Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018
MELBOURNE UNITED defeated NEW ZEALAND 89-83 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018. MELBOURNE UNITED won by a 6-point margin. Casper Ware led all scorers with 26 points. MELBOURNE UNITED shot 44.1% from the field while NEW ZEALAND managed 47.1%. MELBOURNE UNITED collected 41 rebounds and NEW ZEALAND grabbed 36. 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
89 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Casper Ware | 38:01 | 26 | 5/16 | 4/10 | 1/6 | 15/17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| * Chris Goulding | 31:34 | 11 | 3/9 | 0/3 | 3/6 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| * Josh Boone | 31:25 | 15 | 7/10 | 7/10 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| * Tai Wesley | 29:45 | 19 | 7/12 | 4/9 | 3/3 | 2/5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| * Carrick Felix | 27:52 | 10 | 5/10 | 5/8 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Craig Moller | 15:31 | 3 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| David Barlow | 12:43 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Hooley | 05:53 | 3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tohi Smith-Milner | 03:20 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Majok Majok | 02:45 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| Kyle Adnam | 01:06 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 199:55 | 89 | 30/68 | 22/47 | 8/21 | 21/28 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 99 |
NEW ZEALAND
83 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * D.j. Newbill | 36:54 | 11 | 4/11 | 4/8 | 0/3 | 3/4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| * Thomas Abercrombie | 31:16 | 10 | 4/11 | 3/7 | 1/4 | 1/1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| * Edgar Sosa | 26:05 | 22 | 8/17 | 2/7 | 6/10 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| * Mika Vukona | 17:41 | 8 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| * Alex Pledger | 00:37 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Loe | 22:45 | 11 | 4/8 | 1/2 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Finn Delany | 20:18 | 8 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Shea Ili | 17:54 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Rakeem Christmas | 17:39 | 11 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 0/0 | 1/5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Jordan Ngatai | 08:47 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 83 | 32/68 | 21/44 | 11/24 | 8/13 | 26 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 87 |