Save Our South Dragons

Well this is also going to be a big game and it will be hard for our boys, going  into such a bias venue, but hopefully we can handle it and that plenty of Dragons fans get along and support the boys! It would be amazing if we could get the win and stretch our series lead to 2-0!

Dragons by 2.

Interesting to see if it will sell-out?

Yea I actually reckon we will win this game, dont know why just have a good feeling we will win it but it will be close. Hope Donta can posterise Anstey or Ere that would be brilliant. Hope monopoly man doesnt ref this game he was awful in the last game just pathetic.

Dragons by 4

Ebi Ere and Tremmell Darden

Melbourne Tigers vs South Dragons

Where and When: Friday 6 March, State Netball and Hockey Centre, 7.30pm (AEDT)

Past Three Head-to-Head
South Dragons 93-81 Melbourne Tigers, Game 1, Grand Final 2009.
South Dragons 93-83 Melbourne Tigers, Round 21 2009.
Melbourne Tigers 92-86 South Dragons, Round 20 2009.

Season Series
Dragons 3-1

Final Standings
Tigers (20-10) second, Dragons (22-8) first

Losing the first game of a grand final series is nothing new for the Melbourne Tigers, so expect Al Westover's team to come back very hard.

Last season the Sydney Kings thrashed the Tigers in the opening game of the grand final series and we all know what happened after that, so being down 1-0 is not the end of the world.

Game one was very close until the final three minutes, with neither side able to open up more than a seven-point advantage until the Dragons' run in the final stages.

The Tigers will need to play better to level the series, but you would expect them to do so on their home court.

Chris Anstey was one of the Tigers best players in the opening game of the series, but Westover will be hoping Ebi Ere and David Barlow can combine for better matches this time round.

Barlow and Ere combined for 8-of-27 from the field and the Tigers will get swept this series if this duo continue to shoot this poorly.

But you can be guaranteed that one of the two will come out and have a big one in this match and it is just matter of the Tigers getting an even contribution from their bench.

Dave Thomas was good off the bench in game one and if the Tigers can get some more out of Stephen Hoare and Luke Kendall they will be back in the series in no time.

But the Dragons looked good on Wednesday night and it is not going to be easy for the Tigers.

You know the Dragons are going to get another good match out of Mark Worthington, while import Donta Smith has the ability to singlehandedly take over late in a game.

Fellow import Tremmell Darden didn't have a great game on Wednesday, while point-guard Adam Gibson was also down on his usual consistent form so the Dragons do have areas they can improve on.

But providing one out of Ere or Barlow can catch fire early and have a big game, the Tigers can bounce back and level the series.

Tip: Tigers by five

Just went on ticketmaster and there were heaps of really good tickets for sale! looks like they might of officially pissed their supporters off this time!

They know their going to lose thats it yea but the nerve of the tigers to screw up their ticketing is ridiclious why have the prices so high, it does bad things for the game and mcpeake is on the damn Reform Board and he is the main villian here.

Yep. We have to be making this a spectacle! We are getting alot of press and people who use to go are considering returning and it is catching the public's interest, so we have to get as many there as possible, yet it seems the Tigers are trying to do everything they can to screw it up! I mean why would they attend a tigers game when they can attend a Dragons game for half the price!

I say Dragons by 1 point and for Donta Smith to rip it up! As there are still plenty of seats available im not sure the cage is going to be that intimidating!! Hopefully there can be lots of South Dragons supporters there to drown out the Tigers supporters!

im going to this game as well,well im going to em all lol

We can and will win this and it will be close but lets get it on!!

Also we have to out chant the Tiger ferals

where are you guys sitting im in North stand...

Well i Cant go unfortunately, because of my mum's bday but will force the people at the bar to put thebball on and get rid of the stupid nab  cup! Carn dragons! If we win tonight we all have to take brooms to game three!!!

Tigers will win this 1 im sorry.

They will win the whole thing too.

southdragons at 09:55PM on Mar 05, 2009

Well i Cant go unfortunately, because of my mum's bday but will force the people at the bar to put thebball on and get rid of the stupid nab  cup! Carn dragons! If we win tonight we all have to take brooms to game three!!!

Man get em to put it on there is more than one T.V hey

Ill cheer for ya,hope we pull out a win as Tigers will be fired up...

Well dissapointing result for us tonight! It looked like we had it with the roll we had in the final term! Oh well we can't win them all an that now means that sunday night is the biggest game of the season!

I watched it in a bar, and was so surprised to see all of about 20 of them really enjoying the game and cheering for the Dragons!! Unfortuntely there was no sound, so can you tell me what our Dragins fans were like? Any chants?? Also interesting that the tigers only managed to get 3,000 people there lol!

Well obviously it was not the result that we wanted! But once again i felt it was our defence at the crutcial points that let us down:( By the way the crowd was shit, and that is exactly what they deserved!! Seemed like nothing went our way in regards to the foul count with the tigers getting 15 more free throws than us!!

Think that earth quake was not that, rather Seamus when he was jumping up and down:D

I actually heard the Dragons chants it was good as to stick it em up the Tiger, but they won awful we had them at the end with those turnovers but we didnt score and ere hit that shot to put it out of reach. NOW WE GO GAME 3 and take it there.

i was directly behind the basket and Burston got fouled everytime but the refs were not in position to see it...

Also the Cage man what a shithole of a place,no wonder it doesnt sell out its near impossible to get to and its just a full on dump!!!!

Top game we came from 12 down at one point,man Gorjian can coach he came up with 4 plays that got us back in the game then 2 more but we missed the shots.

Good series 1 all now

Yea I couldnt believe the four tigers turnovers to put us stragiht back in the game but now we will have to go 2-1 up on them tomorrow.