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Round 3 Analysis

SuperCoach NBL: PJC's 116 cashes in for captains

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Peter Brown

Senior Editor

SuperCoach NBL: PJC's 116 cashes in for captains
SuperCoach NBL: PJC's 116 cashes in for captains

New Zealand Breakers teammates Sam Mennenga and Parker Jackson-Cartwright celebrate their win against the Adelaide 36ers after their Round 3 NBL27 clash at Adelaide Entertainment Centre on October 4, 2026. Photo: Mark Brake/Getty Images.

Highlights

The Breakers point guard posted the biggest game of the season and now leads SuperCoach NBL by 70.

New Zealand Breakers point guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright ($405,200) grabbed SuperCoach NBL by the scruff of the neck, piling up 116 points in the Breakers' two Round 3 wins to open a 70-point lead at the top of the season standings (before Round 4 unlocks).

Jackson-Cartwright had 27 points and 10 assists in both games, scoring 49 in the 98-75 win against the Cairns Taipans on Wednesday and 67 in the 88-72 win against the Adelaide 36ers on Sunday. That 67 is the biggest single-game score of NBL27, three better than the 64 Bryce Cotton ($473,900) posted in Round 2, and coaches who handed Jackson-Cartwright the C banked 232 for the round.

Tasmania JackJumpers centre Will Magnay ($269,300) was the only other player to crack 100, posting 101 in wins against Melbourne United and the Brisbane Bullets. His 59 in Saturday's 109-99 overtime win in Brisbane came from 22 points, nine rebounds, six assists and four blocks, and his Round 3 haul is bigger than his first two rounds combined.

Adelaide big man Nick Rakocevic ($188,400) keeps making the most of Isaac Humphries ($265,300) being sidelined with a knee injury. Rakocevic, now second overall on 197, scored 96 in Adelaide's two losses, including 65 against the Breakers off 29 points and 16 rebounds on 14-from-22 shooting.

Cotton came back to earth after his 94 in Round 2, managing just 45 from Adelaide's double – brutal for SuperCoaches who stuck the armband on the game’s most expensive player.

The six-time MVP made all 11 of his free throws for 24 in the 114-92 loss to Illawarra and added 21 against New Zealand, but now sits third overall on 181.

The round also reminded everyone what SuperCoach NBL actually rewards.

Melbourne United guard Cole Anthony ($300,000) scored 40 points in the loss to Cairns on Saturday and collected only 44 SuperCoach points for it, because he added only four rebounds and an assist. Oooft.

A day later, Illawarra Hawks guard Milton Doyle ($274,700) scored 14 points against the South East Melbourne Phoenix and turned them into 46, on the back of 11 assists, three steals and a double-double bonus.

Double-headers ruled again, with eight of the 10 clubs playing twice in Round 3 and every one of the Top 15 coming from those eight. The Perth Wildcats and Sydney Kings played once, and the best return from either club was the 44 Kristian Doolittle ($317,500) posted in Perth's 92-88 win against the Phoenix, two more than Kings star Kendric Davis ($436,000) piled up against Brisbane.

At the cheap end, Tasmania guard Dakota Mathias ($145,200) was the lowest-priced player in the Round 3 Top 15, scoring 57 across the JackJumpers' two games. Phoenix Next Star Dash Daniels ($115,000) missed the Top 15 by a single point with 56, including 34 against Illawarra, and his price is already on the move.

Jackson-Cartwright has also taken the best average in the game from Bullets guard Arnas Velicka ($277,000), 53.4 points a game to Velicka's 43.0, with Davis (44.7) and Magnay (43.2) in between.

Velicka couldn’t throw it in the ocean against the JackJumpers, he went 2-from-14 from the field including just 1-for-11 from three but he did have 13 assists and five rebounds, which was some respite for SuperCoaches who put the (C) on the Lithuanian import (me).

Below are the Top 15 Scores from Round 2 and Top 25 Overall Scorers after two rounds.

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NBL27 Round 3: the fifteen biggest SuperCoach scores

Every Round 3 game played · eight clubs represented · all fifteen played twice
1Parker Jackson-CartwrightNZ Breakers1162$405,200 >$435,200+$30,00074:4454112032717-319-1511-13
2Will MagnayTasmania1012$269,300 >$269,300no change67:323920927412-212-413-19
3Nick RakocevicAdelaide962$188,400 >$229,000+$40,60059:183527832117-300-41-6
4Milton DoyleIllawarra752$274,700 >$267,900−$6,80058:122761830410-253-84-4
5Keanu PinderCairns722$300,000 >$294,700−$5,30048:263310561112-232-77-8
6Josh OduroMelbourne United682$277,000 >$277,000no change59:583319221113-200-07-11
7Cole AnthonyMelbourne United662$300,000 >$300,000no change55:45519320314-403-1320-25
7Nathan SobeySE Melbourne662$379,600 >$379,600no change59:013691410511-284-1510-10
7Tyrell HarrisonBrisbane662$336,100 >$336,100no change59:553017504412-190-16-7
10Arnas VelickaBrisbane622$277,000 >$277,000no change70:40217182047-265-212-6
10Jaylin WilliamsBrisbane622$277,000 >$277,000no change58:342916612211-266-151-1
12Josh BannanTasmania612$317,500 >$317,500no change55:022815730512-321-83-7
13Dakota MathiasTasmania572$145,200 >$145,200no change72:393213340310-286-156-7
13Kelan MartinIllawarra572$277,000 >$262,700−$14,30053:57459310317-286-95-5
13Sam FrolingIllawarra572$228,200 >$234,700+$6,50048:172817410211-200-06-8
SuperCoach points for the fifteen highest scorers of NBL27 Round 3. Read the G column first: every club except Perth and Sydney played twice in Round 3, so all of these totals cover two games.
How this table is built, and where the numbers come from
SuperCoach points are SuperCoach’s own. The box score beside them is the NBL’s, added up across every Round 3 game the player appeared in, so a player who played twice shows two games’ worth of minutes and shooting as well as two games’ worth of points. Neither figure is worked out from the other: we recalculate every SuperCoach score ourselves from the box score and the table is only built if they all agree, which they do. Price shows each player’s starting SuperCoach price, then his price now, with the change underneath in green for a rise and red for a fall. SuperCoach had not yet applied its after-Round 3 price changes when this was checked. The biggest single game of the round was 67, by Parker Jackson-Cartwright. Checked on 5 October 2026, after all nine Round 3 games had finished.
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NBL27 SuperCoach: the top twenty-five scorers after three rounds

Season totals, Rounds 1 to 3 · ten clubs represented · fifteen of the twenty-five have played five games
1Parker Jackson-CartwrightNZ Breakers267553.4$405,200 >$435,200+$30,0009952116
2Nick RakocevicAdelaide197539.4$188,400 >$229,000+$40,600227996
3Bryce CottonAdelaide181536.2$473,900 >$473,800−$100429445
4Will MagnayTasmania173443.2$269,300 >$269,300no change3438101
5Arnas VelickaBrisbane172443.0$277,000 >$277,000no change595162
6Keanu PinderCairns152530.4$300,000 >$294,700−$5,300394172
7Milton DoyleIllawarra146529.2$274,700 >$267,900−$6,800254675
8Kristian DoolittlePerth144436.0$317,500 >$325,200+$7,700465444
8Zylan CheathamAdelaide144528.8$339,500 >$336,500−$3,000306450
10Malique LewisCairns143528.6$207,900 >$235,900+$28,000187451
11Cole AnthonyMelbourne United140435.0$300,000 >$300,000no change344066
11Dash DanielsSE Melbourne140528.0$115,000 >$159,200+$44,200642056
13Kendric DavisSydney134344.7$436,000 >$436,000no change464642
14Nate HintonBrisbane132433.0$277,000 >$277,000no change344355
15Sam FrolingIllawarra130526.0$228,200 >$234,700+$6,500155857
16Taran ArmstrongTasmania126431.5$304,700 >$304,700no change304155
17Skylar MaysSE Melbourne125525.0$277,000 >$272,200−$4,800502451
18Sam MennengaNZ Breakers122524.4$303,100 >$285,700−$17,400511655
19Tyrell HarrisonBrisbane121430.2$336,100 >$336,100no change371866
20Elijah PepperPerth120430.0$202,700 >$232,800+$30,100217227
20Kelan MartinIllawarra120524.0$277,000 >$262,700−$14,300214257
22Jack McVeighCairns119523.8$349,800 >$318,300−$31,50085655
22William HickeyIllawarra119523.8$331,600 >$309,800−$21,800343649
24Dylan WindlerPerth118429.5$271,100 >$275,600+$4,500127135
25Tyler HarveyIllawarra117523.4$271,700 >$265,700−$6,000234846
The twenty-five highest SuperCoach season totals after three rounds of NBL27. Check the G column before comparing totals: clubs have played different numbers of double-header rounds, so fifteen of these players have had five games and the rest fewer. Avg is the fairer comparison.
How this table is built, and where the numbers come from
Totals, round scores and prices are SuperCoach’s own. We also recalculate every score ourselves from the NBL’s box scores, game by game, and the table is only built if the two agree for every player in every round, which they do. Avg is the season total divided by games played. Price shows each player’s starting SuperCoach price, then his price now, with the change underneath in green for a rise and red for a fall. SuperCoach had not yet applied its after-Round 3 price changes when this was checked. Best average in this table: Parker Jackson-Cartwright, 53.4 a game from five games. The biggest single game of the season so far is 67, by Parker Jackson-Cartwright. Checked on 5 October 2026, after every game of Rounds 1 to 3 had finished.

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