Sydney Kings vs Melbourne Tigers, 2007–08 Grand Final · Game 3
2007–08 · Grand Final · Game 3 · Sun 9 March 2008
Sydney Entertainment Centre
Recap
Tigers take Game 3 of the 2007–08 Grand Final
Melbourne Tigers beat Sydney Kings 89–87 at Sydney Entertainment Centre in Game 3 of the 2007–08 Grand Final, on Sun 9 March 2008.
Chris Anstey led all scorers with 27 points for the Tigers on 9-of-23 shooting, including 3 threes, plus 15 rebounds in a double-double; Mark Worthington had 22 for the Kings.
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
- AnsteyMEL27
- WorthingtonSYD22
- CrosswhiteSYD18
Rebounds
- AnsteyMEL15
- KendallSYD8
- WorthingtonSYD8
Assists
Threes
- WorthingtonSYD3
- BarlowMEL3
- SmithSYD3
Team stats
SYDShootingMEL
- Field goals 33/8141%
- Threes 11/2741%
- Free throws 12/1867%
47%34/72
38%9/24
53%10/19
The game
- Rebounds 44
- Assists 11
- Turnovers 13
- Steals 6
- Bench points 0
39
22
14
6
0
Box score
Sydney Kings87
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Kendall | 15 | 8 | 7 | 44:20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6-16 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| J. Smith | 16 | 1 | 2 | 40:14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5-10 | 3-6 | 3-3 | 0 | |
| M. Worthington | 22 | 8 | 3 | 39:35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8-15 | 3-4 | 3-6 | 0 | |
| G. Saville | 7 | 4 | 2 | 32:54 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| I. Crosswhite | 18 | 5 | 0 | 29:20 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | |
| I. Victor | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19:44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| R. Hinder | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15:50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| D. Draper | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11:46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| B. Carter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6:21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Team | 87 | 39 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 34-72 | 9-24 | 10-19 | |||
| Shooting | 47.2% | 37.5% | 52.6% |
Melbourne Tigers89
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Anstey | 27 | 15 | 0 | 38:20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9-23 | 3-12 | 6-8 | 0 | |
| S. Lampley | 12 | 6 | 2 | 38:00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4-17 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| D. Thomas | 14 | 6 | 1 | 37:02 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Barlow | 16 | 5 | 0 | 36:46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6-10 | 3-5 | 1-4 | 0 | |
| N. Crosswell | 4 | 4 | 5 | 24:47 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. McDonald | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23:14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| S. Hoare | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18:47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| D. Corletto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Stiff | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9:41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | |
| T. Greer | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2:29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 89 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 33-81 | 11-27 | 12-18 | |||
| Shooting | 40.7% | 40.7% | 66.7% |
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.