Illawarra Hawks @ Melbourne United

Preseason

Illawarra HawksHawksHWK

1-1

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Hawks HWK	19	25	34	20	98
United MEL	21	30	25	27	103

Melbourne UnitedUnitedMEL

3-2

103

3-2

Statistics
FG	32-84	34-75
Field Goal %	38	45
3PT	16-46	10-31
Three Point %	35	32
FT	18-23	25-34
Free Throw %	78	74
Rebounds	32	52
Offensive Rebounds	9	14
Defensive Rebounds	23	38
Assists	18	20
Steals	9	6
Blocks	3	6
Total Turnovers	18	28
Fouls	25	23
Technical Fouls	0	0
Flagrant Fouls	0	0
Largest Lead	6	10
Percent Led	23	62

Matchups

HWK

Season Matchup

0-0

MEL

1-1

Game 1@ MEL

3-2

1-1

Game 2@ HWK

3-2

1-1

Game 3@ MEL

3-2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New Zealand	3	1	.750	-	W3
Melbourne	3	2	.600	0.5	L1
South East Melbourne	3	2	.600	0.5	L1
Adelaide	1	1	.500	1	W1
Brisbane	1	1	.500	1	L1
Sydney	1	1	.500	1	W1
Illawarra	1	1	.500	1	L1
Cairns	2	3	.400	1.5	L1
Perth	1	2	.333	1.5	L2
Tasmania	0	2	.000	2	L2

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