{"id":305077,"date":"2025-11-24T06:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/305077\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T06:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:57:13","slug":"perth-wildcats-coach-john-rillie-furious-over-incorrect-three-second-ruling-in-loss-to-melbourne-united-press-conference-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/305077\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth Wildcats coach John Rillie furious over incorrect three-second ruling in loss to Melbourne United, press conference video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perth Wildcats coach John Rillie was fuming after an incorrect interpretation of the three-second rule at a crucial point in his side\u2019s 98-87 loss to Melbourne United at John Cain Arena on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Watch live coverage of NBL and WNBL 2025-26 seasons with ESPN on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkbasketball-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-basketball-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rillie was irate with the referee on the sidelines in the moment and voiced his displeasure in the post-game press conference after United centre Jesse Edwards was not called for a three-second violation in his attacking key when the Wildcats were trailing by just two points with one minute, 41 seconds left on the clock.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards stepped out of the key after his allowed three seconds, but Rillie rightly pointed out that he illegally backtracked over the baseline, which is not allowed under FIBA rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a two-point game with a minute, 45 to go,\u201d Rillie said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know the rules sir?<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763806450_225_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201c1.45 to 1.41, how many seconds is that? Four?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then I read the FIBA rules, you can\u2019t step over the baseline to reset the count.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wildcats have lost seven straight games at John Cain Arena dating back to December 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Rillie believes the Wildcats have endured the rough end of the crucial decisions at the venue far too often.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last two times I\u2019ve been into this building, it would be nice to get a call go our way at some stage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey deserved to win, don\u2019t get me wrong our team, we fought, we gave ourselves a chance, but the last two times I\u2019ve been in the building &#8230; tough to take sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest with you, in a game like that, we\u2019re not playing great, they\u2019re playing really good but we have a chance, we have a chance and that\u2019s all you ask for is a chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a two-point game with a minute, 41 to go, you compete, you practice, all you want to do is have a chance to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rillie did not shirk his own team\u2019s failings resulting in United\u2019s 11-point win.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE<\/p>\n<p>NBL TALKING POINTS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/basketball\/nbl\/nbl26-the-scary-truth-about-melbourne-united-ladder-results-analysis-latest-news-talking-points-shea-ili-return\/news-story\/a048bf722fbc16f6e05495fc22f2c386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Scary truth behind title favourites; ex-NBA star who holds the key<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Rillie gives United praise despite the frustrating loss.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The 10 less offensive rebounds to the Wildcats stuck out like a sore thumb, as well as the 12-6 turnover count.<\/p>\n<p>While offensively damaging with 19 points, centre Jo Lual-Acuil Jr lowered his colours to United\u2019s Jesse Edwards in the big man battle, out-rebounded 16 to three in the match up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust getting beaten on the glass in key moments,\u201d Rillie said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s disappointing because that\u2019s something that we talk about all the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just beat us in the possession game fairly and squarely right there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A little win on the night for Perth was its defending of United star Chris Goulding.<\/p>\n<p>Having averaged 29.6 points and 6.6 threes against the Wildcats over the past five meetings, Goulding was restricted to just 11 points and one three-pointer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know every team has some kind of superstar and we\u2019ve gone Bryce Cotton, Parker [Jackson-Cartwright], Bryce Hamilton and now Chris,\u201d Rillie said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur guys have been dialed in and doing a good job with that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel comfortable with where we are defensively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just the rebounding and turnovers are always a sore spot for me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Perth Wildcats coach John Rillie was fuming after an incorrect interpretation of the three-second rule at a crucial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,68088,171103,173945,173938,97614,68070,8084,173944,134411,10805,173941,7495,668,55989,173940,173942,173939,173943,85,173936,156347,173937,173946],"class_list":{"0":"post-305077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-chris-goulding","12":"tag-fiba-as","13":"tag-game-changing-call","14":"tag-incorrect-three-second-ruling","15":"tag-jesse-edwards","16":"tag-john-rillie","17":"tag-lance-jenkinson","18":"tag-man-battle","19":"tag-offensive-rebounds","20":"tag-parker","21":"tag-possession-game","22":"tag-post-game-press-conference","23":"tag-press-conference","24":"tag-press-conference-video","25":"tag-rules-blow-up","26":"tag-rules-sir","27":"tag-sore-spot","28":"tag-sore-thumb","29":"tag-sports","30":"tag-three-second-violation","31":"tag-title-favourites","32":"tag-turnover-count","33":"tag-two-point-game"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}