Can you let me know how it goes Isaac? I cant stream ANYTHING at work.

THanks

Anyone having issues with the sound?

So Gliddon and Wortho both playing

Much more interesting then

Sound is fine. Picture is really good - no issues at all yet.

Cairns 11, Perth 9. Half way through the first.

too many fouls being called as usual. It will annoy te casual viewer.

can't watch it on my TV but can on my PC. Though at the moment only has sound and no vision.

Watched the end of that second quarter and Starks really didn't excite me at all. Would be hoping for more from him in the second half.

Limping off

Gees Wagstaff looks like he has done a ankle or a knee. Not a good sign.Anyhow what standsout for me is the Cats perimeter game of the lack of it. It looks horrid when the Taipans are downright giving the Cats all the open looks in the world and they cant hit anything.

Beal and Prather are going to have a huge years respectively on the perimter as the primary playmaker because Kenny and others cant do anything off the dribble. The defence has been the positive. Prather, Damo and Beal are going to hound teams into turnovers with a lot of press defence.

Turn the bloody music off.

I think if you press play then pause it - you might be able to watch it later.

We won't find out if the games are available on demand until after the cats game.

Cairns win 68-61
Perth couldnt buy a basket.

Perth are going to really struggle scoring this year - even with Beal I think. No shooting to compliment their size. They definitely got Prather around having Greenwood but had no option due to him leaving late. However was impressed their d.

Not too sure about Cairns. Starks looked good but the turnovers are a concern. Their frontcourt is good but could almost be considered too deep I think.

Isaac, the skull who has posted above is not me.

To stay in it without Damo, Beal and Wagstaff (missed the second half) was pleasing. Perth Defence will probably be in the top 2 or 3 at worst this season(I think ill be this best defence in the league) but shooting is going to be an ongoing issue. Have to get Knight more midrange shots and Redhage along with Beal better designed plays for better looks on the perimeter..

All in all without the starting backcourt and the teams best scorer and playmaker in Beal and the best defensive player in the league in Damo I saw a lot of positives despite the loss.Jawai will get better with more minutes and minutes to get fitter.

I'm not fussed by the loss or how the Cats shot the ball. You can see the significant improvement from the game against the Kings.

Crocs no Jordair, Conklin, Norton or Djeric. Heap of development players in. Interesting to see Harry Froling go around.

Its the battle of the dreads! 4 guys with dreads tonite including Jett whos not playing.

Halftime Crocs 45-40 Breakers.

The quality of the stream is excellent. I could easily watch this way each week. Hope it continues in season

Jackson(not Cedric) will be gone very early on I think. Looks terrible. Lost even. Maybe Ebekwe could slot back in.

Only been watching for 5 mins or so. But it's been perfect so far. Hopefully a sign of things to come.

Sorry skull did not know there was another will change peace bro.

Go to http://stream.nbl.com.au/ ano

What do we know about Nick Kay? Seems to have some good size about him. Likely to get many minutes during the season?

Solid drive and dish there by Maynard.

Charles Jackson looks weak, my pick is an early season release, and like others have said, Ebekwe to return.

Crocs typical third quarter fadeout!

Has there been a single completely healthy team play tonight? It is hard to judge the long term prospects of these teams when they are missing key players.

As for Charles Jackson, it is a bit early to say, but when you're being abused by schensher, you should probably get your bags packed just in case.


I am not sure why Boti sold these commentators as great. I find them a bit painful to listen to. I am not sure that Carfino was worse than this.

As for presentation, I think any basketball looks second rate when played in local recreation centres. There has been some decent basketball played, but it isn't all that appealing on screen right now, and I would hate if this was the first taste of the league someone out there is getting.

At least the stream is top notch. Maybe the Telstra power.

Cedric does a lay up, commentators: best play ever.

Surely Charles Jackson out... He looked terrible!

I have a feeling Ibekwes pregnant wife will materialise in New Zealand.

After reporting that the pregnancy is a false positive.

If they let Jackson go and Webster makes the grade, they could always go after a gun import scorer in back court and sign a back up big. Casey Frank. Luke Nevill might be after a job.

Keep in mind they are non-professional commentators. They certainly aren't bad, they just aren't the professional level of John Casey etc.

Boti is right though, one of the commentators, despite being a massive Kings fan (including wearing a Kings polo in tonight's coverage), doesn't actually display his bias through his commentary. Considering most non-professional (and plenty of professional) commentators display their biases, this guy gets respect.

I'm actually looking forward to who Fox Sports has on their commentary team for this year. If perhaps the NBL manages to be on Network Ten (OneHD) for the Wednesday night game, then maybe, hopefully, we'll see:

Anchor commentators: John Casey, Anthony Hudson, Dwayne Russell & Lachy Reid

Specialist Commentators: Andrew Gaze, Shane Heal, Brett Maher

Sideline commentators: Melissa Marsh & the other girl who did it for Channel Ten - forgot her name, oops.

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And yes, the Blitz looks shoddy at the Townsville RSL. Doesn't really matter too much though, the main thing is the Crocodiles are returning to the Swamp!

Anchor commentators: John Casey, Anthony Hudson, Dwayne Russell & Lachy Reid

Specialist Commentators: Andrew Gaze, Shane Heal, Brett Maher

No big loss to be honest. Only problem is - I can't think of any other possible options outside of the NBL TV people (i'm not sure i'd promote them though). I don't mind Rupert Sapwell as a notable exception and maybe Neil Cross (although as an anchor).

Apparently Lachy Reid is/was doing Netball coverage for Fox which have a similar situation if that changes anything...

Well you fixed it, it's correct now.
The site is just so busy on the front page.

https://twitter.com/FoxBasketball

Pretty average slate of games last night with all the various players missing last night.

Perth looked about what I expected - some good high-low stuff as usual, but really struggled to score at times. Guys like Hire/Wagstaff/Kenny are really going to have to hit their open shots this year.

Starks alternated between Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde each possession for Cairns. Looks like he has a nice touch from midrange out to three, but needs to tone down the tendancy to drive into traffic, and had a bad handling errors. But hey, that's every young import PG.

CAIRNS TAIPANS 68 (Starks 15, Worthington 14, Gliddon 11; Craig 8 rebs; Gliddon 4 assts) d PERTH WILDCATS 61 (Prather 20, Knight 14, Jawai 9; Jervis 9 rebs; Redhage 3 assts).

Cairns 5.5 premiership points, Perth 1.5


NEW ZEALAND BREAKERS 79 (Jackson 23, Bartlett 18, Wesley 13; Vukona 8 rebs; Jackson 6 assts) d TOWNSVILLE CROCODILES 75 (Kay 18, Schenscher 16, Steindl 12; Kay 11 rebs; Maynard 6 assts).

Blitz Premiership Points: NZ 5, Townsville 2

How does the Premiership points work?

IIRC, 1 point for winning each quarter (0.5 points for splitting), 3 points for winning the game.

A team gets a minimum 4 and maximum 7 points for a win.

Considering the crocs had their number one and two point guards out and Conklin, I thought they played pretty well. Kay was great again and is definately a front runner for roty, they desperately needed someone who could hit a big shot down the stretch but hopefully Conklin and jett will help there.

Outside shooting continues to be a question mark, I expect Steindl to be given little space all year and will need others to step up from outside. Djeric could have an opportunity this year, as I seem him as the only other guy with a shooters mentality and the ability to get hot from outside.

^highlights won't show missed dunks tho.

It would be great if there was a "recap" version kinda like the version they offer on NBA League Pass.

The wildcats video crew are down there doing their own highlights of the game. Check their facebook page for Wildcats only highlights.

Prather's missed dunk in the open court would have been spectacular. Loved the way he took off and leaned in. Not enough players lean in on their dunks any more! Thanks Lebron!