Looks like Cairns had 6 or 7 contibutors

(number 24 led the way for Mel 18/9/6 - may impress the NBL)

I'm enjoying the fact that other posters now refer to a particular player as Number 24 and not by his name.

Worthington scores 4 points on 1/7 shooting. Shame he didn't play like that against us...

Well done to the Phil and the Cairns boys.
Another upset.
If they get into double figures in W column they will have had an outstanding season.
Mills has had a fair bit of criticism this season but seems to have developed into a tidy all round player.
Melbourne shoot themselves in the foot after last weeks dramatics.
I like the look of O'Hea. he has a nice stroke. Needs to toughen up on D though.
Worthington must have been injured surely, it's impossible he could come up with that poor a game, OR was it the activating of Anstey?????

Significantly Melzer 12 minutes.
Rampton 17 minutes.
But 42% from FT line.
Kerry Williams is coming to grips with PG role.
Daniel Johnson 8 OR but Melbourne 3-18 from downtown allows Cairns to camp in their zone, I assume?

Bill - you're doing a Shane Heal and BT on us and not checking the fouls!! ;P He had four fouls and picked them up at these times:

1st Qtr - 9:06, 2nd Qtr - 9:30, 3rd Qtr - 4:35, 0:58

He also stunk it up at the offensive end by only being 1/7 and had 4 turnovers. By the time he picked up his 4th, the tigers were down 20, and I would presume Al just left him on the bench to rest him as do most coaches with their star players when the game is basically over.

He play around 6.5 minutes in the 1st and 2nd (probably less than usual due to poor shooting/no impact on game) and about 6 mins in the third - interestingly he didn't start the third. Could have been slightly injured or Al went with other players who were playing better?

I must admit, Worthington, although averaging some decent stats (17pts, 7 rbs) isn't haven't the "best of seasons" - he's shooting 37% from the field and jacking up a lot of shots, but then again, there haven't been many other people to jack them up and he's probably been having to create a lot of them himself.

4-5 of Hodge's assists came in what was effectively garbage time - five in the last quarter, but four were in the final 2:06. Final quarter, Tigers down 15-20, guys like Lewis and O'Hea in for Melbourne and players I've never even seen play in for Cairns.

I can't see that getting Hodge POTW this time around unless he backs it up in Townsville and gets a win too.

Best option from a losing side so far would be Penney's 29/3/7 against Perth in a tight game. At this point, front runners might be Mills for his 20 against Melbourne or Petrie for 19 and 8 that set up the Blaze for a comeback against Adelaide.

Still three games to go. The loss and no standouts for Adelaide will work against us there. If NZ win and Penney plays well, he could be a shot.

Otherwise, I think a Perth player could be in the box seat if they beat Wollongong - a fair spread of Cats had decent outings in Auckland.

Tigers are gone. Write it up now.

As for looking at Bradshaw, most unlikely. Reports were they were considering a number of guards to fill in but now their season is over, may as well look to next season.

I think, as I did, that Boti heard the Tigers were looking at a Kiwi international and thought Bradshaw as he had just been cut in Sth Korea. However, I think the guy theyre looking at is Dickel, who does not have a team at the moment.

Tigers talking to Bradshaw was the rumour I'd heard as well.