With Adelaide and Townsville both sitting at 5-10, this is a very important clash as both teams playoff chances hang by a thread. The 36ers have won two of their past three games, including an upset 90-86 victory over Cairns last round. A horror stretch over the past four rounds has seen the Crocs go 1-4, losing to Cairns, Melbourne and New Zealand. Their one victory in that time was against Adelaide, a 96-84 victory at home.

Very close game that could go either way. 36ers to get the win by 4 at home.

Preview: Sixers, Crocs look to farewell 2014 with rare win

Sixers are flirting with some much better form and if Joey can keep Wilson on team track or bench him, we might just see a bit extra from players like Teys and Creek score wise. If Gibson, Motum and Peach can keep up their current momentum and Luke plays ok, this game might be a beauty. I'm looking forward to it and hope its a huge and loud crowd. C'mon Sixers!

Hammy

full house at the fortress !!!!!!!

shocking reffing , prob worse this season.

7.4 K and a win 91/84. rough calls both sides and physical. will being the crowds back on Sun 4th.

daly nice in the clutch.

both teams need to work on their alley oops

36ers offence was a bit stationary near the end - gotta keep moving and get those looks

no dance moves from the fruchoc (

anon 734, Wilson is not their best player.
he's an overrated ball hog, who's stats look good on occasions because he hangs onto the ball so much. Gibson is the best player

6ers seemed to score freely when everyone moves in offence, 1 on 1s late in the game need to guarantee a bucket.

Nice to win it in the clutch though.

jolly good show for the punters. definitely not boring..

jolly good show for the punters. definitely not boring..

No Wilson, no worries. Addition by subtraction, is what it is. Everyone involved, ball moved not dribbled fun offense to watch and everyones body language looked good. You do the math!

do the Sixers have a penalty within the team for missing a foul shot? What would be a good fine/penalty system.
Shoot the free throw at a decent % and hit some extra 3pt ant they would have won by 15-20.

yeah foul shots could have been better, threes were low % as well

they didn't out many 3's up but the interiors were heavily contested and limited calls so no probs with me. More the reffing was attrocious for everyone more
an issue. Motum hustled more defensively and got back alot quicker so fitnss improving. Good to see Teys back in the game

they didn't out many 3's up but the interiors were heavily contested and limited calls so no probs with me. More the reffing was attrocious for everyone more
an issue. Motum hustled more defensively and got back alot quicker so fitnss improving. Good to see Teys back in the game

WOW what a game for the ages, when NZ see on tape how comprehensively the 36ers totally dominated a team that has not even looked like winning an away game since week 2 of the season, I'd say they would just cancel and forfeit the game just to save on airfares and accommodation.

I mean that 1 point lead with 3:36 to go was just the Adelaide boys having a bit of fun and giving Townsville the false impression that they may have a sporting chance to win, only a team of dead set champions - that just got too much class like this one has - can get away with that.

And when the NZ "bigs" (all 9 of them), see how Luke manhandled that man mountain in Gladness, and just how toughly intimidated and taken out of the game Norton was by our very own Brock (Landers) Motum - well, let just say I can see a lot of tears being wept in the visitors change rooms next Sunday here in Adelaide.

Finally we get some proper hometown refereeing ( not that it made any difference to the outcome )

And we need to keep those $10 tickets specials - having a group of half-pissed bogans shouting out "fuck you ref" 2 rows behind me really provides some strong encouragement to renew for next season.

I don't know what Shawn Dennis is doing, he was a smart little bugger to guard and paly against - but he seems to have left his brains back in Townsville this weekend. Markovitch hits a 3 - and gets subbed out. I think Stendl got injured, and Gladness did his ankle at about halfway through the first quarter and never really recovered. but still -

sorry - it was a disapointing game to watch.

It was good to get the win but lets not get too carried away with that performance. If we played any other team (besides Hawks) like we did tonight we would have lost. Sixers shooting 41% FG, 13% 3pt and 58% from the foul line.

Townsville probably had one of their worst games of the season with their turnovers. Some of the time it was great defense but other times it was just careless mistakes.

Some inconsistent umpiring made Townsville disadvantaged going into half time but to Townsville's credit they were only down by 3.

A good 3rd quarter by the Sixers got the lead out to 11.

The final quarter Gibson almost lost it for us with some poor turnovers and poor shots. One of his shots he just came down and just jacked up a poor shot, if Wilson did the same thing he would be blasted for it. Then Gibson got lucky with a clear offensive foul pushing Norton out of the way and hitting the jumper. Any other stadium that was an offensive foul and Townsville would have had the momentum. Other than the last quarter he had a good game but I would like to see him step up and lead in the last quarter.

Excellent game by Motum and Petrie's renewed energy is great to see. Teys had good moments as well and some great defense. A solid game by Creek

I wish Crawford didn't force the shot every time he gets the ball.

I think Joey will take the win but I don't think he will be overly happy with that performance and will know we will have to play much better than that to beat the other 5 teams.

Great points Very Old!

LMFAO Crocs disadvantaged by the Calls.....Early 2nd quarter I looked at the foul count and fair and good calls showing up the Crocs poor defence and Sixers right on the money, I thought well the refs will soon realise they will go in to the Half time with a massive variance.. Here comes the crappy calls on the Sixers and Crocs taking full advantage of getting away with it all… Next call it started and continued in to the 3rd. The tech on Gibbo was ridiculous and even Gladness copped it rough. Teys banged to the floor and so many hip and shoulders left go. Then the flopping on Schensh when clearly he had his foot stepped on. It is time for video review to give the league some credibility. It will not delay the game as while the refs huddle together to pat eat others egos, we have all seen the replay on the big screens and the boos commence. The refs could have walked over to view the replay on the bench and decision made. Run like the NBA with limited reviews.

Adelaide 36ers 91 (Motum 25, Petrie 15, Creek 15)

Townsville Crocodiles 84 (Conklin 18, Markovic 16, Blanchfield 14)

BOX SCORE

Crowd: 7443 at Adelaide Arena

Thats more like it....

Why can't the crowds at the Adelaide Arena be like that for every home game?

It used to happen you know.....

On to the game, will take the win but I doubt Joey would be getting carried away with it. Still some work to be done before we can be called playoff contenders again.

Great post Very Old

WILL WE EVER SEE THE FRUCHOC DANCE AGAIN ?

Isn't that an Angels song? (no way, get x, x off!)

Great to see the 36ers playing some quality defence, that really set up the win because the offence was very scratchy (Townsville's inability to play basketball also helped!).

But even last year the transition play was the main driver, the halfcourt O was never a strength, so if they can consistently mix this year's better execution with getting more stops and running they can challenge some good teams.

Awesome crowd, well done to the club for putting on a good promo.

Half court offence was A "big" goes to the point after an on ball screen and gets a guard switch onto himself , Thenball goes to 45 or low post, big then cuts centre lane from point to the front of the ring - Townsville forgets to switch anyone into the cuter after they hit the foul line , pass to the cutter 12" in front of the rim, points, foul etc.

Where was the 'Real' Murray Magpie last night?!

Whomever was masquerading as Muzza was the Polar opposite unfortunately!

No Electric Interaction with all the new fans at the match last night due to the $10 per ticket deal?

No Summersaulting or Dancing on court and made M or Ms FruChoc look better especially after putting up an air ball?!?

Perhaps the bloke usually beneath the black & white feathers of the South Aussie Magpie Lark was away enjoying Festive season holidays?

HOME TEAM
A. Gibson: 10
B. Teys: 10
B. Motum: 4
A. Petrie: 1
M. Creek: -2
L. Schenscher: 5
P. Crawford: 3
B. Anthony: 7
T. Daly: -3

ROAD TEAM
M. Norton: 1
T. Blanchfield: 1
B. Conklin: -3
M. Gladness: 10
C. Steindl: -9
S. Markovic: -9
G. Vanderjagt: -12
M. Djeric: -5
J. Holmes: -9
L. Henry: 0