The upcoming match of NBL 2021 is scheduled to be played between New Zealand Breakers and Cairns Taipans. These two teams are going to have a face-off on April 23, Friday. The NZB vs CTP match is going to kick-off at 03:00 PM, as per to IST. The team New Zealand Breakers have packed up their performance in the last two matches where they have been victorious in both the recent games.
New Zealand Breakers vs Cairns Taipans Preview
In the last match of New Zealand Breakers, the team has participated against Perth and has gained victory by scoring 83 scores. In that match, Perth scored 78 points in return and the match ended with 78-83 victory for NZB. Earlier this match, the team New Zealand Breakers scored 91 points against their opponent Brisbane Bullets who have scored 71 points and the match ended in the victory of 91-71 scores.
On the other hand, the team Cairns Taipans is not in good form currently. They have lost their last match against Sydney by scoring 84 points while their opponent scored 89 points to win the game. However, earlier this match, Cairns has scored 91 points to win the match against their opponent Adelaide who has scored 88 points in return. The match ended in the favour of Cairns Taipans by 91- 88 scores.
NZB vs CTP Head-to-Head Result
In their last five one-on-one encounters, both NZB and CTP have given tough competition to each other. New Zealand Breakers has won two times in those matches while Cairns Taipans has won in three matches in their currently held meetings.
New Zealand Breakers: 2 Wins
Cairns Taipans: 3 Wins
NZB vs CTP Team Squads
New Zealand Breakers Squads
Jeremy Kendle, Jarrad Weeks, Corey Webster, Colton Iverson, Isaac Davidson, Kyrin Galloway, Finn Delaney, Ethan Rusbatch, William McDowell-White, Lamar Patterson, Terry Li, Taine Murray, Daniel Trist, Tom Abercrombie, Rasmus Bach, Tai Webster, Rob Loe, Levi Randolph
Cairns Taipans Squads
Jordan Hunt, Nathan Jawai, Scott Machado, Jordan Ngatai, Hyrum Harris, Cameron Oliver, Kouat Noi, George Blagojevic, Majok Deng, Jarrod Kenny, Mirko Djeric, Mojave King, Tad Dufelmeier, Fabijan Krslovic
NZB vs CTP: Team Standings
As of now, both are the bottom two teams in the league table where New Zealand Breakers is positioned at the eighth spot. So far, New Zealand Breakers has played total 21 matches, in which they have won 7 matches and lost the remaining 14 games as well. On the other hand, Cairns has played 24 matches in total and won six games out of these while losing the remaining 18 played matches. Due to their performance so far in the league, the team Cairns is positioned at the bottom spot i.e. 9th spot in the team standings.
Probable Winner: Based on the current form of NZB and CTP, New Zealand Breakers has the higher winning chances as they had two continuous win before joining this combat against Cairns Taipans. The current form of both the teams are: NZB-WWLLL & CTP- LWLLL.
