My first time looking at the NBL's Live Scores and as has been expressed so many times on this forum, they've stuffed it again.

Surely the NBL knows which players are actually in the lineups prior to game start, particularly when we're talking a replacment import!

Also the play by play has gone a little berko at the end of the first quarter so I can't even work out how many points LW has scored in his debut quarter.

As Isaac mentions above, I trust all your 36ers fans are on the Blaze, at least just for this game.

yeah i was trying to add up the numbers from point scores and was wondering how they were telling it up! Look as though whithead has had some impact already 10 points on believe.

Penny looks as though he is on fire as usual!

could be a blow out breakers up by 17

The play by play sat on 36 seconds to go in the half for 5 minutes and now all stats have been erased. I give up.

While the Blaze will keep fighting, this game is going very much the way of the Round 8 home game against the Breakers when they pretty much dominated all night.

At least LW is having some impact.

What is the other site that has live scores? It was some betting site but I can't find it.

Live scores are back up for the third quarter. Breakers up by 30.

Id say the Sixers have more chance of replacing the Blaze in the 8 than the Breakers - very very tough road home for us and with a new import will make things even harder!

Breakers win by 30+ to go to 12-10, level with Gold Coast and about a win out of fourth. A few tough games coming up.

Gold Coast next head to Perth - don't like their chances there.

I think that the Blaze have been overrated all season. If the Sixers want in to the top 8, it will be over the carcass of the Blaze or the Crocs.

Unless the Sixers get some BIG wins over some top 3 sides, the chances of either happening are between slim and none. Starting with Sydney this week would be a big boost.

The untested opponent is Cairns who Adelaide are yet to face. If they can get one of those, Perth at the Dome, and the Hawks and Slingers, then that will help.

Agree re Blaze. Townsville and Cairns (once each) are their only top-eight scalps and they're help by getting to play Singapore three times, and all on the Gold Coast?!

Blaze first game v Singapore was away Isaac where we got our first win in the league (round 2)

Ah, I remember now. NBLStats.com must have the teams the wrong way around in the schedule.

Orien Greene looked to be pretty busy... 19 points on 8/11 FG and 3/4 2pt, 4 boards, 6 assists and 7 steals in just 26 minutes!

Yet another good game by Kirk Penney.

If anyone watched it how did Luke Whitehead look? Pretty good first game despite the 1/6 FT.

XY said "I think that the Blaze have been overrated all season"

Wouldn't the term 'overrated' only apply if the Blaze had been rated highly to begin with?

As no tipsters in the country would have rated the Blaze in the top 4 at the start of the season (and not many in the top 8) I think it would be more accurate to say that the Blaze have been playing above expectations.

I don't disagree that the Blaze are looking shakey at the moment, but don't write them off for playoffs just yet.

As I can't see the 36ers (sorry Isaac) or Pigs winning 6 of their remaining games, just 2 more home wins will be enough for the Blaze to reach the playoffs, particularly if one of these is against the Crocs next Friday to give us the tiebreaker.

While I'm hoping for more, I think that this is due to, once again, higher expectations based on the Blaze results so far. We'll see.

Playing above expectations is correct and perhaps some subsequent overrating has come from that.

Blazefan, agree, I meant what Isaac said. There is not doubt that their sitting in the top 4 spot for so long has been a little lucky of them based on the draw and not a true reflection of where they will likely sit at the end. That said, I like the Blaze's chance of making the finals better than the Sixers...

XY - The Blaze draw has been pretty tough, they are do much better than anyone would have thought, many tipped them to finish in the bottom 2.