Agreed Isaac, a blow out seems due

Playing for TTB (Team to Beat) power rankings number one spot.

I'm going with the Kings this game. The way this league is going at the moment I'm kinda expecting 36ers to lose their next 3 and Cairns to be on top of the ladder in 2 weeks hehe

Under the bounceback theory this NBL season seems to be governed by the Kings are due for a win and the 36ers a loss. If Adelaide can win this one against a desperate team they are the real deal.

The thing is, the way they rebound and run and rotate guys through they can really test Sydney's lack of depth. Kings in a close one for mine, but a hot Randle afternoon can make that prediction look silly in a hurry.

A Sydney blowout would surely be the end of the season for 36ers, and to Wright's tenure as coach.

;P

DJ didn't have it going on Friday the way he has in the previous few weeks. Mitch Creek still has to settle back in. Sobey and Randle were dynamic and will be hard to hold again. One thing that came out of Friday's game is the Kings need bolstering in the backcourt. Cadee isn't up to that sort of defensive assignment.

If Sydney's team defence is not as good as it was in the third quarter on Friday, they could be in big trouble. They are leading the league in points allowed, and if they make some outside shots, that will slow Adelaide's offence.

I think the Crumbles will win this, by 12.

I think Cadee is overrated. I don't rate his D and he is too flakey a scorer. Agreed the kings need to sort their backcourt....

That being said, I think the kings will win this one.

Creek isn't up to it.

Who was talking about home cooking calls now.

Sobey already on 2 fouls and a couple cheap turnovers. Shaky start.

Creek's a flog isn't he? Both Lisch and Cadee are dropping off because too much is being asked of them. They need a decent guard off the bench, particularly one who can defend quality PGs.

Get Creek off. Just throwing the ball away every time.

Ok, keep him on.

I swear the umps are told to heavily favour the home team in the NBL. Happens every single game.

Well. Creek has turned it around in the last few minutes.

NBL refs are rubbish

Thanks for that Moller. Dragged us back into it.

Moller with 2 pushing fouls in about a second of play. This isn't footy kid.

Get stuffed anon, creek isn't a baller.
He is average on his best day.

Err... Ok anon.
Creek literally threw the ball away on 3 straight possessions, that's usually grounds to be dragged.
And Sobey's fouls were there, but it still happened. Which is why it was a shaky start.
So, what did I say that was wrong?

Sobey had the fouls. Other players had turnovers.
Reading comprehension my friend.

Creek just trying too hard and probably still on a high from last Friday.

He has made up for his loose early play.

Creek really wasn't playing that poorly. A couple of the turnovers were circumstantial (e.g. DJ fumbling an easy pass).

Moller single-handedly keeping Adelaide in the game to finish the 1st.

DJ turning it on!

Cadee needs to shut up with the whinging to refs

Couple big offensive boards for Maric

Whittington splashing treys

Is Powell trying to win the award for most brain farts in a single round in NBL history?

Can't hear what Powell's yakking to the refs all the time, must be something they're not happy hearing since its quite clear they're not giving him any leeway defensively while on offense he's not getting a lot of foul calls on him. With him a marked man, I reckon the Kings can't afford not to suit up Khazzouh this season.

4 offensive rebounds for Maric now.

13 offensive rebounds for Sydney. 12 defensive to Adelaide. We're losing the rebound count on our own end.

Saw LK in the crowd there and is that Sandra Sully at the other end of his seating box?

Deng never gets a shot he doesn't like.

Jerome da ankle breaker

Get Sobey into the NBA now

Sobey is making some grown man moves. Beast mode activated!!

That is a rubbish call on Garlepp

These refs are a disgusting joke.

The league needs to fix this crap.

Wow. Just wow.

Err... Terrible call umps.
Jacobsen just tripped himself up, and somehow we end up with 3 shots.

Refs sending Gaze grey

Hahah you don't wanna be calling dodgy fouls when the home team has the biggest screen in the comp and replaying it over and over ;p

Laughable.

Call gets worse every time you watch it

They deserved a square up tbh.

And there's the make-up. Oh dear, these refs are awful

So bad.

Very subtle make up call there

Oh here comes the make-up call, please... the reffing is rubbish... my God.

If this game was a teen slasher movie, Tommy Garlepp would be the pain in the arse jock who gets knocked off first.

And there's the make up call.

As a coach, Andrew Gaze is the complete opposite to his dad on the sidelines. Lindsay was (mostly) calm, cool and collected while Andrew is more emotional and animated.....but no less effective so far.

And now a make up call for a make up call.

It is Sixers v Kings v referees

Smells Like Terrible Reffing

What is it with NBL refs these days? Seriously, both teams are getting some horrible calls.

I will say that refs have it a bit harder these days, if only because with just about every venue having large video replay screens the fans see every mistake they make.

Aside from some of the worst Reffing we have seen so far this season in that 3rd quarter, this has been a cracking game!

From what I can see so far, Vaughan Mayberry is doing a good job reffing but the two balding turds with him need to be fired. Absolute rubbish, a total disgrace to the competition. How can the sport increase its fan base if the punters are presented with amateur crap like this?

Jeesus Sobey

Not sure if Sobey or Kobe :P

This is officially farcical

Adelaide got this

Sydney just chasing

I'm pretty sure Rosen called Garlepp Greer before

Yep the kings are forcing their shots now. Adelaide just need to be smart and patient in their offense and they should close it out

4 fouls for Lisch. Another foul for him would be handy.

Wait, were they seriously saying Sobey to Phoenix just then?

Game is almost unwatchable now. The refs knew they've stuffed up big time, they're so intimidated by the crowd now they swallowed their whistle vs. the Kings until they catch up to Sixers.

Tech him!

Sydney were so intent on keeping Adelaide out near halfway that they forgot about Mitch Creek there.

10th assist from Randle. Equal NBL career high for him.

2 massive shots from Cadee there

Quality basketball from both sides.

Sobey gonna Kobe

Game stop for Lisch, why didn't he go off?

7 in a row!!!

Wow Sixers, have the advantage on the Kings now so maybe they might make the finals.

Too soon to call I know but now Sixers fans can start to believe.

How much is Sydney going to spend on their next player?

Well done to Adelaide. They're playing well and a good style to watch
Speaking as not just a butthurt losing fan but as a fan of the sport we really need to be asking questions about the continual shit the imposters with whistles keep dishing up in every game. It's a blight on the league. We'd serioüsly have better games if it was "call your own

Sydney deserved to lose that. If they put as much effort into playing as they put into arguing every call then maybe it would be daylight second. Good game from Adelaide. I'm no 36ers fan but gee I love watching Sobey play.

Sixers officially the team to beat now. If Sobey and DJ can keep their forms they definitely can go all the way. Impressive display to stay in composure even when the refs tried to make up for their stuff-up, that's championship mettle. Happy for them but I was absolutely disgusted by the refs.

To win seven in a row in a season as close as this is a fairly remarkable achievement

Sydney had to play catch up after The "Garlepp Incident".

I enjoy Tommy turning the ball over but I felt sorry for him on that occassion.

Some of the worst umpiring I've seen in a professional game. Hats off to Adelaide, but that Fitzy lookalike ref should never referee another game in his life. We've had him two home games in a row, and I wouldn't let him referee a game of HORSE in my driveway let alone a game of basketball. If the NBL wants the product to match the talent, they need to look at those guys with the appropriate word "Dodo" on their backs.

The sixers have a nice spread of scoring. Randle is bringing others into the game so well now and still getting his 20 odd. Sobey seems so confident in his game and the bench is contributing.

Adelaide then daylight???

Actually anon, if referees are going to make such a shocking bad call - and then immediately after make a shocking and obvious make-up call - they deserve to be called out. Simple as that.

Impressive resilient win from Sixers given the Kings would have been out for revenge on their home floor and having to overcome some favouritism from the refs.

Sobey unbelievably efficient from the field and some of his D on Lisch and rebounding was top class.

Not sure how you can't say the Sixers aren't deep as stated in earlier threads. 39 points off the bench. Admittedly 18 came from Creek who played an awesome game however everyone on the bench can come on and make great contributions. Dengi Fever with a timely contribution (how nice is his stroke)today and others off the bench have made serious contributions in previous games.

Cadee and Whittington can hold their heads up high for the Kings. Not sure why Gaze didn't play Maric much (at all?) in the 4th. He had 4 fouls but surely it was worth playing him for some minutes given how impressively he was rebounding earlier in the game.

@673 great comment from the bathroom.

You are not at the game, didn't watch the game and therefore have no understanding on what everyone is talking about.

Initial call on Garlepp was not necessarily a foul however Deng does then knock into EJ, hence slowing him down. If Sydney ran a quick offence and the ball went to EJ's player open down the floor then Sixers would have been furious. So he made the call.

The Tech was unnessecary. He dropped the F bomb, big deal.. its a small crappy call in the biggest league in the country, accept an F Bomb in frustration that is on the floor. Not on the TV, not heard by the crows. Anyone who has spoken to Tom when he is on the floor knows he has no malleus even though is vocabulary can be colourful.

The mistake out of all of this. Tom never made contact with EJ, the contact was into Deng. Deng should have been the one on the foul line. We spent 70 seconds on Video tape to work out and then put the wrong player on the foul line.

The foul on a stationary screen set well and truly early was nothing more than a SHIT call. I don't even think it was a make up call. Wrong referee for a make up call, it was just a crap call by someone who probably shouldn't be out there.

Just another fantastic win, 7 in a row and well clear on top of the ladder now. Just a remarkable performance by this Sixers team.

The Sixers should be doing everything they can to lock Sobey into an extension asap before he hits the market at the end of the year. No way will he pick up his option now.

Firstly, people who don't watch the game and have a modicum of understanding of the rules of the game shouldn't be commenting on others who do.

Secondly, the NBL is a struggling code that is competing for fans in this country. It has lost a significant portion of the fan base it had during its heyday. The ones who stayed, undoubtedly love it despite the failings and genuinely wish that it can not only survive but thrive.

You may get annoyed by the complaints about the officiating but it's just reflecting the disappointment and concern that genuine fans have for the well-being of the game. What was on show today was embarrassing and needed to be called out.

There is almost no accountability for the poor performance of these pathetic officials that have as much impact to the quality of the overall NBL product as the players, clubs and media. The horrible, amateurish level of officiating was not a one-off event either, at least 4 times this season and a major one last season that led to some rule changes. FYI, I assure you I'm not Mal Cooper in RL. ;p

The ref who made the Garlepp call should be immediately dropped.

Sydney looked tired.

People who continue to complain about the umpiring maybe should umpire themselves instead of mouthing off about the umpiring.

If only that was his one bad call. How many referee huddles have their been after one of his bad calls the past 2 home games? He's out of his depth.

Ergh. Blockquote fail.

Also on that Garlepp thing, obviously he didn't push Jacobsen, but he did appear to grab the singlet of another 36er. When you grab an oppositions singlet isn't that a foul anyway?

Obviously, swearing at the ref is a no-no. Garlepp needs to check his temper.

Please. Refs review a play, see its a bad call, can't change the call, but assign a tech foul when the player gets upset about it. Nice.

@Isaac, I watched the replay again and yeah Garlepp made a shoving motion but Jacobsen was way outside the reach of Garlepp's hand. Unless that was some superpower telekinetic push that Tommy had, Jacobsen probably just slipped.

I think Matt Townsend called the pushing foul from the Kings baseline which means he must have X-ray vision. Chris Clark saw Townsend's arm raised for the foul and called it as well probably to back him up.

I noticed Randle wasn't substituted at his normal time 2mins to go in 3Q until 7/8 mins to left in the 4Q

"Please. Refs review a play, see its a bad call, can't change the call, but assign a tech foul when the player gets upset about it. Nice."

Actually no the bad call happened, Garlepp than swore at the ref so it was a correct tech foul. Sydney fans can't say "well it was a bad call so they shouldn't have called the tech foul" You swear at a ref in such a bad way you get a tech foul, simple. Newley should have got an unsportsmanlike foul with 3:33 left in the fourth when after fouling Sobey then sticks his knee out to trip him up which was right in front of the referee.


Other than that poor call on Garlepp the officiating wasn't that bad compared to other games this season. Yes, there was bad make up calls. Yes, there was soft calls however the officiating didn't affect the result. What affected the result was Sydney's inability to play consistent defense throughout the game with Adelaide shooting at 56% FG, 50% 3pt and 80% from the foul line! Even your coach isn't complaining about the refereeing.

Whittington played the entire game, Lish and Randle both played around 37-38 minutes. That's extraordinary. Clearly it was an important game for both sides - both might feel the repercussions against their next opponents?

Where's the dud that said Drmic should start for Sobey?

If I remember correctly, at one stage today Gaze ran with

Cadee(or possibly Lisch?)
Whittington
Moller
Garlepp
Maric (or was it Powell?)

With Blake gone, Sydney should really have signed another import guard.

'I can see how it happened though. Garlepp made a shoving motion (towards Deng?) and then Jacobsen stumbled, possibly over Deng's leg. I imagine it looked like Garlepp shoved Jacobsen.'

The ball was dead from a score, play wasn't really impacted

@LV

Go to 17:20, Gaze addresses the issue somewhat. Doesn't sound good for them.

Where's the dud that said Drmic should start for Sobey?

I'm the dud. The suggestion was ages ago and was based on an idea to improve the balance of the team as opposed to a Sobey demotion. Do i still think the same after this unforeseeable run of form? No of course not. Am i happy to be proven wrong in regards to the lineup and improvements/adjustments from Joey? Yes. But stop misrepresenting what people have to say on this forum. Come up with something better than just dismissing people who have opposing views as duds. Surely you can do a bit better?

@Isaac, I'm not saying you were directly supporting what i said about Sobey but yes that was my thinking at the time in terms of balance. It was mainly the idea that Sobey could be used as a bench weapon while Randle was off. Of course i don't think that now.

I've nothing interesting or original to say when Adelaide are going so well but i have to congratulate them on waking up in a few key areas. Defensively, the team is so much better and they're running offence beautifully a t times. That home loss to Brisbane has really got them firing.

Thanks SteveK2.

Definitely not much depth. Drewy not sold on Moller clearly.

At their best they can be very good, but just can't afford injuries. I'd be playing Cadee and Lisch 35 mins each.

I really hope you don't play basketball, I can only imagine people having to deal with such a fool.

KET, value for Adelaide in keeping the streak alive, plus taking down a likely finals-bound opponent.

@Steve2k, thanks for posting that. Interesting that Sydney don't appear to be going to replace Blake. It's too early in a jam packed season to be running with 7 or 8 guys.

Kings need Khazzouh back ASAP, and really need backcourt help. Whittington had to play 40 minutes, tonight, because Newley was backing up Lisch and Cadee as well as playing 3. That, plus the short turn around from Friday night, is why the Kings looked so spent in this match, and a big part of how they lost.

I can't see them winning the title without another guard, and can't understand why they aren't replacing Blake, there's thousands of options out there to fit any budget.

Yeah it doesn't make sense. This is a big budget team, so odd that they haven't replaced Bryson/Blake

ROFL " Creek isn't a baller"

18 pts
6/6 fgs
5/5 fts
Huge block

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