Hoops

Illawarra v New Zealand Jan 18

Does cheap-suit Armani get cited for the elbow in Grida?

They should've cut Ced early it was obvious throughout the preseason games that he was done. I can't see him getting another opportunity in the NBL after this season.

Funnily enough, Cedric had 6 assists, 0 turnovers and was Illawarra's leading +/- guy at 3/4 time, he had played well.

But Beveridge was spot on in punishing that outburst, he should have done that earlier in the season. There have been reasons for leeway, but that leeway shouldn't have been extended into game time for mine, could have fixed the issue much quicker.

Does Adelaide's signing of Shaun Bruce keep Cedric employed for 1 more month. Is this Naar's team already?

Hawks, like the Sixers the night before, were fun to watch.

Webster is the Dion Waiters of the NBL. Needs the ball in his hands constantly, can’t play off ball or feature in a passing offence.

Jackson sulks a lot. He's been pretty useless for ages too.

Also glad to see that Ced sat for the remainder of the game after chucking a wobbly midway through the third.

That move likely was the difference between winning and losing

Not a good sign for Breakers if they shoot that well from deep and still lose.

Haven't seen a team pick apart a zone so well all season. Some of that ball movement was perfection. Only eight turnovers too

That's the kind of win that brings a tear to the eye.

Steel city, low budget, working their fucking asses off and getting rewarded for it. Crowd so into it, seem to be gathering momentum locally. It is becoming a team you wouldn't want to play no matter who you are. Too good. So hype

What has happened to Corey Webster? Wildcats dodged a bullet missing out on him.

I wish I lived in the Gong. It looks like fun. Better than adelaide, less feral than perth, and more like the 80's :) .... yes I'm old

C'mon Breakers C'mom

What happened here? Nz couldn't let their old arch enemy be the onky team to choke away big leads...

how was the Long stare down on the ref

Bevo does a great job of reading when it's time to re-insert the starters, even when his bench is doing well.

30-6 run by the Hawks. wtf breakers...

bevo, what a coach. What a game.

Nice assist from Conk to yank Naar's jersey back and make sure he fell off his feet on the charge. :D

WTF was that from Tai. Iso pull up 3? Breakers closing this out like they'd rather some extra vacation time at the end of the season rather than sneak into the top 4.

Agree on Delaney. Rare Abercrombie positive contribution tonight, because otherwise I think this shoudl have been the year Finn stole his starting role.

Delaney could be the next superstar of this league IMO.

Just needs the minutes he deserves. You never see him have a bad cameo. His PER/40MPG must be insane.

Coenraad really feels like he should be playing roughly 2x as many minutes as he does.

Commentators "Kevin White pass first but can shoot the 3"

No he can't. He is one of the worst 3 point shooters in the league and has been for many years. Mr 17% should not be shooting the ball!!!

Probably, it's not very structured. Especially compared to Euroball.

Which league is your main one? Bundesliga?

Illy to take this one over after half-time

Controlling the game on the back of Weeks blitz. Illawara won't go away, still hanging around.... Anyones game at half.

Puzzling how Shea still gets so many minutes each game.

NZ 10

Jack

Perhaps each could be the X factor for the other team.

Both young. Learning. Gotta expect some mistakes.

Grida and Delaney are the X factors for either side

I'm feeling good because whenever everyone feels confident that NZ should win, they drop their bundle & underperform.

So this one has that same smell!

On second thoughts...

A good game by Shaun would go a Long way towards an NZ win.

Shaun Long to have his way, NZ by 9.





They'll probably lose by 20 now haha

Set up to be a great contest. Both teams should be up. Both teams need to win, both for the ladder points and momentum. Even the bitterest of the avocado imports has to step up and contribute, because finals are on the line.

Gotta say, it’s too hard to pick.

X Factor for Illawarra= Naar and Grida, because the young guns could win this one.
X factor for NZ= Ili and Delaney, same reason.

OR

X factor for Illawarra= Andersen and Jackson, because veteran compose could win this one
X factor for NZ= Wesley and Abercrombie, same reason.

NZ to get the double this weekend and make things even more interesting.

Load up on NZ

New Zealand's run home means that a win tonight would leave them well and truly in the hunt for a top 4 spot.

5 games (including tonight) vs Cairns and Illawarra- two teams that NZ have beaten by double digits in every meeting so far this season.

The NBA have announced a proposal which would see in 2013 teams to have sponsors advertised on jerseys much like sport here in Australia. Obviously there is a lot of money to be made by doing this but personally I respected that the NBA was established enough to not have to implement jersey advertisements. One of the many articles below.

http://business.time.com/2012/07/23/your-favorite-nba-team-now-brought-to-you-by-company-name-here/