Hoops

Wildcats vs United, Dec 9

All I've seen is that he won't be heading to Sydney for tomorrow's game.

Was there any word on Andersen? That didn't look great

Was impressed with Bragg cameo last night he really got into wares air space

Hire nearly threw the game away in the last minute when he overthrew a pass to Matty and wildcats were only 3 pts in front.

Lucky we held on to the three points. But overall Hire had a good game else I think Trev. would not have played him that much.

cry me a river LV, do you want a tissue to wipe all that dribble that comes out.

What a league at the moment. Now wildcats go from last to 4th, you could say equal second we're is not for %'s!!! Maybe the season should be longer?? 5 or 6 game series????
Huge battle for 2nd position on the ladder. The hunt for the playoffs is going to be tight.

I really want my team to make it (wildcats) but irrespective of who makes the playoffs. WHAT A SEASON 2016/2017!!!

For the first time I'm watching all games, not just being a wildcats red army bogan!!!

Goulding got a phantom foul - his 3rd- early in the 3rd and sat for a while. During which time United struggled to score. Perth can thank the refs for that one (like a few others too. Par for the course out West).

Goulding takes a lot of attention defensively - the opponents best wing defender- and spreads the floor, allowing more room for others to move. Not surprising at all that Moore got going with his crafty moves to the hoop in the last, when Goulding was playing alongside him.

"He got in foul trouble "

Goulding played 32:39 of a 40 minute game. Ware is the only United player who spent more time on court than Goulding and Prather the only Perth player. Goulding's time on court was a little more than his season average minutes per game. So he seems not to have spent a lot of time on the bench due to foul trouble. That suggests foul trouble wasn't a factor in Goulding only taking 3 shots after quarter time.

As well as Ware taking a lot of shots (8 more than usual on average, and at a better FG% than usual), Moore was pretty hot this game. Moore shot 64% from the field and took (4) more shots than he usually takes but in only slightly more than his usual game time.

"ROFL
Wow, new contender for dumbest posts of the year. Did you actually watch the game???
Maybe you need to get yourself some binoculars."


For all the many, MANY, words you write here on the subject, sometimes I really question whether you understand the game of basketball, Dazz. You've clearly never played it. There's a lot more happening on the court than just the pretty highlight plays.
No, in an ideal world Hire is not a starter on an NBL team, but the important role he played last night earned him the 3rd highest minutes on the team. Maybe binoculars are exactly your problem. Put them down occasionally so you can see what's happening away from the ball as well. You and Jaron Johnson might both learn something.

Dazz nearly all of Gouldings shots were contested with a hand in his face, hire did well. Guys like Ware, Goulding, Randle, Beal will hit shots no matter how good the D is. The reason why Goulding got in foul trouble was a lot to do with Hire milking them out of him. Hire also ripped down 4 or 5 key contested rebounds, think you're being a bit harsh on him.

"Goulding had 13 in the first quarter - the same total as the first quarter of his 50-point game. Ware and Prather were in the high 30s with a couple of minutes to go.

How nobody scored 40 - and how Goulding went scoreless for 30 straight minutes - I don't know."

He got in foul trouble and ware got hot and shot it too much, that's how

"Yeah, lets bench Prather as well, then our bench would be really awesome."

I'm usually one of your biggest backers on here but sorry that's a 'fuckwit' comment from you. Read the whole post

Goulding had 13 in the first quarter - the same total as the first quarter of his 50-point game. Ware and Prather were in the high 30s with a couple of minutes to go.

How nobody scored 40 - and how Goulding went scoreless for 30 straight minutes - I don't know.

I'm liking JJ off the bench and also knight tonight. Helps the team retain some offensive spark when we go to our bench.

Hire hustled his arse off tonight and played a significant role in that win, just in case you didn't see the game.
Oh and btw Goulding went scoreless for an entire half, so yeah clearly we fucked up big time with guarding him.

Ware is not a wildcat type player as he is a hog. Prather gets his points in the flow of the game not shooting several contested threes

I'm liking JJ off the bench and also knight tonight. Helps the team retain some offensive spark when we go to our bench. Prather is good enough to carry the offense with the first unit. Jj seems in a more aggressive mindset coming off the bench. Scored 11 in 20 minutes which is good and we are seeing him use his athleticism more. He also had two threes which were halfway down then out so easily could have been a bigger night for him. With hire playing well I didn't mind him only playing 20 minutes. As we saw against Adelaide gleeson can also choose to play jj longer too. Gives us options

Is like to see Ware as Wildcat alongside Prather next season

Hire was great but it's overstating things a bit to say he shut down goulding. Goulding got in foul trouble with took him out of the game for chunks of the second half and ware was shooting too much. Cats were sending two guys at ware and goulding coming off screens and daring guys like odigie to shoot. He has several wide open looks at three and just about missed them all

just for you dazz https://twitter.com/PerthWildcats/status/807223578768732160

*Redhage

Hire has been great this season . Definite improvement on last year. WTF is with redhafevvetting more minutes. He was pretty big last game

Oh and btw Goulding went scoreless for an entire half, so yeah clearly we fucked up big time with guarding him.

Hire hustled his arse off tonight and played a significant role in that win, just in case you didn't see the game.

Wow, almost managed to throw it away towards the end.
Ware is extraordinary. When do they play the 6's, I want to see him and Randle score 50 apiece.

MU unlucky to lose Andersen early. McKay struggles to matchup on the really big guys, so he could have made the difference.

And WTF happened to Goulding? He was electric early, then went MIA.

But we still have too many passengers.
Cats need to either play JJ or replace him. Hiding him on the bench isn't helping anyone.

And can somebody please remind Trev that Hire isn't a guard. He's way to slow defensively to guard guys like Goulding.

Prather and Ware.... wow .... thoroughly enjoyed that contest. Perth at home were. Always going to be tough but United sure took it to them. Another great game

Goulding 0 points in the 2nd half - is that correct?

Gutsy by the cats. Yes the finish could have been better but that is ignoring some great play for most of the game. Good to get some form back before the long road stint

Ware is impressive. Imagine if the Cats had a guy who could score 38 points in just 27 FGA :O

That game had everything ....
A Cats win ... that is all.
:-)

Why NBL.TV doesn't show the full interviews?

Tonight the showed United, but stopped before the Wildcats.

NBL TV down the stretch was a fail. Again.

Prather or Randle for MVP, whoever finishes higher out of Perth and Adelaide. That's my tip.

Speaking of Randle, we have a new Randle with a better 3 point shot. But he won't play enough games to figure in MVP calculations.

We know how to take a 9 point lead with 1 min to go and make it look hard. FFS, not sure if bad coaching or poor decisions but why are hire, JJ and Prather shooting the ball 5 seconds into the shot clock?
I loved 75% of that game, desperation was great, D was great, Prather was amazing (him vs Ware is highlight of the year so far). The 25% shitness was refs soft calls both ways and the dinopolis vs Gleeson whinge fest.

That's the best DD could draw up for the last shot?

Hell of a game, but those two threes by Ware... shoulda taken it to the basket. Didn't need the three there.

Anyway, good game of basketball.

That was a cracking game.

I think we've seen enough from Ware now to be confident that there's plenty of life in United's season, despite the WL columns and away games to come.

Andersen's injury a worry tho

FUCKS SAKE

Boo hoo Lv. Sook it up like your boy Goulding.

Wares your head at?

Wares your head at!

Prather v Ware was amazing and I've missed it all

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Yeah Perth is the better team and Prather is MVP, or second behind Randle

But I have a precious hour or two on my Friday night to watch basketball amidst all the business of life. We deserve better than amateur refs

This is beyond a joke. How do they miss a foul on Wesleys shot attempt there, after all the soft shit they've been calling at the other end?

Spurs played the Bulls today. Think I might go watch that on league pass. NBL is a Bush league.

How the hell is that a foul on Barlow? He's in position. Didn't move. Wagstaff forced contact and Barlow kept his ground. It's a no call.

Missing an awesome win right now

This blows goats

Shane Heal stating the obvious:

"They get away with more in this gym"

Wagstaff takes out Odigie's legs and then invent a foul on Ware.

And they have full time refs now. SMH.

Piss weak effort by faker Andersen tonight

Wagstaff diving right into his legs... that should be a foul.

Perth getting the help they usually get. Hence CG 43, with 13 points, now sitting.

FUUUUU Kestleman

Speaking of Faker, I heard Hurricane on JJJ this morning