Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2016-2017
CAIRNS TAIPANS lost to MELBOURNE UNITED 78-79 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2016-2017. MELBOURNE UNITED won by a 1-point margin. Casper Ware led all scorers with 24 points. CAIRNS TAIPANS shot 44.1% from the field while MELBOURNE UNITED managed 40.0%. CAIRNS TAIPANS collected 31 rebounds and MELBOURNE UNITED grabbed 32. This game was played as part of the AUSTRALIA NBL 2016-2017 season in Australia. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
CAIRNS TAIPANS
78 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Cameron Gliddon | 33:42 | 10 | 4/10 | 2/4 | 2/6 | 0/1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| * Travis Trice | 27:48 | 15 | 5/15 | 2/6 | 3/9 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| * Mark Worthington | 26:44 | 4 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| * Mitch Mccarron | 23:59 | 6 | 2/7 | 0/2 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| * Nathan Jawai | 12:00 | 12 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| Nnanna Egwu | 27:44 | 8 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Fuquan Edwin | 16:21 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Alex Loughton | 13:15 | 6 | 3/7 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Jarrad Weeks | 10:25 | 10 | 3/5 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Damon Heuir | 04:11 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stephen Weigh | 03:44 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 199:53 | 78 | 30/68 | 20/41 | 10/27 | 8/11 | 25 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 84 |
MELBOURNE UNITED
79 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Chris Goulding | 34:06 | 16 | 5/11 | 1/4 | 4/7 | 2/3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| * Casper Ware | 32:55 | 24 | 9/20 | 7/14 | 2/6 | 4/6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| * Todd Blanchfield | 24:25 | 5 | 1/6 | 0/1 | 1/5 | 2/4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| * Majok Majok | 17:58 | 6 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| * David Barlow | 16:19 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Tai Wesley | 24:44 | 12 | 4/9 | 3/6 | 1/3 | 3/3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| Josh Boone | 20:58 | 6 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Ramone Moore | 19:39 | 5 | 2/5 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Nate Tomlinson | 08:53 | 2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 199:57 | 79 | 24/60 | 14/35 | 10/25 | 21/28 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 79 |