They destroyed us last time we met. Hoping for some sweet redemption tonight.

Nice to have Sarr back.

Cats by twenty unless there's a miracle. Tatum done great with an average side but eventually you get found out.

Hawks still much better under Tatum but the new coach shine is starting to wear off. Cats won't get taken by surprise again. 10+ in a canter

They just introduced the Hawks "and their coach Jacob Jackomas". Did I miss something?

Classic.

Hawks bench doing the damage.

Wow what a night of upsets of NBL!!

Another coaching masterclass from JR

Commentary keep asking where is Adnam, surely you don't play him ahead of the blokes been there all season.

Every team has one bunny team in the comp. Looks like it's the Hawks for the Cats.

Can hawks hang on.

Please no more home cooking

Another coaching masterclass from JR

Hawks D has been too solid to allow a choke.
Credit to them.

Another turn taker win tonight right on queue after my comment about the nature of this season in the other game thread.

Perth are showing poor defense today.

right on queue

Two upsets, I'm glad I don’t gamble, hawks lifted, cats back to I don’t need to play D. Usher after a good stretch games back to unreliable, C Webster minus 16 in 8 minutes, Cotton off night shooting didn’t help.
Hawks very good though Harvey still over dribbles. Blanchfield and Lee very good, Clarke is an absolute gun at both ends while Peatling and Swaka Lobo great defectively.

Only 3rd loss in 15 games but there a couple worrying signs from earlier in the year, such a both Websters on the court together and playing huge stretches with no proper big.
Doolittle had a horror, hope his concussion is still OK. Sarr back but barely saw court time too.

Very disappointing performance from the Wildcats tonight. Hopefully they can reset quickly.

Also, that court announcer tonight should never be let near a microphone.

JR still thinks there's no need to improve on their weaknesses? Any team that plays half decent defense against them and they revert to iso crap. You would have thought he learned something and come up with some counters after the last time they got destroyed by the hawks.

Well done to Tatum they have the blueprint for the rest of the league to limit Cottons influence

Also, that court announcer tonight should never be let near a microphone.

I paid for a seat I barely got to use.

No disrespect to the Hawks, who were locked in for the full 40 and did a superb job.
But I found the real reason the Cats regressed to our early season worst ...
https://twitter.com/10NewsFirstPER/status/1750456215992230107?t=_wpTrheLh6LMszkLuNXVfA&s=19

Cue.

JR still thinks there's no need to improve on their weaknesses? Any team that plays half decent defense against them and they revert to iso crap. You would have thought he learned something and come up with some counters after the last time they got destroyed by the hawks.

Well done to Tatum they have the blueprint for the rest of the league to limit Cottons influence

Cotton was well contained by Hyun-Jung, he couldn't shoot over the top of him and did an excellent job shutting him down. Doolittle did exactly that and turned the ball over 4 or 5 times too easily.

Lee has been a really good pickup for the Hawks

Sack JR.

Jeez, you fans are tough, JR was being spoken about as coach of the year prior to last night and I am a Hawks fan. You underestimated him once, I am sure he will be right.

Lee was a huge defensive liability early in the season. Since Tatum he has become far more effective. He was always a great shooter but was easily exploited defensively.

Last night the Hawks in defending Cotton 2 or 3 times.

One for the statistics people. When was the last time Hawks defeated the Cats twice in a regular season. I can't recall it happening?

*Only broke down defending Cotton 2 or 3 times

The last time the Hawks beat Perth twice in regular season was 2016/17 when they made the GF under Beveridge and lost to the Cats.

Thanks