Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2015-2016
MELBOURNE UNITED defeated NEW ZEALAND 87-86 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2015-2016. MELBOURNE UNITED won by a 1-point margin. Thomas Abercrombie led all scorers with 24 points. MELBOURNE UNITED shot 36.8% from the field while NEW ZEALAND managed 44.0%. MELBOURNE UNITED collected 42 rebounds and NEW ZEALAND grabbed 47. This game was played as part of the AUSTRALIA NBL 2015-2016 season in Australia. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
MELBOURNE UNITED
87 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Chris Goulding | 31:49 | 21 | 8/19 | 5/9 | 3/10 | 2/2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| * Todd Blanchfield | 29:50 | 5 | 2/8 | 2/3 | 0/5 | 1/2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| * Daniel Kickert | 28:35 | 8 | 3/12 | 2/5 | 1/7 | 1/2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| * Stephen Holt | 28:01 | 21 | 4/13 | 3/10 | 1/3 | 12/15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| * Majok Majok | 23:30 | 8 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Igor Hadziomerovic | 17:13 | 8 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Nate Tomlinson | 15:36 | 6 | 2/8 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Garrett Jackson | 14:30 | 10 | 5/8 | 5/7 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Brad Hill | 10:52 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 87 | 28/76 | 20/44 | 8/32 | 23/31 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 87 |
NEW ZEALAND
86 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Cedric Jackson | 36:11 | 16 | 6/13 | 4/10 | 2/3 | 2/4 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| * Thomas Abercrombie | 35:20 | 24 | 10/18 | 6/10 | 4/8 | 0/0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| * Corey Webster | 33:56 | 15 | 7/22 | 7/17 | 0/5 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| * Alex Pledger | 28:34 | 9 | 3/7 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 3/6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| * Charles Jackson | 20:44 | 13 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 |
| Reuben Te Rangi | 22:08 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/1 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Everard Bartlett | 16:45 | 6 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Shane Mcdonald | 03:38 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tai Wynyard | 02:39 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:55 | 86 | 33/75 | 24/51 | 9/24 | 11/19 | 35 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 95 |