NBL 2004-2005 Season Thread

[J@3]

May aswell start a new thread for the new season, here's some game reports...

The Pigs have backed up after their last night’s pre-season win over the Hunter Pirates to score an impressive come-from-behind victory over the highly fancied Brisbane Bullets at Coffs Harbour this evening.

The Pigs bounced back after trailing as much as 17 points in the third quarter to win by 94-91. Aaron Trahair top scored with 29 points, Luke McMillan added 17, Scott McGregor 15 and Sam Mackinnon 14.

Coach Mark Watkins was inspired by his team’s spirit:: “I was very pleased with the way we came back and the fighting qualities that the team showed.”

The Razorbacks’ next trial is on 15 September against the Wollongong Hawks at Thornleigh (Sydney).

PRE SEASON DATES/RESULTS
28 Aug - Hunter 97, Razorbacks 81 @ Hills
3 Sept - Hunter 104, Razorbacks 123 @ Grafton
4 Sept - Brisbane 91, Razorbacks 94 @ Coffs Harbour

After leading for most of the match, the Bullets bench players outlasted a surging Pirates team to win 92-86.

No official stats were kept for the match, but Steven Black & Kevin Freeman both kept the scorebench busy for Brisbane despite not playing a lot of minutes. Freeman has shown great form in both preseason matches so far and looks to be fully fit, exhibiting a soft touch around the hoop as well the extraordinary athleticism for which he is reknowned.

Geordie Cullen was best for Hunter, even though he exploded in the 2nd half with an unsportsmanlike foul, followed by a technical foul. That put Steven Black to the line to shoot four free throws, and he hit them all to put the Bullets up by 16 points with possession.

Bench players, Adam Darragh, Michael Shaw, Peni Nasalo, Miles Pearce & Matt Smith played much of the 4th quarter as the Bullets starters were rested.

Peni Nasalo performed well in extended minutes and clinched the game with a steal and a pair of free throws in the closing seconds after Hunter had closed the gap to just 2 points with a minute remaining.

For Brisbane, both Bobby Brannen & Mick Hill were rested with ankle injuries, and Derek Rucker took the game off to give Adam Darragh and Michael Shaw a chance to run the point guard spot. Mick Hill sustained an as yet undiagnosed ankle injury in Saturday nights game in Coffs Harbour. He will undergo an MRI Monday in Brisbane to determine the extent of the injury.

Good ol' Australian basketball coverage means it's near impossible to find other pre-season results.

Last edited by J@3 on Thu Oct 07, 2004 1:58 pm, edited 2 times in total.

I've got to start barracking for a new team now that Victoria's dead, and I hate the Tigers

Any suggestions?

Newcastle and New Zealand are both on the up, and you can get away with supporting them without being called a bandwagoner.

i think most aussie ppl on here know who im gonna say coz i have close ties with the team

If you start supporting Brisbane or Sydney now, you're a bandwagoner.

ive always been a bullets fan they my hometown team and shit plus i work for them so its not bandwaggin

I wasnt talking about you, I mean if anyone starts supporting Brisbane/Sydney from this season onwards they're a bandwagoner.

aight i get ya

awww man- does that mean i'm a bandwagoner?

hey- did i tell anyone that our 1sts and 16 A's coach is a former brisbane bullet. Won a championship with my freind's coach as his coach (my friend goes to Grammer) and our firsts played against a firsts team being coached by Leroy Loggins who was a teammate with our coach and was coached by my friend's coach! oh yeah

plus... my english teacher is ancient... he taught english to my coach... (just wanted to share it!)

Last edited by Fresh8 on Mon Sep 06, 2004 8:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.

coool

for anyone interested since its preseason related
http://www.bullets.com.au/news/?fuseaction=info&id=301

brief:

bullets vs kings
this saturday @boondall sports centre Brisbane
tickets $10
should cut sik

hmmm... exams have finished... maybe i will go.

might see ya there not that i know who u are and stuff

lol- true that!

hmmm...its at Boodal? EDIT: yeah it is

NBL? huh?

Oh right, that thing!

Yeah I might have to go to a couple of games this season...

Go the Tigers, the Chicago Bulls of the NBL, just let all our talent go to other clubs where they prove themselves to be good players

i found out wat time the bullets vs kings pre season game is at it will be at 7pm with doors opening at 6pm for those interested

Cool man!

went to the game was ok jason smith was hot from 3pt line got to catch up with my bullet connections and stuff got to get the game ball from court 5 as well wasnt disappointed i didnt know bullets had a 7'0+ guy lanky mofo

u got the game ball? sweet

i didnt go man... i iwll see a few regular season games though. Yeah- i was screwed...i rolled my ankle and was feelin pretty low.

nah i got to get the game ball to pass it back to ref its some molten shooting ball they were using if u check nbl homepage u'll see a lil pic og gms/ceos holding 1 of those balls


still cant get over gorjians unprofessionalism with the trackpants

nah i got to get the game ball to pass it back to ref

hehe i know sad but true felt like a 8yr old kid mentioning it too

haha... if u got the game ball... that would have been something..

and then there's this...

hahaha yeah i dont think the nbl could afford another ball if i got the gameball......jk