Iverson V Mooney will be a fantastic watch. Expect the cats to put Iverson in ball screens with Cotton until he drops

Should be enjoyable game, hope they get a good crowd, shit place to get to. I'm feeling this will be close, meaning it will be a blow out. Cats by 3.

Gleeson didn't miss 80% of their 3pt shots against Adelaide

Hopefully a big Northern crowd turns up tonight.

Will the cats slump continue?

Yes. They are ripe for the picking tonight.

#244 hahahaha

What's so funny?

Breakers could very well surprise here. Randolph looks a good defender.

Looks like only single seats available for this. Good for the Breakers and Tas Basketball.

I'm just curious if the Breakers will actually get some HCA for once this season and have some 50/50 calls go their way.

"What else is there to do in Tasmania other than one's sisters?"
Maybe but your sister was terrible. Your so lucky to have such an accommodating Mum.

It'll be great to see the Breakers win this one to start the traditional midseason whinge Perth fans usually have and whether they need another import.

They already have two imports :?!

One will be naturalised, soon.

Tai Webster needs to watch Corey Webster pass the ball.

Yes looks like a poor crowd, the huskies had the place full.

Please listening to hooley special commentary, he's class, Jack is also the best caller, it’s enjoyable these two.

Lets see how "Perth then daylight" handle a single injury to one player

Mooney limps off. Finally some good news for those people who've been wishing for more Wildcats injuries.

Perth kissed on the d*ck once again on the injury front. Sounds like good news for Mooney and the Cats. Never want to see anyone get hurt, unless they play for Adelaide.

344 I don't think anyone WANTS Perth to get injuries, people are saying they have been blessed while all other sides have faced adversity. Huge difference. A little more comprehension would do you wonders.

The Breakers ability to switch 1-4 with Randolph and WMW in their lineups is a lot of athleticism and size on the floor.

WMW runs the team really well. An underrated player. Would be great seeing the Websters on the wings with WMW running the show when all are healthy. They have some options, just no luck.

Imo the silver dome is out town, no transport or parking. Shit place to get to.

Kevin White with Perth's only field goals in a whole quarter!

I can see why WMW is a fringe NBA prospect. He reads the game well, good size and really quick on his feet. I think he's an outside chance of making the Boomers.

Man those rims are hard.

Game called two different directions in both quarters, be nice if they just called it properly without all the softies both ways.

Yes that's true, the foul pendulum swung one way to the other. But so did the cold shooting. And Perth made a good adjustment to get to the cup and pack the key defensively. At this stage, Perth if I’m a betting man. But if NZ shoots better it’s not going to be a happy night for Perth fans because the looks are great they’re just not converting.

Wagstaff is the GOAT flopper.

Is the water boy doing the shot clock tonight? Been lots of mistakes

I hope the Jackjumpers invest in a decent shot clock,

silverdome is clearly not up to nbl standards; outdated-looking clock/shot clock

Keep an eye out tomorrow for LV's time-stamped thread that prove all fouls in Cottons favour are incorrect.

Abercrombie was shooting well until he's come up to Penney’s record and go cold since. He’s also playing heavy minutes often guarding the other teams best scorer and doing a more than reasonable job. That’s probably the likely reason he’s not shooting well, 35mpg 18 games in + bubble + 34 + constant travel and there’s not much left in your legs. It makes you realise what a freak LBJ is.

LeBron rests on defence.

"I hope the Jackjumpers invest in a decent shot clock," What's it got to do with them?

Iverson has absolutely owned Mooney tonight. As brilliant as Mooney has been all year, you can see he just lacks the strength and height to be elite.

Iverson has absolutely owned Mooney tonight

They've both had quiet games.

Oh. Let's just ignore that Iverson rolled his ankle badly earlier on. STFU please if you come in late.

So did Mooney.

Mooney rolled his ankle earlier

OK, now I know why WMW isn't in the NBA. Absolutely no 3 point shot off the on ball and for a guy his size can’t get to the cup very well either. He also makes some dumb passes.

Dumb foul by Webster

Bad foul. No way Norton was making that low against Iverson. Unless he misses.

Mitch Norton you're a bloody embarrassment

Wow. Wtf just happened.

OK, Cotton has to break his dry spell to put this into OT surely.

My god cotton

Randolph not much, WMW except for 20 seconds has shown nothing.

Cotton unstoppable.

Nbl never lets you down

Way to just give the game to Perth down the stretch, NBL. Two BS calls against Abercrombie in the space of 15 seconds.

Cotton man

The rims are the rims. Different everywhere and those rims have seen 100's of games.

You're not allowed to play defense with your hands like that. Easy call to make.

Mooney got all ball

Rather than the refs the Breakers had control of OT and then had 2 straight empty possessions. They're running what looks like a ugly Spain action on the wing that get WMW a layup and dunk but Perth are expecting it now...

The offensive foul was a disgrace, refs again

Ok it's the refs. Wow. That’s a bad call.

Great game. Despite it being a ugly battle but a good game nonetheless

refs now robbing Mooney of a great block

Disappointing end to a great game. Refs should have just let them play it out

Cotton has been phenomenal carrying the Cats together with the 3 in green.

Yep good game, nz wearing kings colours and playing like it.

in front of a half empty kings looking crowd

Yep good game, nz wearing kings colours and playing like it.

Disappointing crowd. Less than 1400. JJ, will need to be super special to get the locals to see a game.

The crowd was on Perth's side

Something NBL referees and commentators need to realise is that they should feel invisible to the viewer. But they're so intrusive.

Breaker's blew a 16 point lead. That’s pathetic

Shamir is not a good coach.

Great game. Breakers just no answers for Cotton in the second.

Tough being a Breakers fan this season, we just lack the ability to close out games.

Some shockers both ways from the ref's, iversons a head scratcher, mooneys block clear as day. Abercrombie frustration stems from getting away with that earlier, but it's a foul and an easy call at that. Nz should have never let perth back in.

Yep sell out under covid rules.

G league players are very average, no matter how much they get talked up.

It seemed to take an eternity for the shot clock to start once Cotton caught the inbound. Maybe not enough to change the result but a poor effort for someone who had one job to do.

Shot clock was definitely slow to start on the Cotton 3. The irony was that Trevor was having a moan about it and Vaughn told him he couldn't stop the game every 5 seconds. It worked out for Trevor in the end.

The venue allegedly holds 4000 people. How do they arrive at 1500?

Bigdog, they're probably running simpler sets because of so many players coming in and out. It’s obvious WMW and Randolph still don’t quite know their role.

Perthworld, no one is begrudging the Wildcats win. Cotton was amazing, Blanchfield had his moments and Gleeson coached well. This doesn't mean the refs made some poor decisions and the shot clock wasn’t a distraction the whole game. In fact, these issues take away from just what an epic game it was and how well the Wildcats played to steal it. We shouldn’t be talking about it but almost every game there are bad decisions or areas of the game that struggle to be above bush league. These aren’t contentious 50/50s or things that go wrong, it’s repeated, consistent and is a blight on a league that is otherwise improving fast.

Big dog that's a foul on Abercrombie. The shot clock was slow all night when perth was up 7 and Randolph hit the corner three it only lost like 2 seconds, I'd say that it evened out. The norton not usf was interesting, but when Perth won pre forde rant he left out that not a single one of their intentional fouls were ruled NOT usf.

Bigdog, the call on Mooney get your blood boiling too? Abercrombie put two arms on a player driving for a layup, its a foul in d division at the local rec, its an easy call. To choose that call as the basis for your frustration is ridiculous!

So Dr Kobe wrong again on the crowd restrictions. How unsurprising.

Of course they were. The LK spin.

Agree with the 36ers comment but they couldn't collapse like that if perth didn't shoot abysmally from 3

You should be asking lots of questions Bigdog like "what are the rules?" and "why am I so daft?"

Breakers should not even be playing in Tasmania full stop. Not sure why the NBL is calling these home games. If the Breakers are in Australia, it's not a home game.

"Agree with the 36ers comment but they couldn't collapse like that if perth didn't shoot abysmally from 3"

Interesting to note the difference in number of free throws for Perth that seem to have flowed from that fact:
- Perth hit 26/71 field goals against the 36ers and 26/70 against NZ
- Perth shot 8/35 three pointers against 36ers and 5/18 against NZ
- Perth shot 8/10 free throws against 36ers and 28/35 against NZ.

So Perth were able to get inside more often and take 2 point shots against NZ, but they missed them more often than against 36ers. However, presumably they were also fouled a lot more often as a consequence.

There were 23 fouls called in the 36ers game (total on both teams) and 49 in the NZ game.

I preferred this one...

"It'll be great to see the Breakers win this one to start the traditional midseason whinge Perth fans usually have and whether they need another import."

^ typical Australian response.

the players never stole anything, but you already knew that.

WMW was not good for 95% of the game, two massive turnovers and not much else. I'm still going to give him benefit of doubt and see how he goes from here, two outings isn’t enough but not a great start.

Breakers getting booed at their own "home game" - great form Tasmania.

Never mind the massive sacrifice everyone in this organisation has made this season. We're only ever there to make up the numbers. The NBL doesn’t care at all.

^ I don't know why I’m bothering because you’re obviously trolling...

These players have been living in hotels for months, in a different county, away from their families. They don’t even have a base. If any Australian team had to do that for a season in NZ they would struggle.

The NBL could at least have let the players go home at the soonest possible date, and not forced them to play the remaining games they had lined up in Tasmania.

You have heard of the world wide pandemic called COVID where international travel has been fairly restricted haven't you moron?

Trans Tasman bubble opens on the 19th April "you moron". Breakers first home game isn't until 20th May. They should not have been forced to stay in Australia awhile extra month.

I love how Australians simply refuse to acknowledge how hard this season has been for the breakers. If the shoe was on the other foot we'd never hear the end of it...

I think most sensible people have acknowledged how tough its been. Dont listen to the trolls here.

They are committed to 6 games in Launceston champ. Please keep up.

^ that was before the bubble announcement 'champ'. Things have changed and the NBL should have been more flexible.