Hoops

Perth vs Brisbane, Fri Feb 3

Hire could also play more given his hot form. He can handle himself on the boards as a PF

I don't think we've seen it, but just an idea, could McKay and Brandt both coexist on the floor together in short bursts?

They are both very mobile for big men, reasonably skilled and Brandt has an alright jump shot on him (not like Matty's mid range though). I don't think you'd want to use it all the time, but I'd like to see it for a little just to see what would happen. If it works it would help when Knights out and give us another option for our lineups.

we're stuffed

‏@PerthWildcats
Matt Knight hasn't travelled to Cairns and will miss tomorrow's game as a precaution, after taking a knock to the head in last night's win.

F$@k, we say it every game but the refs are f$&@kt. We won by 31with half a bullets team. But geez, shocking and the three amigos will decide the champions not the players.

Anyone see the Kenny out of bounds call? Looked in by a mile at the game

#DeleteUber

Northern trains only run as far as Stirling, then buses only run as far as Joondalup.
So if you live north of there and catch the train to work (as my daughter does) you're stuffed.

And this after the government keeps encouraging people having a night out to use trains, rather than DUI or wait 3 hours for a taxi. Uber will be doing well tonight.

"your name is train, surely you'd know ;)"

Haha, I'll pay that

@train

your name is train, surely you'd know ;)

Gleeson has no qualms in benching Prather and McKay when they are not performing

Which train line was shit down ?

"Anyone see the Kenny out of bounds call? Looked in by a mile at the game"

I thought that was well in too, would like to see a replay of it

And on a side note, what kind of dim-witted muppet decides that FRIDAY night, with 12k people at the Arena, is the best time to shut down the trains?

And it irks me that we wasted one of our rare good shooting nights on an opponent we didn't need it to beat.
But it was still fun :)
Perth Wildcats 62% from outside the arc ... what are the odds of that?!

Nice post anon.
Hire was big tonight. He's actually been pretty handy beyond the arc this year. Still like what I saw if Brandt tonight - Perth need him to be aggressive. The result was what I would expect of a playoff team against a team hurt so bad by injuries.

bit exaggerated*

To me on the replay I did think it looked like a little bit of an exaggeration of the contact by Craig. I'm sure lots of people thought the same, hence why some booed. Damo had just picked up a foul on a bad call 20sec earlier, so for their crowd favourite to then get another foul on something that did look a big exaggerated was enough to make them annoyed and get the crowd booing.

Booing is all just part of the home court advantage. Perth love an excuse to boo an opposition player and a lot of the time it puts the player right off for the rest of the game (a few it can fire them up though). 12,000+ fans booing you wouldn't make it easy for you to play, Craig went scoreless after that.

- Drink 1 neck for everytime someone complains about Perth

And it irks me that we wasted one of our rare good shooting nights on an opponent we didn't need it to beat.
But it was still fun :)
Perth Wildcats 62% from outside the arc ... what are the odds of that?!

No, you've got it wrong, clearly Craig is the dirtiest player in the history of the NBL, and only ever scores points by flopping, and besides its all the refs' fault.

I'm all for some booing in general, don;t get me wrong!
I just don't get why it happens right after the crowd is shown a replay of actual contact. That's 2 games in a row it has happened - last time being Ware copping one.

Not a big fan of the booing either but lets be honest here, any home crowd around the league does the same. Good to see Perth firing even with 2 of 3 imports not firing.

I wasn't a fan of the booing either

the only reason Perth won was because of the refs am I doing it right. Go cry me a river MACDUB your team could only dream of having 10000 plus at every game

NBL match report says that Gleeson said he's fine and not concussed.

knight just faking another injury again is that what ur saying? if he got concussed then theres no way he should play this weekend and probably should be doubtful for next round

Just one of those games. Brissy were outclassed, and once the lead got pushed out, the pressure is all on them, and Perth just able to play their own game. You know that when Perth hits 61% from beyond the arc it's a special night.

Great to be able to limit the minutes of the starters, because now comes the big ask of the weekend, backing up against Cairns in FNQ. Matty Knight looked ok, when he returned to the bench. Hopefully he's well enough to play and can have an early impact against Cairns.

Because the like of Mika Vukona(a known goon cheap shot artist ) and the Breakers crowd are so classy. Go cry me a river

HIRE IS LIT

Good call MACDUB!

Anyone know if Tueta lost a bet?

Perth fans are classless really. Craig was fouled by Martin no doubt. Martin came rushing in and banged his shoulder into Craigs head. Head can naturally fling backward in those situations.

Anyway lets play the NBL drinking game:

- Drink 1 neck everytime Gleeson complains to the refs

- Drink 1 neck for everytime the commentators talk about Martin's defence

- Drink 1 neck for everytime the commentators mention the crowd or the atmosphere at Perth Arena.

- Drink 1 neck for everytime the commentators talk about Knight's injury histort

- Drink 1 neck for each time McKay travels or fouls

I cant stand perth but wow Cotton is nice

I know this gets brought up most Perth home game threads, but christ Brad Robbins... stfu with the "we" bollocks m8. This ain't like NBA Fox Sports telecasts where each team has its own callers. It's pretty shitty. Yet another reason to hate Perth. Gawwwwd I despise em.

I don't blame Gleeson for not giving McKay minutes, the guy has done absolutely nothing to help the team tonight.

Cotton outplayed ware last week and is torching the bullets tonight

Matty Knight unluckiest player ever

COTTON IS LIT

Brandt's doing it all in the post

What a threat he's becoming

Bless his Cotton socks

Gleeson really hates Mckay.

That's quite the look that Tueta's rocking...

I'd agree with that. Personally when betting on player overs unders I prefer the guards who get so many more touches. I always look at majok majok, consistently at 7.5 get 2 early hoops never sees it again. Atleast with a cotton you know coke money time he can make a run. Should lead all scores tonight. Won't be kickert Craig and Prather isn't playing well.

McKay to score over 7.5 points paying $1.88, thoughts?

Lowered line due to a few average games, due to bounce back imo. How's his injury going? I can see him getting a few easy points off putbacks and some baskets of dishes.

NBA All-Stars were announced today

http://on.nba.com/f2m1Sk

No big shocks, although the "Yao effect" was once again in full force as he was voted a starter

/facepalm

WEST:
G: Chris Paul
G: Kobe Bryant
F: Carmelo Anthony (What happens if he's traded to the EAST before the game?)
F: Kevin Durant
C: Yao Ming (presumably Bynum or Nene will be chosen by Stern to replace him)

EAST:
G: Derrick Rose
G: Dywane Wade
F: LeBron James
F: Amar'e Stoudemire
C: Dwight Howard

My picks for reserves

WEST:
G: Russell Westbrook
G: Deron Williams
F: Blake Griffin
F: Dirk Nowitzki
C: Bynum or Nene (depending on who isnt chosen to start)
1: Kevin Love
2: Steve Nash/Monta Ellis

EAST:
G: Rajon Rondo
G: Raymond Felton
F: Paul Pierce
F: Josh Smith
C: Andrew Bogut
1: Chris Bosh
2: Al Horford

Apparently Kickert was on crutches Tuesday with an ankle injury? Any truth to this rumour?

Santamaria will know regarding Randle. He's all over that sort of stuff

I believe if Jerome Randle shoots 3/3, 4/6, 5/8, 6/10 or 7/13 etc from long range to finish the season he will join the 50-40-90 club too (assuming he doesn't go cold from the other areas).

An interesting subplot in this game is the fact that Kickert needs only 1 more made 3 pointer to be the lone member of the NBL's 50-40-90 club.

I expect Perth to handle the injury ravaged Bullets rather easily. If they jump to an early lead and the Cats get their tails up it could be a blowout.

Should also depend on which version of Princess wagstaff turns up; the one who drops 3s at will when he's fired up in the last quarter, or the one who wanders round like he's concussed.