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It's happening again... another massive comeback

Paul, I always make a point of reading your posts, and I understand your critique re Trig.
Fearne's mindset is defence: fix that and the rest should take care of itself.
Of course you are right that Trig was not the only one leaking points, but he was effectively quarantined from the ball inside and didn't have the feet defending the perimeter.

So much silly talk about Fearne.
It wasn't poor judgement to park injured Craig. Fearne didn't make Burston unwell.
Illawarra exploited every opportunity to bust past Trig; despite his huge effort he became a defensive liability against a very potent offensive team.
With effectively 6 or 7 left to play there weren't going to be a lot of options for Cairns, and you think Bevo hadn't figured that!?
You can be absolutely certain Fearne never went away from any game plan in the 4th.
[If there is a criticism to be levelled at Fearne it is the complexity of his strategies.]
Kel went away from the plan, perhaps high on his marvellous earlier contribution.
Whatever the reason, Kel went alone too often at the end of regulation and Fearne benched him to start OT.
The message was not lost on Starks. He played with discipline thereafter.

Yes, 4 early fouls to Oscar. Most of them stupid touch fouls that shouldn't have been called. As a fan I'd rather see him on the court, even though he could have torched us.

Craig injured his knee sometime in the first half I think which is probably why his minutes were a little lower than expected.

Having Weigh on the court was a good move, he's got a cool head, understands the game and plays solid D. He wasn't on there for his offence last night.

Would have loved to see more Trigger, 12 points, 6/8 FG in 15:48, why wouldn't you have him on for longer?

Would love some insight of Fearne's thinking. As a spectator on game day it doesn't make any sense.

Didn't Oscar Foreman have like 4x fouls in the first half?

"Fearne seems to have lost the plot, last quarter was pretty ordinary. He went away from everything that worked earlier. Back to bombing away without anything in the paint. What a waste."

Exactly. Disgusting last quarter from Fearne, they just needed to score a few points and Trigger, Starks and Craig were on the bench.

I'm guessing Bruce was on so much because of his defence, because he was a waste of time on offence.

Credit to Starks and Lisch, great game from both of them.

Credit to Illawarra for playing the game in great spirit. I think Cairns finally had some home-cooking but Hawks took it very well, no carrying on to the refs.

What is the foul limit for overtime? I thought the foul count just continued on. But they weren't getting free throws for fouls then.

Taipans still in the hunt with this win, great game!

Weeks made it interesting, but it comes down to free throws now, surely...

Starks, taking over...

What went through Wortho's brain, to do that?

Double O/T, love it!!!

Some would say he was due........

Wow, Gliddon!

6.5 seconds and we are tied...

16 seconds left Hawks up by 3 points, doesn't look good Hendo...

I am picking the home team to hold their nerve in O/T, but with no confidence at all...

Overtime, first time in the season, who will get up Tiapans or Hawks???

Just an awesome NBL season with many close games, upsets and cliff hangers...