Hoops

WNBL Round 8

Looking at John Casey's Twitter feed it's hard to believe there was 500 at yesterday's game:

https://twitter.com/JohnCasey2880/status/1069096298786082818

Yeah, next weekend's Adelaide @ Townsville game could be a big one in that fight for 4th.
Dandenong won't want to slip any further back, and they host Perth (on Sunday, after Perth play at home on Friday) so they'll be setting themselves for that one.

Meanwhile on TV we get Melbourne vs Sydney, which is not ideal.
And Bendigo have a tough task arresting their fall, hitting the road for Perth and then Canberra.

Oh that posted, nice, was having problems all yesterday.

Well done Adelaide, huge game from Seekamp. Those 4-7 spots are getting quite compressed now.

If people are getting in for free and there's no way to count heads via tickets, then yes they do have to guesstimate

Actually Adelaide Lightning just tweeted an actual attendance of 514, so maybe it's just the person there who enters the numbers into the boxscore who rounds it off each game.

Yep 250.
The Basket Case gals, who call shenanigans on Adelaide's conveniently round attendance claims, will no doubt enjoy today's number.

Big win for the Lightning. Right back in the mix after that round.
Yeah, huge games from Seekamp & Alexander and a nice even spread after them as well, including 18 points @ 56% by the bench.
Nurse's streak finishes at 0-17. Crazy stuff.

Big game for Seekamp and Alexander.

Kia Nurse from 3 point range:
3-3 early in the Lynx game
0-15 since.

Jarry has been out of control the last two seasons

refs like to call face fouls to the elbow....
.....and jarry rough as f.....g g.ts....

Yeah, that was ridiculous. No one misses a game because of a cut, and especially not Kelsey Griffin. It didn't even cause her to miss the start of the next quarter!
This will be an interesting game. First Lightning home game since they made headlines for all the wrong reasons, and hopefully there will actually be some supporters in the building today, and on the other side I think the Caps will be seriously fired up after Friday night's disappointment. My gut says Canberra will win this well, even though my head says that totally ignores all the talent on Adelaide's roster.

But stitches couldn't cover the blood-stained jersey that has left Leilani Mitchell questioning whether referees are being held accountable after the foul on the play was called against Griffin.

A couple of Bendigo players have really fallen away...Wehrung shooting 28% for the season, ouch.

Whittle started so well and I had high hopes for her but has now gone missing.

Yep. Slightly different circumstances, but yep. Tupaea another.

Congrats to the Flames for breaking the duck! That's gotta be a relief.
Good effort to get the W with no Wilson and still no Bunton either.

Wallace...

Keep in mind that plenty of international draft picks occur with teams that don't actually want the player to show up in year 1 - they just want to hold their WNBA rights and hope that another year or two will see them develop into a player who will make the cut. (eg. Steph Talbot)

Smith, Mangakahia, Magbegor, Aokuso potentiallly over next 2 years.
Not sure any would make the cut though.

She is having a nice season. I could see her getting drafted by a WNBA team next year.

Nice night for the young gun aokuso.

Romeo is like 30y.o too.

We are looking for young to mid 20y,o pgs to take us through the next 1-2 cycles.
Just need someone to seperate themselves from the pack.

Romeo never got a look in. She's italys second choice pg atm.

Sami Whitcomb didn't have a good game last night, 5 points from 2/8, nothing the outside. Team still won so should see her in th knockouts.

Anyone know how close Nicole Romeo was from the Opals? Now playing for Italy and named potw in Europe.

Oof, that's not a flattering scoreline at all. So much for a close rematch of last week.

Tobin v Batgirl rematch tonight...on the play by play livestats page.

Some good games there:

Townsville vs Bendigo.
Bendigo in the hunt, but games like this should be won by the home team.

Dandenong vs Adelaide.
A real chance for Adelaide to get one, but The Rangers might just short circuit the Lightning

Perth vs Canberra.
Top of the table clash should be a treat for all the home fans. I'm a fan of Kelsey Griffin and I'm thinking Canberra might Nurse home a victory

Melbourne vs Townsville
On first glances Melbourne should get this. Depends on how tired Townsville are after their first game, but I'm thinking they have a good chance of pulling off an upset. Then again Melbourne seem to get these ones.

Sydney vs Bendigo
Bendigo's game to lose, but I think they'll Spirit this game away from Sydney.

Adelaide vs Canberra
The games don't get any easier for the Lightning. Canberra on their way back from Perth pop in for a game, and maybe a visit to the Cube, but Lightning might be out gunned and out played in this game.

Was just wondering if anyone has attended the Liam Flynn clinics? What was it like? Can you get DVD's of the clinics?