\n<\/p>\n
\u200d<\/strong>Watch every game live on ESPN.<\/p>\n >>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>How to watch ESPN<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n >>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Ticketing information<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u200d<\/strong>Live scores, stats, breaking news and game highlights are available via the new and improved NBL App.<\/a><\/p>\n >> <\/em><\/strong>Visit Game Centre<\/em><\/strong><\/a> |\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Download the free NBL App now<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Battle of desperate teams Currently, Cairns and New Zealand sit last and second-last on the ladder respectively, knowing how important each win is to keep their Finals chances alive.<\/p>\n One thing that does bode well for New Zealand is the fact they’ve won the past six contests against the Taipans, who are 1-7 at home in NBL26.<\/p>\n More McVeigh heroics? The Australian Boomer currently contributes 18.8 points a game, which is just under 25 per cent of Cairns’ 80.4 per game (the lowest mark in the league).<\/p>\n While Mojave King has been solid of late for Adam Forde’s side, it seems critical, if the Taipans are going to have a chance of winning, that McVeigh has another huge offensive night, with the forward averaging 22 points a game in Cairns’ three wins.<\/p>\n Cairns coach Adam Forde on his side’s home fixture with New Zealand: “[Sam] Mennenga is a tough three-point threat, while [Parker] Jackson-Cartwright is arguably one of the best points guards in the league. <\/p>\n “Everybody in between those two in the lineup is filling their roles. <\/p>\n “They’re on the up and up and we want to make sure we don’t take anyone lightly. <\/p>\n “[Not to mention] we haven’t won at home in a while, we really need to make sure we focus for the full 40 minutes and not just play a half of basketball and think it’ll be enough.”<\/p>\n Breakers coach Petteri Koponen on the importance of playing the full 40 minutes: “Every game, there’s always aspects you believe you could have done differently.<\/p>\n “It’s those small moments that define the big picture and the result of games.”<\/p>\n Cairns New Zealand >>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>View full injury list<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Cairns Taipans v New Zealand BreakersSaturday, November 22, 5.30pm AEDTCairns Convention Centre How to watch\u200d \u200dWatch every game live on ESPN. >>\u00a0How to watch ESPN Tickets >>\u00a0Ticketing information How to follow &\u00a0live scores \u200dLive scores, stats, breaking news and game highlights are available via the new and improved NBL App. >> Visit Game Centre |\u00a0Download … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/How-to-watch-talking-points-Cairns-v-New-Zealand.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10693,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10691\/revisions\/10693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tickets<\/h4>\n
How to follow &\u00a0live scores<\/h4>\n
Talking points<\/h4>\n
<\/strong>With the FIBA Break upon us, both Cairns and New Zealand will be desperate to carry some momentum into the next section of the Hungry Jack’s NBL Season.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>In his last game, Cairns superstar Jack McVeigh scored a career-high 39 points as the Taipans pushed the 36ers all the way on Sunday, before ultimately losing in overtime.<\/p>\nWhat they’re saying<\/h4>\n
<\/strong>“New Zealand’s very well balanced. <\/p>\n
<\/strong>“A basketball game last 40 minutes and in that, there are going to be runs [which we need to deal with better].<\/p>\nMissing in action<\/h4>\n
<\/strong>Alex Higgins-Titsha – Wrist – Season
Kody Stattmann – Hamstring – Round 10
Kyle Adnam – Knee – Round 10
Reyne Smith – Foot – Round 10
Sam Waardenburg – Ankle – December\u200d<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>No injuries listed.<\/p>\n
\n
Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"