2015/16 NBL Season/Off-season news/Boomers

[king neptune]

Nearly a great comeback but may well have lost in overtime anyway.

Horrible 4th quarter by Petrie. Botched the uncontested go-ahead layup.

Randle is easily the team's best player, awesome to watch.

[Gozu]

[wristwatcher]

Fair bucket, credit where it's due.

[Gozu]

Round 4 results:

NZ Breakers 90 (Webster 35, Wesley 26, Ce. Jackson 10) def Cairns 67 (Craig 17, Starks 13, Burston 12)

Illawarra 96 (Ogilvy 28, Lisch 25, Penney 24, Coenraad 11) def Townsville 88 (Conklin 19, Steindl 19, Maynard 13, Norton 13, Kay 12)

Melbourne 75 (Goulding 19, Holt 15, Kickert 12, Majok 12) def Perth 73 (Knight 17, Jawai 13, Redhage 12)

Sydney 87 (Khazzouh 22, Thornton 14, Cadee 12, Harrington 12, Garlepp 11) def Townsville 78 (Jett 22, Kay 11, Henry 10)

Cairns 104 (Starks 27, Craig 19, Worthington 13, Tragardh 12) def Adelaide 101 (Johnson 29, Randle 25, Gibson 13, Ere 10, Petrie 10)

Perth 91 (Prather 18, Beal 17, Jawai 16, Knight 10) def Illawarra 62 (Penney 19, Lisch 15, Weeks 10)

Melbourne 96 (Goulding 25, Kickert 21, Blanchfield 14, Holt 11) def Sydney 82 (Thornton 29, Khazzouh 12, Cadee 11, Harrington 11)

[Gozu]

There was a bit of an incident in tonight's Townsville vs Perth game which the Crocs won 89-77. Damian Martin had to leave the game and go to hospital with a suspected broken jaw, losing a few teeth and concussion after taking an elbow from Brian Conklin. It doesn't look good. Wildcats coach Trevor Gleeson has already threatened to fire up Nathan Jawai for the return bout this Friday in Perth.



36ers vs Breakers in NZ at 5pm today!

[BoundaryRider84]

Gozu u are the bball man. Are games live on Fox or are they just replays later on. Can only find replays on my tv guide

[RooShootOhh]

Gozu u are the bball man. Are games live on Fox or are they just replays later on. Can only find replays on my tv guide

Live on Fox Sports 500 (taking out a few loops of the news).

[BoundaryRider84]

Gozu u are the bball man. Are games live on Fox or are they just replays later on. Can only find replays on my tv guide

Live on Fox Sports 500 (taking out a few loops of the news).

Cheers mate. didn't look there thought it may be on normal channel now that rugby is over

[Gozu]

Yeah every game is live on Fox Sports. The first 6 rounds I think it is are all on channel 500 the Fox Sports News channel and then after that it will be moving to the regular Fox Sports channels.

[Gozu]

The Wildcats have confirmed Damian Martin has a broken jaw and is having surgery today, expected to be out for 6-8 weeks.

[Gozu]

Qtr time

36ers 24
Breakers 23

[mighty hounds]

Qtr time

36ers 24
Breakers 23

Past paced game atm

[Gozu]

It's like a track meet.

Half-time

36ers 49
Breakers 48

[Gozu]

That was an awesome pass by Randle. The rebound and dish in one motion to Walker for the dunk.

[Gozu]

3-Qtr time

36ers 69
Breakers 66

[Gozu]

Very disappointing final quarter.

Breakers win 98-88

Sydney vs Melbourne up next.

[wristwatcher]

Very disappointing final quarter.

Breakers win 98-88

Sydney vs Melbourne up next.

The worst 3 point shooting I have ever seen in a quarter then Ebie steps up with the big 3 with 4 seconds left to cover the 1-10 spread. Turned a disaster into a dissappointment

[valleys07]

Very disappointing final quarter.

Breakers win 98-88

Sydney vs Melbourne up next.

The worst 3 point shooting I have ever seen in a quarter then Ebie steps up with the big 3 with 4 seconds left to cover the 1-10 spread. Turned a disaster into a dissappointment

Agreed. The passage in the last where we had 3 shots (2 shots resulting from rebounds) and missed them all, consigned us to defeat.

[wristwatcher]

Very disappointing final quarter.

Breakers win 98-88

Sydney vs Melbourne up next.

The worst 3 point shooting I have ever seen in a quarter then Ebie steps up with the big 3 with 4 seconds left to cover the 1-10 spread. Turned a disaster into a dissappointment

Agreed. The passage in the last where we had 3 shots (2 shots resulting from rebounds) and missed them all, consigned us to defeat.

I think we missed 8 x 3 attempts in a row. Worked so hard for 3 quarters and threw it away

[Gozu]

Randle was 0/9 on 3pts and Gibbo needed to step up but didn't. Really the end for us was that brief stretch when Webster hit three 3's in a row.

NBL game on Channel 9 this weekend:

Sunday afternoon: NZ Breakers @ Melbourne at 2:30pm (Gem)

Next up for the 36ers taking on the Kings at home at 7pm on Saturday. The Kings did put up a good fight against Melb Utd tonight.

Also the NBL have charged Brian Conklin with striking and a ruling is expected before tomorrow's Wildcats/Crocs rematch in Perth.

The Wildcats released a statement of their own earlier on Thursday, confirming the extent of their skipper's injury.

"Martin's jaw is broken in two at the chin, with three teeth coming loose at the break-point," the Wildcats said.

"The 31-year-old will undergo surgery upon his return to Perth in an attempt to save his teeth. Plates will be required to stabilise the jaw."

The Wildcats are hopeful their point guard can return to the court within six to eight weeks.

Gleeson slammed Conklin over the incident in his post-match press conference.

"That's one of the dirtiest plays I've ever seen, Conklin just dropped his elbow right on his jaw and he (Martin) is going to hospital for a suspected fractured jaw and has lost a couple of teeth," he said.

"It's a dirty play without a question."

Perth players were left infuriated when they believed they saw Townsville players laughing after the incident.

"That's bulls**t to see your leader out there on the floor like that and then guys laughing afterwards as well," added Perth forward Greg Hire. "That's c**p."

Townsville coach Shawn Dennis turned the tables on his opposition coach though, defending Conklin and lighting the fuse for an explosive rematch.

"We don't play dirty, that's pretty ironic coming from him," he said.

"They've got a few guys on their team that throw a lot of elbows so perhaps he needs to look at his own backyard."

http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=9049295

Trevor Gleeson has already threatened to unleash Jawai on Conklin but I doubt he will be allowed to play.