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Burston not playing against Breakers

great how it hasn't been the same guy having to carry the team each week, this week CJ stepped up, last week Braswell. Really looking forward to the Blaze game and seeing Penney back in a Breakers uniform, hopefully 4-0 ;)

Yeh for sure, i know i wouldnt like to be blocked by those guys, no one likes to get stung twice. it was lucky CJ was feeling it after a couple of offensive boards. otherwise i have a feeling that game may have ended differently.

yeah I was pulling my hair SRT070 when a Breakers player would drive to the hole and then look up and think F#*K and throw some weak bailout pass when it looked like he was clear, to be fair though when they did put them up a few did get blocked.
Pledger was awesome off the bench at both ends, couple of big blocks and shot the ball fairly well. He was on the end of some fairly average passes at times but made the best of his opportunities when they popped up.

Yeh completely agree Mystro, its just really weird to see. they are open and the breakers kept passing it off in a way that spoke to me as "im not going in there, you go in there!"

The refs weren't calling that much contact stuff inside for stretches and with the Tigers size inside i'm not surprised that they were having second thoughts

Anon, it would have been about Breakers getting stats up if they all werent afraid to attack the ring. And as i said in my previous post i was surprised when i turned it on and watched the 3rd.

Thanks Isaac. Didn't hear that.
I like his mobility for a bigger guy but would still like to see him contribute a bit more offensively. That means playing to his strengths.
With Penney due back, Wilkinson may not have to shoulder too much offensively.

I think getting on top of these scrappy close games will pay off for the Breakers further down the season when Teams chemistry will be strong throughout the competition. Melbourne's Imports showed that they can shoot but I think the Tigers turnover count by the end of the season is going to be some kind of record if they don't sort something out quickly.

Pretty useful dunk by Gary Wilkinson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_YwHnU2W5Q

Breakers still won it by 5.

Tigers will win games this season even though they are playing woefully.

Melbourne still outrebounded and gave up more turnovers. Still have some work to do.

bit surprised with this. Just saw the 3rd. Is it me or do breakers look scared to drive it in? Everytime they pass it around like pass the parcel and noone wants to go in.

That is a great point as soon as I heard burston was out I put money on them to win . Gives there bigs a chance to get into Game more ,look so much better with one less big

I actually think the Tigers will come out firing this game.
That's not to say I think they will win, just that I don't think this will be as easy for New Zealand as people think.

Tigers paying $6.60 to win and $19 for a win by 11+ at Centrebet.

Still tipping Breakers by 7+ but Tigers should be able to keep it close until the 3rd quarter.

who tapped him on the shoulder and broke him??

i dont think the tipping for this game could be any easier.

this game will be all about breakers getting stats up