Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2016-2017
NEW ZEALAND defeated MELBOURNE UNITED 76-71 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2016-2017. NEW ZEALAND won by a 5-point margin. Tai Wesley led all scorers with 15 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 39.4% from the field while MELBOURNE UNITED managed 41.2%. NEW ZEALAND collected 41 rebounds and MELBOURNE UNITED grabbed 36. 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
NEW ZEALAND
76 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Thomas Abercrombie | 29:21 | 14 | 4/8 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 4/6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| * Ben Woodside | 28:39 | 8 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| * Kirk Penney | 28:17 | 9 | 3/12 | 0/5 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| * Mika Vukona | 19:51 | 12 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 6/6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| * Alex Pledger | 15:41 | 6 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Corey Webster | 27:29 | 11 | 4/10 | 1/4 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Akil Mitchell | 24:34 | 8 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Robert Loe | 19:52 | 8 | 3/10 | 1/2 | 2/8 | 0/1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Isaih Tueta | 06:12 | 0 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 76 | 26/66 | 15/38 | 11/28 | 13/20 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 88 |
MELBOURNE UNITED
71 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Cedric Jackson | 32:20 | 14 | 6/15 | 5/12 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| * Chris Goulding | 32:00 | 9 | 3/13 | 0/4 | 3/9 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| * David Andersen | 27:51 | 9 | 3/5 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| * Majok Majok | 18:37 | 7 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| * Todd Blanchfield | 18:26 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramone Moore | 23:49 | 9 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Nate Tomlinson | 16:49 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Williams | 16:08 | 4 | 2/7 | 2/7 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| Tai Wesley | 13:56 | 15 | 5/8 | 1/4 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 71 | 28/68 | 18/46 | 10/22 | 5/11 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 71 |