Knowall
A few hours ago

Top 6 Sorted

Got the top 6 sorted.
Without injuries or referees affecting the outcome of too many games, while mathematically possible for some teams to make the top 6, IMO that has already happened.
This is the logic that I have used.
Coaching quality and player rosters have improved massively this season. Injuries have been cruel to some teams' history does not give a shit.
Brisbane is in struggle street, and I cannot see them winning any more games. So those lucky enough to playing Brisbane who are in the top 6, come with the right mind set it is a gimme that gets.
Illawarra and Melbourne now on 16 wins, I also have Hawkes beating Nz
Perth are humming full crew and 5 of their last 5 games at home, will go at least 50 §% so gives them 16 + wins
Sydney have a weaken Tasmania this weekend 2 home games and 2 away, pick up 2 wins and they are on 16+ as well.
SEM have NZ at home and have one of the toughest finishes with only Adelaide below them in the game's remaining. However, including NZ 5 of their 7 games are at home. I have them beating a weakened Tasmania to get them to 15.
Tasmania needs 2 to make it to 14. Expecting them to give their all and beat NZ this weekend. They will only then need 1 out of the last 4 games and if it comes down to a do or die game, do not have them losing to Cairns
Brisbane with injuries sustained and a raw coach needing everything to jell, they got a lot of pain coming the rest of the season
Adelaide 9 game’s left, 7 on the road. As a team this year they are 2 for 7 on the road, so I haven given them the 2 home games that puts them on 12.They got Perth & Cairns this round that is a hell of a road trip. The other 3 away games are Sydney, Perth and SEM. These 3 teams may all be via for top spot, have better coaches and team vibes, hard to see them winning any of these.
Cairns and NZ will win a game or two but will share bottom end with Brisbane.




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Zodiac  
A few hours ago

Adelaide is 7 games left, 5 on the road.

The scheduling of playing Perth in Perth on Friday night and then playing Cairns in Cairns on Sunday afternoon is pretty damn ordinary.

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Master Chief  
A few hours ago

The whole NBL schedule needs to be better balanced moving forward, IMO. Games are too infrequent and then too frequent in contrast to what teams are used to, never allowing for fluency when needed, or breaks from games when needed. They play too infrequently early in the season, and then cram all the remaining games in over a 2-3 week period. It feels that way anyway, but happy to be put in place if I am not considering other factors.

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LoveBroker  
A few hours ago

Much of this rests on the JJ's.

Their injuries have opened it up a bit more.

They have remaining games here with my guess.

@ NZB - W
@ SYD - L
@ SEM - L
Vs ILL - L
@ MEL - L
Vs CRN - W

Which means 14 games is the requirement to get in.

The JJ's are the only team with a sub 100 Points %.

BRI and ADL need to win 4 of the last 7 to have a chance which is doable, but ADL need to win 'bigger' as they have a poor Points % or win 15 games.

Both play PER this week, BRI at home and ADL @ PER 2 days later.

The Perth game is supposed to be open roof which is bad for Perth.

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Luuuc  
A few hours ago

Feels like it has drizzled about twice in the past 2 months, but Friday is currently forecast to be 'shower or two, chance of a thunderstorm", so that roof might not be open.

Totally agree that @Perth on Friday followed by @Cairns on Sunday is some shitty scheduling

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Dunkman  
A few hours ago

Agreed, top six is set. Now it's just finishing order. Perth could be minor premiers at this stage. SEM could sneak up as well, kings look to be in trouble, to many name players not doing great. United no how to win should be top three, four at worst. JJs probably sixth, hawks should be top two.
Cats
Hawks
United
SEM
Kings
JJs.

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KL  
A few hours ago

By my reckoning the league needed to squash 29 games into 21 weeks for each team this season. That takes account of the early start and the FIBA break. That should mean no more than 3 games every 15 days. Certainly not the 4 games in 7 days we have seen recently. It just can't be that hard even with MU and SEM needing to be on the road this time of year. Starting the season in the last week of August would make the task even easier and would mean no more than 3 games every 18 days. We have the conversation every year that followers of the NBL will still tune in even with the NRL and AFL finals on. What the league does if they extend the season to 35 games and try to squash that number into 20 weeks makes the mind boggle.

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Derider  
Within the hour

Hawks should finish first. 19 wins will probably be enough, so they only need to beat Brisbane, Cairns, NZ and Tasmania. Perth and Melbourne should lose at least another game and Hawks have the superior pts differential.

Adelaide might make it at the expense of the hobbled JJs, but it's gonna be hard with all the away games.

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The Big Duke  
Within the hour

Tas losing tomorrow Knowall trust me.

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