Looking forward to seeing the improvements to the stadium and a good bball game.

36'ers need this one to keep up momentum going into Fridays game against United.
With Khazzouh out no excuse for DJ not to dominate.

Is it time to move Creek back into the starting 5?
Can they handle Randle?
Or will he go off for 30pts+?
Will Childress return to last seasons form and push a triple double?

Sixers by 9pts is my tip.

36ers should win this with ease, if they are even remotely serious about not making up the numbers, a few messages have to start being sent. Adelaide by 15+, hopefully blow out and get Randle some rest.

Needless to say, Sixer's if they were to drop this game would not be considered worthy of a top four position, would we agree on this?

Bear, do we automatically get excluded from the Finals if we drop this one? I was not aware of that rule.

But agree it would be a crushing blow to finals hopes to drop either of the two games this week.

Not that I think the Kings will win this, but I wouldn't go so far as to say they'll blow out the Kings.
I'd say the Kings play well in the 2-3 quarters, but then crumble after that

36ers by 8+

The third quarter is always the worst for the Sixers. There's no reason why DJ can't open up the game around the key if the Kings are down in the big men department.

Bear i agree with you on that, Adelaide have a lot to play for right now, really no excuse to drop this one at home.

Lol. DJ is a bum.

Hopefully the Kings put up a decent fight.

6ers should easily win.

Randle is easily my pick for MVP. It's a no contest for mine. Clear cut winner.

Hell is it just me or is Ere actually looking to be in reasonable shape finally... Hopefully his game improves too

DJ should change his name to Aniel......no "D"

I just hope ADL fans appreciate just how good of a player you have..seriously he is insane

Give him a blank cheque book. He is a $300k player

Unless Randle shoots it Adelaide don't look like scoring.

Like I said, DJ is a deadset bum.

In other news, Randle is amazing. Throw the man money. He is all this franchise has!

Lol @'Creek

What a bum

6ers fans booing Childress.

House full of basketball rookies.

Petrie tunnels Childress, fans boo Childress...

The most knowledgeable fans, apparently.

I could never agree with SI Chalmers.....




But he is correct.

Adelaide fans = muppets

Creek isn't going anywhere in terms of progress. Hasn't improved since rookie year.

As an aside, what a game! Very high quality.

What a game by Randle.

Nice game by Ebi too....its all up from here on. Watch out United.

Credit where it's due. Ere was fantastic tonight. Picked up the slack that was DJ. He provided a lot of energy and took the game on tonight. Pretty much did everything that has been a criticism of his for not doing all year. More if this please.

But Jerome Randle was just on another planet tonight. Pretty much single handedly kept us within reach in the first half. Then continued it when his teammates went with him in the second. Quarters of 12, 8, 12 and 9. About as complete a game from one player offensively as you can get.
The thing that stood out to me happened at the half time break. The guys were warming up, some were over by the bench just chatting, Randle called everyone together in a tight huddle and preached for almost a minute. Then came out and scored our first 10 points or something of the half.
Special player. Absolutely has to win MVP.

We didn't play great, as a unit, but we did what we needed to do, on the back of 2 great performances.

Friday will be a big test. Defense needs to be a lot tighter.

Adelaide fans shouldnt have booed Childress, but every fan base has their moments of stupidity. Luckily Childress wasnt hurt. Great game, great finish. Ere was absolutely brilliant in the second half, he is a defensive liability BUT he finally made a shot and then couldnt stop and he was a game winner. Randle was brilliant to keep them in it until someone else stepped up.

Loving the new cube, lighting and sounds system too. We've entered the 21st century and it's great to see.

Had to laugh when the 'old' screens kept turning themselves off though.

Give Randle his extension now before other teams come calling in the offseason.

Randle is money and worth every cent! League MVP.

The NBL is in Randle Mall

I Hope Management should be now locking a deal before finals,Gibson hasnt done much for Sixers lately because his mind is on new Brisbane team,i be getting Gibsons wage and sign Randle asap.IF we dont other clubs will take him for sure,

If the NBA don't come knockin'!

Despite his size Randle has skills that are readily transferable to the big league.

J Randle.
Can you start comparing him to the greatest ever imports the NBL has ever seen ???
Ricky Grace / Robert Rose / Jerome Randle.

He is essentially an MVP year level Ervin with range. Never seen a player like him.

Ebi Ere played his best game tonight in a 36ers uniform.

Randle outstanding as always & simply on another level. Kept team in the game.

36ers must do everything Asap to lock in Randle. Easily worth 300k.

Let's back it up Friday now.

Unbelievable performance from Randle. Other players in the NBL may have also scored over 40 points but very few would have done it shooting 76% from the field! Even though he hasn't even played a full season yet he has to be in the conversation for one of Adelaide's best imports ever.

Ere was impressive when we needed a score and drew a crucial charge on Childress. The refs seemed to let a lot of contact go for some reason this game - a departure from how they've been calling the majority of other games.

The 36'ers defence is still terrible and there's just too many times they fall asleep. Going to make life hard for them getting to the finals and winning any games if they get there if they keep playing defence like they have in the last 2 games.

DJ is just way too inconsistent also. One game he's on fire and goes for 20-30 points and the next he's terrible shooting 0-7. He needs to figure out how to get himself going every game.

Wish I could be there on Friday - instead I'll have to settle for watching Perth vs Illawarra Thurs night in Perth which should be a cracker but not quite the same as watching my Sixers.

Despite his size Randle has skills that are readily transferable to the big league."

Offensively he's amazing, but watching the way NBL teams exploit him defensively I'd say that's why he's not in the NBA. That's good news for Adelaide if they can re-$ign him.

Court looked sensational last night, amazing how lightning cN make the whole show look more professional. Well done 36ers.

I don't know why so many on here want to bag players who have form slumps.
DJ wasn't good last night, but he's been beaten before and still comes back to be our leading scorer and rebounder. I think we'd all rather have him on our team than against us.
Gibbo has been the heart of this team and a great leader for a long time. Last year, for a long time, people on here were saying he couldn't play with and / or didn't get along with our import point guard at the time.
This year people are saying he isn't performing because he's thinking about Brisbane.
Surely we can expect professional sportsmen to be motivated to perform simply because they are competitive animals ( otherwise they wouldn't have got this far). Surely we understand guys like Gibbo are motivated and are working hard everyday. They want to win NOW! Then there is Olympic selection and the value of the next contract which maybe later considerations.
Yes these guys will have some amazing games and they will have some disappointing games. Lets give them the benefit of the doubt and support them.
This Sixers team is still in the hunt for a Championship.

Paul, that is clearly his limiting factor. He lost his man in the first minute of the game last night on a simple pick and roll for an embarrassing score.

That said, in a Sixers team notorious for switching which should create a lot of mismatches, his defence has been able to be hidden away somewhat.

It was nice to see him get up and contest/block a shot during the game and be a little more active on that end. If he can focus on being more involved in defence, which Joey said after the game he has challenged him to do, he could hold down an NBA spot with ease. Joey's quote was "if you are quick at one end, you can be quick at both ends".

Dare I say it, I would select him before a Patty Mills type, who is no lock down style defender (although he has put work into that part of his game).

Players often perform differently in contract years. Motivation can be a big part of preparation, the extra effort on court, etc.

In most games the refs are letting a lot go this season so I don't know a bit of physicality is the only reason DJ struggled.

DJ was setting a lot of screens and paving a way for Randle so did contribute. Yep he needs to work on other stuff but not all bad.