koberulz · @koberulz
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Derek Nielsen · @ozhoopsdrek
9 followers · 63 posts · Server mastodon.social

Final week of the regular season starts tonight. Should be fun:
- Townsville can lock up the #1 seed with a win in either game.
- Southside finish #1 with a win and a TSV loss to BEN.
- Melbourne are locked in at #3 (SSF has the tiebreak even if Boomers win).
- Perth can clinch #4 with a win in either game; if the Lynx drop both Bendigo can sneak in with a W today against the Fire.

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Derek Nielsen · @ozhoopsdrek
9 followers · 59 posts · Server mastodon.social

update: Perth now faces a sudden-death game enxt week against Bendigo; if the Spirit win they clinch the final playoff spot. Fire, Flyers and Boomers all clinched with wins in week 14; Townsville is on a 9-game tear.

Fun thing to watch the rest of the way; Boomers' Cayla George is now on 3135 career rebounds, 94 behind all-time leader Rachael Sporn (3229). At current pace (11.8 rpg) she could overtake Sporn by game 2 of the GF, assuming the Boomers win a 3-game semi-final series.

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koberulz · @koberulz
16 followers · 205 posts · Server aus.social

Kings through, JackJumpers eliminated, Lynx put in their worst performance of the season. Today has absolutely sucked.

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koberulz · @koberulz
16 followers · 204 posts · Server aus.social

Gandini seeing first-quarter minutes is not a good sign.

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Derek Nielsen · @ozhoopsdrek
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Meanwhile, a very quiet week for the - perhaps the calm before the storm. Melbourne and Townsville are on top at 12-4 (Boomers have the split), while Perth's 2 losses could prove costly- they are 1.5 games behind Bendigo with that series tied 1-1. Flyers, meanwhile, will be without Lauren Jackson the rest of the way (R Achilles).

Only one game this calendar week- BEN hosts SSF on Saturday (19:00, 9Now).

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Derek Nielsen · @ozhoopsdrek
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Good win by Townsville tonight- got big contributions from Samuelson and Woods. Still some work to do for the return match Saturday, because if Whitcomb gets hot and Ryan stays in form Perth will be pretty dangerous.

As it stands the top 5: SSF 12-4, MEL and TSV 11-4, BEN 11-5 and PER 9-6. In addition to the Fire/Lynx rematch, MEL and BEN play each other Sunday.

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Derek Nielsen · @ozhoopsdrek
9 followers · 43 posts · Server mastodon.social

Meanwhile in ... the Flyers are back on top after Melbourne lost to Perth on Sunday. Townsville and Perth face each other twice this week, while the Boomers face Bendigo and Southside have the John Cain Arena match with Sydney.

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Al Garlando · @albyg
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RT @TownsvilleFire
WE TAKE THE WIN 😤🔥81-80🧢
Top Performers at HT:
🔥 20pnts, 3reb, 1ast Zitina Aokuso #15
🏀 19pnts, 8reb, 3ast Tianna Hawkins #21
🔥 16pnts, 4reb, 1ast Loz Nicholson #1

#bepartofit #wnbl23 #townsvillefire

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Derek Nielsen · @ozhoopsdrek
8 followers · 29 posts · Server mastodon.social

Meanwhile, on a more positive note, the UC Capitals get their first win of . Only 9 players on the sheet, only 8 got court time, and they knock over one of the league's frontrunners. Hard work eventually pays off. (Caps 92-Bendigo 85.)

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Scott McKissack ✅ · @ScottSays
31 followers · 64 posts · Server aus.social

Tonight I have just witnessed true greatness in

Sara Blicavs has come out and in one of the greatest displays of four quarter shooting I’ve seen, had the following stat line

41 points
15/17 FG (88%)
6/6 3-PT (100%)
5/5 FT (100%)
5 rebounds
1 assist
2 steals
2 blocks

Of course, Southside went on to defeat the Melbourne Boomers 88-70 and in the process, regaining the Michelle Timms Cup.

What an unbelievable performance!

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Scott McKissack ✅ · @ScottSays
29 followers · 57 posts · Server aus.social

I feel like there was a bit of spite last week in
The Southside Flyers vs Sydney Uni Flames game was one of the chippiest games that I’ve ever seen and watching courtside there was a lot of frustration and anger.
The final tally for the night was
Southside - 2 technical fouls, 1 unsportsmanlike foul and 2 players fouled out with multiple instances of booing.
Sydney - 1 unsportsmanlike foul
The Townsville Fire vs Bendigo Spirit game also had a bit going on.
Anneli Maley (Bendigo) was called for an unsportsmanlike foul and then post game on Instagram hit out at a section of Townsville fans who were drunk and abusing her (see picture below)
Shannon Seebohm (Townsville Coach) then hit out post game by suggesting that Maley was protected by the league.
These two matches add some new storyline’s that no one saw coming in and this is where the league needs to be smart.
No one wants to see players abused so that rightfully needs to be dealt with (fan behaviour). At the same time this could respark the Bendigo vs Townsville rivalry.
Southside vs Sydney could also be promoted as a hard tough rivalry too which could draw fans in.
I’m not one that normally thinks promoting rough play is the answer but the WNBL has not been good at selling itself to the public for years. There’s a story here that can be sold to the public, it just has to be sold right.

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koberulz · @koberulz
17 followers · 133 posts · Server aus.social

Who decided to obscure the scoreboard every time someone hits a three? Wildcats do this in-venue and it gets on my nerves.

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koberulz · @koberulz
17 followers · 133 posts · Server aus.social

Also holy shit turn Greg's mic down.

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koberulz · @koberulz
17 followers · 133 posts · Server aus.social

Complain about the excessive use of the follow cam all you like, but watching the camera operator fruitlessly search for Lauren Scherf before deciding to settle for a shot of Chloe Bibby is the highlight of the game so far.

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koberulz · @koberulz
17 followers · 125 posts · Server aus.social

Who cut the in-venue audio?

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koberulz · @koberulz
17 followers · 124 posts · Server aus.social

Scratch that, it was Lynx ball? I blame the low quality of the stream. twitter.com/koberulz/status/15

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koberulz · @koberulz
17 followers · 128 posts · Server aus.social

I guess they defend this upcoming baseline play out of the timeout Melbourne just called, then.

RT @PerthLynx@twitter.com

[QT] Perth 22 / Melbourne 21
It is a fierce first quarter here in Perth!

🐦🔗: twitter.com/PerthLynx/status/1

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koberulz · @koberulz
17 followers · 128 posts · Server aus.social

Both one-footed Whitcomb shots have been very long twos and neither commentary team ever noticed.

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koberulz · @koberulz
17 followers · 128 posts · Server aus.social

Still five minutes left in the quarter on the stream. Guess the Lynx account will be frequently posting spoilers.

RT @PerthLynx@twitter.com

We are on .... 2:49 left in the 1st QTR twitter.com/akilhabs08/status/

🐦🔗: twitter.com/PerthLynx/status/1

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