Isaac
Years ago
NBL starters this season, plus other facts
Thought this bit from the NBL's Round 10 Fast Facts was interesting:
The Tigers are the only team that has been able to start the same five players for every game so far this year and they have not had a player miss any games through injury thus far. Cairns have had just six players appear on court in every game to this point.Might be some changes to those Townsville names with coach Gleeson suggesting a change in starters after a recent losing streak.
Starters used this season
5 Tigers (Barlow 11, Ere 11, Grizzard 11, Mackinnon 11, Anstey 11)
6 Breakers (Penney 13, Forman 13, Ronaldson 13, Rickert 13, Bruton 12, Henare 1)
6 Hawks (Franklin 12, Campbell 12, Saville 12, Rychart 12, Tragardh 10, Davidson 2)
6 Spirit (Martin 13, Low 13, Knight 13, Khazzouh 13, Rush 12, Smith 1)
7 Crocodiles (Williams 11, Hinder 11, Ellis 11, Rillie 10, Tovey 7, Williamson 4, Robertson 1)
7 Dragons (Gibson 12, Darden 12, Ingles 12, Worthington 10, Horvath 8, Burston 4, Vukona 2)
8 36ers (Holmes 12, Tyndale 11, Ballinger 10, Bruce 10, Schenscher 8, Maher 6, Davidson 2, Winitana 1)
8 Blaze (Melmeth 15, Heal 15, Harvey 14, Whitehead 10, Frank 9, Hawkins 5, McGregor 5, Bowen 2)
8 Taipans (Mee 13, Thomas 13, Abney 13, Crosswhite 9, Black 6, Grabau 6, Cattalini 4, Cook 1)
8 Wildcats (Hinson 14, Redhage 13, Loughton 13, Knight 12, Crawford 10, Weigh 4, Victor 3, Dowdell 1)
Other notable facts:
The Taipans are 0-15 in Melbourne against the Tigers and play there tonight.
Goorjian has never lost a game at North Shore and is undefeated over his last five games coached in Auckland.
When Adelaide score under 96 points, they are 0-6. When they score 96 or more, they're 5-1.
Adelaide are yet to win a Saturday game this season, but have a chance to change that against the Dragons this weekend.
In three wins this season where Brett Maher played, he's gone without collecting a foul in 85 minutes of total playing time.
Currently, the 2009 side is the 36ers lowest scoring team in club history.
Meanwhile, their upcoming opponents are historically second in winning margin:
Greatest average winning margins over a season
13.1 Brisbane 2007 (champions)
12.2 South 2009 (?)
11.8 Sydney 2003 (champions)
11.5 Adelaide 2000 (semi finalists)
11.4 Townsville 2000 (semi finalists)
11.2 Sth East Melb 1996 (champions)
On an upcoming Cats game:
This match will be the first of maybe the longest road trip in NBL history as the Wildcats travel to Cairns, Auckland then on to Darwin and back to the Gold Coast before returning home. Perth will have eight of their last 12 games at home to look forward to.
