Even West Coast Fever coach Sue Gaudion had to laugh at the irony of an indoor game being called off because the surface was too wet to continue.
But she struggled to find the amusement in the competition point it cost her side.
A decrepit and leaky roof at Challenge Stadium in Perth forced her side's round 10 ANZ Championship match against Central Pulse to be abandoned at half-time.
The game was declared a draw and both sides were awarded a point.
But the Fever led 33-16 and looked well on its way to recording its second win of the season, before umpires Jacqui Jashari and Kate Wright decided the court was too slippery to allow the game to continue.
"I've heard every joke you can possibly imagine and you have to laugh about it," Gaudion said.
"To be 17 goals up at half-time pretty much tells the story about how the game was going to finish, so not to get the [extra] point was really disappointing."
Gaudion had not considered whether the competition should introduce a reserve day or make an allowance for the game to be completed at a later date.
However, she did find it strange the game was declared a draw when the rules of the competition state games must be played to a result.
Had the match restarted after a 40-minute break, during which staff worked in vain to stop the leak, then, according to the competition rules, the Fever would have been declared the winner.
"We only had to step on to the court and get the first whistle gone to get a result . . . and I think that should have taken place.
"We had a great crowd . . . and to watch them have to stand up and leave 40min after half-time was pretty gut-wrenching for us as a club."
Gaudion described the game as a moral victory and said the team was looking forward to playing the Southern Steel in Dunedin on Monday night.
"We're very keen to get down there and play.
"Certainly, they are a side that is building some momentum . . . But we've got some really good match-ups that we can play against Steel, so I think it will be a really interesting game."
The Fever arrives in Dunedin on Sunday afternoon.
