Hoops

Breakers v United

Weeks was awesome, ran the team well and stepped up and hit some big shots when required ad was pesky on defense.
To hold Melbourne to 35 points in the first half and just 33 in the second was a massive effort.

I love the Anon 36er robot type poster. So delusional, is always wrong. Adelaide are done, they’re trash, they play for themselves not each other, and it shows.

Randle is a big problem for that team.

Yep Randle will get his whether Adelaide wins or loses.

Sixers are still in very gd position for finals.. home games all be wins and on the road nothing to fear... DJ in super form. Randle will get his..losing in cairns happens to all.

United have hit the wall. NZ road wins becomes there issue and Brisbane- surely not
leaves Sixers whose run home not beyond a sweep.

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Why do United go to the summer league to have meetings and check out players only to get imports from other clubs]

Bloody good question

Maybe we need Mike Kelly back, cos Cairns are a low budget club but they ended up with the best imports.

NZ with Hopson- 10-6

Without Hopson- 1-6

If they went say 4-3 instead of 1-6, they'd be 14-9.

NZ have had an impressive season given the injuries they've had.

I'm hoping they sneak into the 4 (along with United, of course!) partly out of curiosity to see how well they do. And partly because they seems to have plenty of fight. They don't seem like the type of team who would roll over and be blown out

[you will bitch about the refereeing]

And you will post irrelevant bullshit whilst adults talk about basketball

So who knows what will happen in the last 5 or 6 games?

LV

Why do United go to the summer league to have meetings and check out players only to get imports from other clubs. Long is a stats padder and can’t play defence, same as Trimble. Prather been injured for three seasons. Some of your bench looks horrible where it was a strong point in previous seasons.

Cairns has 5 games left but only 1 remaining in Cairns. They're 3-7 on the road.

Cairns, Brisbane, United, 36ers, NZ could all very easily finish 3rd or 4th.

United had a 6 game winning streak. Cairns and NZ have both had 5 game winning streaks. Adelaide' s best was 3

Brisbane have won 3 in a row with a combined winning margin of 51. Their only losses in their past 7 outings were Hopson's game winner and a 2 point loss to Cairns. 4 of their last 6 are in Brisbane.

So who knows what will happen in the last 5 or 6 games?

Welcome back LV.

Tight season indeed.
Cairns are in.
Phoenix are cooked.
That leaves Melbourne, Brisbane, NZ and Adelaide all fighting for one spot.

Gotta respect NZ

If Hopson had played all year he'd be top 3 in the MVP and NZ would be 3rd on the ladder

But the whole team plays hard at both ends

United has dug themselves into a hole, but it's not season over. This is shaping up to be one of the tightest seasons ever.

Melbourne still fourth time for their fans (LV) to encourage them.

Terry Li was the real MVP securing free Jnr Whoppers for the crowd with his assist to Brandon Ashley in his 20secs of court time as the clock was running out.

I second that brother.
Melbourne and LV are cooked.

Hopefully he stays away.

LV? Anyone seen LV?

Melbourne's entire bench roster is terrible. Not one half decent player except maybe for kidd.

United are spiralling out of the playoffs the question is who will take their place Bullets, Breakers or Sixers?

No denying it, the breakers do look much better and more fun to watch minus Webster. Is what it is.

My brother has a man crush on Hopson.
Don't blame him though dude can play.

Great weekend for NZ beating the 2x what salary cap teams

OMG that was shite from DisUnited

No they had injury issues and made a bad choice in a temporary replacement

Massive chemistry issues at NZ lmao

Breakers up 21 with Terrible I mean Trimble at the free throw line

Fourth three in a row. MVP! MVP!

Hopson is a stud with a beautiful jumper

Hopson blocks and then gets mouthy at Trimble. Love it.

Three threes in a row by the man.

I'm in love with Hopson's shot.

**UPDATE: Hopson still smooth.

Hopson is so smoothe.

Long just isn't strong enough. He's very skinny through the core and legs... Gets pushed around by stronger bigs. He'd be better playing PF.

Did Hopson just get away with a LeBron shuffle step halfway through the 1st quarter?

and of course Cherlene

Another Archer reference Jack.

I can hear Leroy’s cousin Kenny in the background.

Another fascinating game, just for the result on its own. How good is the nbl.

Melbourne won’t drop this as much as I’d like them too. United by 8.

In the last round of the season Cairns plays both Brisbane and United.

This will be a ripping finish.

If Breakers lose today, it's possible they could then win their last 5 to go 15-13 and still miss out on percentage, with Brisbane, Cairns and United all having superior percentage.

Of course each teams "destiny is in their own hands" with United matching up against each of Brisbane and Cairns on the way home.

Brisbane in form, 11 wins and 4 home games remaining from their last 6.

Starting to look like 15 wins might be the required number.

Hopefully today is the day United finds some form- they need it.

Hopson played 37mins on Friday and Weeks, Loe, Abercrombie & Delaney also played big minutes.
Brandon Ashley will be fairly fresh.
It’s a pretty big ask for the Breakers and make or break for their season moving forward.
Sek Henry may play but how limited will he be with his calf injury?

Would prefer a Breakers win but see Melbourne getting this one.

Trimble jumpers not falling, so he needs to be aggressive and attack off the dribble

Get the starters in foul trouble and then expose the thin bench.

Friday:
Cam Gliddon- 26 points, 8/13fg, 4/6 threes, 6/6 FT, 5 rebounds, 5 steals, 76 dream team points, 33:44 mins in a win over Perth.

Saturday:
Adris Deleon- 31 points, 7/13fg, 5/8 threes, 12/14FT, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 82 dream team points, 38:55 mins in a win over Melbourne.

Sunday:
Ben Madgen- 33 points, 13/22fg, 1/4 threes, 6/6FT, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 92 dream team points, 35:23 mins in a win over Townsville.

All three would be clear winners most weeks but two will miss out this week. Who do you think will receive POTW?