Yes agreed, cracking game expected. Tatum will and try to limit Cottons influence and Swani, Hickey will have a go. Just feel that cats bigs won't match the hawks, on the cats side certainly got shooters from outside. Hawks by a fraction.

Love the unis, Hawks

Another trademark wilcats opening quarter

Unbelievable quarter by both sides, both offensive machines. Hawks bench better at present.

Hawks dismantling wildcats defense easily

Wildcats started the game sharing the ball well, then that all died off

Pinder is not rebounding. Bad

Cotton could drop 80 but if Perth continue to not play defense or rebound, they'll be a non-factor come finals.

I though Okwera did a solid job as a starter. Played 4:20 and then wasn't sighted until the dying minutes of the 2nd quarter.

Easiest coaches challenge in NBL history?

Haha, yep

I thought the same for Okwera, he added some creativity in offense and tries on defense.

Team misses Doolittles toughness and work

Cats D is so bad, they should be looking at guys like Peatling, not show ponies like Pinder most of the times.

How dare you question our GM. Don't you realise he has NBA ties?

Can I get back to bagging out Rillie?

Gleeson on a losing slide in Japan since his two best players are out, just put that out there so cats supporters can dream.

Hearing Perth fans whinge , what a great Xmas present .

Impressed by the Hawks. Pissed off with what Cotton did to them last time and didn't let it happen again. Good coaching and good execution from the players, shows they're a genuine contender.

There is no cat's defence seen. They are playing shit basketball.

Does this now make Kell mvp material. MVP should be taken on all games all season, just not raffled at the end of season.

You can't base MVP on someone having a career game against the Cats. Too many candidates.

Love the energy and self-belief in the Hawks. Perth just going through the motions.

Yeah, Hawks all season have looked a close and positive unit. Gotta like 'em.

Well great first quarter anyway. Cats can't win it, so poor on D bigs are soft and Cotton can’t win it on his own. Hawks certainly can win it, solid all over the court and bench, plus their coach is smart.

Hawks very impressive. Cats no plan B when opposition can play effective D on Cotton. Cats just not built or coached to win against proper teams on the road. Not a recipe for post season success no matter how you slice it.

Aberration o the road. Tough tough in the snakehouse. BC is human a d cats are down on players.experiencedarnt will be invaluable come finale time.. be totally different at home...believe cats believe

Cats started the game using Cotton to get others good looks and it was working. But it seemed it was planned to do that for 3 minutes to get "everyone involved" then go back to hand it to cotton and watch him score

Henshall is the worst defender I've probably seen in years. Perth plays zero defence. None. Especially transition defence. It’s downright pathetic. Why I said numerous times I don’t see them even wining one game in the playoffs .

How they gave Rillie an extension when Gleeson was available is beyond comprehension

Jessie had to choose his words very carefully but you could see from the look on Rillie's face he was getting a bit close to the bone.

What an absolute pro Jesse Wagstaff is! Thanks for posting Luuuc, really enjoyed listening to that

We're so far off it.

Thanks, Luuuc. Interesting to listen to.

Wagstaff has a coaching future if he wants it.

The funny thing is that Illawara are probably in the bottom 3rd in terms of salary cap spend. Cats close to the top if not the top. You can have the fastest and best plane , but if you cannot pilot it then it will crash.