Jack might actually be right can see NZ winning this one.

No racist overtones intended

Terrico back to take a bit of scoring pressure off Cotton, and pretty sure it's Kays 100th game? I'll be happy with 1/2 wins over NZ this weekend.

Good to face a decent team. Can see a 1-1 split this weekend.

Might add we are the only team with 2 imports, can only play who they can. Perth are the most travelled team also with a few players out and still won.

2.20 WA tip-off has really got me thinking about leaving work early...

Going to be a tough one, that's for sure. Especially without Martin and Brandt. Really annoyed we haven't done more to plug the gap.

I think most Wildcats fans would be happy with a split,
provided we get the points split. Don't want to see Wilbur in a Breakers Singlet.

Perth threads get over 100 post's, majority of people on here don't like them and find anything to nitpick.

BPerth threads get over 100 post's, majority of people on here don't like them and find anything to nitpick.

Cheers, Big Ears!

Will this game be shown on NBL TV?

Jack@264

Post's vs posts isn’t grammar anyway. It’s about punctuation being necessary or not.

But Perf is the accepted spelling of Australia's over-entitled western outposts. That’s probably the only spelling Nazism we need here.

It's spelled Perthworld.

spelt*

Spelled or spelt?

Good to see this thread has derailed already.

Spelling and punctuation is a big deal to some apparently.

Others just want to discuss hoops.

The refs have already said : " Thanks for posting . "

Great minutes from Vague so far

UP THE CATS!

Great work by the Wildcats developing his game, should have a long career with that size and shot.

Blow the technical AFTER the play has ended. What a wanker ref

Long is slamming that thing down hard tonight

These refs are killing this game.

For you other old timers out there...Mitch Norton reminding me a lot of Mike Ellis from back in the day. Oh boy, I am seriously getting on in years!!

Was Mike Ellis father of Cody

Not just was, he still is!

These are just silly fouls from nz

Just another dumb foul, u cant walk under the shooter

What happened to hire originally?

Long's elbow hit him in the face coming down from a shot. wrong place, wrong time for hire on that one. but looked a solid hit.

Ahhh cool. Never liked hire anyways so good hit Long.

Wow, that Long call was BS. Webster, fair enough, he grabbed him. Soft, but OK.

Norton can't believe the ref had the audacity to call a foul on him.

Wasn't defending, was surprised at why you woupd give up such a silly foul anon

Yeah, my fave commentary duo. I hope Cotton milks 3 FTs here post-timeout.

Seen this before.

Man, shoot the effin ball Shea.

Refs want to wrap this thing up.

Agree anon, like most other people watching outside of Perth, I imagine.

Told the ref to f off, i think the t was warranted, the call im not sure.

Just saw foul count. 32-17 against the Breakers

What have the refs been like? Fair or away cooking?

LOL Wildcats with 37 FT attempts

No wonder the TV ratings are embarrassing.

Who wants to watch those amatuer morons called referees blow the whistle every 20 secs. No wonder the TV have not taken off in this league.

I cant wait till LK bails out

I'd tell the ref to f off if he fouled me out on that garbage too, to be fair.

Oh crap

He just busted cottons fucking wrist its a huge foul ffs.

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Probably would've got the call if the scoreline had been closer.

Hand is part of the ball anyway.

Come on weeks get your 5th add to the foul out list

That should make the foul count look a tiny bit more respectable, nice call.

And you all wonder why this league gets terrible TV ratings

Anything is possible when the referees have your backs.

Out of all the pro sports in Australia, i have never in mu life seen a sport where the referees ADORE one of the teams as the NBL referees ADORE the wildcats.

Another tough road win. Onya Cats.
Please be ok, Cotton.

Yep, lets ignore the numerous fouls committed to stop the clock. Lets also ignore the brainless turnovers in the overtime period from NZ.

It's like one of those Bigfooty match threads where all people concentrate on is the officials.

If you blame the officials for a loss, whether it be basketball, football or effing table tennis, you are moron. It's that simple.

Players make a sh*tload more errors than a ref in a game, yet they get a pass.

Oh yeah the NBL want Perth to win every game... its great for the league. Moronic comments by moronic people.

I don't know how much different he looks, but he has more around him to work with so his production is certainly better.
Huge game from him.

Perth get the biggest crowds so it is in the best interests of the league to have them up in the ladder.

You think LK is in this thing for the love of it or for a return on investment?

Perth just dont lose foul counts despite being the most physical team in the league

Yeah if NZ had won that game it would have been empty at Perth Arena for the rest of the season.

Blame the players for their reckless defence before you look at the reffing. Breakers are undisplined.

How many times did Webster foul Cotton shooting a three. that's not bad reffing. that's bad defence.

New Zealand played such undisciplined defense against a superior opponent. Really loving the rise of Norton!

Where to now for the Breakers?

Corey Webster only 3 points, where to for him?

Surely time for an import PG- I'm thinking a Kevin Dillard type! Heck, someone like Cedric Jackson would be awesome, distribute, drive and dish etc

Curious as to how Jon Chapman and Chris Reid ended up on the same crew.

Referees do love Adelaide, but without doubt there number 1 crush is Perth.

Just game after game after game referees do carry them.

Perth lose its because their opponents are better.
Perth wins it must be home/away cooking.

Damian Who?

I only got home from work in time to see the last 2 mins of regulation and OT and I saw NZ intentionally foul 5 times...that's 10 FTs plus the tech, that's 11 so is 22-17 a better result for you? Or do you want to keep blaming the refs?

Norton has earnt the starting spot now. Still will be great to have Martin back and I think he can be effective in 15mins a game broken into a few 5 min bursts.

Hand hasn't been part of the ball for years

Norton and Kay must be loving the switch to Perth.
Hopefully they go after Grida or Naar in a few years.

For the most part that was a great tussle. So much energy when these two teams play.

Simple fact is that with starters out, Perth are playing smarter D, and its working for them.
Yes, there were a few unlucky calls against NZ. Long unlucky to foul out on that one.
But there were also LOTS of stupid bonehead fouls by NZ. Webster, already on 4 fouls, wraps both arms around his opponent. Yeah it was soft, but it was also stupid. Abercrombe same deal, and then tops it off with a tech.

This game just pretty much proves the point.
Obviously its NOT home cooking
Obviously the NBL doesn't want the Cats to roll NZ at home, if anything they would want to keep the rivalry strong.

If you want to blame someone or something, blame the Cats for buying the best team, and blame the system that allowed it to happen.

Kay is hands down the best PF in the comp right now.
No team should have a PG as good as Norton coming off the bench,
Cotton should not even be in this league.

Return game will be interesting, as Trev rode his stars pretty hard.

NZ did themselves no favours in this game but at least showed some fight and heart to get back in the game and force overtime.

I'm expecting another 0/2 weekend here in Breakerworld.

9 wins and 1 loss is awesome.
We still have to play Sydney 4 times and Melbourne 3 times including twice over in Melbourne.
Looking forward to those challenges on the way to another playoff appearance.

I'm expecting another 0/2 weekend here in Breakerworld.

Surely its time for NZ to swap out Moore for a decent PG, and/or someone who can actually score?

How about the HJs plug in the match report. Top notch

Well if that is your definition of "Awesome" then you must be really happy.
Your team played "awesome"

Ili's a promising young player, and if their plan is to build towards a finals campaign in a few years, then he's probably on target.