2013/14 NBL Season + Off-season news/Boomers

[Brodlach]

40 odd point turnaround in a week. Great win. DJ doesn't get the credit he deserves

[Gozu]

Round 10 results:

Perth 71 (Ennis 16, Knight 15, Redhage 12, Martin 11) def New Zealand 62 (Vukona 16, Abercrombie 15, Johnson 14)

Cairns 87 (Tragardh 24, Gliddon 15, Steindl 10) def Townsville 74 (Conklin 15, Holmes 10, Markovic 10, Pace 10)

Wollongong 69 (Tiggs 18, Clarke 16, Davidson 10) def Sydney 63 (Young 28, Garlepp 11)

Melbourne 76 (Worthington 18, Ballinger 14, Goulding 14, Farrakhan 11) def Townsville 71 (Conklin 22, Pace 10)

Adelaide 91 (Johnson 21, Gibson 16, Petrie 13) def Cairns 67 (Young 11, Gliddon 10)

[Gozu]

Not NBL exactly but SA born former Townsville Crocs star Brad Newley with the game-saving tip-dunk at the buzzer that put his Spanish league team Gran Canaria into OT against Joventut:



Gran Canaria went on to win 89-82 with Newley scoring 17 points on 7/8 shooting.

[Gozu]

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

Friday night: Wollongong @ Melbourne at 9:30pm (One)

Sunday afternoon: NZ Breakers @ Sydney at 2pm (Ten)

[Gozu]

Unfortunately sounds like Gary Ervin is going to miss tomorrow nights NYE game in Townsville due to knee surgery but supposedly will be alright for the home game against the Breakers this Saturday night.

We shall see.

[Gozu]

Round 11 results:

Melbourne 74 (Goulding 30, Farrakhan 10) def Wollongong 67 (Clarke 16, Demos 13, Tiggs 13, Forman 10)

New Zealand 99 (Wilkinson 31, Johnson 21, Abercrombie 13, Webster 11) def Sydney 83 (Madgen 26, Young 21, Garlepp 14, Ogilvy 10)

Melbourne 91 (Farrakhan 23, Goulding 22, Morrison 13, Walker 12, Worthington 11) def Wollongong 81 (2OT) (Clarke 37)

Cairns 99 (McCamey 22, Loughton 17, Weigh 15, Wilson 12) def Perth 90 (Ennis 21, Knight 21, Wagstaff 14, Martin 12, Beal 10)

Adelaide 90 (Johnson 20, Cadee 18, Gibson 14, Petrie 12, Frye 10) def Townsville 89 (Conklin 20, Crawford 19, Blanchfield 17, Norton 12, Markovic 11)

[Gozu]

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

Friday night: Cairns @ Sydney at 9:30pm (One)

Sunday afternoon: Cairns @ Melbourne at 2pm (Ten)

[wristwatcher]

Looking forward to Saturday nights game as I scored some gold passes. Is GE going to be fit to play?

[Gozu]

Looking forward to Saturday nights game as I scored some gold passes. Is GE going to be fit to play?

I'm not sure to be honest but I suspect if he was there would be a bit of talk around about it.

The monthly awards for December have been handed out with Wollongong Hawks import Rotnei Clarke named player of the month beating out Chris Goulding & James Ennis and Melbourne Tigers coach Chris Anstey named coach of the month over Aaron Fearne & Trevor Gleeson.

[wristwatcher]

Huge win by the boys tonight. Good to see

[Brodlach]

Good win with no Earvin

[Gozu]

Round 12 results:

Cairns 73 (Wilson 15, Weigh 14, McCamey 13) def Sydney 62 (Young 17, Carmouche 10)

Melbourne 95 (Goulding 26, Walker 18, Farrakhan 12, Ballinger 11, Morrison 11) def Townsville 77 (Holmes 13, Hinder 12, Markovic 11, Blanchfield 10)

Wollongong 96 (Clarke 28, Tiggs 14, Coenraad 13, Forman 12, Davidson 10) def Perth 91 (OT) (Ennis 25, Wagstaff 20, Beal 16, Redhage 11)

Adelaide 99 (Johnson 26, Creek 20, Schenscher 13, Frye 10, Petrie 10) def New Zealand 73 (Abercrombie 24, Wilkinson 13, Webster 11, Johnson 10)

Melbourne 76 (Ballinger 19, Goulding 18, Farrakhan 14, Worthington 11) def Cairns 66 (Wilson 13, Steindl 12, Burston 11)

[Gozu]

A bit of a surprise with the NZ Breakers bringing NZ TV commentator Casey Frank out of semi-retirement due to Alex Pledger's injury.

Frank is a naturalised kiwi originally from the US who hasn't played in the NBL since the 2009/10 season but has played with numerous teams in the past including the Breakers previously too. He's a current member of the NZ national team and still plays in the NZ league.

[Gozu]

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

Friday night: NZ Breakers @ Melbourne at 9:30pm (One)

Sunday afternoon: Sydney @ Adelaide at 2pm (Ten)

[Gozu]

Round 13 results:

New Zealand 93 (Abercrombie 21, Vukona 17, Corletto 15, Johnson 14, Wilkinson 10) def Melbourne 87 (Goulding 23, Worthington 23, Farrakhan 18, Morrison 10)

Perth 102 (Ennis 29, Beal 20, Wagstaff 16, U'u 13) def Townsville 87 (Crawford 16, Conklin 15, Markovic 10, Pace 10)

Wollongong 82 (Tiggs 20, Clarke 18, Forman 16, Martin 11) def Cairns 79 (McCamey 18, Steindl 14, Weigh 14)

Sydney 102 (Young 24, Madgen 19, Ogilvy 18, Harvey 15, Ellis 13) def Adelaide 89 (Gibson 21, Johnson 21, Cadee 12, Petrie 11)

Perth 103 (Ennis 27, Beal 19, Redhage 15, Martin 10) def Townsville 97 (Conklin 22, Holmes 19, Pace 18, Markovic 12)

[Gozu]

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

Friday night: NZ Breakers @ Perth at 9:30pm (One)

Sunday afternoon: Melbourne @ Sydney at 2pm (Ten)

[wristwatcher]

Got second Row courtside tickets tonight.

[wristwatcher]

36ers where excellent tonight. Strong win and never looked like being headed. Gibson was dominant, DJ was excellent and the spark seemed to come from the big bad Wolf!

[Gozu]

36ers where excellent tonight. Strong win and never looked like being headed. Gibson was dominant, DJ was excellent and the spark seemed to come from the big bad Wolf!

Was a very good win by the 36ers, Gibbo is in a real purple patch. Hopefully they can get the Kings over there next Sunday.

[Wedgie]

Went to my first game in 10 years last night with the kids, thoroughly enjoyed, some miraculous shots going in when fouled.
Weird experience as I was used to us having a strong outside game and being hopeless inside where now its the opposite.
Also weird that our two best players were white!
Gibson and Creek were fantastic to watch.
Also weird that I knew more Townsville players than 36ers! (Hinder, Holmes and Crawford).
You could add Mike Kelly their assistant coach to that)
Paid extra for great 4th row seats right behind the Townsville coach
Will be back again soon for sure, a great night!
Only disappointment was they dont sell Coopers anymore!