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Adelaide's threes outscored Melbourne's by 18 points in a two-point game

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Adelaide scored 18 more points from three-pointers than Melbourne (39 from 13 of 30, against 21 from 7 of 23) in a 97-95 win. Melbourne was ahead on two-pointers (29 of 48 against 19 of 36), which is why the game stayed close. Context: the live commentary call of 13 of 27 came at 11:21, and the final was 13 of 30. One game is a small sample, and three-point shooting regresses heavily.

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Adelaide scored 18 more points from three-pointers than Melbourne (39 from 13 of 30, against 21 from 7 of 23) in a 97-95 win. Melbourne was ahead on two-pointers (29 of 48 against 19 of 36), which is why the game stayed close. Context: the live commentary call of 13 of 27 came at 11:21, and the final was 13 of 30. One game is a small sample, and three-point shooting regresses heavily.Points392118Adelaide 3pt pointsMelbourne 3pt pointsThree-point margin
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select a.three_pointers_made*3 - m.three_pointers_made*3 as margin, a.three_pointers_made adl_3pm, a.three_pointers_attempted adl_3pa, m.three_pointers_made mel_3pm, m.three_pointers_attempted mel_3pa, a.three_pointers_made*3 adl_pts, m.three_pointers_made*3 mel_pts from box_team a join box_team m on a.match_id=m.match_id and a.opp_name=m.name where a.match_id='36dbeb55-58ad-11f1-a69b-43a6b5595d3e' and a.name='Adelaide 36ers'

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stats · source · match_id=36dbeb55-58ad-11f1-a69b-43a6b5595d3e; name=Adelaide 36ers
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stats · source · match_id=36dbeb55-58ad-11f1-a69b-43a6b5595d3e; name=Melbourne United

Suggested follow-ups

Rarity

Since 2015-16, how often has a team won by 2 or fewer points while outscoring its opponent by 18 or more on threes?

This shows how unusual it is for a game to stay this close with a three-point gap this big.

python -m storydesk run follow_up --game 36dbeb55-58ad-11f1-a69b-43a6b5595d3e --anchor 30 --question "Since 2015-16, how often has a team won by 2 or fewer points while outscoring its opponent by 18 or more on threes?" --live

Context

How does Melbourne's 7 of 23 from three compare with its 2025-26 per-game three-point makes and percentage?

This shows whether Melbourne's poor shooting was the bigger driver of the gap, or Adelaide's hot shooting.

python -m storydesk run follow_up --game 36dbeb55-58ad-11f1-a69b-43a6b5595d3e --anchor 30 --question "How does Melbourne's 7 of 23 from three compare with its 2025-26 per-game three-point makes and percentage?" --live

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