Melbourne United vs Cairns Taipans, 2014–15 Round 1
2014–15 · Round 1 · Sun 12 October 2014
Melbourne Arena
Taipans rout United by 28
Cairns Taipans beat Melbourne United 89–61 at Melbourne Arena in Round 1 of the 2014–15 NBL season, on Sun 12 October 2014.
Scottie Wilbekin led all scorers with 27 points for the Taipans on 10-of-16 shooting, including 3 threes, plus 6 assists; Jordan McRae had 17 for the United.
Taipans won the rebounding battle 41–33, and United turned it over 15 times to 9.
Leaders
Team stats
- Field goals 32/7145%
- Threes 7/2035%
- Free throws 18/2378%
The game
- Rebounds 41
- Assists 15
- Turnovers 9
- Steals 3
- Bench points 68
Box score
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Tomlinson | 1 | 1 | 6 | 32:00 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0-5 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| L. Walker | 10 | 6 | 1 | 21:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| A. MacMillan | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| C. Patton | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| G. Page | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| M. Worthington | 15 | 11 | 1 | 30:00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 0 | |
| J. McRae | 17 | 2 | 3 | 28:00 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5-17 | 2-8 | 5-7 | 0 | |
| D. Kickert | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27:00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 0 | |
| D. Barlow | 3 | 4 | 2 | 26:00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Corletto | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| O. Odigie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 61 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 18-58 | 8-34 | 17-22 | |||
| Shooting | 31.0% | 23.5% | 77.3% |
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Tragardh | 11 | 6 | 1 | 21:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5-17 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| T. Craig | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| S. Bruce | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Young | 4 | 7 | 0 | 15:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| C. Maynard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| S. Wilbekin | 27 | 5 | 6 | 29:00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10-16 | 3-6 | 4-5 | 0 | |
| C. Gliddon | 10 | 2 | 0 | 28:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 6-8 | 0 | |
| A. Loughton | 17 | 2 | 2 | 24:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6-7 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| S. Weigh | 2 | 5 | 3 | 22:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| M. Burston | 12 | 7 | 1 | 18:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| Team | 89 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 32-71 | 7-20 | 18-23 | |||
| Shooting | 45.1% | 35.0% | 78.3% |
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.