His wife is from America and he has a marketing degree so it's most likely for work and family.

No offence to the Tigers, but every home game this year is "no excuses".

Tonight we see whether the Tigers are contenders or pretenders....

Thats the spirit!

The cats will show the tigers the hard work that is required on the defensive end and spank em by 16+.
Walker out too will mean double the show time for ennis

I like the contrast of the blue stadium and the red jerseys of the fans. Its been mentioned before why there isn't more red but the supporters more than make up for the lack of red.
My only gripe with the layout is the large space between the court and the seating. Challenge stadium had a more intimidating atmosphere with the crowd so close to the court. I wish they would put seating there or when there is a sellout could even make it a standing room only area and increase the capacity to over 15k

Great effort so far by the Tigers. They have surprised me. Redhage is a bloody flopper and Gleeson doesn't stop whining at the refs. Harden up bitch!!

Horrible call against Ennis in the last 90 seconds gave the Tigers the ball when they shouldnt have. Completely change the game dynamics and allowed for the Tigers to win.

2 great 3 point shots to win it though.

Wtf with the refs? Credit to wortho!

Credit to the tigers and Worthington. Look out Cairns! :)

does anyone know what the pushing was about after the game?

"Skud was a clear foul on ennis goulding tipped it to his advantage and ennis clattered into him! Clear call"

Such a clear call the commentators even said it was rubbish..lol

That was Tigers best performance of the year and by far the Wildcats worst. And they only lost on the buzzer. Can't see a game like that happening come playoffs so hope the Tigers enjoy this celebration.

Yeah the cats were so poor tonight they couldn't buy a basket. The tigers surprised me with their great D but its hard to gauge how good. Ennis had a shocker missing 4 free throws in a row and lay up in transition. Cats still should have ground out an ugly win but it was just one of those nights

Sigh.

Massive credit to Worthington and Goulding for the late threes.

Coulda shoulda woulda for the Cats.

Man did we leave gimme points out there...

and the Academy Award goes to... Mark Worthington,
(category: Tool of the Year)

Worthington is a tool that is a fact. Unfortunately he was a winning tool tonight

The pushing at the end of the game , was Ennis being a sooky bad sport and wouldn't shake the hand of the bloke that just whipped him, what a looser, he would have to be embarrassed this morning .

Not a Redhage fan but the 2 fouls from Wortho on the flying drives were ridiculous calls. Worthos inertia put him on the floor, Redhage pulled out so no fouls there. Goulding had one of the same on Ennis...… Great players but really hate the unsportsmanlike acts, removes all credibility as a true great like the players of the 90's. They had integrity………Wortho and Goulding need to get them some of that before they are truly great and respected……. Refs, well maybe the East is looking for some home finals……….Last 3 rounds have been appalling calls in favour of just that… Just Sayin….I'm predicting more to come and if Adel plays to win, I'm betting they will be on the receiving end of some dodgy calls…. Conspiracy Theory, yes. Just look at the replays, and make your own minds up…. Desperately need reviews in the games for those calls next year if this NBL is going to be credible in the long term. Ennis looked miffed last night and rightly so…… And yes Perths shots were off and need Matty Knight defensively…...

yes, that's what the Nbl needs, more reasons to stop the action and leave people waiting for it to start again. Oh, hang on, sitting around waiting for the next play is why cricket promoters invented 20-20. if you care that much about the calls, get a whistle and sign up to be a ref in your local league. If you're any good, you'll get to ref NBL one day and then it'll be okay.

MMMMMMmmmmmm NBA reviews - Unsuccessful.... No….. Glad the surgeon who did my knee repair didn't make a mistake….. I have a great career already, and it doesn't mean that others can't judge a call. I guess you are tiger supporters and thinking only of that game.. I'm thinking of the entire leagues credibility and longevity….. And I am not a Tigers or Wildcats supporter, just someone who loves the game and looks beyond my team from all perspectives… Even Anstey, on the receiving end of poor calls against sydney last week is sayin the same. This week he happened to be on the receiving end of the bad calls falling his way… NExt week a different story…. The refs are not junior refs on a Sat, they are paid employees with ongoing education, the top of their game and there is 3 of them…… And everything that annoys you…. Suck it up !!!

Great game great atmosphere, Tigers deserved the win, the cats just shot the ball poorly while the tigers shot sub 50%. Is there a common thread here, when Chris Goulding won in Perth in the 2009/10 season, after the win with Gold coast, he had a scuffle with Stephen Weigh, then again last night he was involved in the scuffle, apparantly saying something to Ennis which he didnt like.

Exactly, whenever there was on court issues, Goulding and Wortho involved. Happens against every team with players that generally are not involved in any issues against the majority. Common thread.... Along with the dodgy calls, lends itself to comment and question player integrity….. Attitude adjustment before they rep Australia please…..

Not too sure if people caught it, but did any else see the Tigers spectator in the singlet rush the court at the end? He got to the Tigers huddle then the security guards pounced, cameras panned away.....

That was hilarious! He ran the full length of the court and then jumped into their celebratory huddle. He was wearing a Tigers singlet, so don't know whether he is an expat or traveled across, but either way I think he'd had a couple during the game!

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I love that you called that guy an "expat"!

He's kind of obvious in this clip of the game-winner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHRkfjgwG1o

(Hint: Look for the Tigers player wearing jeans)

Must have been Serco security company working lol

Sat there at the game with Mum who was in her Tigers jersey (shocked nobody said a word to her all game or after it)

Please people give the man some respect, Nate Tomlinson was absolutely brilliant and deserves a tonne of respect for how he played and against the best point guard in the league too and I think it was the closest this season that any player has come to dominating Damo. He was in everything and Mustaphar was very much useless all night so well done Nate, it's great seeing your development!

Found it bizarre that Jervis who was bloody terrific kept going to the free throw line early in the game and come midway through the last quarter Morrison and Wortho had 3 fouls between them... Surely all weren't on Greer and Goulding were they?

Tried watching NBL.tv to see the goings on after the game and it didn't have the end of the game (stopped with 11 seconds to play when the last timeout was called) not sure if that is just mine or if NBL.tv is seriously fucked up again!

Would love to see these 2 teams in the grand final series (again)

Did NBL.TV actually reach the end of the feed, or just freeze? I find it frequently freezes, requiring a refresh before it'll play the rest of the way through.

It went back to the start, as I said I just wanted to see the after game excitement but not getting a game winner... That's poor

On what device? Just checked on PC and it works fine.

Yeah, was in the stands and saw the Tigers court invader, wondered where he had been hiding actually as he was the only Tiger's supporter I saw all day!

Probably just as well all those corporate boxes between crowd and court, I doubt I was the only person feeling in a mood to riot in the first few seconds after Wortho cut us all off at the knees!

My first comment was directed at Proud, I just skipped ahead and landed on Wortho's shot.

@Anon: "80-77 (when Ennis was called for a foul for the collision) & 80-80 (after Goulding shot a three)."
Goulding's three was to put Melbourne up 80-78. Can't check for it looping where you say it looped, since I've no idea where I'm looking.

Managed to find it. Yeah, it's still freezing at that point.

There's another freeze point coming out of the timeout at 11 seconds, and if you skip ahead you just get the 'live event starting shortly' screen. Wortho's three is gone.

I have no idea how I found it ten minutes ago.

It's crazy how I make one little comment and there is more replies and activity on this brilliant website than from any of the Perform people... But hey they gave us a new feed for Cairns vs. Sydney so 1 issue at a time!

Happy Australia Day everyone!