Hoops

Wildcats v Kings

I don't think there is anyone on the planet who disagrees that choking on a good lead was a poor effort

LOL at calling Sydney wheezing old men when Perth had Martin & Wagstaff on the court in the dying minutes

Fourth straight win over Perth for the Kings. Good to see Brandt outplay Bogut too.

Agree on all counts. Sydney's bench was always the question mark for them, and they are starting to stand up more and more as the season goes on, while Wear is becoming less of a drag on the starting group. Plenty of positive signs for both teams last night, was a quality game.

Plenty to like for the Cats IMO. Terrible choke obviously, but I thought we looked the better team for most of the game. Credit to the Kings for staying within striking distance while being outplayed. Brandt beat Boooogut comfortably, Cotton had a ripper, Randle was reasonably contained, but they still stuck around. Fair to say they officially have no fear of the Wildcats now, home or away. Really like what Adnam adds to the backcourt mix. Credit to Gaze for sticking with what was working. Meanwhile I'm still trying to work out why Wagstaff played so many minutes, especially in crunch time. When he's not hitting his threes he brings very little, and his once-reliable outside shot has gone AWOL this season.

Good game of basketball. Shout out to the refs, too. They must have been pretty awesome for there not to be at least 30 whiny posts about them in a Cats thread.

LOL. Lets see if Wear can shoot 77% for the rest of the season. We'll take the lucky win, but the kings were poor in all areas, and Angus Beef was better than Pork Chop. I wouldn't read too much into it. Perth was the better team.

No right to win this one. Sydney played poorly. Bogut not a factor. Perth not winning and 23 of 52 at the line AT HOME must weigh heavily on Perth psyche.
Randle, Kickert Wear better efforts but there is so much room for improvement in Sydney. I thought they were sloppy in the first half and gave up at least 12 TO points.
HOW DOES PERTH NOT WIN?????

Wow Cats for life thanks for the scoop.

Cracker of a game, import coming soon and one player will be released. Think perth just sussing out Sydney as they are titties favourites.

Expect a signing soon, not sure exact time frame.

This game was huge for the Kings highlighted by the fact Copeland was off the bench on his feet for the first time ever. #pumped

We're still the best though. Because.

The first half of this thread did not age well at all.
That was a great game. Tremendous effort by Sydney to hang around when they really didn't look at Perth's level. I haven't known them to have that much heart. Then clutch to bring it home at the end especially with Bogut benched. Huge win. Sydney is Perth's Bogey team.

"if Wear can produce that level more consistently then they are looking like title favourites." Call me when you gain some IQ it's Clearly Bris/Mel/Perth Sydney have a few lucky wins Cairns in OT NZ by 1 Perth by 1/5(5 without cotton) this round bunch of flogs

J has a point, Perth really hard done by tonight. Boo hoo.

Cheers rat 10, i forget if a perth fan questions anything its not allowed. Everyone is the first to call out any call perth gets but question something against their opponent and the world turns flat. Kings got a few calls, perth didn't get a couple they probably should have, the kay dunk attempt especially. Sydney won, good on them, they need the much maligned wear to shoot 77%, and then carry on likw they won the championship, clearly they are the greatest team in nbl history.

How about when Randle was called for that foul in the final minute.

Chasing Cotton around a screen and Cotton's head hit the screener's shoulder (Brandt I think), so Cotton did his usual head-back-flail thing and gets the call. I mean... I mean... jesus h christ

A win like that in a place like that despite giving away 21 o-boards... wow.

That's why I have had Sydney as champs. They're only improving from here, which is scary for the Bullets when they face off in the GF.

Great game but really not looking forward to the Sydney/Bogut circlejerk by the NBL media team and flogicidez Perth and Sydney are BOTH title contenders not just Sydney.

This would be the best GF matchup IMO. Weapons for days.

Great game to be at. Kudos to Sydney for winning, felt like perth shot themselves in the foot though. If a Wear breakout game is what it takes I'll cop it. Big confidence boost for Brandt backing up his comment during the week with a big performance against Bogut.

I honestly thought this was a relatively well reffed game despite some posters like J always having a sook about the refs. If you search hard enough you can always find something to whinge about like Cotton kicking his legs out on every three and the refs falling for it.

Sensational game of hoops - one of the best for the season. Makes me miss Jerome - I'd swap him in a heartbeat for Conger.

Has to be one of the biggest wins for the Kings in recent history.

Say what you will about Drewey's coaching but you have to love his passion and excitement for the game.

Gosh lets hope Sydney beats Perth in the playoffs. Drewy would lose his mind with excitement

Kings look better with Bogut on the bench..

How good- is Gazey

I feel you, Angus.

Great night.

Bugger you, Perth. Wankers.

Is Trevor the biggest cheerleader coach in NBL history?

Is that 4 in a row vs Perth, or am I mistaken?

Another dumb move by Pork Chop.

Awesome game to watch. Nice to see David Wear arrive at last. Hard to believe the Cats wasted that epic Cotton game.

Sydney now 8-2 in last 10.

2 losses to United, and one was on the buzzer.

Season now getting really interesting with United and Perth both having their number taken twice by a possible playoffs opponent

Sensational game of NBL hoops. Great effort by Sydney. Gutsy win.

My favourite win of the past 6 years.

Game over it should be kings victory.. thank god.. bloody refs wanted to screw them it seems

Game over it should be kings victory.. thank god.. bloody refs wanted to screw them it seems

No call on the court, so would be interested to see how they could do anything but call it.

Dumb move by Bogut

But surely ref has discretion to apply common sense.

The replay won’t tell them anything, ball is out of the camera shot when it hits the scoreboard

Refs had money on Perth I’m sure of it.

What the hell.

Like seriously.

Seriously.

loooooooooooool

What is Aylen up to now, that greasy worm.

Kings have got Perth's number.

Terrible execution for Perth to lose but maybe the refs will give it back to them

WEAR that Perthies

They wanted the three, some misdirection to open up the weak side 3.. 4.1 secs is plenty of time for Cotton to get off a great shot. Wildcats move the back to half court out of the timeout

Oh man. That Wear 3 is just going to make the Cotton game winner more painful.

Randle chuck up a 3 and hope for the best. We didn't deserve to win this game, but I'll happily take it after those two terrible calls against Randle.

Refs swallowed their whistle at perths end and brought kings back, then hit them with a couple quick fouls to give perth fts, just let them play

Do kings go for the 3 and the win or the 2 and OT?

Trev enjoying a tasty dinner here

Yeah that's disappointing.

#Homecooking

Referees with a terrible call wanting to decide the contest.. did they have money on Perth?