Utterly ridiculous. You don't turn the speakers up, you turn the amps up.
Total loss of credibility there renders everything else in that preview meaningless!!!

I'm going to shock everybody and tip a Perth victory.

Hey, why not?

It will be another single digit game but I think Perth will win

Going to be very hard to get the W in Adelaide, I see game 3 on the horizon

Would love nothing better than marto lifting that trophy and every one flopping on there way to collect there rings. At same time i want them to win at hm! Hope it's a good game and joey shuts up about the refs, i bet ennis get 2 quick fouls just to shut joey up.

Loved Joeys comments about the refs. Guards should be allowed to block out forwards on the defensive glass.

The only thing i will be booing Friday night is those bad calls.

Perth to win.

Sixers will get game 2.

Game 3 will decide and Sixers will have the momentum. Wouldn't the Cats fans want to see their boys one more time?

What, throw Gm 2 just for a Gm 3 party? Uh, no.

Just win, baby, just win.

Out of curiosity, how many times has a Gm 2 home win actually provided "momentum" to overtake the home team in Gm 3? Not in the last decade if I remember correctly.

Can you get food poisoning from sour grapes?

Only Cairns and Townsville have a longer championship drought than the 36ers :)-

Am looking forward to this.

Perth are the superior team on both sides of the ball, however having said that the 6ers have the potential to win game 2 and cause a boilover over there in Perth it is likely the 6ers will win game 2, but I don't see them beating this Perth outfit twice inarow especially infornt of 14 thousand people.

Wright had a case because the whistles went Perth's way but that is the advantage of having 14 thousand loud fans and homecourt advantage.

Love your work Jack Toft. Always an interesting read.

Close to 9 thousand screaming Adelaide fans will make it tough for the Cats to win so I am certainly expecting a game 3.

sixers by 7 with 47-13 fretrows. ervin with 18 freetrows and no fouls

A few thoughts for today game......

Cats By 8 ( cats 103 -- 36ers 95 )

Ennis GF MVP

Ennis to dunk over DJ ( highlight of the night )

Ennis to score 36 Beal 28 redage with 24

Ennis to cut the last string off the rim and put that net around his neck with a BIG smile on his face ( he night even hold up his ALL NBL 1st team award LOL )

can not wait for this game, house is set up for a GF party the beers are being chilled on ice and the party poppers are ready

Welcome to the forum Red Arny, are you any relation to the Hollywood actor?

Just wana enjoy the game, if they win there, it will be great! But the same time i would want a game 3. The key for me is if they don't give up a big lead early, then they have the chance to win. Also can creek and co, playing there 1st do or die grand final perform in front of 8 000 when they most need to. Also, the cats will get called for everything after joeys rant.

There are a lot of things in favour for the Sixers so the Wildcats should not be too confident going into this one.

They did not dominate as fans expected in game 1. The team they were up against were not 100% fitting fit and the home fans add 10 points, maybe 13. To limp over the line in the end should have alarm bells tingling a bit.

Ennis did play well in game 1 and that is what you expect from a protected player. When you can drive to the basket without fear of getting a charge called, well you just do it and crash everyone in the way. Considering he was -9 on the foul count for the evening but probably averaging -2 for the season was a boost. Peach is a former league player - he should be able to show the boys how to prop their feet to take a charging ball carrier - would be nice to see.

It was good to see some flop warnings to the Wildcats in game 1 - the number was Hire was expected.

This series is not over by a long shot. Sixers with a great home court record will make it hard for the Wildcats. No visiting team has ever cut down the nets from the Sixers court and that is something I think will continue.

Winning over in Adelaide is not easy so we have to be at our absolute best to knock them off. Their 8000+ crowd will be vocal. I want a Perth win to get it over and done with but won't be shocked if it goes to 3rd game.

Punters look to have monstered the Sixers on this one. I saw them closer to $2.30 on Tuesday I think it was

^^Paul

who put the n and m so close LOL

or maybe i'm just too pumped for todays game

^^^ paul

LOL who put the N and m so close together

think im just too pump for today's game

No one said it will be easy, but every time u guyz lose, there is alwayz sumthin. Team not 100%, what can we say then in the past 3yrs with injuries? Knight, redhage and martin and we still have been in 3 gfs in a row. Its a gf, i did'nt think we will blow out adelaide at home in game 1, perth did'nt play there best to. U can look at it both way's, just hope that ure team don't crack under pressure and would love perth to be the 1st team to cut the nets down. If u guyz lose, i can just imagine all the bullshit excuses will be on here. Hope ure where those jocks to night, never corner a cat

I disagree anon. Adelaide won't win the two games required to get the title. As for the chokers label we are a better team this year and NZ were a better opponent than the sixers.

Im hoping for a win for the Cats but sadly I wont finish work until its over, So I hope I get home to a great surprise.

Its is what it is, 6ers have to win, 6ers have the capabilities to win.... and no one wants to see Perth win in Adelaide. Box out run early, set the tone, and take it back to Perth. 36ers by 7+, and I hope Martin is right, when he said they would be pressing full court even in the last minutes if they were down big.... smart move champ, way to install fear!

Double overtime 3 point win to Sixers.

Gibbo to have a night out from outside the arc and Luke & DJ to own the boards.

Why not?!

3 Words!:

Bring;
It (and);
On

So, as they say: "It On Bring!"

Or soemthing like that....

#nervousasallf*ck

Sixers must win.

I cannot WAIT to watch the Sixers' intro on the big screen and hear 8,500 roar.

It's been a long time.

mr plow to dance tonight )

tonight....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-MejeYatEw

minus the flares plse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcvAOpnnMK0

RET ROW RIXERS!!! RET ROW!!!!

Ruddy ridiot!!

How do both teams look?

Conditioning may be a factor in game three if Adelaide gets through here.

Adelaide's bench shits on Perth's and with the short turnaround, you'd have to say benches would be relied upon a little more than the games 1 and 2.

The calls Ennis gets... absolute bullshit

Flops by both Schenser and Teys..no comment from refs or commentators

The calls Hire gets...

Schenser was definitely a flop. Treys was an elbow to the middle of the chest. Good d I say.

36ers getting the rub from the refs rite now!

Speaking of conditioning, what's with Ervin asking for a sub with 3 mins to go in the first quarter?

Ervin playing in his own little world, no concept of team.

Was just about to say that. Regardless of whether he's scoring efficiently, the ball needs to go through hands.

Live stats never cease to amaze

where are you watching this

How on earth did Teys have position then?

Ennis playing is own game too

My apologies. Found it. (put it down to laziness!)

Woods really needs to get his shit together with the names

Joey Wrights whinge paid off.

Hmm, you can argue that the refs are now trying to even the count with all the off-ball holds right now.

Parallels with Joey's 36ers and Joey's Bullets with Brendan Teys = Mick Hill and Adam Gibson (who played with that bullets team) = CJ Bruton

Ennis doesn't look interested in listening at huddles on court

Refs shouldn't stop the game unless an injured player is in the way ie on the floor in the key. Not on the wing like Gibson just was!!

Agree, good thing Joey called a timeout

36ers choking
A

Beal is deadset one of the best streak shooters you will find anywhere in the world

Nick marvin better have a new contract for beal wen he gets back to perth

The Iceman G-Ervin

Perth were screwed. The foul on wagstaff was comical. Then Gibson hits it out and it goes Adelaide ball. I don't see Adelaide wining in perth. Perth dominated them in the second hal so I see the momentum with them and 15 thousand in red will mean perth will win.

I can't believe at the crunch time of a grand final. Two referees in prime position did not see Gibson slapping ball out of bounds and can only call a jump ball. What were they watching? Pathetic!

Looks like Adelaide's crying worked.

Possession arrow sucks balls!!!

How many games does a team have to win to win the championship?

Perth's offense is horrible. All one out stuff reliant on guys being hot on the night.

If Knight and Beal didn't hit those tough shots, it would've been over early in the fourth.

Safe to say Ennis has been found out, definitely the best defensive shutdown I've seen all season.

Perth needed to get off to a much better start and shoot the ball better. Adelaide made them pay. Then when they were mounting a second half comeback, Gibson hit big shot after big shot. Perth made it hard for themselves.

Thanks anon

It looked CRAZY on TV. Well done Adelaide!

Really when the Cats hit the lead they sould have won it if it wasn't for a few horrible call called against them.Nontheless I think it took Adelaides best shot to win by the skin of their pants so in Perth I see the Cats wining by 10.

Commentators need to get real,true professionals are not biased in their comments,and refs were terrible looks like Adelaide's whinging worked

Congrats to ADL.

What a great series this is turning out to be..from a neutral fan.

Sadly, I agree with the commentary. Extremely pro-Adelaide.

But it happens wherever you go (Mulligan/ Frank in NZ.and Ronaldson in Perth is especially bias).

Firstly, congrats to Adelaide. Well played. Yep, I could whinge about the refs but we dug ourselves in hole in the second quarter. Great effort with the comeback but too little from Ennis and we really needed Redhage to lift. Any Adelaide fan who reckons just the wildcats flop- hmmm!!!!
Must say though, I reckon Teys is a little champion!
Looking forward to Sunday to watch my boys in red win it all :-)

Amazing game by adelaide! Showed perth what team offense and defense is all about. Perth did well to stay in the game tho and if knight was able to hit his jumpers it could have been a different result. Martin needs to be more aggressive and drive to the basket more and use his athleticism to create something in offense. Will be tough for perth to turn it around with only a day and a half til game 3 but expect them to play better than tonight.

Agree with Kev that possession arrow rule sucks! It looks like rugby with players jumping on each other and instead of fouling they win possession

I wish Knight wasn't settling for those jumpers so much. They all fell short and they were taken at bad times.

Teys had a huge game defensively! That charging foul on the fast break that he managed to collect was very very smart thinking. I want to see this guy back next year along with Carter, Ervin and the Crew.

Gibson, quiet first half but boy did he come to the party when we needed him to, some absolute 'wow' shooting.

Loved the atmosphere, extraordinary game to be at! Go 36ers!!

Some of the calls were again pretty ordinary for both teams. Redhage would have been important down the stretch but somehow was called for his fifth for just standing there? So frustrating!

This has been a great series so far. Regardless of the negatives from each game that you could pull out, this series was always going to go to 3 games.

I can honestly say as a Basketball fan, a Sixers fan and a fan of the Sixers/Wildcats rivalry; that Game 3 has been something I've been waiting for a long time.

Na, Redhage stepped up in to Teys at the last second.

ONE MORE WIN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07MgDMqmwig

36ersNation

That was insanity.

Haha that waz embarrasing from the refs part! Gibbo hit a few shots but fuk me those refs? If they call the same fouls again i will pay the 5 000 and punch some cunt in the head! That was bullshit! Admit to it! That was robbed and the should have 3 knew refs 4 game 3! Gleeson should come out and say the same thing 2nyt! What joey said!

Good to see the shoe on the other foot. Always the refs' fault... always.

Hopefully the refs now take a nil all approach to the third game and have no influence on the outcome. How the three of them couldn't see the ball came off Gibbo with 24 sec to go is unbelievable. Still, Adelaide played the better over the course of the game.

Just got home. Bloody awesome crowd and atmosphere. The result was pretty good too!

Your a joke 'Cats for Life'

Game 1 Perth 47 free throws - Adelaide 15.
Game 2 Perth 28 free throws - Adelaide 35.

Game 1 Perth fouls 19 - Adelaide 31
Game 2 Perth fouls 30 - Adelaide 24

Game 2 looks pretty even - while game one looks pretty average.

You lost, Cats4Life.

Take your medicine like a man.

Chatted to some Cats fans at the game - nice enough people. Good to see them support the team and fly over.

Official attendance was.....surprise surprise....8,127. Great effort by the 36ers and their fans.

@Cats 4 life re your comments on tonight's refereeing. You should take your comedy act on the road. Especially since tonight was a far more even spread of calls compared to Game 1 in Perth. Bit different when you don't get such a lopsided count in your favour isn't it.

Like I've been saying all week, cats 4 life does not speak on behalf of any or all cats fans.

Honestly, how close can it get? After 6 games between the 36ers and Wildcats this season its locked at 3-3 with Perth having scored 509 points and Adelaide scoring 508.

Perth will rightly go into Game 3 at home as the favourites. But I don't think they are counting their chickens just yet.

The Drive for Five is still alive!!!!!!!

A great series that deserves a game 3

We'll done Sixers

U kidding ureselves! Honestly? Dnt go by the last game! That was bullshit and deep down u guys cant play better than that! And thats all u got a 5 pnt win!at hm!

Situation - you've been great value in here and entertained us all week mate. Been a great series - one for the ages.

Is it school holidays in Perth? I get confused with the time difference. Are Cats4Life's parents not aware that he / she is still online? If they can afford to live in WA, surely his or her parents can afford the nominal fee for an English tutor.

Poor souls adelaide! Like the pies in the afl! If it takes ure coach to be a bitch to win? No gastro and yet flopage ennis foul out and u win by five at hm? Gd luck!

Cats 4 Life ....u md bru?

Hold up. I speak jive. I got this.

"Poor souls adelaide! (*Adelaide). Like the pies in the afl! If it takes ure (your) coach to be a bitch to win? No gastro and yet flopage (?) ennis (Ennis) foul (fouls) out and u (you) win by five at hm (home)? Gd (good) luck!"

Next level prose right there.

In terms of emotional counselling, that's not my thing. I'll leave that to the pros:

http://www.beyondblue.org.au/

Remember - you're not alone.

Wildcats have to start favourites for Sunday and rightly so. Will take a huge effort to get the W.

Hopefully the Wildcats can 3 peat on Sunday. All the pressure is on Perth

Very proud of the boys and the crowd. Was a fantastic effort, will be super hard in Perth again especially having to back up so quick but I think we can do it. Big props to the Perth fans as well who really turned out.

Just wish we could get the ball to Gibbo lat in games quicker, just makes more percentage plays that Ervin. That play in the fourth where he basically dribbled out the shot clock was mind blowing.

For those playing at home, quick history lesson the last time a team were unbeatable v Adelaide in a grand final:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxZpuIc5zAA

Anon, toss up between tonight (singular game) and Blanchfield's job on him when Townsville roared home to win at the swamp a couple months ago.

Game 3 will be crazy. That Perth stadium looks amazing - such a rabid fan base too. Looks great on TV - can only imagine it live.

It's the finals series you want - 1 v 2 and a crazy loud crowd. Like Goorjan always said "That's why you play".

Can't wait.

Perth shot 67 times in this game and 33 of those we're 3 pointers. Too many. Reminded me of grand finals of the past.

Thanks Loco...I think? :-)

^Ha! No honestly, you've been classy and hilarious mate. Poisoning the team wasn't your finest hour, but still ;)

Finest HOUR? Of course not, it was a Jamie 15 minute meal. You can cook chicken on searing hot pavement, right?

Sear a prawn on a big block 350 for 30 seconds - can't go wrong.

The pressure is on Perth now. Don't want to lose game 3 at home, don't want to blow 1-0 lead and certainly don't want to lose 3grand finals in a row. Oh and lastly we don't want Adelaide on 5 titles.
Bring on Sunday!!

What a great game!

Saw all the Perth fans and saw Simon Devlin so I went over and said hello to him. I was inquiring about The Situation, but he didn't make the trip over.

I found the "leader" of the touring party. He was obvious to locate as he was the guy with the most teeth and had combed his hair for the outing. I had to speak slowly, but I welcomed them to the Arena. Don't know if there is a soap shortage in Perth but I almost had to fart to improve the air quality around the Perth group.

Great to see their mascot come over as well.

LMAO

Man I wish all the fans could go to their own little corners of the net. Last couple of series it's just been childish back and forth. Bitch among yourself with like minded people.

I think there is one person complaining. I don't think perth fans will be starting eight threads about the terrible reffing and bleating on about irrelevant stats.

My team representing my city in a colored singlet is better than your team representing your city in a colored singlet. The stadium my team plays in is better than the stadium your team plays in. The refs screw my team when we lose, but when we win the other team says they've been screwed.

Just STFU and enjoy this great series, and what it may be doing for basketball in this AFL/cricket obsessed country.

This is why "die-hard, super fanatical fans" ruin sports for most people. It ain't life or death, and it ain't for life. There'll be another GF series in less than 12 months, and this result will be mostly irrelevant. Now, sit back and enjoy Game 3.

Speed - point?

Loco! Im still up! And ure fuckt! Ure not alone 2! U got ure state behind u! Hope ure coming on sunday and u can see the redarmy! Not one hit wonders with blue shirts trying to be like us! Code blue is now code red!

Adelaide's home record in 2014 (now 16-1) is as good as our home record was in.....1986 (15-1).

But none of that matters now. Its how we perform on Sunday in Perth that will determine how history see's the 2013-14 Adelaide 36ers.

Refs weren't great, all teams get hometown calls, nothing new. Perth's D in the 1st half was ordinary. We missed far to many open shots compared to Adelaide, 2nd half D was better which got us back into game,but Gibson hit some super shots under pressure, not a lot more the defender could do without fouling him, he is the danger man for Adelaide IMO.

Redhage needs to step on Sunday,has not had a great series, and i agree Martin needs to take it to the hole rather than settling for jump shot. So we if we shoot a touch better, and get off to a good start,and keep Gibbo quiet like we did in the 1st game i'm fairly confident we can win.

What time is game 3 in Perth?

11am

Cats 4 life Reply #469209
re: 2014 GF Series - Game 2

"Haha that waz embarrasing from the refs part! Gibbo hit a few shots but fuk me those refs? If they call the same fouls again i will pay the 5 000 and punch some cunt in the head! "

Thats a side to you I did not expect Cats 4 life - would not have picked you as someone who takes their mother to the games. Good on you mate - everyone needs their Mum sometimes.

Sorry Loco, I guess my ramble wasn't clear. I was just a bit over all the whining about refs, the sledging of stadiums, cities and fan-bases, and the irony of fans not seeing that they are criticizing behaviors that they themselves were doing only 5 days earlier. All in awful spelling, everywhere online (here and on social media).

I guess I'm getting old and grumpy, and am just over the tribalism of pro sports. Ignore me.

No one actually speaks about the game (besides the "horrible refs"), it's all just lame-ass trash talk. My point was trying to be (badly, I admit), that I enjoy the game, for the game.

I loved Game 1 of the Wildcats V Hawks series, even though I support neither. The first 2 games of the Tigers V Sixers series were great, and both games of this GF series have been pretty good standard. It's been a great NBL finals series, semis and Grand. Let's enjoy it, and stop being little whiny bitches.

Continue ignoring me, I'm going to chase the neighbour kids off the front lawn now, then have an afternoon nap.

Just putting my dignity on the line here:

Before the season started I put $200 on Adelaide to win the championship @$9.00, now there's one game left and fuck it, if I'm going down I'm going down big. Hedging's for whimps. Carn the Sixers!

It's a good feeling. I once hedged the winner of a tennis tournament four ways. Had Venus Williams at $51, Kerber at $21, Wozniacki at $26 and Kvitova at $11. They all made it to the semis so it was a sure thing... but of course the lowest payout won.

Easily one of the best NBL games i have been to in a long time.

Credit to the composure in the last few minutes when Cats hit the lead. Perth just never went away.

Ervin is just so much better when he attacks the rim and creates. Beal really impressed too.

We can do it !

I also out a hefty bet on the Sixers winning 2-1 so that may be some nice drinking/sorrow-drowning money for me tomorrow afternoon.

"Adelaide would not get that call in Perth"

Every time I heard that or something similar last night, I cringed. That is a really strong indication that the standard of refereeing is very ordinary and inconsistent. How can the NBL be happy with this?

There is no way the foul count and free throws should have been so lopsided in game one. Perth are just not that clean compared to Adelaide. Take that factor out and we would've seen Adelaide crowned champions last night.

As to the comments above about one-sided commentary, the only team who doesn't seem to get this advantage from the commentary team is the Hawks. Melbourne get Andrew Gaze, Adelaide get Brett Maher, Perth gets Ronaldson. Sydney get Carfino AND Rosen. Hawks got Carfino and Rosen this year. Both Sydney boys. Carfino tends to get caught up in a bit of bro-love with his co-commentators meaning he seems less objective than he should be. Listen to NBA and NCAA commentary: the commentators are knowledgeable about both teams, objective but still passionate and enthusiastic. They don't have to be one-eyed to show their enthusiasm. I know Brendan was used but he and the Hawks didn't part amicably. Why not Glen Saville? (Bill Woods was a late addition to the commentary team).

(as a partial rebuttal to the comments above, in the last Hawks-Perth SF game in Perth, Tony Ronaldson did acknowledge there were two teams on the court, that they both had a chance of winning and was able to commentate on the abilities of players from both teams. Good work Tony - keep it up and you will be a better commentator for it :o)