I think it's very appropriate that the Kings are on their knees on Mardi Gras weekend.

Looking forward to seeing the Kings response after Thursday's capitulation... they didn't play like the best away team but hopefully a massive crowd turns up and are given plenty to scream about.

Thanks Jack, I enjoyed that write up

I'm hoping for a closer game than game 1, but expecting a very large & disappointed crowd this afternoon in Sydney.

The Mardi Gras was on last night (so I hear...) so there's plenty of Kings and Queens in Sydney this weekend. Melbourne have the Kings on their knees and surely the Kings won't go down easily this game.

Big love big love to everyone.

Randle limped off the court on Thursday, I don't think he will be right for this one. Melbourne should get it.

Please, dear god, let Melbourne beat Perth in the grand final series

Bunnings have brooms on special this weekend?

I hope Sydney retains this entire squad.

Anyone else see Bogut and Randle head straight down the tunnel while the rest of the team stayed on court to thank fans?

Awesome crowd. Pity they didn't get a better show from their team.

These commentators are embarrassing for the game

Randle I can understand....it's better for Jerome to get inside before Mrs Randle launches food trays.

This team had poor culture ALL season, it was just papered over by some superstar players like Randle when he was healthy. This feeble exit was inevitable.

What a masterclass from Gaze. Zero adjustments. Kickert and Wear both looked like they didn't want to be out there and Randle was clearly injured, and Gaze just sticks with the rotations he scribbled down on a napkin 4 months ago. Meanwhile Turner was arguably our best player in limited mins but why try him next to Bogut when he seems like a perfect fit with his defensive activity, and Deng despite good production in game 1 gets on with a minute left. Glad the Gaze era is over, shame we wasted so much money - hopefully also the end of the JvG era.

Congrats to Melbourne however, the vastly better team this series and I think also too much for the wildcats over 5 games.

Is Matt Russell the most annoying commentator ever?

He just vomits stats after stats - talking about things that happened 20 years ago -and cliches - and then can't even get it right if something was called a foul. Just talks to fill air time - give me peace and quiet any day.

Just let Carfino and Heal talk about the game please.

@Mock
Randle, that's funny. Love your satire. With the non replacement of Wear, Kickert never getting a rebound, no support for Bogut, Adnam a backup PG might as well of had Cadee, no bench, that is why feeble exit was inevitable. Melb have best team by a mile, basically had Kings measure when they wanted

Typical of Gaze to head straight down the tunnel too. No thanks to crowd or players for the season. Very poor Leadership and Bogut and Randle followed. Very very poor but not surprising!

@60srockstar

Get a brain man! You must have taken the brown acid at Woodstock if you think Randle is bad.

Yes all those factors hurt then but they wouldn't have made tne semis without Randle being one of the BEST guards kn the damn league again.

@60srockstar

Get a brain man! You must have taken the brown acid at Woodstock if you think Randle is bad.

Yes all those factors hurt then but they wouldn't have made tne semis without Randle being one of the BEST guards kn the damn league again.

What was Bogut's + / - in each game of this series?

Perhaps Gaze's coaching tenure at the Kings is best likened to that of Demopoulos at United? Their respective coaching performances weren't good enough to make the best use of the rosters available to them and the teams underachieved as a result.

I had heard the same anon regarding Gleeson being asked if he wanted the job at syd

OMG - Shane Heal again as commentator - is there no one else. Does he run this league?

Jas - yes, he's terrible. Easily the worst lead commentator in the league.

And yes please enough of Shane Heal. He must be the leagues leader in commentating.

It just goes to show how bad commentary is in the leading leagues of Australia the AFL and NRL.

Dwayne Russell = AFL
Matt Russell = NRL

The bogan nature of these sports and their TV personnel permeate to make the entire Australian sports commentary landscape devoid of any talent. In this country you get to hear fuckwit boring middle aged men talking about sports as if they were at the local pub though your the official coverage.