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WNBL Round 9

Yeah my bad. I copy & pasted from the Wings website. Totally forgot about her promotion. As did the webmaster, apparently.
And yeah, she must be doing something right.
(or else they're REALLY pulling out all stops to secure Liz)

Didn't seem malicious to me at the time - just a block attempt gone wrong - but maybe I should have another look.

DJ Lizzy C. showing out in front of the Dallas Wings Head Coach & the Director of Player and Franchise Development. 38 points and counting ... at a ridiculous 16/18 from the field.

No one more deserving than Taylor to receive that kind of treatment.

complete accident from George I think you mean

Dog act from George

Melbourne leading Canberra 28-6 at quarter time. This could get real grim

Or have Perth peaked too early?

No definately won’t want a home court final looking at the box score of the last game....Perth won that at the foul line

I tipped that today would be when the Lynx winning streak ended.

Nope :D


TV game has been a good one. Sydney lifted a gear when Taylor went off injured but fell just short.
Quality minutes from Donnelly in Wilson's absence.

By the way, Derek Rucker's "Ruckus" podcast had a 20 minute WNBL segment at the end of the latest segment, with Kelly Bowen, and I thought it was excellent. They both just say it like it is, which is refreshing. Give it a listen.

(it's also available on iTunes)

And of course the Sami Whitcomb interview from The WNBL Show this week is mandatory listening as well ;)
It was better than a standard interview because this week it had Larissa Anderson asking some of the questions in addition to Megan
The WNBL Show
(also available on iTunes)

Nice lineup of games today. I expect Melbourne-Canberra to be a fizzer, but the first 2 should be good ones, and I reckon Bendigo will rightfully fancy their chances against a vulnerable Rangers team too.

Sherf probably should have stayed with Rangers, Canberra recruited over her when they signed Bass, some are confidence players, she isn’t having the best season

Yeah I was fully expecting the upsets to continue after HT. Glad the Lynx got it together. Shame for Canberra though, would've been a great scalp to get and to have something to take from this season. Impressive streak by Perth, will be tough to keep it up against Adelaide who have hit some form again.

The Lynx looked asleep in the 1stQtr they were wearing armbands so maybe something happened. Another option considering the extremely different shooting% for both teams after the half is the unfriendly rim on the east side of bendat.
The Lynx struggled withthe size of the caps until they started playing 4 out 1 in, caps force williams into fade aways instead of jumpers in the 1st half so she started attacking more in the second to get space.

Ezi looked good but struggled with the Lynx help defence & double teams in the second half. The lynx don't have a lot of height but their guards can jump and play bigger opponents.

Ezzi should be getting more minutes.

Before someone answers your quetion, Melb Fan, Canberra seems to me that team that tries but get reigned in simply because they are outclassed. Perhaps the squad sometimes looks better on paper than it really is because Bass, for whatever reason, doesn't play enough minutes and Jarry is out of touch everytime she eventually has suited-up. In reality I'm probably letting them off the hook saying that, because there does seem some under performers and lost confidence, including players who look like they are in for a break-out game but finish off poorly.

HOW 'BOUT DEM LYNX! :D



how bout dem caps :(

WOW.. I know this isn't the betting WNBL thread but just have to point this out. Lynx opened at -9.5 and went as high as -13.5. For everyone on Perth, down 51-39 at half time, you would think your ticket is going to be ripped up. Then they come back with a HUGE second half and win the half with an astonishing 50-25 score line which is just madness.

Tonight was just one of those crazy nights in the league... Townsville 19 points in the first half. Sydney shot poor from 3 point line compared to last week hitting 100+ vs Melbourne. This league is so close between the top 6 teams anything is possible on any given night. Heck, maybe Canberra will upset Perth tomorrow night.

WTF Townsville?

I wonder if Liz will be in 'Rampage' mode or 'Outrage' mode for the return match-up against the Caps. Or maybe she'll just swing crazily between the two and then cuss out the League again. Hard to predict.

Yeah it's funny, Adelaide are turning into the lynchpin this season. Them doing well affects all other teams and they always seem to have the strong match ups. Round to round. It's a good chance for them to gain on Melbourne, who are two games ahead of the rest now which won't help them when they are out of the finals currently.

I think Sydney should win both games, but Adelaide come back to end Perth's streak which should be at 8 after Canberra. Lineball, but will back Laney's form against Rangers, who may get hot too so that's close. Melbourne should record an easy win.

If I understand Sydney Uni's tweet correctly, both of tonight's games will be live streamed by Fox Sports

Some big games there.

Sydney - Adelaide: 2 v 4.
Adelaide - Perth: 4 v 3

Townsville (1) with two road games
Canberra (bottom) with two road games too

Both Bendigo and Dandenong are struggling this year so that game should be tight as well.

...where this franchise came from.

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