NZ Breakers vs Melbourne United, 2015–16 Semi-final · Game 2
2015–16 · Semi-final · Game 2 · Sat 20 February 2016
Vector Arena
Recap
Breakers beat United by 13
NZ Breakers beat Melbourne United 91–78 at Vector Arena in Game 2 of the 2015–16 Semi-final, on Sat 20 February 2016.
Tom Abercrombie scored 23 points for the Breakers on 9-of-15 shooting, including 4 threes; Chris Goulding had 23 for the United.
Breakers won the rebounding battle 47–32.
Semi-final series
2015–16 finalsLeaders
Points
- AbercrombieNZL23
- GouldingMEL23
- JacksonNZL19
Rebounds
- VukonaNZL9
- JacksonNZL8
- BlanchfieldMEL8
Assists
Threes
- GouldingMEL5
- AbercrombieNZL4
- JacksonNZL4
Team stats
NZLShootingMEL
- Field goals 27/7039%
- Threes 10/3033%
- Free throws 14/1878%
45%33/73
40%10/25
68%15/22
The game
- Rebounds 32
- Assists 13
- Turnovers 8
- Steals 3
- Bench points 19
- Biggest lead 7
47
15
12
6
21
13
Box score
NZ Breakers91
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Abercrombie | 23 | 4 | 1 | 33:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9-15 | 4-6 | 1-2 | +10 | |
| C. Webster | 13 | 4 | 5 | 30:00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-15 | 0-5 | 5-7 | +5 | |
| C. Jackson | 19 | 8 | 5 | 30:00 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6-16 | 4-7 | 3-4 | +8 | |
| M. Vukona | 7 | 9 | 1 | 20:00 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3-5 | -8 | |
| A. Pledger | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | +1 | |
| T. Wesley | 16 | 6 | 0 | 22:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7-10 | 1-2 | 1-1 | +22 | |
| C. Jackson | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19:00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +11 | |
| S. Ili | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +10 | |
| R. Te Rangi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +12 | |
| E. Bartlett | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 |
| Team | 91 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 33-73 | 10-25 | 15-22 | |||
| Shooting | 45.2% | 40.0% | 68.2% |
Melbourne United78
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Goulding | 23 | 4 | 3 | 35:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7-18 | 5-11 | 4-4 | -15 | |
| T. Blanchfield | 4 | 8 | 1 | 33:00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| S. Holt | 12 | 4 | 2 | 28:00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5-16 | 2-8 | 0-2 | -12 | |
| D. Kickert | 16 | 3 | 0 | 27:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 5-6 | -1 | |
| O. Odigie | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| H. Warrick | 17 | 6 | 1 | 27:00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 5-6 | -10 | |
| N. Tomlinson | 0 | 2 | 5 | 18:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| M. Majok | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -17 | |
| B. Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | |
| C. Patton | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 |
| Team | 78 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 27-70 | 10-30 | 14-18 | |||
| Shooting | 38.6% | 33.3% | 77.8% |
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