Melbourne Tigers vs South Dragons, 2008–09 Grand Final · Game 4
2008–09 · Grand Final · Game 4 · Wed 11 March 2009
State Netball Hockey Centre
Recap
Tigers take Game 4 of the 2008–09 Grand Final
Melbourne Tigers beat South Dragons 108–95 at State Netball Hockey Centre in Game 4 of the 2008–09 Grand Final, on Wed 11 March 2009.
Chris Anstey led all scorers with 31 points for the Tigers on 10-of-20 shooting, plus 14 rebounds in a double-double; Rhys Carter had 17 for the Dragons.
Tigers won the rebounding battle 51–29.
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
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
MELShootingSTH
- Field goals 29/6743%
- Threes 8/2532%
- Free throws 29/3876%
45%39/86
35%9/26
81%21/26
The game
- Rebounds 29
- Assists 15
- Turnovers 11
- Steals 3
- Bench points 0
51
22
13
6
0
Box score
Melbourne Tigers108
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Ere | 20 | 6 | 1 | 36:23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6-11 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 0 | |
| C. Anstey | 31 | 14 | 4 | 34:03 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10-20 | 0-4 | 11-13 | 0 | |
| D. Thomas | 6 | 9 | 2 | 28:24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| N. Crosswell | 14 | 4 | 5 | 25:53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Barlow | 18 | 5 | 4 | 25:12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6-12 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| L. Kendall | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22:09 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| T. Greer | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19:37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| S. Hoare | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18:02 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Corletto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Johnson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8:44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| Team | 108 | 51 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 39-86 | 9-26 | 21-26 | |||
| Shooting | 45.3% | 34.6% | 80.8% |
South Dragons95
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Smith | 15 | 3 | 4 | 31:20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 5-7 | 0 | |
| M. Worthington | 9 | 4 | 2 | 29:41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0 | |
| A. Gibson | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27:44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| J. Ingles | 14 | 2 | 1 | 25:20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4-11 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 0 | |
| N. Herbert | 5 | 1 | 1 | 24:44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Vukona | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| T. Darden | 15 | 3 | 2 | 21:59 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 7-10 | 0 | |
| R. Carter | 17 | 4 | 3 | 20:17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5-10 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 0 | |
| M. Burston | 3 | 5 | 1 | 19:04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| N. Horvath | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17:54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 95 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 29-67 | 8-25 | 29-38 | |||
| Shooting | 43.3% | 32.0% | 76.3% |
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.