THE NBL’s Game Review Panel has handed out a plethora of charges, following multiple incidents during and after Game 3 of the Grand Final.

The game featured what the league has called a ‘melee’, while three separate players received fines for ‘headbutting’, in what’s been an extremely intense championship series between Melbourne United and the Adelaide 36ers.

Here are all of the fines that were issued by the league, following a review.

— Melbourne’s Tai Wesley received a one-game suspension, which is down to a $1000 fine with an early plea, for headbutting Adelaide’s Nathan Sobey in the first quarter.

— Melbourne’s Casey Prather received a one-game suspension, which is down to a $1000 fine with an early plea, for headbutting Adelaide’s Nathan Sobey at halftime.

— Adelaide’s Nathan Sobey received a one-game suspension, which is down to a $1000 fine with an early plea, for headbutting Prather at half time.

For the half time ‘melee’, the following fines were issued; all of which have been reduced with an early plea.

ADELAIDE

Nathan Sobey ($500 down to $375)

Anthony Drmic ($1,000 down to $750)

Shannon Shorter ($1,000 down to $750)

Majok Deng ($1,000 down to $750)

MELBOURNE

Craig Moller ($500 down to $375)

Dave Anderson ($1,000 down to $750)

Casper Ware ($500 down to $375)

David Barlow ($500 down to $375)

— Melbourne’s Carrick Felix was involved in two separate incidents — one at half time, and one after the game — with the team receiving a total of $1,125 in fines: an initial $375 for Carrick’s involvement in the half time melee, along with a $750 fine for ‘unsportsmanlike behaviour’ post-game.

Felix was also banned from sitting with United’s bench for Game 4 and Game 5 (if needed), and is not allowed to enter the playing area at any point, until the game and any ensuing formalities are finished.

— Adelaide’s Shannon Shorter was fined $500 — down to $375 with an early plea — for ‘unsportsmanlike’ behaviour post-game; engaging with Felix in a scuffle.

All players accepted their respective early pleas.
United head coach, Dean Vickerman, said post-game that he halftime incident was just an example of his players ‘taking care of each other’.

“I was worried to start with because I saw everybody from our bench in there and I thought ‘Oh, that’s normally trouble’, but the buzzer had gone and it was just our boys taking care of each other,” Vickerman said.

“We didn’t know as a group until we came back out that Sobey had been ejected.

“A tough one for him, but we’ll take it.

“Whatever it takes to get a win in this series, it’s a battle, it’s a war.”

36ers head coach, Joey Wright, gave one line answers to every post-game question asked of him, presumably in protest of after being fined $5000 for comments he made after Game 1.

Game 4 of the series tips off at 3pm (AEDT), at Adelaide’s Titanium Security Arena.