What is that even implying? the guy had 9pts 9reb 9asts, which is pretty good output. 6to isn't surprising considering the Tigers offense and the horrible offense the shuffle. And didn't shoot well but still a pretty good output he had there.

Thanks Melbourne. You just let that boof head coach win a game. How was he today. Moose looked like a kid in a candy shop with a $50 note

Tuned in for a bit of the replay of this and ended up switching off the TV. Crowd seemed dead, commentators didn't sound interested. Was it like that all game? If so, huge shame that this was the game that made it onto Ch 10.

Isaac, typical "rivalry game" for Australia day. Gaze even said it was "the two worst teams in the league right now" during the telecast, so not exactly hyping the game.

Think the highlight for Carfino and Gaze was when Khazzouh sank back-to-back 3ptrs.

Shame Australia day didn't wind up last Sunday. The Adelaide/Perth game would have fit the bill. Or even this weekends game would have done.

Isaac, you might have caught the action packed part of the game so avoid the replay.

Back to the drawing board for Westover. When he assembled this squad he thought he had 'all the bases covered'. Possibly the worst off season recruiting drive ever. & then Homicide supposed to come in late & mop up? Sign him for next season & start again. His record will give him 1 more season but Al might be facing a centrelink cue if that happens again!

lol, on Sunrise this morning; they were celebrating Sydney with their 2 game win streak.

One comment was made to restart the season from two games ago so they could be in the Top 4.

seriously the whole team could have been out till 4...

seasons over, no point in getting to paranoid about it..

Channel 10 gave occasion to see the NBL
but it felt flat.
'We are watching the 2 bottom teams and the imports aren't doing much' Gaze told us.
Critical reaction centred on Melbourne playing poorly
hence the problem with their audience.
There won't be any highlights from that game,
the half time shoot for $5000 , and the highlights package at the end , the livliest part.

Khazahou , of course, a little too fast for a slow Melbourne team.
Homicide mainly froced a drive to draw fouls.
A few air balls and hitting the side of the backboard
Gelder picked a few off the floor and put them in.

Reminds me - how are there so many air-balls in the NBL? Dann completely missed a wide-open three. Gilder had two shockers against the Hawks.

Yeah, it does draw the quality of the game into a downward spiral. Can understand the occasional jitters on court or an injury to the inaccuracy, but some players have been consistently bad.

Gilder is probably the big one for me. It's almost like his depth perception is very bad. Don't think he's THAT bad a player, but something has messed up his Mojo.

Is there perhaps some sort of problem with the fact alot of Games are now televised? I know it's pretty unlikely but considering the game is rebuilding its image here; do you think there are pep-talks about it being a TV game before tipoff and that causes some problems?

Bernard in the Melbourne paper:

lacking any great spark from playmaker Corey Williams (nine points, 2-11 FG, nine rebounds, nine assists, six turnovers).

Fair to say that they haven't all been that bad. Past years had shockers too.

Won't argue there! OneHD/NBL have been brilliant at scheduling the worst for TV but then having all those Sydney games has been begging for that until recently.

It's been a while, so I'm due for my regular whinge about this.

How hard is it to get us some freaking stats during the telecast?!?!?! Just a banner at the bottom of the screen for each time a stat is added, like FoxSports used to do and every other basketball telecast has!!

They told everyone on their facebook page after round 3 that they were working on it. Evidently not.

On a positive note, props to them on increasing the frequency and relevance of their replays.

I know anon, and I could understand that comment if we were asking for 4 games a week or something. But we're talking about some occasional statistics here. It can't be that hard and would improve their telecast hugely.

At least Gilder's starting to look interested on D now. Unfortunately that means he now looks like a retarded preying mantis in that defensive stance. But at least he's trying.

HOME TEAM
Corey Williams: -8
Tom Greer: -5
Matthew Burston: 0
Eric Devendorf: -9
Luke Nevill: 4
Cameron Tragardh: -18
Lucas Walker: -9
Daryl Corletto: -24
Wade Helliwell: -19
Benny Lewis: -2

ROAD TEAM
Ben Madgen: 2
Graeme Dann: 23
Julian Khazzouh: 13
Mark Dickel: 1
Patrick Sanders: 12
Trey Gilder: 18
Luke Martin: 14
Ben Knight: -4
Kevin White: 6
Jarrod Scoines: 5