Hoops

Tonight: Blaze host 36ers

Came across this thread by accident as it's not in the NBL category. Any reason why?

Anyway, great win by Blaze after Bullets shamozzle.

Great game call Statman. I like your style. It was good to relive the game again this morning. Perhaps you can start a 'HOOPS GC' website so we don't have to annoy 36'ers fans every time we beat them!!!

You didn't mention Demos driving past Copland baseline for his (only) 2 points late in the second. That has to go to the top of his highlight reel.

Ng's performance was impressive. Apart from lucky buzzer beating 3 point shot, didn't think too much of him in the Adelaide home game. But he did everything last night. Regained possesion twice, by himself against multiple Blaze players, after missed Adelaide free throws. Hustled all night. Pretty much solely responsible for an under 10 margin as opposed to an over 20 margin which is what it felt like to me.

Gotta give credit to a 36er fan a few rows behind me with two classic comments. "Get him another cheeseburger" after Pero turned over the ball, and "Does your sister know you've got her hair band?" to Casey Frank, just as he's shooting free throws. He missed both of them too!

I think the video scoreboard is great although the scores section goes haywire sometimes (Cairns had a score of 170 during the third quarter a few weeks ago!). Great to have all player stats (points/fouls)regularly appearing on the board but they need to keep these up longer than 2 seconds.

While not wanting to dwell on an issue that doesn't concern almost all of the readers, I think last night was the refined version of the BMW shootout. There were entry boxes at the entrance doors which meant that you had to be in it to win a chance at the shootout. Unless they only used forms collected from boxes near the coporate entrances, there's no way they could pick just corporates. While I didn't see where contestant No.2 came from, contestant No.1 definitely DID NOT come from the corporates. I think this is the best and fairest way of running the comp and Bruce Lynton BMW get 100 new email addresses each night to justify their potential contribution. I think there's more chance of selling a BMW through this basketball sponsorship than a Hummer.

Speaking of, Bullets have a winner with half time remote control Hummer race for kids. This should be mandatory at all home venues and even if the cars aren't actually replica Hummers, it would be a little bit more exposure for the League's major sponsor.

Finally, 100% agree with comments on the courtside and roaming announcers. I think the courtside guy actually did the same job back in Rollers days. This is where the Bullets are spoiled with Neil Hamilton Smith who has to be the best (if not the longest serving).

Go Blaze.

Looks promising, has bulked up, and seems to have got a lot more hops....but he is going to study isn't he?

TR, stay away, no disgruntled workers in your occupation needed here. There are enough pissed off supporters to start a lynch mob here already methinks...

Don't know about you guys, but I am really dissapointed that Chappel could not get it together. Deep down, I hoped (but did not expect) the coaching would adjust, but I really thought we had the big one when we snagged (pfft) him in the off season.
Cannot blame the guy for taking a contract, but damn, I really wished some homework on his injury had been done beforehand, and he had not been put in this scapegoat position.

Hers hoping some sort of changes happen, young guys get a gig and we pinch a few wins toward the end of the season, and don't break THAT record from last season..

81 - 91 5 mins to go..

Phil just called time out!!!!

Too early? No offence, I'd say you're coming in late!

Don't want to start another thread about it, but if anyone wants to know Perth is up by 4 with 11 secs to go.

Agreed Kobe!

Perth just hit the lead over Sydney.

76 - 75 on a 11-0 run.

3 and a bit to go.

Buffering all the time at first, slowly getting better.
Melmeth and Ballinger going hard at each other.

NBL Live scoreboard working properlly now too. (well as properly as it does).

NBL Radio seems to be working fine now in winamp - no buffering running smooth.

Here on sunday sixers seemed to be in lazy summer afternoon mode. Not fired up. If they can fire up maybe able to just win it.

Spinner - great stuff! Mike 7 points pure GOLD!

7:30 aest

When you stop shouting enough to check on NBL.com....

Gold Spinner..No beat down happening here, just laughter..

Wow minx...never heard of sarcasm huh?

"After last weeks debacle (which Joyce has described as the worst defensive effort by the team this season) the screws will be tightened on Adelaide this week and even with the smooth slick offensive sets that Adelaide run it should be a low scoring affair."

I don't know what smooth slick offensive sets you are referring to. I know you didn't see the game on sunday but the sixers offence was anything but these things. All the Gold Coast will need to do tonight is put up some decent resistance defensively and I can't see us scoring anymore easily than on Sunday. The only ways we are going to win this is if they are equally bad on the offensive end or Ballinger and/or Davidson go nuts for 30+.