The loser of this match drops two games behind Perth.
Brisbane to win.

Today's Courier said that Patterson would welcome staying on with Brisbane following this season. Hope the team can hang on to him.

Dropping 2 games behind Perth not an issue at this stage, but not getting a game on NZ could be telling at season's end.

I can picture Jack walking along Glenelg beach, scouring the sands of disappointment to try to find a diamond for the love he’ll never meet.

Anyways, I’m off the bullet train for today. Got sbsviceland on with the slow train experience. Cool stuff for background while you go about your business on a lazy Saturday.

Plenty of gold along Glenelg beach

Adelaide surprised me on thursday so I am expecting them to disappoint today. I doubt they have the stamina or discipline to beat Brisbane.

That's pretty negative Big Ads. Not the Big Ads I remember! Every reason to be positive about Adelaide given their form. I didn’t see the start of the previous game but is this the first time Joey has started Froling and DJ together? I like it!

I get the feeling AJ Davis is trash

Sounds like Davis was signed as bench depth, so not sure that it matters so much either way. Huge game for both teams.

such a poor comentary team.

Russell still can't interpret basic calls by the refs.

4 minutes of gane time continually talking about perth ??

Perthworld is the centre of the NBL universe.

Apparently we have both shane frolling and armani(?) moore playing today.

such a poor comentary team.

The two games last night were really quite well commentated, and seemed to have a better video editing group as well, have missed a few "wanted to see" live moments already today.

err -- perhaps I should have said "not as bad as usual " ?

The problem with Adelaide continually complaining about contact is this:

Their whole offensive approach is to generate contact and go at bodies, and they want every bit of contact is a foul. They don't consider what the defence is doing, they just feel contact and say "well hey it's a foul because I was good enough to make contact with a defensive player". It's an entitled mindset imo, and they prey on incompetent refs and the movement of soft officiating in basketball. It's smart but damn it's off-putting. To me, players and refs don't seem to have respect for each other, same goes for refs and coaches

When NBL becomes more prominent over the next few years, specialist basketball commentators will come out of the woodwork.

When basketball becomes more mainstream, there will be more of an effort put toward getting basketball calling right. Fox bosses don't care if the NBL is top shelf, but they make damn sure NRL, AFL, BBL is right.

Give it time, we'll have a lot better product perhaps even as soon as next season when Fox pays to show NBL, not the other way around. If a network is paying for coverage, and paying top dollar, they're more inclined to get it right

If we win this, I'm putting money down on a championship this year.

Mainly since Perth have gone to absolute dogshit.

Froling should maybe try looking when he passes.

How hot is Froling from three? Plus he hustles.

Not sure how Davis got called for that foul.

It's not the other way around, you're talking about a separate issue to me. Commentary won't be the make or break of expansion

Simple explanation, Angus, he is a new import. Hazing is a thing in the NBL

Welcome back, Meech :)

Commentary is full of amateurs right now since there's only so much LK can pay on production. A real TV deal would bring more professionalism.

I happy to be proven wrong R10 but I think both Brisbane and Dre are smarter than the Sixers and wil expliot their lack discipline, especially in the backend of the game when fatigue kicks in.

This is a relatively inexperienced Sixers team and too many times this season the senior players have failed to lead them when the pressure is on.

Did you not see the comeback win in Thursday?

on*

any chance of talking about the game ? - while its actually on ?

Is Wiley hurt or just randomly out of favour this week?

Have faith Big Ads. I may even actually use the season pass sat next to me at this rate.

13 sec left in the quarter commentary "important minutes here for brisbane " ???

^ math isn't high on the credential list for commentators.

It's an exceptionally short list.

I get it, anon, expanding their foothold in the Australian sporting landscape is what I meant, not expansion team.

And I don't see commentary being the make or break for expanding the league's foothold in the Australian sporting landscape. I see it is more irritating for those of us who are established fans, rather than those who are trying the product

According to CJ Bruton, Davis is a special player. Struggling to find what's special

Froling's a good player and only going to get better.

Shame he acts like a whingey flog most of the time.

Son of NBA player did OK on that drive.

Okay okay, get him on a straight-line drive to the cup and he's okay. Everything else is, as a mate of mine put it, warehouse at best

Imagine if Gliddon did this consistently.

Big Ads was right. Good call.

Maybe don't give Te Rangi an eternity to setup for three, Sixers.

36ers - no rebounds ATn - thats just effort...

Plus they're putting up junk.

Big ups to Big Ads

3 rebounds by Harry is just not enough..

How did cadee just get a usf haha wtf

That's a real one-pot, rainy Tuesday night grandma special recipe home cooking there by refs. God love em

Every possible foul in the mix there. One-pot special

That's completely unforgivable performance by ADELAIDE in the fourth and has pretty much cost them a finals spot

Sobey puts up a lot of garbage. Always too long.

What a great afternoon

Sobey has once again cost the 36ers a game by his poor ball handling in the last quarter. Poor defence against three point shooters, as usual by the team, and not giving the ball to the hot shooters from the third quarter. Froling repeatedly free early in the last quarter after shooting 4/6 three pointers and repeatedly ignored. Conger finally gets the ball after 4:30 in the last quarter and immediately scores. So frustrating to see the same problems each week cost the game.

Thankyou Bullet$$$

HUNDRED. Oh baby.

Frolling 4/6 from 3 and great hustle, Deng 2/2 from 3.
Final minutes? Better play Teys who hasn't scored a field goal today and then throws a massive brick at the end.

Sixers face Wildcats next so not all is lost.

Cadee , last 12 seconds, 3pt, and a turnover after trying to get a foul from a pair of 36ers who were not going to help pad his stats.

was there any effective strategy provided to the 36ers in the last quarter ?

Ushiro - its not sobey , so much as there being no other playewr who steps up when Sobey is not having a stellar game, bench time is good for a point player to "reset" mentally after a poor start - but who else produces so much with any sort of reliabilty ?

Went to the game today. 36ers looked knackered and sloppy at the end of the 3rd when they should have been putting the game away. And DJ got fouled so much the whole game and it just gets waived away.

Very Old - Sobey was the one who turned to ball over and took the poor forced shots in the first 4.5 minutes of the last quarter when the game was lost. Drmic helped him with a few of his choices too. Not the first time either. Not all Sobey's fault of course - there is a coach who either doesn't make decisions or just whinges to the refs. They are highly paid professionals, just need to act like it at times. The good first three quarters were blown away by the poor last quarter, with the game lost in the first half of it. Even Homicide said that Sobey needed to look at the last quarter and learn from it :)

Just got home and I have one thing to say: Where the fuck was Froling in the 4th quarter? He was one of the biggest reasons we won the first three quarters! His defence and boxing out were huge against Brisbane's big frontcourt and his threes were a real problem for their defence too.

Instead, Joey plays small to try to matchup with Brisbane and refuses to change when DJ is exhausted, Patterson is scoring at will and Wiley is giving TeRangi wide open threes after we’d kept him quiet all game!

Got to be the worst coaching I’ve seen from Joey and it’s probably cost us finals this year.

"Even Homicide said that Sobey needed to look at the last quarter" , actually he said the whole game, and I don't rate him as a true judge of a game, either as am observer or a participant.

Moore was absent much of the game, wiley has great effort but little direction, DJ was left to be out-rebounded most of the game, and I think that Joey's "system" has become very chaotic as the season has gone on, I don't know if thats because the players won't execute it, if they don't understand it, or there isn't one or its just " go do it and decide ( read and react) for yourself". but i think more dirction given to the players rather than the officials may be useful.

"Instead, Joey plays small to try to matchup with Brisbane and refuses to change when DJ is exhausted, Patterson is scoring at will and Wiley is giving TeRangi wide open threes after we'd kept him quiet all game! "

absolutely spot on , particuarly since we didn't need to catch up at the start of the 4th Q, got to ask - who did start
that Q4 for the sixers ?

I watched Deng score 8 point in 2 mins today saw him score 12 points in 3 mins in iMelb.But still only gets a few mins court time. Highest % scorer for mins on the court, Can't work it out. No one can score in the 4th and he is on the bench????

If Adelaide drop their game to lowly Perth I think they should hand in their NBL license.

agreed

I agree with everything you just said Very Old. I love our running game, but Joey has never got our guys to consistently recognise opponents weaknesses and exploit them in the half court. We lose so many games because the guys don't have an offensive plan.

Ushiro, I didn’t think Sobey did that much wrong in the early 4th quarter. They were good shots he often makes, he just had a stinker of a shooting night after he shot the lights out last game. So I’m not going to blame him for this one. His D has been pretty good the last two games too.

Brisbane didn’t get many good 3 point looks until the last quarter and that was more to do with everyone sagging off to try to stop Patterson attacking the basket and to help DJ on the boards. Hence why I’m pissed at Joey for leaving Froling on the bench most of the 4th!

Agree with Anon on Deng too. He deserved more time after his first half. Could've made a difference with his threes and energy. I certainly would have had him in ahead of Wiley!

Conger played 'well' today

Was Froling sitting in the fourth quarter addressed? Hopefully the press chewed him out for benching him.

Adelaide needed more Teys as well

DJ's attitude was woeful today and got worse as game went on. Sure Bairstow fouls him constantly and just scrags him but DJ needs to suck it up and get the better of it instead of affecting his game. Should of been subbed off. He was spent and just getting more frustrated. Couldn't compete anymore and got out rebounded after missed foul shots, and then lost the plot mentally, while Froling sits on the bench. Could not work out why Froling wasn't subbed on in the 4th. Deng looked good when he was on for those couple of minutes and then sits for basically rest of game. Conger tried hard and did a good job, while Sobey was MIA offensively. Wiley is terrible defender. Gets lost switching and both him and Moore give their players too much room outside and can't close down outside shot.
At start of game refs were woeful. Hodgsen and Bairstow had tents pitched in the keyway. Missed travels and don't think they even picked up the 8 second violation until crowd and Joey picked them up on it.

I think if I had a choice between DJ "sucking it up" or the refs calling a foul when he's actually fouled I'd rather the foul.

I would rather they called the foul too. But the so called referees weren't calling them, can't make them blow the whistle, so he needs to be smarter and start sucking Bairstow in rather than Barstow getting DJ just where he wants him. Maybe today he was just completely spent and hit boiling point. It does amaze me how the refs continually don't recognise what certain players do every single game. Do they not talk about this sort of stuff?

Conspiracy theory time: Joey is deliberately coaching badly so that he gets asked (or paid) to leave at the end of the season?

I think that both DJ and Sobey have stepped up considerably in terms of mental toughness in the last 3 seasons, difference is night vs day to me.

Joey failing to add tactical coaching ( situational/immediate focus on 1/2 court or mismatch or if/then/else structures) to the strategic focus ( overall we run, run and play hard switching D ) that he brought with him in the first season, indicates that his own development as a coach has stalled somewhat. JMHO

Patterson9until foul out) plus Gliiddon, Te Rangi 3's too good down stretch. Sobey (and it is hard to see they have anyone up to it) is not the right man to handle /make decisions with the ball in prime time.

Deng got a cracked rib from some contact prior to hitting his second 3 from Vikona, hence why no minutes second half.

That explains Deng then.

such a poor comentary team.

"indicates that his own development as a coach has stalled somewhat."

I feel the same way. It's either that or he can’t get his players to play smarter. Either way, it’s a concern for those of us who are tired of waiting for another title.

Can someone remind me how many years Joey has left?