2017–18 Melbourne United season

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2017–18 Melbourne United season
Head CoachAustralia Dean Vickerman
CaptainAustralia Chris Goulding
StadiumHisense Arena, Melbourne
NBL results
Ladder1st
FinalsChampions (5th title)
Wins25
Losses10
Player Records
Efficiency leaderUnited States Josh Boone
63%
Scoring leaderUnited States Casey Prather
16.1
Rebounding leaderUnited States Josh Boone
9.4
Assists leaderUnited States Casper Ware
4.7
All statistics correct as of 31 March 2018.

The 2017–18 NBL season was the 35th season for Melbourne United in the NBL, and the 4th under the banner of Melbourne United.

Roster[]

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2017–18 Melbourne United roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G 0 United States Felix, Carrick (IN) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
F 2 Australia  (DP) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
F/C 3 United States Boone, Josh (I) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb)
G 5 Australia  (DP) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 78 kg (172 lb)
G 7 Australia Hooley, Peter 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
G 8 Australia Adnam, Kyle 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
F 9 Australia Moller, Craig 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb)
G 12 Australia Dillon, Daniel Injured (IN) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
F/C 13 Australia Andersen, David 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 113 kg (249 lb)
F/C 14 New Zealand Smith-Milner, Tohi (DP) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
F 20 Australia Barlow, David 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb)
G 21 United States Ware, Casper (I) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb)
F/C 22 South Sudan Majok, Majok 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
G/F 23 United States Prather, Casey (I) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 96 kg (212 lb)
G 25 Australia  (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb)
F 42 Guam Wesley, Tai (SRP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 109 kg (240 lb)
G 43 Australia Goulding, Chris (C) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb)
F 54 Australia 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 112 kg (247 lb)
C – China  (TP) 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (SRP) Special Restricted Player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 24 January 2018

Preseason[]

Game log[]

2017 pre-season game log
Total: 8–3 (Home: 5–1; Road: 3–2)
May: 2–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 17 May @ Jiangsu Dragons W 72–85 Adnam, Wesley (25) Tai Wesley (8) Kyle Adnam (7) Wutaishan Gymnasium
not available 		1–0
2 19 May @ Jiangsu Dragons W 56–63 Majok Majok (16) not available not available Yancheng Sports Center
not available 		2–0
July: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
3 16 July China W 104–94 (OT) Andersen, Moller (20) not available not available Margaret Court Arena
6,888 		3–0
August: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 16 August Texas Longhorns W 85–75 Chris Goulding (18) (10) not available Nunawading Basketball Centre 4–0
5 20 August Wisconsin Badgers W 90–89 Tai Wesley (23) not available not available Casey Stadium
1,500 		5–0
September: 3–2 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6 7 September Illawarra W 99–83 Kyle Adnam (24) not available Kyle Adnam (7) Traralgon Sports Stadium
3,000 		6–0
7 9 September Sydney L 99–105 Tai Wesley (27) Josh Boone (9) Goulding, Ware (4) Traralgon Sports Stadium
3,000 		6–1
8 10 September Perth W 93–67 Tai Wesley (18) Boone, Wesley (7) Casper Ware (7) State Basketball Centre
3,200 		7–1
9 17 September @ New Zealand L 88–86 Chris Goulding (18) not available not available TSB Stadium
4,560 		7–2
10 19 September @ New Zealand W 62–101 Josh Boone (17) not available not available ASB Arena
not available 		8–2
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 8 October @ Oklahoma City L 85–86 Casper Ware (22) Josh Boone (9) Casey Prather (5) Chesapeake Energy Arena
10,203 		8–3

Regular season[]

Ladder[]

Pos 2017–18 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Melbourne United 28 20 8 71.43% 4–1 L1 11–3 9–5 2434 2298 105.92%
2 Adelaide 36ers 28 18 10 64.29% 3–2 W3 10–4 8–6 2654 2527 105.03%
3 Perth Wildcats 28 16 12 57.14% 2–3 W1 9–5 7–7 2388 2271 105.15%
4 New Zealand Breakers 28 15 13 53.57% 1–4 L4 9–5 6–8 2364 2387 99.04%
5 Illawarra Hawks 28 12 16 42.86% 2–3 W2 7–7 5–9 2474 2539 97.44%
6 Cairns Taipans1 28 11 17 39.29% 1–4 L1 8–6 3–11 2215 2281 97.11%
7 Sydney Kings1 28 11 17 39.29% 4–1 W4 6–8 5–9 2418 2504 96.57%
8 Brisbane Bullets 28 9 19 32.14% 1–4 L3 6–8 3–11 2347 2487 94.37%

Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2018. Source: NBL.com.au

The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win–loss record, the overall points percentage between the teams will determine order of seeding.

1Cairns Taipans won on overall points percentage.

Ladder Progression[]

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Adelaide 36ers 4 4 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 2
Brisbane Bullets 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Cairns Taipans 1 3 4 4 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6
Illawarra Hawks 5 8 7 8 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5
Melbourne United 3 2 5 5 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
New Zealand Breakers 8 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 2 4 4
Perth Wildcats 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 3 4 3 3
Sydney Kings 6 6 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7

Game log[]

2017–18 game log
Total: 20–8 (Home: 11–3; Road: 9–5)
October: 2–3 (Home: 0–1; Road: 2–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 5 October @ Adelaide W 97–99 Casper Ware (23) Josh Boone (10) Casper Ware (6) Titanium Security Arena
6,312 		1–0
2 14 October @ Adelaide W 79–99 Kyle Adnam (23) Josh Boone (10) Casper Ware (6) Titanium Security Arena
not available 		2–0
3 20 October @ Perth L 89–84 Casey Prather (16) Casey Prather (9) Goulding, Ware (3) Perth Arena
13,037 		2–1
4 22 October New Zealand L 76–88 Josh Boone (22) Josh Boone (14) Casper Ware (6) Hisense Arena
10,300 		2–2
5 28 October @ Brisbane L 87–85 Casey Prather (30) Josh Boone (14) Casper Ware (4) Carrara Stadium
not available 		2–3
November: 3–2 (Home: 3–1; Road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
6 2 November Cairns W 87–65 Casper Ware (26) Majok Majok (9) Prather, Ware (3) Hisense Arena
6,542 		3–3
7 4 November Adelaide W 101–82 Casey Prather (25) David Andersen (7) Casper Ware (8) Hisense Arena
8,213 		4–3
8 9 November @ Cairns L 92–69 Ware, Wesley (12) Casey Prather (6) Casey Prather (5) Cairns Convention Centre
3,891 		4–4
9 11 November Sydney W 108–90 Casey Prather (22) Josh Boone (13) Casper Ware (9) Hisense Arena
8,196 		5–4
10 19 November Perth L 59–91 Casey Prather (20) Josh Boone (12) Kyle Adnam (2) Hisense Arena
10,300 		5–5
December: 6–1 (Home: 4–0; Road: 2–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 4 December Illawarra W 91–73 Casey Prather (18) Josh Boone (14) Tai Wesley (8) Hisense Arena
6,054 		6–5
12 9 December @ Cairns 79–70 Tai Wesley (20) Josh Boone (8) Casper Ware (4) Cairns Convention Centre
4,151 		6–6
13 11 December Sydney W 95–69 Chris Goulding (23) Josh Boone (17) Casper Ware (7) Hisense Arena
8,194 		7–6
14 16 December @ Illawarra W 78–84 Tai Wesley (19) Josh Boone (10) Tai Wesley (8) WIN Entertainment Centre
2,150 		8–6
15 22 December Adelaide W 99–91 Casper Ware (24) Josh Boone (12) Casper Ware (5) Hisense Arena
8,089 		9–6
16 26 December Brisbane W 69–68 David Andersen (15) Josh Boone (11) Tai Wesley (3) Hisense Arena
10,300 		10–6
17 30 December @ Sydney W 79–103 Casper Ware (26) Tai Wesley (8) Goulding, Ware (5) Qudos Bank Arena
6,014 		11–6
January: 5–1 (Home: 1–0; Road: 4–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
18 6 January @ Illawarra W 77–79 Chris Goulding (22) Carrick Felix (10) Casper Ware (5) WIN Entertainment Centre
2,869 		12–6
19 12 January @ Perth W 80–82 Tai Wesley (21) Tai Wesley (10) Tai Wesley (5) Perth Arena
13,611 		13–6
20 18 January @ New Zealand L 98–81 Chris Goulding (21) Josh Boone (7) Casper Ware (5) North Shore Events Centre
not available 		13–7
21 20 January @ Brisbane W 95–103 Casper Ware (22) Ware, Wesley (5) Tai Wesley (8) Brisbane Entertainment Centre
4,650 		14–7
22 24 January Cairns W 79–68 Casper Ware (24) Josh Boone (9) Chris Goulding (6) Hisense Arena
7,306 		15–7
23 28 January @ Sydney W 76–93 Josh Boone (22) Josh Boone (13) Casper Ware (4) Qudos Bank Arena
7,407 		16–7
February: 4–1 (Home: 3–1; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
24 3 February Brisbane W 69–61 Casper Ware (17) Josh Boone (12) Tai Wesley (5) Hisense Arena
10,300 		17–7
25 9 February New Zealand W 89–83 Casper Ware (26) Josh Boone (12) Casper Ware (5) Hisense Arena
7,256 		18–7
26 11 February @ New Zealand W 82–100 Chris Goulding (21) Barlow, Boone (7) Casper Ware (9) Spark Arena
5,000 		19–7
27 16 February Perth W 97–85 Goulding, Ware (19) Josh Boone (10) Craig Moller (4) Hisense Arena
7,064 		20–7
28 18 February Illawarra L 84–94 Boone, Wesley (14) Casey Prather (6) Casper Ware (6) Hisense Arena
7,981 		20–8

Postseason[]

Main article: 2018 NBL Finals
2018 playoff game log
Total: 5–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–2)
Semi-finals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 3 March New Zealand W 88–77 Casper Ware (33) Josh Boone (8) Tai Wesley (4) Hisense Arena
6,833 		1–0
2 5 March @ New Zealand W 86–88 (OT) Josh Boone (33) Josh Boone (15) Casper Ware (6) Spark Arena
not available 		2–0
Grand Final: 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 16 March Adelaide W 107–96 Chris Goulding (26) Boone, Wesley (7) Tai Wesley (6) Hisense Arena
8,699 		1–0
2 18 March @ Adelaide L 110–95 Casey Prather (20) Casey Prather (7) Chris Goulding (3) Titanium Security Arena
7,000 		1–1
3 23 March Adelaide W 101–98 Casper Ware (25) Casey Prather (6) Casper Ware (3) Hisense Arena
9,362 		2–1
4 25 March @ Adelaide L 90–81 Casey Prather (23) Casey Prather (7) Chris Goulding (4) Titanium Security Arena
7,500 		2–2
5 31 March Adelaide W 100–82 Goulding, Ware (23) Josh Boone (12) Tai Wesley (3) Hisense Arena
10,300 		3–2

Transactions[]

Re-signed[]

Player Signed
Kyle Adnam[1] 7 April
Majok Majok[2] 21 April
Josh Boone[3] 28 April
David Barlow[4] 15 June
Casper Ware[5] 22 August

Additions[]

Player Signed Former team
Craig Moller[6] 13 April Sydney Kings
Daniel Dillon[7] 22 June Hiroshima Dragonflies
Peter Hooley[8] 3 August Ballarat Miners
Casey Prather[9] 15 August ratiopharm Ulm
[10] 13 October Mercyhurst Lakers
[10] Eastern Washington Eagles
[11] (Training) 16 November Shanghai Sharks
Carrick Felix[12][13] 22 December Long Island Nets
[14] 24 January Cairns Taipans

Subtractions[]

Player Reason left New team
Lasan Kromah[15] Free agent Egis Körmend
[16] Released
Todd Blanchfield[17][18] Free agent Sydney Kings
Ramone Moore[19] Free agent Melbourne United

Awards[]

NBL Awards[]

Melbourne United Awards[]

  • Best Club Person Award: Andrew Kidd[21]

Finals Series[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kyle Adnam re-signs with Melbourne United". melbourneutd.com.au. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Majok set for a big 2017-18". melbourneutd.com.au. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Josh Boone is back". melbourneutd.com.au. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. ^ "David Barlow back on board for 2017-18". melbourneutd.com.au. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Casper Ware IS BACK". melbourneutd.com.au. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Former Docker Craig Moller joins Melbourne". melbourneutd.com.au. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Daniel Dillon returns home to Melbourne". melbourneutd.com.au. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Young-gun Hooley signs with Melbourne". melbourneutd.com.au. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Casey Prather is coming to Melbourne". melbourneutd.com.au. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Melbourne United adds young talent to the squad". melbourneutd.com.au. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Chinese centre Jet Meng joins Melbourne as new training player". melbourneutd.com.au. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Ex-NBA player Carrick Felix set to make NBL debut for Melbourne United against Sydney Kings". heraldsun.com.au. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Carrick Felix joins Melbourne". melbourneutd.com.au. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Chris Patton returns to Melbourne as injury replacement player". melbourneutd.com.au. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Lasan Kromah signed with Egis Körmend (Hungary)". gba-sports.com.
  16. ^ Megan Hustwaite (8 March 2017). "Kilsyth Cobras recruit Melbourne United Owen Odigie for SEABL campaign". heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Todd Blanchfield joins the Sydney Kings". melbourneutd.com.au. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  18. ^ "Todd Blanchfield the newest King!". sydneykings.com. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  19. ^ "36ers finalise roster with Ramone Moore". adelaide36ers.com. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  20. ^ a b c "Boone, Ware, Wesley and Vickerman take home awards at NBL MVP". melbourneutd.com.au. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  21. ^ a b c d e "Ware wins back-to-back MVP honours for Melbourne United". melbourneutd.com.au. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  22. ^ "Melbourne United win the 2017-18 NBL Championship". melbourneutd.com.au. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

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