2017/18 NBL Season/Boomers/Off-Season news

[Brodlach]

Missed the game, cannot wait for the replay

[Gozu]

Missed the game, cannot wait for the replay

10:30 tonight on the ABC, I won't tell you what happens

[Gozu]

In other news the Cairns Taipans have released injured import Michael Carrera who was unlikely to make it back before the end of the season. Presumably they'll be sticking with his injury replacement import Jerry Evans Jr.

http://www.taipans.com/news/article/357 ... ading-home

[Wedgie]

Biggest win in the history of the NBL for a team that got outscored in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters!

[Gozu]

Round 10 results:

Brisbane 75 (Buford 17, Trice 14, Te Rangi 12) def Cairns 74 (Evans 18, Egwu 14, McCarron 12)

Adelaide 90 (Moore 27, Johnson 22, Sobey 13) def NZ Breakers 75 (Pledger 12, Delany 11, Penney 11)

Brisbane 82 (Buford 24, Kickert 21, Jervis 14) def Perth 76 (Cotton 20, Brandt 16, Tokoto 12, Kenny 10)

Melbourne 84 (Boone 20, Wesley 17, Goulding 15, Ware 13) def Illawarra 78 (Conger 20, Clarke 18, Ellis 12)

Sydney 88 (Randle 17, Cadee 15, Tyler 15, Humphries 14, Newley 10) def Cairns 69 (Weeks 14, Gliddon 11, McCarron 11)

[Gozu]

Injuries hitting the 36ers hard at the moment with Anthony Drmic's knee injury from Friday night now confirmed as a strained MCL and he'll be out for 3 weeks. Drmic joins Mitch Creek and Adam Doyle on the sidelines.

http://nbl.com.au/news/article/38949-dr ... mcl-injury

NBL ladder after 10 rounds around the halfway point of the season:

Perth 10-4
NZ Breakers 10-5
Melbourne 8-6
Adelaide 8-6

Brisbane 7-8
Cairns 7-9
Illawarra 5-9
Sydney 4-12

[Gozu]

Bad news for Melbourne United with star import Casey Prather ruled out for the next 8 weeks after dislocating his elbow in Saturday night's win over the Hawks.

http://www.melbourneutd.com.au/news/art ... ury-update

The club are expected to sign a temporary replacement import with the hope Prather will get back before the end of the season.

[Gozu]

Round 11 games & times:

Thu 7pm NZ Breakers at Sydney

Fri 7pm Adelaide at Melbourne (10:30pm ABC)

Sat 5pm Sydney at Brisbane (SBS Viceland)
Sat 7pm Perth at Illawarra

Sun 2:30pm Cairns at Adelaide (SBS)

[Brodlach]

Jerome Randle getting stuck into tonight’s refs

[Gozu]

Qtr time

United 24
Sixers 18

[Brodlach]

Shooting poorly

[Gozu]

Unfortunately Hodgson has really gone backwards this season.

[Gozu]

H/T

United 46
Sixers 32

[Gozu]

3QT

United 71
Sixers 60

[Gozu]

Final

United 99
Sixers 91

[Brodlach]

Oh dear. Let them play

[Gozu]

Melbourne United have announced the signing of import Carrick Felix a 6'6" SF as a temporary injury replacement for Casey Prather. Felix was waived by the Washington Wizards earlier this season without playing game and played in the G-League last season. He previously played in the NBA for the Cleveland Cavs in the 2013-14 season.

http://www.melbourneutd.com.au/news/art ... -melbourne

[Gozu]

Qtr time

Taipans 28
Sixers 18

[Gozu]

H/T

Taipans 42
Sixers 33

[Gozu]

3QT

Taipans 69
Sixers 50