Melbourne United @ Perth Wildcats
PER leads series 1-0

Melbourne UnitedUnitedMEL
20-13
77
20-13
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United MEL | 19 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 77 |
Wildcats PER | 22 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 95 |

Perth WildcatsWildcatsPER
21-12
95
21-12
Melbourne United
starters |
Fabijan KrslovicF. Krslovic #18 |
Finn DelaneyF. Delaney #7 |
Dash DanielsD. Daniels #4 |
Tyson WalkerT. Walker #2 |
Chris GouldingC. Goulding #43 |
bench |
Jesse EdwardsJ. Edwards #14 |
Kyle BowenK. Bowen #15 |
Tom WilsonT. Wilson #12 |
Tanner KrebsT. Krebs #13 |
Malith MacharM. Machar #9 |
Shea IliS. Ili #51 |
Milton DoyleM. Doyle #35 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 20 | 8 | 3-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 |
| 24 | 7 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | -6 |
| 16 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | 12 | 5-18 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -14 |
| 19 | 7 | 3-14 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -8 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- |
| 22 | 12 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -17 |
| 14 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -12 |
| 2 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 |
| 28 | 13 | 4-14 | 0-6 | 5-5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -19 |
77 | 29-86 | 7-37 | 12-13 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 28 | ||
34% | 19% | 92% |
Perth Wildcats
starters |
Jo Lual-Acuil Jr.J. Lual-Acuil Jr. #0 |
Kristian DoolittleK. Doolittle #5 |
Elijah PepperE. Pepper #40 |
Ben HenshallB. Henshall #10 |
Dylan WindlerD. Windler #3 |
bench |
Thomas GerovichT. Gerovich #22 |
Cameron HuefnerC. Huefner #25 |
Jesse WagstaffJ. Wagstaff #24 |
Noa Kouakou-HeugueN. Kouakou-Heugue #13 |
Dontae Russo-NanceD. Russo-Nance #1 |
David Duke Jr.D. Duke Jr. #12 |
Sunday DechS. Dech #8 |
Lat MayenL. Mayen #2 |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 31 | 28 | 11-17 | 0-0 | 6-11 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | +9 | |
| 38 | 24 | 6-15 | 3-9 | 9-11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +19 | |
| 32 | 5 | 2-11 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -9 | |
| 27 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | +9 | |
| 26 | 18 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 8-9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | +14 | |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| - | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | |
| - | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | |
| 4 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +12 | |
| 27 | 9 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 5-8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +24 | |
| 2 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | |
| DNP-COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||||
95 | 28-61 | 7-25 | 32-43 | 46 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 18 | |||
46% | 28% | 74% | ||||||||||||
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
Matchups
Game Information
2025-26 NBL Standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | STRK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 24 | 9 | .727 | - | W11 |
| Adelaide | 23 | 10 | .697 | 1 | L1 |
| South East Melbourne | 22 | 11 | .667 | 2 | L1 |
| Perth | 21 | 12 | .636 | 3 | W1 |
| Melbourne | 20 | 13 | .606 | 4 | W1 |
| Tasmania | 14 | 19 | .424 | 10 | L2 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 20 | .394 | 11 | W1 |
| Illawarra | 13 | 20 | .394 | 11 | W2 |
| Cairns | 9 | 24 | .273 | 15 | L2 |
| Brisbane | 6 | 27 | .182 | 18 | L13 |
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