Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018
MELBOURNE UNITED defeated CAIRNS TAIPANS 87-65 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018. MELBOURNE UNITED won by a 22-point margin. Casper Ware led all scorers with 26 points. MELBOURNE UNITED shot 41.1% from the field while CAIRNS TAIPANS managed 35.5%. MELBOURNE UNITED collected 39 rebounds and CAIRNS TAIPANS 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
MELBOURNE UNITED
87 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Casper Ware | 31:27 | 26 | 10/17 | 5/7 | 5/10 | 1/2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| * Chris Goulding | 31:14 | 20 | 6/12 | 0/1 | 6/11 | 2/3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| * Casey Prather | 27:04 | 16 | 5/14 | 4/9 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| * Josh Boone | 15:05 | 8 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| * David Barlow | 14:06 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Majok Majok | 22:54 | 2 | 0/6 | 0/6 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Kyle Adnam | 18:13 | 6 | 2/6 | 2/3 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| David Andersen | 17:54 | 3 | 1/5 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Craig Moller | 09:59 | 0 | 0/3 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tai Wesley | 07:58 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tohi Smith-Milner | 02:00 | 3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Peter Hooley | 02:00 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Team totals | 199:54 | 87 | 30/73 | 15/35 | 15/38 | 12/14 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 101 |
CAIRNS TAIPANS
65 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Nnanna Egwu | 29:18 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| * Stephen Weigh | 24:05 | 8 | 3/10 | 1/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| * Scoochie Smith | 23:31 | 7 | 3/6 | 2/5 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| * Cameron Gliddon | 23:04 | 8 | 2/6 | 0/2 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| * Michael Carrera | 22:26 | 19 | 6/13 | 4/8 | 2/5 | 5/8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Alex Loughton | 23:17 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mitch Mccarron | 22:53 | 5 | 2/7 | 1/2 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Jarrad Weeks | 14:47 | 2 | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Damon Heuir | 11:21 | 10 | 3/7 | 2/4 | 1/3 | 3/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Kuany Kuany | 02:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 196:42 | 65 | 22/62 | 13/35 | 9/27 | 12/15 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 57 |