NZ Breakers vs Melbourne Tigers, 2008–09 Finals · Game 2
2008–09 · Finals · Game 2 · Fri 27 February 2009
North Shore Events Centre
Recap
Tigers beat Breakers 103–97
Melbourne Tigers beat NZ Breakers 103–97 at North Shore Events Centre in Game 2 of the 2008–09 Finals, on Fri 27 February 2009.
Ebi Ere led all scorers with 26 points for the Tigers on 11-of-18 shooting; CJ Bruton had 22 for the Breakers.
Tigers won the rebounding battle 42–33.
Finals series
2008–09 finalsLeaders
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Threes
Team stats
NZLShootingMEL
- Field goals 38/7451%
- Threes 12/2450%
- Free throws 15/2463%
42%35/83
40%14/35
81%13/16
The game
- Rebounds 42
- Assists 16
- Turnovers 13
- Steals 5
- Bench points 0
33
24
12
11
0
Box score
NZ Breakers97
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Ronaldson | 11 | 1 | 1 | 40:32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4-13 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| K. Penney | 19 | 2 | 3 | 36:11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5-14 | 2-5 | 7-7 | 0 | |
| C. Bruton | 22 | 1 | 6 | 33:02 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9-13 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| P. Jones | 21 | 5 | 2 | 28:08 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8-18 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0 | |
| O. Forman | 3 | 4 | 1 | 26:38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-10 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Boucher | 4 | 8 | 7 | 23:53 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| R. Rickert | 7 | 10 | 2 | 20:29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| P. Henare | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17:05 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| T. Behrendorff | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11:08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| T. Abercrombie | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2:56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 97 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 35-83 | 14-35 | 13-16 | |||
| Shooting | 42.2% | 40.0% | 81.3% |
Melbourne Tigers103
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Anstey | 16 | 7 | 4 | 36:53 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5-13 | 1-4 | 5-8 | 0 | |
| E. Ere | 26 | 4 | 2 | 35:46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11-18 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0 | |
| D. Thomas | 9 | 7 | 0 | 33:28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Barlow | 19 | 7 | 1 | 29:56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5-9 | 4-6 | 5-6 | 0 | |
| N. Crosswell | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24:08 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| S. Hoare | 11 | 5 | 1 | 23:53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| T. Greer | 2 | 5 | 0 | 20:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| L. Kendall | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20:09 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0 | |
| D. Corletto | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15:29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 103 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 38-74 | 12-24 | 15-24 | |||
| Shooting | 51.4% | 50.0% | 62.5% |
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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.