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Hate to be pedantic, but Forman isn't the Hawks' captain. It's White (#3) and Norton this year.

Anyway, good test for the confident 36ers.

NBL need to remove the (c) from against Oscar on the Box Score, unless it stands for something else

Hawks can't be that crap twice right?

Johnson, Sobey and Shorter were the only three to play long gruelling minutes on Friday nights winning game. Still betting Johnson will hit his season average as he's looking very committed this season. Seems even when he thinks and acts like he's had a bad call he translates that to extra effort. Great to see. Sobey will not want to fall back after such a great game so even if he gets a few less minutes I think he will not lack effort. Shorter is Shorter, he will just keep on and Moore might have a few extra minutes of his time.

Joey spread the load very well Friday night so travel factor should be minimal.

Sixers depth and improved game to prove too much for the Hawks. Adelaide by 10!

"Wollongong is the 36ers least favorite venue"

Just had a Damon Lowery flashback. Thanks a lot...

I'd like a competitive game to watch but at the same time it was nice to see the 36ers so switched on and firing the other day.

Let's Go Sixers Let's Go!

This game isn't interesting everyone is talking about Sydney belting Perth and the demise of the 8 time champs

36ers have 39 points in 10 minutes. Statman, Is that a new record for the 40 minute game?

Sixers shooting from three point 6/7 and finally matching other teams from there... Fantastic. Creek 2/3 sensational.

Keep it up fantastic 78% from field!!!

Hodgson showing some signs!

Hawks look pretty good but Adelaide look so many levels above.

Thumbs up to Adelaide so far. Wow.

The Hawks are making Adelaide look great with terrible D. Great energy and cutting from Adelaide. They're getting 1-on-1 matchup with lots of space to operate.

I get the feeling they're spending petrol tickets at this point of the season. They won't be this good come playoffs

Ogilvy is finished, can't hit a layup and can't defend anyone, doesn't run in transition either way and he can't even rebound anymore.

Hawks should just go small ball Coneradd at the 4, Kay at 5 and run and gun.

The game could be a bit closer if the Hawks bigs could finish inside, they have missed a lot of easy ones and Adelaide have them got out on the break. It's as if the pace the Sixers play with is making the Hawks rush in offense.

Hodgson so frustrating though, he played very well in that first half but committed silly fouls again and now has to sit on the bench. That moving screen was just dunb and he needed to go straight up on the Ogilvy play. The whole Adelaide roster seems to be firing though making us look irresistible!

Don't forget, this isn't a 3pt shooting team. 7/9 at half-time

If Hawks lose this they can't make the finals.

If Illawarra lose this Perth will be ok. Abd they probably shouldn't...

Illawarra showing some fight

Hawks losing doesn't make Perth ok. Perth are only 3 wins in front of Cairns and we still have 2 games vs them.

I'm stating the obvious here, but Josh Childress has a bit of psycho in him

Cairns will lose to Melbourne and that'll be it for Taipans.

Hawks could still win from here if they shoot the lights out. Adelaide have repelled all the comebacks so far though.

Come on Sixers not safe yet, bring it home by 10!

Game over. Shut up please Cory Williams you're doing my head in.

Looking pretty safe now though

Who is more important to Adelaide, Creek or Shorter?

They're all important. That's why they're good.

Easy to look good when your teammates aren't performing.

7 straight since the change in the starting line up
Took a long time but we are building chemistry .


Shorter looks fitter , focused and is firing
Sobey's D has to be his focus and it has been
Creek will play NBA next season , flat out stud
Childress provides so much at the 4 , GLUE .
DJ , looks much better with space , C&S , less forcing

Moore is smoooooth as silk . Our x-factor off bench
Hodgson , energy , boards , blocks , dunks .
Drmic , will be vital at full fitness come playoffs
Deng , injuries gave him the chance to mature . Boom
Teys , can handle him as 10th man playing 5 mins max

We are finally playing to our strengths .

Haha such a politician statement, Udog.

It's clear that their drive comes from Shorter/Creek.

I'd say Shorter is more important. Head of the snake. Team came good once he started playing with a chip on his shoulder

Then again, Creek came back and killed it too. Tough to split them

We're looking pretty good right now but not getting carried away with the streak we've gone 0-4 against Melbourne this season.

The Doyle injury also meant Moore started bringing the ball up more for the second unit. Moore and Shorter have both come along in leaps and bounds (see what I did there?).

0-3 against Melbourne in the first 3 weeks of the season might not mean much though with Shorter out and injuries and imports leaving. The last game in Melbourne they came good second half too.

Creek better than Conger, no hahahahaha

This streak reminds me a little of the 2014-15 season when a young 4 man from the Boomers joined the team during the season. The Sixers were on a roll going into the Finals but then got cleaned up by the Breakers.

Too soon to start talking championship.

Yeah but Adam Gibson was on that team. And Jason Cadee.

Jason Cadee wasn't, he left prior to that season to join the kings.

I was thinking the same thing Big Ads, whoever we play in the playoffs is going to be tough but Motum also got injured just before that playoffs series which didn’t help. Either way, it doesn’t matter what sort of streak you bring in to the playoffs, you have to bring on the day, home court will also help if we can secure it.

As a Perth fan I can admit to being jealous of Adelaide's offence.

Sixers scored double perth today....

How good was the decision to not pay extra for Randall as we have got a team here that has real depth and don't have any one person that has to carry team.
And now playing as a unit no matter who is on especially on defence which if we can improve on will make our chances very high as always with this team going to get a winnable score.
Don't know where Shorter was in some of those earlier games or maybe finally got Joey off his back by getting system Joey wanted and now confident.
Finally Creek is the player we all been waiting for but NBA I don't think so as most points are going to basket and just a bit bigger and stronger to allow that.
But if we keep must must must be captain again.

Don't forget that Shorter went back to US because of the hurricane after a few games. They just flew his Mum over and he started playing well then. Who knows how that experience has affected him.

Out on the road, playing a team who had a chance to learn from how you just beat them and recover, and still pummelled the Hawks. Fourth straight 100+ point game. I think they hit 100 with 6 minutes to run!? And not only is there such an even spread of talent, but you don't even get a sniff of a prima donna on the team.

When Sobey recovers form, you can see he's not celebrating for himself, but with the team. It's a really likeable squad IMO, especially with three solid contributing imports, and good prospects (Drmic, Deng, etc). There's some formidable opposition still, but I'd be keen to see them run rampant through the league and finals and win it all.

On Creek vs Conger, I think Conger probably has a broader skillset and think he'll win MVP, but I'd take Creek first. I suspect Conger's inclusion in a team is disruptive (from his style of play rather than personality) - the Hawks look ineffective too often and the significant roster changes have been Conger and Ogilvy's form.

Creek seems to fit a team, plays hard no matter what, contributes in multiple facets. Doesn't need to dominate the ball to influence a game in subtle ways.

In other words, what makes a "better" player. One who stands out at the detriment of the team or one who could possibly dominate a game but fits in, plays a role and contributes to a better team?

Udog, hard to say with much authority and why I think it's worth a more detailed discussion than just "x > y" or "You're crazy! y > x!".

I have no qualms with someone saying Conger is better than Creek because it's certainly not an outrageous comment in the context of a sports forum.

I suspect Conger's inclusion in a team is disruptive (from his style of play rather than personality) - the Hawks look ineffective too often and the significant roster changes have been Conger and Ogilvy's form.