South Dragons vs Melbourne Tigers, 2008–09 Grand Final · Game 3
2008–09 · Grand Final · Game 3 · Sun 8 March 2009
John Cain Arena
Recap
Dragons take Game 3 of the 2008–09 Grand Final
South Dragons beat Melbourne Tigers 84–67 at John Cain Arena in Game 3 of the 2008–09 Grand Final, on Sun 8 March 2009.
Donta Smith led all scorers with 18 points for the Dragons on 7-of-10 shooting, plus 9 rebounds and 8 assists and 8 blocks; Ebi Ere had 16 for the Tigers.
Dragons won the rebounding battle 52–37.
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 23/6933%
- Threes 7/3123%
- Free throws 14/2361%
45%33/74
21%5/24
57%13/23
The game
- Rebounds 37
- Assists 8
- Turnovers 13
- Steals 5
- Bench points 0
52
17
14
6
0
Box score
South Dragons84
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Worthington | 10 | 10 | 2 | 38:16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4-14 | 0-4 | 2-5 | 0 | |
| A. Gibson | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31:56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Smith | 18 | 9 | 8 | 31:27 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7-10 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| J. Ingles | 11 | 7 | 4 | 31:12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5-10 | 0-4 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| M. Burston | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27:00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| T. Darden | 12 | 4 | 0 | 23:26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5-9 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| M. Vukona | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17:59 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0 | |
| R. Carter | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16:26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| N. Herbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| N. Horvath | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6:48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Dillon | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| T. Naqqash | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1:41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 84 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 26 | 33-74 | 5-24 | 13-23 | |||
| Shooting | 44.6% | 20.8% | 56.5% |
Melbourne Tigers67
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Ere | 16 | 4 | 2 | 40:53 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4-15 | 3-9 | 5-9 | 0 | |
| D. Barlow | 7 | 1 | 0 | 35:28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Thomas | 9 | 10 | 0 | 29:29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 0 | |
| C. Anstey | 15 | 5 | 2 | 28:57 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6-13 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 0 | |
| N. Crosswell | 4 | 1 | 3 | 24:32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| S. Hoare | 9 | 6 | 0 | 23:26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0 | |
| L. Kendall | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21:09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| T. Greer | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15:26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Corletto | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8:11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 67 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 23-69 | 7-31 | 14-23 | |||
| Shooting | 33.3% | 22.6% | 60.9% |
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.