They play 36 games and the semi best of 3.. need to be best of 5..

This is actually ridiculous that living in Sydney i can't actually attend this game.

What's the reason for no crowds? Both teams have been outside Victoria for over 2 weeks already, and have been playing in front of crowds?

Put some hazmat suits on the floor wipers if you want....

Or is it more a financial thing, eg not worth opening up the food venues etc if there will only be 1,000 people there? So just cap at zero minimizes costs

It's more an embarrassment thing in case neutral Sydney attracted a larger crowd than a lot of their home games in Melbourne.

It's so they are abiding by the rules of their exemptions eg isolation and quarantining so if/when they get to play again in Melbourne, they've done the right thing.

It was a comment on how poor the Melbourne team's crowds have been. Nothing to do with the other series, which we are still alive in by the way.

Yeah, nobody goes to game one of the semis here because tickets are expensive and there's always a grand final to go to.

Look at that glorious curtain.

I find it amusing one of the commentators called the game Throwdown X rather than a semi-final. I think it's time to retire the contrived nickname as the digits have reached double figures.

Haha, someone needs to look up the definition of double figures.

Heartland showing absolutely no heart.

Is there any chance SEM could run a set to get Broekhoff a shot?

SEM are 22 points with a whole half and 2.5mins to go...

United are sweeping the playoffs.

56-31

What an awful product the NBL is right now.

Time to turn this garbage off.

This is hard to watch

Yep the league sucks cause Perth and Adelaide are not dominating otherwise it is all great....

SEM certainly no threat tonight. This has been brutal

The point I'm making is this forum is a Perth/36s flog fest.

how does nsw get the cheeseburger...what a ripoff

Vickerman berating them for one terrible defensive breakdown when up 25 with 4 minutes left

Love it

Landale showing that mvp form

or maybe it's LV putting them off.

Comprehensive performance from United. Impressive defensive throughout and incredibly organised. Thought Hopson was very slick and Landale unstoppable, 26 points in 21 minutes from inside and out shows he's a class above. Vickerman’s insistence on player rotations throughout the season is now paying off with United’s second unit arguably as good as the first. Phoenix missed a beat by benching Creek for most of the first quarter with 2 fouls, thought Mitchell should have backed hm in. Amazing the wraps that Broekhoff had when he returned, has barely fired a shot. Hopefully we get a better game 2.

won't someone please think of the principle!!!

the worst thing to happen to Victoria in 2021.....where is our cheeseburger!!!

damn u dictator!

You can't pick Broekhoff he's been exposed badly in the NBL this season. I always said he was hyped up beyond his skill set before and after he got into the NBA he's a system guy. I thought he was taking a huge risk coming back here and potentially being exposed he just should've stayed in the US and taken the season off.

I can't see him getting the offers to stay in the NBL that he probably thinks he deserves so will probably go back to Europe with his tail between his legs.