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

[Gozu]

Round 3 results:

Perth 96 (Ennis 29, Beal 19, Wagstaff 17, Redhage 12) def New Zealand 89 (Johnson 17, Pledger 16, Abercrombie 14, Vukona 13, Bruton 11)

Adelaide 87 (Creek 14, Frye 13, Gibson 13, Petrie 13, Ervin 10, Johnson 10) def Cairns 84 (Loughton 22, Wilson 17, Tragardh 16, McCamey 13)

Wollongong 85 (Clarke 23, Tiggs 20, Coenraad 10) def Townsville 81 (Holmes 14, Conklin 13, Pace 12, Blanchfield 11, Markovic 10)

Melbourne 93 (Goulding 29, Worthington 17, Morrison 15, Walker 14) def Adelaide 79 (Johnson 20, Ervin 16, Petrie 15, Creek 10)

Perth 82 (Beal 24, Ennis 18, Redhage 18) def Sydney 72 (Ogilvy 17, Carmouche 15, Madgen 15)

[Gozu]

Big news today with the Breakers reacting aggressively to their 1-3 start to the season releasing import Darnell Lazare and placing veteran big man Jeremiah Trueman on waivers and have brought back import Gary Wilkinson who has been playing in Puerto Rico.

Wilkinson is expected to be available for the game against the 36ers on Thursday night.

[BZB27]

36ers get their first win in New Zealand since 08.

96-93 final score, Ervin scored 22 and 6 assists and Frye had 18.

Hopefully they can back it up at home on Sunday against the Kings.

Hard to see New Zealand 4 peating now that they are 1-4 but still a long way to go.

[Gozu]

That was an excellent win tonight by the 36ers in NZ, we were up by more than 20 at one point, the Breakers came back took the lead in the 4th and then we responded with Ervin hitting some big shots down the stretch to get the 96-93 win. Bring on the Kings on Sunday.

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

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

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

[BZB27]

Perth easily have the best 2 imports ive seen in the league since watching the nbl, i reckon Beal is more dangerous than Ennis when he is going.

Speaking of which Ennis got player of the month.

Cant see the Hawks getting anywhere near the Wildcats at the moment

[Gozu]

Cant see the Hawks getting anywhere near the Wildcats at the moment

Wildcats snuck over the line by 40

Trevor Gleeson got coach of the month too, 6-0 and playing like the well-oiled machine they are.

Thankfully the Crocs/Kings game was a cracker with Hahndorf's own Brad Hill hitting the game winner for the Kings 88-86.

[wristwatcher]

Heading to the game tomorrow and managed to snag a couple of Corporate tickets. Pretty excited to see the new group and thankfully new coach. Sitting court side in the third row. Hopefully the arena is pumping and we can get a win

[Gozu]

Round 4 results:

Adelaide 96 (Ervin 22, Frye 18, Gibson 15, Petrie 15, Johnson 13) def New Zealand 93 (Te Rangi 22, Johnson 17, Pledger 16, Webster 14)

Sydney 88 (Carmouche 33, Ogilvy 17, Hill 15, Madgen 11) def Townsville 86 (Conklin 19, Pace 18, Blanchfield 14, Norton 12)

Perth 87 (Beal 21, Ennis 17, Martin 16, Redhage 13, Wagstaff 12) def Wollongong 47 (Forman 12)

Melbourne 86 (Goulding 34, Worthington 13) def Cairns 74 (Wilson 17, Tragardh 10, Weigh 10)

New Zealand 97 (Pledger 19, Vukona 18, Corletto 15, Abercrombie 10, Johnson 10) def Wollongong 89 (Clarke 36, Tiggs 18, Coenraad 12)

Adelaide 97 (Johnson 20, Ervin 19, Creek 14, Petrie 12, Schenscher 10) def Sydney 84 (Carmouche 27, Ogilvy 22, Madgen 16)

[wristwatcher]

Gary Ervine - What a gun, my new favourite player. Great game by the 36ers yesterday, I love the energy, enthusiasm and passion of the new coach. They have fixed the two things that I saw as the problem. Looking forward to getting to more games this year.

They even got rid of the male cheer leader, every post is a winner.

[Gozu]

GE Money certainly is a gun!

Today Townsville Crocs veteran big man Russell Hinder announced he will be retiring at the end of the season.

[BZB27]

Im loving the way Mitch Creek has started the season after coming back from a long term injury, im pretty sure he has scored double digits in all games and is grabbing some big boards and making the right play and hitting jump shots which has been his downfall in the past.

I read today that it was the first time since 09 that the 36ers have won both their games in the one round.

[Gozu]

I read today that it was the first time since 09 that the 36ers have won both their games in the one round.

Brayman, that was a shocking little piece of trivia. Never won two games in a round in the 3 years under Marty Clarke.

[wristwatcher]

I read today that it was the first time since 09 that the 36ers have won both their games in the one round.

Brayman, that was a shocking little piece of trivia. Never won two games in a round in the 3 years under Marty Clarke.

I honestly believe is Clarke was still coaching we would have been rolled on Sunday when Sydney bridged the gap in the 4th. One thing i heard on Sunday that i didnt really notice last year was the vocal instructional direction being given from the bench.

Is Fridays game on TV?

[Gozu]

I read today that it was the first time since 09 that the 36ers have won both their games in the one round.

Brayman, that was a shocking little piece of trivia. Never won two games in a round in the 3 years under Marty Clarke.

I honestly believe is Clarke was still coaching we would have been rolled on Sunday when Sydney bridged the gap in the 4th. One thing i heard on Sunday that i didnt really notice last year was the vocal instructional direction being given from the bench.

Is Fridays game on TV?

I agree totally and no way we would've won the game in NZ after they came back and took the lead or the game in Cairns when they did the same thing. I still can't believe he was able to get another top flight job in basketball, coaching director or something at St Mary's College in the US.

Yep, Fridays 36ers/Tigers game is on TV.

[smac]

I'd imagine that's based on his development experience and success more than his time in Adelaide.

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[Gozu]

I'd imagine that's based on his development experience and success more than his time in Adelaide.

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True, as AIS coach he farmed a lot of young players like Patty Mills to St Mary's but I would've thought after making the nest step up to pro ball and being such a complete disaster he would find it hard to get a serious gig in basketball again. He's done well getting the player development/coaching director job at St Mary's because I'd be surprised if he could even get an NBL assistant coach gig, let alone head coach position in future.

[Gozu]

Is Fridays game on TV?

Actually I might have that wrong. The TV guide says it's Cairns @ Sydney but I saw a graphic at the end of one of the weekends games for Tigers @ 36ers but maybe they were just showing games coming up not specifically what TV games they're showing next round like they usually do.

[wristwatcher]

If its anything like Sundays game I would be happy to pay to go. Actually haven't watched a full game on TV for a while though and would like to hear the experts opinions on what looks like a new team dynamic.

[Gozu]

Boti Nagy said in his midday Monday live blog on Adelaidenow yesterday that he certainly thinks they're legit, currently 2nd on the ladder too.

I picked the 36ers to finish Top 2 this season but in saying that I also thought they had the cattle last season to go Top 2 and they finished bottom

They look hungrier, deeper, more versatile, more resilient and better coached than last season's team though.

[Gozu]

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

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

Sunday afternoon: Wollongong @ Melbourne at 2pm (One)

*Both games on One this weekend