Four from four, 100%, perfect - they are just a few ways to describe my tipping last week. Must put me up there with all other tipsters around Australia that picked the same in a very lop-sided Round 5 of the NBL.

That’s  probably the only positive to come out of last weekend's games as my team, the Taipans, were hammered, belted, and pummelled into submission by a very slick Melbourne Taipans (oops that should be Tigers).

The game started with the Snakes posting the first two points and the Tigers powered on the next 14 to take a commanding lead, and extended the lead to 17 by the end of the first quarter.

The Taipans made a poultry two from 13 from the field and only scoring nine points for the first stanza.

Just when you thought that things couldn’t get any worse, the lead blew out to a massive 22 points with only 90 seconds gone in the second quarter. This was the margin at half time with the Snakes putting up 12 three pointers in the first half missing all of them, and from the floor finished with seven from 31 at a miserable 22.5%.

The third quarter saw the margin end up increasing by three as the Snakes were again off target at 25% from the floor.

A resurgent Taipans came out in the fourth posting the first 14 points and looking like the may snatch the unwinnable for the hosts, but alas the Tigers steadied and ran out comfortable 17 point winners.

At a quick glance this looks a big margin, but when you factor in that the Snakes shot 23 from 73 at 32% from the field and one from 25 at only 4% from outside, put up 10 more shots and had eight more free throws than the Tigers, this game could and should have been won by the visitors.

Patty Mills did himself no favours to Australian basketball fans by flopping like an Italian soccer player at the World cup. Watch the video (top left) and you make up your own mind, but form me, poor form Patty. 

Well enough of that game. Let’s look to the future and Round 6. 

It starts off with the Breakers at home against the poor travelling Hawks - The Breakers to win by a thousand.

Melbourne will host the Crocs in a game that might just turn spiteful as ex Crocs coach, Gleeson, squares off against them for the first time this year - Tigers by 3.

Gold Coast host Perth on Saturday night, with the Blaze 1-4 and the Cats 4-1, Perth by 7.

The 36ers are at home to the Kings. This is a toss of the coin but I'm tipping the home team by 9.

And to finish off Round 6 the Snakes will be at home on Sunday night at 6.30pm to the Perth Wildcats who will have played two games in 24 hours. Let us hope the Blaze belt them from pillar to post. I'm sticking my neck out here - the Snakes to win by 7.

Let us hope I'm 100% again this week and I”ll catch you on the rebound.

Double Oh

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