South Dragons vs Melbourne Tigers, 2008–09 Grand Final · Game 1
2008–09 · Grand Final · Game 1 · Wed 4 March 2009
John Cain Arena
Recap
Dragons take Game 1 of the 2008–09 Grand Final
South Dragons beat Melbourne Tigers 93–81 at John Cain Arena in Game 1 of the 2008–09 Grand Final, on Wed 4 March 2009.
Mark Worthington led all scorers with 23 points for the Dragons on 6-of-11 shooting, plus 10 rebounds in a double-double; Chris Anstey had 21 for the Tigers.
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
Points
- WorthingtonSTH23
- AnsteyMEL21
- InglesSTH19
Rebounds
- ThomasMEL12
- WorthingtonSTH10
- SmithSTH9
Assists
- CrosswellMEL8
- SmithSTH5
- WorthingtonSTH2
Threes
Team stats
STHShootingMEL
- Field goals 28/8334%
- Threes 7/2924%
- Free throws 18/2669%
43%32/74
38%8/21
81%21/26
The game
- Rebounds 41
- Assists 12
- Turnovers 12
- Steals 5
- Bench points 0
39
15
11
9
0
Box score
South Dragons93
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Worthington | 23 | 10 | 2 | 40:32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 10-10 | 0 | |
| A. Gibson | 10 | 3 | 1 | 34:18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-8 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 0 | |
| J. Ingles | 19 | 1 | 2 | 30:32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6-10 | 3-5 | 4-5 | 0 | |
| D. Smith | 19 | 9 | 5 | 30:29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| M. Burston | 13 | 7 | 1 | 29:02 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| M. Vukona | 4 | 5 | 1 | 27:17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| N. Herbert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| T. Darden | 1 | 3 | 1 | 16:56 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | |
| R. Carter | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13:42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 93 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 32-74 | 8-21 | 21-26 | |||
| Shooting | 43.2% | 38.1% | 80.8% |
Melbourne Tigers81
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Barlow | 13 | 8 | 1 | 40:28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4-15 | 0-4 | 5-6 | 0 | |
| C. Anstey | 21 | 9 | 1 | 38:28 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8-16 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 0 | |
| E. Ere | 15 | 6 | 1 | 37:22 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4-12 | 2-7 | 5-8 | 0 | |
| D. Thomas | 7 | 12 | 0 | 30:38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| N. Crosswell | 2 | 1 | 8 | 26:29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| L. Kendall | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20:46 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1-8 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| T. Greer | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17:23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| S. Hoare | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15:35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0 | |
| D. Corletto | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 81 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 28-83 | 7-29 | 18-26 | |||
| Shooting | 33.7% | 24.1% | 69.2% |
Tap a column heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating.
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.