Perth to win by double figures. They'll find ways to get into the United heads and frustrate them.

Flopstaff to win the battle of the floppers

Are both teams healthy and have full rosters?

If so, wildcats in overtime by 2.

Wildcats are without Hodgson so some might argue that we're above full strength tonight

Cats looking to play a full 4 quarters so far.

The wildcats depth is a huge strength

Are masks not needed in Vic anymore?!

Cats deciding against playing this quarter. Saving it for the second half.

If this cats team played any sort of D they'd be a pretty good side

Perth fans should be celebrating Waggles' 2000th NBL flop at the start of the game.

How stable is Gleeson's job in Toronto?

Gleeson would have a coronary if he saw the lack of defense and rebounding on this team now

Law and his hero ball

Disgusting effort that by the Cats. Another game where they only play a couple of quarters.

Law is such trash he aint making NBA!

Cant blame the refs! JLA had no match up and did as he pleased. One team played defense and the other didn't. Too many down hill skiers for perth its no coincidence they got back in the game when they had norton wagstaff and white on showing some grit. Only for Law to come back on and throw up low percentage shots and play no D whatsoever. Agree with above Travers didn't play enough.

Enjoyable game. After that first quarter it didn't seem United had any answers for the Wildcat offensive sets, quite amazing turnaround led by hard defensive from Ili and Goulding giving some offensive punch. JLA quality throughout and White solid on defence (still a bit fumbly though).

Newley looking just about finished.

Cotton is pure class, unstoppable. Surprised Travers only had 12 minutes.

Perth fans whining about home cooking is too good not to mention!

Quality game by United, although I do think an in-form Hodgson would mitigate JLA's interior dominance and United's rebounding advantage to some degree.

Looking fwd to future matchups, I'd still be tipping Perth for minor prems with all the late home games

And is it just me, or is Homicide getting even more hyped as the years go by, he likes to start quarters with a big statement but it's ridiculous sometimes

Between him and Russell is like a competition to see who can hype in the most inane fashion

Like when Cats down by 19 but had just scored a bucket "getting the momentum back" haha dear me

Between him and Russell is like a competition to see who can hype in the most inane fashion

Yes because coaching is exactly the same as commentating.

Respect to Delly for the way he single-handedly arrested a determined choke from his teammates in the 4th. He was huge in keeping the score ticking over.

Awful middle 2 quarters by the Cats. Caved under the pressure of United's D.

Weird game that never really felt like an even contest - just alternating chunks of game in which one team had the momentum, and United held it for longer.
JLA is becoming a serious problem, which is great to see as long as your fav team isn't on the end of it.

Vic Lawl

Spot on anon, there is no way they can win a series against the two Melbourne teams being that small and getting battered inside like that. The best Mooney type would be a bloke named John Mooney. Small ball centre and big ball PF alongside Majok or Hodgson.

Getting someone like Mooney means he needs to play C 90% of the time given we have Law who takes up the PF spot. Whilst I think he is fully capable of it I think a taller body would be better suited perhaps?

As handy as Frazier can potentially be in the lineup (having him means we dont need to use White), I think we need a big more desperately than what he gives us.