I think it was double overtime last season.
My heart is telling me... Sixers by a point.

Id like to see perth utilise him properly. They havent gotten him the ball like guys like Jacob Holmes did last season. If he gets it consistantly, 6ers are in big trouble...at the other end, who will Luke have to guard if burston is out? Balls will draw him out and there will be space for our guards to do what they do best....PENETRATE! Tactics will win this game more than it would be a factor in other games.

is there a radio stream at all? i know the video thing is available.

In 'sixers' category is the radio link.

danger game for Sixers. I say "F@&^ it", go for broke boys!

Paid to watch my first game on Rivus. Fingers crossed it all goes well.

Yeah me too skip! Good to see it haha

I'm tuning in to Rivus for the first time tonight as well. Looking forward to the game. Hope Burston is ready to go and the Sixers put a good game together. Lets go boys!

yeah my 1st time usin rivus too hope it goes well, but i cant look at scensch in wildcats colours, hes a 6ers to me lol

Yeah Im missing audio too

Ok me 3. The payment was shaky and I got no audio.

Anyone know why there would be no sound?

OK, so where's the audio?!!

Sweet, Radio and TV are perfectly in sync.

Skip what radio station is playing the game? I have just gone through the entire dial (FM and AM) and got nothing!

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25048786-5005401,00.html

lost connection

Yea, Ex Idol COurtney Murphy sung the anthem. Ive lost vision. :-(

Thanks, have the audio now!

man they are killing it from the outside.

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25048786-5005401,00.html

live radio link

http://linky.com.au/1vtjw

Ouch the Cats have come out red hot tonight. Sixers need to close their shooters a little better, but having said that, they haven't been that poor. More just the Cats moving the ball very well. 17 point hole will be tough to recover from!

Got good audio now, thanks Skip.

yeah were in a bit of trouble

50-25 in 2nd....GAME OVER ALREADY

Groves doing a good job of penetrating but our big guys need to catch the dam ball!

Props to Coops, doing a good job defensively tonight.

Shit.

Time for a Townsville 3rd qtr.

Do your best Homicide immitation, Pitbull

SOOOOOO bad on the road, very depressing. We are so good at home, just be competitive on the road is all i want

David Cooper 10mins 5Rbs 1as 1stl 1blk 4pts FG2/3
Is our best.

Tell the douchebag in front of the camera to sit down.

and now the radio and video is out of sync.

15secs out?

If you exit the stream then open it again it's almost in sync.

should we give gerlapp a go??? he did well in pre season

Don't think I'll pay $5 for that again.

ouch

Don't give up on this so easily. Live streaming is a great idea and its still in its inception. $10 is not a lot to lose to give the idea chance. It's great when it works and I believe, like a lot of things, its just going to take time to get it streamlined. Be patient!

how can 2 top line players have a 6from 20 and give up 11 turnovers is b/s what about team play dont just shoot and hope for the best lets tal about defence what defence you say dead right we have none how can you give up 110 points in 40 minutes of ball thank christ we did not have to play 48 minutes we would have lost by 60 points .PLEASE FIX THE PROBLEM ABOUT D

Most of Gilchrist's turnovers were because people were dropping his passes, and they were good passes.

Top effort by the Cats tonight. They came out with a plan and executed it to perfection. Thought Gilchrist looked reasonably composed breaking their traps early, but as the game wore on the TO's started to mount. 11 between our two main playmakers is a very bad night out.

Cats did a good job of coming off screens, getting themselves just enough space to get the shot off in the first quarter and they were good enough to knock them down. Have to say I'm very surprised as I didn't pick the Cats to be that great a long range team!

Burston's fitness is really hurting the Sixers now. We need more from him, particularly defensively when up against guys like Schenscher.

The Sixers just aren't as well drilled as the Cats at the moment. They rely too much on creating off the dribble, forget to move the ball enough and don't find a way to get Balls enough shots when it counts.

Their other problem is that not enough guys seem confident shooting from the perimeter. Apart from Ng and Balls, no-one really has shown a reliable jumpshot.

Only positives for me were Coops and Herbert, who both scrapped hard. Holmes was solid as always but is never going to carry the team when its stars don't perform.

Disappointing effort on the road again. Scotty, you gotta figure it out mate!

nowhere near good enough. very disappointing but will be good to see how they come out against the tigers on wednesday night.

getting tired of losing the same road trips year in year out. time to find a psychologist who can work the boys over n get results.

hawks are awsome

I think that ninnis is trying to share around the minutes too much. im sure balls was playing 36 minutes last season in a 48 minute game, why should he play any less?

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Totally agree with you!!!!!!!!!
I watched {tried to watch} the other 36ers game that didn't work, didn't worry about a refund,it was more the inconvience of having friends over to watch it and it failed and had to reconnect all the time.
Then a mate came over tonight to watch it again and thankfully we got too busy talking about basketball to worry about trying to watch itother wise it sounded like it would have been another night of frustration!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good idea, especially when people don't seem interested in broadcasting games but it needs to run properly before charging or promoting

All those who paid fot the stream

It's VERY important to note that Rivis is NOT responsible for the broadcast. They are just the streaming provider. It is the CLUB'S reposnsibility to provide the broadcast inclding vision, sound and commentary.

Can anyone tell me why the hell Herbert plays the first 9 minutes of the game? He hasn't done anything in the previous 3 games yet Ninnis continues to persist with him! He ends up playing 26 minutes and Ballinger plays 28 minutes yes that sounds fair! Herbert should be anchored to the Bench until he actually produces! Otherwise we might as well have mark Nash out there! Ng has been tearing it up perhaps he was under an injury cloud but still Groves deserves the minutes over Herbert!

Can someone tell me was Burston fine to play? He got limited minutes in the first then didn't play in the second quarter. Played the rest of his minutes in the 3rd and didn't play in the 4th. Perhaps the result was already decided so they only gave him limited minutes. If he was good enough to play, start him at Center, stop making a stupid decision and starting Ballinger at Center!!! Furthermore, do not start Holmes at Power forward!!!!!!!! Ballinger is 6'8. Holmes is 6'7 and too slow to play small forward and to small to play power forward yet we start with this disadvantaged team every week!

Groves had another horrible game. If he doesn't perform next game they should start the process of thinking of cutting him. Larry Abney, Rosell Ellis, Tremell Darden and Isaiah Victor are all more suitable imports then Groves!

Would Jacob Holmes start for any other team in the league?? i doubt it but I guess Ninnis has no other choice since we don't have any other bigs!

A 30 point loss is pathetic and not acceptable by the coaches and the players!!! An embarrassing effort!!! Another road Failure!!! Sure we might win against Tigers on Wednesday at home and Ninnis and the players will get pats on the back and everything will be forgiven by most but that is still not good enough!

Only read the box scores but if Perth shoot that well, it's always going to be a blowout.
You have a small athletic team, how did you give up so many threes (please don't tell me you zoned)?

Worries for Sixers though as Beantown points out are the turnovers (that doesn't reflect too good on Gilchrist) and not getting Ballinger involved offensively.

The margin makes any further analysis irrelevant. Thankfully you've got the Tigers who don't seem to be able to hit the side of a barn at the moment.

Beantown, I agree on this comment. "Top effort by the Cats tonight. They came out with a plan and executed it to perfection."

Now I am still waiting for Ninnis to do the same for his team. Another season, same crap.

Sorry for my drunken rant :P However, some of my points are valid.

It's just a fact that we shouldn't be losing by that much. If the other team is dominating and are going to win thats fine but at least win a quarter! At least get some positives going into the next game.

KJ, I think you should be worried if it happens again. Teams can have bad nights, and Perth were certainly hot looking at the stats.

The Sixers are still 2-2 and while improvement is needed, they are already around the mark, which is good considering they have brought in 5 new players, including 3 starters.

Melbourne at home should be a win, but Cairns on the road will be a big test.

King James, I generally agree with you. It wasn't a good enough effort from the Sixers last night. As well as their execution, Perth were really intense on both ends in the first quarter. Our guys tried to respond with poise to the pressure, but the intensity never ramped up to match the Cats, and that was what was needed in that situation. A team with a bit of mongrel would have sat a few guys on their asses and tried to disrupt their opponents run.

In the end it is tough when the home team comes out and plays that well in the first quarter, but a championship level team would have fought their way back into the match and we were never able to do that.

One thing that everyone should remember though is that we are not a championship level team. Scotty has only just put this team together and they will have some growing pains. Gilchrist, Groves, Burston and Herbert are all new key players. Guys like Hill and Ng, who we need to get big contributions from, have never had the responsibility of being such key players. Burston and Hill have both been injured, preventing the team from meshing the way it needs to.

I think a big part of the reason we are seeing Balls, Holmes and Herbert starting is because of those two key injuries. Burston not being fully fit leaves us extraordinarily thin up front, because we only have Coops off the bench to spell Holmes and Balls. Hill being injured has forced us to run with Herbert as a starter and while I thought he was good last night, he needs to start making some more shots as he was during pre-season to justify starting if Hill gets fit.

Now Groves is a real puzzle for me. Every time I have seen him this year he has looked pretty solid on the court. He generally handles the ball well and still gets to the basket with ease, but at the end of the game, too often he does seem to end up with horrendous scoring lines like last night.

I do quite like Groves, but I have to say that the team balance does seem a bit off, because we have too many slashers and not enough guys who seem to be able to make a shot outside the keyway! It might be that Groves was just the best guy the team could get for the money they were willing to spend on the second import, but I think what the team needs more than anything is an import who is primarily a deadly jumpshooter but can also defend and rebound solidly.

Anyway, Perth certainly exposed some of the flaws in our team tonight, but we shouldn't get too morose over one flogging! The team is still 2-2 and has a good shot at being 3-2 after playing the wounded Tigers next week.

p.s. Bill - it wasn't zoning that allowed the Cats to nail so many threes early, they were just running guards along the baseline, around low picks and out to the arc. That was getting them just enough time to knock shots down. There was quite often a Sixer on the scene, but just a split second too late. That offence, combined with Perth's trapping to get the ball out of Gilchrists hands, meant that the Sixers were constantly under the pump and not given much chance to run their offence properly. Thats why I give a lot of credit to Perth for the win.

Thanks for clearing that up Beantown.
Sixers are still going to have to eliminate TO's if they want to be competitive. All teams will trap now, to get the ball out of Gilchrist's hands and let someone else come up with decision msking.
Ng seems to be the most capable (on paper) at the moment?
Is his time limited because of his defence?
Could he play more minutes?

Great analysis Beantown!

Injuries have certainty disrupted the team.

We are very limited up front and Burston being injured and Cooper being, well Cooper, the coaching staff couldn't do much more with those positions.

It was a bad loss but it is still early in the season and with the new team it will take time. However, effort levels needs to be addressed as we can't be losing by 30 points in a 40 minute game!

Also you are probably right Groves was probably a budget import and could possibly still come good. However, they have to be realistic and start thinking about the possibility of replacing him if he doesn't improve his performances.

Finally, if Ng is fit they should put him in front of Herbert (as long as the other team isn't too big). or ideally if Burston is not injured put him in the line up at center. Remove Herbert and drop ballinger and holmes to the power forward and small forward positions.

Wednesdays game against Melbourne will be interesting. If we lose that there should start to be pressure on Ninnis (not in terms of sacking him but rather that he needs to get a better performance out of this time) as well as groves if he doesn't perform. I think we should be able to win though

Groves is going to be inconsistent, since the Gong days he always has been. We will get some decent games here and there from him, but he will give us at least one horrible game out of every 3.

Eh, Groves may have not put up great numbers, but he was the only one (probably along with Holmes and Cooooop) who actually seemed to give a shit last night. Forced it at times, but if a few of drives that rimmed out go in, his line looks a lot better.

Mind you, I'm certainly not in the Groves corner and wasn't overly happy with the signing, but when hardly anyone shows up, the guys that are trying are going to end up looking worse than they actually were.

I heard he also had big guys blow a few good passes. I dont think you can judge one player on a night where most of the team was very poor - that said, Groves does need to up his output.

Herbert should be anchored to the Bench until he actually produces!

Can someone tell me was Burston fine to play?

Furthermore, do not start Holmes at Power forward!!!!!!!!

When myself and others wanted better back up for Burston when Cooper signed many qouted as Isaac did in his post about Ballinger at centre but the trouble is he is crap playing there and gets taken out of game scoring wise and no under the ring Defence.
With this team we need 20 ppg ave out of Ballinger.
So when move him to there the team suffers in my opinion.
Can only hope Burston can play every gam from here on in.

I only said Ballinger would end up playing a bit of centre as that was what I'd heard. Not pretending that anyone wouldn't want a better back-up than Cooper, but salary cap and points cap come into play. Funnily enough, Cooper was good in this game, and Ballinger (starting at centre) shot at a good clip and was (from those watching the game) one of the only highlights for Adelaide early on.

Where this game was lost was their defense at guard pressuring Gilchrist and Groves into 11 turnovers between them, and a bunch of Wildcats having a field day hitting shots. Must turn it around by Wednesday because Melbourne have shown enough in patches that they can catch a team napping and build a solid lead.

Was not being critical of your statement just that been used before and we seem to lose a consistent threat as a scorer when Adam at centre as seems to get covered easier.
Now that Brett not there we need to find that scorer when our game shut down and I only see Adam that can consistently do that role .
Also dont want him getting cheap fouls in that possie which can happen.
Interesting that Coops is the one player that seems to do a little better away that at home .
However cant say that is that hard though on home game efforts.
May feel a little less pressure.
We have got what we have got but maybe just sacrifice the centre with Garlepp and Cooper there until Hill returns and Burston fully fit