Beat me to it!

Expect emotions will be high tonight. Standing ovation from capacity crowd when Mahersey arrives and when he takes his final seat.

Breakers not even stand a chance tonight.

Oh, who will start the "Mars -see" chant

huge night for BB in the state, farewelling a ledgend.


as of yesterday venuetix said it was the best ticket sales ytd.

lets hope for 6500-7000

Thomo, 7000 would be awesome.

lets hope everyone gets down there, every member and true sixers fan.

Jack Toft, i like that idea, lets get the chant going

Standing ovation everytime Maher has the ball in his hands. Maher is the heart and soul of this club and a TRUE LEGEND!!!

Sad to say I will not get to see this game in person.

Good luck Sixers. Do It For Mahersy!!

Just like the Lillee chant in the 70s & 80s, if some people remember those decades.....

Brett wont need any red bulls tonight, he will be pumped and hopefully he goes on a shooting rampage!
Breakers might expect that and give him some extra defensive attention so hopefully all team mates to run extra interference for him tonight.

would like to see a few minutes of all SA boys on the court with him together.

Would also like to see Coops get a few extra prime minutes tonight with Balls and Luke playing low. It hasnt happened much all season but when he is out there with them, they both score much more freely, especially if the game is "physical". Coops with Balls is also our most aggressive offensive rebounder.

Lets be LOUD tonight. Go sixers!

Anon - If we lose, it may not be either.

But to get another home game will require us beating either Perth, New Zealand or Townsville away in the first week of finals.

Anon if we wind up playing finals at home there wont be anyone happier than me, thats for sure but just incase we maintain our problems away then I want to help send Brett off tonight. I will be ecstatic If I get a chance to send him off a second or third time and it is possible.

For us to progress successfully into finals we need better value from Grizz, like 20pts type value.
Alternately we need to pick up an extra 20pts from individual performances and the bench.
Hope it happens.

Every time Brett goes for a 3, the crowd should yell "BANG" in unison. A guy behind me does it and it sounds awesome.

is the game sold-out or will tickets still be available at the door?

I believe around 7100 tickets had been sold by 1.30pm this avo, I wouldn't want rely on buying tickets at the door. Wouldn't miss this game for anything.

TC, thats huge numbers!!

where did you find that out from though?

is it just me or can you accually not buy tickets online at venue tix?

^^A small piece in the 'tiser today mentioned that 1000 tickets have been held for the gate tonight.

Pull up in transition..the 'Bang guy' maybe me haha I just cat help myself when he lets it go!

At the dome now. All seat have been sold. I have been told that there will be 300 standing room only tickets available at the door.

Get there early!

Leave Now!!!


GO!!!

Further to that...

Management have just said they will everything they can to make sure everyone that turns up, gets in.

Nino. Keep on "Bangin'". I love it.

Pack it to the rafters!!!!

They will name an area at the dome after brett.
and retire no5 at the first game of next season

7,800? I always thought it was closer to 8,500

I think they've done a bit of seat re-configuring , over the years.
Boti and Ninnis etc. reckon it will be full @ 8000

Yeh what is the real capacity?
Has any of the Dome regulars Skip,Bizzy,Ben Fitz,Isaac etc ever counted the actual seat capacity?
Austadiums claims 7,800 but does that include the upper corporate boxes and standing room?
Game 3 of the Finals Vs West Sydney was one of the only times i have had a standing ticket and it was atleast 4-5 deep around the whole stadium.

There are 7800 seats as far as I know. (Including he seats in Corporate Boxes.)

anyone there filming the game, would love to watch a replay win or lose.

oh flup! no kurk pinney! the court has been named after brett maher. great stuff.

Awesome crowd at the Brett Maher Court.

WOW! That first few minutes was SOOOOO LOUD!!!

Yea! 36ers definitely in the play-offs now. And Brett Maher had a good one for his first and probable last game on the brett Maher Court

Farewell Mahersy!

Sad. To see him play so well , and dunk easy.
And to see a team win 75% of home games , and not get a final on the brett maher court.

Camel 31, they are one win on the road away from a series which will include a home final, and with the form this season, that could almost be pencilled in no matter who the opponent! Super night, had it all!

well guys the first sellout since game 3 of the grand final in 02 and what a magnificent feeling. i was out the front trying to match up spare tickets with people that missed out. the first time i have done that in the nine years i have been a volunteer at the dome.

I hope everyone got in that was out the front. I left a family that had travelled from mclaren vale on the promise of tickets only to be let down with none left at the box office.

what a start and when mahersy hit that three from well beyond the arc i knew he wasnt going to let us lose.

hopefully this is the start of a run all the way to the grand final.

i wouldnt mind a copy of that game.

In the end with all the talk of nothing happening i actually like the naming of the court although i think the decal is a little big for an aesthetic point of view. I think it did start to get to brett, you could see him taking some pretty big breaths during the pre games stuff and i'm really glad he feels the admiration that the SA public have for him. Thought the little snipe by mal at boti was tacky for the occasion.

The game was good, but man oscar was making it hard to feel comfortable at times. Win or loose i was walking out of that stadium with a great experience and hoping for another chance to see him this year.

The atmosphere was awesome, very emotional night everything went well starting with Bretts dunk in pre game and finally Grizzard shot well. Legend Brett still played awesome with all the emotion, it will be hard to replace what he brings to everything. His shot from almost half was and a swish.......

what a night and a sell out!!

The Breakers team deserve recognition for their good sportsmanship and the respect they showed Brett during the pre-game presentations. Also for shaking the hand of the junior sixer post game bet it made his night.

Agree Bake. I think they might even have let him get his last home win by starting Henare and Behrendorff over Philll and Ruck Ruckert.

Tonight was the perfect send-off!

I could not believe that 3 that Brett hit in the last quarter, how far away was that?

Brett signed autographs for nearly and hour and a half after the game.

true champ

All class.

The night was all about Brett and what a night it was! I will never forget this night, Brett's last game and my daughter's first! She loved it!

AWESOME to hear guys, shame I couldnt be there :-(
Hopefully the club can the game out on dvd real quick, think there would be some decent sales for it if it could be done. even an unedited raw copy would do me!

PLEASE!!!! Someone please!!!

On the way home I was talking to my friends about Foxtel and how little respect they have for the game of Basketball. Shows in the shortage of games they have telecast this season, the very late start to telecasting any games and now the most important of all, not telecasting tonights game. Are they that idiotic to not realise that Brett is one of the greatest Basketballers in Australia, a 3 time Olympian and 3 time Championship captain? Are they that idiotic to not realise that the Dome would be packed and noisy and make good television viewing? How could they be that stupid to not telecast tonight's game. For the fans of Adelaide it would have been a good opportunity to tape it and keep a lasting memory of it. They just didn't have the decency to be there for Brett.

What a night. How good was Bretts last three,fired up from somewhere out near Crittendon Rd.

Nice to see Grizz hit a few.

So if we have a win next sat and Perth lose to the Tigers we will probably be playing the Crocs in the final.
If we lose saturday we probably will play the Breakers again, assuming they roll the Taipans.

Have I got that straight? Someone might have to correct me.

Who would we be better off playing?

Great game, I don't think I will ever forget that massive three Maher hit it was amazing. With any luck we'll get to see a repeat performance in the playoffs.

Regarding recording of the game, it might be worth getting in contact with the club and seeing if a DVD of the game is available, perhaps part of the proceedings could go to Brett Wheeler and the Hudson Maher Foundation.

You can get dvd's from the club, i have done it before!! BUT... both teams have to agree it be released! But yes would be a good money maker for the the 2 Foundations!!

I can see why you like Abercrombie, Isaac. -Almost made up for Penney's absence.

Great to see Grizz back stroking it from outside. He was the catalyst of that early run.

Balls and Schensch both fantastic inside. Luke was far more aggressive than he was on Wednesday. Good to hear the MVP chants for Big Balls.

Maher: Just average. Lol jks. What a champion! That 96-footer was unbelievable and at a crucial time. Good coaching by Ninnis to bring him off with two to go so the Crowd could give him one last cheer. And what about the full-court pass to Schenscher on the break. Pass of the year!

I'm lovin' 'The Brett Maher Court' but wouldn't that sticker be a bit slippery? I was worried when they brought what appeared to be a soccer goal out - was not in the mood to sit through any of that crap.

Thought Ninnis' coaching was great all night. Good timeouts, and the move to play both Bruce and Davidson when New Zealand were playing a full-court press worked nicely.

Bruce was great - obviously needs some consistency though. Davidson was a bit off.

Holmes: Fantastic! Easily our best defensive player and hit all his little mid-rangers.

Hill: Limited mins due to some dodgy performances lately but did well with 7pts and only 1 turnover, from memory. Always love how he attacks the rim.

Winitana: Absolutely shocking! Got rewarded for his good last quarter on Wednesday but couldn't continue the form. IMO he's had his chance, we can't have players still struggling to find their game in the playoffs. -10 mins each game from now on.

Oscar: What a gun! Seriously. Get a hand up 6ers!

Henare: Daniel Joyce +10yrs.

Ronaldson: Retire.

Refs: One of their better ones I thought. There were still some questionable calls.

Guys standing in the N/E corner: Brilliant work guys! I'm sure Mahersy would've appreciated your work. Those "BUUUUULLSHIIIIIT" chants were gold! Made up for not having the "You suck" song anymore. And I'm sure the refs would've easily been able to hear it too, It was great.

Interviews: Apollo room please - couldn't here jack.

Overall an unbelievable night. Let's hope it actually wasn't his last home game and we get do do it all again in the playoffs!

"Interviews: Apollo room please - couldn't here jack."

I'll try talking louder then :)

i saw brad hill give is shoes away at the end of the game... only if other players did this

But have you smelt 'is shoes??

alot of players used to give away shoes, i got farleys and he signed them a couple years back.

Mass props to Skip for the Rick Roll.

Unfortunately, I was notified via text that my Rick Rolling dream had come to fruition, as I was at a mate's wedding.

Needless to say, I bailed on the wedding and ran into the stadium with 7.30 mins left before the half.

Life is about priorities.

Loco - Im glad someone in the audience realised what was going on. :-)

Ahh... wanna fill me in?

I noticed in the photos of the player introductions, the guard of honour didn't seem to include Mark Davis. Since I was unable to get to the game for work reasons, just wondering if someone who was at the game can enlighten me as to whether Davis was there or not, or if an explanation was given as to why he wasn't. I would have thought that a Club Champion like Pudd would be right there to congratulate Brett. Just wondering.

Davis was announced as an apology for the evening.

He did however leave a video message for Brett. We are hoping to get the 8 minute tribute video that played before the game up on youtube soon.

Ahh okay, thanks for answering my query. From all accounts I missed a great game :( Don't think we're likely to see such club longevity or loyalty again.