jumpshot
Years ago
Kings still going with 1 import. The second import NO WEAR to be seen.
Cadee to rain 3's against his former club, Bullets to win by 10, and Wear to return home due to family reasons.
People need to learn especially when their OP is lame that Jack Toft or Isaac do game write ups.
62 games have been played this NBL season and the Kings and Bullets are finally playing each other for the first time. Surely it isn't too hard to create a balanced fixture
Jack Toft
Years ago
Everyone is entitled to a sleep in on a Saturday morning.
This is a big game though. Gibbo knocks up game 400 in the NBL. The plucky Tasmanian has worked hard in the NBL and consistently punches above his weight. Worth his weight in apples.
There are some exciting matchups today and Brisbane have shown they can take on the top 3 teams without fear (mind you we do have to ask how long Perth can be considered a top 3 team) Lamar Patterson regularly shows up in beast mode and he will need that today. Hodgson is showing the form Joey anticipated of him at the Sixers and Vukona is the terminator. The only way to stop him would be to lower him slowly into a vat of molten steel.
Sydney are top of the table for a reason. Dripping with talent, if they keep it simple, then they get the job done. When they go into "Harlem Globetrotter" mode and try to be too fancy that's when they lose games.
While the Bullets have the motivation of Gibbo's 400th to spur them on, Sydney at home should be the party poopers.
UseTaHoop
Years ago
What questions will be answered in this game?
Will Wear show his rare improved form? Or will he return to being the bitterest tasting of this season's crop of avocado imports?
Will Bogut again grab hold of the coaching reigns?
Will Patterson play like a man who’s just lost his dog, or will be his own beast?
Can Cadee handle Randle?
Will Brisbane suffer time zone lag?
Will the Bullet Train power through Sydney at full speed?
As usual, so many questions.
Perthworld
Years ago
Bullets to sign a big time import soon according to CJ Bruton. :o
Must be watching a different time out to me, Bogut only spoke in the last bit of the time out, just like senior players do with all coaches. Gaze was right in every thing he said.
Commentary raving about Bowen going to nba, he'll be great there as he struggles defending.
Adnam in Sydney looking fantastic, not certain why Melbourne would release him.
The music being played at the game is as bad as Brisbane's inability to score.
Jick
Years ago
A fantastic +1 from Bairstow. I've really enjoyed his contributions today.
Tom
Years ago
Brisbane guards 3 of 16 3's. No wonder they struggled offensively.Never got to the line either.
Sydney must have done the biz on D.
Brisbane has got to find a way to score when 3's dry up!
James Harvey fan
Years ago
Find someone that loves you the way Jick loves Cameron Bairstow.
Duncan
Years ago
Andrej: "I'm genuinely surprised when JC misses a 3. He's the greatest shooter of all time, this season alone he is shooting 77.8%!"
CJ: "Andrej thats his ft %. His 3 pt % is 35.4!"
Andrej: "Ahhh, that does make sense actually. Ok maybe we Should get another import then."
AngusH
Years ago
Good win this one, I think. Both teams dialed up the D in the 2nd half (or maybe more accurately, neither team could score against a zone), and Sydney's defense won out in the end. Lisch had one of those strange invisible games on the box score, but I thought he did a great job defensively along with Bogut and they were the main reason we stopped the Bullets' runs even when we weren't putting points up consistently.
Probably the best Bairstow game yet in his NBL career too, I'd say. With another import on the way, I really wish we'd already played the Bullets a few more times before today...
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