Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2016-2017
MELBOURNE UNITED defeated CAIRNS TAIPANS 84-79 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2016-2017. MELBOURNE UNITED won by a 5-point margin. Chris Goulding led all scorers with 30 points. MELBOURNE UNITED shot 43.9% from the field while CAIRNS TAIPANS managed 42.9%. MELBOURNE UNITED collected 33 rebounds and CAIRNS TAIPANS 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
MELBOURNE UNITED
84 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Casper Ware | 33:10 | 12 | 3/14 | 1/5 | 2/9 | 4/6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| * Chris Goulding | 30:37 | 30 | 10/19 | 2/7 | 8/12 | 2/2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| * Majok Majok | 22:40 | 8 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| * Owen Odigie | 14:30 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| * David Andersen | 12:27 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tai Wesley | 26:32 | 16 | 6/9 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Ramone Moore | 22:52 | 7 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| David Barlow | 16:27 | 4 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Devin Williams | 12:49 | 3 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Nate Tomlinson | 07:49 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 199:53 | 84 | 29/66 | 15/30 | 14/36 | 12/16 | 23 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 88 |
CAIRNS TAIPANS
79 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Cameron Gliddon | 32:45 | 9 | 3/8 | 2/4 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| * Mark Worthington | 25:57 | 7 | 2/7 | 1/2 | 1/5 | 2/2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| * Stephen Weigh | 21:00 | 9 | 3/8 | 2/5 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| * Nathan Jawai | 19:44 | 10 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| * Travis Trice | 16:46 | 10 | 4/6 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Fuquan Edwin | 21:14 | 12 | 3/10 | 1/6 | 2/4 | 4/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Jarrad Weeks | 19:42 | 10 | 2/6 | 0/1 | 2/5 | 4/4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Nnanna Egwu | 19:33 | 6 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Mitch Mccarron | 13:56 | 4 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Alex Loughton | 06:37 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Damon Heuir | 02:39 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 199:53 | 79 | 27/63 | 18/37 | 9/26 | 16/16 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 85 |