Rob beveridge in the crowd

Lachie Reid is back on the sideline for Heritage Round.

Such an awesome touch.

Yep, saw Bevo earlier.

Redhage's number is being retired.

Nice first quarter, Perth slightly the edge. I believe Bevo back living in Perth.

Can you review a shot clock violation? Didn't think so. Also they waived it after an hour, then called it good after another hour? Anyone know what was going on?

Wildcats offensive movement was great in the first quarter, has slowed down in the second

I guess coming down with two elbows in the guys face as to not "grab" him is a more sportsmanlike play... what a fucking joke

He did his best not to hurt him after falling for a fake and that's "unsportsmanlike"??

I guess coming down with two elbows in the guys face as to not "grab" him is a more sportsmanlike play... what a fucking joke

So watching all these home cooking fouls, 6 to 0 fyi, Travers wasn't fouled was he?? Like easy call

Refs at it again. Travers gets fouled on dunk nothing. No fouls on kings.

Appears Travers is effectively the backup pg, keeping cotton and Corey on the wings...

So watching all these home cooking fouls, 6 to 0 fyi, Travers wasn't fouled was he?? Like easy call

Hate these refs

Kings getting heaps of love. Current standard of officiating is boarding what Brown said, cheating.

Let's hope this is a GF prelude because the standard is really high

Funny how much better Perth look when Norton and Blanchfield aren't playing.

We look so much more dangerous offensively. Just need to step things up on the defensive end and we could rattle some cages come the play-in tournament.

Excellent game, I've given up on commenting on refs, at least today. Rillie has got cats playing good unselfish basketball. Kings also doing their stuff. Wagstaff and Manek hitting threes on Cooks defending under the basket was smart.

Damn i wish the black and gold was the cats permanent home strip

Loved Grace's comment that whenever he hears Copeland's voice he wants to lace up his boots because he's getting into the paint... Classic.

Classic game so far too.

Foul on Tai.... I mean I thought Sydney was legit good, starting to see how they have only lost 5 games. Absoulte disgrace for this league

The Webster brothers defense in the 3rd single handedly gave Kings the leads

There is no pleasing some on here. Refs blow the whistle "stop blowing the whistle". Refs let them play "call more fouls!!!". Just enjoy a great quality contest and give the sooking a rest. Just once.

Lachie really is the best sideline man, he really knows how and when to crank up the crowd

Interesting change in d half court 1-2-2 and Cotton what a swing

There is no pleasing some on here. Refs blow the whistle "stop blowing the whistle". Refs let them play "call more fouls!!!". Just enjoy a great quality contest and give the sooking a rest. Just once.
Just want a fair contest is that hard to ask for

How can you pass the ball off your knees?

What a time for Thomas to make his first 3 of the season.

The kings coach still managed to whinge about the refs more than us fans in here

Wow what a game. Refs got out of it last quarter and let them play. Cotton is just class

Perth peaking at the right time. The addition of Tai and subtraction of Blanchfield & Norton has made them title contenders.

Shot ourselves in the foot a few times that last Q, but hell of a game - great shooting, low turnover count. Hats off to Perth.

Awesome night in the jungle.
You da man, Lachy.

Well, well, cracking game, cats doing very well. Could they be the team to see throw a spanner in the kings works. Cotton still the mvp.

Haven't heard from the Webster haters for a while.

Excellent last quarter from Travers. Quality game and great to watch.

It feels good to take the kings down a peg. Great game

Thanks, Buford, for putting Bruce into the game and getting Cotton going.

Wow what a quality game. And the nostalgia and energy in the building reminded me of what being at the wildcats games of old.

And yeah Lachy is the man!!

Cotton really was the catalyst at the start of that fourth quarter that swung the momentum back.

Glad to be proven wrong on Manek. Now that he's improved his defense and rebounding he's an absolute weapon for the cats.

Be nice for the cats to revert to the black strip, loads of comments on social media loving the look. They would make a killing as people switch out red to black.

Loving this version of Perth, I've liked what I’ve seen of Tai, he has some serious physical tools, just needs to play a little d, hardly a perfect player but can definitely impact...

I’ve always loved Corey, never understood why Shamir and Rillie (earlier) had him coming off the bench.

Maybe it’s taken Rillie this long to figure out most his bench is cooked, I really hope it’s Injury related for Mitch Norton and he can come back and contribute…

Once Norton returns, the rotation…

Wagstaff 5-8 minutes
Norton 5-8 minutes

Then the top 6 guys just rotate -

Cotton
Corey
Tai
Mabel
Thomas
Travers

Run n gun, caution to the wind, if ya wanna beat us you’ll need to score 110+

This is the way ball is going, cairns is doing the same thing with more D, back in the 80’s you could beat more talented teams with size by tryna stack as many big guys on the court as you could, there was a boomers lineup with Vlahov at the 2, Ronaldson at the 3, alongside longley and bradtke as bigs, these days, it’s all about 3 point shooters, load up your team with guys who can shoot and you will have a chance against anyone, we saw that with 36ers beating Phoenix in NBL v NBA, if a team becomes elite at it, you can win a ring!!!! we might see that with cairns or Perth!!!!!!!!

Funny how much better Perth look when Norton and Blanchfield aren't playing.

Maybe it's taken Rillie this long to figure out most his bench is cooked

Perth in unreal offensive form for a long stretch now, 8-3 in their past 11 to be one of the form teams. Of course, same as last season, it's whether they can contain and rebound game after game that's the biggest factor.

That effort on the o-boards last night was promising, Cotton forcing Sydney to change their D had a big impact there. Will be interesting to see what approach Buford takes next time.

Tai Webster has been a brilliant pickup but his brother has been a borderline game changer for Perth. I honestly didn't think at age 34 he could still be such a masterful piece . He looks as good as ever

Also those uniform colours for Perth are incredible . The 1993 black and Gold uniforms were great.

Best game of NBL I've seen for a long time!

Perth are great to watch with their movement.

Unless placings doesn't allow, I think Perth are a chance of making the GF.

A great game to watch. Two good sides going for it and terrific to see such an even performance from Perth.

Last night was the most enjoyable night at the basketball for years....great game but big thanks to Lachy Reid. The difference last night really highlighted how bad the regular guy is. It was so nice not to be shouted at for the entire game. Lachy understands the flow of the game and the right times to get the crowd fired up. He actually creates space for crowd involvement and support rather than just shouting over the top of them the whole time.

If SEG wants to endear itself to Perth fans, they should pay whatever it takes to get Lachy back on a full time basis. The fans would be eternally grateful.

I predict (sadly) that these two will meet in the GF - Perth are too good to make me happy by missing out completely

Unless placings doesn't allow, I think Perth are a chance of making the GF.

^^^ Totally agree Jack knife ^^^

Last night was the most enjoyable night at the basketball for years....great game but big thanks to Lachy Reid. The difference last night really highlighted how bad the regular guy is. It was so nice not to be shouted at for the entire game. Lachy understands the flow of the game and the right times to get the crowd fired up. He actually creates space for crowd involvement and support rather than just shouting over the top of them the whole time.

If SEG wants to endear itself to Perth fans, they should pay whatever it takes to get Lachy back on a full time basis. The fans would be eternally grateful.

Lachie approaches it like he's playing, at the end of the 3rd when Sydney got the lead, he said we need turn it around. He gets everyone on their feet screaming defense, raises the energy and wildcats got like 3 stops in a row.

He doesn’t just ask for chants all the time, you can tell when he thinks the team needs it and cranks it up.
He does his best to get the crowd to influence the crowd.

Influence the game.

Good example of Lachy's influence Diop. The other thing is that he doesn’t strut around the sidelines like a demented rooster like old mate. Lachy is there to support the team and the crowd rather than put on a performance. I notice a few people on Twitter "loving the passion" of the regular guy. There is no doubting his passion, he is just not very good.

"I had a memory come back to me this morning of an observation I made during the Challenge Stadium era when Reid would miss games due to other commitments and we would underperform or inexplicably lose to underdogs."

I remember that being discussed at the time. He is outstanding at what he does and it's very genuine the way he does it.