Perth Wildcats vs Melbourne United, 2020–21 Grand Final · Game 1
2020–21 · Grand Final · Game 1 · Fri 18 June 2021
RAC Arena
Recap
United take Game 1 of the 2020–21 Grand Final
Melbourne United beat Perth Wildcats 73–70 at RAC Arena in Game 1 of the 2020–21 Grand Final, on Fri 18 June 2021.
Todd Blanchfield led all scorers with 27 points for the Wildcats on 7-of-15 shooting, including 5 threes; Chris Goulding had 23 for the United.
United led by as many as 10.
Grand Final series
2020–21 finals- Game 1Perth Wildcats70Melbourne United73
- Game 2Perth Wildcats74Melbourne United83
- Game 3Melbourne United81Perth Wildcats76
Leaders
Points
- BlanchfieldPER27
- GouldingMEL23
- LandaleMEL17
Rebounds
- McCarronMEL11
- BlanchfieldPER7
- MooneyPER7
Assists
Threes
- BlanchfieldPER5
- GouldingMEL5
- BarlowMEL2
Team stats
PERShootingMEL
- Field goals 30/7540%
- Threes 9/3327%
- Free throws 4/667%
40%23/58
36%9/25
68%15/22
The game
- Rebounds 38
- Assists 17
- Turnovers 12
- Steals 6
- Bench points 23
- Biggest lead 10
37
13
16
7
18
7
Box score
Perth Wildcats70
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Blanchfield | 27 | 7 | 1 | 35:01 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7-15 | 5-9 | 8-12 | -4 | |
| J. Mooney | 8 | 7 | 4 | 29:08 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +1 | |
| W. Magnay | 5 | 5 | 2 | 25:48 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +7 | |
| M. Norton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25:19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 1-2 | +5 | |
| C. Steindl | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-7 | 1-5 | 3-3 | +6 | |
| K. White | 10 | 5 | 1 | 19:56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | -13 | |
| J. Wagstaff | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -2 | |
| W. Swaka Lo Buluk | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14:51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | -9 | |
| C. Shervill | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11:48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | +6 | |
| J. Bairstow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:01 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 | |
| T. Jervis | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3:15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 |
| Team | 70 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 23-58 | 9-25 | 15-22 | |||
| Shooting | 39.7% | 36.0% | 68.2% |
Melbourne United73
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. McCarron | 6 | 11 | 6 | 32:16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | +1 | |
| C. Goulding | 23 | 3 | 0 | 31:32 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9-22 | 5-14 | 0-0 | +3 | |
| J. Landale | 17 | 7 | 2 | 28:26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7-16 | 0-2 | 3-4 | +4 | |
| M. Peatling | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16:41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -6 | |
| S. McDaniel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5:58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | |
| S. Hopson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20:36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +11 | |
| D. Barlow | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19:47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-2 | +12 | |
| S. Ili | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18:58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -5 | |
| J. Lual-Acuil Jr | 10 | 7 | 0 | 15:08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -4 | |
| Y. Baba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 73 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 30-75 | 9-33 | 4-6 | |||
| Shooting | 40.0% | 27.3% | 66.7% |
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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.