Not looking good!

could it be the dandenong v knox link on this site?
http://www.hahasport.com/c-6.html

The reason being, firstly, why the heck would they show dandenong v knox and secondly, the timing 15.30-17.30 matches wa times for the game in nz!

the dandenong v knox link also appears on vipbox.tv

its appearing everywhere, i'd say thats it because they also list it as "National basketball league" which obviously Knox isn't.

hope so!

What a game. Hope people stayed up and avoided the spoilers to watch it.

Just finished watching it.. no facebook, twitter, radio, tv etc.. I actually got alot of work done waiting for the game to come on TV! haha

Pretty disappointing to let it slip away in regulation, but what a game!

Wildcats to tie it up at home, game 3 classic in NZ to follow.. where is my credit card....

Also, I know we complain about carfino.. but those guys just repeated the same talk they picked up watching NBA games that thought sounded fancy all game... use a stolen term once, not all game.

Heatbreaking loss, really needed to get over the line. Classic game from a basketball point of view, and drew similarities to the '93 classic against Melbourne. This game should be remembered for a long time.

And yes the commentators are absolutely rubbish. Almost ruined an otherwise slick production. So Matty Knight didn't dunk it, get over it FFS! Amongst other stupid comments...

Bring on Game 2!

Gritty game, huge momentum swings.

I prefer Casey to Carfino. It's not like Carfino doesn't have his share of go-to lines and silly reactions. Gaze and Frank as a combo could well be hilarious, actually.

Gained a lot of respect for Lisch in that game, fighting on without Martin and Robbins. Classy player.

I thought the NBL as a spectators sport was done until last nioght. What a game to watch. Dunks, blocks, physciallity, refs let the players fight out the last part of game. In fact I thought the reffing was not too bad. The production of the game was great. Counted 6 different camera angles. Yes the commentary was a bit lack luster but it didn't really bother me that much. Imagine if this game was played during a 8pm timeslot How many extra people may have watched it just because the game was actually quite exciting. I almost cheered too loud (remembering it was 11:30pm) from my couch when Martin tried to dunk on Pledger.

The bit that sucks is game two will be done by One/Ten Sports. Don't think you will see 6 cameras. Will probably only have 3 like normal.

Excellent game, well worth staying up for. It can be great watching two excellent teams going hard at it when you don't have a vested interest in the outcome.

I did go to bed thinking through one of the hardest questions around, 'Who is the bigger flopper - Redhage and CJ Bruton?' Last night, for mine, Redhage. He actually managed to flop in an off-the-ball when he was posting up CJ! Great to see the umpires not falling for it either way.

As for yesterday's thread regarding whether 'clutch' exists - yes it does and its name is still CJ Bruton. Have to admire how he can keep getting it done.

No mention on foxsports.news.com.au of the NBL GF.
Surely it warranted a mention.

One of the best games I've ever seen. As Flinders80 said - it had everything! An exciting game to watch.

Vukona makes NZ team so much better. Lemanis had him sitting the first part of the last quarter, and then the commentators suggested it was the Breakers best defensive lineup - without Vukona and with Henry. I had to disagree. No doubt, when Vukona came back on they made a run and got the game into OT. The guy is a winner IMO.

Foul trouble on Martin and Robbins made things tough for the Wildcats. Lisch had a great second half without the help of his PGs and with some big buckets to keep them in it. I'd love to have this guy at the 36ers!

The Knight/Neville combo was dangerous and probably had the better of Pledger/Wilkinson for the most part of the night. At the start of the year Neville was coming off the bench and now he is the starter. Has to be the best C combo in the league.

Wilkinson and Jackson are clutch. Big threes in the last and OT for both of them. Same with Lisch.

The third quarter when Perth went on a 17-2 run I think to tie it, incredible. These are definitely the best two teams in the comp and I think the series will be decided by the last two minutes of each game, just like last night.

Already looking forward to the game next week!

One hell of a game I couldn't go to bed and I'm suffering for it this morning.
This is why I love the game.
It was hard fought and great to watch.
I'm leaning towards Perth but Breakers still have CJ who just knows how to win.
Pity I have to wait a week for game 2 bring it on.

I'm gutted that the Cats lost a winnable game, but the blow has been softened by being able to watch an absolutely epic finals game.

The 24 second and 8 second rule seem thouroughly
successful at speeding the game up.
Me . I'd knock off a coupla time outs and tell players just to go to the line , rather than have other little timeouts there.
A great game and at 10pm I was feeling pretty good,
might've been ill at ease after midnite , wanting them to get on with the game , rather than stop.
Perth started pretty good and Bruton came off the bench . NZ looked a little better with Bruton on.

I'm impressed with the upper body and arm strength that the Cats players have. Its almost superhuman. A few times last night, CJ Bruton would go for a shot or pass, and a Perth defender would reach up/in with their hand and get a slight piece of the ball, and it would send CJ flying backwards/sidewards, with his legs kicking out in all sorts of directions. They really don't know their own strength.

Exceptional game with everything especially passion. I agree that the Lisch Vs Jackson matchup was great to watch and I also thought the refs did a standup job of officiating what was always going to be a physical encounter.
I would love for NZ to win it in Perth.

I prefer NZ's commentating combo to Perths Lachy & Ronaldson. I can't stand those two!

Actually, like Isaac said, Gaze + Frank would be entertaining, throw in Heal as well. That's the better combo.

I like the Mulls and Frank Combo but would love to see Gaze and Frank with Mulls doing the court side stuff. The best things about Frank are that he makes up words and uses them every week and does not think before he opens his mouth, makes for some laughs.

Thats not a good thing.

says you. The television viewer numbers per game in NZ would suggest otherwise.

So they watch because he makes up words? I'm pretty sure people tune in because they are a well-oiled machine, and deserved championship favourites.

Amazing game. Just incredible. I knew the result and I was still spellbound!!

As for commentators, Casey Frank is great and I like Mulligan too, but Frank and Grybas would be fantastic. Agree re production, that slick job and commentators who are actually enthusiatic about the game make it much better to watch.

Absolutely phenomenal game to watch and even better when you have no allegiance to either team!

Kevin Lisch showed in the second half why he is the MVP and Cedric Jackson showed why he's the best all round point guard in the league. Some of the passes he made, falling or with the shot clock winding down were incredible.

Everyone expected the match up between the guards to be the most exciting and it certainly didn't disappoint one bit however a little surprisingly the combination of Redhage, Knight and Nevill vs Vukona, Wilkinson and Boucher was almost as good!

The referees were fantastic all game IMO, called the game with the right amount of physicality for the two teams and for Grand Final basketball, however, one blunder could well have cost Perth the game. With seconds left in regulation Vukona had the ball on the Perth baseline and was inbounding. He certainly could've been called for 5 seconds but in order to get the ball in took two steps to the right and launched it to half court which lead to Damian Martin diving on the ball and rightfully being whistled for his fifth and final foul. Beveridge was furious and rightfully so. Had this been called we might be talking about the game differently.

The NZ commentators do make my ears bleed. Whether i'm just accustomed to Carfino, Heal and Gaze I don't know but they are painful too listen too! Actually lead me to have some bias towards Perth!

If you don't like the commentary you can always use the mute button on your remote.

Agreed on the refs. Thought the level of physicality allowed was perfect for both sides.

I liked the move to leave Martin out there from (late in the third?) when he got his fourth foul. Bold coaching/playing.

A fantastic game and a great win by NZ without Abercrombie. Game Two should be a beauty!

The 8-9 days to Game 2 is why the Breakers will win.
CJ will be as good again as last night. If it was less than 4 days he would be very limited. That's why he gave up the Boomers. The training, travel and number of games in a short time, finally became too much.

When was Knight injured? Anyone know if it is serious?

Casey called the game great!

Well done mate!

Knight came off with just over a minute in the game after copping a hit in the hand from (I think it was) Jackson as he tried to gather in a pass under the hoop. Dislocated finger according to the commentators, so hopefully he'll be fine for game 2. Hope so anyway because he was great last night.

Henry is normally a good spot-up shooter from the perimeter, and was obviously forced to play far more minutes than usual last night with Abercrombie out, but yeah he didn't handle the extra load too well.

He's still better than Williamson
:/

Henry played fairly good defense against some pretty good offensive players. He got some rebounds and boxed out, job done. He was never expected to come out and score 15 points, just play some defense and hustle after rebounds which he did, NZ have plenty of other guys that can score although Henry is capable of knocking down the 3 ball and also has decent hops.

New Zealand Breakers vs Perth Wildcats live


New Zealand Breakers vs Perth Wildcats live



New Zealand Breakers vs Perth Wildcats live



New Zealand Breakers vs Perth Wildcats live


New Zealand Breakers vs Perth Wildcats live

New Zealand Breakers vs Perth Wildcats live


New Zealand Breakers vs Perth Wildcats live



New Zealand Breakers vs Perth Wildcats live



New Zealand Breakers vs Perth Wildcats live

Does anyone know where we can see this game live?