Sydney Kings vs Melbourne Tigers, 2007–08 Grand Final · Game 1
2007–08 · Grand Final · Game 1 · Wed 5 March 2008
Sydney Entertainment Centre
Recap
Kings take Game 1 of the 2007–08 Grand Final
Sydney Kings beat Melbourne Tigers 95–74 at Sydney Entertainment Centre in Game 1 of the 2007–08 Grand Final, on Wed 5 March 2008.
Mark Worthington led all scorers with 35 points for the Kings on 11-of-20 shooting, including 6 threes; David Barlow had 14 for the Tigers.
Kings made 13 threes to 6.
Grand Final series
2007–08 finals- Game 1Sydney Kings95Melbourne Tigers74
- Game 2Melbourne Tigers104Sydney Kings93
- Game 3Sydney Kings87Melbourne Tigers89
- Game 4Melbourne Tigers87Sydney Kings90
- Game 5Sydney Kings73Melbourne Tigers85
Leaders
Points
- WorthingtonSYD35
- BarlowMEL14
- KendallSYD13
Rebounds
- CrosswhiteSYD9
- ThomasMEL9
- VictorSYD8
Assists
Threes
- WorthingtonSYD6
- KendallSYD3
- BarlowMEL3
Team stats
SYDShootingMEL
- Field goals 31/7641%
- Threes 6/2921%
- Free throws 6/1155%
46%36/78
50%13/26
77%10/13
The game
- Rebounds 36
- Assists 16
- Turnovers 17
- Steals 8
- Bench points 0
43
24
16
7
0
Box score
Sydney Kings95
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Kendall | 13 | 2 | 6 | 36:28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| G. Saville | 11 | 7 | 1 | 35:03 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | |
| M. Worthington | 35 | 7 | 3 | 33:39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11-20 | 6-7 | 7-7 | 0 | |
| I. Crosswhite | 11 | 9 | 1 | 27:14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | |
| D. Draper | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26:50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2-11 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| J. Smith | 0 | 1 | 4 | 24:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| R. Hinder | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20:47 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| I. Victor | 10 | 8 | 0 | 18:47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | |
| B. Carter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10:59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| C. Tovey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 95 | 43 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 36-78 | 13-26 | 10-13 | |||
| Shooting | 46.2% | 50.0% | 76.9% |
Melbourne Tigers74
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Anstey | 12 | 8 | 1 | 37:29 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6-14 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 0 | |
| D. Barlow | 14 | 6 | 0 | 34:38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5-14 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| D. Thomas | 8 | 9 | 0 | 31:39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| S. Lampley | 4 | 2 | 0 | 31:39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2-10 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| N. Crosswell | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25:35 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. McDonald | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22:26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| S. Hoare | 9 | 4 | 4 | 21:57 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0 | |
| D. Corletto | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16:22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-9 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| D. Stiff | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10:32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| T. Greer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 74 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 31-76 | 6-29 | 6-11 | |||
| Shooting | 40.8% | 20.7% | 54.5% |
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.