When was the last time someone dropped 20 in the first quarter

Didn't Goulding do it in the first today.

Copeland and Gaze are so smart commentators, how did they fail at the kings.

Tacko out hurt, Pineau as well, Pinder never started. Cotton delivering master class.

Nice first half, Cats

Where is Pinder

Cotton is just a freak. He literally has no offensive weaknesses to his game. Pound for pound he and Gaze are the best offensive players we've ever seen.

Cotton doesn't need bonus free throws from the refs on good D. Cats in good form, different team in Perth to on the road.

I can hear Matt Walsh in the background ringing gillespies agent

Apparently cats are no good without webster

Gillespie has signed in Italy.

Great first half from Cotton with 31 points.

Cotton up tp 41 now Batemon's 'record' might be in jeopardy.

You gotta feel for Batemon if it stands for all of 2 weeks lol

Cotton could break the 51 set by Bateman two weeks ago and he deserves it.

I can hear Matt Walsh in the background ringing gillespies agent

I can hear Matt Walsh in the background ringing gillespies agent

Gillespie has signed in Italy.

Almansa and Lopez very good next stars. Hoping got breaks it, Bateman had one good game, Cotton does it every week. I feel for PJC, he's been fantastic in a losing team.

Italy, Milano, big euro league team, his wage packet has skyrocketed.

Its game on

Another fade out has thickened the plot.

Yes hopefully game on, two great next stars and how good are Cotton and PJC, this league has some quality.

Breakers have one big fit and still managing to compete. PJC carrying them at the moment.

Strange mccarron barely getting minutes. Bairstow preferred running point

There it is, after all these years of excellence Bryce has a 50 piece

Any stat star out there know how many 50 point games Perth have had? I reckon the legend JC had a couple. Anyone else? Roland Brooks maybe?

Absolutely deserves to be the record holder. Legend!!

JC has 57 and 52 pt games. Favourite player ever.

Considering nz let in 40 in the first quarter they have made a good game of it, also very short on players.

"He hasn't been in there for long enough and he’s also being held" how about you call the foul then? Questionable comment from the ref.

Perth are doing a shockingly bad job at trying to help cotton get 60

Cotton, magnificent, Almamsa, Doolittle, Wyndler great for cats, PJC magnificent, Lopez, Mennenga, Anticevich very good for cats.

59 for cotton in the end, one of the best to ever do it

That's a 37 year old record broken, right? Incredible. So glad I was at the arena to witness it. Hard to believe really.

Mitch Mccarron's days seems over 1:39 . Did he sign for more than 1 yr ?

Phenomenal by BC..... but geez Perth still have some defence issues.

"Copeland and Gaze are so smart commentators, how did they fail at the kings."

Lol.

Cotton was phenomenal.

If you're Coach Kop, surely you’re hoping Fall is out for the season and Bolden is back next week.

Fall shrewdly got a 2 year deal so can't be cut without his contract being paid out for the rest of the season and McCarron got a 2 year deal too.

I was just explaining to my brother out at lunch today the idiotic decisions Matt Walsh makes at the Breakers ha

But if he's injured, it’s insurance right?

Not sure, I've never heard of an injured NBL players contract being paid by the team's insurace company. Not saying it hasn't happened I've just never heard of that happening before.

I've heard of NBA players taking a medical retirement and having the rest of their contract paid by the team's insurer, happened with both Luc Longley and Larry Johnson at the Knicks.

Looks like I chose a good game not to go to.

Fall will spend most of his career rehabbing from injury to get injured again.
Sure he's a total mismatch for everyone in the league on offence but he's a complete liability defensively against teams that can shoot from outside at a decent clip.
I liked how versatile NZ's bigs were with Menenga, Gillespie & Bolden.
They could all move their feet, play d, rebound and get out in transition.

Thanks Matt Walsh....

In saying that NZ lost that game on transition and perimeter defense, or lack of.
Didn't help that they struggled to hit the ocean from the pier for a lot of the game while Perth made their shots.

Attention deservedly on Cotton's 59, but PJC follows up CG's 46 and Batemon's 51 with a nice 34 and 10 on 11/15 from the field and 11/12 from the line. Opposition guards torturing Perth right now.

Perth 8-7 and doing alright despite some injuries this year, but need to improve defense, and learn to win outside Perth (currently 1-5) with a stretch of 7 straight away games coming up

Fall will spend most of his career rehabbing from injury to get injured again.

Thanks Matt Walsh....

What's funny/sad, is that I expected him to get injured getting smashed by Wagstaff or someone of his ilk, but he just flopped over without any extra attention!

He'd hurt it on the previous play at the offensive end.

Agree though it was very minor contact

Think his future post breakers is back in the Chinese league

What's the update on Bolden, Pineau and Fall injuries and any other breakers players.

On the NBL injury update it lists Bolden due to return Round 13, not sure how accurate that is.
I haven't heard anything on "Mr Glass" Tacko Fall or Dane Pineau's recent injuries.
I guess Darling isn't fit with his DNP and McCarron played under 2mins against the Wildcats so he may still be carrying an injury.

Cheers Mystro. I really like what coach Kop is doing, I wasn't a great fan of Maor so I’m hoping they get a good run.

Like pineua to cats next season. Need rebound first big. Tighten up defensive transition.

Very underrated Pineau, not flashy but plays hard and team first.

Pineau is too offensively limited to play more than 5-10mpg. Otherwise, he is a solid rebounder and team defender.

Exactly, someone to hold the fort when your starter is taking a breather.

It baffles me to this day how Pineau had one excellent season averaging close to a double double, and the rest of his career has been so mediocre

Because got to be on court.. perfect fit for cats

Breakers fans certainly haven't held back on social media attacking management for the dumb decision to bring in Fall to replace Gillespie. It’s unusual.

It was a dumb move considering how well the team was going despite multiple injuries.
They replaced a versatile athletic player that complimented the roster with a guy who will likely spend more time injured than on the court and can only defend the rim.

Its funny you say that. His father had exactly the same trajectory in his playing career here. One double double season and then dropped off dramatically.

@word14

I really don't understand bringing in Fall either. It’s not like he was going to dominate or deliver you a championship. I can only assume it was a bromance, brain fart or NBL pressure, and then only to increase the eyeballs on the sport.

WBF good call, somehow went from averaging 18 and 12 to 1 and 1!!

I doubt it was NBL pressure, the Breakers tend to resist things like that. As I understand it the Breakers haven't been doing that well financially for a while so the signing of a freak like Tacko was probably an attempt to boost ticket sales, hence that stunt Walsh pulled earlier in the season charging fans $30 to meet him at a game long before they actually signed him.

Aren't nz owners ex nba guys ? They must have some money.

Dunno about Pineau to Cats he's a nothing special role player really. The possibility of Wetzel to Cats a couple of seasons ago - now that was exciting. Was prob never on the cards but sounded great at the time until he went to Germany