Hoops

R14: Cairns Taipans v Perth Wildcats

Venom: from my mind to your keyboard. Well said.

Being at the game and watching it first hand - I didn't think much about Fearne asking why the player wasn't moved off the court for treatment. The issue Fearne had (from the coaches mouth) was that the player was in obvious distress and needed to get off the court for treatment and not be treated on the court. If he had a more serious injury then get the medics/stretcher etc out. But not have everyone come on and delay the game at a key momentum point, because medical staff were treating what is a minor issue (a cramp)on court when he should be moved to the sideline where he can get proper attention to return ASAP. Fact of the matter is that once Fearne complained why the game was being held up when Beal needed work off court and not on it (if your injured you get subbed out, not treated while the game waits for you), he got up and walked gingerly off court to the change rooms and returned a few minutes after. So call Fearne classless for pointing out a basketball rule regarding treating injured players - lets not point out the fact Beal rolled around like he did an ACL then walked off and came back on 5 min later - cause anyone could conclude that he was either faking (not likely he was hurting bad and you could see his leg spasm), over exagerrating to get a foul and or the wildcats staff dragging out treatment as a pseudo timeout/breather with the snakes having the momentum. Him walking off after complaining then coming back on minutes later would support that. Now if pointing out a FIBA rule regarding injured players is classless - what the hell is screaming like a stuffed pig over a cramp, delaying the game and then coming back minutes later as if nothing had happened ???

When Trigger at last New Years game rolled his ankle on Dmart's foot. The medical team came over, assessed and got him off the court and subbed him out faster than Beal rolling around for a cramp. He was out for the rest of the season. So which player and medical team has more class then ?

Get off the anti-perth shit - it gets boring. Loughton gave as good as he got - wagstaff sets hard screens and so does Jervis. All players push the limits as its what they get paid to do. Sometimes you get away with it, sometimes you dont. Redhage tries his crap all the time and he got 2 dodgy calls because he shits in his own nest. Its not a perth thing, its a redhage thing.

Perth are and will be for a long time, the premier pro basketball team in Australia. They know their shit and share their learnings to make the league better. No perth, no league - simple.

@Dazz, I love what the wildcats have done, they are the envy and hope of all the other clubs.
Along the way, milking that old West Australian"us against them thing" beautifully.

@wildcats80, firstly Fearne is not my coach...
secondly,people like you are one of the reasons why Perth are becoming alienated from the rest of the league(plus their success;0 & $)

@anon dickhead,im pretty sure that Beal had a cramp....trying to slow himself down,huh,WTF?? did the coaching staff see an opportunity to slow things down & lose crowd momentum...absolutely !!

WTF with the Fearne classless bullshit....dickheads!

I was at the game and the whole thing went on far too long, get the player off the fucking court and let the game go on.

to many times we see these situations(real or not) used as ploys to take momentum etc out of game/crowd!!

get the player off the fucking court and let the game commence....who ever the player is....and what ever the team !!

Depleted by injury, the Perth Wildcats were simply outclassed by the Cairns Taipans on Friday night as the defending NBL champions have surrendered their second placing on the NBL ladder after Cairns defeated the ‘Cats 91-76 inside the Cairns Convention Centre.

Cairns snatch second spot with win over injury riddled ‘Cats

goodnight perth. woohoo

After winning the Reptile Rumble last week, Cairns comes into tonight’s game looking to edge closer to second spot on the ladder. For the away side, Jermaine Beal continues to be a consistent scoring threat, ready to explode at any moments notice.

This is a tale of 2 very different teams, Perth lives and dies by it’s guard play and the brilliance of Daniels. Whilst, Cairns get most of its contributions from it’s strong interior work and their talented big men. Tonight’s game comes down to which team can get stops when it matters and who controls the half court game.

Preview: Snakes host ‘Cats in potential Semi Final match-up

Perth by 5 is my prediction.

Really hoping Nathan Sobey (replacing injured Maynard) will get some minutes tonight. He was impressive when making up the numbers for the Taipans in the preseason games against Melbourne, and no surprise they took the opportunity to have him under contract.

really unsure why its not telecast on OneHD. the Sydney v Townsville game is, and its not even an interesting game in theory. perth v cairns is given its 2nd and 3rd. nbl governance over OneHD is crap