No PJC = no excuses for the Cats.

Can't see them needing excuses for this one!

Breakers need mooney to shoot well and mccarron + bairstow to control their pace.

Mojave will be assigned the defense match up on cotton is say so a good chance for him to show what he can do, especially with his shooting troubles

I'm picking cats by at least 10 and hopefully not 20+

Plenty of home cooking in this one.

What exactly is the defence meant to do on Tacko, can't hold your ground, can't keep arms straight up, can't lean in...

How long is Dolittle out for?

It's almost offensive this "just double Bryce" constant bs, pay some respect, teams have tried to double him, and it doesn't work consistently he is a super willing passer. Does it work sometimes, yes, but to act like there is this obvious way to just stop BC and everyone just ignores it is surface analysis at best

Two absolutely generous calls for nz to start

Credit where it is due to Anon for post #956948, which was not a sook about the refs. Good stuff.

If that's an and 1 then fall sure fouled henshall earlier....

Yep another foul on pinder, didn't touch him.... bc did though

I know he has the mic on but maybe don't telecast a kid that is frustrated expressing he wants to play in the day if neg media and social coverage ...

Commentary team loves Perth don't they.... absolutely one eyed

Smart coaching by Koppenen. Cats will win this but it's a little bit like fools gold, they just don’t play D of any quality.

If if Mooney doesn't get a tech then that's a joke

Perth gets a call and the commentary having a soon. So Damon can you ko a player with the ball then? No buddy

Another call for the cats and again the "unbiased" commentary are unsure what the foul was for...

Lowery is right, Tacko gets bear hugged a lot and no call. Disgusting call on Mooney. You stick your face in danger and get award. Cotton is blessed by refs and I'm a great fan.

There's been a lot of soft calls on the Breakers, Anon.

Wow that is a straight tech flop!!!! Not even a warning.... wow, what a joke

Lol, how is nbl ref's call way to many fouls yet also lose control of the game. I disagree you can't hit a player with the ball, otherwise what's stopping you from just using it like a brick??

Mooney is talented but also a hot head aggressive dope to boot

It's called a cylinder, Anon. You might want to learn about it.

I don't know what game the guy who posted about home cooking was watching. Laughable

Yes, the old cylinder rule should be followed. Breakers season torn apart by management, not much else to say. Cats are in finals, can they go deep, I'm a long way from that opinion.

Top five settled imo, sixth spot up for grabs plus positioning of top six.

Some very strange calls in that one, as well as strange non-calls. The better team won eventually, anyway, helped by the usual amazing stuff from BC.

Good comment on the cylinder, EssenX - this is where I think our refs are really 'imaginative' sometimes. Mooney tried to stay in his cylinder and found the defender already in it - should be a foul on the defender. Tacko gets bearhugged by a defender in his cylinder - again, foul on the defender. Bryce kicks his feet out of his cylinder when he shoots and makes contact with a defender - should be a no call, or a foul on Bryce for initiating the contact. Tacko runs through a stationary defender and nothing is called! WTF?!

Perhaps Scott Butler needs to give us more of his interpretations of the modern view of the rules.

Perth got a warning earlier Anon you knob

Cotton blew up at rillie during tonight's game. Very animated and when he got hot it seemed he was gesturing to rillie at times. I can't see him staying at perth with rillie there

I can't see him staying at Perth unless he’s got Australian citizenship ship, you don’t have any cap left if he’s on 1.2 million, and imports cost for three around 700k to 900k.

Perth sucks without Cotton. Most of that is because Rillie can't coach at this level. Wildcats fans are lucky that Cotton is carrying them.

Just on Cotton, Gleeson team were rolling at tables top slipped back to third with injuries to Hogg and Mooney, big losses, on track to miss finals, I believe Gleeson only got one year contract, now to the point, there third import is smith from Brisbane last season, been average, so Cotton is the perfect fit. Imports in Japan are even more important than the nbl.

Perth sucks without Cotton. Most of that is because Rillie can't coach at this level. Wildcats fans are lucky that Cotton is carrying them.

So true PW. I hadn't looked at it like that but there's no doubt that's the case. Even last night's game the cats would have lost if not for cotton

Few comments above referring to how Tacco is called/not called for fouls.

Consider that the Breakers had to "learn" how to use Tacco to their best advantage. It's already taken several weeks and they are starting to get it right, and they (the Breakers) have him all day, every day. Maybe that explains why the previous giants (2 from China & 1 from the Philippines) in our league achieved so little. None had learnt the art of being 7-foot-plenty.

Could be that the refs need to "learn" how to ref this phenom who can actually play. With each ref "working" Tacco's games only occasionally, could take some time? Rocco hasn't caused this problem for the refs yet. As he learns to be more aggressive he will also put more and similar pressures on the refs.

BC is basketball BitCoin - just keeps on getting better and better

Time will tell whether Perth can hodl him