Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2016-2017
NEW ZEALAND defeated MELBOURNE UNITED 88-70 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2016-2017. NEW ZEALAND won by a 18-point margin. Casper Ware led all scorers with 23 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 40.5% from the field while MELBOURNE UNITED managed 36.4%. NEW ZEALAND collected 49 rebounds and MELBOURNE UNITED grabbed 40. 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
88 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Kirk Penney | 34:55 | 15 | 5/19 | 3/8 | 2/11 | 3/5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| * Kevin Dillard | 26:20 | 16 | 4/16 | 2/9 | 2/7 | 6/8 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| * Shea Ili | 21:52 | 12 | 4/5 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 1/2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| * Alex Pledger | 20:32 | 12 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| * Thomas Abercrombie | 18:43 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Robert Loe | 28:38 | 8 | 3/9 | 2/5 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Finn Delany | 22:35 | 13 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| Paul Carter | 16:20 | 10 | 3/6 | 0/1 | 3/5 | 1/2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Team totals | 189:55 | 88 | 30/74 | 19/44 | 11/30 | 17/24 | 35 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 110 |
MELBOURNE UNITED
70 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Casper Ware | 34:59 | 23 | 8/19 | 5/9 | 3/10 | 4/6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| * Chris Goulding | 33:03 | 6 | 2/12 | 2/8 | 0/4 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -5 |
| * Todd Blanchfield | 30:39 | 7 | 2/6 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 3/4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| * David Barlow | 19:58 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| * Majok Majok | 08:33 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Boone | 28:02 | 10 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 6/10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| David Andersen | 22:27 | 10 | 4/11 | 4/10 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Tai Wesley | 09:38 | 6 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Nate Tomlinson | 07:14 | 3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Kyle Adnam | 05:21 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team totals | 199:54 | 70 | 24/66 | 19/44 | 5/22 | 17/25 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 59 |