Melbourne Tigers vs South Dragons, 2008–09 Grand Final · Game 2
2008–09 · Grand Final · Game 2 · Fri 6 March 2009
State Netball Hockey Centre
Recap
Tigers take Game 2 of the 2008–09 Grand Final
Melbourne Tigers beat South Dragons 88–83 at State Netball Hockey Centre in Game 2 of the 2008–09 Grand Final, on Fri 6 March 2009.
David Barlow led all scorers with 26 points for the Tigers on 8-of-16 shooting, including 4 threes; Donta Smith had 18 for the Dragons.
Grand Final series
2008–09 finals- Game 1South Dragons93Melbourne Tigers81
- Game 2Melbourne Tigers88South Dragons83
- Game 3South Dragons84Melbourne Tigers67
- Game 4Melbourne Tigers108South Dragons95
- Game 5South Dragons102Melbourne Tigers81
Leaders
Team stats
MELShootingSTH
- Field goals 35/7348%
- Threes 7/2330%
- Free throws 6/1060%
42%31/73
31%9/29
68%17/25
The game
- Rebounds 34
- Assists 12
- Turnovers 17
- Steals 9
- Bench points 0
37
12
14
7
0
Box score
Melbourne Tigers88
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Barlow | 26 | 5 | 0 | 41:20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8-16 | 4-9 | 6-8 | 0 | |
| E. Ere | 16 | 8 | 2 | 37:08 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7-21 | 1-9 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| C. Anstey | 21 | 9 | 0 | 36:48 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7-13 | 1-2 | 6-10 | 0 | |
| D. Thomas | 8 | 6 | 1 | 32:07 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| N. Crosswell | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22:46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| L. Kendall | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19:29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| S. Hoare | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17:53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Corletto | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| T. Greer | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15:55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 88 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 31-73 | 9-29 | 17-25 | |||
| Shooting | 42.5% | 31.0% | 68.0% |
South Dragons83
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Worthington | 13 | 5 | 2 | 42:39 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4-8 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| D. Smith | 18 | 6 | 3 | 30:07 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8-15 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | |
| T. Darden | 15 | 7 | 0 | 29:56 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7-14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| A. Gibson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26:41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| R. Carter | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23:52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| J. Ingles | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23:52 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Vukona | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| N. Horvath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| N. Herbert | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Burston | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13:21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 83 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 24 | 35-73 | 7-23 | 6-10 | |||
| Shooting | 47.9% | 30.4% | 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.