"Perth have a stranglehold on top spot"
Hardly.

^^ all games are live on NBL TV...

Tipping Wildcats by 3

With two games remaining against Adelaide, who hold a +2 point advantage then this game does have a major effect on top spot. I don't think the Frye for Carter change will have much of an effect on the sixers. Neither team is on fire but Perth should win by 6.

Perth easy win 20+

Really looking forward to this game. A genuine late season top of the table clash with both teams desperate to regain some form after a shocking round last week for both clubs. Could be a great game.

Im thinking Wildcats will play themselves back into some form and win by 10. Dome cafe to go off afterwards with a sea of red!

"Not all games are live or even available delayed on NBL.TV see Wollongong @ Cairns game from a few rounds ago. Totally blacked out that one."

What are you talking about? Not only do I remember watching it at the time, it's available here: http://www.nbl.tv/vod/type/mp4/videoId/1l51mejx1czzn19d5g4fdy16kz/title/Cairns%20Taipans%20Vs%20Wollongong%20Hawks

Perth, just because they are at home, if they play like they have then 36ers. Ennis and beal need to lift and redhage has to find some form. 36ers, dj, gibbo and ervin i think creek and cadee are the x factors.

"Perth, just because they are at home, if they play like they have then 36ers."

You should head to the TAB and put $50 on each team.

koberulz there was a game from Townsville that wasn't shown on NBL.TV because they "couldn't" get the equipment up there

I can't agree with Wright's quote that he may slip Teys into the starting line up instead of the in form Creek??? He says it may be better to have the spark off the bench. Why not come out with a view to score quickly and gain the advantage from the beginning rather than playing catch up?

Any other views?

Sorry........... I missed the separate thread on the topic below

Perth by a mile 18. Breakers by 3 in O/T. Crocs by 12.

Cats 4 Life, 'Caddee an x factor'. Hahaha. He deserves less minutes than Teys.

Cadee can hit the three when it matterrg most! U only need to make a few to decide the game.

So, if Creek starts Ennis will force into him and Creek will have to sit. Later , the refs are not looking to get silly, so start Teys for the early fouls.

Looks like it's Teys starting

Not going to give any scores but all I can say after the first period is hmmmmmm.....

Dare I say forget this one?

Which one?

I really don't know what to say except to say I am happy I am going to work and that the Olympics are on.

if all else fails, I bought a new biography today so that'll keep me interested.

the game. meh

Spoiler alert for anyone who doesn't know.....







48-24 at half time - not good.

wow

Adelaide lost big to the hawks o. both teams are not inform, but atleast perth looks serious in this game

I could see a very unhappy Joey Wright on the sidelines but you'd swear blind by the way we're playing that Marty Clarke is coaching us tonight.

What has he done to lose the group? If you are right then the players need to take a good hard look at themselves.

Johnson looked disinterested listening to joey screaming.

If I can find any positive for the 36ers so far this game its been Luke Schenscher.

In their defence (about our only defence so far) but I have noticed that just about any time the 36ers get hands to the ball when Perth have it the refs are pretty quick to call a foul.....though that same call seems to be missing whenever the situation is reversed.

At least Joey is showing passion unlike Clarke!
Body language looks terrible out there from the group though

I dont like it when the cats have a big lead at the half. They lose their intensity and struggle to regain the ascendency in the second half.. it makes me nervous. Ennis still seems to be beasting in the third but the others have gone to beddy byes already.
Adelaide doing a good job controlling the tempo now but the cats big lead should still be enough.

As an outsider looking in, if the body language looks terrible (I haven't got nbl.tv) then the only thing I can think of is that they are not happy with Frye being cut

64-43 at 3/4 time.

Petrie and Schenscher are the only 36ers showing any sort of fight tonight. Maybe BJ as well but that is about it.

Carter has been a non-event, though as its his first game of the year that's hardly surprising. Ervin is definitely out of form. Gibbo is trying but seems to be trying a bit too hard and is pushing shots (and his D is well off tonight). DJ is having a very quiet game, as is Mitch Creek.

Not that Perth need it tonight but with the home town calls going their way its like its 8 against 5 out there tonight.

Pathetic Creek should have started.

3point land 3/9 pathetic

When is Joey going to realize we HAVE to have a credible outside game.

Keep playing this way we might not win another game.

Perth are by far the best team in the league when focused and on top of their game. With Knight back, it will take a very good team to beat them over a 3 game series.

FLIGHT AIR ENNIS!

Unf***ingbelievable

85-61.

More fight shown at the end of the game.

Adelaide just disgraced themselves. Poor losers

Ervin is a little bitch

WTF was Joey Wright thinking???

Not the season done yet. If they are as good as they think they are they will bounce back. The thing that I'm worried about is that they might think they are better than what they are.

What happened at the end of the game?

Awesome display by the cats tonight and Matty Knight is back next game bring on the league!

Ervin is mad because hire shot a 3?. holly cow. Ervin needs to be suspended for causing this ugly scenes.

Did Ennis not shake hands again??

Joey Wright will be VERY lucky if he isn't suspended for a game or two after that. He'll probably cop a sizeable fine too.....

I didn't see what started it but Wright lost the plot and went hard at James Ennis after the game finished. Peach had to hold him back more than once.

Nope the little baby Ervin attacked hire post match for shooting a 3 with a few seconds left. I think baby Ervin is mad that Martin ripped him apart all night.

AJ i think ervin took exception to hire shooting the three pointer with a few seconds left and the result beyond doubt. Personally i dont like it when teams dribble the ball around waiting for the clock to wind down. With points split determining positions every point counts

Anon its nothing to do with ennis.. ervin is the little bitch

Was at game don't know how it started but joeys antics after game was a disgrace.

Bol Bol I agree with you. Haven't seen any footage but if he had an open 3 then he is well in his rights to take the shot. With the points spread calculations he would be mad not to.

Why did Joey get so mad?

Bloody box score reads like a div 5 team at best - Gibson 1 of 9, Cadee 1 of 4, Ervin 2 of 10, Carter 1 of 6 ang DJ 2 of 8. Bloody pathetic. Blame the coach all you want , but these blokes need to have a good look at themselves!

Anyone want to take bets on KB being the 36ers coach for Sunday's game against the Tigers?

With Wrestlemania XXX coming up in just over a month Joey Wright might be getting a call from Vince McMahon soon.....

Holden V8 lets leave the sack Joey thread for a while. We will still make the playoffs which is a massive improvement over the last few years.

I never once said anything about sacking Joey Wright. I think its good that we have a coach who shows a lot of passion.

He just took it too far at the end of the game tonight.

And by saying KB will probably be our coach on Sunday I mean that Joey is likely to be suspended for a game or two by the NBL, nothing more.

I wouldn't even think about sacking him.

Sorry Holden V8, just re-read your post and realised that you were suggesting that Joey would be suspended for a game or two.

Bleeding channel 10, if I could see the footage I would know what you are talking about. What did Joey do, wrestle with a few players when he should have been shaking hands?

No sweat AJ. Reading it myself, if I didn't know any better it did sound like a "Sack Joey" thing.

The game is being shown on Ten at 2pm tomorrow arvo.

Wright was more wrestling with Peach who was trying to hold him back from physically attacking either Ennis or Wagstaff (or Hire). I think he did shove Ennis at one point before Peach managed to steer him towards the locker rooms. He simply lost the plot, there was more steam coming from his ears than from a 19th century locomotive. It was something you'd expect to see on YouTube of a high school game from the US.

Though I wouldn't mind betting that Ken Cole would have a smile if he see's the footage.

How can a team as talented as this score 24 in a half of basketball?

The Perth D was good, have to give credit but not that good.

Why is Teys starting? In fact I don't like that Teys is getting 13 minutes, but I can understand there is another game this weekend.

Oddly enough, the Sixers could have rally used Frye tonight to at least reduce Ennis' rebounds.

I think the guards were 5 / 29 all up today.

Lets just call this an abhoration and move on.

As the late, great Gorilla Monsoon would have said....

"Pandemonium has broken loose here"

Marcus Camby.....at times tonight the 36ers couldn't have bought a bucket from a hardware store. You're right, Perth's D wasn't bad, but it wasn't as good as we made them look. The problem was that our offence just sucked, and for that matter so did our D.

After the result I wasn't going to watch the "replay" tomorrow. Think I will tune into the last few minutes though so hopefully I see this wrestlemania in action

Someone just tweeted that video footage shows Ennis actually taking 2 swings at Mitch Creek after the game. Joey Wright might not be the only one in trouble from this.

Any youtube action or do we just need to rely on channel 10 (god help us)

Redhage and Peach had some words too.....

I thought the Royal Rumble was last month.....

That was definitely a Rumble in the Jungle tonight.

http://t.co/tfTCsdejfy

here is the video footage of the fight...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TSbpyxIcgg

lol... yeah, definitely looked like Joey tried to break it all up then got someone's hands on him, thought it looked like a bit of an overreaction if it was indeed aimed at the DP (he seemed to push the kid out of the way after the initial fire up). You'd think it would have to be bad to get a coach to react like that, even someone as "passionate" as Joey...

Certainly looked like Ennis threw a few jabs early on in the mix...

That was quite un-characteristic from Joey.

Even during the melee he was calm and looked like it was over, one guy pushed his hand away or the slightest shove then he went Berko!

In the NBA they'd likely be a 100k in fines and a few games off.

In the NBL, $200 and a warning....haa haa.

Joey was yelling don't you ever say that !!! must have been a lot said .... Mike up the refs !!!!

fri 14th march will sell out in no time now - cant wait

that game will be 9.8 on the richter scale

Don't know why a few of the Wildcats players thought it was funny, pretty SMUG, makes me think they are guilty of some rough comments.....

Love Anthony, Creek and even DJ getting in to support their boys.. Anthonys bear hug on Joey was priceless……

Great look for the league - Wright is an embarrassment, isn't he meant to be calm not running back around for a cheap shot.

They looked smug because they had just thrashed a team who apart from Petrie put up zero effort.

Talking about the after game antics... We all know they won, fair play to them…

Tim gossage- serious douchebag commentating!

Now if Joey had smacked Gossage in the mouth - he probably would of got a standing ovation!

Have a look at the photo Nick Marvin just tweeted...doesn't look good for Joey!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-15/perth2c-adelaide-in-wild-nbl-brawl/5261990

I really really hope that the cause of all this is not Ervin's issue with Hire's 3.

That would be disappointing.

How big was that travel from Ennis on the breakaway drunk?

Ervin needs to get over himself!!! The game is 40 mins..... So they should play ( and SCORE ) for that full time....... It would have been a different story if Adelaide were down and they scored that shot to win..... Wouldnt it!!!!! I hate it when teams CAN score in the last few seconds but dont....... DO IT FOR YOUR FANS!!! So suck it up Ervin!! You just got FLOGGED'!!!!!!!!! Sooky La La,

TABLES LADDERS CHAIRS... TABLES LADDERS CHAIRS

Why didn't Ervin go mental at the Hawks last week for shooting and scoring twice within the final 24 seconds?

I actually rated Adelaide until this game looks like I was wrong. Keen to watch the melee on the replay tomorrow

http://youtu.be/2TSbpyxIcgg

Wright should be in trouble over his actions but the NBL will do nothing... as usual.

Have had a look at the incident.

Props to BJ for getting in there and restraining Joey.

Creek was making matters worse by continually confronting them and getting in their faces. He wasnt defending his coach/calming the situation down..he just wanted to get amung.

Thought it looked funny..BJ restraining Joey (rightfully so) and Creek just walking on past and in front of it all to keep it going.

I agree that this is a very selective picture, I wonder if they some of the incident that immediately preceded this?

http://twitpic.com/dviokp

I agree that Creek was a loose cannon in there, but to be fair, Ennis HAD just taken a few swings at him...

Joey will be getting a couple of games I suggest. Not impressed at all by his overreaction but the assistant gave him a little push. Lucky BJ pulled him off.
Wouldn't have minded Ervin being upset if the Sixers hadn't pressed last play

The worst part of all this is that the Sixers will need to play at Perth 3 more times this year if they want to be winners. Unfortunately with behaviour like that they are nothing but losers. It's pathetic to see a team play passenger defence all game and then when the game is over show some fight. it's 40mins too late and wasted.

Not a fan of decision to play Teys over Creek. What does it say to Creek? Yeah you're a good player and deserve your chance. When your chance comes it's, um yeah we're gonna play some scrubba and you're gonna come off the bench. Coach can word and justify it any way he wants, but all the player hears is "you don't rate me". Just my opinion.

Have heard Joey use the term "chemistry" many times before. Looks like the player that affects the "chemistry" the most is Ervin. He seems to have too much "ME ME ME" in him. The best the team have looked this season was when he was injured and not playing. Without him the group really seemed to enjoy playing together and wanted each other to do well. Maybe we should start Cadee, Gibbo, Creek, DJ, Peach and use Ervin as the spark off the bench.

It has been very obvious for long time and have been challenged on here my views that Ervin is the problem stopping this talented line up from performing consistently .
All teams woken up to him and has not adapted and continues to run into brick walls and chuck up a shot or just chuck the ball.
Think players put up with it now just totally frustrated and obviously coach has no answers leading to his frustration.
Joey is hundred times better than Clarke but so is any half population but being shown up badly by better coaches and until he sorts out our defence of outside shot and get some structure into our offence we will bow out of finals quickly .
Axing Frye good start but not sure Carter was the answer.

I don't know where all this Ervin 'toxic' talk is coming from.

At the start of the year you guys were saying how his 'firey' ways is helping boost the team. It did.

He has always got into his team-mates' faces.

Sometimes to give them props for scoring or a blocked shot or fire them up when their head is down and sometimes, yes, to give them a blasting for not doing something.

Doesn't mean he is butting heads with everyone.

He is probably frustrated with the team's performance and likely his own.

He has lost some explosiveness and it must be weighing on him that he cannot reliably be the go-to guy in the crunch.

Lets give him a break.....Ennis and Beal have been in their own slumps too, they'll pull out of it.

I obviously don't know what was being said, but some of the body language between Ervin & Wright during the game looked really bad. It's not a good look to be going off at your coach as you're subbed from the court.
I don't see how that stuff can be anything other than toxic in a team sport where being on the same page and having common standards are an important foundation.

Someone just tweeted that video footage shows Ennis actually taking 2 swings at Mitch Creek after the game. Joey Wright might not be the only one in trouble from this.

It looks like Ennis got things started and tool Flop Redhage was right in the mix early as far as the melee goes. I notice Nick the Dick Marvin didn't tweet that photo. That Marvin chose the pic of Joey was uncalled for. He should get fined as well.

Mayor, almost every player was involved. To single out Redhage just shows you are probably not the person to be giving an accurate account of what happened.

Also, Ervin started it but apparently that's ok.

I was talking about the very start of the melee not what transpired after. Ennis was the aggressor and flop Redhage was right next to him on the front foot.

No, Ervin was the aggressor/instigator. Ennis was heavily involved. Redhage did absolutely nothing wrong, unless you want to blame him for standing in the wrong spot at the wrong time.

I agree that Marvin shouldn't have posted the pic.

I love it when Ervin is in the right frame of mind and helping the team. It was just so noticeable that when he was injured, Cadee got a chance and the team seemed to look like they actually enjoyed themselves and being on the court with each other. They seemed to share the success of each other and encourage each other and were flourishing in that environment.
Ervin coming back from injury would take a few games to get the rust out but they haven't seemed the same as the Pre-christmas Ervin team. Some of his best plays were when defenders were looking to block his layup and then he does a sweet over the shoulder pass to his teamate. That was when Ervin was in the right frame of mind.
Noticed last night Carter did a drive-dish to Big Schensch which took him completely by surprise as someone was actually passing him the ball rather than just using him as a screen or post up.

Apparently Ervin mouthed off but that's not unusual. Floppy should have grabbed Ennis if he was peacemaker not run at a player. Until we see the footage from the other side of the court it will be unclear.

Right, so you're excusing Ervin, but blaming Redhage. Good job, good effort.

I like the part where he called him Floppy every time.

Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish.

So because it's not "unusual" we'll take no notice of it. Hey, you guys say that apparently Redhage flopping is not "unusual" so let's just roll on by.

"Nick the Dick Marvin"? Just sort yourself out Mayor, you have a bloody mental problem.

Something about mountains and molehills.

No, Ervin was the aggressor/instigator. Ennis was heavily involved. Redhage did absolutely nothing wrong, unless you want to blame him for standing in the wrong spot at the wrong time.

I agree that Marvin shouldn't have posted the pic.

I blame Floppy, isnt he co captain? for not trying to stop Ennis from swinging punches.It was up to the real captain, Martin to drag Ennis away...even then he was still swinging.

"Nick the Dick Marvin"? Just sort yourself out Mayor, you have a bloody mental problem."

On this day Nick was being a Dick, posting that tweet pic of Joey. Poor form. Should get a reprimand.

Ennis's punches were directed at the head, not like Joeys which were at the body and a bit of pushing. Both should get suspended based on the current footage.

@Mayor Martin is the Captain this year, Redhage is not but let's not let the facts get in the way of a good story.

Just watched the 36ers v cats replay and I've noticed that Ennis shows his inexperience and immaturity in a pro league. There has been a few incidents with Ennis involved eg. The tigers game, 36ers game. Needs to be more pro and save the show time for the championship celebrations. Btw I'm a cats member.

Anon 457235 - no point miking the refs to hear what happened post game. They were nowhere to be seen. Presumably they'd gone down the tunnel straight away. I think that was part of why it escalated. There was no-one in the entire situation who was neutral - only people from the two opposing camps.

Given there's more of this rubbish happening recently, the NBL needs to think about introducing a specific post game protocol to manage the risk of glandular idiots continuing to create these situations. These players really need to get a handle on what is professional behaviour and conduct. I wouldn't have a job if I behaved that way after a bad day at work.

Ennis was a pretty cool and composed player before Xmas. It's something that stood out to me as being impressive for a guy of his age & experience.
But this year, yes, he gets sucked in easily and often by opponents, to the point that he is targeted every game. And fair enough too. If a guy is mentally weak then that's something to exploit.
He was in the thick of it again last night and should be looking at a penalty.
He wasn't the one who started it though. There are some far more experienced people who would want to have a good look at themselves after that, and ask themselves if they're serious about their team challenging for a title. Because it's still very much on the cards if they can get their heads right.

Sixers were shaking hands like gentlemen until Joey was pushed and fair enough. Creek ant going to take shit so glade to see him stand up.

"I wonder what really threw Joey off the handle. I would hope a little push wouldn't have sent him off like that."
He reached out for one of the Wildcats DPs, and Tatalovich grabbed his arm to stop him. So Joey punched Tatalovich. Sounds reasonable.



"Sixers were shaking hands like gentlemen until Joey was pushed and fair enough."
Feel free to join us in reality any time you'd like.

Hey at least now we dont have a coach now who acts like a robot.

What was so bad about it? I enjoy that part of basketball, why call players punks and floppers? I just would say, as the coach he took it a bit far and at the same time it was good to see both clubs fired up.

Why is the guy who edits video even on the court after a game. NBL should look at who is allowed on court post game. Beyond main coaches and players who needs to be out there, cheerleaders perhaps and media, that is all

Joey was very passive until Tatolich shoved him. The footage today shows he was telling Perth guys to walk away. Shouldn't the Perth guy have been doing that? Joey has his palms up and then his left arm is grabbed and shoved into him by the assistant coach. Then it kicks off to another level.

Ennis definitely swung at Creek or Petrie which was the most aggressive action in the whole thing by anyone.

If I am the judge Ennis gets a game, Joey gets a suspended penalty and both teams get fined for ye old bringing the game into disrepute. If it is true that Ervin started it by mouthing off he may get a caution.

No way should Joey get away with a slap on the wrist after his actions.

"Why is the guy who edits video even on the court after a game."
He's part of the coaching staff. He sits on the bench during games. Why shouldn't he be out there?



"If I am the judge Ennis gets a game, Joey gets a suspended penalty"
No way Ennis gets more than Joey. Both threw punches, Joey's connected and Joey's a coach. If one gets it worse than the other, it should be Wright.

If that is the case what does Tatolvoch get. He was the instigator in the Cairns post game last season and now attacked Joey. Joey did nothing but calm the situation down until he was grabbed. In court that would be self defence.

Are you watching the same video? Joey shoves the guy after he was grabbed.
Ennis was trying his very best to punch someone in the head with a full swing. Joey didnt even pull his arm back to make contact

Attacked Joey? What with a feather like touch that saw Joey's frustrations at a season slipping away boil over? Wright should be able to control himself better

Perth shouldn't have idiots running around shoving people. Nothing would have happened if it wasnt for that. Perth have a very very long history of post game fracas and massive fines.

"Tatolvoch...attacked Joey."
HAHAHAHAHA....no. Joey reached out for a Wildcats DP, Tatalovich put his hand on Joey's arm to stop him. Wright may merely have been offering a handshake, but Tatalovich's actions were perfectly understandable given what had just transpired. Joey's were not.

"In court that would be self defence."
Rubbish. Self-defence doesn't give you the right to beat people up as long as they touch you first. Self-defence gives you the right to defend yourself. Once there was no threat from Tatalovich, which was the case immediately after his hand was removed from Joey's arm, Joey's actions would have been considered battery. Tatalovich would have a reasonable self-defence claim, as he actually took no further action than was required to prevent unwanted contact.

Again, people are happy to blame a Wildcat for instigating yet are ignoring that Ervin started the whole friggen thing!!

#415 you're a moron.

This is hilarious!

#415 your talking about pussies.. you dont even have enough guts to put a name to your retarded post

Anon #415 please don't be offended but I believe you are gutless.

Funny now people think wildcats got a good run with umps. Adelaide 16 fouls perth 21 foul shots adelaide 19 perth 10. Stats don't lie

Ok anon let's take the show time out of the league. Did you hear mal cooper the other week, if a player has a break away dunk if they take 3 steps or 2 steps he was going to score anyway. Ok if he took 4 or 5 steps call it, he took 3 steps and referees did what they were instructed.
Anyway, sixers shooting 32% lost the game for Adelaide, those calls made no difference whatsoever.

Hi agree anon, Ennis clearly travelled I don't care if it was a spectacular dunk, he travelled. Rules are the rules.

Wildcats80..... He was defended, no excuses, a travel, should have been called, if you want show time go to the Globetrotters.... Mal said no advantage, clearly 3/4 steps was an advantage...... Ref did not do what they are instructed.... They were mesmerised and not doing their job. watch rugby, you can see them run all you like........

Yes that runaway dunk no call cost the Sixers game.

No you're talking about a traveling call when a NBL coach threw a punch - distraction city

Let's be clear, a ref that calls a travel on a uncontested breakaway dunk would get dropped for a month. The NBL would be furious with him.

Dwayne Wade was not an uncontested breakaway.

The NBL can't put a travel call on the nightly news, they can put a breakaway dunk on.

That's all its ever going to come down to. If you think otherwise, well, you're the one dreaming. The travel affected nothing and ignoring it gave the NBL something for the highlight reel. When they rejigged the ref's department this year, I have no doubt the need for highlights was discussed.

Gaze and Carfino brought this up when analysing a Petrie jump shot.

He shuffled his feat to set him self before shooting. Carfino made the point that refs don't call it.

However they also made the point that if a big guy was to get the ball in the post and do the same he would be called 90% of the time.

Looked to me like Ennis only took three steps. Definite travel, but not as severe as some are making out.

It was a standard gather followed by 3 steps. Not 4.

People think that exaggerating will make their case look stronger.
It doesn't.
All it does is kill their credibility.

It was a travel. How about we leave it at that and discuss the merits of that instead of losing touch with reality and just making shit up.
Ditto with regards to all the imaginary things relating to the scuffle.