Phil Smyth
Phil Smyth
Philip John Smyth AMis an Australian former basketball player and four-time Olympian who won three National Basketball Leaguechampionships with the Canberra Cannons before going on to be a three-time championship-winning head coach of the NBL's Adelaide 36ers...
across basket eggs putting taller tigers
But we won't be putting all our eggs in the one basket as the Tigers are much taller than us right across every position.
guys happy pigs scrappy stuck team ugly win
Sometimes you have to win ugly -- the Pigs are a scrappy team and I was really happy with how the guys stuck it out.
dusty paying point risking
There's no point in us risking Dusty now and paying for it in the finals.
change coach definitely effort game likes message players rant rave rooms sort understood
I was very disappointed in their effort in that quarter. I'm not the sort of coach that likes to rant and rave but the players would have definitely understood my message in the change rooms after the game - it was unacceptable.
both final game played
Had it been a final game both would have played at a pinch.
coming guys knew talk
We knew coming in, but the guys didn't talk about it.
blow gives lose moving reviewing
It's a big blow to lose Jacob but we're moving on and reviewing the opportunities this gives us.
bit finally hoping together
We were hoping to finally have everyone together but now it's just going to take a bit longer.
best played
Defensively it was probably the best we've played all season.
advantage either fourth third
Third or fourth place isn't an advantage either way.
came clutch front game great hit job last noses
Cairns did a really great job to get back into the game and then got their noses in front after our great start. In the end, it came down to the last play and Maher hit a clutch bucket.