An unfortunate loss, but I did tip Townsville, so that's some consolation.
According to Boti's report, Dusty got his first rebound in the third quarter so the Crocs must have really targetted him. Coops went out at one stage with an eye injury and didn't get back into the game.
Maher's 16 points in the 2nd included four threes. Good to see Holmes get back into the action, with 12 points in the second half en route to an 18 and 10 double. Looks like Smyth adjusted the minutes to get more time for Holmes and Forman, and Rees picked up Cooper's spare minutes. One board in 18 minutes -- come on Reesy!
Dusty may have only played 27 minutes because he wasn't getting boards? Not sure.
The first thing I thought when I saw the stats was -- Robertson, again! He beat us in Adelaide last year, and he's done it again, though most of his points came in the first half.
Somewhere I implied that Newley was too one-dimensional to outrank some other small-forwards in the league, so he responds with 11 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Oops!
Not too many turnovers in the game, Adelaide with 10 all up (including 4 from Holmes).