Melbourne United vs Illawarra Hawks, 2023–24 Semi-final · Game 3
2023–24 · Semi-final · Game 3 · Wed 13 March 2024
John Cain Arena
Recap
United beat Hawks 100–94
Melbourne United beat Illawarra Hawks 100–94 at John Cain Arena in Game 3 of the 2023–24 Semi-final, on Wed 13 March 2024.
Sam Froling led all scorers with 23 points for the Hawks on 7-of-9 shooting; Shea Ili had 22 for the United.
United won the rebounding battle 40–30.
Semi-final series
2023–24 finals- Game 1Melbourne United115Illawarra Hawks106
- Game 2Illawarra Hawks113Melbourne United108
- Game 3Melbourne United100Illawarra Hawks94
Leaders
Points
Rebounds
- TraversMEL11
- DellavedovaMEL6
- Lual-Acuil JrMEL6
Assists
- RobinsonILL7
- DellavedovaMEL5
- HickeyILL4
Threes
Team stats
MELShootingILL
- Field goals 30/6447%
- Threes 10/2540%
- Free throws 24/3863%
49%36/73
27%7/26
70%21/30
The game
- Rebounds 30
- Assists 22
- Turnovers 9
- Steals 8
- Bench points 31
40
12
13
8
25
Box score
Melbourne United100
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Dellavedova | 11 | 6 | 5 | 33:52 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 1-1 | +19 | |
| C. Goulding | 14 | 2 | 2 | 29:05 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4-12 | 2-9 | 4-7 | +11 | |
| S. Ili | 22 | 3 | 1 | 28:35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6-12 | 2-5 | 8-12 | -2 | |
| J. Lual-Acuil Jr | 13 | 6 | 1 | 25:17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3-3 | -1 | |
| L. Travers | 15 | 11 | 0 | 23:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7-13 | 0-3 | 1-2 | +7 | |
| I. Clark | 14 | 2 | 0 | 22:56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 2-2 | -15 | |
| A. Hukporti | 8 | 6 | 1 | 14:44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | +7 | |
| K. Bowen | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13:47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +3 | |
| T. Krebs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8:08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +1 | |
| Team | 100 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 36-73 | 7-26 | 21-30 | |||
| Shooting | 49.3% | 26.9% | 70.0% |
Illawarra Hawks94
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. Clark | 14 | 6 | 2 | 34:16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4-11 | 2-4 | 4-6 | -5 | |
| S. Froling | 23 | 4 | 0 | 32:22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 9-12 | -13 | |
| T. Harvey | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29:49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 1-2 | -7 | |
| W. Hickey | 9 | 6 | 4 | 18:39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 5-9 | +2 | |
| W. Swaka Lo Buluk | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -27 | |
| J. Robinson | 19 | 3 | 7 | 33:23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7-9 | 4-5 | 1-2 | +9 | |
| H. Lee | 12 | 3 | 3 | 14:49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 4-7 | +13 | |
| M. Peatling | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12:06 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 | |
| T. Blanchfield | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9:02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| Team | 94 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 30-64 | 10-25 | 24-38 | |||
| Shooting | 46.9% | 40.0% | 63.2% |
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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.