Adelaide plays reasonably historically in Perth. With that said, Perth by 11

Do the 36ers play anything resembling defense?

With no Creek, Teys and Ferguson will have to do a bloody good job on Prather if we are to have any chance. However, that will probably be unlikely and JJ and Martin will probably have season highs.

Perth by 14

Why no Teys and Ferguson?

He means, considering Creek is out, Ferguson and Teys will need to step up.

DJ out too. Cats $1.35 at Centrebet.

Where the hell do you find live stats on the mobile site? That website is a piece of shit.

Teys is shit.

Gleeson is a flog.

Wildcats by 20+

Any sixer fans in the building? 2 courtside tickets behind our bench. Come on down. I'm serious.

DJ being out might actually help us.

Massive charge by Prather!

Damn, this is the season of injuries.

Cats by 20+.

JJ tearing the 6ers piss defence to pieces.

I LOVE YOU JARON

Inb4 Cats 3rd quarter fade out

36ers might be the WORST defensive team the NBL has ever seen.

My goodness how can a team be this bad defensively?

You know when a team like Perth are on track to score 120 on you something is seriously wrong with your defence.

LOL @ the 36ers..

Why are they soooo motivated to get offensive rebounds but have no desire to rebound on the defensive end?

LOL what a collection of FRAUDS

Hendo, the NBL mobile app is decent for stats. Try that.

lol @ LV with his Sydney then daylight call

Everyone knows Perth will be there and maybe even NZ

Adelaide will finish last..by quite a big margin i reckon

Perth have more offensive rebounds than Adelaide have rebounds.

Hey tempo you dope are Adelaide going to come last because of another massive conspiracy?

In the job description to play for the 36ers it clearly states that defense is not required.

If you want to play D, there is no room for you on the team

RANDLE!!!!!!!!!!!

What a legend

Randle is insane

Even if Sixers finish last Randle should get MVP

He is ridiculous

I don't think I've ever seen ball-handling that impressive in a game before.

I have ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT in mind players and officials bet on games...

No doubt at all in my mind.

Tempo - yep you're still an idiot.

LOL everyone talks about Randle...

Why dont you all look at his defense...or lack thereof..

There is a reason why he cant make the NBA

I have watched the NBL since the mid 90s and this 36ers team is the WORST defensive team i have ever seen...

By a mile

Perth crowd is dumb as dog shit.
Ref calls a block when it appears a charge.
Perth crowd boos Randle (best player to grace their shit court) as a result. FACEPALM

How does the whole team only have 1 assist between them?

THERE'S ONLY ONE JARON JOHNSON

And Eric Jacobsen of all people has that one assist.

The ap says we are winning. I assume this is false?

Perth up 60-44 at H/T

Who knew Perth were an offensive juggernaut ;)

'Ennis is the best player to ever grace the court in Perth.'

uh no

This is almost a repeat of the New Zealand game. Fort back to a workable margin and then the last few minutes make some cheap errors and the lead blows out.

What the hell is Teys doing?

Randle is wild good.

Perth crowd boo him still.

FUCKWIT ALERT!

Randle just carrying us

Plenty of home cooking from the refs in Perth

Back to single figures

'Inb4 Cats 3rd quarter fade out'

Too easy

Gleeson is a flog

Gleeson is a flog

I knew another Gleeson is a flog was coming him whinging about that call.

DKD is the GOAT shooter

Deng's just about useless

Most of the 6ers roster is useless.

Teys is a starter FFS

36ers remind of the Pelicans

A mess but have 1 MVP calibre player who they don't feed enough

ROFLcopter is a turd throwing primate.

Reckon Drmic will be ROY

Bloody Perth and all their grabbing & grappling

Gleeson is a flog

7 point game

Perth are in trouble here so going the knuckle

And the muppets still boo Randle

Randle is insane!

Randle = unfuckingbelievable!!!!!!

Scores level

ROFLcopter we boo coz he yelled at the crowd to "shut rhe fuck up" at the start of the game.

@56 fair play mate. We didn't catch that on TV!!

Perth getting that notorious home cooking

Stop showing highlights

Crazy finish

We've hit the front and didnt even get to see the last two buckets, what idiots are running NBL TV?

WTF Foxtel

good game, terrible uniforms, some really basic ref errors and some of the worst TV coverage ever.

Refs doing everything they can to save Perth here

Well done NBL TV

THanks for showing replays for 60 seconds

Be fucked that was a charge!!!!!

Fuck the NBL

Not a charge

THESE REFS HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

what a terrible charge call, some of the refs should be fined their game payment.

Yikes. That terrible charge call just ruined what was a great game of basketball.

Gotta give it to Gleeson like Heal said he's been working the refs real hard and now it's paying off.

Dumbness rules.

Perth fans will boo

Bad finish to a great game, shame on the NBL both for their refs and TV coverage.

Boooooooooo!!!!!

Not bad to lose from a Flop call gone wrong. 45kg hits 120kg and the 120kg is on the ground....far out that is a freebie Ref. You don't call that shit charge

The officials should be suspended for the bullshit they produced tonight...An absolute disgrace and indictment on the league itself!

Prather, Johnson and Knight meeting up afterwards for a nice home cooked meal.

Oh hang on, that already happened. More like 2 minute noodles, it only takes two minutes but you know which way the calls are going in that last stanza....

Yes my multi is still alive

What a performance by the GOAT Randle

I hope Knight is OK after that big collision with 60kg Jerome Randle.

Yet another example of the Fiba timeout rules cruelling another game-of-the-year contender. Just bring back 'timeout on the floor'. Christ almighty when will they learn?

Lol @ my Sydney and daylight call cos Perth will be there?

Perth just beat Adelaide minus DJ and Creek, with three dodgy calls going their way in the last two minutes

If anyone gets close to Sydney it'll be Cairns. Or Melbourne if they get the other half of their team back and get their stuff together

Haha well, I mean, it actually didn't impact the game but man I hate the rule.

Knight is a flog

Gleeson is a flog

DD is a flog

Will the NBL come out and say it was the wrong call and fine knight for flopping? One could dream....

'Perth up by 12 Damo goes off and Perth goes down the crapper. Perth really needs a second playmaker

Don't forget Kinnie is injured too

Oh and before anyone mentions that Sydney and Perth have the same WL, anybody who's been watching with half of one eye open knows Sydney's wins have been far more impressive. We'll see what happens in a fortnight when they play.

Tempo, you seem to have gone quiet in the second half...?

Maybe you tuned out after such a massive lead that Perth had at half time?

Loved the fightback from the 36ers and competed better on the boards. Big shots from both teams! Youth from the 36ers shows in clutch moments throughout the game :(

Shame NBL refs are so inconsistent both ways and affect te game as a whole. In this case, choosing not to call a foul on sobey's drive and just go with 'ole we'all give them the side ball even though we know it came off him until the pressure for the review came, and then the ludicrous charge call on Randle to spoil such an exciting finish :( (Perf had some rough ones go against them too eg cross court)

Tempo, was there any betting/rigging going on in this game?

Melbourne is trash lol, their 3 wins over Adelaide, Illawarra and Brisbane showed that they are capable and contenders. Things generally don't quite go so well in basketball when your best player is out injured. (Not to mention two others right now. Just to help the simpletons with their maths that's 3 players from an 11 man roster).

Why is there such a bunch of insecure boys on here worrying about measuring the size of one's package, eg claim who's team is better after 6/7 games!?

Sit back and enjoy the games! As the season progresses the cream will rise, then beat your chest at that point. Seems like most teams can almost beat any team at the moment with so many new players and player movement, many injuries to key players so early in the season too.

So glad for basketball becoming prominent again through the NBL, media side on the up, players and quality etc. Just wish we'd get some more consistent reffing as a whole and not lose the 10 secs of play when a team hits the front after being down all game!!! ;P

Perth beat Illawarra last week?

Pretty sure I watched the Hawks get over the line?

Or are you talking tonight, where Perth beat a team missing two starters themselves?

Credit to the 6's for hanging in there and mounting a comeback.

And WTF is wrong with the Cats? Ok, so they lost Martin, but for the best defensive team in the league, surely they should be able to handle just a little of their own medicine?
(Or was it just the shock of the 6's actually playing D?)

@LV - you do realise Perth were pretty much without Martin for a majority of the game(he played 12 mins) and Kenny.

Both teams were without key player due to injury.
Both teams got garbage calls during the game.

Tough loss for 36ers, they did well to get back in the game and I couldn't help but clap Randle, he was poetry in motion. Perth just keep finding ways to win.

This comp is tight this year....there is no "daylight" apart from 7th and the Hawks, but even that can change.

I was hoping his hail mary at the end went in just so we could get another 5 minutes of drama.
Looking forward to watching the replay tomorrow, as much as anything to get another look at some of the reffing decisions, because there sure seemed like a lot of ordinary ones being dished out.

Arrogant play by the cats (IMO) very nearly bit us on the arse hard tonight.
The Randle Show was a beautiful thing. What an asset he has been for this league.

Gleeson / JJ post-game press conference
https://audioboom.com/posts/5249363-perth-wildcats-106-def-adelaide-36ers-103

"At the end they (Adelaide) had all the momentum .... they had everything go their way"
LOLWUT?

@Luc - I dont think my nerves could handle another OT lol. Its been a crazy season so far, every home game has been a thriller.

Gleeson is a flog

It's definitely best for the Cats that we didn't get OT! but when that shot went up, in that moment I just couldn't help hoping that it would drop.

OT would of been very interesting though. Sobey and Drmic already fouled out and Hodgson and Randle on 4 PF's. Wroe on 4 for Perth.

ROFLOGopter

I actually thought that Randle picked up his 5th at some point too. Another thing I need to look out for when I watch the replay...

I'm pretty keen to look at some of those charge calls. The Randle/Martin one and the Knight/Randle one at the end look like total howlers live.

The refereeing was atrocious. Do they do it deliberately, or is it just subconscious thing??? Clearly favoured the 6's throughout the game, as they were getting pummelled, then became more even-handed as the game got closer, and then I suspect favoured the cats when they released they might actually have turned the game.

But still had to be almost physically dragged to the video review for that epically bogus call. Seriously, how the heck could not one of the refs see what everyone else did? That the ball clearly came off the 6's player? Don't think ANYONE was the slightest surprised when they overturned the call on review.

We truly are the Hawthorn of the NBL ;)

But still had to be almost physically dragged to the video review for that epically bogus call. Seriously, how the heck could not one of the refs see what everyone else did?

Yep, the crosscourt was a howler, a ref reverting to old habits. The Knight charge call at the end was a bit the same, after the refs had called charge/block in favour of the offence all night he went back to the old way of favouring the guy who fell over!

Not to worry, amazing game, so many momentum shifts and big plays. Adelaide are doing a hell of a job with the players they have out.

The shorter umpire of the 3 is useless. Makes the worst calls and then makes makeup calls. How the nbl and the new full timers/senior referee haven't taught this guy anything shows how poor the whole system is.

The reffing was incredibly bad.
A shame given it was Saturday night, 12,000 people at Perth arena, a close game and a guy like Randle lighting it up. That was a real spectacle for the NBL and it was let down by bad calls.

In reality, the bad calls just added to the drama of the game. It was the best spectacle of the year without a doubt. Great to watch.

Funny thing is, the reffing in Cairns was much much worse. The refs just let a heap of contact go and it turned into an ugly rugby game. Thankfully it was a tight contest.

In Perth, they called it clean and that allowed for a much more skilful game of basketball where offensive talent got to shine. That's unusual for a game in Perth.

It was unfortunate there were some very obvious errors - the crosscourt, the Knight charge and the three-pointer counting well after a foul occurred sticking in my memory - but I'd much prefer what happened in Perth over the display in Cairns.

Funny thing is, the reffing in Cairns was much much worse. The refs just let a heap of contact go and it turned into an ugly rugby game. Thankfully it was a tight contest.

In Perth, they called it clean and that allowed for a much more skilful game of basketball where offensive talent got to shine. That's unusual for a game in Perth.

It was unfortunate there were some very obvious errors - the crosscourt, the Knight charge and the three-pointer counting well after a foul occurred sticking in my memory - but I'd much prefer what happened in Perth over the display in Cairns.

Three things I learned watching last night's game.....

1. Randle is carrying the 36ers. Without him we'd be dead last.

2. We rely too much on DJ to get the boards. No DJ last night and Perth owned us there.

3. As good as Perth are, last night showed how much they rely on Damien Martin. When he got injured they looked lost and it was only dubious refereeing that saved them.

I wonder what Ken Cole would have said about that bogus charge call if he was coaching Adelaide??

He would have asked the ref what he was smoking.

36ers WASTED Randles effort last night.

That rebounding effort was dismal.

The concern is that they were much more motivated to collect offensive boards than defensive boards.

Why? Because that is all what this team is. Thats all they are interested in....scoring and couldnt give a rats about defending.

This team will finish dead last because there coach is the most delusional in the NBL

You might be forgetting DD!

I agree the officiating in the Cairns game was far far worse, but the officiating in this game ultimately meant Adelaide was robbed a legitimate chance to win.

Officials can't be making that blatant an error in such a defining moment of a game (notwithstanding the other horrible errors called against both teams throughout). It ruined the match and one of the all-time great individual offensive performances in recent memory.

Trevor Gleeson: "It's the best (home court advantage) in the league, without a question The support... and they had a lot to cheer about with the threes and they had a lot to boo - with the (Adelaide) guys doing what they were doing - I can’t say too much.But I think they were well justified with their judgement with the booing."

So if you can't say too much, why say anything?? smh.

So what were the Adelaide players doing to deserve the booing, Randle in particular?

As was I. It was very half-hearted booing anyway. It's not like Randle even did anything wrong ... he just got a nice call from the ref. But it adds to the atmosphere in the Arena so it's all good. (in reality Randle seems like the type to be further spurred on by booing so I very much doubt it had any negative effect on him)
One thing I was thinking last night though is that the constant booing just might have been a factor in that "charge" that Knight took.

Either way it was all great theatre.

How costly was that Ferguson reaching foul on Knight just before half time. Instead of the clock likely running out, it ended up gifting the Wildcats 2 free throws and then this...

I don't disagree re. the booing. Sure it adds to the atmosphere and there's nothing wrong with it.

Just seems strange that Gleeson thought it needed to be brought up post-game insinuating the Adelaide players were doing something untoward and deserved to be booed when there was certainly no obvious nasty incident or anything.

That was incredible, must have been deafening inside the stadium. Was a great game all up, full credit to Adelaide for sticking around like they did.

That was a cracking game. Luckily I got to watch from right behind the Sixers bench. I can't help but think that atrocious charge call against Randle on Knight which virtually decided the game was a makeup call for the incorrect call earlier when Randle charged into Martin. But as KB said when I spoke to him after the game that was a terrible time in the game for a makeup call!

Really lucky to witness Randle's greatness in one of the most hostile venues in the country. After probably his best move in the 2nd qtr where he put on a dribbling exhibition and finished at the rim beautifully the Cats called a timeout. It was so awesome to see how pumped up Randle was after that move as he came to the bench.

Also just on that play where they reversed the out of bounds against Sobey in the last few minutes of the game that was a clear foul on JJ. That's the problem with going to the video. Refs will often not call fouls on the defensive player but make up for it by still giving possession to the player the ball came off. Problem is they can't do this anymore when you have video review.

Hard to get over that call on Randle. Still leaves such a bitter taste in the mouth when a great game is ruined by such homecooking.

A pity that flop warnings are given out all the time, yet when a 120kg Knight goes flopping, you get nothing. The crowd and pressure totally got to the refs. Knight is a shoe in for defender of the year with moves like that.
Would have made the game what it deserved if Randle had gone to line for shots rather than ending it in a dodgy call.

bloody Foxtel stuffing up with those replays right when Sixers hit the front

Yeah they missed 2 crucial plays down the stretch while showing pointless replays. Bad stuff-up.

Yeah because dodgy calls can somehow be enough to bring a team back from a 16 point deficit at half time, the players playing hard has nothing to do with it. The refs were the ones shooting. Talk about stupidity.

"Dodgy calls allowed Adelaide back into the game"

So Randle hitting consecutive buckets had nothing to do with that? Should the buckets have not been counted because they're playing Perth in Perth?

No wonder he is an anonymous commenter....

and the lowest IQ basketball fan and stupidest person on this entire website goes to the anonymous twat above who have never really watched a basketball game in his life. Go play some 2K buddy.

I'm a Perth fan and Adelaide EARNED their way back into the game, terrific. I love how you probably just re-watched the games and tried to find where you thought the refs got them into the game.

There were dodgy calls and non-calls against both teams throughout the game. Adelaide didn't get back into the game as a result of the calls going their way.

However, they were denied a chance to potentially win the game because of a dodgy call.

Sobey missed layup no contact from wagstaff

All teams get dodgy calls. We all know the refs are going to make mistakes. I would just rather see the game play out all the way to the end rather than be finished early due to questionable decisions. If Knight was called for the block as he normally would be, Randle goes to the line for shots, Perth get possession and the fan walks away with "what a game" and the product delivers something we know it can.

The side-on angle shows there was contact between Sobey and Wagstaff. Some would say Sobey initiated it and didn't deserve a call, but the reality is Wagstaff didn't have legal defensive position and there was contact with the shooter.

For the life of me I don't know why Sobey didn't just cram it on his head though!

Was expecting the same.

You could tell just from the way Sobey's body moved that there was contact. He couldn't possibly have rotated that way without it.

You also can't possibly argue he initiated it in a universe where Tomlinson got an and-1 for elbowing Rotnei Clarke in the back today.

Haha, true!

"why do referees always eat their own?"

"So seeing as your a qualified level 1 referee (what a massive achievement I might add"

"Slightly higher than your cute badge. "

"Id be pretty confident it would be running down your leg"

Yes, why do they eat their own?