Oh great, that's all we need, bad umpiring!! Thanks Jack.

OK, I had better tip Sydney then.

Sydney favourites @ $1.75 and Sixers paying $2.08

Will be really interesting to see how Motum fits in as he suits up for the 6ers for the first time.

Although Sydney played well earlier this weekend, and are also at home, I think the play of Gibson with Motum may be the edge the 6ers need.

Adelaide by 2.

Preview: Motum to debut against Kings

what time is this game on nbl tv ?

1pm Sydney time = 2pm qld....or have I gone mad?

Yep...ive gone mad !

Have to agree with Carfino, other than his height, to look at him you wouldn't think Brock Motum is an athlete. But he's good.

Good game so far. 35-all with 7:01 left in the 2nd. Until Crawf nailed a 3.

Perry!

Looked like Motum thought Gibbo was Luke Schenscher with that pass lol.

54-all at the half. Gibbo is having another strong game. Brock is going ok, though his shot selection needs refining. Big Red has grabbed some good rebounds, and both Peach and Crawf are having solid outings.

J Childress ...

THE BEST EVER PLAYER THAT THE NBL HAS SEEN

Gibson is hot. Just unstoppable. But not much defense being played at either end. 54 a piece at halftime? That's high scoring.

"But not much defense being played at either end. 54 a piece at halftime? That's high scoring."

I was wondering if this was 2014 or 1994.

Good to see though. Much more free flowing and less defence orientated like the days of old.

Jamie.....did you ever see Leroy Loggins play at his best? Or Mark Davis, Andrew Gaze, Phil Smyth, Robert Rose or Brett Maher?

Childress is good, no argument. But I think it'll be a while before he can come close to being the best player the NBL has seen.

Childress playing one of the best games I've seen over the last few years.

CHILDRESS! - One of the best performances I've seen for awhile. Better than Gouldings 50??? He doesn't hog it as well which I like.

Childress is patient and lets the game flow.
Goulding is a great shooter - but forced a heap of shots that werent there. this was due to the fact he had a license to do whatever he wanted within a team that had no offensive structure

Childress putting on one of the most dominant displays I have seen in awhile.

Great performances today, led by Childress, but also Gibson Madgen and the best every debut performance in the NBL by an Aussie thanks to Brock Motum.

How did Motum look?

what did Patty score on his NBL debut?

@lance - 28points vs Sydney Kings i think? could be wrong

Very promising signs from the Sixers despite the results.

Motum and Gibbo firing at the moment.

PC providing great support from the bench.

And this is all without Creek and Wilson!

Book the Sixers for the top 4 easy.

To HoldenV8 ...

I was just making a very bold statement.
Of course he isn't the best to have ever played in the nbl, those players you named way ahead of him. Just great to see such an offensive orientated game for once in the nbl, & Childress / Gibson / Moktum all featured prominently.

Patty Mills did have 28 v Sydney.
Joe Ingles had 29 on debut for South Dragons but I can't remember opposition team.

Childress finishes with 36 points, 19 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 blocks.

Better than Goulding's display in my opinion.

Motum is a legit scorer, but 5 turnovers, 5 fouls and only 6 rebounds (many of which came late in the game).

He will need to do more of the other little stuff to help out.

A gallant effort from Adelaide still missing Wilson and Creek.
Motum will only get better which might sound strange considering his 28pt game but when he reduces his turnovers, increases his rebounding and learns the sixers structures he will be huge for them.
Another top game from Gibson but overshadowed by Childress monster game.
Still a bit of life left in PC yet.

Childress quality player. Awesome game to watch. Both teams going at it, with great standards from the stars. Anyone complaining about NBL being boring obviously missed this game.
Childress working towards triple-double. his control of ball is unreal.

Jamie - fair enough :-)

Childress has had one of the best games the NBL has seen in a while. Even better than Gibbo's effort last week.

Haven't seen his rebound numbers since Mark Davis.

Good win to the Kings, but the 36ers weren't bad themselves and if that is what Brock Motum brings to the 36ers, bring it on.

Sorry, that was me above.

An Aussie debut (the earliest of course) that matched Motum's points' output at least

Danny Morseu 28 points for St Kilda v Newcastle, Round 1 1979

They said Ingles on the TV for the Dragons was the highest on debut for an Aussie.

I went through the stats last week to try find a game better, DT wise than Gibbo's 94. Couldn't find any from 40 mins, but found a 116 from Anstey from 48 with 36p, 16r, 6a, 6b and 1s (only went back about 10 years though).

Childress had 124 today from a 40 minute game. That's just absurd and would have to be pretty damn close to the best per minute game the NBL has seen. Definitely would be the best since Gaze, Loggins, Davis etc hung up the boots.

Hahaha, Childress was awesome.

Adelaide top 4.....LOL!

Childress' game reminded me of Sam Mackinnon in his MVP year. Contributing in all areas and triggering loads of fastbreaks with boards and defence.

15 to 35 Free Throws... Whoops there it is !!!! Childress gets the same amount of Free Thows as the Sixers in Total…. MMMmmmmm Score was 100 - 107… Work it out !!

thanks for the answers. Sounds like a great game, glad I recorded it

I have worked it out annon. Sixers too foul prone was that your point?

Annon...

Nothing to do with the Kings playing aggressive at all?

Just the refs decided to call fouls on the Sixers for Shits and Gigs?

A loss is a loss

Yeah, there wasn't any aggressive defence in this game!

That was probably one of the better games Ive seen on TV for some time. Great timing too as I was starting to believe the naysayers about the league being boring.

Annoyed at the time, but in hindsight this game was much better to watch than the Cats - United game.

I said on the other forum this game was a great advert for Fraser Neill's vision of multiple games per week.

If every game had this lack of defensive intensity - which will happen more the more often teams play - a lot more casuals would be attracted to the league. It was very easy to watch and the stars could make star plays,

Great points Paul. Was definitely an visually appealing game.

the refs were very trigger happy on the whistle against the sixers though. in the second half they called them for breathing on someone while the kings were often swarming a sixers player like drunk teenagers on the only girl in town.

that that i think it decided the result. after half time the sixers had barely anything resembling fast break points and just resorted to 3 point shots against the half court offense.

the kings went the other way and just had so many fast breaks from childress rebounding and running.

The one on Gibbo was laughable and then Daly gets smashed not he drive and nothing.. THink there is a little more to it.

The better team won on the day.

There was one phantom call on Gibbo. A couple of dubious ones an Schench which he always gets because he is lanky. Otherwise, thought the fouls were there.

If only Schenscher wasn't so lanky!!

Question.

With Mitch Creek being regarded as a strong defensive player, would he have gotten the job on Childress today if he had played? Keeping in mind that Childress is 6'8" (203cm) and Mitch is 6'5" (195cm).

Would he have been able to stop him today, or at least slow him down? Could any NBL player have stopped Childress today? 36 points, 19 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 blocks. Reminded me of Mark Davis back in the late 1980's.

sorry , in my post earlier was meant to say 'not that i think it decided the result'

not 'that that think it decided the result'

Decent effort from the 36ers given they were without any imports. Motum has impressive speed for his size.

He has a vision, he also has people in high place who don't share it.

Who said the NBL was boring?

Over 200 points in a game, former NBA players on show and up and coming Aussies giving tin their best.

Was much better than the Perth v Melb game.

motum been here a week,first game off the bench got 28points and childress pretty good, although some were big montreal fans.

seems motum the only nbler to play at last worlds, carfino told us, although gibons was pretty good ninenews told us

Entertaining commentary

great game by Childress

Beast mode on the boards

gibbo did his thing

motum was meh

Darryl: Totally agree. I was at the Perth game, the 4th quarter was pretty much.. Ive forgotten it. Muo came out firing then was benched.

Watching the Sydney V Wollongong game on Friday night I knew Childress was going to be our problem...we just didnt have anyone to match his speed and athleticism. Creek wouldn't have stopped him but he would have helped, even if just having that extra player you can throw at him on rotation would have helped. The thing with Sydney is...they need Childress to play like he has this weekend gone to win games...but can he keep it up?

I was impressed with "Loco"(Motum) for the most part. He did throw up some ugly shots and looked a little lazy on defense but I put that down to not knowing the teams sets yet. Glad he is playing for us and not someone else and think he is definitely what we have been missing.

Gibbo is in MVP form at the minute...will there be an MVP chant at this weeks home game from the crowd?!

Wilson hopefully back this week, I just hope he doesnt detract from Gibbo and that Gibbo continues to play agressive.

The signs look good though and I think we will start to hit our straps in the new year.

Motum certainly has some skills. But not too sure about the new boy putting up 23 shots (compare Gibson's more efficient 16) in an offense he is not yet familiar with.

So few eyes in Adelaide.

XY...Motum was given the green light by Joey and the team was told to go through Brock because he felt Sydney had no one that could guard him.

Fan-ciful...you're full of something, not sure it's fancy though?!

Sydney played very smart unselfish basketball. They were very good at choosing when to shoot/pass.
Childress knows how to get to the right spots at right time, call it experience I guess.
I think Childress making a statement against Wagstaff is the best thing he could've done, as it seems to have gelled the team.

Sixers pulled a Dallas Mavericks in the third, Sydney came out firing and Adelaide couldn't match it.
Adelaide did very well in the first half and should be ok once Creek and Wilson return.
They need to sneak a few wins before that or they may be too far back.

Sydney played better on the day, but I wonder how they will go if Childress doesn't go nuts.
As their bigs look very average.