I'm picking Jason "-35" Cadee to take a massive step forward from his game 1 performance - somewhere to the tune of 4 points sounds about right.

AngusH, yes, that stat stood out like Andrew Bogut at a dwarf's convention

^ Judging by a quick look at Ticketek it's going to be fairly close to capacity. Only the corners have got a significant number of empty seats.


Norton officially ruled out for today.

Mika out? That's big loss for bullets, his the energy guy and for me got them over the line to make the playoffs.

Would like to get grand final spot locked up today.

Wouldn't mind a Buzzas win here

Would like to get grand final spot locked up today.

Wouldn't mind a Buzzas win

Sorry double post.
Cadee to get 10 points.

Is this not on free to air?

thanks brah

Cadee have yourself a GAME son!

0/6, woooooooooo!

Don't forget Brisbane, Lemanis has given us another two years of JC-35 after this.

Terrico coming good at the right time of the year

Cadee needs to be benched next year. Brisbane wont win with him starting.

An Adelaide v Perth series would've been more interesting.

Damo shoots over 40% from three in premiership years

The refs are deciding this game at present

Refs and pathetic defensive awareness from Reuben Te Rangi

Thursday Saturday Monday Friday Sunday

Sweeeeep

HATERS said we couldn't do it, now all they've got is whinging about refs and laughing at Cadee. We won this series and we're going to win the GF too.

To their credit, Brisbane kept on coming, and took it right upto the Cats.
I always thought this would be the result, the advantage of finishing 1st and getting the weaker opponent, but full credit to Brisbane for making it much closer than I thought.

Why the fuck did bullets foul 3 down and and getting the final possession. Bonehead coaching from lemanis again.

I can't help but be angry that we threw away our season like this by not getting that 3rd import.

I was sold a fake prophecy.

Cadee did not score a single point in either semi

The Bullets' post-season 3 point shooting was a car crash and he was in the thick of it

#proFARCEy

Game 1 Friday, Game 2 Brisbane

Baffling that despite his ineptness, Lemanis still chose to play Cadee over Gibbo and Kendle. Smh.

Bonehead Hodgson's two quick fouls were real beauts too, nice one pal.

Its good to see White stepping up in the playoffs and shooting the ball consistently. He's now playing like the second import the cats need him to be.

Hammerhead Heal not giving Perth any love.

From the NBL match report:

It was a bittersweet finish for Bullets coach Andrej Lemanis, who felt pride in his side for lifting themselves off the bottom of the table to make final for the first time since readmission.

But the biggest pain came from telling Vukona the night before he couldn't play. Lemanis broke down in tears speaking of Vukona’s bravery.

"He didn’t want me to tell anybody, but he was willing to risk his career and hope that it didn’t snap. That’s what it meant to him. I wasn’t prepared to let him do that, it’s too big a sacrifice," Lemanis said.

"That speaks to who he is, I can’t speak more highly of him. We wanted to rest him in the FIBA window, he wanted to rest because we knew it would be bad for him to play.

"Basketball New Zealand refused to let that happen and threatened a sanction. This is the result, he pays a price, we pay a price and the fans pay a price."

Bombshell

That part of the presser (video)
Lemanis on Vukona

If NZ bball threatened a pensioner with a sanction for wanting to rest before his clubs final series they really need to look in the mirror and question their development programmes.

I feel like a fool for vastly overestimating Cadee when I predicted he'd score 4 points.

And I'd wager there are few folks on these boards who dislike the Wildcats as much as I do, but for some reason that I really can't explain I still haven't enjoyed reading Wildcats fans shit all over Wagstaff this season, considering the impact he's had for his club over the past decade.

Could easily have been the difference in this game, but I think Lemanis made the right call.
It would have been very difficult for him to play today then backup on Monday if they won. So ultimately it would have been risky and pointless.

Nope. I've made 2 posts about it, and I'm pretty sure I could dig out an easy 20-25 of those posts re: Wagstaff during Perth's slump this season.

I thought Kendall needed to play more. He seemed the only Brisbane guard who could create his own shot or make something happen. 3 dried up early on and they needed someone other than Patterson for some offence. Not sure why they persisted with Cadee for so long. They were under the pump from a long way out and needed some scoreboard pressure to help them. Perth always seemed in control and had the answer to hold off any challenge.

"Terrico coming good at the right time of the year"

"There aren't many secondary imports better than White yet experts wanted him replaced"

Yes he has played well this series. Be interesting to see how he goes in the GF against Melbourne.

This season as a Cats fan Wagstaff on many occasions has had me with my head in my hands saying "FFS Jesse" however more often than not he'll pull out a clutch 3 like today or big hustle defensive set that makes you believe in him. I want Perth to hold onto him for next year. Like Hire this year, veteran bench presence is not easy to come by.

I was sold a fake prophecy.

It is understood Brisbane are taking Jason Cadee to the Viper Room in an attempt for him regain the sensation of scoring.

The Bullet's medical staff have however only given it a 50/50 chance of success.

#proFARCEy

Be interesting to see if Hire sticks around next season. Maybe in some Community capacity and/or as a TP.

Unless there's some young stud available, I imagine Wagstaff will play-on.
They still need to come up with their 5 under 5, and with the Phoenix sucking up talent, experienced guys will be hard to come by.

Why on earth would he stick around as a training player?

The weird fascination with Hire continues. He's retired let it be.

Dazz, Hire will retire after grand final.