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Who is Joey most afraid of?

But what's he aiming for???

Well at least that question is finally answered.
Joey has successfully fucked Melbourne, and done everything he can to roger Perth.

Shame, I would have expected him to have more confidence in his own team.

Just hope this doesn't cost Randle the MVP

Can't really figure it out.

You'd be hard pressed to argue he didn't deliberately tank tonight. Game on the line, and 5 of his worst players on the court.

But what's he aiming for???

Adelaide's loss to the Hawks, practically guaranteed then a finals spot, so potentially Adelaide could now face a team thy lost to 3 times, in either the SF or GF. ???

Loss to the Breakers gave them a sniff of finals, so Adelaide could face them in the semis. BUT they are the last team you would choose to face in the finals IMHO. ???

Maybe those two losses were not deliberate, but tonight certainly was. Why?
Just seems weird.

I guess if Cairns make it, that means somebody like Perth or MU won't. But (A) its too hard to pick who, and (B) does it really matter?

Be interesting to see what happens on Saturday. Maybe Joey plans to totally smash them, and build some momentum going into the semis?

If Joey had any hair left, he'd be pulling it out trying to figure all the permutations.
My GUESS, is that he won't bother. They'll play to win, albeit in a slightly relaxed manner (or as relaxed as Joey can get, which apparently isn't very.)

By best guess says they'll split the round.
Cairns to narrowly win the first game at home, playing for their lives, with Adelaide ambivalent.
But Adelaide to make a statement in their final home game!

haha well played Luuuc

^^ +1

Any poster that claims certain refs are the worst by far instantly loses points with me ;)
Trying to nominate the worst refs this season is like trying to guess the final NBL standings. Competition is fierce, and on any given day anyone is capable of staking their claim with a persuasive performance.

Joey wouldn't want to play the Hawks and would rather play Sydney if they make it.I do know that he ain't scared of the refs after last nights ejection.I do think he done this on purpose(ejection) to get his point across and at also at frustration at the low standed the refs are this year.I'm praying that my team get Aylen,Maubrey and maybe the ref boss in Gieshan in the playoffs who are the three best refs in the nbl by far cause they call the game how they see it and are fair.Townsend looks like he belongs in the mafia and Chris Reed is a cheat and they are the two worst refs by far.

His Ex. ;)

^^ LOL @RedArmy. I was thinking Orathet...who?

I watched some of today's game.
I don't think there was anything deliberate, just very flat early and through the middle.
As Issac said, just don't have the drive.

I suppose to look at it another way, they're NOT afraid of NZ, so they weren't fired up to crush them and push them out of the finals.

Just don't have the drive that teams still fighting have. Easy to understand. They might leave it until the Cairns games.

They're not tanking for a particular opponent, they just know they're winning the title anyway so they're now aiming for a higher pick in the draft as well

Perth or Hawks.

They aren't tanking you idiot

Does anyone know if the scheduled senior games for tonight are still on (games are non air con stadiums)?

The BSA Hot Weather Policy on their website only seems relevant to juniors.

Any news?