Hoops

United v Wildcats Oct 20

How was it inconclusive? It was obvious from the replay. I thought it was a two live, as well.

It was a blatant travel. The commentary are just useless.

Seems unlikely that was travel. Long at end of game.

Exactly ^^^ only shot left was three pointer.

Ummm..it was 4.5 seconds after Cotton hit the long 2.

Was no time to shoot the two, made no difference. It was three or nothing.

I don't think United realised they could've gone for two.

6500 in attendance. A bit low for a Sunday game for United, even moreso considering it was against Perth.

Something to worry about, considering the Phoenix entering was always a possibility to take some United fans away, or were there other factors?

Being 0-2 shouldn't be a reason.

Prather has had a knee injury for over one year and now just had an operation. Will he get back is the question and he’s on big big bucks. Will United have the balls to cut him if he doesn’t get up in the next few weeks.

Trev would have to be happy about us playing "Wildcats basketball" to get that win that probably should have been a loss. Love the fight in this team.

Really nothing for United to worry about though considering the circumstances. They're going to be insane once the jetlag is gone and Prather is back.
Cats are lucky to have had 2 of their games vs Melbourne already, and not going 2-0 is an opportunity lost.

What an exciting finish, couldn't help but think what a difference Prather would mean to United in crunch time, surely they don't play Ili down the stretch, I know he's a good defender but he's hardly got the clutch gene.

As a Wildcats member, it still feels like we are a piece missing from our squad and I don't think our reliance on Wagstaff in second halves is the answer. I'm a massive Steindl fan but he needs to let more go, otherwise he is a liability.

Norton looked really good today and I hope he can stay aggressive throughout the season.

Jesus, Hunt with 7 assists!

Didn't watch the game. How did he rack them up?

Hunt +12, Long minus 10. JLA ain’t the answer. Melbourne got defensive problems.

Oof

Melbourne as low as $1.01 in live betting. Ouch.

Cotton banking $600K in Perth and that shot in Melbourne.

Well that was an escape. United should not have lost that. Having said that some consistency in calls would make the game better

100% Cotton, 100% clutch

A couple dumb fouls from Barlow down the stretch.

Ouch. Pretty rotten call on Long with the travel, but once again hats off to Perth. Huge shot by Cotton, but the Martin and White shots down the stretch also massive.

United determined to lose ... and did. Some pretty dumb stuff in the face of Perth’s tough defence.

Sunday afternoon in Melbourne and the bank open. Great game, never underestimate Perth.

The bank is open on Sundays

Take that to the BANK!

It's been Grand Final like.

Regardless of the result here, holy sh*t this has been a cracker of a game.

Kay just got shirtfronted by long going for a block, but no foul...

Twice in a row Barlow should have passed to Long right under the basket. Reverted to his form from 2 years ago.

This is Stiendl's last season under contract, right?

Jesse fouling out probably isn't a bad thing for perth

5 fouls in a min. Just give united the game already.

Yes Hooley and Gaze with homicide bot saying much even Dwayne is ok.

Wtf was that foul on Steindl for? Goulding slaps the hand away and gets rewarded. Ffs shit call!!

Same call on majok as hunt, why is it a foul, tje d is straight up??

But I do like Hooley on the sideline

Not convinced by Melbourne’s performance so far. Too much swatting on defence, seem to have trouble scoring inside against Perth, and their offense seems too complicated compared to Perth’s. Melo seems like a backwards step from Casper, and McCarron seems to have pulled back into his shell a bit.

Acul not looking that great in an important game

Thoughts on the clean shaven Norton @Perthworld?

Especially considering on the next play terrico does not get the call

What is cotton meant to do? Surely that can't be a foul

Hooley found his spot, use him more.

Can anyone miss frokblong range against perth? Lots of these threes contested and all down.

Not a fan of the beard.

These white Wildcats jerseys are pretty ugly and bland.

Seen about 40sec of Hooley on the telecast, and tbh I've gotta say he's a natural at it

Nothing to do with the actual results, but I'm liking the hooley write ups and interviews on the Melbourne site. Get him onto the main commentary team, a nice even balance with a twist of humour.

"Wonder if we will get a descent telecast and commentary tonight. Has been crap so far this season."

Dwayne Russell will most likely be commentating, so no.

The EU would like to know why we complain about the commentary so much. Maybe they should watch a game.

Anyone saying jet lag not a problem has clearly never tried intense exercise after such long flights.

Everyday people yes we will recover in a day or two and get back to normal sleep patterns. Elite athletes it’s a much longer process and a very proven factor in fatigue and lactic acidosis tolerance.

On yesterday’s performance which Adelaide played well and positively I’d say yes jet lag was a problem.