Illawarra Hawks vs Melbourne United, 2024–25 Grand Final · Game 1
2024–25 · Grand Final · Game 1 · Sat 8 March 2025
WIN Entertainment Centre
United take Game 1 of the 2024–25 Grand Final
Melbourne United beat Illawarra Hawks 96–88 at WIN Entertainment Centre in Game 1 of the 2024–25 Grand Final, on Sat 8 March 2025.
Matthew Dellavedova led all scorers with 18 points for the United on 6-of-17 shooting, including 3 threes; Sam Froling had 16 for the Hawks.
United won the rebounding battle 50–36.
United led by as many as 10.
Grand Final series
2024–25 finals- Game 1Illawarra Hawks88Melbourne United96
- Game 2Melbourne United100Illawarra Hawks102
- Game 3Illawarra Hawks77Melbourne United83
- Game 4Melbourne United71Illawarra Hawks80
- Game 5Illawarra Hawks114Melbourne United104
Leaders
Points
- DellavedovaMEL18
- FrolingILL16
- GouldingMEL15
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
- KrebsMEL3
- BlanchfieldILL3
- DellavedovaMEL3
Team stats
- Field goals 34/7645%
- Threes 11/3432%
- Free throws 17/2568%
The game
- Rebounds 50
- Assists 19
- Turnovers 9
- Steals 2
- Bench points 39
- Biggest lead 10
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Kell III | 6 | 6 | 4 | 33:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -13 | |
| T. Harvey | 9 | 2 | 1 | 31:32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4-10 | 1-6 | 0-0 | -2 | |
| W. Swaka Lo Buluk | 11 | 1 | 1 | 28:56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 1-2 | -20 | |
| S. Froling | 16 | 7 | 1 | 24:47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7-15 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -19 | |
| M. Peatling | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8:05 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| T. Blanchfield | 13 | 3 | 1 | 24:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-12 | 3-7 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| W. Hickey | 14 | 7 | 8 | 19:14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6-13 | 0-3 | 2-2 | +1 | |
| D. Days | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| H. Lee | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6:59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | +9 | |
| L. Olbrich | – | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4:20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | +10 |
| D. Grida | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 88 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 35-81 | 10-31 | 8-12 | |||
| Shooting | 43.2% | 32.3% | 66.7% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Ili | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30:32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 5-6 | +8 | |
| J. White | 9 | 9 | 0 | 27:02 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-13 | 0-6 | 1-4 | +14 | |
| M. Dellavedova | 18 | 7 | 2 | 26:00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6-17 | 3-7 | 3-4 | +4 | |
| C. Goulding | 15 | 4 | 4 | 25:53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4-10 | 2-7 | 5-6 | +9 | |
| R. Loe | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15:50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| I. Clark | 13 | 3 | 4 | 24:44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4-11 | 3-7 | 2-2 | +4 | |
| M. Lee | 14 | 15 | 0 | 23:50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | +13 | |
| T. Krebs | 9 | 5 | 1 | 16:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | -2 | |
| K. Bowen | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9:38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -5 | |
| Team | 96 | 50 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 34-76 | 11-34 | 17-25 | |||
| Shooting | 44.7% | 32.4% | 68.0% |
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How the FanCrew rating works
FanCrew rating: the whole box-score line (scoring and shooting, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks, turnovers and fouls) plus the margin while on court, on a 0–10 scale against every NBL game since 2005–06. 6.5 is a typical game, 8.5 and up a standout. Players need five minutes to be rated.