February 4th, 2010 by Dusty Rychart

Huge win last night against Perth at home. As I was interviewed after the game by Shane “the Hammer” Heal he asked what are we playing for since we most likely won’t make the playoffs. Well self-pride, for a team next year and for the community. Just because the playoffs might be out of reach doesn’t mean we just lay over and let teams come in here and beat us.

With 2 more games to go we can finish this season strong and give us confidence heading into the 2010/2011 season. Over the last few weeks we’ve been playing our best ball of the year. To bad it took us until the end of the season to gel and understand each other. That’s always the hardest part of putting together a new team. You never know when and if there is going to be chemistry among the team and that’s what we were fighting to find for most of the year. Hopefully we can learn from this and understand that we have to find it earlier next season or we will be in the same position.

One thing is for certain and there are 3 teams in the playoffs and one (Hawks) need just one more win to secure their spot. I really don’t have a clear favorite but the way the Wildcats came at us in the 1st quarter last night was a sign of a championship team but they fizzled down the stretch. Right now my two for the grand final are the Blaze vs Wildcats. If the Wildcats get home court advantage then I think they are the clear favorites just because of the homer calls they get at the Jungle. Whatever happens, this years playoffs are going to be the most intense and exciting the NBL has seen in years. Get on board