http://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/melbourne-united-look-to-william-mcdowellwhite-will-play-him-against-china-on-sunday-20170714-gxbfgu.html

United or Germany

Video quality on nbl.tv was absolute rubbish for the NBL vs China series, and now not working at all for the United vs China game.

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Anyone got this?

I am a Telstra customer so I should get it for free, like last year???

Nobody ever said Telstra customers get it free forever.

You would of thought if this was not the case that the NBL would of made such a statement advising so, rather than abruptly interrupting service.

You would of thought if this was not the case that the NBL would of made such a statement advising so, rather than abruptly interrupting service.

China's coach after the game:

China coach Du Feng, speaking via an interpreter, was diplomatic post game but said his side would have won with more free throws and it wouldn't put them off playing in Australia in the future.

"This for us is a good experience for us," Feng said.

"If we had the same quantity of free throws we would have won the game easy."

Feng then emphasised his point by saying "easy" in English.

David Andersen after the game:

Andersen said the Chinese side was much more aggressive on defence.

"It did get a bit out of hand at the end, they were being a bit silly, but that's how things go sometimes," Andersen said.

"Credit to the refs, they didn't get flustered or worry about too much - they called what was obvious fouls.

"They fought really hard, their coach has implemented a fight in them, in the past I have played against Chinese teams who were a bit softer than what you would expect.

"Now they are going after you, they are fouling a lot but they played hard basketball."

China's coach sounds like an idiot. You foul heaps yet you expect the same amount of free throws? And you think you can win 'easy'? Bit disrespectful.

Seems like they cant handle having refs that call the game their way (or correctly) for that matter.

Yeah well, as many have said, that's what happens when you get babied on your home court... A sense of entitlement that you think you can get away with anything and then when the game is called properly (ie. not constantly in their favour) they honestly have no clue why they aren't getting the calls...

As many have said before as well, if they constantly get treated like they do at home, it will stunt their growth as a basketball nation when they get on that international stage...

Chinese people tend to be so humble but you get them anywhere near a basketball court and they're some of the most arrogant pricks on the planet. Sure, China may have "won easily" if they had the same amount of free throws but for that to happen Melbourne United would have to have committed the same amount of foul and they simply didn't. I read somewhere that somehow this game may tarnish relations between China and the NBL; well if that's the case, let them be tarnished. If refereeing a game fairly to a team used to getting their own way will tarnish basketball relations then they aren't really a country you want relations with.

Maybe one day Chinese basketball will wake up to itself and see the following:

1) They're just not that good. They have the biggest player base on the planet yet struggle to compete with decent nations.

2) They're extremely coddled in their own nation, which is one of the reasons that they're just not that good.

Australia and New Zealand joining Asia will inevitably prove that to them. China is being forced out of its own little self aggrandizing rut and will have to face facts one way or another. I look forward to the arrogance being thoroughly dismantled.

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I was wondering who that import trialing with MU was, Damon Bozeman.

In fairness though that Boomers vs China annual series there was always called the Sino-Australia series and this series replaced that one plus China's second-tier league is also called the NBL like the NZ league so marketing the team there as Australia would be much less confusing to the locals.

Canada has a league called the NBL as well. NBL seems to be the go-to name for a league when you don't have any ideas. The league has been begging for a new name for a while now as far as I'm concerned.

Annoying as we were first and all others NBLs like the NZ, Canadian, Chinese ones came way after.

There's also the other US NBL (1937), the UK NBL (1972), and Bulgarian NBL (1942).

It sucks that soccer took the A League name because I think that would have fit the NBL just as well.

Australians know the NBL. Changing the leagues name would be stupid especially as its on the up again.

The league has a hard enough time getting any form of mainstream recognition, yet the NBL is still well known. Changing it to the "B-League" "ABL" "BAL" or whatever would be the start of another decline in basketball as no one would know what it is. It wouldnt get enough media attention for people to catch on.