D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on the Breakers beating Melbourne United in NBL

The Breakers are celebrating their latest victory after Monday night's basketball blowout.

They have consolidated top spot on the Australian NBL basketball ladder after dispatching hosts Melbourne United 113-79.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave unpacked this victory further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Darcy water Grave Sports store coasters with me right now, Dars, Hello,
how you doing? Have you put money on the No? No?
Why not? Did I forgot? Did you see? I know
the sweep steak came out yesterday? Emailed? I try really
hard when I'm not at work to not open my
email you, so I completely missed it. I'm not interested.

(00:23):
If you want to content about work, contact me in
working hours. I really don't want to know. But also,
over the weekend just gone, I had to watch so
much sport and I had a lot of it recorded
because I was backing up I was going to I
didn't want to open anything like an email, Twitter, just
in case I got that spoiled. Just on what happened

(00:45):
with the cricket in India. Of course I was watching.
That's what I was watching. I just waiting for someone
to text me don't do it, so I avoid. So
I got into the real world about nine this morning.
I should wake up and find it. And I was like,
oh right, a sweet are that thing? It must be
the first Tuesday of November. I know that much I

(01:06):
missed out. I always feel a bit bad because the
citters in it way to make some easy money but oh,
it's not that. Very rarely goes my way, to be honest,
it's not easy and it's not easy yet. How were
the Breakers sitting at the top of the NBL by
pounding the adelaide? And then last night that was extraordinary game.
They went to Melbourne United. Dean Vickerman used to coach

(01:27):
here as a coach, there best defensive team in the
camp so far in their own gym, where the Breakers
just can't beat them, and they proceeded to paddle them.
What's going on? They couldn't miss. I think they shot
sixty five sixty six percent just on a winning ste
and they accelerated. Well. The fascinating thing here is that

(01:47):
three of their best players aren't even on the court
right now. And what happened last season with Modi Mayor
is they held their team together with the last of
plaster and band aids and they armham managed to get
to where they go, but they didn't get any further. So, yeah,
they've got some injuries and that's always going to slow
things down, but every team does. But the next crew

(02:09):
coming through, I'm putting it all at the feet of
the coach, because what coach kop They like to call
him apparently, so I pretend I'm a breaker coach cop. Plainly,
he's got the hearts and the minds of these players.
He might be good at exits and those, but he's
they've brought into his vision and all of the young
guys coming through and everyone else. I was like, yeah,
we know what you're doing. You should see mid court

(02:32):
and the way they're passing the ball. It is a
thing of beauty. So they're dialed in and they're going. Now,
of course I guess the death because all the Aussie
commentators going, they've got to be favorites for the title.
Now in the moment you call a favorite. Yeah, I know,
I know, but like really very satisfying to watch from
a hoop's point of view. I thank you very much, Darcy,

(02:53):
appreciate it, Darcy water Grave. That was my best horse.
It was a great horse. Sports talk host back at
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