Hoops

Adelaide v Melbourne Feb 10

Most of the charges yesterday were super soft.
Bloke beats his man, drives past him, he gets wrong footed and takes a dive, they call a charge.
Happened like 4 or 5 times.

LV, I think Barlow gets away with more fouls than anyone in the comp, so perhaps it was karma. That charge was ridiculous though. Personally, I thought Melbourne upped their physicality late and got away with a bit, Goulding stepped into Sobey on his lay-up late and should have been called, but again maybe it was karma for Sobey's earlier flop!

Either way, the reffing didn't decide the game, it was very well called for the most part, and the game itself was unbelievable. Decent chance this could be a SF match-up too.

By far the worst call of the night was the non-USF on DJ. Probably followed by rewarding Sobey's flop on Barlow.

No butthurt here- I was just pointing out the moment where the crowd took their involvement to another level and the refs responded by giving them a few key calls down the stretch

Often happens

In the end, overall the reffing was reasonable. Except where Barlow was involved- I'm not sure which of his "fouls" were actually fouls, other than the usf

AyJay - exactly what calls did you think were wrong in favour of Melbourne?
because as a Melb Utd supporter there were plenty of calls against Melb that I did not agree with - and either did Carfino

Eg. Flop by Sobey, Floppy DJ......

I love the two opposing butt hurt fans LV & AyJay. Totally comical.

Late joining the discussion (not unusual), and with notions more related to Manu’s sphere of influence:
*what a great game;
*as a relatively recent Melbourne fan, still plenty to worry about;
*as an historic Cairns ‘supporter’, how good to have been remotely competat8ve with either of these teams at any moment in the season;
*and, thanks for leading such good commentary here all season.

Love it when Nathan Kobe just isos every possession for the last 4 mins and loses us the game

Agreed Adelaide basketball is entertaining.. but I feel like we only have two gears; run and gun or lose.

I'll defer to the more knowledgeable punters in here, but I feel like out half court game is still just individual basketball; call for a screen and run a hero play.

We have enough weapons... we just don't seem to have the ability to change up our approach as required.

Just come home from the game and I have to say that the referees have discovered a new low. They flicked the switch at the beginning of the third quarter and incredibly managed to switch into overdrive for the fourth. I have never heard so much dissent courtside and although crowd emotion in the fourth won the sixers a couple of token calls, it was clear from the beginning of the second half Melbourne was helped to win, only barring a miracle.

For those couple of obtuse posters who actually suggested that Adelaide was getting "home cooking" from these pricks, there's little that's polite to say!

Disgraceful and so disappointing!

We just have no ability to close games out.

Buzzas gonna spoil the party.

Our train runs on only coal seam gas and departs only from platform nine and seven-eighths

United should take the minor premiership. An extremely rough game awaits for Perth against Adelaide on Friday night, then a big ol trip to Melbourne on a short turnaround. Besides, I'm not sold on Perth just yet. They should towel up a tired Kings but I'm not sure they will

Actually if Perth beats Sydney today then Perth will finish ahead of Sydney on percentage (if they beat Adelaide).

So it all depends.

It's been so close I'm defaultimg to home teams. Likely 1st and 2nd get in GF

36ers just more entertaining than Bris, and their crowd gets involved more. I appreciate the atmosphere in Adelaide. Brisbane is a library

Adelaide has better characters and more flair, and play a more entertaining style

Plus they have good rivalries with Perth and United, and a winning record vs Sydney

I think United vs Sydney will be the grand finalists regardless, but I'd rather watch Adelaide in the semis

Agreed Brisbane could at least beat Melbourne in a playoff series, we couldn't.

As it stands I can't see us getting in anyway we likely lose to Perth and then Bullets just need to beat NZ at home to get in.

We don't deserve 4th.

We can't win clutch games.

We're hot and cold.

Coaching is a dice role.

At least Brisbane could make the playoffs interesting.

I'm really hoping Adelaide beats Perth

Adelaide getting 4th will give us a more entertaining playoffs- series

Yep it was a great game Melb deserved to win executed much better down the stretch when it matters.

United needs to win both and they will finish on top

That simple. Other results won't matter if United wins both.

The only exception is if Sydney makes up the percentage which would mean Sydney wins their last 2 games by a combined total of about 40 points, plus whatever margin United wins by. Extremely unlikely.

Excellent game, I’ve got no complaints from the refs to the commentary, I enjoy basketball as a neutral.

The hate for Goulding is because he’s such a fantastic player.

Cotton carried a team with injuries all season long.+ missed two games himself!

“The funny thing is United could've helped Brisbane into the playoffs- the only team who's owned them this season!”

The bullet train runs on irony now?

After the first third of the season Cotton would've been a long way ahead in the MVP race, but Casper and Bogut have made it interesting. Long and Sobey could even be smokies too.

Feels good

@ Zodiac; true, forgot Brisbane have a game left. Good chance Long tears them apart inside, too.

Manu gonna Manu.

We might not even need to win the game in Perth if Brisbane loses to NZ.

Great game

The funny thing is United could've helped Brisbane into the playoffs- the only team who's owned them this season!

Love it when Nathan Kobe just isos every possession for the last 4 mins and loses us the game

Now all Adelaide need to do is win in Perth. Easy.

Manu pls

Cough.

South Aussies are shitting their pants right now. OH YES.

Joey why not Harry or FJ on the perimeter or attack with Wiley.. Doesn’t help that the refs are calling poorly our end, but read the refs and work with it. Not enough attacking to get them in foul trouble. Hard to watch but even harder to listen to the cucumbers in the commentators box

Joey why not Harry or FJ on the perimeter or attack with Wiley.. Doesn’t help that the refs are calling poorly our end, but read the refs and work with it. Not enough attacking to get them in foul trouble. Hard to watch but even harder to listen to the cucumbers in the commentators box

Comparing today’s game vs yesterday’s Cairns vs Brisbane I think shows the playoffs will be a much more competitive affair if the 36ers make the playoffs rather than Brisbane.

Composure.

Ugh. Useless.

Even if we make the finals, we're going nowhere this year.

Can we like give the ball to someone other than Sobey?

United has been so clutch this season

Is there anyone better at blowing big games than us?

We're at least top 3.

Casper Wear the GOAT

Agreed Pete

Great showing by the captain. Amazing effort on the ball in the final minute.
God what a wanker. Even if defence isn't your go, at least give it a crack for your team

Isn't Adelaide virtually guaranteed a spot regardless of this result?

That man bun and highly cultivated facial hair represents everything I hate about Melbourne.

Trash contest by Conger on that Goulding jumper

CG43.

Do mot boo that man. Ha.

Coming off the bench has done him wonders