New Zealand

Regular Season Round 1: Jets - Airs 85-91

Date: April 9, 2026
No shocking result in a game when Airs beat Jets in Palmerston North 91-85 on Thursday. Airs looked well-organized offensively handing out 23 assists. American players dominated the game. Forward Xavier Green (198-1996, college: Maryland, agency: One Motive Sports) nailed a double-double by scoring 30 points and 12 rebounds for the winning side and guard Aaron Cook (188-1997, college: Georgia) accounted for 13 points and 9 assists. Four Airs players scored in double figures. Guard Kaden Sand (198-2001, college: Bushnell) came up with 15 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists and power forward Jamal Poplar (204-1996, college: Seward County) added 20 points and 9 rebounds (on 9-of-10 shooting from the field) respectively for Jets in the defeat. Jets' coach rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help. Airs will meet Whai in the next round which should be theoretically an easy game. Jets will play against Hawks in Tamatea and it may be a tough game between close rivals.

  AIRS91
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
65 GQRRj, NiLaRQ 43 1-66 (03.0%) 0-7 (00.1%) 4-4 (655%) 6 66 68 6 3 4 8 5 6 3 45 45 65
  CIIV, SiQIj 44 6-0 (85%) 4-0 (15%) 8-8 (655%) 5 8 8 7 4 6 6 5 8 4 64 68 8
4 zIjRs, biQZRl 81 4-4 (655%) 8-1 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 8 6 5 4 5 5 5 68 60 -64
66 wuuUi, ealRF 81 5-6 (5%) 3-7 (33.3%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 6 8 5 5 5 6 6 68 3 4
8 AiBuRl, wiijR 81 4-4 (655%) 5-0 (5%) 3-9 (09.6%) 5 8 8 3 6 1 6 5 5 8 65 68 8
48 mialRF, ruajUaj 80 3-7 (33.3%) 5-6 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 5 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 2 3 86
0 kRi, vuVi 80 5-5 (5%) 5-0 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 1 9 8 8 5 8 5 5 6 5 4 -8
7 SdiB, ciLaRQ 2 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 4-4 (655%) 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 1 9 9
  ORiQj, ciLaRQ  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
1 wuhiVi, vFQaZ  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
9 CiQQ, HiFdRj  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
2 CIIpRQ, zIQdij  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   69-48 (04.6%) 60-38 (40.9%) 68-69 (95.1%) 4 82 46 84 61 66 66 6 0 64 76 29  


  JETS85
  FIELD GOALS REBOUNDS   FOULS   BLOCKS  
#   NAME MIN 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF RB AS F RV ST FV AG TO PT RNK +/-
65 Aijd, KidRj 43 1-2 (90%) 5-8 (5%) 4-3 (90%) 8 9 7 9 5 4 5 6 5 4 60 89 3
83 OIpliQ, ziBil 48 9-2 (29.0%) 8-8 (655%) 5-6 (5%) 6 2 7 5 3 8 4 6 5 3 85 80 -3
3 eussI-XijZR, gIjUiR 45 8-1 (44.4%) 4-7 (44.4%) 0-2 (18.0%) 5 8 8 6 6 1 8 5 5 6 62 63 -6
80 qLijs zQ, KiJlI 87 6-0 (85%) 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 4 8 6 8 5 6 8 0 8 4
0 bullRjs, mFQIj 81 6-6 (655%) 8-1 (44.4%) 5-6 (5%) 5 4 4 8 4 5 5 8 5 4 2 3 8
64 cihQij, HiBJi 88 6-0 (85%) 5-4 (5%) 3-3 (655%) 6 0 1 3 6 8 5 5 5 8 1 2 -86
42 HRiUhRQ, WallaiB 63 8-8 (655%) 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 8 6 6 5 6 5 8 9 66 -1
6 bZgijaRl, ChQasUaij 68 4-3 (90%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 4 3 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 1 7 4
4 CildTRll, mIsUIj 3 5-6 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -8 -9
2 biVIaa, osiiZ 8 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -4
66 ChIuU, ChIuU  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
60 SMMIUU, ohiai  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   84-35 (09.0%) 7-82 (48.6%) 68-62 (11.9%) 0 44 42 67 68 60 2 0 6 69 20 72  


Height: 198 cm
Position name: G
Born: Apr 29,2001
Weight: 84kg / 184.8lbs
34
MINS
34
15
POINTS
30
7
D.REB
11
2
O.REB
1
9
T.REB
12
7
ASSISTS
1
0
STEALS
2
3
TO
4
1
BLOCKS
0
6/8
75.0%
2FGP
6/11
54.5%
0/2
0.0%
3FGP
5/9
55.6%
3/4
75.0%
FT
3/3
100.0%
27
RANK
30
Height: 198 cm
Position: F
Born: Sep 9,1996
Weight: 91kg / 200.2lbs
Jets  85
VS
91  Airs
85
Points Scored
91
66
Starting Five Points
77
19
Bench Points
14
33
Defensive Rebounds
28
5
Offensive Rebounds
3
38
Rebounds
31
19
Assists
23
8
Steals
11
17
Turnovers
13
5
Blocked Shots
1
12
Personal fouls
16
23/40
57.5%
2FGP
17/32
53.1%
9/28
32.1%
3FGP
15/42
35.7%
12/18
66.7%
FT
12/17
70.6%
98
Rank
87

Terms:
Field Goals :  2PM-A  (2 point Field Goal made-attempts)     3PM-A  (3 point Field Goal made-attempts)   FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive)  DEF (Defensive)   TOT  (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed)  RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor)  AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes)  AST (assists)  ST (steals)   TO (Turnovers)   PTS (points)  RNK (ranking)