Melbourne Tigers vs NZ Breakers, 2008–09 Finals · Game 1
2008–09 · Finals · Game 1 · Wed 25 February 2009
State Netball Hockey Centre
Recap
Tigers beat Breakers by 18
Melbourne Tigers beat NZ Breakers 117–99 at State Netball Hockey Centre in Game 1 of the 2008–09 Finals, on Wed 25 February 2009.
Luke Kendall led all scorers with 25 points for the Tigers on 8-of-10 shooting, including 4 threes; CJ Bruton had 22 for the Breakers.
Finals series
2008–09 finalsLeaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
MELShootingNZL
- Field goals 38/9142%
- Threes 14/3441%
- Free throws 9/1560%
44%38/86
50%16/32
81%25/31
The game
- Rebounds 48
- Assists 18
- Turnovers 11
- Steals 2
- Bench points 0
49
21
6
4
0
Box score
Melbourne Tigers117
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Ere | 22 | 1 | 2 | 34:43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6-15 | 4-9 | 6-8 | 0 | |
| C. Anstey | 8 | 10 | 4 | 32:43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| D. Barlow | 23 | 14 | 3 | 32:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8-15 | 4-4 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| D. Thomas | 15 | 7 | 0 | 25:56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6-12 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| L. Kendall | 25 | 1 | 2 | 25:02 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8-10 | 4-5 | 5-5 | 0 | |
| N. Crosswell | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22:59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | |
| T. Greer | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22:50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| S. Hoare | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18:37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| D. Corletto | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| D. Johnson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| A. Sturt | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2:28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 |
| B. Westover | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1:16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 117 | 49 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 38-86 | 16-32 | 25-31 | |||
| Shooting | 44.2% | 50.0% | 80.6% |
NZ Breakers99
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Bruton | 22 | 2 | 4 | 40:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7-14 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 0 | |
| K. Penney | 19 | 7 | 2 | 34:38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7-17 | 3-8 | 2-3 | 0 | |
| T. Ronaldson | 18 | 1 | 2 | 32:18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7-16 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| O. Forman | 3 | 7 | 0 | 28:17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Boucher | 4 | 10 | 8 | 24:19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| R. Rickert | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21:37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6-13 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | |
| P. Henare | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21:11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| P. Jones | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| T. Abercrombie | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11:26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| T. Behrendorff | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7:38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| Team | 99 | 48 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 38-91 | 14-34 | 9-15 | |||
| Shooting | 41.8% | 41.2% | 60.0% |
Tap a column heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating.
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.