Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018
CAIRNS TAIPANS defeated MELBOURNE UNITED 92-69 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018. CAIRNS TAIPANS won by a 23-point margin. Cameron Gliddon led all scorers with 20 points. CAIRNS TAIPANS shot 42.5% from the field while MELBOURNE UNITED managed 47.3%. CAIRNS TAIPANS collected 33 rebounds and MELBOURNE UNITED grabbed 25. This game was played as part of the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018 season in Australia. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
CAIRNS TAIPANS
92 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Cameron Gliddon | 31:20 | 20 | 7/12 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 2/2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| * Scoochie Smith | 29:09 | 17 | 7/15 | 6/10 | 1/5 | 2/3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| * Alex Loughton | 23:19 | 12 | 5/9 | 3/4 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| * Nnanna Egwu | 19:03 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| * Michael Carrera | 03:34 | 2 | 0/3 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Mitch Mccarron | 31:14 | 14 | 4/12 | 2/8 | 2/4 | 4/4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Stephen Weigh | 29:24 | 14 | 5/11 | 3/6 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Jarrad Weeks | 17:10 | 7 | 1/4 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 4/6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Damon Heuir | 06:26 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuany Kuany | 01:04 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 191:43 | 90 | 31/73 | 19/45 | 12/28 | 16/19 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 105 |
MELBOURNE UNITED
69 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Chris Goulding | 32:31 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| * Casper Ware | 30:53 | 12 | 3/8 | 0/1 | 3/7 | 3/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| * Casey Prather | 27:08 | 10 | 4/10 | 4/8 | 0/2 | 2/6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| * Josh Boone | 21:05 | 11 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| * David Barlow | 12:39 | 5 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Tai Wesley | 24:19 | 12 | 5/7 | 4/4 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Kyle Adnam | 14:31 | 4 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Majok Majok | 11:44 | 4 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| David Andersen | 10:14 | 6 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Moller | 10:04 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Hooley | 04:47 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Team totals | 199:55 | 69 | 26/55 | 20/35 | 6/20 | 11/19 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 61 |