Ill take the Kings. The extra time for Childress to be reintroduced and get his cardio up will help. Think they will lift for Cotter too. Plus you know, the Taipans are shite at the moment. Showed such minimal intensity against the Crocs.

Teams don't usually have two shockers in a row, so I'll go Taipans, esoecially as Sydney don't seem capable of the defence Adelaide and Townsville used to disrupt Cairns.

The Kings do have a good record in the far north though.

I'll take a bottle of rum and a handful of xanax. I can't choose anything but Orange.

Can't see Cns losing 2 in a row at home. They need to just come out with hustle and intensity early. Reckon Starks and Gliddon could be the difference makers.

Kings being cruelled by dumb turnovers once again

Haha, that Kings coach is going nuts on the sideline.

Throwing his towell on the ground on that Carter missed layup

Carter couldn't score on a hula hoop

Childress hand looks injured again. He has been struggling this game and continues to hold his hand

Childress didn't return after half time. There is something seriously wrong again with that hand

That foul called on Brandt was the single worst call ive ever seen on a basketball court

Result - Kings 2 points gets taken away.

Absolutely rubbish.

What a BS call...Wortho clearly pulled Brandt.

Its simple physics, how the hell does a player commit a foul when he is the one who falls on his back and with Wortho with his arms clearly around him.

Feel sorry for Prewster trying to defend Craig on the post.

With the way NBL refs officiate, you literally can't do anymore than what he did. Put your hands up as high as possible and hope he misses.

What the hell is Garlepp doing today? PG all of a sudden.

Have the Kings just thought "stuff it"; this coach won't be here in a few weeks, lets just go out and jack shots..i know they've had a tendency to throw up junk but there's even more going up tonight

MACDUB I doubt it was the worst call but it was bad. The woman referee massively stuffed up, she had the right call and then the other referee came and said it was a moving screen then she just froze and agreed.

Some bad calls favouring Cairns however Sydney have looked terrible so they deserve to lose

How would Conklin fit with Sydney if Childress goes down?

Conklin would make the team a lot more balanced. Sydney really have to stop with this Garlapp experiment. He works hard but he disadvantages them by starting. Off the bench he would add value

Was Khazzouh a good player once? Because he is truly dreadful. As is Carter. Kings easily the worst team in the league.

Good to see Loughton produce a decent game given his struggles.

KingJames, but yeah that's why it was so horrible.

Both refs saw it, both had the opportunity to consult and they still couldn't get it right.

Thats why its such a bad call. I can forgive a ref whistling something off a split second decision and running with it (unless its a clanger) But when two refs have a moment to confer and discuss and they still get it drastically wrong it is very bad.

Good question Scooch, I was wondering if I was misremembering but I thought Khazzoug was in the MVP race last time he played out here. Now he is like a homeless man's Pero Antic.

Kings have been completely awful. Only bright spot is Brandt getting a few buckets in limited playing time.

"Was Khazzouh a good player once? Because he is truly dreadful."

That is a stupid comment. The guy had a bad game tonight and you want to rate him on that! He is averaging 15 ppg at a high percentage and 7 rebounds on a shit team that isn't making it easy for him.

Khazzouh isn't helped by the fact that he has guys like Carter, Cadee, Garlepp, Thornton throwing up rubbish

When he gets fee he is effective but the Kings (guards in particular) prefer the hero shots.

When he gets fed*

Kings were an early favourite and their first game, if we can recall it, was awesome. Since then their injuries and whatever else can go wrong, seem to have gone wrong.

Now, they did what organisations that panic usually do, they sacrifice the coach, well how is that working for them?

Sadly, things can just go wrong, but losing faith in your decision at the start for reasons out of his control seems to have been a knee jerk reaction, something I an not fond of.

Give me a break KingJames. Khazzouh checked out six games ago. His body language is horrible and his game has fallen off a cliff.

Still trying to work out why Sydney played so much zone when they kept getting burnt by it.

Worst half-court shot ever.

I'd hate to be Connelly's towel right now!!!!! Good energy and good times outs. Like the fact that he is playing Brandt and Hill more. If Childress has some season ending injuries, he needs to step aside for another import.

You sitting down Podge, because I'm about to give Fearne some credit.
I thought the exchange between he and Starks on the sideline in the third quarter I think it was - where he explained to him he needed him to be more vocal - was an excellent example of leadership. Fearne was calm, explained himself well, didn't labour the point or be overly critical. For mine, great coaching starts with great leadership and I think that's Fearne's achilles heel. That was an impressive exchange.

I also thought it really added to the coverage. Not sure who was mic'd up or how they captured that sound bite but I'd much rather more of that than, say, ref cam!!

All the coaches are mic'd, have been all season.

Wow suprised me Snooch - what wasn't a surprise was Fearne's words. That's how he coaches.

Yeah, I'm amused snooch thinks it's more likely Fearne's only done that sort of thing once, and the mics just happened to pick it up and the director just happened to stick with it, than that Fearne does that all the time and this one just happens to have made it to broadcast.