Hoops

Taipans v Hawks October 6th

And the storey about Weigh carrying s load in the absence of Carrerra?
Looked a lot like Loughton again, to me.

Koberulz, that's what I wanted to know.
Thanks.

was Rot's show about 5 minutes into the 2nd qtr, foot was on the line. Originally got called a 3 but got changed about 4 plays later during a foul stoppage.

A made three has been removed from Clarke's line and added to Conger's.

I did notice Vaughn reviewing something on the score bench monitor late in the game... maybe it was the Conger shot?

what happened to Conger's shot?

Sorry guys, I had to bring it up due to relevance (slight). Anyway, can anyone tell me

After the shot clock siren*

You had to go and bring up that Adelaide game Freethrows.....

I'd finally managed to put that behind me...

Freethrows, the argument was that Dusty Rychart let the shot go after the siren, rather than there being time left on the clock.

I could not see a foul on Martin in that last play. Loughton made it look bad.

Anon #649138 has pointed out Demetrius Conger's stat line showing 0-1 3 pts made. He took a shot off a screen when his defender went under the screen, which went in.

I remember it happening, and it being called a 3 by the commentators. Does anyone remember what stage of the game it happened?

It's possible the refs called it 2. I watched on nbl.tv at fairly low res, and I thought it was 3. Maybe he had a foot on the line. The Hawks didn't kick up a fuss, and still haven't, AFAIK.

What would the NBL do if this was proven to be a mistake? I think the result would stand. There's no rule allowing a rematch or extra time - Cairns suffered that when Adelaide ran from the building with a win when there was still time on the clock in Cairns many years ago.

https://twitter.com/nbl_dt/status/916399857794916352

And yeah I was miffed by that reffing too. A lot of very soft calls.

As far as Cairns goes, they did let some dunks through but late they played some good pressure D.

McCarron is now 25 and has played 3 pro seasons in his 2 years since leaving college. He's at the right experience and age profile where he might well take a step forward this season. And he was very good tonight. Jawai is in good shape (injury notwithstanding). Gliddon is always going to be solid. Too early on Smith. But Cairns are always competitive under Fearne and showed real spirit tonight. Jawai was killing it, I thought they'd have no answers once he went off. How wrong, great game

Did Loughton just play the best game of his career at the ripe old age of 36?

Ok he's 34... But still, an old fart. And what a game.

Still, if I'm a Hawks fan I'm very excited about this season. Conger and Johnson give them as different look. More flexibility and more athleticism.

They may well have patched up some weaknesses from last season by getting a bigger, more athletic, more versatile wing. They are still one quality player short compared to say United, but they are very very deep, well coached, and their roster has a better balance to it now that they've got Conger.

AngusH you're not the only one who has counted Loughton out for years. He's a man who gives his heart every time he hits the floor, and should get more respect for his skill as well as his endeavour.

That was a pretty good win for the Snakes, although they made too many mistakes.

I don't think Fearne benched Smith only for his lapse against Clarke. He wasn't doing enough with the ball. He will need to be a lot more aggressive looking to penetrate or shoot, because we weren't getting good shots when he was being passive.

Great game from McCarron. He will be a really good player this year, probably very valuable for a fantasy league team.

Predominately it was our bigs that got the job done, with big games from Loughton, Jawai and Egwu. AJ was the best of the visitors and could very easily have been adjudged mvp, I reckon.

Hawks might've got their import mix sorted finally? Good signs from the two new guys, and Rotnei was great.

lol... fun game, but man, some bad mistakes from both teams these last 15 seconds.

And props to Loughton. I've been counting him out for about 3 seasons straight now, and he had a hell of a game tonight.

Big time play from loughton there to win the game

That's Fearne he's always been too stubborn for his own good.

I get Fearne not being happy with Scoochie leaving Clarke wide open on that one possession in the 3rd, but sometimes you just have to let guys play through it... not having a PG on the floor is hurting them, lucky to be only down 4.

Snakes current gameplan seems a little over-reliant on jawai. Could be an issue

I reckon Nate need to lose at least 5 more kilos to stay healthy.

...and Jawai is injured...

Potty mouth Fearney on the sideline mic :D. When will they ever learn? /rolleyes

11pm replay on ABC ;)

Nothing's working, lucky it's $5 bucks a month.

Best Jawai has looked in years.

To his credit Jawai looks noticeably slimmer than he did last season.

Not sure about Cairns' new "Iso Weigh" offense...

All dunks and layups so far.

Hawks should take it, but always tough in Qld.

Just to clarify Aussie's OP, game time is 6:30pm Qld time, which is of course 7:30pm AEDT.

Didn't know Afghanistan had a national team, let alone a tournament-winning one: NY Times piece.

@Isaac. The three Taipans imports are Scoochie Smith, Jerry Evans Jr and Nnanna Egwu. Are you counting Evans out because he's just arrived, or did you forget one?

Surprised the Hawks are not favourites. I know the Taipans are at home, but they're down an import? Would've thought Illawarra have one of the better balanced line-ups in the league this year.

interesting that you can only bet on a player to get over X rebounds/points/assists this season instead of also the under X like previous years. An attempt to stop any match fixing?

Need Hawks to get this one... $$

I'm calling it: Q1 6:30. First Loughton fist pump.