Kiefer Sykes is out, Cotton is about to go off.

Sykes is the best defensive player in the league, according to Simon Mitchell who mentions it every week and is the only person in the country who thinks its true.

KobeRulz I've been asking that same question since the cup was announced. Apparently it being in Victoria on their home court doesn't count as a home game.

It's been on the fixtures since before the cup started. And commentators have been talking about SEM getting back to the 'heartland' from the first game.

There are games being played tomorrow at the SBC that don't feature either Melbourne team. Maybe there was a need to move away from John Cain for a couple of days.

Koberulz; When the cup fixture was announced on February 05, today's two games and tomorrow’s two games were listed at the SBC. Just because you didn’t review the full fixture at that stage doesn’t mean you can say it wasn’t announced.

Article link with full fixture here;
https://www.news.com.au/sport/basketball/nbl-cup-18-days-of-nbl-doubleheaders-and-36-games-across-two-city-venues/news-story/7e2fed6981cb2d7f16104eef24575853

But Thybulle....

Please enough is enough. Boomer Bryce!

How many more times do we have to hear pork chop Homicide shout "BOOMER BRYCE" ??

Thankyou for calling that a block on Creek & not a charge on Jervis. Hate that play.

Everyone hating on Homicide need to give it a rest.

Yes he's playing a character but at the end of the day he promotes the league like no other & gives something different.

Does anyone think Gibbo plays another game in the NBL or is he unofficially dusted?

Kevin White is absolute garbage.

Kevin White has single handedly halved Perth's lead.

That foul on Gliddon was awful.
The ref had clear vision of the play and still called it incorrectly, with the game on the line. Disgraceful

Can't believe they called that, total garbage.

Can't believe they gifted sem a heap of soft free throws to get them back, while missing a blatant clip to bkanchfields face while in the bonus and nothing when Norton's gimmie rimmed out. Oh it goes both ways, sem had plenty of calls, gladden is lucky he didn't get a t for his reaction he had already being warned

Cracking game, yes bad call on Gliddon. While Perth got Gleeson and Cotton they will be tough. Homicide with Gaze is ok, keep him away from all others. He's right about Cotton to, if he’s an Australian he has to go. Again great game, SEM and Mitchell doing fine.

Crappy end to a great game.

Settle down Lovebroker, it's not like those are the only two bad calls in existence.

If Adnam is scoring 28 it shows you how bad Perth are.

Terrible foul for Gliddon to foolishly give up in the dying seconds.

Has anyone seen a non-Wildcats fan say it was the correct call yet?
They are so one eyed that they literally can't ever consider it was a bad call.
Yet the rest of the NBL universe agree it was terrible.

Who was that ref who called that

Not a bad call. It's part of basketball and would’ve been called even if it happened in the 1st minute of the game.

#365 some dude in a green top

Adnam was clearly player of the game

So salty LV.

It was a foul that doesn't normally get called on a final possession. But Gliddon gave the ref the opportunity to call it. Silly play

To the person who asked who think it's a foul, John Casey does:

https://twitter.com/JohnCasey2880/status/1367095256827666439?s=19

Luv knows Perth is going to own the salary cap cheating United chokers once again

Lovebroker & Manu, are you sure you aren't thinking about a foul by Gliddon against Jaron Johnson?

Hook by Cotton caused all the contact, offensive player isn't entitled to the space the defensive player is already standing on. Very average decision from one of the League's most experienced referees.

Any "hook" by Cotton did not cause Gliddon to take a couple of steps forward into him.

Hey #393 - he is speaking about this other BS call;
https://twitter.com/nicktan77/status/1367086371840483331?s=21
Cotton threw himself to the ground in this instance

Kobe why should the SEM challenge have been successful?

Very similar play. Gliddon thinks having your hands straight in the air while moving your lower body into an offensive player is good D. You'd think he'd have learned by now.

#396 that is an extremely funny comment seeing the call was made by a referee with only 25 games experience. But you say "Very average decision from one of the League's most experienced referees."

If you're going to comment at least have a clue which referee made the call smh

#420 - it should have been successful because the defenders foot was within the charge circle, in line with the FIBA rule where the 'cylinder principle applies to all players defensive or offensive'. So even though the foot wasn’t planted, it was clearly in the charge circle.

#422 fair call, rewatched the footage got the ref wrong. Still doesn't change the fact the hook caused all the contact including the following contact by Gliddon. Very clear and obvious miss that led to an error which decided the game.
First game or 500th game, it's an error of the worst kind.

How does the supposed hook cause Gliddon to take two clear steps into Cotton's body?

From the 50 or 60 tweets I've seen on the play (both angles) its a pretty even split of who thinks it was or wasn't a foul, and it definitely isn't all Perth fans saying it was.

Most would agree it was soft and would have happily let play go on but Gliddon put himself in the position that allowed the refs to call it. If you get beat off the dribble, you don't get to run into the player you're defending. He is also pretty lucky not to have worn a tech after his carry-on.

You would have had to tech the entire Phoenix team because they all reacted pretty strongly. A case of professional players being officiated by a ref who is still adapting to the standard. Don't reward Bryce for flopping like that.

#424 his foot must be planted on the line or on the floor inside the circle for the NCSC to be valid. Norton's heels were raised so he is outside the circle. The cylinder principle does not apply to the NCSC. From the rule dot point 3 - The defensive player has one foot or both feet in contact with the no-charge semi-circle area. Norton was not touching the line when contact occurred. Therefore it cannot be a no call due to the NCSC. A more plausible argument would be Norton was not hit in the torso but the hip thus had not established a legal guarding position.


#425 I was not making a case that the call was right or wrong. What I was stating was the poster clearly had no idea who called the foul.

Don't reward Bryce for flopping like that.

Did you have an issue when Gliddon was rewarded for flopping against Cotton in the opening minutes of the game?

Yes.

Yes I agree with that, the NCSC is not relevant as Norton has not established a LGP

If they're going to call the Cotton hook, then they'd have to hand out about 15 fouls a game where Cotton is held off the ball

Happy to have that called on all players off ball, the physicality of the NBL is out of control. Doesn't change the fact it was a hook.