Melbourne up 21-14 at quarter time and in control

Breakers looking average without WMW running the show.

Unbelievably shyte reffing ruining White's comeback

Great D Again by United so far

NZ look to me a bit like Brisbane

Lots of talent, but a little weak at the 5 spot.

Wetzell can score but his D is suspect.

Sam Timmins showing he belongs in the league.
Hustling and working hard and more mobile than Rob Loe.
Nz fighting to stay in this one and doing well to be only down by 3 at halftime.

United scored 13 points then, in about 15 minutes of bball before CG got involved in the last 2 minutes

I predict that sort of dry run will be pretty common whenever CG is struggling for impact

We're seeing a template of basically what Was expected from United's season and what we're starting to see regularly- hustling and competing on every possession, scrappy, strong Defensively, opponent working hard for points. But then United struggling to create good looks at the other end.

Agree United looks best when they push the tempo. Early they were getting the ball and running hard.

It's the easiest way to score in any level of basketball really. And mostly effort driven and being aware.

Eventually I hope they put White back to the 4 (although 4 is crowded in this roster obviously). Agada and White running the lanes together, CG trailing for 3s, would be a nice mix

Vickerman goes with my suggestion earlier than I expected haha

When does Dean want it?

RIGHT NOW

Uniteds bigs are bullying Wetzell

15 pts bw them and should be more except Hukporti 1-6 and missed a couple of bunnies

SEMs Qi will do same to them. This could be big weakness for NZ. Wetzell prolly still having nightmares from Landale making him a bunny last year

United are a fairly ugly team this year.... they'll keep "testing the limits of the referees", scrapping and competing primarily because of their D. They don't have the flair or fire-power of previous seasons.

Breakers look flat.
0-5 here we come lol.

Having said that, United has quality defenders everywhere and I'm enjoying watching them

despite the fact they won't be putting any 100 point games up Anytime soon with this group.

Good D is still good Basketball!

That Hukporti dunk was pure man handling of Wetzell

Manhandled by a boy!

Just realised how bad that line reads....

Think United will win this

Feel sorry for NZ. They'll be alright with Randle and Abercrombie

Injuries and covid stuff destroyed last season for them and at 0-5 this season quickly becoming the same

You just to admire the breakers! Win lose they deserve the upmost respect for what they are sacrificing since Covid hit.

Behind Perth I do really cheer them on for what not many of us have even the slightest idea of what they are going through.

Can't even gauge team’s playing against the breakers because you don’t know how they will turn up mentally

Hukporti really grown in confidence last 2 games

CG43 has the green light with this roster and should have one of the highest scoring seasons of his career

White hasn't skipped a beat

Plenty to like about today. Teams are finding it very difficult to deal with United's defensive intensity

United though won't find it as easy keeping the better teams down like this though. Its one thing keeping Adams less Sydney and Rundle less NZ controlled but the top 3- or even Brisbane- will be different. Looking forward to watching how this all plays out.

Randle*

Vickerman screaming at the refs seems to be getting worse each game.

How long are they going to accept this behaviour - less experienced or coaches for smaller teams for sure would have been set out of the stadium by now. Even Gazy talking about Vickerman's behaviour being over the top

The Breakers really need reinforcements and to regroup.

WMW, Besson, Delaney and Wetzell can't play 40mins and carry the team.

Credit to Melbourne on the win.

Breakers are a Hopson type player away from being a legit championship contender in my mind.

Melb United or melb tigers, not really any difference. You always knew that even if the tigers were 20 up they would
Still give you a chance. United really do struggle to blow teams away. I know they stuck it to the violet crumbles last game, but I don't count Sydney as anything. NZ are no good, 0 and 4, tigers(United) should blow them away. This game could go down to the wire because United(tigers) just don’t have the killer instinct.