Dunkman
Two years ago
Cats easy, hopefully a better standard than the last game.
Manu Fieldel
Two years ago
Said it before (even when he was under 30), Corey Webster is no good. He's really not going to help you win too much.
AngusH
Two years ago
Lookng like the last game so far re: turnovers
AngusH
Two years ago
Majok Majok such an underrated player.
And impressive start from King.
Another Anon
Two years ago
Blanchfield is approx 2 from 30 from the arc since preseason. No way he should be starting over Travers
Gus3232
Two years ago
It's looking like Travers is being brought of the bench so Rillie can work out where best to use him.
Manu Fieldel
Two years ago
I reckon the Hawks should gamble with a stretch 4 who can defend.
I'd want the ball as much as possible in the hands of King and Harvey
Anonymightymouse
Two years ago
Why would you start Travers and add another lesser-shooter into the line-up to crowd things for Cotton, especially with Manek not hitting much at the moment? Bring him off the bench with Wagstaff and then you maintain balance in the line-up.
Anonymightymouse
Two years ago
"Blanchfield is approx 2 from 30 from the arc since preseason. No way he should be starting over Travers"
He shot 2/4 from three in the first game.
KWhite_Rulez
Two years ago
Given Blanchfield's shooting has been terrible since last season and can't do anything else, I'd rather Travers with his secondary ball handling and defense.
Luuuc
Two years ago
I've got no issue with LT off the bench. He's still getting his minutes.
Anonymightymouse
Two years ago
"Given Blanchfield's shooting has been terrible since last season"
He shot 38% from three last season.
Manu Fieldel
Two years ago
Haha geez the 'bench Blanchfield' argument is going down like the Hindenburg
Anon
Two years ago
Get sick of watching Cotton get mugged of the ball, practically clotheslined of ball, no call, then nothing on the end of half buzzer beater. With some of the soft and ones surely the league best gets a call right?
AngusH
Two years ago
If I had to describe how Cotton gets treated by NBL refs, "hard done by" is not a phrase I'd use.
Luuuc
Two years ago
To their credit, Hawks are doing a very effective job of restricting Cotton.
Can't fault them for playing to the full extent of what the refs are allowing.
Manu Fieldel
Two years ago
Sorry Angus, can't you just let these Cats fans unduly complain in peace?
Anon
Two years ago
I guess we allow different things at each end evidently
KWhite_Rulez
Two years ago
Travers and Blanchfield playing to come off the bench.
Anon
Two years ago
Angus watch him off ball for an extended period of time, no other player in our league gets that sort of off ball treatment. For a multiple mvp he doesn't get the same calls others do
Mat B
Two years ago
Possession arrow is the *worst* rule.
FFS just do a jump ball
AngusH
Two years ago
I was just watching Creek hug Hogg off the ball before every inbound the last minute or two of the previous game. It happens, it's never called, and it's not just Cotton.
Mat B
Two years ago
Mathiang is the biggest man on the court and he's not being fed in the post.
Bad offense.
NBL teams just don't feed their bigs enough.
You've got options to both score and pass from the post, but instead, it's just jack up a 3 with a hand in face.
Dunkman
Two years ago
Copeland saying exactly that about the bigs, get them the ball inside.
AngusH
Two years ago
Yeah both teams playing low IQ offense this half basically. I'd like to see them get Froling the ball down low a whole lot more (as he dunks)
Ben
Two years ago
Screen apology, heh. Hopefully the NBL comes down hard and bans her from commentating for the remainder of the season.
Jimmyhooper15
Two years ago
The commentator apologies for calling her a torris islander
Anon
Two years ago
As I was just typing ref's are a disgrace, that's 2 pts perth but no, reward a diabolical flop from Deng, in Perth, again...
Anon
Two years ago
Then they review it, see the air and double down on the same bs call
AngusH
Two years ago
That was clearly a foul on Deng, just should have been on Norton.
Manu Fieldel
Two years ago
Am I off, or does that not need to be made into a 'culturally insensitive' issue?
Peak PC NBL ass-covering.
Ben
Two years ago
It was something that could've waited for a social post the next day, no need to interrupt the broadcast.
AngusH
Two years ago
I'd that's a clear path might as well just give up defending fast breaks
AngusH
Two years ago
Disappointing finish to the second pretty ordinary game of the evening
KWhite_Rulez
Two years ago
No idea how the Cats won this. Were all over the place.
Mat B
Two years ago
Cats picked up their defense in the 4th.
Closed the lane, pressured the ball and shut off passing lanes.
Hit crucial shots late
Anonymightymouse
Two years ago
"Am I off, or does that not need to be made into a 'culturally insensitive' issue? Peak PC NBL ass-covering."
It was weird.
Dunkman
Two years ago
I'll take the wrap I gave to jakomas back, he threw that away with dumb coaching down the stretch. Dent was woeful and he stuck with him, Deng isn’t a smart player either.
Rillie is getting the home cooking up again, not to Gleeson standard yet but on the way.
Cats won’t match it with the kings at present.
Mat B
Two years ago
Deng had Webster down low on a mismatch......and kicked it out.
???
You have to use your height and athleticism and shoot over him - hook, fade away, up n under......something
The screen apology was so unnecessary- just PC in overdrive.
Would she have publicly apologised if she'd mistakingly said someone was from Ballarat if they were actually from Dubbo?
Jimmyhooper15
Two years ago
The Hawks lived by the three and died by it. It's mind boggling they didn’t use froling more
koberulz
Two years ago
Can someone actually explain what happened with Screen, for those who didn't see the broadcast?
Ballman
Two years ago
Most players be unlucky to step on someone's foot once in a season, Thomas already twice in a few months. Frustrating as we cannot really replace him if he goes down. If Illawara had attacked the paint more we would not have won.
I think with Manek you have 2-3 more weeks where you have to seriously consider putting him on a plane back to the US. Dont want a repeat of Michael Frazer.
Cotton needs mould his game to shoot 3 pointers from further out, might help him against these taller guards.
JCK98
Two years ago
Screen called Keanu Pinder a Torres Strait Islander when he is an Aboriginal, in the previous game, then came on during a timeout of this game to read a prepared apology.
Perthworld
Two years ago
What an overreaction.
Although Screen putting her foot in it is hardly surprising.
Anon
Two years ago
Hardly Perth home cooking. Perth actually played well for significant portions, esp defensively, but just looked dis jointed on O. 7 turnovers to 18, bit felt they blew some easy fast break opportunities. Hawks got up early on the back of some very hot shooting. Hawks def had portions of dominance, but most was from offence or Perths inability to run offence, not so much Hawks disrupting what they were trying
Luuuc
Two years ago
Conceding just 22 points in the 2nd half was a nice change from giving up 49 in the first.
One of those games where not much went right but still managed to escape with a W.
I haven't seen a Wildcats game that ugly since ... last season.
Diop Kick
Two years ago
Manek is a young, I'm sure reasonably cheap, role playing import. I’d be patient
Longshot
Two years ago
Imagine being bothered by an apology that had nothing to do with you.
People complaining about PC overdrive are the ones who whinge the most.
If you watched the Taipans presser with Coach Forde you would know that Pinder was particularly bothered by the comment so what's the issue with the NBL wanting to deliver this straight away?
Diop Kick
Two years ago
I don't blame Pinder for being upset, I’d hate to be called a Queenslander as well.
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