8 home games
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The Cairns Taipans are backed to claim their third consecutive victory. They are in their best form of the season and can surpass their team total.

  • New Zealand have lost 7 of their past 8 home games this season.
  • Cairns have won 3 of their past 4 games and also 3 of their past 4 away matches.
  • Cairns averaged 97.6 points per game in their last 5 matches.
  • New Zealand ranks 8th in the NBL with a 36.1 opposition 3P%.

Head to Head 


2024/25 Match Results

31/12/24: Cairns 68 - 92 New Zealand
16/11/24: Cairns 69 - 77 New Zealand

2023/24 Season Series

New Zealand Breakers won 3-0

New Zealand Breakers Form


It is not looking pretty for New Zealand as the season comes to a vicious halt after showing so much promise early in the NBL25 season. The Breakers have won just 1 of their last 8 games and are now trying to avoid the wooden spoon with a win against the Taipans. 

Suspensions and injuries have derailed the Breakers season and they will head into this bottom-of-the-table clash with Cairns with the uncertainty of Parker Jackson-Cartwright being fully-fit to play after missing the last match with a mid-section injury. 

Since PJC’s suspension his impact has not been the same for the Breakers, averaging just 13 points per game as Matt Mooney has become the number one scoring option. Since the suspension to Jackson-Cartwright, Mooney has averaged 21.44 points per game and looks to be more in-charge of the offence, even in PJC presence.

Cairns Taipans Form


What is happening in Cairns? Three wins from their past four matches including victories over the top two contenders in the NBL in the Illawarra Hawks and Perth Wildcats.

The Taipans have nothing to lose and everything to play for with more than half of their lineup chasing new contracts for NBL26. Coach Adam Forde is also working hard to make sure his players stay put and want to remain in Cairns as they buld towards next season. 

Rob Edwards is seeing more of the limelight, especially with Taran Armstrong out of the lineup last weekend, dropping 30 points against Perth and 22 against the Hawks. But where the Taipans have made the difference is in the paint with the presence of Tanner Groves and Sam Waardenburg.

Groves has averaged 19.25 points and 8 rebounds in his past 4 matches while Waardenburg was the difference in round 18 with 24 points and 9 rebounds against the Wildcats and 18 points and 6 rebounds against the Hawks.  

Verdict

The Cairns Taipans can record their third consecutive victory when they run up the score against the New Zealand Breakers on Saturday, scoring over 88.5 points and Rob Edwards contributing at least 20 points for Cairns.

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