Match summary — AUSTRALIA NBL 2018-2019
MELBOURNE UNITED defeated CAIRNS TAIPANS 87-80 on in the AUSTRALIA NBL 2018-2019. MELBOURNE UNITED won by a 7-point margin. Casper Ware led all scorers with 34 points. MELBOURNE UNITED shot 42.3% from the field while CAIRNS TAIPANS managed 47.5%. MELBOURNE UNITED collected 33 rebounds and CAIRNS TAIPANS grabbed 33. This game was played as part of the AUSTRALIA NBL 2018-2019 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 | 34:30 | 34 | 12/21 | 9/12 | 3/9 | 7/7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 |
| * Mitch Mccarron | 33:00 | 16 | 3/9 | 3/6 | 0/3 | 10/10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| * David Barlow | 28:10 | 6 | 2/9 | 2/4 | 0/5 | 2/2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| * D.j. Kennedy | 27:07 | 10 | 4/8 | 4/8 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| * Josh Boone | 23:24 | 8 | 4/8 | 4/8 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Chris Goulding | 25:53 | 4 | 1/8 | 0/1 | 1/7 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Hooley | 12:33 | 2 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Craig Moller | 11:55 | 7 | 3/6 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Dan Trist | 02:23 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tohi Smith-Milner | 01:05 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 87 | 30/71 | 25/44 | 5/27 | 22/24 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 93 |
CAIRNS TAIPANS
80 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 | 33:16 | 13 | 3/11 | 2/7 | 1/4 | 6/6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| * Melo Trimble | 31:34 | 19 | 7/14 | 4/8 | 3/6 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| * Nathan Jawai | 26:52 | 17 | 6/7 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 5/6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 |
| * Robert Loe | 23:41 | 4 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| * Jarrod Kenny | 13:32 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Devon Hall | 31:11 | 12 | 4/11 | 2/8 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Lucas Walker | 19:38 | 5 | 1/4 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Dexter Kernich-Drew | 11:07 | 6 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Mitchell Young | 09:09 | 4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 80 | 28/59 | 21/42 | 7/17 | 17/18 | 29 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 95 |