Dwayne Russell & Homicide unfortunately.

No Conger or Ogilvy surely Melbourne will win

Zodiac

You shouldn't joke about spontaneous combustion of human beings. It does happen.

Game already on mute. I can't take anymore of Homicide and his shitting all over the broadcast. The players are what we're here for not him, his time has been and gone.

40pts!!!!

You're not listening to me. Actually you are, but you are not listening to what I am saying.

Melbourne will win this easily.

watching Rotnei really does remind me of early 90s Shane Heal. great entertainment when he's on.

Tommy is from Melbourne so of course he is a fanboi and never criticize.

Did someone say WABAP

Someone did.

So Gouding throws the ball out of bounds and Melbourne gets the ball???

Anyone else having Foxtel Play issues? Can't load any live channels.

This game is getting ugly for Illawarra. They need to slow the game down, use the zone defence.

tommy greer gota go. Useless

"get loose offensively" the bloke got 14 points.

" Crap game, both sides be lucky to make finals"
After Perth, NZ and Adelaide that 4th spot is open for both these teams or Cairns.

Goulding played perhaps the best defensive game of his career + 14 points and five assists.

Bit of respect pls

Infinitely more respect for those who defend hard as opposed to dropping 30

Hawks missing 2 of their best players, nothing to really celebrate! Team still looks average to me and im a United fan!

I don't think they can lay claim to anything yet, but that should change in Cairns on Saturday

Unimpressive win by United

Had 15 turnovers a touch over halfway through the third quarter. Apart from a quality stretch where they scored 19 in a row, United were generally uninspiring. And Bevo helped there by leaving Rotnei on the bench for too long.

Plenty of those turnovers were from dumb or lazy play.

Wesley was great and Goulding looks to have got some confidence back. Those are the positives for Melbourne.

Props to Illawarra for their workmanlike competitiveness and smart play, keeping in touch till the 3rd despite being badly undermanned

Casper is best when he mixes it up on O. Driving lanes with that nice floater he has but lately he has just been jacking shit 3's. He needs to get inside for some easy 2s or kick out to an open shooter on the drive. His slump along with Gouldings has really effected the team. DA is so done its not funny!!

Was really hoping for better than that from United

2 wks to prepare with only one guy off on Boomers duties. 2 weeks to stew over that embarrassing loss to Perth.

What they came out with over the first 2 and a bit quarters just wasn't what it needed to be.

Still, I guess it's still an 18 point win. Move on and hope they can finally string some wins in a row

Why does Dwayne Russell have an orgasm every time Goulding shoots the ball?

Homicide full of shit as usual refusing to acknowledge Perth for the title.
Perth has a fair share of haters but most will admit they're contenders.

Injuries mar the comp right now. Most unusual to have so many out so early

Probably about the result you'd expect with two Hawks starters missing and playing on the road. But still, you'd want to see a few second chances. 51-28 on the boards is hard to overcome.

Ellis finally let out of the doghouse and had 14 off the bench.

Is there any chance Homicide gets held accountable for any of his comments?

"Rotnie's got 40 in the book"...He had 24.

"Someone's getting fired if United loose".

Who, the coach, imports, management? What is he basing this on??

His commentary has got better but he has to stop making bullshit predictions with no basis.

Yeah the refs let a lot go last night- at both ends, compared to the precedent they've set this season.

Best way to understand Homicide is that he's very keen to be the Stephen A Smith of the NBL. That means he's likely (or unable not to) make big statements and cause controversy.

Stephen A Smith is confined to his own show where you can watch the games without ever dealing with him, though.

I suggested buying a McDonald's cheeseburger for every game he's on commentary, and he retweeted it.

He joined a few of us for dinner the other week (after the Adelaide game). I was sitting opposite him and mentioned that I mute the games he's commentating. Water off a duck's back!