On June 26, the Taranaki Mountainairs will face off against the Taihape Eagles in a regular season match in New Zealand. The current unavailable players for both teams are as follows:
Taihape Eagles: Ngatai (called up for the New Zealand national men’s basketball team), Ball (called up for the New Zealand U17 men’s basketball team), Rafferty (ankle injury), Ferguson (knee injury), and Carson (knee injury) are all out.
Ngatai averages 16.8 points per game, while the other four absent players average less than 5 points each.
Taranaki Mountainairs: Flynn Cameron (called up for the New Zealand national men’s basketball team) is out.
Flynn Cameron averages 15.2 points per game.