NZ Breakers vs Melbourne United, 2017–18 Semi-final · Game 2
2017–18 · Semi-final · Game 2 · Mon 5 March 2018
Spark Arena
Recap
United edge Breakers 88–86
Melbourne United beat NZ Breakers 88–86 at Spark Arena in Game 2 of the 2017–18 Semi-final, on Mon 5 March 2018.
Josh Boone led all scorers with 33 points for the United on 14-of-19 shooting, plus 15 rebounds in a double-double; DJ Newbill had 21 for the Breakers.
Breakers made 13 threes to 7.
Semi-final series
2017–18 finalsLeaders
Team stats
NZLShootingMEL
- Field goals 33/8041%
- Threes 7/2133%
- Free throws 15/2075%
39%31/79
45%13/29
85%11/13
The game
- Rebounds 44
- Assists 18
- Turnovers 13
- Steals 6
- Bench points 22
- Biggest lead 6
44
18
16
6
35
13
Box score
NZ Breakers86
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Newbill | 21 | 8 | 4 | 36:30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7-18 | 4-9 | 3-3 | -6 | |
| T. Abercrombie | 0 | 4 | 5 | 33:44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | +1 | |
| E. Sosa | 12 | 2 | 3 | 26:32 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4-13 | 2-6 | 2-2 | +14 | |
| M. Vukona | 2 | 6 | 1 | 21:49 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +4 | |
| R. Loe | 16 | 4 | 0 | 15:02 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6-8 | 4-4 | 0-0 | +10 | |
| K. Penney | 17 | 3 | 2 | 30:32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6-9 | 3-5 | 2-2 | -5 | |
| S. Ili | 2 | 3 | 2 | 26:59 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -12 | |
| R. Christmas | 10 | 8 | 0 | 21:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -26 | |
| A. Pledger | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12:21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +10 | |
| Team | 86 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 31-79 | 13-29 | 11-13 | |||
| Shooting | 39.2% | 44.8% | 84.6% |
Melbourne United88
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Goulding | 14 | 3 | 5 | 40:47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5-14 | 3-9 | 1-1 | +7 | |
| C. Ware | 15 | 2 | 6 | 39:48 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6-16 | 2-6 | 1-2 | +4 | |
| J. Boone | 33 | 15 | 2 | 33:09 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14-19 | 0-0 | 5-6 | +2 | |
| T. Wesley | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23:46 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1-9 | 0-2 | 2-4 | -7 | |
| C. Moller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7:29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| C. Prather | 12 | 11 | 2 | 37:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-13 | 1-2 | 5-5 | +7 | |
| D. Barlow | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | +8 | |
| M. Majok | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9:55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| P. Hooley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | |
| D. Andersen | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1:58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +6 |
| T. Smith-Milner | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Team | 88 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 33-80 | 7-21 | 15-20 | |||
| Shooting | 41.3% | 33.3% | 75.0% |
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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.