Were their backs not against the wall when they rolled out the same lineup against Perth a couple of days ago?

Whoops I didn't even realise. My mistake. Perhaps they will play better this time

I wouldn't be surprised if we see much the same thing, a good start that fades away as their lack of depth is exposed.

This one is hard to pick.

PHX are undermanned but ILL are playing poorly at the moment. XRM and Reath most notably.

Would expect the Hawks to win this, large amount of outs for Phoenix. Hawks have a lot of offensive weapons but have been playing some ordinary ball.

Hoping it's a close game for the sake of viewing.

What world is Goorj living in where you run half court sets with Sam Froling setting up outside the three point line in the corner.

You have to go all the way back to the late 80s for a Goorjian team this bad. Feels weird.

The Phoenix bench consists of Brendon Ashley...thats it

The Hawks better have a plan to run them down in the second half.

Goorj must have laid down the law already, ie Coenraad starting in front of Froling.

Hawks top rebounder has 3 haa haa.

How does Goorjian explain this loss?

If they lose that is?

Hawks don't drive it to the hoop for an easy shot or get a foul. 6 seconds left. Phoenix have the ball. It’ll take a miracle for Hawks to hang on.
Do you believe in miracles?

Wow, 0.1 second drama.

Make that 1.3s drama.

3 free throws. Dummest play in history.

Hawks are rubbish. Goorjian coaching tonight awful. NBL is farcical.

Hawks should have won by 20. Phoenix with an average lineup. Goes to show you there's not much difference between most of the players in the league. Sure, there are some standouts but not too many. Give the second stringers a go & sometimes they perform above expectation. Well done Phoenix.
Try again Hawks. Embarrassing display tonight

JackJumpers are in 4th now.

XRM full time job by next week is going to be tiktok after that...

What a screw up.

"If Hawks don't cut XRM after this game all their members should get refunds"

What a stupid statement. Are you like 8 years old or something? "Mum he did a bad play at the end so they should get rid of him"

It was a cardinal sin but if you punish it by firing what does that say to the rest of the team? Never contest a shot.

Jack jumping jack jumper my 2nd favourite team.. crashing into the 4.. let others self exploded hawks and united and JJ just keep getting the job done...another best kept secret from Tassy... itsapples.. sixers to mount late charge which has begun.. happy if either can get to the finales

Jack jumping jack jumper my 2nd favourite team.. crashing into the 4.. let others self exploded hawks and united and JJ just keep getting the job done...another best kept secret from Tassy... itsapples.. sixers to mount late charge which has begun.. happy if either can get to the finales

SEM can really find great guards and then balance off with not so great other imports.

Year 1 - Jon Row-berson balanced off by Terry Armstrong and Keith Benson

Year 2 - Keifer Sykes balanced off by Ben Moore.

Year 3 - Xavier Munford balanced off by Devin Thomas.

"koberulz A few hours ago"
I wouldn't be surprised if we see much the same thing, a good start that fades away as their lack of depth is exposed."

Well that didn't take long.

How did Ryan Broekhoff have 16 rebounds?

I really don't know if there was a finger touch or not on that last shot,
to send Phoenix to the line and win the game by only one point.

... there was only one second to go in the game when this happened.
couldn't get a close finish...

You "couldn't get a closer finish" would be accurate if the original time left of 0.1s wasn't adjusted. The score bench eventually changed it to 1.3s so by my count they were still twelve clicks away of achieving that feat. Hawks even managed to get a shot off after the third free throw intentional miss.