The Sports Thread

This weekend sucked! The Aussie cricketers batting like shit & managed to lost the Fourth Test to the Poms while the Pistons lost to the lowly-ranked Utah Jazz as well. You get those weekends as a sports fan but the Pistons have the chance to redeem themselves against the LA Clippers this afternoon so I'm hoping for a better performance.

The Pistons fucking lost again yesterday which has really pissed me off. It seems like the other teams have discovered that if they can get Cade Cunningham into foul trouble early then they'll have a much stronger chance of beating us which is certainly the case & I'm surprised it's taken this long for them to figure it out. Kawaii Leonard had 55 points, equaling the Clippers' record points tally. Fucking killed us!! Here's hoping the Sydney Kings can thrash the last-placed Brisbane Bullets in this afternoon's NBL match to brighten my spirits.

The bloody Pistons have now lost three of their last four which is pissing me right off. Hopefully the Sydney Kings can continue our winning run tonight against the ladder-topping Adelaide 36ers.

And Usman Khawaja has announced that he is retiring from international cricket after the Fifth Test in Sydney next week. He's been a wonderful representative for the game but it is time for a changing of the guard. I just wish he didn't have a big whinge about his recent treatment at the hands of the media during his press conference announcement. It wasn't a great look in my opinion.

I'm having another bad little period for sport after my Sydney Kings lost to the Adelaide 36ers last night. It was a brilliant match though & showed that these two teams are likely to meet at the conclusion of the season to decide the ultimate champion.

Just watched great wins by Detroit Pistons over the Phoenix Suns & Sydney Kings over the Brisbane Bullets from yesterday with both teams looking really good chances at premierships this season which was a great way to kick off my weekend. Was also privileged to watch Dave Warner & Steve Smith hit supreme centuries in the Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixes BBL T20 match last night. Smith's was off just 40 balls with nine sixes!!

A tough-fought win for my Detroit Pistons over Steph Curry's Golden State Warriors this morning sees us maintaining our five-win lead over second place at the top of the Eastern Conference. We're looking really good to win the Eastern Conference this year actually & might even give the big-name Western Conference teams a shake for the championship too. Yew!

I'm now looking forward to tonight's second Australia vs Pakistan T20 cricket match & tomorrow's Sydney Kings vs Cairns Taipans NBL basketball match with the Kings in red-hot form & now up to second place on the ladder. I was pretty pissed with the Aussies losing game one against Pakistan a couple of days ago while chasing a total that looked pretty gettable to me so my expectations are high for a swift form reversal.

Another shitful effort by the Aussie T20 team overnight, this time being completely thrashed by Pakistan's spinners. I don't think the pitch was any sort of minefield because the Pakistani batsmen looked completely at home against our trio of spinners while our batsmen were totally at sea & made it look much more difficult than it was. It's time to get Steve Smith into the team in my opinion.