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larrycucumber2
Last year
Hawks @ United (SF G3)
Should be a good match - could go either way.
Go Hawks!
larrycucumber2
Last year
Should be a good match - could go either way.
Go Hawks!
LV
Last year
I'm feeling this is 50/50 game after the first two games. Illawarra has been just as good as Melbourne over the past 2-3 months (albeit with United coasting in top position), and they've played 3 times recently with all three going down to the wire. Gary Clark has been the best player in this series and could easily win it for them.
But history and logic suggests home teams, and experienced teams, win deciding playoff games. (Not to mention teams who were better over the entirety of the season- which is also implied by the fact they're the home team)
On that basis United by 11.
Dunkman
Last year
Hawks been great can they continue, can Hickey keep going as is, Froling as well. Jla is either going to wimp away or stand up. I think he'll stand. Just to many experienced players, united for mine by eight.
Hopefully both Clark’s back next season, both exceptional with Gary being unstoppable at times.
Ben
Last year
Keen af for this game. (don't think I can manage to stay awake for the matinee, which is on par)
Have a feeling we're going to get a beast game from someone. Bubbles/Clark or Clark/Harvey.
Tipping United by 5, but honestly wouldn't be surprised if the match went either way. Just hope the result isn't clouded by a ref's call that everyone bitch tits about.
Dunkman
Last year
Melbourne shooting the lights out, to many soft fouls called imo.
Jacket
Last year
Foul, foul, foul, foul, foul, foul, foul, foul
LOL imagine buying a ticket to watch this LOL
Jacket
Last year
LOL The Hawks have 3 defensive rebounds the ENTIRE qtr
Second best league in the world most definitly
Jacket
Last year
LOL The Hawks have 3 defensive rebounds the ENTIRE qtr
Second best league in the world most definitly
Dunkman
Last year
Robertson turning up at both ends, hawks back to six after being very average first quarter.
fan since the old snakepit
Last year
F off Jacket. The adults are enjoying the game.
Kruger
Last year
This games gonna finish on Friday will all these fouls being called.
Anon
Last year
Hukport with an almost charge then surely a push of, gets a favourable no call on the charge and a foul called for shoving his defender away lol. Hopefully perth get similar calls
Jacket
Last year
13 mins gone and 17 fouls called?
Second best league in the world LFMAO
Dunkman
Last year
Push off and home cooking, come on nbl even Gaze called it a push off. Gary Clark can't make a bucket.
koberulz
Last year
If they're calling that on Froling instead of Hukporti, there's really no point in the Hawks being here.
fan since the old snakepit
Last year
Hawks hanging around despite zilch from Harvey and Clark.
Jacket
Last year
The NBL will lose too much money if the Hawks get to the GF instead of United.
Its a simple as that.
Its a business. Not a proper competition
Baller
Last year
Hawks getting absolutely screwed by the officials again
Patty"TheGOAT"Mills
Last year
Froling has drawn a lot of fouls in the NBL this season, but his style of offense doesn't work in the NBA or FIBA. If he wants to get to the top leagues, he needs to develop his perimeter shooting.
fan since the old snakepit
Last year
Slow start. Not playing well. Only 7 down. If either Clark or Harvey can get hot then it's game on.
Credit to United for keeping them quiet so far.
Jacket
Last year
@LoveBroker
Its almost like the referees are desperate to have a certain amount of points be scored.
Jimmyhooper15
Last year
Embarrassing call. Simons did nothing wrong. The refs are helping the united
Knockdown3
Last year
Goulding absolutely milking the calls on the 3 with his overt simulated contact reations.
It really devalues his game IMO
Glen
Last year
Would love to know what Robinson did wrong on the Goulding foul!
Knockdown3
Last year
Nothing Glen.
It was just a typical Goulding over-reaction where the refs took the bait.
Heatingsnail
Last year
Olbrich should have been injected into the game for energy at the expense of Petling minutes
Dunkman
Last year
Gary Clarke is a warrior, unbelievable performance under duress
Jacket
Last year
Notice when there is a drought in scoring the refs start going crazy with the whistle and sending players to the line?
Something very suspect is going on here.
Heatingsnail
Last year
Goulding just pulled off the slowest step back, cross over 3 in NBL history
fan since the old snakepit
Last year
Hawks just a little off the pace all game.
Luuuc
Last year
Just left too many points at the stripe.
Should have been a different level of scoreboard pressure on MU at this point.
Dunkman
Last year
Rebounds and missed free throws killed hawks. Imo Blanchfield has always been rated better than he is and this season backs that up.
Jacket
Last year
58 free throws in 40 minutes of basketball
This is why the TV ratings are so good
Oh wait LOLOL
Jacket
Last year
58 free throws in 40 minutes of basketball
This is why the TV ratings are so good
Oh wait LOLOL
Anon
Last year
I didn't think you watched the games Jacket? Why do you care about TV ratings?
KET
Last year
Don't you find it odd that you’re engaging in and watching something you don’t like?
Patty"TheGOAT"Mills
Last year
MU
FT 21-30
Hawks
FT 24-38
Total
45-68
You don't get that many free throws in FIBA Ball. That's why I don't judge players based on their records and performances in the NBL.
Jacket
Last year
Good thing that there will be barely any NBL players in the Boomers team for the Olympics.
These players will have no idea what to do when the referees dont call a foul every 30 seconds.
Dunkman
Last year
Jacket, as soon as I see your name I move onto the next post, no one reads your rubbish.
LV
Last year
Yeah, reffing too soft. United took advantage early then somehow ended sending Illawarra to the line 38 times themselves
Clark, Froling, Delly huge all series, Travers big too. The best semi final series I can remember. Hawks. Just. Kept. Coming. Back. Unbelievable fight.
larrycucumber2
Last year
Jacket seems like a professional hater lol
Unfortunate finish but proud of how the Hawks turned around under Tatum and made a really good run to the semi-finals almost making the finals.
Refereeing certainly didn't help the Hawks though...
Jacket
Last year
LOL even Andrew Bogut tweeted that this game was "UGLY".
You cannot tell me this was not pre meditated by the referees.
Sebastian
Last year
Perfect, Jacket's a moron and follows Bogut. Who would have thought lol
Yup
Last year
Rucker had a great line about the Hawks -
"They continue to manufacture mini comebacks"
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