Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018
NEW ZEALAND lost to MELBOURNE UNITED 86-88 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2017-2018. MELBOURNE UNITED won by a 2-point margin. Josh Boone led all scorers with 33 points. NEW ZEALAND shot 39.7% from the field while MELBOURNE UNITED managed 42.4%. NEW ZEALAND collected 43 rebounds and MELBOURNE UNITED grabbed 42. 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
86 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 | 36:30 | 21 | 7/18 | 3/9 | 4/9 | 3/3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| * Thomas Abercrombie | 33:43 | 0 | 0/9 | 0/5 | 0/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| * Edgar Sosa | 26:30 | 12 | 4/13 | 2/7 | 2/6 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| * Mika Vukona | 21:48 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| * Robert Loe | 15:01 | 16 | 6/6 | 2/2 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| Kirk Penney | 30:31 | 17 | 6/9 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Shea Ili | 26:59 | 2 | 0/6 | 0/5 | 0/1 | 2/2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 |
| Rakeem Christmas | 21:34 | 10 | 4/9 | 4/9 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Alex Pledger | 12:20 | 6 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Team totals | 224:56 | 86 | 31/78 | 18/49 | 13/29 | 11/13 | 30 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 92 |
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 | 39:47 | 15 | 6/16 | 4/10 | 2/6 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| * Josh Boone | 33:08 | 33 | 14/19 | 14/19 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 |
| * Tai Wesley | 23:45 | 4 | 1/9 | 1/7 | 0/2 | 2/4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3 |
| * Craig Moller | 07:28 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Casey Prather | 37:31 | 12 | 3/13 | 2/11 | 1/2 | 5/5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| David Barlow | 21:07 | 6 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Majok Majok | 09:54 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Peter Hooley | 09:25 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| David Andersen | 01:57 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tohi Smith-Milner | 00:07 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 184:09 | 74 | 28/66 | 24/54 | 4/12 | 14/19 | 25 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 82 |