After last week, I cannot see how the 36ers should not beat Cairns! I reckon a 4 point win.

Preview: Sixers look to shrug uncomfortable tag with victory over Snakes

Adelaide found some answers last week with their strong performance with a victory over the in-form (at the time) Melbourne United. The next step is to knock off Cairns at home to silence some more of those critics.

Hoping for a good night - group of us going to see LJ play first v lightning , then apollo followed by 36ers.

Why didn't Cairns foul with 30 odd seconds to go with the Sixers up by 4? Basketball 101. Madness. Thanks Cairns!

Poor coaching by Fearne but it allowed the 36ers to sure up the win, 90-86.

Very bizarre coaching to purposely not play the foul game in the after Craig got it back to 4....

LC = 4pt win - correct call !

The Peach dunk the highlight for me

It was about time I got the final margin right - probably first time this season! :)

Sixers spur to victory over stung Snakes

Off the back of commanding first and third periods, the Adelaide 36ers have once again silenced a few more critics who have been on their back as of late with a 90-86 victory over the Cairns Taipans on Friday night.

great to see Gibbo at the point again and Wilson shooting off assists, much more effective and greater spread brining everyone in to the game paying off, BUT the last few minutes proved why when Wilson brings down the ball and doesn't give it off, it is a big problem for the Sixers... Everyone else loses the flow and don't know where to position themselves and he tries to go against 3 Cairns bigs who are on him in an instant… No surprise the ball is turned over and the game was close to being lost… Please Please Joey keep this game in mind especially those last few minutes….

t.craig didn't start. we cain't help it
if we're lucky.

Torrey Craig... 82 points in 12 games vs the other 6 teams at 6.83ppg.
66 points in 3 games vs the Sixers at 22ppg.
He's only had 2 other games over 10 other than against us.
He loves playing us.

28points in 28minutes at 85% seems pretty good

Great game and good to see intensity raised ,although in 2 nd half at times lost way in defence and structure on offence with sometimes nobody wanting take the open shot.
Again Wilson frustrated me with same faults of Ervin holding ball too long then trying to penetrate into key full of Taipans.
Creek still a little out of sorts although some good defensive work on guards.
Most positive was good signs from Motum.

Good to see a very balanced foul calling.

Sixers 14 vs Cairns 25.

Analyze that, Jack!

I'm with you bretts the man. Wilson's too desperate and not a good team player. Gibbo is playing great, tough b/ball, carries the ball well, 9 assists last night. Also thought Peach was really strong.

When you're a PG you should not only be looking to score yourself but you should be trying to create opportunities for your team mates.

When Wilson plays the point he has an alarming tendency to look to score and create for himself while forgetting that he has team mates on the court with him. More often than not he's racked up big points while his team mates only seem to score when he's on the bench. I'm no expert but to me he is a SG in a PG size body.

Agree with bretts the man. One of Wilson's standard plays seems to be waiting until the last few seconds of the shot clock, then trying to drive to the basket. Opposition teams seem to have caught on to this and when he does their bigs just double and triple team him because they know there's a better than average chance he won't pass off to an open team mate. More often than not in that situation it results in a junk shot that goes nowhere or he turns it over.

Games whenever Gibbo has run the point, not only does he score but so do his team mates. When he plays SG he goes missing all too often while the rest of the team don't seem to know what to do because Wilson is usually looking to create for himself.

I don't doubt Wilson's ability as a player. I just think his game is more suited to playing the 2 spot than it is running the point.

Much better effort from Brock Motum last night. Lets hope its there on a consistent basis. Same with Peach who can run hot or cold. Last night was good from both.

Bizarre tactics from Cairns at the end. Only 4 points in it and they weren't fouling.

I agree both Motum & Petrie were good last night but I still can't get over Sapwell's comment that Wilson & Gibson are a great combination.

On the games I've seen this season awful would be closer to the mark. Gibbo just goes into his shell when's he on the court with Wilson.

Nice to see the sixers get a win (and Keep Cairns in 3rd place for now.)
Couple of important games tomorrow.
A win to Cairns would see them into 2nd place, whilst a loss for the breakers would even things up a bit.

Any links to highlights from this game? Sounds like there were some good dunks.

Just found a link to highlights on the RHS of the page here (good article too): http://andthefoul.net/archives/8853

consider yourself on the Christmas card list Wilson:)