OK finally a match worthy (just) of the title: MATCH OF THE ROUND!
Geelong Vipers (76) v Shepparton Shooters (67)
(35545879)It was like these teams realised they needed to put on a good show, playing inside 'the guild' – the amos rogues massive home court. Although with 12410 attending It was still only just over half full – still that's a bigger crowd than both these teams are used to. Shep took the first period by a point, and if I hadn't used my dead possum pun in the previous write up I would use it again – maybe something about people from the country and collecting roadkill? Because in the second period the Shooters just weren't there, scoring just 5 points to the Vipers 24. The shooters came back hard though maybe pushing a little too hard, with both Junel Viojan and Prelazzi fouling out, in fact the question was asked later if the Shep Boys thought it was actually a pre-aranged punch up with the Geelong boys (the rivalry runs deep for biggest country city in Vic), 20 fouls to 11 showed Geelong came there to play ball, not fight.
3 votes – Francois Cartier Geelong Vipers
This match was won in the 2nd period, and it is clear to see that this is when Francois Frenchy stepped up. Getting board after board, and even pulling off the offensive rebound from his own missed freethrow, and scoring the two. 3 assists and 3 blocks and 3 votes.
2 votes - Makarios Gkonias Geelong Vipers
The MG cruised with 15 boards completing the Vipers dominance of the inside court. Playing at PF should have been harder against Junel...
1 vote – Benjamin Journet Shepparton Shooters
When his teammates were fouling left right and centre, Benny kept his cool only dropping the 1 foul (he didn't want to be left out of the fun entirely). Top scoring for the Shooters and doing it pretty efficiently too.