Melbourne United vs Perth Wildcats, 2018–19 Grand Final · Game 2
2018–19 · Grand Final · Game 2 · Sun 10 March 2019
Melbourne Arena
Recap
United take Game 2 of the 2018–19 Grand Final
Melbourne United beat Perth Wildcats 92–74 at Melbourne Arena in Game 2 of the 2018–19 Grand Final, on Sun 10 March 2019.
Bryce Cotton led all scorers with 19 points for the Wildcats on 7-of-17 shooting, including 5 threes; Casper Ware had 14 for the United.
United won the rebounding battle 47–32.
United led by as many as 21.
Grand Final series
2018–19 finals- Game 1Perth Wildcats81Melbourne United71
- Game 2Melbourne United92Perth Wildcats74
- Game 3Perth Wildcats96Melbourne United67
- Game 4Melbourne United84Perth Wildcats97
Leaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
MELShootingPER
- Field goals 24/6438%
- Threes 6/2821%
- Free throws 20/2387%
41%31/76
29%10/34
77%20/26
The game
- Rebounds 32
- Assists 19
- Turnovers 15
- Steals 6
- Bench points 19
- Biggest lead 2
47
16
10
9
32
21
Box score
Melbourne United92
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. McCarron | 13 | 5 | 4 | 35:41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 4-5 | +26 | |
| C. Ware | 14 | 1 | 2 | 32:26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-15 | 2-9 | 4-4 | +20 | |
| D. Kennedy | 12 | 14 | 4 | 28:25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4-12 | 0-1 | 4-5 | +16 | |
| J. Boone | 10 | 9 | 2 | 21:46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-4 | +17 | |
| D. Barlow | 11 | 6 | 1 | 19:52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 1-2 | +13 | |
| C. Goulding | 14 | 2 | 2 | 24:44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5-16 | 4-12 | 0-0 | +16 | |
| A. Pledger | 8 | 7 | 0 | 11:24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -1 | |
| C. Moller | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10:47 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| P. Hooley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10:03 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| S. Short | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 |
| S. McDaniel | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 |
| V. Jois | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1:39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-4 | -3 |
| Team | 92 | 47 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 31-76 | 10-34 | 20-26 | |||
| Shooting | 40.8% | 29.4% | 76.9% |
Perth Wildcats74
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Cotton | 19 | 6 | 4 | 35:51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7-17 | 5-10 | 0-1 | -19 | |
| T. White | 17 | 4 | 4 | 32:57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5-12 | 1-5 | 6-7 | -13 | |
| N. Kay | 10 | 8 | 2 | 30:37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -19 | |
| D. Martin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19:41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1-6 | 0-4 | 1-1 | -20 | |
| A. Brandt | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14:20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-4 | -9 | |
| C. Steindl | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17:32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -2 | |
| J. Wagstaff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -6 | |
| R. Vague | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12:50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | -2 | |
| M. Norton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -1 | |
| T. Jervis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8:30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| G. Hire | – | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4:53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Team | 74 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 24-64 | 6-28 | 20-23 | |||
| Shooting | 37.5% | 21.4% | 87.0% |
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.