Melbourne United to take this. I think SEM are doing well, but they're almost at their ceiling. Wesley will help them a bit more, but they really needed a better import than Benson to be competitive with the top teams.

Phoenix by double digits. Mitch Creek to drop 30pts.

Phoenix have four imports

No Prather for United

Dane Pineau going to make Shawn Long his bitch.

Prather is out for today.

Pretty sure Prather was written only two posts up. Any more regurgitated stale news?

Why is Prather out, it's not giving Melbourne much value.

Jenni Screen has a head for radio

Couldn't they find someone easy on the eye to do courtside reporting. Oh god we got dwayno again.

Creek is nba ready

McCarron can't guard Creek. Lol.

Adnam minus nine and also nine points, still doesn't like defence.

Benson finally showing some ticker.

Homicide man Long getting owned by Benson. Lmao.

Melbourne got four imports, Stith suited up and on score sheet, plus Prather hurt, Long, Trimble.

Outstanding game, Mitchell left Benson off to long

"Melbourne got four import"

Has Stith played?

Phoenix fucking robbed. Benson clearly fouled and Trimble make believe foul. Great game wrong result.

Another game ruined by the referees

Where is LV? Can't wait to hear his justification for the two shit calls in the final twenty seconds.

Home cooking at it's finest. The nbl refs are atrocious

Stith on the score sheet, don't matter if he gets on or not. United got import sitting on side line for emergencies. Surely can’t be in the rules.

Agree Phoenix absolutely robbed.

SBS feed died at the end. Lk's team wins either way

Refs decided the game unfortunately which is disappointing

Someone tell homicide his mvp is in his mind only, probably been promised a cut if he talks him into an nba spot.

Everyone complaining about the refs being in favor of Melbourne... did you watch first half when you couldn't breathe on creek without getting called for foul?

Stop crying.

Throw your head back on contact.. foul. Legally block a shot.. foul.. breathe on Trimble foul.. did anyone else notice the ref pull out an ear piece toward the end of the game?? And why don't they have monitors that swivel around when reviewing a call.. more air time for refs and more air time for lk property group signage. Lk needs to sell his shares in United if The nbl ever wants to look professional. Entertaining game atrocious officiating

Spot on above. League has a lot of good things going for it. Then ppl find out the league owner owns a tram
That alMost always gets the rub of the green. Amazing

As Joey Wright said. Talk to Melbourne about Melbourne? All the talk of Sydney being stacked. Lol Melbourne's roster is stacked and so is there owners influence on the league.

League owner owns a tram? Well that's good for the transport industry I guess.

Creek arm bars all the way to the basket and gets free throws. It is like he is still at Adelaide

Melbourne United are up there with perth as most hated club. Can't stand cg floppy three and neither can he. Melbourne United are flogs

If Harry Froling played with half the heart and hustle of Dane Pinau then I guarantee that Adelaide would have more than three wins.. against the bottom three teams. He did a great job today.

^ wrong thread

Dane Pinau played today and was huge. Certainly the right thread.

My bad misread

It tells me nothing I didn't already know about the usefulness of the +- stat

SEM have had a few blowout wins, so that is hardly unexpected. Pinau got pantsed in Showdown II but really stood up in Showdown III. Is really showing his value this year for the Phoenix. So far has shown that he belongs in the NBL after some questions were asked last year in Sydney. I hope he can keep it up

Phoenix had better hope Benson keeps stepping up because as useful as Pineau has been he's not winning you finals games. Benson sat on the bench to long today in the fourth when Phoenix were on top to allow Melbourne back in it.

I love Pineau, but because he can't go close to defending Long the Phoenix had to run double teams all night and open themselves up defensively. Yep, he does the little things so well, is a valuable member of the team, but he's not a starting-level centre.

Thats why Dane is awesome. He knows his role, and he does it with conviction! A team guy.

It's interesting all the commentary on the last foul of the game. In the first half, Creek lived on the charity stripe on a number of very soft or questionable foul calls.

Creek has done that his whole career. He creates the contact by using his arm to fend off, and always gets the favorable call. It is officiated very inconsistently, which frustrates those there to see an evenly called contest.

A bit pedantic Lovebroker, but whatever floats your boat. McDaniel has been a passenger in said car all season, and actually got behind the wheel a little before the crash. Nothing to do with the playlist.

Zach Randolph was at the game yesterday.. poor dude could barely move and was getting swamped by people

LV ignore Perthworld. No one takes him seriously. I'd go as far as no one really acknowledges his existence, on here or in real life.

The only thing I remember about McCarron from the 2019 GF was when White hit another three, Barlow fouled him, but Mitch ran up to the refs asking for a flop hahahahaha