Melbourne United vs Adelaide 36ers, 2017–18 Grand Final · Game 1
2017–18 · Grand Final · Game 1 · Fri 16 March 2018
John Cain Arena
Recap
United take Game 1 of the 2017–18 Grand Final
Melbourne United beat Adelaide 36ers 107–96 at John Cain Arena in Game 1 of the 2017–18 Grand Final, on Fri 16 March 2018.
Chris Goulding led all scorers with 26 points for the United on 7-of-20 shooting, including 3 threes; Daniel Johnson had 18 for the 36ers.
United made 13 threes to 2.
United led by as many as 17.
Grand Final series
2017–18 finals- Game 1Melbourne United107Adelaide 36ers96
- Game 2Adelaide 36ers110Melbourne United95
- Game 3Melbourne United101Adelaide 36ers98
- Game 4Adelaide 36ers90Melbourne United81
Leaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
MELShootingADL
- Field goals 37/7947%
- Threes 2/1118%
- Free throws 20/2483%
43%36/83
37%13/35
85%22/26
The game
- Rebounds 38
- Assists 13
- Turnovers 15
- Steals 9
- Bench points 29
- Biggest lead 7
40
19
12
8
20
17
Box score
Melbourne United107
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Goulding | 26 | 4 | 1 | 35:29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7-20 | 3-14 | 9-9 | +14 | |
| C. Prather | 13 | 5 | 2 | 32:20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6-14 | 1-3 | 0-1 | +5 | |
| T. Wesley | 11 | 7 | 6 | 30:24 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3-11 | 1-4 | 4-4 | +6 | |
| C. Ware | 20 | 3 | 3 | 25:11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6-14 | 5-7 | 3-3 | 0 | |
| J. Boone | 17 | 7 | 1 | 22:41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 5-7 | +5 | |
| P. Hooley | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17:27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +13 | |
| D. Barlow | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16:29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +6 | |
| D. Andersen | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +6 | |
| C. Moller | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -1 |
| K. Adnam | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2:46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +2 |
| M. Majok | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 |
| T. Smith-Milner | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 107 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 36-83 | 13-35 | 22-26 | |||
| Shooting | 43.4% | 37.1% | 84.6% |
Adelaide 36ers96
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Creek | 14 | 9 | 4 | 38:00 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 4-5 | -9 | |
| S. Shorter | 16 | 8 | 2 | 32:28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| J. Childress | 12 | 5 | 3 | 26:17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 1-3 | +2 | |
| N. Sobey | 7 | 4 | 0 | 22:20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 5-6 | -15 | |
| D. Johnson | 18 | 5 | 0 | 18:49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7-14 | 0-1 | 4-4 | +13 | |
| R. Moore | 10 | 1 | 4 | 27:53 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| A. Drmic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14:14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -23 | |
| M. Hodgson | 10 | 3 | 0 | 12:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -9 | |
| M. Deng | – | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4:55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 2-2 | -5 |
| B. Teys | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 |
| Team | 96 | 38 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 37-79 | 2-11 | 20-24 | |||
| Shooting | 46.8% | 18.2% | 83.3% |
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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.