Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018
NEW ZEALAND defeated MELBOURNE UNITED 98-81 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018. NEW ZEALAND won by a 17-point margin. Casper Ware led all scorers with 20 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 46.3% from the field while MELBOURNE UNITED managed 38.8%. NEW ZEALAND collected 41 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
NEW ZEALAND
98 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 | 33:00 | 10 | 3/8 | 2/4 | 1/4 | 3/3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| * Thomas Abercrombie | 25:00 | 13 | 3/7 | 2/3 | 1/4 | 6/7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| * Kirk Penney | 23:00 | 17 | 4/8 | 2/3 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| * Mika Vukona | 23:00 | 9 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20 |
| * Shea Ili | 22:00 | 10 | 3/7 | 1/5 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Robert Loe | 20:00 | 2 | 1/5 | 1/1 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Edgar Sosa | 16:00 | 15 | 5/14 | 3/7 | 2/7 | 3/3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Finn Delany | 16:00 | 11 | 3/6 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 5/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Rakeem Christmas | 13:00 | 6 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Alex Pledger | 07:00 | 4 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Jordan Ngatai | 02:00 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 98 | 31/67 | 23/40 | 8/27 | 28/36 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 104 |
MELBOURNE UNITED
81 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Casper Ware | 34:00 | 20 | 6/21 | 2/8 | 4/13 | 4/8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| * Josh Boone | 33:00 | 12 | 5/10 | 5/10 | 0/0 | 2/6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| * Chris Goulding | 30:00 | 20 | 6/10 | 2/4 | 4/6 | 4/5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| * Craig Moller | 22:00 | 2 | 1/7 | 1/4 | 0/3 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| * Carrick Felix | 22:00 | 5 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Tai Wesley | 15:00 | 4 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| David Barlow | 11:00 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| David Andersen | 11:00 | 3 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Tohi Smith-Milner | 11:00 | 6 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Peter Hooley | 08:00 | 6 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Kyle Adnam | 03:00 | 3 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 81 | 26/67 | 14/35 | 12/32 | 17/29 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 73 |