Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2016-2017
MELBOURNE UNITED defeated CAIRNS TAIPANS 92-85 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2016-2017. MELBOURNE UNITED won by a 7-point margin. Casper Ware led all scorers with 31 points. MELBOURNE UNITED shot 49.3% from the field while CAIRNS TAIPANS managed 46.9%. MELBOURNE UNITED collected 37 rebounds and CAIRNS TAIPANS grabbed 31. 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
92 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Chris Goulding | 33:30 | 27 | 9/17 | 3/7 | 6/10 | 3/4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| * Casper Ware | 33:30 | 31 | 12/22 | 8/13 | 4/9 | 3/4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| * David Barlow | 26:20 | 7 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| * Todd Blanchfield | 24:59 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| * Majok Majok | 17:19 | 6 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Tai Wesley | 21:21 | 4 | 2/6 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Josh Boone | 19:21 | 8 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Kyle Adnam | 12:36 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Lasan Kromah | 05:57 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nate Tomlinson | 04:35 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Odigie | 00:26 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:54 | 92 | 35/71 | 24/44 | 11/27 | 11/17 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 92 |
CAIRNS TAIPANS
85 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Travis Trice | 36:13 | 14 | 6/17 | 4/9 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| * Mark Worthington | 33:21 | 15 | 6/9 | 3/5 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| * Nathan Jawai | 24:40 | 9 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| * Fuquan Edwin | 23:52 | 9 | 3/9 | 1/4 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| * Cameron Gliddon | 20:24 | 4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Mitch Mccarron | 19:35 | 8 | 2/6 | 0/3 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Stephen Weigh | 13:19 | 13 | 4/6 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Nnanna Egwu | 12:17 | 3 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Alex Loughton | 09:40 | 5 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Jarrad Weeks | 06:34 | 5 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Team totals | 199:55 | 85 | 30/64 | 15/33 | 15/31 | 10/14 | 24 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 96 |