Cotton in doubt
https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/perth-wildcats/perth-wildcats-nightmare-as-bryce-cotton-falls-ill-ahead-of-sydney-kings-clash-ng-b881803577z

Guessing a case of 'Melbourne Bali Belly'

Cotton's soy latte was off

With Cotton Perth by 7.
Without Cotton Sydney by 24.

Imagine a lineup of :
Norton, Britt
White,Lo Buluk
Blanchfield, Shervill
Travers, Wagstaff
Mooney and Jervis

Yikes.

Oh and Bairstow. I'll

When the backs are against the wall!

I think Mooney more so than even Humphries is going to feast on our reduced frontcourt. Even so, with no Cotton it would be a hell of an achievement for the Wildcats and would take a real big game from Blanchfield, who would be looking around at his fellow starters and reminiscing about his Townsville Crocs days.

I get that midweek games aren't going to have Perth-friendly tipoff times, but this isn't even Sydney-friendly.

Yeah, 5.30PM/3.30PM is brutal. Hoping to avoid the score and try catch the replay tonight.

Yeah, 5.30PM/3.30PM is brutal.

Any updates on whether Cotton is playing?

https://mobile.twitter.com/PerthWildcats/status/1364073519085068290

Cotton in. Be interesting how much energy he has.

The Sydney line dropped from -1.5 to +2.5 with Cotton's inclusion.

Surely even Cotton playing he would be on reduced time / energy.

Good end to the half for us.

Decent close game at the half, Sydney looked to be running away with the momentum but Perth grabbed it back right before the half. The atmosphere at the Cup looks and sounds dead...

I'm at the game. Sparse 'crowd' for sure. At least that got me a seat upgrade!

Forde reminds me of a garden gnome. Not sure why.

John Mooney is killing it, Sydney look rattled this quarter

Has someone infused some Nick Kay DNA into John Mooney's

If Cotton is not feeling well.... Damn get that man some 3 week old oysters before every game.

Well done Cats. Mooney had a hell of a game. And Cotton was Cotton.

Hopefully Cotton gets naturalised soon and we can pick up another import.

Great game! Both teams. Both ends. Great Game!

Martin plays... and has to be a very different game, even if result the same. Mooney was outstanding, no doubt, but no Martin and Hunter on 4 fls in 1st half. Mooney v Martin match-up? I want to see that!

Cotton will be the mvp this year..

I would say that if Martin were playing it goes to Sydney. Perth don't have any great interior defenders, they have good team defenders for sure.

Nonetheless well done Wildcats. Mooney is so useless missing that 3 pter.

Difficult to make excuses for not winning if you win.

Great game and happy with result.
Fingers crossed we can keep up these type of performances.

"I'm looking forward to Cotton being naturalized then leaving for a bigger contract with Sydney, a la Scott Fisher to Perth ;) "

IIRC Fisher left to play overseas, before returning to Australia.
Also, he didn't naturalise until playing for Perth.

Enjoy this win Paul Smith you wanker.

So Perth by 7. Feels good to be correct.

Hoping Steindl comes back fit and firing soon.

At 1.8 seconds to go in the third, Forde called a coupla players over to him for a chat. So, there wasn't enough players forward to make a shot on the inbound. Strange.

I noticed at the NBL, this season, that Mooney is a mighty player.

I noticed that Kickert showed very high and hard on Cotton. almost every time.

Most of those plays, by the eye test, resulted in open baskets.

Hasn't Forde learned as a coach of Cotton AND as a coach against Cotton in last year's GF?

OK they probably didn't bank on 12/13 from Mooney, but they have already been torched 7/9 3pts from Kay.

At 1.8 seconds to go in the third, Forde called a coupla players over to him for a chat. So, there wasn't enough players forward to make a shot on the inbound. Strange.