Agree, Ben, can't see anything other than SEM by double figures.

To be honest I feel like this could be a potential upset for Brisbane here.

Brisbane are the away team, so would be strong favourites.

Away teams usually win. Better predictor than who drops the most threes.

Nice start by both sides, Harrison looking good for Brisbane. Interview with JD before game looks like he hasn't slept for a while, the pressure of being a coach.

Welcome to home cooking

Let's not over complicate basketball. Especially in the NBL. Defensive pressure & the ability to score under pressure. Phoenix have runs in defense then do zero. If you don’t work in defense you lose unless the other team can’t put the ball in the basket. It’s that simple. Phoenix coach will be out coached & whinging all night about bad calls.

Credit to Cadee, playing well, Sobey and Baynes still rusty, like what Froling, Harrison have contributed. Krebs and Walker also doing ok.
Qi only 5 minutes, Creek hits the floor a lot and gets soft calls, doing well, Williams been good, Brown 6a but shooting shit. Mitchell went off on sideline at dumb step out turnovers. Adnam scoring easy.
Gibson is a good analyst, like what he brings.

Whoever makes there 3s wins.
Thats all basketball is and will ever be from now.
It was only recently discovered that 3 points is worth more than 2.
Prior to the analytics revolution, it was never known to mankind that 3 points was worth more than 2.
Mathematicians with PHD never knew that 3 was worth more than 2.
The discovery by the analytics department that 3 points was worth more than 2 will go down as the greatest discovery in human history.
More stunning than how life started on earth.

Haha Jacket you must lead a sorry existence.

Heard you the first 17 times mate.

Also Buzzas are back. They'll lose this, but they're back.

3 pointer, foul, foul foul, 3 pointer, foul, foul, foul, 3 pointer.

LOL what entertainment

Good game, Harrison been great, got lots potential, he hasn't shot a three either.

Right, switching over to T20 cricket.

This league is garbage

Phoenix finding ways to lose. Down at 3/4time. Unbelievable!!

If only Creek made some effort in defense. Attack only. You gotta work both ends of the floor

Williams open late up. Brick!!!

1/10 Phoenix in the 4th. Under 10's stuff

Horrendous offensive foul call on Cadee, Creek gets so many soft calls his way.

Creek 1st personal with 4.30 left in game. Shows you he doesn't defend at all.

Are you named after the cracker?

Please switch back to the NBL, Jacket.
You might not enjoy it but we need your insightful commentary.

I haven't warmed to Gibbo yet, but I reckon I'll get there. He's a bit rough around the edges now but will improve.

Screen on the other hand can sod off.

Sobey burns Johnson and chucks up a hero ball three. He's been woeful.

Sobey is such a fail.

Well... mostly a fail

@Perthworld. You are correct. Presuming you live in the that great city Perth. Love it there. Always good to come home to Sydney though.

Brisbane you couldn't foul in 6 seconds? Seriously? F***ing hell.

https://youtu.be/KeIoNHqs0Zc

WTF bullets? Why wouldn't Brisbane foul?

They fouled several times, refs just wanted to go home.

Looks like they've given up. Very poor effort late on.

Sobey played the last 2 minutes, got play all game like that, imo it was a good game but I'm not certain the home cooking got them home.

Duncan is surely gone, but then again they can't have one of the assistants take over immediately either when they I
the form of PC and Vanderjagt (LOL).

What a shambles of an organisation.

when they are in the form*

Looking forward to the cheapskate Bullets being found out.

Congrats Bullets. Hit more threes and at a greater percentage, and that's why you won.

Duncan is a horrible coach . I've said it before I’ll be shocked flabbergasted even if he is the coach next season.

It's always easy to blame the coach, and he has some responsibility for there losses, but if you look at the plus minus on the stats sheet it’s his starting five that have been crap. Sobey was announced as the big signing, he’s been horrible except last bit of today’s game. Baynes certainly not giving bullets what us punters thought. It’s there lesser lights that have done ok.

So Brisbane hit more threes and still lose? Everything I've been taught was a lie!

Tyler Johnson came off the bench, Bullets trying to get him to quit to cut costs?

If he'd quit because he's coming off the bench, they probably don't want him there anyway.

I liked the move of Cadee to start, but I thought that should have been with Johnson alongside him so Cadee could create looks for him out of the offence.

I'd have Sobey coming off the bench personally with a unit that's looking to force turnovers and run. Put Mitchell in that group on return. Then the Cadee/Johnson/Baynes unit look to execute more in the half-court.

That said, the issue is quite clearly the defence, so Duncan has to find combos that work at that end. Not sure they have the personnel for it though.

Harrison, Mitchell, Johnson, Krebs, Cadee. Baynes and Sobey haven't produced. I’m not a fan of Cadee but with this starting five should be fine.