Bookies favoring home teams in both games.
Might come down to % at seasons end.
Not sure who has higher % currently.

You're only as good as your last game in this league. Form reversals for both teams last week. If the refs put the wistles away Adelaide's high paced attacking game could stall like the Brisbane game.

Perth playing like craps, still 3rd. Not bad, Adelaide and Melbourne are on fire but will that fire continue to burn in the post season?

Wouldn't be surprised Perth get swept this weekend but it will be different hopefully in the semis.

Hard to go for the 3 peat, I personally still don't think they put the best team together to try. Every other team's upgraded.

Still, wouldn't think both team's will play as hard and give away to much knowing they will meet again.

Home court advantage is massive but I could see both team's winning one game away. Hopefully no injuries and they can look forward when it really matters.

They won title last year from third.

Is Greg Hire playing?

No guarantee even if they finished 1st either.

Easy Perth win

They really should have upgraded from DC. And Clint has been disappointing... a shooter who hasn't been hot at all lately.
Walker's game has gone off which means they rely heavily on Brandt as inside presence. Cooke is lacking offensively and the defence just sags off him, further clogging the paint.
They really need some more shooters and penetration. Tokoto seems to be exposed and there's ever more pressure on Cotton to perform.
I see Adelaide sweeping.

#669780 correct, Gleeson has been found out after a vital core of the Wildcats success (recruited by Bevo) retired.

Some very glum looks on the faces of Perth fans at the cricket tonight. Here's hoping Perth fans have the same looks on their faces at the basketball tomorrow.

Recruited by Bevo though. Which was the point.

Lol surely the whole 'Bevo Bevo Bevo' love fest is over? Gleeson has won 3 of the last 4; Bevo won one. And some clown out there still thinks that Gleesons success has something to do with him? Lol.

In fairness, if Greenwood hadn't walked out things would look very different.

I'd walk out if Gleeson was going to coach me.

Having a new recruit want to leave after a championship isn't exactly a big positive either.

@PerthWildcats

Development player LOCHLAN CUMMINGS will suit up for the Perth Wildcats for the very first time tonight!
Cummings is a 183cm West Aussie guard. He shot the three-ball at 42% in the 2017 SBL season.
Get after it, Lochy!

Ha

Looking forward to this one but expecting a loss tonight.

Perth Wilcats

Loving the way we're playing now

Ramone Moore is a stud

We're getting home cooking in Perth!

Had to be 3 of the worst make it 4 of the worst calls against Perth. What a disgrace

These refs should be banned from refereeing NBL games. They are a DISGRACE and biased against Perth

Cats conceding more points in a quarter than NZ/Ill did in a half

Wow. Don't think anyone can argue how atrocious those last 2 calls against the Cats were.

Heh heh heh.

Seriously tho, coming coming coming down your throat. That's probably the best line from a commentator I've ever heard. He gave himself so much time to say anything but "throat". Bruh...

Miss a poster get freethrows...

Great game. Pity people don't enjoy high scoring games and find them boring around here.

This is a great game

Now I got something to say.

Coaches and players complain about referees being poor communicators, but a) do they have an obligation to talk to those who disagree with their calls? And b) players and coaches are seldom reasonable in their interactions, so why should refs get bashed for failing to communicate properly. Rather than argue a call, do your job and keep playing/coaching.

Trevor is such a pig on the sidelines. Joey not much better.

What a disgrace! Home cooking my god damn ass.

Hell of a game so far

"Up up and in you" -Homicide

Hommy on fire

Home cooking? No one saying anything?

Fuck Redhage is boring

Anon suggestimg perth is getting the calls please.

Good to see Vlahov showing some love for Bradtke.

Best big man in NBL history hands down.

Gleeson having a sook

That's what happens 5 on 5

14-0 run this is pathetic

Here come the 36ers freethrows

The call on brandt was disgraceful. Hand was up no way he reached in

Show some heart for christ sake

15-0 run

Was that a devil worship symbol from Cotton after that made 3?

Have Adelaide come out of the locker rooms yet

Looks like we were content with a great half.

Moore was out of controlled and mowed marto down. No warning tech wow just wow

Hell has officially frozen over

Finally our first field goal in the third, only took 6 minutes.

Omg the 37ers in the keyway means freethrows rule has been activated

Gleeson:

"He stood on his foot!

He can't stay standing when someone stands on his foot.

He stood on his foot!

Ref: "I didn't see it Trev"

Gleeson: "I did, he stood on his foot!"

Classic Trev. This is why everyone thinks you're annoying

No flop warning?

Haha man Joey sounded so ocker right there.

"Hee din' touch 'im"

The cats should have put them away in the third quarter but started playing dumb. Now the 6ers have it back under 10 points and their momentum back

Damn.

Did Deng just get pinged for fouls on TWO straight clean blocks?

Gotta love the home cooking. Damn, keep them in 4th spot!

Needs to be multiple people for a circle jerk. Who'd he join, you guys on this forum?

Deng got called for pushing with his body, not due to hand checks going for the blocks.

It's only 1 game, but I've been saying for the past few weeks now that Adelaide is all hype. All sizzle, no steak et cetera. 1 game ain't enough but you're starting to get the picture that they're phony. I'm saying that, I'm tipping them on the second leg.

Melbourne is the only real team in the comp

Comon 6ers atleast dont lodse by 20 plus.

Level above, they are

6ers getting outplayed in every facet of the game. Really poor effort.

Clean blocks by Majok, refs just excusing themselves for blowing the whistle anticipating contact. Terrible.

we getting " Coocked "

The refs are out of their depth in this league. Almost every game i see clean blocks called fouls

Poor LV, posting mel and perth as the only legit teams. No LV, nothing legit about the United yet

6ers are better then united

There is, Jimmy

United is the best in the league. They a real one

Talk about home Cooking.. Jr dominating as a wide receiver

United are not better the mighty 6ers

Nothing mighty about the Adelaide 36ers right now

Melb are certainly better than us, swept us 4-0 this season.

Kenny can play.

I cant believe this is the same Wagstaff of 2 weeks ago?

Between us and Perth the home teams have gone 3-0 this season. I expect we'll see a much better game from us on Sunday.

This loss had nothing to do with home cooking. Perth turned the screws defensively at the start of the 3rd qtr and we wilted and turned to shit.

Sleater Kinny with big time threes

Has brandt actually fouled anyone tonight? That is sensationally bad. Nbl you are embarassing yourself. Same reff wirh the straight dmo tech and magically brandt unsportsmanlike

Is Gleeson actually whinging about that call?

... What did Larkins even do there? Boxed out Walker, and then got body slammed. Walker is playing a lot better this year, but still can't cut the bonehead fouls out of his game. Plagued him his whole career.

How many warnings can majok get? Got one the play before stepping up to wagstaff? Yet were throwing ts and unsportsmanlikes the other way...

Haha, Perth out here grabbing heads

The funny thing was Gleeson was protesting the call, he's deranged.

Waxy with the typical bonehead tech foul

Homicide coming down throats

J - Majok stepped up to Wagstaff due to Wagstaff holding him, currently called delay of game and moved on. He's been called for fouls on two cleans blocks and just got called for a foul when put in a headlock. Refs should be apologising to Majok.

Trev utter pig

Whats creek excuse?? PLEASE

Distinct ejaculation theme tonight

What's Creek's excuse for fouling Cooke and stopping a dunk?

Whats creek excuse?? PLEASE

Cookes a loose cannon

Gleeson's act on the sideline and the way the Cats have played this last Q have me hoping Adelaide win by 40 on Sunday.

Next NBL promo right here

Dexter has probably hurt his chances of a future NBL contract tonight

So u shoulder charge aplayer mid air, which starts a fight and the penaltt is equal??

Love it!!!

To be fair that was blown out of proportion. Its not really that bad.Teys tech, then the dude who hit him. Leave everyone else alone.

Teys shot was a dog act and deserved the retaliation. No need to slam him like that and got what it deserved. And i hate perth lol.

Teys was an unsportsmanlike no question, but DKD's shoulder charge after the whistle should be a suspension (not that it matters, given he is a scrub)

What did cooke do to get suspended? Please explain?

Everyone go back and watch the replay, DKD was reacting to Teys shoulder charge on Cummings when he drove the key, Teys wasn't playing the ball at all and took a cheap shot a young kid in his first game, DKD while misguided did exactly what Creek did when Walker threw Larkins on the ground.

Was it like the body slam by Walker on Larkins?

Hahah this is like WWF. Shorter giving it to the crowd

Adelaide 36'ers from three point land 5/19.

That's the whole story.

Lol at anon on Cooke, did nothing wrong

Dexter should be suspended for that but it was the retaliation that was brewing for most of the fourth quarter. Larkins and teys were playing pretty dirty once the game was out of reach. They are lucky Cooke was on the sidelines when the melee erupted

The guy who got headlocked from behind that wasnt on the court was the instigator. The 420 is strong with this one

Turned to my family at 3/4 time and said someone is going to hit someone soon. If a fan sitting in the stands can see that...how can the 3 muppets in grey not? They let that get out of hand by not pulling up Cooke, Deng, Walker and Creek earlier.

DKD should get suspended, but so should Teys (haven't watched the replay yet but those were the clear 2).

Both teams will and should be fined but the refs need some time off and retraining.

Interesting side note, both walker and shorter got sent to the locker i assume for leaving the bench. Both to automatically cop a game, that been sunday?

Well the Sixers have certainly played the Wildcats back into form.

The last two games is exactly why Sixers have a lot of work to do if they want to be viewed as a serious challenger. They can't lock down teams when momentum swings against them.

Fight to be looked at during the week. Only one guy will be suspended. The rest will get fines.

Anon are you calling nba playoffs juniors? Learn the rules almost as thick as your captain. Remember how he got it cause creek is, well creek

https://streamable.com/8vluo

Video above

We need to find out why Dexter and teys had an argument in the back court.

Seen the replay now.

Teys lined up on a debutant who was on the court 1minurte. Bloody low and deserved retaliation, no team would let that slip.

I switched off just past half way through Q4 I was so disgusted with the Sixers, looks like I should have watched all of it.

That video was hilarious, 3 people holding Steindl down when he was trying to get up off Drmic. Steindl looked like trying to stop the fight.

5 people holding Tokoto back.

Derek Cooke Jr blamed but was so far from the action, that is just gold.

Teys should get a fine.
DKD should be suspended for starting the melee.

While I agree that DKD should miss a game, I would feel far more comfortable with my behavior if I was him than I would if I was Teys.

Jumping into a first gamer like that with 1 second to go and your team down 20 would have to be one of the most gutless things I have seen in the NBL. Teys is supposedly setting the standard for his team as captain. Hopefully he looks at it and sees it for the coward act it was.

Well said vodka63 summed it up perfectly

Yeah, I've watched it back a few times, Teys actually lines him up raises a knee and doesn’t get close to raising his hands to make it look like a basketball play., was pretty poor for an experienced player and captain on a first gamer. Not condoning DKDs actions put the league has to look at what caused the retaliation.

Perth will argue that Dexter was actually trying to hit Petrie from behind

Everyone focusing on DKD, but won't Gleeson and Nielsen face repurcussions for entering the fray?

They weren't throwing punches, they were peacemakers, but regardless leaving the bench is frowned upon isn't it?

Coaches are allowed to leave the bench to stop a fight , players aren't. Based on that my tip is Shorter and Walker will be in the most trouble of the lot

I hope Bryce Cotton and JP Tokoto get suspended for 6 weeks

As for the game result: Perth played a great game. Adelaide we're a bit lazy after the break when they should have been standing on Perths throat (no joke meant considering the fight).

As for the refs: how do they 1: completely miss what is right in front of them or 2: completely misinterpret what is right in front of them?

I'm not calling bias either. Just more substandard reffing in a league that deserves better.

They talk to the refs because the refs ARE garbage. All the players, coaches and fans are frustrated.

@LV correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that coaches were allowed to enter the court to break up a melee.

That's what I thought too

I enjoyed watching Walker throw that little Adelaide guy to the ground.
DKD won't be an NBL player next year and if Adelaide are smart Teys won't be captain again.

Re coaches stepping on the court, yeah maybe you're right.

That's a better approach if true.

Teys set a shocking example as captain.
No other team would want him

A DOG ACT from Teys who is not worth the singlet he wears.

Brandt did well to stop the bench boys running on and knocking out Adelaide players who were behaving like animals. Brandt is the forgotten hero in all of this.

Apparently charges have been laid. Penalties will be known later this afternoon, including any possible suspensions.

Word I've got is the NBL will allow any players who are suspended (not sure if there are but sounds like it) will still be allowed to play in Sunday's game.

"They talk to the refs because the refs ARE garbage. All the players, coaches and fans are frustrated."

No, they do it because it's part of the culture. NBL coaches have been abusing and complaining at and about refs since 1979. The fans have been abusing and declaiming the standard of refereeing just as long.

I continue to think that it comes back to the overly complex nature of the game's rules and the variable interpretations placed on similar plays according to contextual factors. The debates on this forum, with rulebooks at 20 paces, have just re-inforced my views on this, over the years.

Sniper Teys setting a great example for his team. Perhaps frustrated by his zero point, 1 rebound, 2 turnover, 3 foul return from just under 8 minutes on the court. What he did was not actually a whole lot different to what Childress did a few years ago, although he didn't go for the throat.

Such is the courage of Teys that there is no way he would have done that had it been any of the established Wildcats players with the ball.

Why is it that the emotion between Perth and Adelaide generally spills over when Adelaide are losing?

Adelaide are great winners and bad losers .They love to dish it out when they are winning but act like little cry babies when things dont go there way ..

Agree, no heros out of this, and for those full of testosterone, it doesn't need to be highlighted by th NBL

Tokoto could have raced onto the court, smacked Teys in his stupid jaw and been suspended for 10 games.

Cooke Jr could have poleaxed that Larkins kid and then thrown Joey to the floor.

Remember Brandt's courageous actions when the Cats go on another title run. It would not have been possible if we have all our stars suspended

Peter john its not that complex, no one touched sobey om that layup and deng got all ball twice. Did brandt do anything to warrant an unsportsmanlike other than hold walker back from another stupid act?

A ridiculous version of events from Mock

A number of reports have been made following last night's game between the Perth Wildcats and Adelaide 36ers at Perth Arena.

Adelaide's Brendan Teys and Perth's Dexter Kernich-Drew were both reported for unduly rough play arising from an incident in the fourth quarter.

Adelaide's Shannon Shorter and Perth's Lucas Walker were reported for leaving their benches during the same incident in the fourth quarter.

Majok Deng, Nelson Larkins, Anthony Drmic, Mitch Creek and Shannon Shorter (Adelaide) and Dexter Kernich-Drew, Clint Steindl and Jarrod Kenny (Perth) were all reported for engaging in a melee.

The reports will be now reviewed by the NBL Game Review Panel and any charges will be announced by 6pm Sunday

Larkins charged into Walker shoulder first in an attempt to "block out" even though Walker was not in a rebounding position. Walker sidestepped to avoid the contact and helped Larkins along as they met, with Larkins momentum sending him past Walker and down. If Walker had thrown Larkins down it would have been a more serious incident. Larkins initiated the contact which was unnecessary. Walker had avoided any hard contact and should have just let Larkins fall by himself.

^ no bias at all in that interpretation, lol


At least now we know what it takes for the NBL to get a mention on the clickbait-oriented news sites
(there's an article about the game, titled "Benches cleared as ugly brawl erupts" on news.com.au today)

Exactly, Luuuc, this is the type of garbarge required to get on these types of news sites. I personally dont mind a heated rivalry and some pushing and shoving at times - i think its great - but its stupid that the media only love this type of stuff. Pure click bait - was nowhere near an "ugly brawl"

The media love it? FFS the league uses that sort of stuff as a promotional tool, so there is that.

For those who missed the Walker-Larkins thing, here's about 10 replays of it:




And for anyone else with a sense of humour as juvenile as mine ...

Brandt unsportsmanlike is mind boggling. Trying to diffuse a situation to get on with the game, he was not the one being confrontational.

Walker foul was definite there, no one bats an eye when 2 bigs do that, which happens every game. He over reacted. Little guy had to box out hard due to the weight difference, but the motion is nothing new to the nbl, just too much force.

Not sure how repeatedly shoving Creek counts as trying to 'defuse' anything.

Tokyo Jo likes to play the tough guy - he ain't no saint in this rubbish

funny how perth caint see walker did anything wrong there
(larkins)

here about 4 post up .. (luuuc)....

Tokyo Jo plays aggressive knees up at the basket to hurt and doesn't mind wanting to run the floor to get involved in the stupidity at the end.
Silly foul by Teys, at least USF, but what happened to him before and after?

No one worth listening to is saying walkers play was acceptable. No one worth listening too is saying teys play was acceptable.

"Not sure how repeatedly shoving Creek counts as trying to 'defuse' anything."

"Shoving".. hes stopping creek from trying to start something more serious, telling him to go back to his own team. Pretty obvious by Brandt turning his back to him after the first one but creek kept coming back. You don't turn your back on someone your trying to be agressive with.

He shouldnt have to do that but the ref wasnt dealing with the situation at all.

Teys is insignificant.
DKD is too IMO

ABC TV News ' ten (10) reports ' .....

Have the refs been to Spec savers?