No the Bullets can't bounce back - although they could ricochet

Perth to go 4-0 2nite.


Perth 106
Bullets 87

Also, Taipans to lay down a serious beatdown on the Kings! Im talkin' 20+ points.

You herd it here first!

Brisbane to win, Wildcats too focused on Melbourne and the Breast Cancer game. Brisbane by 8.

Brisbane are going to get smashed. Worst team in the competition facing the in-form team in the comp. It wont even be close. Brisbane is an embarrassment and they should retool the whole system, team, ownership and coaching top to bottom.

Why did they change the time from 6:30pm to 6:50pm?

This is one of those games Perth should win but lose focus, last year it took a stunning stepback just to win against the Spooners in BrisVegas.

Sorry but I think Wildcats will lose this one.

Perth should win comfortably but this looms as a potential danger game on the road with a big game to come Saturday against Melbourne hard to say if Perth will go full throttle in this one.

It will be a moral victory for Brisbane if they get within 15.

Perth would love to go 4 & 0 and Brisbane may just let that happen.

Brisbane are just making up numbers in the league if they let this game go. It's a home game and Perth don't travel well on the road. Perth also tend to worry about their second game in a two game round, so Brisbane must show they are serious.

Brisbane have some reasonable talent. They are not inexperienced and some have been playing together for some time. It might be time to throw the keys in the fruit bowl for a team bonding session.

Brisbane should win against a distracted Perth, but only if they play as a team.

Perth by 10

Some very accurate comments above.
Perth should win, on form and ability, but can lose focus in these games, and if Brisbane are at them from the start the game could go either way.

I think they will miss Egwu. He wasn't outstanding, but gave them another genuine big to rotate against Perth.

Just hoping White steps up and has a good game.
Will be interesting to see if Trevor uses Kay and Cotton more sparingly in anticipation of the Melbourne game.

I think the absence of Egwu might see them go smaller with Gee at PF for stretches, which would help them for mine because they just don't have speed mismatches anywhere on the court except for Te Rangi, but he isn't at the level to capitalise on them at a decent rate.

Gee going against PFs at least gives them a focal point on offence, allows them to have more shooters on the floor with three guards, and also allows them to be more aggressive defensively and generate easy scores.

I'm on Brisbane. If they don't respond after getting manned up in perth then called out by gibbo, I'm never taking them ever again. Mika alone is man enough to ensure they don't flop it twice in a row. Just stick it to Gleeson and his detestable mug please.

Odds of the new Brisbane import being a gimmick signing? 2:1?

New import? who are Brisbane dropping from the roster then?

Lucky to have 1000 at the game tonight.

Aaaaaand that's why you don't have 6:30pm games on a Thursday night in Brisbane.

Jesse should've got the offensive foul on the shove when he established position.

Bullets getting away with a lot of contact. I wonder if they will stay hot from 3 all night

2x the fouls against Brisbane, not sure they are getting away with much contact.

This is no problem for Perth. If Steindl gets hot they will be back in front in no time!

Mmmmm...Steindl getting hot. Maybe that isn't a thing.

Gleeson appears to believe the Wildcats are being hard done by.

I feel like Lemanis needs a high-IQ team to showcase his talents. High IQ like Australian national teams

Who is this god damn choofer who keeps talking about his yoga studio? Do the downward dog OUTTA HERE mon!

Brisbane need a scorer who can get the ball when there's 4 seconds left on the shotclock and create something when their halfcourt doesn't get them anything. They've got a bunch of spot up guys, but no one that can generate a good look for themselves.

good kissers love kissing

I assumed it was Kerle's yoga studio? Isn't that what he does these days?

"I feel like Lemanis needs a high-IQ team to showcase his talents. High IQ like Australian national teams."

Yep, or the Breakers' veteran team.

"Brisbane need a scorer who can get the ball when there's 4 seconds left on the shotclock and create something."

Agree 100%. They don't have a speed mismatch anywhere on the floor against almost every opponent. You could argue Holt and Te Rangi (at PF) but neither of them finish penetration at a high rate.

New import is good if they've got jets, but more time with Vukona and Gee at PF and Bairstow at C, and even Holt at SF could be a good remedy for them.

Wildcats +14 with Brandt on the court that half, and -19 without him.

Yeah I'd have said Holt could be that guy if not for last season. Commentators keep saying that Gliddon needs to shoot more for Brisbane, but I don't think that is ever going to be his game, but it HAS to be Holt's game - should be looking to attack every possession he's on the court.

Gee is a spud and looks very pedestrian.

Bullets would do well replacing him too, stat!

Imagine Lemanis coaching Sydney. Game over

That can not be an offensive foul! White not even going in the direction of the defence.

I'd happily take Lemanis in Sydney.

I can smell some home cooking...

Not home cooking, just the usual NBL referee benefit-of-the-doubt-to-the-defender calls on every charge/block decision.

That's a joke, massive flop and reward. Refs ruining this.

Huge missed deflection, easy call, instead of a perth ball its a bullets 3

I'd love to see the Bullets get up here get sick of J's constant whinging about the refs.

Vukona + Hodgson have set illegal screens all damn night

very generous and dubious USF in Perth's favour there

2 mins left up by 6, last season this is where Brisbane starts milking the clock, takes a bad shot with 1 second left on the shot clock, and lets the other team back into the game.

Guys, it was a bad missed call, and an easy call. Gliddon got rewarded for 2 terrible flops. Sure the language i used was dramatic, its bloody frusttating, but Perth shot 16% from three and have looked rushed on offence, theres real reasons they are losing

Could it be that Te Rangi has FINALLY got good?

Vintage Brisbane.

How do you disguise the intentional foul to make sure its "a play on the ball"

If the Bulkets are making roster moves, could Fox Sports make one as well and turf Tragardh? He says some incredibly dumb shit.

Brisbane doing a Brisbane again here.

Wow gliddon just got stripped!! Ref assuming he was intentional fouling

Brisbane did just about all they could to give that game to Perth.

Gleeson whinging about the refs at the end of the game, even his perspective is completely warped by the juicy home cooking the Cats get in Perth.

Gibbo is a great bloke. Bullets were always going to come out FIRING after he called them out publicly

16 - 26 vs 5 - 22 3 pointers is where it was won. Bullets just had one of those nights from 3. Like 36ers did the other night against kings.

Perth lost and shit happens but people blaming the refs and calling out home cooking make us few decent Perth fans look bad.

Vague impressive to bring Perth back to within 2.

Why the hate for Trig? He does a great job

Disappointed.
Perth will lose games, it happens, but we have an easy start to the season and should be making the most of it.
Also annoyed that every random on the internet picked the risk, and Perth still walked into it.
Lack of focus & lack of D let Brissy out of the gates too much in the 1st quarter. Apart from that, it was a good, close, see-sawing game, but Perth never really recovered from that.

Yeah, disappointed but not surprised.
Meh performance by the Cats.
Hope we've still got something in the tank for Saturday against United.

And please stop bitching about the refs.
Some calls look worse than they are, and yeah sometimes they make mistakes, get over it. Didn't cost us the game.

White was disappointing with his inaccuracy. Got the job done, but at a woeful clip. I don't want him to become that guy that tops scores by taking 3 times the shots. Hope he can get some consistency.
Compared to Tokoto he's a bit bland, not so many highlights, and at times looked a little soft on D. Hopefully he will step it up in coming games.

Not sure why we bother giving Hire minutes? Might as well put them into Vague.
It seems his leg is still stuffed, he's not even getting the boards he once did.

It's funny, I could have sworn Jervis was more involved, but he just wasn't. No boards & no points. Maybe he didn't get an exit row?

I like Trig too. he's got the same jokebooks as me.

White went at 44% from the field, sure some threes didn't go down, but he can clearly shoot

Perth and Brisbane once again demonstrating why they're the most boring teams to watch in the whole competition. Both need another import to spice them up. The Aussies they do have are the most flavorless ones in the league as well.


Meanwhile, yeah Brisbane won. Good for them. But I think it's because Perth came in with the wrong attitude and mindset. They probably expected the win and had their heads set on what would happen against Melbourne. No team in the league is that bad that you can sleepwalk to a win. And Cotton having one of his worst games in recent memory doesn't help things either. They're very limited when Cotton isn't making his shots.

Oh, and Steindl is starting to look like a mistake.

On the boring side, have to admit that without even their customary defense, Perth are very vanilla, there's just no sizzle.

Not sure how they went looking for a Prather/Ennis Hybrid, and came up with white?

When are fox going to do something about Matt Russell. I'm at the point where I have to second guess every single thing he says about the game because he is incorrect so often....

Someone get these footy bozo commentators a ref course and teach them basic signals. It's a joke hearing both Matt and Dwayne Russell spout out bullshit whenever there's a whistle

I heard a rumour that they were trying to recruit based on ability to play basketball, rather than ability to be entertaining.

The lasting image I have of that game is when Gleeson was sarcastically smiling and repeatedly flopping his hands at the refs on the gliddon charge call. I mean, he was totally right but he just looked like an utter flog doing that. Kinda like how he always looks tbh.

Moobs is a sook

That sounds like every Perth road game thread, tbh.

"Eat a dick Perth"
Do we have 12yo kids posting on the forum now.

8 championships kid, how many do your team have?

Bullets shot the lights out, Wildcats didn't play the D we are used to seeing. Simple reasons why Perth lost. We shouldn't have been anywhere near them the way they were shooting from deep, yet we got within 2pts. I'm disappointed we lost yeah, but it's not the end of the world. Terrico is a great fit, yeah he's not flashy, but he seems all business which is what we need. An ice cold shooter with no emotion. His defence though looked a little lazy, there were points when I thought to myself Tokoto would've contested and likely blocked that shot, but I guess it's pretty hard to find a guy with the full skill set like Ennis. Enjoy the win Bullets, cos you ain't gonna be shooting like that every game, and if you don't you lose.

The commentary is just awful. EVERY player on the court is just wonderful. Shut up when the ball is brought up the court and only comment when there is a whistle or basket. This constant non stop dribble running from their mouth's is terrible.

I couldnt care less if Wildcats are considered boring... I enjoy watching the team win at the end of the day it seems so do our fans as we have more turning up to games than any other team.

Bullets forced the Cats to rush a lot and we couldnt hit a shot to save our lives. I stated on FB prior to the game it was a danger game for the Cats and I was spot on.

I wouldnt say Perth have an easy start to the season though, playing Melbourne at home 2 days after having played in Brisbane is never going to be easy.

Ultimately, Brisbane scored points better than Perth did, that's rather obvious. So since that is the aim of the game, yes they played better.
Doesn't mean we can't discuss the game, doesn't mean there weren't good and bad points on both sides.
Nor is it surprising that fans tend to focus on their on team, nor that Perth currently has more fans than Brissy.

I liked the way Holt was attacking the basket, although at times he seemed like he felt he had to do it all himself. Personally I think they look better with him at the point, and I'd play Caddee as the backup 1/2.

One thing I noticed was that both teams were playing small a lot, surprising considering the squads. Maybe it was a mistake by Perth considering their 3's just weren't dropping. I still feel their squad balance isn't right.

Not that is was a pivotal moment in the game, and purely just as as observation....did anyone else notice Te Rangi's missed travel call during the game, roughly half court, and no contested play?

IMO the officials are hell bent on calling some soft fouls and letting the bleeding obvious go.
But thats just my humble opinion.

Similar to the Melb/36's missed call.

Much like with DJ Quick, I think balance & options for Perth is a strong point.
Once fully healthy, Angus will be more of a weapon than he has been in the early games. That should open things up elsewhere. Jervis was not good, but I didn't think he was 6-minutes-and-that's-it level of bad. Hope he's ok.

Given Brandt + Jervis = 26 minutes, that's small ball by Cats standards. I would have expected that would mean more Steindl minutes, but he only got 10.
Why's he on such a short leash? He's putting up shots that he should be putting up IMO. If he misses a couple that's not a reason to drag him. If it's something else that's causing it then fair enough, but I'm not seeing it. He was one of few Cats with a positive +/- last night.

Anyway it's unlike Perth to give up 100 points and >50% from the field so I will let that game slide for now.
We'll know more in 24 hours once we've played United. That's a great test.

* Oops, typo. DJ Quik.

Cats fans invaded this site around a decade ago and were super arrogant once they were winning consistently

The three wise men from the east are against perth and favor the easterners.

The toxic nature of these forums is because anons are allowed.

They are allowed because it brings more traffic and a chance to subsidise some costs for Issac.

Get rid of anons and the quality will improve.

"Cats fans invaded this site around a decade ago and were super arrogant once they were winning consistently"

"Quick history lesson part 2:
We have been winning consistently since 1987, so what the OP is really trying to say is that we were super arrogant from the moment we invaded this site."


Wasn't it a decade ago Sydney beat you by about 50 in the playoffs? ;-)

The only word I can see there is playoffs :p

"The toxic nature of these forums is because anons are allowed."

Bingo!

Guys!!!!
Let's get to the most important topic....
Was the music and the food up to scratch on Thursday night?

Most of the comments (re THIS THREAD), are about how/why Perth lost. Anyone remember that Brisbane won?

Missed the 1st half but heard that Bris shot the lights out, what I saw was great as Perth were very much in the game and I, for one, was very pleased that Bris did not snatch defeat from..... as happened several times last season.

IMO, Bullets roster no better/no worse than then, but they have 2 impressive wins already. Happy to hear that Gee to be replaced but sincerely hope it's because of ball issues, not personal/family ones.

"The only word I can see there is playoffs :p"

Haha, 32 times no doubt.