NBL and WNBL Week #3

As explained and also under D-Play's thread, the Kings in a bad scheduling spot, 36ers coach ripped his team a new one and the Kings are looking pathetic with their chemistry, injuries and leadership. Joey Wright is a decent coach and I expect the 36ers to bounce back after that game vs the high flying Melbourne was a bad spot for them considering they got just 1 days rest after beating Cairns in Cairns.

Can't believe i am seeing this line but it might be a sucker bet but the Lynx got the win they needed to boost some confidence last night. Melbourne has just lost a player due to ACL injury so they will be down 1 girl. But nonetheless, Lynx have the shooting and energy to bring their A game after scoring 100 points last night vs Bendigo. The Boomers have been easily beating teams like Canberra and Bendigo but neither of those teams have Sammy Whitcomb and Courtney Williams. Gotta take the large dog in this game purely for the fact that the Lynx can score points. Note: This game is on Saturday night. 

Taking the Bullets in this game as I don't believe jetlag will be a factor in this game as they have been home for a while now after playing Phoenix a week ago. They have the guards combo of Holt and Trice and the Taipans are not known for being a good road team + they are missing a big man in Jawai who is out for 8 weeks at least. The Bullets IMHO are a decent team on paper and I just hope they can put their pieces together because I rate Lemanis as their coach over Fearne the Taipans coach. 

tail on this one 

GLTD Aussie ;) 

I do like Melbourne and the over in this next game but trying not to be greedy after a slow start this weekend. 

Good luck Buckleys.. The 1H hit a nice 87 points for you so hope that continues into the 2H. 

Cheers Kriscar.. It just didn't feel right when I was typing out my analysis so I deleted what I wrote and didn't post the play which is good and the reason why I type out my analysis because it makes me feel confidence in my plays and with this one I just didn't feel it but glad in the end because you are right, they look bad tonight but expect a big game on Sunday. 

No need to apologise mate, we are here to help each other out buddy so ask away?

Its one of those "WTF" kind of lines like the other night when the Lynx were +6.5 at home to Spirit. This I lean the other way mate. Rangers looked poor last week vs Flames but the Flames were just as bad and just got the win. The Fire were horrible 1Q vs the Flames last night and couldn't quite catch up in the end. The Rangers dont look good at all and either do the Fire but I think the Fire has the experience and depth to cover where the Rangers seem to be heavily relying on the Blicavs sisters which the Fire can shutdown. In saying that though, no play for me because the Rangers might show the Fire something special tomorrow afternoon. 

Yep. Balances out my Chiefs -2.5 Friday morning. 

Dandenong Rangers @ Canberra Capitals: Capitals -1.5

Rangers 3rd game in 7 nights which is big in WNBL with travel from Sydney to home today and then back on the road to Canberra. Canberra were in a terrible spot last weekend vs the Boomers and they got pumped but if you guys remember, that was because they were stuck at Brisbane Airport for over 5 hours and didn't land back home until 9.30 the night before game time and it was just poor preparation before playing the best team in the league. Different scenario this weekend, well rested, haven't played since last Sunday so a full weeks rest and I think they catch Dandenong in a poor spot tomorrow afternoon on a back to back after just beating Townsville moments ago. 

Mate that Chiefs loss on Friday was a tough loss. Lead the entire game until 3 seconds left. But glad the over hit for you buddy last night

Go Adelaide 

Fantastic game to watch D-Play and the Wildcats do look good on their own court but it makes me wonder what they can do on the road this season? They play Taipans tomorrow night and I think it would be a nice spot to take Cairns at home if the line slightly goes up because of the win last night for Perth but their D was excellent in that game against a team who are built to score points and really, to keep Melbourne to just 84 points is a great accomplishment.

P.S. 36ers just crossed the 50 points mark 4 mins into the 2Q. This is going to be a mammoth score.