https://www.nblcup.com.au/more-info#nbl-cup-rules

Winner Of The NBL Cup

The team with the most Points wins the tournament and the inaugural NBL Cup.
If teams have the same number of points at the end of the tournament, then the team with the most number of wins would be declared the winner. If multiple teams have the same number of wins then the best +/- record (total points FOR / less AGAINST) would be declared the winner.
Finally if teams have the same +/- record then the team with the most points FOR will be declared the winner. The NBL Cup will be presented to the winning team at the conclusion of the Tournament.

Same tiebreaker rules to decide 2nd and 3rd

Like Hooley as commentator but Heal, oh boy already talking up Weeks to Tasmania ahead of Adnam, he must be Weeks agent.

Wow. Horrible call on Webster. How do these guys get appointed to ref at this level!?

You are right about the reffing it's all guesswork and obviously the fitness standard has never been a thing because that short ref last night that looks like a pig gets a game

Wtf!? That's a second bad call! How much does that guy have on SEM!?

Gliddon earns his reputation as the biggest flopper in the league

Wow. And the talk from the refs to the Breakers is incredibly unprofessional.

Phoenix really smooth offensively. They'll be tough once Broekoff gets going.

Definitely not an USF

That's 3 horrible, wrong calls in just over a 1/4 of basketball. All against NZB, but I’d be protesting if they were against SEM too. The Bach USF he makes a play at the ball, gets the ball, and incidentally gets the arm of Wetzell (who is 6’10") but Wetzell is completely unaffected.

Nice explanation of tie-break rules above, but what's the +/- scenario for Brisbane and SEM at the moment? Do SEM just have to win the game from here because they're up on +/-? Or do they have to win the 4th and avoid the tie?

Thanks Zodiac

Is that what you heard the refs say?

" The USF was for the right arm wrapping around his waist, not for the left arm swiping at the ball."

Are we all watching the same game?

^^ it was 100% for the arm wrapped around the waist

Standard from the refs. It never changes, in fact they seem to get worse.

Anyway the Breakers were never going to win this. It was their 3rd game in 5 days and they're playing with half a team. Feel for them with all the injuries on top of what was already a tough season.

^^ Same story for the Phoenix

SEM are missing their 3 best players!?

Phoenix are missing 2 starters in Pineau & Sykes, plus bench players Gibbbo and Kendal Stephen's. NZ missing 1 starter in C Webster plus 2 bench players in Patterson & Loe.

Both teams played Tues, Frid, Sun

Loe started 4 of his 5 games this year and 19 of his 22 last year, so probably classifies as a starter.

Okay, so Loe was a starter, doesn't change the fact that they were in the same boat in terms of injuries/absent players & games played this week

Mate, you're putting Webster and Patterson in the same class as Pineau, Sykes, Gibbo and Stephens?

Sykes is maybe nearly as influential, but Gibbo is a has been and Stephens has never been much at all.

Um... yes

The aren't in the same boat because EVERY GAME was played in Melbourne and the Breakers have no home games this season.

Lets not act like the Breakers aren’t massively disadvantaged this season from the jump.

Melbourne teams are playing their 'away' games at home, while the Breakers are playing an entire season on the road, living out of hotels, away from their families for months. Don’t ever say we’re in the same boat.

This season is set up for Melbourne teams to succeed.

Creek played well......