Tohi hits a big 3.
81-76 OZ. 54 seconds to go.
Some hard lessons for a few of our younger guys down the stretch.
We were right there and really troubled the Boomers.
We eventually lose 85-76. Very good game and both teams showed what they were capable of.
We played above ourselves. Now we go to the bronze medal match.
@ACT-Crusader I was surprised when I heard the result as this is more like a C team. Good to build some depth though.
The other semi-final had everything, even a bit of a scuffle after the game 
Lebanon beat Jordan by 1 point.
Lebanon will give Oz some trouble.
Jordan are tough and have gotten better as the tournament has progressed. We will have to play strong to beat them.
Wow, that was an up and down game. Smith-Milner on fire in the second half. Tall Blacks get the win and 3rd place. Doing one better than the last Asian Cup when we came 4th.
Jordan was lights out in the first half and got out to a good lead. But then Smith-Milner caught fire from 3.
We almost coughed it up after hitting the lead with some poor turnovers, but Jordan also did some dumb stuff.
Congrats to Pero and the team. Great tournament and the pleasing thing is that we lost two games all tournament against the two teams in the Grand Final.
The Breakers have signed an American import PF - Jarrell Brantley. He has NBA experience with the Jazz.
@Bovidae said in NBL 2022-23:
The Breakers have signed an American import PF - Jarrell Brantley. He has NBA experience with the Jazz.
Good to get someone with pro experience. The kids preparing for the draft aren't good enough to help us compete
2 months later
I haven't seen any of the Breakers pre-season games but I don't think they have won many, if any. The clash with rugby for tomorrow's season opener in Melbourne doesn't help either. No Abercrombie for a couple of months due to his eye injury.
@Bovidae said in NBL 2022-23:
I haven't seen any of the Breakers pre-season games but I don't think they have won many, if any. The clash with rugby for tomorrow's season opener in Melbourne doesn't help either. No Abercrombie for a couple of months due to his eye injury.
IMHO Tom has been a bit of a shadow of his former self for some time
@canefan said in NBL 2022-23:
IMHO Tom has been a bit of a shadow of his former self for some time
Abercrombie has had a lot of injuries in recent seasons, so hasn't played much. He is still considered the Breakers premier defender.
We are playing well. United lead 69-67 at 3QT
Pardon, Loe, Brown Jnr, WMW are all playing well.
Defensively a massive step up from last season.
@ACT-Crusader said in NBL 2022-23:
We are playing well. United lead 69-67 at 3QT
Pardon, Loe, Brown Jnr, WMW are all playing well.
Defensively a massive step up from last season.
Much improved on the O end too. I'm loving the motion, lots of screening, rolling and cutting. Goulding is still a fluffybunny
It's all tied up with 9 seconds to go and United have the ball. I'm loving the effort, this Pardon guy is a real battler. And Golding misses a midrange J so we go to OT
Two turnovers from our 7 and that's the game. Loved the effort, if we can play like this often we will do okay