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Matt Knight has just passed a fitness test at @PerthArena & WILL play this afternoon! http://bit.ly/1ymvpLH #RedArmy

Matt Knight cleared to play. Would have gone with Perth regardless and expect them to win a close one.

Perth should win, but they don't look anything special in a must won game. Slow and tired against a team that has not much to play for....

Haha Mike Ellis just called out Redhage for flopping, it is what it is. You know your a flopper when a great of the club has to admit it!

Knight looks pretty damn good

Perth look tired. Knight looks great though. Sydney just don't have the talent without Childress though

Childress makes everything easier for everyone else on that Kings team. Thats the sign of a MVP. Shame this would've been a cracker if he was in.

Ugly game. Wildcats far from convincing despite the Kings being very ordinary.

Not last week. But undoubtedly that's changed this week. But it's only a co incidence ;)

That game was garbage. I'm not going to be too critical of the Cats since they never looked in danger, but it's not one they'll take many positives out of either.
Very happy to see Hire & Knight both looking relatively healthy though. Knight reminding everyone why he was missed so badly the last month.
Still plenty of players down on their best though.

A real "paint-by-numbers" sort of win.

Knight's impact was immediate and significant.

Cats looked ordinary and to win like that and kings 2 key players out, cairns next Friday will absolutely smash perth which will helps the Sixers cause.

Thanks for the input again Sixers147. How did you go with your prediction of an Adelaide win by 30?

Must be strange to hate another team with more intensity than you support your own.

@Sixers,

It's not like the result was close, 80-61. I don't think you get to make those kind of statements about a 19-pt margin.

Well, not if you're both serious and mentally functional, anyway.

Redhage is really fading and his shots aren't falling. At danger of becoming a glorified energy player rather than a starter who can be trusted with a big chunk of the scoring load.

Also, Damo, 6/8 shooting, continuing to show great offensive form. I knew he had it in him :D Plus 7r, 4a.

Redhage suffering effects of a virus the past week. Sixers147, serious, your comments are childish. Cats will take a 19 point win. That was 5 games in 11 days, despite the injuries 2-3 is respectable, 3-2would have been the aim. Look at cairns, beat Hawks by 3 top versus bottom, you cannot take any game for granted.

"Every NBL game is ordinary"

Certainly the case this weekend. Terrible games.

Is it a case that Wagstaff should now start and have Redhage come off the bench?

Nathan of Perth - I wonder if he saw the comments about his shooting on here a couple of weeks ago! :D

Was always going to be a win for Perth with Knight in and Childress gone. Still, nice to see Perth win easily, whilst holding their opponents to only 61.
Obviously great to have Knight back, but very gratifying to see his immediate return to form. Also another great performance from Damo.

Lack of quality input from others is a worry. Hopefully Redhage is just recovering from illness, but Beal was down for the 2nd game, and DD also had an off game.

Great to see the season back on track, with Perth now all but guaranteed a finals berth.

As for "Sixers147" I doubt he's really a 6's fan, probably just somebody who got sacked by the Wildcats and has an axe to ground.

Beal is doing okay, drawing immediately double-teams though. This is where Damo attacking will break the shackles on him. Will be better the more Redhage sits and Wagstaff plays. If Redhage has another year left it will probably be as a bench player.

Not saying that Redhage's flopping wasn't as good/bad as its ever been yesterday but when the refs reward Garlepp for completely staging a hit to the face from Jervis, what do they expect players to do?

Blood boiled, Jervis holding him off with the arm bar and all of a sudden his head and arm go flying back, yeesh.

Hi. Cannot believe how last years premiers could only beat a completely uncompetitive Kings team by 19 points. The Perth players should be ashamed. How can the NBL allow this farce to continue?

Hi. What?

Dear SO,

Please report to your nearest medical centre to arrange a CAT scan. Something is wrong.

Really Nathan,
On Sunday Kings had 5 players who don't belong in the NBL, no effective import players. If you think they are a competitive team you either are the one needing medical help or know nothing about about b/ball.

SO, there is 4 players in that team that don't have the ability to be in the NBL. A 19 point win is fine. How much do you expect teams to beat them by?

You say the other poster doesn't "know nothing about bball" yet make the statement of "Cannot believe how last years premiers could only beat a completely uncompetitive Kings team by 19 points." They won last years final but they have lost the best player in the league as well as having players come back from injury. So you acting like it is the same team shows you know nothing about bball.

Surely SO and Sixers 147 are one and the same?

King James,
Ennis wasn't the best player in the NBL last year as you well know. Some guy from W/Gong clearly was. The 5th player I referred to was Perry, and my comment stands.
Knight was Perth's best player despite coming back from injury. Also Hire was reasonable. Funny that. Shoots your diatribe to bits.
Obviously you are a Perth supporter. It is unfair to other NBL teams in finals contention who played Sydney at full strength that other teams like Melbourne who play them now have a guaranteed win.

SO, how is that guy from W/Gong going in the NBA this year? He is much more talented than Ennis that I expect him to have a great career in the NBA....

The point remains this Wildcats team is not as talented as last years and has little to no chance of winning it this year.

Actually I am a Sixers fan.

"It is unfair to other NBL teams in finals contention who played Sydney at full strength that other teams like Melbourne who play them now have a guaranteed win."

That is just bad luck isn't it.

King James. Only saw the two play in the NBL last year. On that basis if I was running an NBL team I would pick Rotnei Clarke over Ennis as an import every time. Not even close. FYI, I am not a Hawks supporter.
If Melbourne pip Adelaide to get in the finals because of the Kings woes, I guess it will still be bad luck then.

"if I was running an NBL team I would pick Rotnei Clarke over Ennis as an import every time. Not even close.":

hahahahhahahahahha

SO no more drugs and internet for you.

Welcome to the forum SO - you're funny!

No but seriously, schedule that CAT scan.

SO: Kings played pretty badly but they have proven they can be competitive without Chikdress this year... They won a game or two without him earlier in the season I beleive. Credit to Perth ( who had just played 4 games in 9 days) too come out and win by 19 points. I had only tipped them to win by single figures.

On the comment about Rotnei being better than Ennis, Rotnei won the MVP award but that doesn't necessarily make him the best player. There's been a lot of debate on these forums about who was the better player but you can't argue the fact that Ennis playing in the NBA is a good indication of who was the better player. If Ennis was playing for Hawks and Rotnei for Perth, I think Ennis woukd of won MVP.

Wilson Sting is right , your funny... But a little bit cray cray

I was at this game. It was a very .... average game. I dont remember seeing a Dunk and for the first minute of that last Quarter... the play and skills were appallingly bad from both teams.

That lob-fest? Yeah, that was a very forgettable minute of basketball.

Wildcats TV from this game had a few good moments, one of which I know a few non Cats fans will enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtPb5-Hvdgw