Melbourne United vs NZ Breakers, 2015–16 Round 5
2015–16 · Round 5 · Sun 8 November 2015
Melbourne Arena
Recap
United edge Breakers 87–86
Melbourne United beat NZ Breakers 87–86 at Melbourne Arena in Round 5 of the 2015–16 NBL season, on Sun 8 November 2015.
Tom Abercrombie led all scorers with 24 points for the Breakers on 10-of-18 shooting, including 4 threes, plus 8 rebounds; Chris Goulding had 21 for the United.
United had 24 bench points to 9.
Leaders
Points
- AbercrombieNZL24
- HoltMEL21
- GouldingMEL21
Rebounds
- JacksonNZL14
- MajokMEL10
- AbercrombieNZL8
Assists
Threes
- AbercrombieNZL4
- GouldingMEL3
- HadziomerovicMEL2
Team stats
MELShootingNZL
- Field goals 33/7544%
- Threes 9/2438%
- Free throws 11/1958%
37%28/76
25%8/32
74%23/31
The game
- Rebounds 47
- Assists 15
- Turnovers 12
- Steals 6
- Bench points 9
- Biggest lead 9
42
12
9
8
24
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Box score
Melbourne United87
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Goulding | 21 | 5 | 2 | 31:00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8-19 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| T. Blanchfield | 5 | 5 | 1 | 29:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-8 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| D. Kickert | 8 | 6 | 0 | 28:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-12 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| S. Holt | 21 | 7 | 3 | 28:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4-13 | 1-3 | 12-15 | 0 | |
| M. Majok | 8 | 10 | 1 | 23:00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 | |
| I. Hadziomerovic | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17:00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| N. Tomlinson | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-8 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| G. Jackson | 10 | 2 | 0 | 14:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| B. Hill | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 87 | 42 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 28-76 | 8-32 | 23-31 | |||
| Shooting | 36.8% | 25.0% | 74.2% |
NZ Breakers86
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Jackson | 16 | 14 | 10 | 36:00 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6-13 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0 | |
| T. Abercrombie | 24 | 8 | 0 | 35:00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10-18 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| C. Webster | 15 | 2 | 3 | 33:00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7-22 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| A. Pledger | 9 | 7 | 1 | 28:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0 | |
| C. Jackson | 13 | 7 | 0 | 20:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 0 | |
| R. Te Rangi | 3 | 6 | 1 | 22:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| E. Bartlett | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| S. McDonald | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| T. Wynyard | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 86 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 33-75 | 9-24 | 11-19 | |||
| Shooting | 44.0% | 37.5% | 57.9% |
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.