Sydney can't afford to get beaten up inside the paint again. Have some pride boys! Fight like mad Lions.

If they bring an extra 10% intensity compared to last night, they win. The crowd will help there.

I cant wait for both teams to be at full strength and go at it.

The athleticism of the Wildcats made the difference on Friday, added by Matty Knight's strong rebounding.

Expect the same with, hopefully, McKay recovering from his illness and contributing fully. That would be awesome.

Perth will undoubtedly try to do the same thing they did on Thu night, i.e. crash the offensive board, attack as close to the paint as possible, push as fast as they can in transition after defensive rebound and try their luck whenever they get open looks when ahead in the scores. Gee... that sounded like what most coaches would want their players to do... funny that...

IMO, Deano going to have a lot on his plate trying to nail defensive tactics and matchups. Maric, Powell and Whittington need to step up more. Cadee was absolute rubbish Thursday, didn't focus harder on defence with his 0 pt offence. If he's AWOL again on offense I'd be in favour of benching him for Prewster.

Hill also didn't get any playing time, I'm wondering why Gaze persists with Garlepp all the time because of his supposed 'offensive' ability off the bench. So far this season when you need Garlepp to fire, he's came up duds or his offense made minimal impact. Take a gamble with Hill more often I reckon, there were some situation where he'd be a better defensive presence and may even provide offence on par with what Garlepp could produce.

good front court vs good back court could go either way but I think the kings bounce back. wildcats will be satisfied after friday night but kings will be fired up and out for sweet revenge in front of the home fans.

Blake is rubbish. Perth by 10, and will show Kings they need to improve and get rid Blake after this game.

It's an interesting one. While we speak of Perth's backcourt being weakened, if you look at their perimeter trio of Prather, Johnson and Kenny it is very capable. If they get contributions from Bragg and Kernich-Drew again they can make this a real ball game.

It's been a season of bouncing back after losses though, the Kings will defend better than they did on Thursday, and you'd hope for their sake they'll be tougher in the paint.

contain the others, newly and lisch will do what they will do what they do. Johnson is the key, if he plays well we tend to be be more of a threat. Perth win this then it sets them up for the rest of the season.

Kings wont turn up flat again

Kings 11+ is juicy

So glad to see Mayberry in Adelaide. At least he won't be screwing the Kings tonight

I'm a Red fan in a Purple crowd tonight. Hope we pull it out but don't like our chances of doing it again.

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Sydney screwed them selves Thursday night! as Lv says day light only lasts for so long.

Need Wagstaff to start cooking! if Allen is in charge, we will get ripped. 'll needs Sydney and Melbourne to fire to try and get interest back and the ratings.

I would love to see those teams succeed, then you know the nbl will be strong.

Kings get this one comfortably.
They only lost in Perth because WA doesn't have daylight savings.

Look for the Perth boys to use the "lemon" call to alert the weak side man of an incoming switch.

Kings fans, your pre game entertainment is comically shit

I love Cadee's upside. Look for Cadee to use the crab dribble stutter step to break down the high trap and kick it two the 2-man coming of a tight V-cut from the elbow.

don't understand why no one expects Perth to win tonight? on top, Martin is the captain, but he ain't there and won't be there all season. we got the balls and the team to win tonight!

red army keep the faith! pressure on Sydney not us

If the Kings get physically dominated like in WA, I reckon Gazey needs to try something different.
Bench Cadee & Blake.
Try Newley in the 2.
Use Hill instead of Garlepp.
If the bigs can't rebound, give Moller a crack - kid can rebound.

In other words, don't give guys minutes based on reputation, base it on effort.

Effort = Results. Just ask the Cats : )

@TimberBall If you're referrring to the Bullets vs. 36ers stream then I'd agree with the shit part but nothing funny when you wanna watch a different game and they forced you to watch the blowout ending of another game... NBL TV need to think of a way to separate the streaming.

Truly a mouth-watering clash!

@SteveK2, I'm at the game and everything about the pre game build up is cringeworthy. 4000 kids with free tix in the crowd. Why does no one wear kings colours?

@Air Delay I like your thinking :). Exactly what I've wanted to see out of Gaze. His inexperience is starting to show in terms of being predictable and slow to react to opposing coaches' tactics.

I wanna see a starting line-up of Lisch, Newley, Whittington, Powell and Maric. Shake things up, bring in Hill to sub for either Powell or Maric, or depending on match-up bring in Moller.

Purple is a colour that should never be worn by a male sports team.

Colour clash IMO.

And Knight shouldnt be able to wear a black undershit..especially with dark purple opposition shirts. Red is too close to the purple.

Sydney are rocking and rolling! Newley's slashing and finishing ability are truly top shelf. Expect Perth to make adjustments very soon.

Not sure if I like the Cadee Blake combo on D...
Kings starting well though.
Whittington has been HOT!

Bragg picking up where he left off on Friday. Earning his keep at both ends.

Wasteful couple of minutes from Sydney. Yes Bragg is already a very useful player who makes defenders look like they are stuck in mud.

Sydney needs to be worried. Perth just starting to dominate without Knight, Prather or any of their stars going off .

Why do Sydney sell Harding singlets? Is he a DP or 13th man type guy? I have never seen him play.

The Kings with so many scoring threats. Blake's now starting to find his shooting range too

Dexter, Wagstaff, Johnson need to start shooting the 3 balls! if they keep it under 10 3rd quarter in with a chance.

lisch been to quite for my liking, going to step up for sure.

Lisch hasn't started yet, that should worry the cats. Cats starting to push the tempo like Thursday and it's working...why didn't we start that way???

Johnson is very inconsistent. When he is shooting well the cats look so much more dangerous. On nights like tonight with JJ quiet they dont have any punch from the perimeter. He hasn't been an upgrade over Beal thus far

Darcy Harding is a DP for the Kings. Only got 1 min play time this season so far, at the end of a blowout.

Im glad JJ has been listening to me. Showing more aggression and knocking down a three this third quarter

Thanks Steve2. Real game of runs at the moment.

Sydney still struggling to get good looks when Perth show them zone.

Bye bye Perth

... and then some Gleeson floggery sets the scene for 2 daggers.
That'll do it.

disgusting two minutes from the cats there

Costly technical on Gleeson. Perth were gathering momentum until he was T'd up.

Ouch

Doesn't look good for Knight, could be season over for Perth.

Looks like Knight has done his shoulder

Knight looks like it could be season over. Not a fan of perth but wow they are cursed this season with innjuries

Ouch I can tell from Knight's face how that felt, I've popped the old shoulder and its not fun folks.

Looks like another dislocation of his shoulder

Gleeson: "What's the tech for?" Ref (thinking) "Because you're a dickhead"

Good to see Powell come to play tonight

injury-riddled title defense seasons: three times in a row for the Cats now. It's legit a theme: 2010/11, 2014/15 and now 2016/17

Damo and Knight injured again. What were the odds.

Sydney 11+ gets it done

Spewing I didn't put it in my multi

Uggh, just when things are looking up for Perth, that injury to Knight will be costly.
McKay and Brandt need to really find something now, or the Cats need to go shopping for a new import. Barely know which way to turn at the moment. F@#%!

Game was ok, good game by the Kings, predictable result. Once they got their tails up, they were going to be hard to beat at home. Just a little disappointed in the way Perth fell away in the last quarter, especially when the points split could become a factor. Good to see a mini run towards the end though. (Loss of Knight obviously a factor, and could render the split moot.)

So many times the cats controlled the tempo in that second half but committed stupid turnovers and couldn't quite get the lead. Gleesons tech just opitimised the cats poor second half.

Credit to the Kings though they shut down Prather well. So many weapons they deserve to be favourites

Stupid refs. If Hire says the ball wasnt out of him he should be believed! Respected man in the league unlike some.

Refs are so bias against Perth

Yeah they contained Prather well, and that alone is about half the battle in keeping us down.

Refs bias against Perth? lol

Perth had 21 fts to 7

Free throw count :

Perth

daylight

Kings

The technical was on Knight, not Gleeson.

Gleeson is a flog.

Knight is an awesome player, but even as a Kings fan I cringe every time he hits the court.

Entertaining game, and Perth fought hard to keep themselves in it. Good to see Blake find the bottom of the net a few times and Powell getting a steady diet of post feeds. Newley is world class going to the basket, too. Some of his finishes... wow.

Some more good minutes by Bragg tonight for Perth - definitely think he's destined to be the next Weeks. A couple of mistakes at the end of his court time, but that's to be expected.

C'mon people ... that's 3 posts that have misinterpreted "Spewing I didn't put it in my multi"

‏@OlgunUluc

"Matthew Knight walked out of the arena with his left arm in a sling. Doesn't look good for the @PerthWildcats big-man"

Shame for Knight. I like him, the ultimate quiet achiever and has been having a great season

But surely this is karma for all those wankers who've been kicking United while they're down and claiming Barlow doesn't count as an injury, for some incomprehensible set of mysterical reasons

LV you are a sick and twisted POS.

Meh, a lot of people were sick and twisted and kicking United when they had 3 players out. By making up some BS about why 3 equals 2. Like we're living in a Matrix or something.

Perth might be fine, you never know. They are the Cats, after all.

Wow LV

Just wow

No no, it's Karma against all the imbicilic fans who w making fun of other teams injur

How many beers had you downed when you made that karma comment LV? I'd blame it on the alcohol and move on!

LV - Your just full of BS! Ironic that you are calling others wankers when your being one yourself.

LV is almost as big a wanker as Dazz. These two tards make Koberulz look like Steve Kerr.