Melbourne United vs NZ Breakers, 2018–19 Round 1
2018–19 · Round 1 · Sun 14 October 2018
Melbourne Arena
Recap
Breakers beat United 88–81
NZ Breakers beat Melbourne United 88–81 at Melbourne Arena in Round 1 of the 2018–19 NBL season, on Sun 14 October 2018.
Tai Wesley led all scorers with 25 points for the Breakers on 9-of-21 shooting; Chris Goulding had 22 for the United.
United turned it over 11 times to 5.
Breakers led by as many as 12.
Leaders
Team stats
MELShootingNZL
- Field goals 35/8442%
- Threes 4/1625%
- Free throws 14/1974%
38%25/65
36%8/22
79%23/29
The game
- Rebounds 43
- Assists 13
- Turnovers 5
- Steals 8
- Bench points 30
- Biggest lead 12
39
16
11
1
22
12
Box score
Melbourne United81
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Ware | 6 | 6 | 2 | 34:00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2-13 | 0-3 | 2-3 | -10 | |
| M. McCarron | 14 | 8 | 4 | 32:32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5-7 | 2-3 | 2-2 | +2 | |
| C. Goulding | 22 | 3 | 2 | 31:35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7-15 | 3-8 | 5-6 | +1 | |
| D. Barlow | 15 | 4 | 1 | 28:38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6-10 | 2-4 | 1-2 | +8 | |
| J. Boone | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18:09 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -16 | |
| A. Pledger | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18:38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4-4 | +10 | |
| P. Hooley | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12:25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -5 | |
| T. Smith-Milner | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11:20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 7-10 | -5 | |
| C. Moller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -10 | |
| D. Trist | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -10 |
| Team | 81 | 39 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 25-65 | 8-22 | 23-29 | |||
| Shooting | 38.5% | 36.4% | 79.3% |
NZ Breakers88
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Wesley | 25 | 6 | 2 | 32:13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9-21 | 0-3 | 7-7 | +8 | |
| S. Ili | 6 | 3 | 0 | 25:20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +8 | |
| C. Webster | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24:35 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3-12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | +2 | |
| T. Abercrombie | 16 | 5 | 1 | 22:52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8-12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | +5 | |
| S. Long | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17:35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -3 | |
| P. Richard | 15 | 4 | 3 | 25:56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 2-2 | +10 | |
| M. Majok | 6 | 6 | 0 | 15:40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| J. Weeks | 7 | 4 | 1 | 13:29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 3-5 | -4 | |
| A. Moore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| F. Delany | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7:59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +8 | |
| J. Ngatai | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2:13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +6 |
| Team | 88 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 35-84 | 4-16 | 14-19 | |||
| Shooting | 41.7% | 25.0% | 73.7% |
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.