SA Footy

The 36ers opened the Merlion Cup in Singapore tonight with a big win over Yulon Lexgen Dinos from Taiwan 104-46. For the 36ers Shannon Shorter scored 20 and Ronald Roberts had 19 and for the Dinos Bryan Davis scored 17.

Also in another pre-season game tonight the Perth Wildcats beat the Cairns Taipans 90-80 in Cairns.

The 36ers tonight had a comprehensive win over the home team former NBL club Singapore Slingers at the Merlion Cup 95-52 to advance to the semi-finals. For the Sixers Mitch Creek scored 17 and Nathan Sobey had 15 and for the Slingers Xavier Alexander and Ryan Wright each scored 12.

One other pre-season game tonight the Illawarra Hawks beat the Brisbane Bullets 94-67 in Logan.

The 36ers have advanced to final of the Merlion Cup in Singapore with a semi-final win tonight over Jeonju KCC Egis from South Korea 94-72 with Mitch Creek scoring 27 points. In the final we will meet the Shanghai Sharks with Brian Goorjian on the coaching staff and the team owned by Yao Ming.

Also tonight the Cairns Taipans beat the Perth Wildcats 98-80 in Cairns. For the Taipans Cam Gliddon scored 19 and Michael Carrera scored 13 and for the Wildcats Lucas Walker scored 19 and JP Tokoto scored 14.

The final of the Merlion Cup in Singapore between the 36ers and Shanghai is being streamed live from 6:30pm.

An excellent performance by the 36ers tonight winning the Merlion Cup crown beating the Shanghai Sharks 101-81 in the final. To be fair the Chinese team were missing CBA MVP Jimmer Fredette but still no mercy was shown. For the Sixers Mitch Creek scored 21, Shannon Shorter had 20 and Daniel Johnson 19 and for the Brian Goorjian coached Sharks Nick Minnerath scored 28 and Hanlin Dong had 22. I suspect the club might look back on this tournament in Singapore as perhaps the beginning of something special.

In another pre-season game tonight the Illawarra Hawks beat the Brisbane Bullets 96-92 on the Sunshine Coast. For the Hawks Demitrius Conger scored 23 and Nick Kay had 16 and for the Bullets Perrin Buford scored 21 and Stephen Holt added 19.

In an NBL pre-season game tonight the Perth Wildcats beat the Sydney Kings 88-77 in Mona Vale. For the Wildcats Lucas Walker scored 17 and JP Tokoto had 16 and for the Kings Isaac Humphries & Kevin Lisch each scored 14.

Also today the Brooklyn Nets announced they've signed Akil Mitchell who had that devastating eye injury with the Breakers last season. Mitchell is now the third import from the NBL last season to be signed by an NBA team joining Terrance Ferguson (Oklahoma City) and Torrey Craig (Denver).

http://www.nba.com/nets/news/2017/09/24 ... -mitchell/

A couple of pre-season games played tonight the Perth Wildcats beat the Sydney Kings 86-85 in Sydney. For the Wildcats JP Tokoto scored 26 and for the Kings Perry Ellis scored 21 points.

Also the NZ Breakers beat the Brisbane Bullets 83-67 in Tauranga. For the Breakers DJ Newbill & Kirk Penney each scored 16 and for the Bullets Reuben Te Rangi scored 17 and Perrin Buford added 14.

Daniel Johnson signed on for 3 years