Massive danger game for the Hawks. They are the better team with more MVPs than Porsche SUVs in the carpark of a private school.

It's their chance to open a gap between them and the Sixers so that's extra pressure they won't want. Sixers fan will be going for the snakes to get up.

Taipans are no pushovers but are better at home than away. This game is the Hawks to lose and if they do it's no use crying over spilt beer.

Hawks by 9

^ you sound a lot like the resident conspiracy theorist nut case called 'Rostos' from a gambling forum I visit sometimes.

Both the first two games between these teams have been tight contests that went down to the last couple of minutes. The last matchup- where the Hawks notched 40 in the 3rd before letting Cairns back in- was particularly memorable.

I tip more of the same. Home team (Hawks) to win in a close one.

To moderate anon's exaggerated excitement there, the Hawks' road record is currently better than the Breakers', and one result off Melbourne's.

The Hawks are killing the Taipans on mis-matches. Starks on Penney one possession, Loughton on Penney, saw Starks on Forman a few possessions, Weigh on Lisch etc.

Have no idea what is happening there..

Is Burston injured?

Migraine i think/unwell

Damn, what happened to Loughton? He was a top shelf player in the league a few players but he struggles to even make a basket now

Looks massively out of sync.

Anyone else from cairns remember TC trying the same 'running over the back of people's chairs' trick back in an August preseason game?

Sixers were bottom of the ladder for many years. Then Wright got them to the grand final and last season the semi final. This season they will probably finish 5th. I am happy to take those 3 seasons and see what happens next season.

"Well that'll do it for Adelaide making a run for the playoffs and Joeys illustrious never miss the playoffs routine. Atleast chemistry is not at risk, but no way they will catch a Hawks team playing that well, Joey with the ultimate wingman move by keeping his buddy on board. "

That'll do it?

It's not even half way through the season.

The Hawks are back to full strength, and in fact got a bonus of Weeks for Demos.

The 6'ers just hitting their stride. Last week was an anomaly, playing the 1st and 2nd team away, and narrowly losing to the top team away.

This week we have Townsville twice, 2 wins will see us right up for contending for 4th again.

We have a lot of room for improvement, and I can see DJ, Walker and Ebi getting better as the season progresses. When Hodgson returns, our defence will likely improve too.

If at the start of the season, we were told at Round 10 we'd be in strong contention for a playoff spot, I would take that hands down.

The time for talking about replacing Ebi is over. We're past the contract guarantee deadline, lets all get onboard with Joey's vision and move forward from here.

It's not even half way through the season.

Ah drats I was going by Round Number and I thought there were more rounds.

"The halfway point for the league as a whole was during this past round, and Adelaide have played 15 of 28 games. Illawarra and Cairns have both played 14 of 28. There is no measure by which your statement is true."

If you're going to be a pedant you'd best actually be right. The regular season is 131 days long. This game was played on day 64.

Cairns are definitely done if they lose tomorrow. Illawarra are looking good have gotten better as the season has gone on. Will definitely be tough for the Sixers to catch them I think.

The Hawks have hit their straps, and in all likelihood will make the playoffs. Perth and NZ will undoubtedly compete for the top 2 spots.

I'm not sold on Melbourne, despite the buffer they have. They're who Adelaide will be banking on to drop a couple of winnable games before all is said and done.

Most interesting thing here was that the Hawks dropped 97 while only hitting 9 threes.

Martin has been great, he's penetrating and dishing, and it’s given them more variety in terms of the way they score.

They’re really clicking and it’s hard to see them missing the 4 now- unless they get some injuries.

I disagree... atrocious is a better description.

Somehow he was only credited with one steal last night. I can vividly remember at least three.

- The steal for dunk

- One in front of Cairns bench, but then threw a cross court pass which resulted in a TO. It was still a steal though.

- An intercept/deflection theft.

- Also recall a superman dive on a loose to steal possession. Does that count?