Perth will probably find a way to lose this one, need this one got 5 away game's on the road starting with this one.

No Boone, see what Hunt can bring up against the hawk's.

Whats the best way to watch this? Is it going to be on facebook? or I am stuck with SBS?

Twitch nbl channel is pretty decent aswell

I suppose you call it a stream rather than a channel... im not great with explaining these things... dont hold it against me.

Whats the best way to watch this? Is it going to be on facebook? or I am stuck with SBS?

"What you're really asking is, how come Alfonso Ball hasn't created a Twitch channel yet so we can all watch it that way? I don't know the answer."

That would be truly unhinged commentary, and make us all grateful for Dwayne Russell.

Cats are asleep defensively.

Happens sometimes early in games. Either they will start to slowly grind em down, or Hawks are going to run away with this.

Nice finish, Mitch :)

Why is Boone not playing?

What's the point in getting an import big in hunt and just leaving him on the bench

Why is Boone not playing?

Following shootaround today, the club has made the decision to rest Josh Boone in tonight's clash against the Perth Wildcats. Josh’s status will be day-to-day following a premature return from a broken nose last week.

Luuuc re Hunt on bench

Interesting take. I think Perth could afford to do this against some teams, but not all.

This strategy of resting players could become the norm, with different teams resting different players depending upon their depth. Perth are thin at 4/5, so it makes sense for a deep playoff run

Better effort that quarter. Looks like being a good game.
Hopefully the Cats don't run out of legs.

Not sure what the deal is with Hunt, he seems to be consistently kept to around the 20 minute mark, and they seem to keep Vague in reserve for the 2nd half.

Think Homocide is being a bit disrespectful in the way he is talking to an Australian basketball legend.

Dazz

Planned rotations. Doesn't show much confidence in Hunt, but he does seem to be a budget import. Cotton n White wouldn’t be cheap.

"Think Homocide is being a bit disrespectful in the way he is talking to an Australian basketball legend.“

When has Homicide ever shown respect to anything outside of his world view?

Tremendous insight from Heal on the sidelines there. That's why it's worth having people in the stadium not just at the hub.

Team brain fade by Illawarra.

Stiendl can't even shoot from close range.

The plays off that unsportsmanlike may have just saved the Cats.

Attendance 3,223

Game descending into junk ball.

Makes Rookie Froling look polished.

Only chance I'll have.

Homicide just labelled Stiendl as reliable.

Time to go back to the clean feed.

A knee in the back while going over the top, jump ball...

Same travel not being called both ways. Dech getting called for the slightest hand check. Reffing in NBL bad as ever. Hawks hard done by here

WTF is a shabam...

I take it back, completely phantom call on Martin favours the hawks. Seriously, I think NBL reffing might be the worst in the world

TERRICOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

Man that was ice cold

serballin yep - an 18yr old rookie getting bailed out calls. NBL - no better than ever!

bail out*

LaMelo shoots a three in the clutch.

WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Blanchfield has been horrible this season. This is the exact time of game he has got to step up for the hawks and what does he do? Lays an egg

Man that was ice cold

Blanchfield played today? In this game?

Thanks for cementing the win for us, LaMelo. #bigballer

Good effort from the Hawks to contain the Cats. May have been closer if not for the injury to Brooks.
If his achilles is done, they need to find a High-scoring combo/SG to partner Lamelo. Replace Boone with a decent PF, and they could be back in this.

Prop to Illawarra, much better performance and hopefully the coaches understand you can't play all players equal time or all of them sometimes.

Commentators still going on about lamello, is it contracted that they pump this kid up atleast once every 2 minutes, it's seriously overkill.

Terrible shot selection in the clutch by lamello. Both sides got a little scrappy by the end there.

Illawarra could not possibly afford 3 new imports.

Unless a fringe NBA player/s play/s for "exposure"

"WTF is a shabam...“

English translation is “shebang", as in “the whole shebang” or the whole thing.

Who is the tallish "tanned" guy in civies for the Hawks?
(Reminds me a bit of Simmons with the haircut)

UTA thanks. It's still shit though.

Who is the tallish "tanned" guy in civies for the Hawks?

Nah. Was it maybe Boone with a new haircut?

I don't know you're telling the story the only 'tanned' guy (assuming tanned does mean tanned and not black) I saw standing around during timeouts was Harris.

A pretty unimpressive performance from Perth overall, but they knocked them down when it counted. That game was really the Hawks' for the taking though, some great looks outside that didn't drop, and a ton of blown opportunities on transition and inside the paint.

I am really disappointed with Matt Campbell's assertion that Illawarrais a club for developing young talent then they go to other clubs (his words).

This means top down this organisation has no endeavour for nor objective to win, might as well call them Cairns Taipans 2.

Lost a lot of respect for Matt and the Hawks today.

How the hell could you say you've lost respect for Matty Campbell when he's doing the only thing they can do to keep the club afloat.

If you haven't noticed by now Illawarra & Cairns can't afford to keep up with the big spending clubs so they've only got two choices when constructing a roster cheap young guys who are exciting but will leave for more money asap or older veterans that have fallen through the cracks looking to keep their careers alive ala Cairns last season.

The Cairns model from last season isn't great as we saw so developing youth is probably the better option who knows one of those young guys might be loyal and stay on once they've developed as Mitch Creek did with the 36ers.

Depends on what precisely he meant, and how you look at it.

If you want to get first pick of next stars, young imports, and young Aussies, then promoting the club as developing youth is a smart move.
Te argument being "why go to team where you'll be a DP, or at best end of the bench 3 minute player, when you can come here and play real minutes and maybe even start.

BUT, you have to make it worth. Signing players nobody else wants doesn't make you a development destination, it just makes you crap.

I took what he said as being advertisement aimed at other young Australians and American "next stars" who I'm sure are watching these Ball/Hampton games.

How the hell could you say you've lost respect for Matty Campbell when he's doing the only thing they can do to keep the club afloat.

If you haven't noticed by now Illawarra & Cairns can't afford to keep up with the big spending clubs

Of course it was an advertisement how could someone be as asinine to say they no longer have respect for them, I mean they just landed Sam Froling on a 3 year deal for precisely that very reason.

I don't expect Matt to construct a team that will be automatic top 3, but he didn't even say he's trying to win or even make the playoffs.

He's happy to be a feeder club which is not what the Hawks should be.

How does his team feel when hearing this? The CEO has no objective to win, why should I? I'll just get my stats and screw the rest.

"I took what he said as being advertisement aimed at other young Australians and American "next stars" who I'm sure are watching these Ball/Hampton games."

Correct, Ball's experience with the Hawks has got to be a great advertisement for the program.

https://www.hoops.com.au/forum/46178-hawks-v-cats-oct-27/#p770587

Capacity is 5,500.