LOL. I was in the process of typing it up...

Hellavu day at the office

Jack Toft's preamble for this one, given it was posted after LoveBroker's:

Perth have been on the ropes the last few games and been punched around the ring, but a win against Sydeney warmed the cockles of their heart. The top of the table is flatter than a salt pan in eastern Western Australia and the heat on teams to perform is just as hot.

Both teams need a win tonight. Beating Perth in Perth is the plan. Can the Sixers do it?

It's been a week from hell in Adelaide with a new record maximum set yesterday. The heat the Sixers players will receive tonight from the Perf fans will be just as hot but they will be used to it.

The only good thing about playing Perth is they have red jerseys, which don't tend to show the blood when wiped on them.

So will the West beat the Sixers, or will the Sixers Swoop in for the win? Adelaide with a touch more form, but Perth have the three blind mice on their side.

I'm thinking the Sixers will swoop.

A really intriguing contest. Perth always hard to beat at home and Adelaide are up and down. Good memories for Adelaide last time they were in this building. I'll be providing a speck of blue in amongst the red army.

Can't see how Adelaide maintains its form with such a weak bench. The two main bench contributors, Froling and Majok, don't exactly guarantee you production every night. I think they lose tonight, and they'll lose some games you think they shouldn't (perhaps Cairns) before the season is out

What a bloody aweful game time.

I think Perth win too, my prediction is 17 points (Sorry Rat10 I think the boys will be 0-2 this weekend).

Cotton, Brandt and Kay will have key roles in the win.

"Cotton, Brandt and Kay will have key roles in the win.“

They'll need to have big games for Perth to win. No other reliably consistent scorers really.

LOL @ the multiple swoop references. #SwoopCity

As much as I would like to see the 36ers win after the great win against them here last week they're a completely different animal in Perth. Not just the noted home cooking they get but they seem to grow an extra leg in that great atmosphere too.

Perth by 8

As always it will come down to how many biased home calls keep the Cats in the game.

Adelaide play very well at perth arena as well, so not to much to worry about that.

Udog, standard we lose there is something wrong finals gone bla bla. They win because of the ref's.

Lost 5 grand finals of memory? If that was the case we would have been 13 titles.

Adelaide play very well at perth arena as well, so not to much to worry about that.

Perth inability to defend well for 40 min will hurt them. Terrico is not a good defender and is regularly a step behind or out of place. Someone might get a few on him tonight. Marmalaide to leave a bitter taste in Trevs gob.

Sorry, Majok has done a rib hasn't he. So zero depth there

Christ, McVeigh's in the thick of it. Now Doyle!

These blokes are popping up like whack-a-moles

*swish*

Doyle nothing but net from three.

:[

Getting some good minutes from McVeigh since we lost Ramone.

Sixers have got out to a good lead twice so far but have let the cats back into both times by falling in love with the three. Need to put more pressure on the rim.

Norton with what looks like a serious calf injury. Non-contact injury too, which is not usually a good sign.

That is a really stupid unsportsmanlike call by the refs. The wildcats were obviously trying to foul to stop the play so norton could get off the court. The refs need to show some common sense and a feel for the situation there.

No Uncle Phil, haven't you heard, it's not a basketball play. We need to stamp these fouls out of the game, etc.

Hopefully nothing serious for Mitch, it didn't look good though the way he grabbed his calf.

Norton's done his Achilles not a calf

That's because the Achilles attaches to the calf, you can tell by the way he turned around like he was shot. That doesn’t happen with a calf

His season is obviously over. That is without question

"Whats the difference this quarter Homicide ? "

correct answer was - "Joe's playing his bench - like they are 20 points up with 2 minutes to go"

SWOOP CITY

20 mins to define this season.

Can you add a local? Do they have to play 7 game's? To qualify?

Will the Sixers be true to their city and swoop down to take the win in Perth?

"Can't see how Adelaide maintains its form with such a weak bench. The two main bench contributors, Froling and Majok, don't exactly guarantee you production every night. I think they lose tonight, and they'll lose' some games you think they shouldn't (perhaps Cairns) before the season is out"

Now, I'm invested.

I mean, I'm ALWAYS emotionally invested with the Sixers.

And against Perth.

But now...

I guess perth could sign an import, but they won't play finals, only option for a player that will qualify is Sunday, who replaced guys earlier, i suspect they will take that option, pending the unfortunate worst for norton

Well that's really bit management in the backside.

Wagstaff is still on the team mate

Strapping in for the Perth fan-boi's tears.

You guys had the most dominant empire for the longest time.

You jnr program and grass roots stuff defined the most impressive franchise in NBL history.

No doubt.

We're going to beat you now.

Man Froling's ceiling is huge. I still feel like he is underrated insofar as I feel like not many people grasp just how much potential he has. Sky is the limit.

I love his attitude too. He is really determined and confident (which are qualities which can get him to the NBA).

Opening play of second half, Cotton has DJ out top and Brandt sets a ball screen.. like why??!

Can we sign homicide?

SOBEY!

Agreed Frolings ceiling is huge.. I think nba'er within 2-3 years

How am I still triggered from the Grace, Vlahov, Fisher, Craword era?

I feel like Frolling lacks the mental aspect.

Homicide on the Cats would be like Sonic on a Nintendo console


Hehe

That has to be the worst charge block back to back... clearly wrong.

God damn Martin is such a solid player. Definition of a veteran leader.

For all his impact on the offensive end, Wiley is such a poor defender. Gambles, loses his man off the ball, etc.

I thought the charge was right. Don't feel the same about the block.

But I didn't really see it close was getting another beer

Solid from Cade. Recognised the switch left Adl exposed.

Wiley is loose... but it's fun to watch

BIG from Cade

Achilles I'm guessing.
Exactly the same thing happened with Darren Perry in the early 90’s, turned around to see who had kicked him in the back of the leg except no one was there.
The reason he’s holding the calf is because the Achilles has snapped and shot half way up his leg!

Charge was correct. DJ was square and contact was chest to chest. On the block, the Perth defender was not square and was still moving.

Why do we persist with Drmic. Why? Bring Darren Ng back.

We got this Sixers family.

No J, those were both clearly the right calls, Brandt dropped the shoulder into the middle of DJ's chest and Kay was clearly still moving sideways when contact was made.

In other news, the Sixers really have stunk it up since the start of the second quarter. The offence looks terrible.

What's your real name Anon?

Step up.

Message me

Anyone else having problems with nbl.tv? :/

Lol

Anon, will send my private email. Let's sort this out offline.

How does casper feel about froling not getting a usf..?

What's happened to ADL's offence? Doesn't even look like they're running anything and spacing is awful. Hopefully the timeout works wonders here for them.

Nbl tv good for me no probs

Talk shit, step up. I'll send you my name, addy, whatever you want. Are you legit or just a keyboard warrior piece of shit mouth? Let's go!

Step up

17 points since quarter time with 3:44 to go in the third. Brilliant play by the 36ers in offence and strong coaching by Wright. Looks like the white board getting smashed foretold the rest of the game.

Figured. 15 year old girl

As crazy as it seems, if Perth win here, somehow their championship aspirations are going to be back on track.

I'd just be very scared about playing them come finals. Especially because they are so good at home.

This is getting heated.


Won't be surprised to see a few ejections swoop in to this

Sixers offence is looking very reminiscent of that last quarter in the bullets game. The team is really struggling to put together any sort of consistency this season. Not normal for the Sixers under Joey to have these prolonged scoring droughts.

CLass from Cotton. That was huge.

We're fucked.

There it is, thought we'd go a whole game without the patented Cotton leg flick.

Congrats Perth. You fought your way back into playoff contention. Go smash 'em. We're done.

This is the most active wildcat defence I have seen in at least two seasons.

Really idiotic play by Hire. Deliberately bowled Froling over. He's had some brain snaps lately.

P.s. whether you like Gleeson or not you can't deny that he plays the referees beautifully. He does the victim mentality beautifully and it works (even if it forces the refs into second guessing a call and looking for a make up call).

Hand it to them - the Wildcats have more heart than we do.

Gee wiz Wright, definitely stick with this lineup for another 5 minutes and see how you go.

Hate losing, but respect a solid enemy.

Anons aren't human to me. Ever wath American History X?

It's your jaw on the curb.

And my boot behind your head.

Don't stress just yet Pete. We have found ways to lose games with decent leads. Your mob are still in it.

Perth's ball movement and speed of their offense has noticeably improved from previous weeks. They're throwing skip passes, getting into sets quicker, cutting harder and generally playing an higher tempo offensive game.

It's working great for them and they're getting great open looks and hitting.

Much harder Perth team to defend when they are playing like that (Versus the slowed ground out offense they've been playing recently).

Just getting waxed. Shame considering the Brisbane result.

Perth turned it around. Respect the old enemy. Well played. Hope you guys go deep in the finals.

I really like Deng.

We got beat.

Straight up.

Respect to the winners.

It's weird. I hate Perth SO much after a lifelong rivalry... but I feel like if we don't win, I want Perth to smash the rest.

A real fizzle of a game for Conger tonight. I thought his couple of terrible selfish possessions in the 2nd Q really derailed the Sixers tonight while they were looking like they might be on the verge of blowing the game open.

ADHD is a prerequisite to be a 36er isn't it?

Sorry that was a bit rude... They do have a fair few angry ants though

left at the 1 st qt with sixers shooting the lights out

what the f*** happened since??

Wildcats are back.

Ugh.

Hurts.

32 points in the 1st quarter then 27 in 2 and half quarters for teh sixers. This league is a joke of basketball

Does McVeigh have ADHD?

But i guess the d was set then..

25 mins later, we still have 3 points less than what we scored in the first quarter.

how can a team shoot 8/40 on the field and called themselves professional basketball players?

Luckily for us tonight has shown that both the Bullets and Sixers are pretenders.

Cotton to Homicide was classic. #playoffs

@dione NBL basketball is more freestyle than the regimented European style, especially the 36ers. It is pretty poor but it is what it is - plus their coach is apparently leaving so care factor may be lower.

Sixers can't stop teams when they get on a run as they don't have the necessary discipline to play selfless basketball.

Massive Adelaide fan but the are lazy and soft. Especially when calls and balls going the other way. Tonight they were slow and weak. No fight at all. Just rolled over. Slow and weak

Selfless free flowing basketball worked for Joey at the Bullets because he had a team of veterans. Now he has young players and it doesn't quite work as well.

... which is why losing a player like Josh Childress was huge.

Can we nominate the Reid-Homicide pairing for a Logie? It beats most of the other shit that passes for Australian TV.

Yes, and it's needed to counteract the sheer lameness that is Redhage.

Wildcats have refound their identity it appears.

How powerful was that missed Ware layup. Turning point?

Eh, it's easy to overstate this game imo. Very poor showing from Adelaide and a good showing by Perth. If these teams played tomorrow the score line could easily be reversed.

Gleeson gonna Gleeson. Less money around now so apparently off to China. Figures.

Perthworld, the cats had turned it around before Casper's missed lay-up. The fact that they were in the game against United shows they already had some mojo back

We beat the Kings in Sydney by 20 then lose in Pert by 20.

40 point turnaround fair effort that.

True, but if Ware makes that layup after two Barlow threes they'd be crushed mentally going forward.

Because it would've been yet another game in which they blew a significant lead.

SWOOP CITY

Maybe, doubtful though. It is Perth after all. They fight and bite, they fight and fight and bite. Fight fight fight, bite bite bite

No fight during that 2-8 run. Seems like we're back on track for a semi final exit now though.

Hey Adelaide see you in the playoffs. Yeah, nah maybe not.

Oh and Wiley as good as JC? Pffftt. Nobody had to remind JC to play 4 quarters.

@perthworld
thanks for the explanation , as you mentioned it without maybe knowing it, I 'm frome Europe so yeah quite schoking to see a meltdown in a 3 quarter span like that.

Well I enjoyed that game.

I can only assume everyone else did too?

Perth now favorites to win the league IMO.

Very disappointing result given Brissie gave us a free pass to catch up.

But this was one of those shooting nights.

But we're not out of playoffs by any means.

It's been way too long since I got that vibe from the Cats.
Fun night.

Didn't see game. Which Sixers at least gave something positive?

I wonder if Udog blames his teachers because he never graduated high school, or if he blames his parents for not aborting him.

Here I am! I went to bed at half time because of the late game time and having an early start at work. First quarter looked good. Second looked tired and lazy from 36ers. Second half I'd say they went to sleep when I did? I'll watch it later.

You won't like what you see, Udog.
All the foul calls when Perth's way as usual, especially the free throws. It was pretty sickening. The Cats were out-played and no doubt would have lost if the 3 blind mice in red had called things evenly instead of bailing out their buddies every possession.

I appreciate that these were limited tops, but even so, wassn't it nice to see Blue vs Red, without Adelaide showing up in their pyjamas.
Oh, and they even managed to have red stripes without utter chaos ensuing or the roof falling in.

Good to see Kay getting back to his best, but Stiendl was the dagger last night. Freakin awesome.

Cotton, well just imagine how great he will be when his shooting returns.

But unfortunately, still the same old problems: White is a crab, and it seems even Gleeson has finally had enough, both Wagsatff and Jervis just look past it.

Question now is whether the NBL allows us to activate Dech yet again?

Why wouldn't they?