Surely Creek starts

Well...this game has got more interesting than Don Farrell at a Jay Weatherill BBQ for unrestricted trading in Rundle Mall.

Everyone's a bit toey at the moment, but you expect passions to be high when Perth and Adelaide play. Melbourne is another state and another story. They are hunting the Sixers and a loss today could mean a temporary drop to 3rd for the Sixers.

Goulding is obviously having a great season and is responsible for nearly 40% of their 3's. Keeping him on a short leash will be high on the priority list. Wortho. What a freak! He is an enigma and the bogeyman for the Sixers. Voted the laziest player by some, he always seems to get the board and that freaky 3 when necessary. I'm sure he was the kid at school who never really studied hard, but got the A+ every time based on talent. Lucas Walker is back and will no doubt be looking for an alley pop to regain any possible loss of confidence.

Adelaide need to chillax and focus on getting their winning swagger back. Defence and shooting. If there was one positive against Perth, I was pleased by 18/19 FT's.

This will be a tough game for the Sixers. Melbourne are a fresh as a Yarra Valley morning in June whereas Adelaide have already played this round. It will be a tough ask for them to crack a win against the Tiggers. I think the fresh legs of the Tiggers as well as a little trash talking might just get the Tiggers over the line.

I would go with
Cadee
Gibson
Creek
Petrie
Johnson

Creek should be starting.
Agree with jack toft the fresh legs and homecourt advantage should see Melbourne get the win

Crusty says: Joey wright will win in round 7, technical knockout!

Hope every team smash u guyz! And u miss the top 4!! Grow up and stop giving shit to wa! Not our fault u have shit team!! And cry like bitches when u lose and no class at all. Never read supporters other than u ppl here talk and disrespect a team and supporter as much as i have see this wkend

Melb at home should win

Teys starting again

Starting 5 is Ervin / Gibson / Teys / Peach / DJ.

Good start so far, but we still need to stop teams hitting 3's. Melbourne have continued the trend and have hit a couple so far.

BJ went over on his ankle in warm ups. Will he get much, if any game time?

Andrew Gaze in commentary has made a good point about Friday nights melee. A few warnings to both teams and move on with life.

What is it with Carfino and every time someone moves its a "Euro step"?

Big first half by Ervin.

Can't believe Teys starts.

Holden V8, i too am sick of Carfinos 'euro-step' reference. What the hell is that!?

if its something common in europe, then so be it... its obviously common here too, cos Carfino says it about 5 times every game!

Liked Gazes rant about the techno music being too loud and too constant. I really hope a revolution is made in the off season to fix the music at games. Its becoming a real issue thats hurting the sport more than helping it.

No music during game time thanks. Play music at timeouts, in between querters, but not during game-play!

Credit to the sixers in beating a good melb team on the road

Not going to spoil the outcome for anyone as the game on Ten isn't finished yet.

All I'll say is that its a good size crowd, especially after Melbourne got hammered by Perth last time out.

I do apologize for giving away result

"if its something common in europe, then so be it... its obviously common here too, cos Carfino says it about 5 times every game!"
AFAIK it started in Europe, and was brought to the US by guys like Ginobili and Parker, thus the name, and spread from there. It's a specific move, though, whereas Carfino calls basically everything a Euro Step whether it is one or not.

One tough task completed !

This game was the Tiggers to lose. They held all the aces and it was great to see the Sixers get up.

Melbourne needed to win that one. Their run home:

@Perth (L)
v Crocs (Should W)
@Breakers (L)
v Kings (Sun) (50:50, but W?)
@Cairns (50:50, but L?)
@Sixers (L)

They could finish 14:14 and with the Breakers and Hawks full steam ahead, they might be throwing everything at the Sixers in that last game

Johnson 4/5 threes. Sixers as a team were 10/22.

When was the last time the Sixers shot the 3 like that?

This one further proves that you're wasting your time in predicting anything this season.

I guess the reason we thought Melbourne were serious contenders was because they went on a what, 5/6 game win streak. But think about it, every team has done something like that this season. The reason was just that Melbourne have a fantastic roster so we thought they were 'on track'.

But I don't buy it. I think they lack the ability to consistently put it in the hole. They run a lot of half court stuff, so I think they need more scoring at the point guard position. Once teams shut them down in the half court, they have to put it in the hands of someone and I don't think that's sustainable. Wortho is a shadow of his former self too.

Good bounce back from Adelaide, great result.

DJ also ended up with 4 blocks. Is that his career best?

24 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 assists. Melbourne seem to have helped him back into form after two quiet games.

We definitely needed that one to get back on track. Now we lead the series with Melbourne 2-1 and have a 6 point lead.

This result told us more about melbourne's mediocrity and their dependance on goulding shooting well

Good to see sixers show sine class unlike Greg hire and the wildcats. Could have easily jacked up a shot late in the 4th but didn't. That's what I call class.

Schenscer will bigger minutes in finals.

Yep. Teams that run the clock out in the NBL, unless they've won three, bother me. Shane Heal seems to be the only one who routinely plays for margin once the result is beyond doubt. He was the only one to try fouling in order to win a quarter at the blitz, too.

Go-Sixers....Ervin did the same against the Wildcats when they were comfortably ahead.

Why the double standards?

Look at the last game in Adelaide Go Sixers. Ervin shot the ball with Adelaide up by 5 and 1 second to go. Don't remember anyone from the wildcats getting upset and starting a push and shove. By your definition, Ervin has no class? Or is he just a bad loser hypocrite?

Perth now have a +22 lead on sixers if in return game if Adelaide are up by 21 in dying seconds why not go for the margin? I don't see the problem with Hire taking final shot.

Great win away,now 3 straight home games ahead should win these,and then face Perth at home with a FULL house and beat the shit out of ennis.

Last fridays mallee has possibly made Sixers play good Defence if they can do that they will play better leading up to finals.

Great win ,credit goes to Ervin and Joey too.Great player in Sixers team doesnt need to be critised by hoop haters and Joey exceptional coach ,the best we have had for about 10 years.

For all the 'Joey is a shit coach' and '36ers are a shit team and not going to win a championship', they've actually been by far the most consistent team all season.

I feel kinda bad for the Tigers that their play has gone so badly downhill since moving to Hisense Arena. Far from ideal for the many casual fans of theirs.

I was at the game today. We had some good seats only 3 rows from the floor so I certainly had a good view of the action.

Firstly, what an insipid performance from the Tigers! I certainly credit the 36ers for a well balanced performance, particularly from the perimeter and defensively... but what excuses did the Tigers have?
Injuries? Well Walker is still out but they should be able to cover his absence. Fatigue from travelling? Nope... not that either. They haven't played in 2 weeks since getting spanked at home against… wait for it… Perth.
Was not playing for two weeks an excuse??? Sorry, I don't accept that as one.
The reality is, there were no excuses...

Adelaide certainly had plenty of excuses they could rely on. The fatigue from getting spanked by Perth (in Perth) on Friday night, the long trip over to Melbourne straight after, the distraction of the Friday night fights (isn't that an ESPN program?) and the likely suspension of their coach.
But what did they do? They certainly didn't make excuses…
They played some inspired & intense basketball.
Melbourne on the other hand rolled over like a bunch of soft co*ks.

The Tigers of late have really lacked direction and consequently have looked disorganised offensively. But the thing about today's performance that really irked me was their lack of heart. They showed next to no intensity defensively and really disappointed a quite solid crowd that was there to support them.

I'm now convinced they are poorly coached. Anstey was a solid player in his day but his experience as a head coach is beginning to show, especially now that Bubbles has cooled down. They don't look prepared when they start games and continue to have no answers when the better teams adjust like in the middle of the 3rd quarter today (they made a run, Joey Wright called a time out and bang… it was back to a double digit lead again).

I think its time to look for a new coach Michael and Larry!

Why didn't tigers play Ballinger?????

Observer...at least spell Meylay correctly please.




Disclaimer : Yes...I know how to spell Maelay.

Not in my writing got wrong person camby

how dare they make a spelling mistake. on a brighter note who gave themselves a good stroke after todays game :)

You got me, anon. I'm not an Adelaide fan. GUILTY!

Good win by the 36ers yesterday. I have to admit after Friday night's game I was worried about this one.

With all the talk that Joey had lost the players after cutting Friar Tuck, I think his show of passion after the game on Friday has got them back.

I'm so happy the Cats helped let the steam off the pressure cooker for the Sixers, Ervin stopped his nonsense, drove and passed out when he hit the wall. Played smart and played for the team... What a difference..... Must of been one heck of a plane trip from West to East but Joey and Ervin must have been loving it up, all is forgiven........Everyone went Aah and now back on task.... Great use of DJ against the Tigers, selfless team work, thats admirable... Did anyone notice how clean the game was ? Me thinks teams, coaches and refs had a pretty serious directive from the big boys and thanks Anstey for not using Ballinger and McMillan enough..... Done

Haters ...Darren P would be phenomenal.. and for everyone like you that wouldn't support ..there are 10 more that will. Just like Teebow all he does is win. And everyone loves a winner.

How is DP the best and most logical?

36ers pretty good after 2 bad ones.
(Probably rather J.Frye for 10mins than B.Teys and a little less than 58 freethrows.)

@Statsheet Stuffer,

Well there's a stunning revelation.

Mine was two years ago....

I know! Just woke up the other morning and said 'Taipans it is'. Anon exposed me for the fraud I really am.

So Anon DP is your best choice, so how is it logical again?