Yeah, the games momentum swung like a yo yo in that game. Cavalo, I completly disagree with you thinking that Farley was soft in D and being a defensive liability... perhaps we were watching different games...
I thought generally the refs did ok in the majority of their calls, but on some of the more important decisions (ie that charge)it was questionable.
Positives for the game were:
* Oscar's game, hit some huge shots.
* Brad Hills agression, willing to take it to melbournes defence when others werent.
* Rycharts last quarter, I think its pretty cool that a guy who spent so much time on the pine due to foul trouble can still come on and play like that when it matters.
* Defensive effort on Anstey, really impressive, especially with many double teams on the low post.
* Brett Maher, everything from shooting to his understanding of how the team works.
* teams ability to get the win.
* D-Mac, damn you gotta still love his game, for 41 years old he's damn amazing, some of the plays he pulled off were great.
On the down side the 36ers seemed to fall asleep in d at stages, espeically at the start of the third quarter. Moving off man back into zone was something which perhaps should have happened sooner. Wasnt the greatest game from Holmes, at times I think he forces/rushes it a bit too much.
All in all it was a great entertaining game to watch, the crowd was really into it and it looks like things are improving from the first game.
Bring on the Pigs.