Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018
CAIRNS TAIPANS defeated MELBOURNE UNITED 79-70 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018. CAIRNS TAIPANS won by a 9-point margin. Tai Wesley led all scorers with 20 points. CAIRNS TAIPANS shot 41.4% from the field while MELBOURNE UNITED managed 37.7%. CAIRNS TAIPANS collected 34 rebounds and MELBOURNE UNITED grabbed 35. 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
79 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Mitch Mccarron | 33:04 | 13 | 5/8 | 4/5 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| * Cameron Gliddon | 33:00 | 4 | 1/7 | 1/3 | 0/4 | 2/2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| * Alex Loughton | 27:36 | 11 | 4/12 | 3/8 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| * Scoochie Smith | 21:27 | 8 | 3/7 | 1/3 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| * Nnanna Egwu | 13:46 | 4 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Jerry Evans | 19:21 | 10 | 3/7 | 1/5 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Jarrad Weeks | 18:32 | 10 | 4/9 | 2/4 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Damon Heuir | 13:55 | 9 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 2/7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Team totals | 180:41 | 69 | 24/58 | 15/35 | 9/23 | 12/17 | 24 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Casey Prather | 33:50 | 14 | 5/17 | 4/12 | 1/5 | 3/4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| * Casper Ware | 32:39 | 13 | 5/11 | 2/4 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| * Tai Wesley | 31:49 | 20 | 6/11 | 3/6 | 3/5 | 5/6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| * Chris Goulding | 28:08 | 8 | 3/10 | 2/4 | 1/6 | 1/1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| * Josh Boone | 22:29 | 6 | 3/7 | 3/7 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Majok Majok | 13:34 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kyle Adnam | 12:33 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Moller | 09:19 | 4 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| David Andersen | 08:26 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| David Barlow | 03:40 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Peter Hooley | 03:28 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 199:55 | 70 | 26/69 | 17/44 | 9/25 | 9/13 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 62 |