Melbourne United vs Cairns Taipans, 2022–23 Round 12
2022–23 · Round 12 · Fri 23 December 2022
John Cain Arena
Recap
United edge Taipans 84–81
Melbourne United beat Cairns Taipans 84–81 at John Cain Arena in Round 12 of the 2022–23 NBL season, on Fri 23 December 2022.
Rayjon Tucker led all scorers with 27 points for the United on 9-of-18 shooting, including 4 threes, plus 8 rebounds; Tahjere McCall had 21 for the Taipans.
United led by as many as 15.
Leaders
Team stats
MELShootingCNS
- Field goals 29/7240%
- Threes 10/3330%
- Free throws 13/1872%
41%27/66
37%10/27
80%20/25
The game
- Rebounds 35
- Assists 16
- Turnovers 17
- Steals 9
- Bench points 81
- Biggest lead 0
40
15
19
12
84
15
Box score
Melbourne United84
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Goulding | 19 | 4 | 3 | 31:22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5-11 | 4-9 | 5-5 | +10 | |
| M. Peatling | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30:35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 2-4 | -2 | |
| S. Ili | 14 | 2 | 1 | 28:57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 7-7 | -2 | |
| R. Tucker | 27 | 8 | 0 | 26:29 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9-18 | 4-7 | 5-7 | +2 | |
| M. Lee | 8 | 10 | 1 | 24:02 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +2 | |
| X. Rathan-Mayes | 1 | 2 | 4 | 20:37 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-6 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| I. Humphries | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15:59 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 | |
| B. Newley | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12:44 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| D. Okwera | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9:20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +8 | |
| Team | 84 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 27-66 | 10-27 | 20-25 | |||
| Shooting | 40.9% | 37.0% | 80.0% |
Cairns Taipans81
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Hogg | 20 | 5 | 3 | 36:17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6-14 | 4-9 | 4-6 | -6 | |
| T. McCall | 21 | 7 | 5 | 32:17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9-20 | 2-6 | 1-4 | +6 | |
| M. Djeric | 0 | 6 | 2 | 31:35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| S. Scott | 12 | 1 | 3 | 30:05 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2-9 | 2-7 | 6-6 | -5 | |
| K. Pinder | 16 | 8 | 2 | 27:11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7-14 | 0-2 | 2-2 | +3 | |
| S. Waardenburg | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17:27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -16 | |
| B. Kuol | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:38 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -9 | |
| M. Deng | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10:04 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +3 | |
| B. Ayre | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +5 |
| Team | 81 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 29-72 | 10-33 | 13-18 | |||
| Shooting | 40.3% | 30.3% | 72.2% |
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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.