I think bullets will compete, Adel looking very reasonable, the five men duel could be interesting if Rocco and Harrison turn up. Bannan v Days might be interesting, Bannan thinking he can play nba. Overall though I'm with you hawks by plus 10.

Which Bullets show up?

The Bullets from the first 2.5 quarters? Then Hawks by 30+

The Bullets from the last 1.5 quarters? Then a tight game or even an upset

Some good frontcourt battles in this one

More Jo Healy please.

And less Hools.

Harrison is trash and always will be

Bullets can't handle the Illawarra pressure

If last week was pathetic, what's this?

Pathetic-er

Illawarra fun to watch.
Brisbane apathetic.

These Hawks are just so fun to watch. Lee is one of the best role players in the league, and Kell is unstoppable

Harrison would be a good player in the right side. Commentary talking up Rocco, who do you take, Olbrich or Rocco. Preseason is fools gold. Good coaches make players better, ie, Kell , ok at SEM and Sixers, fantastic at hawks. Unless bullets start competing financially they are always going to be average, you get what you pay for.

Well, well, well, ball game on.

What Dunkman said.

Bullets ownership group have made it clear for the last several seasons that they do NOT want to spend and essentially prefer to be a placeholder in the league. They're in it to watch the 'franchise value' rise, not see any particular on-court success.

Brisbane are in a similar boat to Cairns in that both are hamstrung on budget, but people expect Brisbane to have some modicum of success (and rightfully so).

We've got a ballgame

Tell me again that Harrison can't play, he’s been great at both ends. It’s amazing, that blue collar guys get bullets back in it, Bairstow, Norton, Harrison. Still can’t see hawks losing but sensational come back.

Agree, Ben, Scheuler deserves a lot credit for this come back, they compete as a team, it's not a big budget team but at least they didn’t turn their toes up. Imo JD had a go at this but got undermined by a few big name players and got the arse. Should be a good second half.

Olbrich is 100% an NBA player, you forget he's still only 20 too.

Very similar to Dario Saric.

Petition to christen Lee 'the Korean sniper'?

Hawks just so deep, Olbrich passes like a point guard, Rocco might get there but he's a fair bit off at present. Adel been a revelation.

Harrison is a slug. Hawks bigs too quick for him

Prather is not the player he was, both there import guards so far haven't been great, hard to win games with your imports not giving you enough.

Nice to see Grida bring up the 100 games

Hawks playing with their food in the second half.

Bullets need to move on from Prather and Batemon as much as Schueller needs a mansierre.

Harrison had 16 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists in a side that was beaten by 12 points, I'd say he can play a bit.
Bannon going to have to be better than lebron to get Brisbane in finals, Hooley thinks he is but I don’t see it.
Hawks good mixture of D and O, plus depth, really think Olbrich is going to be so good.

The gratitude from Grida was beautiful to see.

Hawks made that look much harder than it should have been. I wouldn't get too carried away if I'm a Hawks fan - that performance would only beat two or three teams in the league