Melbourne United vs B League United – Box Score, Shot Chart & Play-by-Play

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Score by quarter
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
MEL	27	18	14	24	83
BLU	19	24	15	10	68

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Recap

United cruise past B League United

Melbourne United beat B League United 83–68 at Courtside Melbourne in the Preseason. The lead changed hands 10 times.

Sam Waardenburg led all scorers with 22 points on 8-of-15 shooting, including 3 threes, plus 7 assists; Gakuto Arai had 17 for B League United.

An 18–0 run in the fourth quarter stretched the lead from 3 to 21.

United won the rebounding battle 61–37 and scored 53 points in the paint to 35.

Key moments

Q2 09:33 – 07:49Run
8–0 B League United runMEL 27–27 BLU
BLU: B League United wiped out a 8-point deficit.

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Melbourne United83

Melbourne United box score. Column headers sort the table.
Player
21S. WaardenburgFC	25:29	22	7	7	1	1	1	2	8-15	3-6	3-4	+17	47
15K. BowenF	25:20	7	8	1	0	1	1	1	2-4	0-1	3-6	+5	18
23L. TraversGF	24:23	19	12	6	1	0	2	0	9-12	1-4	0-1	+23	47
7J. InglesF	21:20	11	5	3	0	1	2	2	3-7	3-6	2-2	+18	21
51S. IliG	13:23	4	3	2	2	0	1	3	1-1	0-0	2-3	+14	15
9M. MacharG	21:47	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	2-7	0-5	6-8	+5	16
12T. WilsonG	18:08	3	1	1	0	0	3	3	1-6	0-3	1-2	+5	0
11C. D'AngeloG	15:32	0	5	0	0	0	1	2	0-7	0-3	0-0	-6	3
H. NeilsonC	14:56	5	7	0	0	2	2	1	2-4	0-0	1-2	+2	14
60E. Brown	7:44	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-7	0
5A. ShelleyG	7:08	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1-4	0-3	0-0	+4	7
62S. Cartwright	4:59	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-3	0-0	0-0	-5	2
Team		83	61	23	6	5	15	17	29-72	7-31	18-28
Shooting									40.3%	22.6%	64.3%

B League United68

B League United box score. Column headers sort the table.
Player
11G. AraiSG	27:23	17	3	1	0	0	1	2	6-12	3-7	2-2	-11	20
6T. NakamuraPG	24:27	12	6	2	1	0	2	3	4-8	2-4	2-4	-11	21
14H. WakugawaSG	24:20	2	4	6	1	0	1	2	1-8	0-3	0-0	-9	19
42L. WatanabePF	21:44	8	4	3	1	0	2	2	3-12	1-8	1-2	+1	17
32L. TanakaPF	17:42	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	1-2	0-1	0-0	-9	5
7S. NishibeSF	29:32	6	5	0	3	0	1	1	2-10	2-6	0-0	-6	18
13T. OkadaPG	19:11	4	1	5	0	0	4	2	2-5	0-0	0-1	-7	7
28H. StarPF	18:23	11	4	1	1	1	1	1	5-6	0-1	1-5	-17	21
12E. WakanoSG	17:23	6	3	2	1	0	0	3	2-9	2-6	0-1	-6	16
2R. HidekiPF	Did not play
Team		68	37	20	8	1	12	19	26-72	10-36	6-15
Shooting									36.1%	27.8%	40.0%

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29/72 · 40.3%

MadeMissed

Shooting by zone
Zone	FG	FG%	Lg
At the rim	15/20	75%	70.7%
In the paint	6/16	37.5%▼	48.7%
Mid-range	1/5	20%▼	40.9%
Corner 3	2/13	15.4%▼	36.3%
Above-the-break 3	5/18	27.8%▼	33.5%

Melbourne United rotation

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Most-used lineups

Five-man units, by minutes together

Melbourne United lineups
Lineup	MIN	PTS	+/-
Ingles ·Ili ·Waardenburg ·Bowen ·Travers	7:13	19–16	+3
D'Angelo ·Wilson ·Waardenburg ·Bowen ·Machar	3:32	0–10	-10
D'Angelo ·Wilson ·Waardenburg ·Machar ·Neilson	2:57	5–4	+1
D'Angelo ·Wilson ·Bowen ·Machar ·Neilson	2:55	2–3	-1
Ingles ·Wilson ·Waardenburg ·Bowen ·Travers	2:27	8–0	+8
Ingles ·Wilson ·Travers ·Machar ·Neilson	2:15	3–0	+3
D'Angelo ·Ili ·Waardenburg ·Bowen ·Machar	1:44	6–2	+4
Wilson ·Waardenburg ·Bowen ·Machar ·Brown	1:35	3–3	0

Start of Q1 · MEL 0 – 0 BLU
Q1 09:35MELS. WaardenburgFree throw 2 of 21–0
Q1 08:59BLUL. TanakaLead changeFade away (2PT) · assist L. Watanabe1–2
Q1 08:45MELL. TraversLead changeLayup (2PT) · assist S. Ili3–2
Q1 08:28MELL. TraversJump shot (3PT) · assist S. Waardenburg6–2
Q1 08:17BLUT. NakamuraStep back jump shot (2PT)6–4
Q1 08:08MELS. IliDriving layup (2PT)8–4
Q1 08:08MELS. IliFree throw 1 of 19–4
Q1 07:51MELL. TraversDunk (2PT)11–4
Q1 07:34BLUL. WatanabeJump shot (3PT) · assist H. Wakugawa11–7
Q1 07:15MELS. WaardenburgReverse layup (2PT) · assist K. Bowen13–7
Q1 06:41MELS. WaardenburgLayup (2PT) · assist L. Travers15–7
Q1 05:40MELM. MacharFree throw 1 of 216–7
Q1 05:16BLUG. AraiPull up jump shot (3PT)16–10
Q1 04:00MELT. WilsonFree throw 1 of 217–10
Q1 03:58MELH. NeilsonTip in (2PT)19–10
Q1 03:37BLUT. OkadaFloating jump shot (2PT)19–12
Q1 03:09BLUH. StarLayup (2PT) · assist H. Wakugawa19–14
Q1 02:46MELM. MacharFree throw 1 of 220–14
Q1 02:46MELM. MacharFree throw 2 of 221–14
Q1 02:25MELM. MacharFree throw 1 of 222–14
Q1 02:25MELM. MacharFree throw 2 of 223–14
Q1 01:40MELS. WaardenburgLayup (2PT) · assist S. Ili25–14
Q1 01:22BLUE. WakanoJump shot (3PT) · assist G. Arai25–17
Q1 00:45BLUH. StarLayup (2PT) · assist E. Wakano25–19
Q1 00:01MELJ. InglesFree throw 1 of 226–19
Q1 00:01MELJ. InglesFree throw 2 of 227–19
End of Q1 · MEL 27 – 19 BLU
Start of Q2 · MEL 27 – 19 BLU
Q2 09:33BLUT. NakamuraLayup (2PT)27–21
Q2 08:34BLUE. WakanoJump shot (3PT) · assist H. Wakugawa27–24
Q2 07:49BLUS. NishibeTiedJump shot (3PT) · assist H. Wakugawa27–27
Q2 07:32MELT. WilsonJump shot (2PT) · assist L. Travers29–27
Q2 07:11MELL. TraversLayup (2PT) · assist M. Machar31–27
Q2 06:56BLUT. NakamuraJump shot (3PT) · assist H. Wakugawa31–30
Q2 06:39MELS. WaardenburgJump shot (3PT) · assist A. Shelley34–30
Q2 06:32BLUT. NakamuraFree throw 1 of 234–31
Q2 06:32BLUT. NakamuraFree throw 2 of 234–32
Q2 06:23MELA. ShelleyHook shot (2PT)36–32
Q2 06:16BLUL. WatanabeFree throw 1 of 236–33
Q2 05:48MELL. TraversTip in (2PT)38–33
Q2 05:39MELS. IliFree throw 2 of 239–33
Q2 04:08BLUG. AraiFree throw 1 of 239–34
Q2 04:08BLUG. AraiFree throw 2 of 239–35
Q2 03:56MELK. BowenAlley oop (2PT) · assist L. Travers41–35
Q2 03:11BLUL. WatanabeJump shot (2PT) · assist T. Okada41–37
Q2 03:05MELK. BowenFree throw 2 of 242–37
Q2 02:50BLUH. StarFree throw 2 of 242–38
Q2 02:03BLUG. AraiLayup (2PT) · assist H. Star42–40
Q2 00:51BLUG. AraiLead changePull up jump shot (3PT)42–43
Q2 00:32MELK. BowenTiedFree throw 1 of 243–43
Q2 00:32MELK. BowenLead changeFree throw 2 of 244–43
Q2 00:06MELM. MacharFree throw 2 of 245–43
End of Q2 · MEL 45 – 43 BLU
Start of Q3 · MEL 45 – 43 BLU
Q3 09:25BLUT. NakamuraLead changeJump shot (3PT) · assist H. Wakugawa45–46
Q3 09:10MELL. TraversLead changeDunk (2PT) · assist J. Ingles47–46
Q3 08:45BLUG. AraiLead changeLayup (2PT) · assist T. Nakamura47–48
Q3 08:10MELL. TraversLead changeLayup (2PT) · assist S. Waardenburg49–48
Q3 07:49BLUL. WatanabeLead changeJump shot (2PT) · assist T. Nakamura49–50
Q3 07:17BLUG. AraiFloating jump shot (2PT)49–52
Q3 05:49MELH. NeilsonFree throw 1 of 250–52
Q3 03:15MELH. NeilsonTiedDunk (2PT) · assist S. Waardenburg52–52
Q3 02:27MELS. WaardenburgLead changeLayup (2PT) · assist T. Wilson54–52
Q3 01:59BLUH. StarTiedLayup (2PT) · assist T. Okada54–54
Q3 01:45MELJ. InglesJump shot (3PT) · assist L. Travers57–54
Q3 01:20MELL. TraversDriving layup (2PT)59–54
Q3 01:20BLUH. StarFloating jump shot (2PT) · assist T. Okada59–56
Q3 00:21BLUH. StarJump shot (2PT) · assist T. Okada59–58
End of Q3 · MEL 59 – 58 BLU
Start of Q4 · MEL 59 – 58 BLU
Q4 09:54MELS. WaardenburgReverse layup (2PT)61–58
Q4 09:30MELK. BowenDunk (2PT)63–58
Q4 09:08BLUH. WakugawaFade away (2PT)63–60
Q4 08:49MELM. MacharLayup (2PT) · assist S. Waardenburg65–60
Q4 07:37BLUT. OkadaLayup (2PT)65–62
Q4 06:57MELS. WaardenburgFree throw 1 of 266–62
Q4 06:57MELS. WaardenburgFree throw 2 of 267–62
Q4 06:22MELJ. InglesJump shot (3PT) · assist S. Waardenburg70–62
Q4 05:49MELS. WaardenburgJump shot (3PT) · assist L. Travers73–62
Q4 03:42MELJ. InglesJump shot (3PT) · assist L. Travers76–62
Q4 02:12MELS. WaardenburgJump shot (3PT) · assist J. Ingles79–62
Q4 01:32MELL. TraversDunk (2PT) · assist J. Ingles81–62
Q4 01:10MELM. MacharLayup (2PT) · assist E. Brown83–62
Q4 00:46BLUG. AraiJump shot (3PT) · assist L. Watanabe83–65
Q4 00:07BLUS. NishibeJump shot (3PT) · assist E. Wakano83–68
End of Q4 · MEL 83 – 68 BLU

United cruise past B League United

Key moments

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Game flow

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Most-used lineups

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Four factors · 83 possessions