Hoops

WNBL Round 3

... and the other golden rule is that they are 4 games into the season, so let's not get too carried away just yet. Perth have has good starts to the season before and then completely failed to go on with it.
It should also be noted that both our home wins have come against teams with quality players missing. (Cox & Swords for Sydney, and Pickrel, Cunningham & Clydesdale for Dandenong)

Yeah those 9 boards in 25 minutes were useless to us yesterday

Yeah, Blicavs was indeed very good.
I'm not quite sure about this point-forward role they've got her playing atm. She's a good passer but I don't know that you want her spending too much time with the ball in her hands. It's great to see her developing as a player though. Always had potential but I felt she was stagnating a bit lately. Playing under Larissa really seems to be working for her.

Not sure why Pickrel didn't play today. Did she pick up an injury in the Spirit game?

Sami Whitcomb you're a legend

Not WNBL but I may as well put it here ...

Cambage hasn't taken long to get back into the swing of things in China.
A flurry of games to start off their season, and she got
* 31 & 7 last weekend
* 25 on Tuesday
* 22 & 18 on Thursday
* 40 & 13 yesterday

Solid game for Penny yesterday too with 19 points & 8 steals in a 1 point win.

You sure you read that right? It's correct now (-7.5) but if you got on them at +7.5 well done!
Rangers $1.25, Lynx $3.75.


I don't think I've seen this before:
$1.01 is too generous for SEQ against the Lightning today, so Sportsbet have them at $1.005 instead. Ouch!
Based on that it seems wrong that Adelaide are paying only $17. I'd be wanting $50+ I reckon.

Holy sheeeeeet ... 88-30 at the final break :O

Both teams have missed 8 3-pointers.
Pity Adelaide have only attempted 8. Townsville have launched 19.

Flames-Boomers was neck-and-neck for the first half, but Sydney gradually pulled away to get the win by 7 despite Swords' foul trouble.
Massive games by Tupaea & Ebzery for Sydney, and Madgen & Penaluna for Melbourne. Sounds like a beauty.

Caps gave the Spirit a serious scare until a 24-9 4th quarter got Bendigo home by 11. Talbot huge but not enough help. Griffin & Richards too much to handle.

Fire in the process of blowing the Lightning off the court as expected. 57-24 at half time

Fire $1.03, Lightning $10.00

Fire still feel like great value to me at that price :p


Flames $1.35, Boomers $3.01

One slip-up against an on-fire Louella Tomlinson shouldn't see Melbourne out that far IMO. They're a fairly shallow team but I love their starting 5.
But tonight I think the Flames front line should be too much for Melbourne to handle. Livvy & Elyse are going to need to work their arses off and also stay out of foul trouble, which is a huge ask against the class of Swords & Tinkle.
I think Kunek is crucial for the Boomers in this one. If she plays aggressively and is on target, and the bigs can hold their own, they can win this. But I still like the Flames.


No odds on Sportsbet for Spirit-Caps.
I don't like Canberra. Never have. Hope they cop another hiding :p Pretty confident that it won't be close. Carn Spirit!

Sounds like you'll be jumping on board the Rangers at -6.5 points then?
Head to head it's $1.32 - $3.25

Boxscore is fixed now:
http://www.fibalivestats.com/u/wnbl/137231/

Great to see Nads have a game like that after what she's been through over the last year.


Article about Lauren:
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/basketball/canberra-capitals-play-down-lauren-jackson-injury-setback-after-another-loss-20151022-gkfs6i.html

These issues that the WNBL have with their live scores are annoying and pretty embarrassing too. With no broadcast deal in place, people are more reliant than ever on the live scores, and they are failing regularly.
Tonight's one froze at half time and has been stuck there ever since.

Game is over now - SEQ converting a 10 point half time lead into a huge 95-58 win.

Would be nice if the WNBL could at least tweet a score each quarter when their website fails :-/

Far worse than just an illness for LJ.
According to John Tuxworth:
"Yep Lauren Jackson is out for another month with a knee strain. Will update this later in day. More news coming with this I hear"

Haven't heard any news on Montgomery but she was supposed to arrive either Tuesday or yesterday, so fingers crossed that they can start easing her into the lineup from tonight (... or just throw her straight into the deep end with 40 minutes)

This Saturday, the 36ers are holding a Junior Members Basketball and Cheerleaders Clinic that is free for all members.

Saturday 6th February at the Dome.
Time: 9:00am – 10:00am