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Dominion Finance NBL Player of the Week – Lindsay Tait (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
32 points (9/19 FG, 2/6 3pt, 12/14 FT), 10 assists, three rebounds, three steals and a block v Century City Wellington Saints
OK, we can hear the complaints from here Ö is it healthy to have the same player as POW three weeks in a row?
Look at it this way, in those three weeks, Tait has averaged 35.0 points (55.9% FG, 40% 3pt, 91.1% FT), 8.3 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 2.7 steals at a time when the Stars needed their Kiwi players to step up.
Regardless of anything else that transpired that night, Aucklandís win over Saints without imports was a remarkable achievement, for which Tait can claim much of the credit.
He now lies less than half a point off the NBL scoring lead and 0.1 shy of the assist lead. Only one player has ever won both titles in the same season – American Jamie Dixon in 1989.
Blue Chip Nelson Giants import Josh Pace pushed Tait for this weekís honours and consolidated his spot atop the Player Power Rankings, while veteran Link Abrams was back near his best to reclaim the rebound lead in TET Taranaki Mountain Airsí upset over Nelson.
Stat Leaders (Round Nine)
Points
Lindsay Tait (Youthtown Auckland Stars) 32 v Saints
Nick Horvath (Century City Wellington Saints) 29 v Stars
Nick Horvath (Century City Wellington Saints) 27 v Rams
Rebounds
Link Abrams (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs) 15 v Giants
Three players 14
Assists
Lindsay Tait (Youthtown Auckland Stars) 10 v Saints
Jeremy Kench (Scenic Circle Canterbury Rams) 7 v Nuggets
Two players 6
Steals
Hayden Allen (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat) 6 v Giants
Five players 4
Blocks
Four players 3
FT
Lindsay Tait (Youthtown Auckland Stars) 12 v Saints
Nick Horvath (Century City Wellington Saints) 9 v Stars
Jeremy Kench (Scenic Circle Canterbury Rams) 7 v Nugs
3pt
Paora Winitana (Easy LPG Bay Hawks) 5 v Jets
Josh Clark (Youthtown Auckland Stars) 5 v Saints
Three players 4
Player Power Rankings
1 (1) *Josh Pace (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
2 (3) Lindsay Tait (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
3 (2) Dillon Boucher (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
4 (6) *Michael Joiner (Scenic Circle Canterbury Rams)
5 (4) Casey Frank (Youthtown Auckland Stars)
6 (7) Link Abrams (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
7 (5) *Tim Behrendorff (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
8 (9) *Justin Bailey (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets)
9 (11) *Mychal Green (Scenic Circle Canterbury Rams)
10 (8) *Oscar Forman (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
11 (13) *Garry Hill-Thomas (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
12 (16) Luke Martin (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
13 (12) Hayden Allen (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
14 (14) *George Byrd (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
15 (15) *Bakari Hendrix (Century City Wellington Saints)
16 (36) *Nick Horvath (Century City Wellington Saints)
17 (10) Aaron Nowell (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
18 (17) Paora Winitana (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
19 (18) *Kevin Smith (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
20 (19) *Kareem Johnson (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
21 (25) *Andrew Rice (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
22 (22) Mika Vukona (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
23 (21) *Brandon Payton (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
24 (20) *Branduinn Fullove (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets)
25 (33) Jeremy Kench (Scenic Circle Canterbury Rams)
26 (24) Ed Book (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
27 (31) Pero Cameron (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
28 (29) Everard Bartlett (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
29 (23) Brent Charleton (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
30 (26) Troy McLean (Century City Wellington Saints)
31 (32) Paul Henare (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
32 (35) Reece Cassidy (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
33 (30) Darryl Cartwright (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
34 (28) Adrian Majstrovich (Century City Wellington Saints)
35 (37) Miles Pearce (Cartridge World Otago Nuggets)
36 (38) Stacey Lambert (Inspire Net Manawatu Jets)
37 (40) Ben Jeffrey (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
38 (34) Nat Connell (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
39 (41) Mike Fitchett (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
40 (39) Chris Daniel (Blue Chip Nelson Giants)
41 (45) Puke Lenden (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
42 (42) Damon Rampton (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
43 (47) Ben Hill (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
44 (43) *Gabe Stephenson (TET Taranaki Mountain Airs)
45 (44) Jarrod Kenny (Appliance Shed Harbour Heat)
46 (46) Terrence Lewis (Century City Wellington Saints)
47 (50) George Leafa (Century City Wellington Saints)
48 (48) Damian Ekenasio (Century City Wellington Saints)
49 (49) Clifton Bush (Easy LPG Bay Hawks)
50 (-) Prem Krishna (U Park It Waikato Pistons)
* Denotes Import
