United 'finding different ways' to win

Sunday's 11 point win by Melbourne United moved them to a franchise best 13-2 record heading into FIBA Break.

While coach Dean Vickerman is thrilled with how his team are tracking through the first half of the season.

But he's more excited that his team are finding different ways to win basketball games, like they did on Sunday at John Cain Arena.

The league-leaders, who are a top three shooting side from downtown at 33.1 per cent on the season, only hit 9/29 triples (25.71 per cent) on Sunday, including sharpshooter Chris Goulding converting just one of his 11 attempts.

Instead, United scored 58 points in the paint, a dominant display compared to Perth's 34.

"We found different ways [to win]," Vickerman said in the post-game press conference.

"Some nights we've shot 30 free throws, while this game was all about offensive rebounds and they way we scored in the paint. I believe we've been attacking the paint well.

"It's been a focus all year for to keep attacking the paint, as has getting fast break points, which was helped tonight by us looking after the ball and forcing 12 turnovers. I thought that was a massive advantage for us today.

"We always want Tyson [Walker] and Milton [Doyle] to get their feet in the paint, while good cutters, like Dash [Daniels], contribute to that too.

"[Today] was obviously probably a fraction over our average of of number of threes, [and while we didn't hit as many as we would have liked] there's not too many of them I would have turned down. I thought they were pretty good looks."

As Vickerman touched on, United's advantage in fast break points (25-8), points off turnovers (11-0) and second chance points (10-5) proved to be the difference in Sunday's Round 10 clash.

Heading into the FIBA Break, United is first, with a 13-2 record, while Perth (8-6) is fourth.

After the break, the pair play each other once again, this time at RAC Arena on Thursday, December 4, tipping off at 9.30pm AEDT, live on ESPN.