^ Yeah, that could be a good one.
Flyers-Boomers revenge game could be interesting too. Hoping there will be a bit of feeling in that one.

Lynx-wise, I'd expect us to take care of Bendigo. Maybe not Townsville, but expecting a much better effort than game 1 when they smashed us by 25 and held us to the only sub-50 total of the season. Adelaide on Sunday could be a good one. Hopefully we go with a full roster for both Fire & Lightning.


WNBL are all aboard the Shyla Heal hype train:

Congratulations to @TownsvilleFire's @shylaheal1 on being named "Player of the Round" for Round 3 of the 2020 @ChemistWhouse #WNBL season.
Throughout Round 3, Heal averaged 14 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.7 steals.

Maley, Team of the Week? Whilst I admire her tenacious rebounding ability she's averaging 5pts per game & her shooting action is horrible. Did her Dad apply some pressure for her selection?

Sizers, how is that a balanced round, Boomers have 4 games in 6 days with two back to back, plus a travel day thrown in fir good measure
Who did the draw for this , as this hasn't changed due to Adelaide being out for a week .

Molloy will need to use all 12 players if he wants any left standing by the following round

Some of the scheduling quite strange, even considering the Lightning's mandatory quarantine throwing a spanner in the works.

Marley is certainly tenacious in her rebounding but it's also to the extent of taking it off her own players.

Has to be more to her game than that , I mean love her passion for a rebound but on team of the week ... not so sure

I'm good with it. Glad to see something other than points being rewarded.

Caps and Boomers tonight, money on Caps again, Boomers won't use their bench, and caps will run their legs off, should be an interesting game though.


Lynx and Spirit, has to be Lynx sadly, Spirit just don’t have the man power, Lavey can’t play all five spots and they don’t have much off the bench, probably one to watch as a replay later

Solid win by the Boomers thanks to some clutch shooting by Garrick and a good overall game by Ezi.
Just a few minutes of Griffin dominance, but not much else happened for the Caps in that one. Credit to the Boomers D.

Good stuff, Lynx.
Dunno WTF those first 8 minutes were, but solid after that.
Garbin excellent again.
Sharp was everywhere. 17 boards, 12 points, 6 assists.

:(
I didn't like the look or sound of that

I would have to agree that Molloy is a terrible coach. Not one player progresses under him.
Let's hope that this is his last season!

Whom ever did the fixture for this round obviously wasn't paying too much attention
Boomers got the raw end of the deal this week with travel to Cairns thrown in for good measure .... wonder if Molloy will consent to actually use all 12 players this week or will he continue to run the legs off his starters plus 1.

Does Molloy have some ownership with Boomers and that’s why they keep appointing him head coach? , because it can’t be because of his coaching skills .

Agree with above he’s hindered more careers than he’s helped , unless of course your from NZ. LOL

Flames could get the win but think Boomers may still pull it off tonight , but after that Boomers will struggle with recovery times for sure , by Sunday’s game his starters will be done against Flyers , see that being a huge blow out

Is he good at job interviews? It really is baffling.

And as for retaining his current position is he on a long contract?

I don't know if it's the team frog wanted as much as being the team frog could afford

If that's true then yikes

I'm not sure, but just by the eye test I've actually been pretty impressed with them defensively this season so it wouldn't shock me if that's what the stats say.

Yeah I get the same impression. She wasn't amazing but you didn't want to leave her wide open. From what I've seen this season she's been well off.

Molloy once again runs his starters into the ground so they have no legs to now guard Sydney
Even commentators have said you would expect him to run all his bench
This is why he will never win a championship lol

LOL at "unanimous".

Four people on a message board isn't unanimous bro.

It's already been asserted by many posters that the Boomers also don't have depth. Judging by the performances beyond Magbegor, George, Garrick and Madgen thus far, I'm inclined to agree.

In saying that: Malloy is very old school, so I don't doubt that he's underplayed capable players previously.

The cheek of Molloy blaming his bench for letting Flames get back into the game in the second half. He was up by 45 and refused to put his bench on, Christ he still had his starters running with 4 mins to go in the fourth. The commentators even said his bench even Brewster and Antoniado should have been on, you don't throw them on for two minutes at the end then put blame on them when in fact those last two minutes they put scored Sydney’s staters.

He is a crap coach, Boomers now have two games in the next three days , one of them to Southside, he’s an idiot, no wonder he hasn’t won a championship in 8 seasons of trying.
Boomers have the oldest roster in the league, with several, player’s carrying injuries, why don’t his assistant coaches pull him up for this, or are they just cardboard cut outs, why doesn’t the board do something

Molloy is a hopeless coach!
The sooner the owners work that out the sooner Boomers will go ahead. He is a dud.
Nobody, nobody progresses under his coaching.

Hibbert had very little say on the team selection. She was constrained by Dalton. This team is down to Dalton.

Sydney had been under Dalton for years ,( another one who needs to step away from the game in selecting players and calling shots ,) but Sydney now have a new owner , can't see him letting Dalton have all the day
Sherf was on a two yr contract that’s why she stayed, the rest were cut .

Hibbert is out of her depth as a head coach at this level , Molloy is just a waste of space , he can’t coach at any level

Some positive news from Flyers twitter

Rachel Jarry has been given the all clear for ligament damage after injuring her knee on Wednesday.
Our training staff will monitor her recovery for a hopeful return to the court soon.

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LOL at "unanimous".

Four people on a message board isn't unanimous bro.

Absolutely correct, however, when an entire league and those that watch it are generally saying the same thing, I think it's pretty unanimous lol
Molloy is a terrible coach

Seebohm with money would be interesting.

Think kereama deserves the boomers coaching role.

Lol absolutely no way, he's terrible , ok assistant coach, but he’s had his go as head coach and was abysmal

Time to let Flynn have his shot at Boomers head coach, Anderson couldn’t cope in a head coaching role at Rangers at this level she’s better as assistant.
Flynnie has served his apprenticeship, he’s done juniors at national and international level, he’s done his time as assistant coach at WNBL , and has a good NBL1 /SEABL record in putting together good rosters without big budgets.
Players like him, Boomers should give him a go .

Absolutely loved that game from the Lynx tonight.
Garbin, Ebzery & Chibba all superb, and well directed by Petrik.

Sorry but the only person who has "transformed Cole" is Bec Cole herself , she has been given opportunities, and grabbed them with both hands with the 3x3 and that's what she brings to the 5x5 game now

If players are given opportunities they will develop into their own , but when coaches constantly keep them down, like Molloy did with Cole and Conti , they never get better

Anderson is a great coach but wouldn’t say a great coach at this level yet , if she has support and uses her head and puts trust in those she has rather than falling back on what’s familiar she could very well be the next Boomers coach, but I think Flynnie is more than ready for that challenge


They are both wasted as assistant coaches with Boomers under Molloy unless is to learn what NOT to do as a head coach

Today’s game will be interesting, my money is on Molloy running his starters plus two for 35 mins giving his bench a token few minutes of junk time

If he does they are going to get smashed by Flyers tomorrow

Sorry but the only person who has "transformed Cole" is Bec Cole herself

Anything going to come of Liz's trip tech foul in the Adelaide game? Or is the league too scared to do anything?

It was pretty standard from the refs: swallowing their whistles when Liz blatantly pushed a player during a stoppage (not giving even a warning), but were quick to tech her for essentially a non-incident shortly after.

Liz got what she deserved, just not in the right way. Nothing further warranted.

Well, not gonna happen unfortunately.
Excellent 1st quarter but the shots refused to fall in the 2nd. Lavey and especially Ernst ice cold on shots they'd normally hit.

Geez, can anyone shoot in this league?

Southside are shooting 41% from three as a team. So yes, quite a few can.

will bendigo finally win today?

Bendigo by 5
this is the first of their last three games and the only one who will be able to win and not finish 0-13

Adelaide are obviously favoured vs Bendigo normally, but they're not unbeatable and will be on the second leg of a back-to-back when they meet on the 9th. That might be Bendigo's best chance for a win, if not today vs Sydney.

Sydney are not exactly impressive either atm. Spirit hanging around.

And they sucks again, unbelievable

Seriously can these commentators suck up any harder on Cambage LoL

The attitude of anyone dares go near her , feel a tech isn't far away

That was one of the lowest-quality national league games I've ever seen. The amount of missed layups and defensive breakdowns resulting from a lack of effort and/or communication was inexcusable.

And bang on que tech foul because she got beat lol

God she's ridiculous

Not only do Bendigo have the least talent, they're the worst coached. Unbelievably disorganised team.

"gets whacked under the basket"

Liz often elevates into her shot through the defender. All that matter is if the defender establishes and maintains a legal guarding position, which they often do because they can't challenge the shot. The fact there is contact is irrelevant.

"Cambage is a great player and would be treated totally different if she was American"

I think you'll find that most are fine criticizing anyone that complains unnecessarily as much as she does, regardless of their nationality.

Great player, but a complete diva.

"#754 that very rarely happens, she pretty much stays in the key, spins and shoots with a nice whack on her arms every time."

100% correct, and not a foul if the defender is within their cylinder. I completely agree.

How's that for a first half by the Fire. Quality work at both ends.

When you shoot through the arms of a vertical defender that defender is not responsible for the contact

Y'all talking about the commentators being up Cambage's ass. But you guys are hilariously biased against her. You cannot genuinely know anything about basketball and not think she gets hard done by by the refs.


First off "y’all is not a word ... lol

And yes commentary is utterly biased towards Cambage while she bitches and Mia s at every opportunity

She certainly doesn’t t get hard done by the refs at all, infact she gets away with way more than any other player, but her crappy attitude and foul mouth is what gets her the techs, and that a reaction of “how dare they call a foul on her “

She’s her own worst enemy, gets to the foul line more than any other player, because they call a wisp of air if it goes near her to keep her happy most times .

Shame she can’t take a page out of Ohea or Mitchell’s books on how to behave , a bit of class and lose the arrogance and you could respect and appreciate her as a player, the way she behaves though is dreadful

Is that true? If Perth win tonight, That would leave Adelaide at 4-5 with 4 games to go and Fire are at 7-4 with 2 to go. They haven't played each other yet so if Fire we to lose their last 2 games they would be 7-6 and Adelaide somehow won their last 4 they would be 8-5

"I said in the key not the semi circle."

Thank you for reiterating, but I think everyone was aware.

Similarly, I said 'cylinder' not 'semi [charge] circle'. These are entirely different basketball concepts, FYI.

Gotta love these Lynx!
:D

Darcee Garbin Player of the Round.
26.7 pts & 9.0 reb per game, 3-0 record, and one clutch game-winner.
Glad she got this recognition. Has been excellent all season.