Melbourne United vs Adelaide 36ers, 2017–18 Grand Final · Game 3
2017–18 · Grand Final · Game 3 · Fri 23 March 2018
John Cain Arena
Recap
United take Game 3 of the 2017–18 Grand Final
Melbourne United beat Adelaide 36ers 101–98 at John Cain Arena in Game 3 of the 2017–18 Grand Final, on Fri 23 March 2018.
Casper Ware led all scorers with 25 points for the United on 9-of-18 shooting; Daniel Johnson had 20 for the 36ers.
United led by as many as 14.
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 33/6849%
- Threes 10/2245%
- Free throws 22/2879%
49%37/75
35%9/26
82%18/22
The game
- Rebounds 32
- Assists 16
- Turnovers 15
- Steals 8
- Bench points 22
- Biggest lead 4
31
13
13
6
19
14
Box score
Melbourne United101
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Prather | 23 | 6 | 2 | 34:02 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9-17 | 2-4 | 3-3 | +5 | |
| C. Goulding | 15 | 3 | 2 | 32:59 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4-10 | 3-8 | 4-4 | -4 | |
| C. Ware | 25 | 2 | 3 | 29:51 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9-18 | 1-5 | 6-8 | +5 | |
| J. Boone | 10 | 5 | 1 | 22:12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -2 | |
| T. Wesley | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18:50 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 1-2 | +5 | |
| D. Barlow | 9 | 3 | 0 | 23:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| D. Andersen | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +9 | |
| P. Hooley | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14:27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | |
| C. Moller | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6:10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +5 | |
| M. Majok | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 |
| T. Smith-Milner | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Team | 101 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 37-75 | 9-26 | 18-22 | |||
| Shooting | 49.3% | 34.6% | 81.8% |
Adelaide 36ers98
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Creek | 14 | 8 | 5 | 35:53 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5-14 | 0-2 | 4-4 | -7 | |
| R. Moore | 18 | 3 | 1 | 28:42 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 6-6 | -21 | |
| D. Johnson | 20 | 3 | 3 | 28:40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5-11 | 3-3 | 7-9 | +6 | |
| S. Shorter | 15 | 3 | 2 | 25:41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6-16 | 2-5 | 1-2 | -7 | |
| N. Sobey | 9 | 1 | 4 | 19:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | +2 | |
| M. Deng | 16 | 7 | 0 | 24:07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5-6 | 3-4 | 3-3 | +13 | |
| A. Drmic | 6 | 5 | 0 | 23:02 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2-7 | 2-7 | 0-2 | +8 | |
| M. Hodgson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -10 | |
| B. Teys | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3:16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Team | 98 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 33-68 | 10-22 | 22-28 | |||
| Shooting | 48.5% | 45.5% | 78.6% |
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.