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Melbourne United vs Townsville Crocodiles: NBL live scores, blog

20th November, 2015
Tip off: 7:30pm (AEDT)
Venue: Hisense Arena, Melbourne
TV: Live, Fox Sports News
Betting: United $1.15, Crocs $5.50
Last five: United 3, Crocs 2

Melbourne United (expected)
Point guard: Stephen Holt
Shooting guard: Chris Goulding
Small forward: Todd Blanchfield
Power forward: Majok Majok
Centre: Daniel Kickert
Bench: Emmanuel Golgong, Igor Hadziomerovic, Nate Tomlinson, Brad Hill, Chris Patton, Kyle Adnam

Townsville Crocodiles (expected)
Point guard: Mitchell Norton
Shooting guard: Jordair Jett
Small forward: Clint Steindl
Power forward: Briank Conklin
Centre: Nicholas Kay
Bench: Corey Maynyard, Mirko Djeric, Leon Henry, Mitchell Young, Luke Schenscher, Brent Wallace
Melbourne United desperately need a win in the first game of their semi-finals series against the New Zealand Breakers (Photo credit: Joel Armstrong)
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20th November, 2015
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The bubble burst for Melbourne United last Friday night when they were handed there first loss for the season, while their opponents, the Townsville Crocodiles, are coming off a bad loss as well. Join The Roar from 7:15pm (AEDT) for live scores and updates.

United’s impressive 9-0 start to the season come to a halt as they were comprehensive outplayed by the Taipans 82-70.

Melbourne were unable to hit big threes when required, and some of their stars really struggled – Chris Goulding had a quiet game, as did Daniel Kickert and Todd Blanchfield.

The Crocs are sitting on the bottom of the NBL ladder with a 3-8 record after 11 games. Their last match was an 89-65 loss to the Adelaide 36ers, where Brian Conklin had 21 points, Jordair Jett 12, while the rest of the team battled to make an impact.

Worryingly for the Crocs, if Conklin or Jett don’t score, who else will stand up? It’s a common theme this season, only three players on the Crocs’ roster average over 10 points a game – Conklin, Jett and Clint Stendl, who is averaging 11 points a game.

United have won the last two games against the Crocs and lead 3-2 over the last five games.

Prediction
United to bounce back in front of a big crowd at home.

Melbourne by 15.

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