Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018
CAIRNS TAIPANS lost to MELBOURNE UNITED 68-79 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018. MELBOURNE UNITED won by a 11-point margin. Casper Ware led all scorers with 24 points. CAIRNS TAIPANS shot 30.9% from the field while MELBOURNE UNITED managed 46.7%. CAIRNS TAIPANS collected 42 rebounds and MELBOURNE UNITED grabbed 28. 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
68 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Mitch Mccarron | 35:04 | 16 | 4/9 | 3/6 | 1/3 | 7/8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| * Cameron Gliddon | 34:10 | 8 | 2/7 | 0/1 | 2/6 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| * Nnanna Egwu | 33:29 | 7 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| * Alex Loughton | 23:31 | 11 | 3/9 | 2/4 | 1/5 | 4/4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| * Jarrad Weeks | 20:52 | 4 | 1/10 | 1/6 | 0/4 | 2/2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -4 |
| Jerry Evans | 17:31 | 3 | 1/8 | 1/4 | 0/4 | 1/2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Scoochie Smith | 16:42 | 7 | 3/9 | 3/8 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Damon Heuir | 13:09 | 8 | 2/7 | 1/3 | 1/4 | 3/4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan Jawai | 05:27 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 199:55 | 68 | 21/68 | 16/41 | 5/27 | 21/25 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 66 |
MELBOURNE UNITED
79 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Casper Ware | 36:34 | 24 | 7/17 | 3/9 | 4/8 | 6/6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| * Chris Goulding | 35:46 | 11 | 3/10 | 2/3 | 1/7 | 4/4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| * Tai Wesley | 23:13 | 12 | 6/10 | 6/7 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| * Josh Boone | 22:51 | 13 | 5/8 | 5/8 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| * Carrick Felix | 15:21 | 6 | 2/6 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Craig Moller | 24:38 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| David Barlow | 19:59 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Tohi Smith-Milner | 13:55 | 6 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Peter Hooley | 07:39 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 79 | 28/60 | 22/38 | 6/22 | 17/18 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 81 |