Kolzee
A couple of hours ago
Hawks should take this comfortably, especially because breakers have one big with nbl level defence so McGee should have a field day.
Kolzee
A couple of hours ago
Sorry posted under general. Is it possible to move it to NBL?
Luuuc
Within the hour
Oooh, it's the first game of the IGNITE CUP, which the NBL are trying their best to make into the next "fetch".
Summary for anyone else like me that hasn't paid much attention to what that is:
Starting from October 8th, games will be played each Wednesday night and will count towards the regular season standings.
Meanwhile a new quarter-by-quarter scoring system will keep a separate Ignite Cup ladder, culminating in a standalone Ignite Cup Final, played outside of the traditional schedule, with a massive total prize pool of $400,000.
The winning team will take home $300,000, while the runner-up receives $100,000.
In a league-first, 60% of the prize money will go directly to players, rewarding their performance on-court and the remaining 40% going back to the clubs.
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While the winning club will still be awarded 3 points for securing the overall victory, teams also earn 1 point for each quarter they win. In instances where both clubs score an equal number of points in a quarter, a half-point (0.5) will be awarded to each.
Kolzee
Today
I laughed at coach kop's response when asked if the ignite cup scoring system changed his approach... he said "we tried to win every quarter anyway"!!
RobT
Within the hour
Lots to play for/prove tonight. For both teams.
Firstly, NZ's desire. Are they determined enough to have a real go or are they already dropping their heads? A fairy tale, if they win, (in true Scandinavian tradition, Hey HC Kopp?)(Will he Finnish his losing streak?)
Secondly,for Illawarra, the danger in this game would be a, "happily ever after" ending. HC Tatum would have trouble "justin-ying" that in his after-game presser.
Dunkman
A few minutes ago
I'm very happy with the concept, Wednesday games is a great idea imo, plus be a bonus to win a bit extra cash. I’m a coach Kop fan, hopefully his side can make a good match of it. It would be good for nz fans to see at least a close one.
On the other side of the coin, hawks need a win and are a far better team than breakers. To big to strong, hawks by 20, hopefully I’m way off the mark.
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