That Jake three has to have come down to millimetres either way. Incredibly tough call to have to make.

Agreed...even with the NBA review rule, it would have still been a 50/50 call by the refs...

"PS warning includes a Jacob 3pointer"

You make it sound like a news story warning

"Viewers are advised they may find the following scenes distressing...."

I have had a look at that replay many times and watched the ball. I don't believe Balls actually touched the ball as there was no deviation on the flight of the ball.

Balls did touch the ring and this seems to be the only contact.

Reminds me a bit of a someone going for a goal in Aussie Rules and someone pushing the goal post

Watching the post-game celebrations, there was a moment exchanged between Balls and Jacob, I would call it a "knowing look"...

I believe Balls did touch it, but he didn't alter it's flight/path, if that makes sense.

What I'm saying is that I believe it was a 2pointer, but the refs couldn't tell.

Thems the breaks.

Oh how I would love to pull a last chance shot against Perth this W/E. Would be awesome. However we are still building our road show so who knows.

Howard again to shine, especially with numnuts at the foul line extended egging him on.

or the knowing look could have been thank god I didn't rebound or touch your shot. you usually miss well done

Interesting to hear balls say that sometimes being a leader isnt in his nature, but he enjoys it and likes to rise for it.
Good celebration at the end, we couldnt see the players from where we sit. Hopefully it can really lift the guys

Pardon my ignorance, but after the Ballinger 3 and with 4 seconds on the clock, why did Perth take possession of the ball down their end instead of the other end. I thought the ball had to be played the full length of the court.

BTW it looked to me that Ballinger did not get a hand on the ball. If you look at the replay in slow motion you will see the ball bouncing several times up and down on topof the rim and Ballinger's hand each time the ball bounced was in and out of the empty space. Having said that though, did he not realise that he was risking that shot from becoming a 3 point to a 2 point shot?

EC, the shot had 20% chance from the 3P line, but 80+% for this tip in. An Offensive rebound has a 30% chance, plus 70% for the shot in the paint. Every point counts and so on the balance of probabilities:

20% x 3 Points = 0.6 points
80% x 2 Points = 1.6 points
30% x 70% x 2 Points = 0.42 points

The tip in would be the safer option that the rebound.

EC Perth had a time out after the score. Since it was their ball from the end line and their time out, they are entitled to in the last two minutes to advance the ball.

Prior to this season it was to advance the ball to the half court line. since the Oct 1 2010 rule changes and the court line changes they advance the ball to little line on side of the court almost in line with the top of three point line.

Plenty of teams have done so all season including the Sixers.

Thanks for that ashman. Watching all the way out here in outback WA and that was awesome. Funniest moment was right at the end of the video you see Balls slip over and then at 6:32 you see Eddie Shannon slip over in the same spot!

Damn I wish I was there!

Simple, have a look at their shooting record. They are shooting around 20% from the three point arc (+/- a bit !) and around 70% when they get the ball in the paint.

In that game against Perth, they got 9 OR's from 41 misses (22%), but generally recover around 30% of their misses as OR's.

weigh was fouled on the offensive end
lisch getting the defensive foul was rubbish- his feet were clearly set!

Tyrell set whilst running forward. We know why you are not out there.

Lionel. I am aware of the rule where you can advance the ball after the time out in the last 2 minutes. Do you (or anyone) know whether you HAVE to advance the ball. Do you have an option to not advance the ball if you choose not to. Last week at the AJCBC at Albury a coach did not want to advance the ball and was told he had no choice. Fair to say he argued "strenously" that he did not want the ball advanced but was told categorically that he had no choice in the matter! I was surprised that the caoch doesn't have choice. Is this the correct ruling?

Guys, if Balls had tipped the shot, there would have been some sort of trajectory change in the ball or a much quicker spin than when the ball had when it bounced off the rim.

Look at the replay and you'll find there was no change in the balls movement whatsoever. Reaching up and tapping the ball in anyway would have moved the ball forward, or put more backspin on the ball or something.

Bucket was a 3ptr.

Pretty definitive that the wildcats got screwed.

The team does not have a choice as to whether the ball is advanced or not. If they call the timeout and it is their possession the ball MUST be advanced.

i agree with your call Big Marty. that was the first thing i looked at after it was too hard to tell if he touched it. the ball behaved as it should have with no one touching it.

Thanks Sebastian. One day older, one rule smarter!!