{"id":543541,"date":"2026-07-25T14:23:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/543541\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:23:38","slug":"nznbl-new-zealand-national-basketball-league-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/543541\/","title":{"rendered":"NZNBL: New Zealand National Basketball League"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Posted on Saturday, July 25th, 2026<\/p>\n

Game Recap: Giants v Whai<\/p>\n

Result: NBS Nelson Giants (78) are defeated by the Northern Group Tauranga Whai (91)<\/p>\n

Win or go home. That’s the battle the Whai would enter tonight against the Giants who were looking to get one final win at home for the season. The Giants started shooting well with Kruz Perrott-Hunt getting up some good shots. The Whai would strike back as some timely 3’s from Taine Murray and Nick Stoddart would close the gap. The two teams would trade buckets until the 1st would end in favour of the Giants by 1 point. Throughout the season, the Giants would sometimes find themselves in scoring droughts and tonight would be no different. They’d score 10 points in the second and bring the Whai right back into the match. Halftime would find the visitors with a 14 point lead. It’d be extended to 19 as a 29-25 quarter would go in favour of the Whai. The Whai would only score 15 points in the fourth quarter but at that point, the damage was done. The Giants would be unable to come back from the deficit of the 2nd quarter and the Whai would take the match.<\/p>\n

Leading Players:

\nNBS Nelson Giants: Shane Gatling (23p, 2r, 3a), Kruz Perrott-Hunt (17p, 4r, 3a), Daniel Saylor (14p, 6r, 100% FG%)

\nNorthern Group Tauranga Whai: Nick Stoddart (22p, 4, 3a), Reuben Te Rangi (17p, 3r, 4a), Jordan Ngatai (14p, 8r, 9a, 2s)<\/p>\n

Sal\u2019s NBL Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n

Rapid League game:

\nResult: Nelson Giants (31) defeat the Tauranga Whai (29)<\/p>\n

Leading Players:

\nNelson Giants: Josh Nickel (11p, 4r), Elijah Inwood (10p, 3r, 2a, 2s)

\nTauranga Whai: Cole Hopoi (11p), Josh Kelly (4p, 3r)<\/p>\n

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