Melbourne United vs NZ Breakers, 2017–18 Semi-final · Game 1
2017–18 · Semi-final · Game 1 · Sat 3 March 2018
John Cain Arena
Recap
United beat Breakers by 11
Melbourne United beat NZ Breakers 88–77 at John Cain Arena in Game 1 of the 2017–18 Semi-final, on Sat 3 March 2018.
Casper Ware led all scorers with 33 points for the United on 13-of-29 shooting, including 3 threes; DJ Newbill had 19 for the Breakers.
Breakers turned it over 14 times to 8.
Semi-final series
2017–18 finalsLeaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
MELShootingNZL
- Field goals 29/6545%
- Threes 10/2737%
- Free throws 9/1464%
44%31/71
40%10/25
70%16/23
The game
- Rebounds 39
- Assists 13
- Turnovers 14
- Steals 5
- Bench points 34
- Biggest lead 5
36
11
8
4
23
11
Box score
Melbourne United88
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Ware | 33 | 6 | 3 | 37:37 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13-29 | 3-9 | 4-6 | +10 | |
| C. Goulding | 10 | 2 | 2 | 33:41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-12 | 2-7 | 2-2 | +14 | |
| T. Wesley | 13 | 5 | 4 | 28:07 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 3-4 | +10 | |
| J. Boone | 7 | 8 | 2 | 25:50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | +7 | |
| C. Moller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| C. Prather | 15 | 5 | 0 | 23:26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 3-4 | +9 | |
| D. Barlow | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13:11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +5 | |
| P. Hooley | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 | -4 | |
| M. Majok | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7:08 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +5 | |
| D. Andersen | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3:13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| T. Smith-Milner | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 |
| Team | 88 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 31-71 | 10-25 | 16-23 | |||
| Shooting | 43.7% | 40.0% | 69.6% |
NZ Breakers77
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Newbill | 19 | 3 | 3 | 33:53 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7-16 | 3-8 | 2-3 | -14 | |
| E. Sosa | 10 | 5 | 1 | 26:32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4-11 | 2-8 | 0-0 | -12 | |
| T. Abercrombie | 5 | 4 | 1 | 23:59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -14 | |
| A. Pledger | 4 | 10 | 0 | 21:54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -3 | |
| M. Vukona | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17:38 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -2 | |
| K. Penney | 9 | 3 | 0 | 22:41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-2 | +2 | |
| R. Loe | 0 | 4 | 2 | 20:44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -12 | |
| S. Ili | 16 | 2 | 5 | 20:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7-9 | 2-2 | 0-1 | +3 | |
| R. Christmas | 9 | 7 | 1 | 12:41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | -3 | |
| Team | 77 | 39 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 29-65 | 10-27 | 9-14 | |||
| Shooting | 44.6% | 37.0% | 64.3% |
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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.