There is simply no reason to think that our losing streak will end tonight.

This season, there has been 2 teams, daylight, then the other six

I reckon the Sixers will win. I said "surely they couldn't lose this one" before each of the Crocs games, before hosting the Hawks down significant players and now again against the second worst team backing up after a game and flights.

Come on guys, the talent is there. You can knock this team off.

Of the two team's last game , Cairns look a little better . Hill an easy double in half a game . Loughton shot pretty good.
(A.Bruce , SYD , seems to drive and dish.)

I hope they lose. I hope they lose big. this team in its current form, the coaches and the management have no right to win at all. I want them to go winless for the rest of the season so there can be no excuses and no forgiveness at seasons end. If they lose every game now on by 20 plus I couldnt be happier, it would mean changes absolutely will be made. I have a feeling the owners are so dumb that 1 more win would lead to them renewing martys contract because of the warm fuzzy feelings they felt on the day. So come on 6ers, lose big! this season couldnt end quick enough.

The coaches will be gone. No need to wish failure on the team now to get change. I hope they finish well, Marty at least gets something positive to leave on and can find a new position after this. No need to be vindictive about it.

The season will be over soon enough. Where's Marcus?

I'm hoping the Sixers can cause an upset. It should be a tight game. Johnson always seems to play better when he's got more expectation on his shoulders like 2nite.

As Isaac mentioned, if there was any good to come from their abysmal second half of the season, it has certainly already served its use in spades.

Hopefully the rest of the season can be constructive and morale boosting, both for the players and the fans.

I feel bad for those "fans" that continually bag their own and hope we lose. Its shithouse supporting IMO. I hope we win and finish the season on a high looking towards next season. I have no doubt that good times will come and willing to take the bumps along the way.

Why would club supporters WISH the team to fail for the rest of the year?!? As Isaac said, the current coaches will be gone. The club needs something to build from for next year - to restore the players' confidence in themselves, to maybe make the better players want to come back, to encourage sponsors to sign up, to encourage casual supporters to come back next year. Finishing with some wins will give that. Finishing with more losses will reduce the club to a low that may be too deep to climb out from.

Several posters (and one newspaper item I think) have already said that some players can't wait to pack and leave Adelaide. They'll be the ones who would get offers from elsewhere and most supporters would like to see stay on. Maybe a few wins would change their mindset and open them up to staying. More losses will make that worse.

Unleash Solar has been reported as having slipped on some sponsorship commitments. Could it be that is related to the poison that has been posted online and the negative aura surrounding the club? What might other potential sponsors be thinking? Again, a few wins will change that quickly and losses make it worse.

People have been lamenting the low crowd numbers and linking it directly to the lack of on-court success. More losses will definitely not make that better. It will probably lose some more of the season ticket holders as well as the casuals.

So don't wish failure on this team - it's cutting your nose off to spite your face. A true club supporter will see the importance of success in these last few weeks of the season to the future of this club and wish the team nothing but success.

In that spirit - I'm right behind the team tonight and hope they finally recapture the chemistry they found when they spanked Sydney in Round 14 - only 34 days ago - and do the same to Cairns. Go sixers!

Despite the seasons failure I'm always looking for a win. The fans deserve it.

Not trying to inflame any wars here but any 'fan' who wants the Sixers to lose their last 6 games to make sure that Clarke and Radford are gone at the end of the season.....to me they aren't true fans. No true fan would want their team to lose just so the coaches can be sacked, especially when its clear that their contracts will NOT be renewed.

As for the game itself....I think we can win this, even without Luke Schenscher.

Does anyone know of any pirate NBL.TV broadcasts of tonight's game?

@holdenV8.... Agree. Right up until you mentioned us winning tonight. I've lost all hope unfortunately.

@HoldenV8 try http://www.sportlemon.tv/c-6.html

Not sure.
But if it helps I can give you the E.S.T. and explain how to do the conversion.

I actually understand people hoping the team loses to ultimately see a grander action that they believe will help more in the future. It does make sense, as ugly as it might seem to many fans. One of the biggest Sixer fans I know feels this way, thoroughly disillusioned with the last few years.

But what I'm saying is that in this case, it's past that point. These guys are not going to get an extension with a miracle run this late. The very last chance, I suspect, was a number of rounds ago, and nothing's changed (worse maybe?). For that reason, there's no point in wishing the worst - it wouldn't do anything positive for the club and the players many of us would hope to see stay.

Taipans will sqeeze a win out of this game.

all the signs are there....trigger,gliddon and hill should have above average games tonight.

Cairns by 8

Has anyone got the game up on NBL TV yet? Mine is still saying "live event starting shortly" but would have thought the game has started by now as it's nearly 8pm in Adelaide.

The game should start just after 8.
Adelaide is 30 minutes in front of Cairns due to daylight saving!

I have always wished Marty and the boys the very best, and don't understand the hope we lose mentality.

Hopefully next year we can improve, even if it's sans Marty's Master tutelage.

"Marty's Master tutelage" ROFLMAO @ Marcus Camby

And thanks Beekayz

Ah yes I forgot Qld doesnt do dalight savings!

As expected not much defence to be seen thus far. Sixers should really be able to win this w their size adv and w Cairns playing yesterday. Not gonna put money it though!

NBL.TV quality is pretty poor for me tonight.

Quite like Matt Smith's commentary - bit of insight, good dose of self-deprecation, etc.

Woah great defensive play by Cadee on the certain dunk by Edwards!

26-39 4 to go in half

looks like we are having our scoring drought early tonight 5 points in 6 mins is woeful

Gee i wish commentators would shut up during time outs. You want to gear which play the coaches are drawing up and all they do is continue to talk. Jacks me off !

@HoldenV8 Glad it actually worked.

Not sure what's worse though...the quality of the stream or Adelaide's play.

Nice second quarter.

Bit sad. We had the extra day up there to wait for them, Radford is away from the horrors of Bg04 and the toxic court, and they are fellow residents at the lower regions of the ladder. Matt Smith is saying nice things about our chances, but we'll need a really fast start to the third to show that he's not too optimistic.

We would be right in it if we could make some layups. How many gimmes have we missed already.

Perfect stream in WA.

Bring on the "Cheerleader Effect"

Yep another poor performance thus far. Noone can rebound, noone can make a layup and Cairns are doing as they please, shooting 51% with 28 points in the paint!

We've scored the first 11 points of the 2nd half. Lets see if they can keep it up.

Here we go. Come on!

Jekyll & Hyde! Where was this Sixers team before half time? Hope they can keep it going!

If we do lose this one we can again thank the amount of offensive boards we're letting our opposition get.

Gibbo on 4 fouls with about 4:30 still left in the 3rd.

Another 11-0 run will make things interesting. Fingers crossed.

JANNY!!!!!!

Did I just see Steven Weigh throw down a dunk to tie the game???

17-4 we've scored this period.

This is looking much better. Nice to see us come from behind and steal a game, if we can that is!

Gibson has been decent this second half. Wondered if he was phoning it in in the first, but you can see he believes now they can win.

Game tied. Awesome fightback.

Was just about to make the same point about Gibbo's 2nd half. Great leader type performance.

Nice to finally see our boys play well down the stretch! Hope they can close it out!

Especially considering he's sitting on 4 fouls, its been a good effort.

Score update?

68 - 66 6ers way 30 secs to go

68 - 68 18secs to go

Ta bk

Cadeeeeeeeee!

c'mon!

Cadee with a monster 3 to put us 71-68 up with 2.3 seconds left

Cadee!

Forgettable first half but the second half we knew they could play. Great to see them get this one.

just saw the live updates on this, cant actually believe we came through in a clutch situation. Guess it helped having 3 of their players foul out!

whats with Cadee putting up a 3 with 15 seconds to go, I hope he was ridiculously open!

think it was only 2 left

Well done Marty and Mark....onwards and upwards fron here.

We just got outSixers'd.

Awesome win ,you ripper. Showed awesome fight.

Yeah, the three was made with 2.3 sec left.

Their foul trouble came from Petrie and DJ attacking inside early and often. Paid of. DJ went to the line a lot and I thought was probably unlucky not to get a few more trips.

Lets sign them up again hey Marcus on the back of knocking off the 2nd bottom team :P

Great shot Cadee! You beauty!

Brilliant quarter from Gibson and good work from DJ, who shot 11-12 from the line and helped foul Loughton, Grabau and Edwards out of the game.

Petrie was a trooper all game and his shooting kept us in it early.

Cadee a good game as well. Last two times I have seen him on the road and he really seems to play with more confidence away from the BMC.

Sixers looked much better when Gibbo and Cadee were aggressively turning the corner after the pick and driving hard. Would like to see more of that!

The commentators said it right in tonight's game. If DJ can put on some upper body muscle and sort out his D, he could be as good in this league as Chris Anstey was.

Great win by the guys tonight, and a special mention must go to Peach. He was clearly hurting out there but toughed it out.

Watching the halftime shoot around, Christopherson was hitting more 3's than he was missing. Yet in the game the only 3 I saw him take (1st period I think) was an air ball that went way too far. And he was open for the shot.....

Yeah after they played a tough game the night before in Sydney. But a win is a win and this one has been a long time coming so i'm going to celebrate for now and see what happens next week.

Great Win!

Great to see the spinnaker come out in the fourth

@ManuteBol...

What we saw tonight was a masterful display of strategy.

Marty got his charges to wear down their frontline.

Not only that....He saw what wasn't working at half time, improvised, adapted and implemented a winning counter.

Cairns is playing better than the second last team...

So what about the last 2 seasons and this seasons ? Why hasn't he done that Marcus? That last post just proved your a troll and should be treated as such !!!

To beat us in the season series Cairns now have to win by a combined 8 points over the next two times we play them.

Vespa....Marty is only a third year coach, he is still learning and evolving his trade. All is asked is the patience to see it to fruition.

Your not worth it Marcus. Your a joke.
your basketball knowledge is slim to none.

Vespa, then stop replying.

Good point. I'm just saying what everyone thinks.

I know he is a troll. Just like you do. Just so frustrating!

@Marcus how do you know the win was because of Marty's coaching. Maybe it was because cairns were tired from playing the night before and getting on a plane at 6.30this morning and getting into Cairns at 11.00. Also helped by the fact 3 of their players were fouled out of the game. I'm glad they got a win the players deserve it and hopefully it's given them some confidence to get some more wins before the season is over. You tell us we can't put all the blame on Marty for a loss so you can't give Marty all the credit for a win it wasn't Marty that took that 3 point shot to win and i bet that wasn't the play he drew up in the time out either.

Perfect BK. should be a good reply from MC.

Interestingly Marcus Camby attributed the win to Clarke. Was it Clarke putting up all those shots in during the game? Was definitely him in the first half then. All those missed shots. Nowhere on your posts do u credit success to the players, nowhere!

Shame MC shame! Without them, ?????

Just finished watching the replay - was an entertaining game to watch and great to see the sixers get a win. A really gutsy effort considering the dissapointing season, it would have been easy to pack it in at half time, down 18 and on the road but there was some serious heart shown by the players tonight.

Petrie was a warrior all game, I personally hink he is underated offensively, he is extremely versatile having a good inside game and relable jumpshot with range that extends to the three point line. Gibson was clutch down the stretch and Johnson kept the pressure on the Taipans Bigs all game. Also a clutch shot by Cadee - he doesn't seem afraid to take and make the big shot - a great quality in a young player, he hit a huge 3 against the Wildcats at Perth Arena earlier in the year also . The offense looked best tonight in the 4th with the simplicity of Gibson coming off the on-ball screen set by either Petrie or Johnson and the creating from there. I'm not really sure why the coaching staff have persisted all year with complex offensive sets when the team has always looked better when simpler plays are run and the players are given more freedom.

The sixers still gave up far too many offensive boards with Cairns outrebounding us 50-37. We would have won this game far more comfortably if we were able finish of our defensive sets. This was the reason for the loss to Perth last week and should have been addressed by the coaches throughout the week. It will be interesting to see if there is an improvement in this area in our next matchup.

Marcus got to give it to you, great fishing, Rex hunt would be proud! So many willing biters.

Vespa, Camby is not even in SA.

Uncle Phil, I thought the same about a lot of that second half success - seemed to come from players freelancing a bit more, starting from Gibson, rather than any typical strategy.

Marcus, Clarke has been in the coaching system for a long time, and if he needs this long to adjust to the NBL then he's failed his apprenticeship!

terrible defence from both teams,fearne must be really pissed off with their effort.
i am surprised he hasnt used a zone a bit more this season considering the teams frail interior defence.

good win by Sixers. Big shots by Gibson & Cadee at the end.
Cairns were a bit fatigued from the game the night before, they had so many open looks in last 5 mins and didn't hit any of them. Sixers effort great but very lucky as Cairns couldn't finish them off.
Last time Sixers won was when Schensch got injured.

No need to keep Clarke and Radford at end of this season, the owners don't have to pay them anymore. They are free to put the coaching money elsewhere. A welcome win last night but doesn't change the appalling record of the last 3 years.

Seems to me that, in isolation this must have been a great gasme. i dont know because NBL.TV wont let me see it yet. what I do know is it is too little too late, and I hate to think this would give management thoughts about keeping marty...

Petrie really is the hero of the Sixers IMO. He has shown true grit this season and is always an offensive threat. Defensively, he is the guy in defence you don't want to have on you and the rebounds he gets are the tough rebounds that are "tough ball rebounds".

Agree re sentiments above about Petrie. He's been my favourite Sixer player this season. Although he didn't shoot that well against Cairns he always strikes me as being very efficient. He doesn't need that many touches to have an impact on the game. He's got a sweet jumper and there's a good case that he should have been playing more minutes throughout the season.

Also agree with Uncle Phil about the offensive rebounds. This should have been addressed by the team after their woeful performances against Perth in Perth last week and it almost cost the Sixers this game. I was at the Perth vs Townsville on Friday and could't help but think that the Sixers really miss Jacob Holmes's rebounding!

Massive shots by Gibson and then Cadee at the death. Although Cadee also missed some clutch free throws earlier in the season against Perth I think, as Gibson said in his post game interview it's a great sign that he's got the "kahunas" to take shots like this! And he's only going to get better.

Signing Gibson, Petrie and Cadee for next season and beyond should be a priority for the Sixers.

Gibson, unofficially/officially gone(if that makes sense) but owners/management should do everything possible to get Petrie to sign on the option plus long term deal ASAP.

A, source?

Marcus is a shit stirring wanker. Just ignore him. Advice I give my 8 year old students.

I might be a bit slow but I have just come to the conclusion that Marcus Camby has no respect whatsoever for the club nor the players. He talks about the disrespect that fans show by their comments and booing the coach but fails to see that its the job that the current coach has done for the last 3 years and his stubborness to do the right thing and walk out is what is so disrespectful for the club. If the coach cared about this club, he would have done the right thing. He is there to get his 3 years of wages and stuff the club. Nothing else matters. For Marcus Camby to be supporting this coach in this way is showing the same disrespect. The fans are annoyed and really fed up with the last 3 years because Clarke has come in and turned this once hallowed powerhouse of basketball into a warehouse of shame. The fans want him out so the club can find a way to get back to the glory day. There is no moving forward while Clarke is still here and Clark himself is responsible for the obstacle that is in the way.

Jack, ask the man himself, it's only Sydney/Melbourne for him, Adelaide was his only option 12/13.

Yeah dont feed Marcus, he is just a troll, likes to stir us all up.