Sydney Kings vs Melbourne Tigers, 2007–08 Grand Final · Game 5
2007–08 · Grand Final · Game 5 · Fri 14 March 2008
Sydney Entertainment Centre
Recap
Tigers win the 2007–08 NBL championship
Melbourne Tigers beat Sydney Kings 85–73 at Sydney Entertainment Centre in Game 5 of the 2007–08 Grand Final, on Fri 14 March 2008.
Dave Thomas scored 21 points for the Tigers on 6-of-13 shooting, plus 12 rebounds in a double-double; Mark Worthington had 17 for the Kings.
Tigers won the rebounding battle 53–41.
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
- AnsteyMEL21
- ThomasMEL21
- WorthingtonSYD17
Rebounds
Assists
- McDonaldMEL5
- WorthingtonSYD3
- KendallSYD3
Threes
Team stats
SYDShootingMEL
- Field goals 27/7835%
- Threes 9/2536%
- Free throws 22/2781%
32%24/75
21%5/24
91%20/22
The game
- Rebounds 53
- Assists 16
- Turnovers 11
- Steals 3
- Bench points 0
41
11
12
6
0
Box score
Sydney Kings73
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Smith | 7 | 4 | 0 | 38:38 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| M. Worthington | 17 | 4 | 3 | 36:35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6-16 | 0-4 | 5-6 | 0 | |
| L. Kendall | 7 | 6 | 3 | 33:47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| G. Saville | 7 | 5 | 2 | 30:41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | |
| I. Victor | 16 | 8 | 1 | 27:30 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4-12 | 0-1 | 8-8 | 0 | |
| R. Hinder | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| D. Draper | 2 | 6 | 2 | 21:14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| I. Crosswhite | 7 | 4 | 0 | 18:14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | |
| B. Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:05 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| C. Tovey | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Team | 73 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 24-75 | 5-24 | 20-22 | |||
| Shooting | 32.0% | 20.8% | 90.9% |
Melbourne Tigers85
| Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Stiff | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15:06 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | |
| T. Greer | Did not play | ||||||||||||
| D. McDonald | – | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0:00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 |
| C. Anstey | – | 21 | 12 | 3 | 0:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6-12 | 2-4 | 7-8 | 0 |
| D. Thomas | – | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6-13 | 2-4 | 7-7 | 0 |
| D. Corletto | – | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| S. Hoare | Did not play | ||||||||||||
| N. Crosswell | – | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0:00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 |
| D. Barlow | – | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3-12 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0 |
| S. Lampley | – | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3-13 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 0 |
| Team | 85 | 53 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 27-78 | 9-25 | 22-27 | |||
| Shooting | 34.6% | 36.0% | 81.5% | ||||||||||
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.