Woh.
Where to start here?
This was possibly the best ball game I’ve seen.
tl;dr the game was tied at the buzzer. Two periods of OT followed. There was very little to separate these teams. Newcastle just edged it.
Arse.
The first quarter started at an incredible pace. Surely both teams can’t keep this up for four quarters?
Erm, yep. Plus another ten minutes if you don’t mind.
Value for money, etc.
Miles Brown hit some big three pointers in the first quarter.
Rebs' Captain Tom Childs sat down his rival guard, delivered a killer pass, and then another three pointer was sunk.
“If you’re here supporting the Newcastle Knights, make some noise!”
…was the rather ironic words of encouragement from Mr MC.
There was no noise.
Ta for coming, etc.
Rebels took a 45-39 lead into the half time buzzer.
The Duck Tax was the HT fun. Parents of kids are ‘encouraged’ to part with £1 for a plastic duck, that is then thrown on to an archery style parachute on centre circle.
Even Rachel Reeves would blush, such is the fiscal soft hand technique used to raise a little extra revenue.
I sat on my hands.
The third and fourth quarters raced on by. Tom Childs played another massive game, dominating play and setting up the chances.
Rebs looked as though they had won the game, but a few costly errors led to five minutes of an OT shoot out.
To their credit, the Rebs reset, and went again. A rough period of play followed with some very physical passages of play.
Five minutes were up, and still you couldn’t separate the two teams on 103-103.
Shall we do it all over again?
SHOUT OUT to the home crowd. Everyone in the Arena got behind the Rebs. It was the best atmosphere we’ve had so far this season.
Some calm finishing from Newcastle saw the visitors over the line.
The Rebs bench looked broken at the buzzer.
They shouldn’t have. This was a marked improvement on the last home game two weeks ago.
We may not be the most talented team, but the commitment is there to see on court.
