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Goorjian 'dirty' with Smyth jibe
By Nikki Osborne
December 12, 2005
SYDNEY Kings coach Brian Goorjian was disgusted by a time-out address captured by Fox Sports from Adelaide coach Phil Smyth that incited a spiteful last quarter.
In front of the cameras on Saturday night, Smyth suggested to his players and the viewing audience that the Kings were playing dirty and that his side should give as good as he thought it was getting.
"I thought it was disgusting," Goorjian said. "This team is very similar to his, it is an offensive juggernaut that runs up and down the floor and exchanges baskets.
"What they had going on out there in the fourth quarter and to be saying that on the camera to the viewing audience, I thought it was off.
"And that might be the problem with having microphones in the huddle, you are sending a message and (in this case) that message is an opinion, one that we certainly don't have and the referees didn't have and I don't think the commentators had either."
Goorjian, whose side comfortably won despite a late comeback by the 36ers, was unaware of the incident at the time but watched the Fox Sports replay yesterday morning.
Sydney led all night but Adelaide closed the gap to 10 points before subsiding with a series of ill-tempered fouls.
"I obviously couldn't hear what was being said at the time but obviously they went about the fourth-quarter comeback in a very physical manner," Goorjian said.
"When we got that lead they had to come back in some form and they elected to get physical and I think we did a good job of staying focused and not losing it ... I am quite confident in the style of defence and the integrity with which we are playing."
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The Kings, triple NBL champion, has won 15 consecutive games and is one victory from equalling the league's longest winning streak.
Goorjian 'dirty' with Smyth jibe
By Nikki Osborne
December 12, 2005
SYDNEY Kings coach Brian Goorjian was disgusted by a time-out address captured by Fox Sports from Adelaide coach Phil Smyth that incited a spiteful last quarter.
In front of the cameras on Saturday night, Smyth suggested to his players and the viewing audience that the Kings were playing dirty and that his side should give as good as he thought it was getting.
"I thought it was disgusting," Goorjian said. "This team is very similar to his, it is an offensive juggernaut that runs up and down the floor and exchanges baskets.
"What they had going on out there in the fourth quarter and to be saying that on the camera to the viewing audience, I thought it was off.
"And that might be the problem with having microphones in the huddle, you are sending a message and (in this case) that message is an opinion, one that we certainly don't have and the referees didn't have and I don't think the commentators had either."
Goorjian, whose side comfortably won despite a late comeback by the 36ers, was unaware of the incident at the time but watched the Fox Sports replay yesterday morning.
Sydney led all night but Adelaide closed the gap to 10 points before subsiding with a series of ill-tempered fouls.
"I obviously couldn't hear what was being said at the time but obviously they went about the fourth-quarter comeback in a very physical manner," Goorjian said.
"When we got that lead they had to come back in some form and they elected to get physical and I think we did a good job of staying focused and not losing it ... I am quite confident in the style of defence and the integrity with which we are playing."
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The Kings, triple NBL champion, has won 15 consecutive games and is one victory from equalling the league's longest winning streak.