South Dragons vs Melbourne Tigers, 2008–09 Grand Final · Game 5
2008–09 · Grand Final · Game 5 · Fri 13 March 2009
John Cain Arena
Recap
Dragons win the 2008–09 NBL championship
South Dragons beat Melbourne Tigers 102–81 at John Cain Arena in Game 5 of the 2008–09 Grand Final, on Fri 13 March 2009.
Tremmell Darden led all scorers with 31 points for the Dragons on 10-of-16 shooting, including 3 threes; Ebi Ere had 16 for the Tigers.
Dragons won the rebounding battle 42–31, and Tigers made 12 threes to 7.
Grand Final series
2008–09 finals- Game 1South Dragons93Melbourne Tigers81
- Game 2Melbourne Tigers88South Dragons83
- Game 3South Dragons84Melbourne Tigers67
- Game 4Melbourne Tigers108South Dragons95
- Game 5South Dragons102Melbourne Tigers81
Leaders
Team stats
STHShootingMEL
- Field goals 30/7142%
- Threes 12/3040%
- Free throws 9/1656%
53%36/68
44%7/16
72%23/32
The game
- Rebounds 31
- Assists 14
- Turnovers 16
- Steals 10
- Bench points 0
42
17
28
7
0
Box score
South Dragons102
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Worthington | 9 | 9 | 3 | 40:13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| A. Gibson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 35:20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Smith | 21 | 10 | 7 | 30:56 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7-15 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 0 | |
| T. Darden | 31 | 7 | 0 | 30:44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10-16 | 3-3 | 8-11 | 0 | |
| J. Ingles | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26:04 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0 | |
| M. Burston | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25:23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0 | |
| M. Vukona | 8 | 6 | 0 | 18:17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| R. Carter | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14:41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| N. Herbert | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11:36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| N. Horvath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5:17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| D. Dillon | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| T. Naqqash | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 102 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 36-68 | 7-16 | 23-32 | |||
| Shooting | 52.9% | 43.8% | 71.9% |
Melbourne Tigers81
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Ere | 16 | 3 | 2 | 38:52 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6-13 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| D. Barlow | 16 | 8 | 2 | 37:59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6-12 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| C. Anstey | 12 | 3 | 2 | 34:47 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4-12 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| D. Thomas | 8 | 5 | 0 | 32:26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3-10 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| N. Crosswell | 11 | 1 | 4 | 28:52 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| T. Greer | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21:23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| L. Kendall | 9 | 4 | 3 | 19:11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| S. Hoare | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Corletto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Johnson | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4:33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Team | 81 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 30-71 | 12-30 | 9-16 | |||
| Shooting | 42.3% | 40.0% | 56.3% |
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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.