Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018
MELBOURNE UNITED defeated NEW ZEALAND 88-77 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018. MELBOURNE UNITED won by a 11-point margin. Casper Ware led all scorers with 33 points. MELBOURNE UNITED shot 43.7% from the field while NEW ZEALAND managed 44.6%. MELBOURNE UNITED collected 36 rebounds and NEW ZEALAND grabbed 39. 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
88 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Casper Ware | 37:36 | 33 | 13/29 | 10/20 | 3/9 | 4/6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| * Chris Goulding | 33:40 | 10 | 3/12 | 1/5 | 2/7 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| * Tai Wesley | 28:06 | 13 | 4/7 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| * Josh Boone | 25:49 | 7 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| * Craig Moller | 15:41 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Prather | 23:24 | 15 | 5/9 | 3/5 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| David Barlow | 13:10 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Peter Hooley | 09:37 | 5 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Majok Majok | 07:07 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| David Andersen | 03:12 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tohi Smith-Milner | 02:34 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 |
| Team totals | 199:56 | 88 | 31/71 | 21/46 | 10/25 | 16/23 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 87 |
NEW ZEALAND
77 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 | 33:53 | 19 | 7/16 | 4/8 | 3/8 | 2/3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| * Edgar Sosa | 26:31 | 10 | 4/11 | 2/3 | 2/8 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| * Thomas Abercrombie | 23:59 | 5 | 2/7 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| * Alex Pledger | 21:53 | 4 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| * Mika Vukona | 17:37 | 5 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirk Penney | 22:40 | 9 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Robert Loe | 20:43 | 0 | 0/6 | 0/2 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Ili | 20:00 | 16 | 7/9 | 5/7 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Rakeem Christmas | 12:39 | 9 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Team totals | 199:55 | 77 | 29/65 | 19/38 | 10/27 | 9/14 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 81 |