uz som spominal ze Canberre sa vracia na center repre hracka Opals, superstar Marianne Tolo
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/marianna-tolo-set-for-long-awaited-capitals-return-on-sunday-20181204-p50k39.html

samozrejme po deviatich mesiacoch pauzy to isto nebude super vykon a nejaka velka minutaz ale minimalne vzpruha pre spoluhracky, lakadlo pre divakov atd. Pred sezonou okrem Tolo podpisali WNBL sampionku rozohravacku Kelly Wilson z Townsville, potom po siestich sezonach v Bendigu prestupila do Canberry naj hracka Bendiga, ich kapitanka Kelsey Griffin, pre nu to bude specialny zapas dnes kedze v Bendigu stravila vela sezon

https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/5798557/kelsey-griffin-nat-hurst-set-to-face-former-teams-in-wnbl/?cs=13346

+ dve dalsie top mena zenskeho basketu ktore Canberra podpisala su repre rozohravacka Opals, Leilani Mitchell a kanadska hviezda Kia Nurse. Canberra Capitals pre mna najvacsi kandidat na titul a taketo zapasy ako dnes musia vyhravat o 10-15 bodov ak sa chcu do final4 pozriet, momentalne tretie miesto, posledne dva zapasy prehry v Adelaide 83:91 a u lydra v Perthe 84:88. V tom poslednom zapase v Perthe minuly vikend, spominana Kelsey Griffin dostala ramenom do hlavy od Taylor a skoncila zakrvavena, s niekolkymi stehmi na hlave ale je pre zajtrajsi zapas je pripravena a hrat bude.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/basketball/blood-spill-sparks-calls-for-wnbl-referees-to-lift-their-standard-20181201-p50jk9.html
https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/article/2018/12/04/capitals-coach-fined-comments-after-griffin-injury
coach Canberra teamu za protesty dostal pokutu, niet divu ze protestoval kedze uz pred dvoma tyzdnami mala problemy s narazenym hrudnikom aj kanadanka Nurse so zapasu proti Dandenongu po zrazke s Rachel Jarry. Nurse vsak hrala v poslednom ligovom zapase v Perthe bez obmedzenia cize zranenie nebolo vazne.
Statisticky, Kelsey Griffin vedie ligovu statistiku v doskokoch, je druha naj strelkyna ligy s priemerom 18.55 bodu na zapas, dalej Wilson vedie ligovu statistiku v pocte asistencii, Mitchell je tretia naj co sa ziskanych lopt tyka, kanadanka Nurse je piata naj strelkyna ligy, cize uz len na tom vidno akym kadrom Canberra disponuje + vracia sa Tolo a v teame je aj mlada talentovana podkosova hracka Lauren Scherf.

U Bendiga sa vsetko toci resp. kazda lopta ide cez rozohravacku Natalie Hurst, su tam este hracky ako Tomlison na centri ktora sa spolocne s Payne stara o podkos ale Hurst je proste hviezda Bendiga a superi to vedia co bol v poslednych zapasoch dost velky problem kedze teamom vacsinou staci ubranit Hurst pri ceste za vitazstvom.

“Hurst is being scragged, there’s someone on her shorts the whole time,” coach Pritchard said.
“It means she’s not available to receive any shots, she can’t do anything.”
Hurst said it was frustrating to not be able to play “my style of game” with a high amount of pressure from opponents.
“Teams know the ball runs through me..they figure if they take me out of the game then our rhythm will be off,” Hurst said.

Posledne 3 zapasy Bendigo prehralo velkymi rozdielmi, najprv v Townsville 51:93, potom v Sydney 64:85 (pre Sydney to bola prva vyhra v sezone) a naposledy v piatok rano tento tyzden nasho casu v Perthe 68:86 a to je zapas na ktory sa Bendigo sustredilo kedze kto sleduje australsku WNBL tak vie ze z Perthu do Canberry kde bude hrat Bendigo v nedelu rano nasho casu je to 3700km a len let trva takmer 4 hodiny cisteho casu, co spomina nizsie ako velky problem aj coach Bendiga, Pritchard. Bendigo viedlo po prvej stvrtine 19:10 najma super vykonom spominanej Nadeen Payne ale to bolo tak vsetko, od druhej stvrtiny bol na palubovke prakticky len Perth ktory aj bez zranenej Maddie Allen na centri zdolal Bendigo o 18 bodov.

Spirit coach Simon Pritchard said the team would exert all their energy in an effort to defeat the Lynx on Friday night.
“The tiredness and the travel factor from Perth to Canberra means it’s almost a scheduling loss,” Pritchard said.
“It’s almost impossible to run across to the other side of the country to play Canberra afterwards...
so we have to put all our effort on Perth to try and beat the top team.”

Cize pre Bendigo dlhe cestovanie do Canberri cez celu Australiu po prehre v Perthe, forma z poslednych troch zapasov zalostna, ked vsetky 3 teamy (Townsville, Sydney, Perth) ubranili jednu z dvoch nebezpecnych hracok Bendiga, Hurst (to druhou je Payne) ajasne Bendigo zdolali. Za Canberru navyse hra kapitanka Bendigo z minulej sezony, Kelsey Grifin ktora Hurst velmi dobre pozna, kader Canberri je full + na center sa vracia repre hracka Tolo,
minimalne o 10 by to domace mali zvladnut.