voiced frustration over the lack of fouls<\/a> called on Dellavedova despite the pressure he applied to Cotton.<\/p>\n\u201cMatthew Dellavedova played how many minutes? He had zero fouls, guys,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay, zero fouls. This was the exact same thing that we had in Game 1. Now the scoring was different. The foul output for the game in Game 1 was 11 to 24. Today was 11 to 24. The main guy that\u2019s on Bryce Cotton had zero fouls.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, if they want to beat up the MVP and take him out, that\u2019s what the refs have allowed him to do. He doesn\u2019t even get to the free throw line, guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adelaide 36ers Head Coach Mike Wells after Game Three of the NBL Championship Series.Source: YouTube<\/p>\n
Speaking on the Big Sports Breakfast on Tuesday morning, Goorjian hit back strongly at Wells\u2019 comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s go here. Total respect for Bryce Cotton as a basketball player. Total respect for Kendric Davis as a basketball player.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Delly, this coach [Mike Wells] hasn\u2019t been around the block.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd now you\u2019re bringing in all the stuff that\u2019s going on with their manager, our manager, the trash talk \u2014 whatever. Great. That\u2019s showtime. That brings people to the stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut this is the game, and this is about respect.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMatthew Dellavedova talks to LeBron James. His championship in Cleveland – he praises to this day Delly\u2019s job on [Steph] Curry and what he did there, taking Curry out of that series.\u201d<\/p>\n
Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) is harassed by Cleveland Cavaliers’ Matthew Dellavedova (8) in the first quarter of Game 2 of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, June 7, 2015. (Doug Duran\/Bay Area News Group) (Photo by MediaNews Group\/Bay Area News via Getty Images) for TIMOTHY MORRISSEYSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a bronze medal for this country because of the job he did on Luka [Don\u010di\u0107].\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo there\u2019s a track record there, and there should be respect for him on how he goes about his business as a competitor and as a man.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo go in the paper and disrespect him like that and talk about the referees, I thought was weak.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can go where they want to go. We\u2019re bringing the same defensive tenacity to Bryce in Game 4, and we\u2019ll see where it takes us.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Matt, he is an Australian icon. He deserves his respect \u2014 his pay cheque. His NBA career, he\u2019s been there and done that, and got there for what he\u2019s doing with Bryce defensively. It is legal, it\u2019s tough, and it is why he is who he is.\u201d<\/p>\n
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 29: Bryce Cotton of the 36ers is challenged by Matthew Dellavedova of the Kings during game three of the NBL Grand Final series between Sydney Kings and Adelaide 36ers at Qudos Bank Arena, on March 29, 2026, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
With tensions rising between both sides, Game 4 is shaping up as the most explosive yet, with the 36ers hosting the Kings at 7:30pm AEDT at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary Sydney Kings head coach Brian Goorjian has called out rival Adelaide 36ers coach Mike Wells, labelling his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-576940","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-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576940","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=576940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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