Phoenix by 20+

If the US big they have apparently got in to replace Young can't hold his own inside I think they could make this interesting for a while, and if Kickert, Holt and Trice get hot then quite a while.

But if they're not hitting and they don't get help inside from their fill-in this could be a big margin.

I'll tip Phoenix by 30 as it's their last practice game and Lemanis has said he is going to share the minutes around. Hopefully it's close for at least a half though.

This gon be ugly

Has anyone got a stream?

Ouch

Has anyone got the haifa v blazers audio mixed in with thus game's league pass stream?

Hey anon,

Yep 2 audio streams on League pass at least making it difficult to focus on Brisbane's struggle!

25-6 already not good

Bullets down by almost 30 at Quarter time

I bet about now LK is regretting not sending a good team like Adelaide or Perth over instead of a weak team like the Bullets.

Yeah, Brisbane and Sydney bottom two last year and quite possibly will be again, so not ideal.

Still, had the Bullets actually converted a decent percentage of the good looks they created that quarter the score would be a lot closer.

Because LK owns the Bullets and no doubt Brisbane being a larger city than Perth or Adelaide probably played a part too.

The Kings invite was silly as they were always going to get pumped too but you can forgive that Sydney being the biggest city here.

IMO, the 36ers game style would've translated the best.

Who is #55? Name?

I stopped the stream at quarter time it's not even worth watching the Bullets are just playing like scared little kids.

You've got to have size and athleticism to compete with NBA teams. Sydney and Brisbane have the least size in the NBL and Brisbane have the least athleticism!

"Thank you so much, Tommy, for stopping by. We really appreciate it." (because yikes, what's happening out there is in desperate need of distractions)

Tell us about the facilities in Australia Tommy ... looks at watch.

Has the game been called off yet?

Lemanis was pissed off about being sent to Phoenix after round 1, in an interview he said they would mainly just use the game to help prepare for the NBL which is far more important, it shows, dissapointing for the national coach to not have a better attitude.

One real takeaway from this game is if Brisbane's transition D stays this bad Adelaide will beat them by 30.

Surprisingly they're outscoring the Suns this qtr and have cut the lead to 18. Lets see if they can do better than the Kings.

Lol at everyone whinging about the Bullets.

Lucky Booker has more common sense than the salty sooks on here

Bullets won 2 quarters, tied one and lost the first (by quite a lot).
Congrats to all three Aussie teams for doing us proud

Suns took their foot off the pedal in 2nd half but the Bullets did a good job to avoid having the worst margin of the 3 teams going there. So... based on these results, any guesses who might be the NBL wooden spooner this season? ;p

Full credit to the Bullets the way they stuck at it.

Their first quarter was different to Sydney's. The Kings couldn't get into offence and were bullied, whereas Brisbane executed well but missed open shots.

Their execution over four quarters was impressive, and I thought Trice, Gibson and Jervis really held their own.

Out of interest, the quarters won count for the three games was NBL 6, NBA 5 and 1 drawn. You've got to take the small wins!

Lol at everyone whinging about the Bullets.

The flipside of that is Brisbane had to travel from Perth to Phoenix to play, that's a huge trip and no doubt had an impact on their slow start and the amount of open shots they clanged early.