2018/19 NBL Season + Off-season News

[Wedgie]

Great first qtr, go 6ers!

[Wedgie]

Bloody entertaining game!

[Gozu]

Bloody entertaining game!

It is, Majok Deng!

[Gozu]

H/T

Sixers 56
United 53

[Wedgie]

World class game.
I watched Boston v Philly this morning and except for Embiid and Irving that game had nothing on this despite going into OT.

(Except for the refereeing too)

[Gozu]

This has been a very good game

[Gozu]

3QT

United 82
Sixers 75

[Gozu]

Loving it

[Gozu]

If only Moore would play like this every game.

[Wedgie]

Wow, what a game!

[Gozu]

Final

Sixers 103
United 101

Fantastic win and now back to .500 too

[DOC]

Adelaide 36ers coach Joey Wright has launched a scathing attack on Melbourne United star Casper Ware after they exchanged words during Wednesday night’s blockbuster at Melbourne Arena.

Wright accused Ware of getting “in my face” after making big shots down the stretch before vision emerged of the pair trading a verbal exchange as the teams shook hands post-game.

But Ware laughed off Wright’s claims, as “not a big deal” when asked about the 36ers coach’s comments.

“I just hit a shot and said ‘it’s my time’, it’s pretty much it,” Ware said.

“If he makes a big deal about that, I don’t know, just the spirit of the game when you’re going, I felt good, that’s all it was.

“If he’s not happy with it then he’s not happy with it.

“I made the shot, looked around, he’s the first person I’ve seen, just said ‘it’s my time’ and got back on defence, that’s all it was.

“It wasn’t like talking, like ‘you guys suck’, it wasn’t a big deal.”

But Wright’s version of events differ, with the 16-year coaching veteran going as far as to suggest United, who prior to Wednesday night had won its past seven against the 36ers, were sore losers.

“What was interesting was they kicked our butt here the last three or four times and we have been gracious and walked out of the building and the guy (Ware) is all in my face,” Wright said.

“I’ve been coaching 16 years and I’ve never had a player talk to me. I don’t talk to players, that ain’t something I do.

“I coach the game. I don’t talk to players, I don’t know why he was over there talking to me.

“It was interesting. Very interesting.”

Wright has a knack of finding trouble in Melbourne, fined $5000 last season after Game 1 of the epic grand final series for a reference to United being owned by Larry Kestelman, who also owns the NBL.

The veteran coach — furious at being fined — refused to comment to the media before, during, and after games during the pulsating best-of-five series.

Wright volunteered the barbs against Ware after being asked an innocuous question about it being “nerve racking” watching the point guard cut the margin to two points with possession and 15 seconds to play.

“He was in my face (earlier in the game),” Wright said.

“Did you see him yelling in my face most of the game?

“I thought it was disappointing. We come here to play basketball. I don’t have any personal grudges against these guys.

“We congratulated them when they won and it was interesting he wouldn’t do the same.”

United will renew hostilities with the 36ers in Adelaide on January 28 and again on February 10.

[Gozu]

Feigning outrage by Joey for mine. He might not talk directly to opposition players but I have heard him yell out things about them to his own players before.

[Gozu]

Qtr time

Breakers 29
Sixers 26

[Brodlach]

Need to look after the ball better

[Gozu]

Need to look after the ball better

We're playing better now starting to get going.

[Gozu]

H/T

Sixers 54
Breakers 48

[Gozu]

3QT

Sixers 80
Breakers 71

[Brodlach]

Last 3 minutes has been horrible

96-87 2:12 to go

[Gozu]

Final

Sixers 110
Breakers 97

Good win four in a row but still a bit to work on.

Same two teams same venue again this Friday night