BTW, Thomas' scoreline should've been 24 and Hoare's 10. The scorebench accidentally put DT's first 2 baskets to Hoare's name. Oops!

that still doesn't make sense even 'if' the table made an mistake without seeing the event there are many reasons why who the spect etc think the points should have been awarded to go to another player ie taps etc

but if you have thomas as 20 and hoare as 14 if the first two points went to hoare instead of thomas wouldn't that make it 22 and 12 surely it isn't a 4 point turn around or 20 - 14 to 24 -10

re reads first two baskets ...oops my bad

actually question for you isaac if the scoreboard reads thomas whatever, and hoare whatever. don't you think the crowd let alone melbourne would have been pointing out the error at the beginning of the game.

tony blair, I find your posts unintentionally hilarious, you open with a comment how Isaac's story didn't make sense before launching into 2 paragraphs of your own which ironically made no sense whatsoever!!

The scores put up on the cube and main board are purely a "visual" for the fans only.

The official score comes from the actual scoresheet, which is maintained separately, by the Basketball Australia officials.

It is the same in any game of basketball...what the scoresheet says is the official word, unless a team actually protests that sheet.

Tony,

That Thomas and Hoare have playing numbers separated by a single number (32 and 33) could've caused the error.

Once it's in, I don't believe they can change it, statistically.

And there was definitely a mistake made (others picked it up too).

excuse me billo but it was early in the morning, i meant by my second comment that i had re read isaac's orginal comment and realised that it was first two baskets not first two points. hence the my bad error.

also i find it extremely difficult to believe that nobody in the crowd nor from melbourne would take notice that the scores have gone up wrong, if they did, i was watching foxtel and at no stage was there comment about the board being wrong and they are usually not reticient about things like that.

the visual scores are checked against the scoresheet and the scoresheet and the stats are checked against the scoresheet.

anon playing district i don't believe you would run up to check your scores but at no stage during district games does the cube run so you aren't going to know but i bet if the table holds out the wrong number foul bat you would be aware.
besides the stats at qtr and half time would be given to coaches i find it amazing that someone would not have queried it that is all.

anyway.....the sixers did a great job of getting it together last night. After Q1 i though it was going to be another Tigers riot....no sixers defence, back door cuts aplenty and Bradtke killing us.

The boys came out in Q2 and hustled their buts off and ran them off there legs.

The tigers were very frustrated at the officiating which on some level i agree with.

will be interesting to see if our home court record stays in tact now that there will be interstate refs being mixed in with the locals.

Where did ya get that about the interstate refs Kent??

I didnt think they would, because they only need one Level 1 NBL ref on an NBL game, and Weeks is Level 1, so the rest can be a lower standard.

I'm not questioning what your saying, just wondering where the info came from, so I can correct my other source :)

From the horses mouth yogee

I should add more there has been a growing feeling that home teams are getting a bigger than normal advantage with the current philosophy of using only local refs.

The situation also puts alot of pressure on the level 1 ref ( ala Weeksy) to carry the less credentialled refs.

It stands to reason that if you are only seeing one team as a ref there will be a familiarity to those calls and style of ref'ing.

The travelling team has to adjust to the new style of ref'ing.

Using the sixers as an example they are great at home and not so on the road.

Is it that the ability drops on the road or that they are not adjusting to how the game is being called and thus not getting the results?

I would agree, I think the NBL needs to go back to the 2 local 1 interstate pattern they had before they stopped the refs travelling.

Good to see some common sense is prevailing.

What were Andrew Gaze and Brett Maher saying to each other after Mahersy shot the first two pointer over Andrew?
Bothof them had smiles from ear to ear.

This was my first Sixers game for a few years and thought it was great! Even though the crowd was down on numbers I thought that the atmosphere was pretty good.

I now know why Holmes' FG percentage is so far down, has anyone noticed how flat his shots are? There is no arc to them.

Even though we won, I thought our defense in the key was terrible early on allowing the Tigers easy lay ups.

Rychart was just sensational I thought and Forman has really stepped up this year.

Its Official! Im A COOPER Fan!
He played Some Awesome D on Bradtke!

Great Hustle PLayer with Jacob!

Who thinks Forman should replace Holmes in the starting 5?