How many uniteds could a united unite if a united could unite uniteds?

I have changed my mind, I think the Sixers win this by a handful of points. I would have picked Melbourne had the Sixers not lost so badly in Perth.

I too could see us snatching this one.

I'd love to see a snatch this afternoon.

36ers mite win this..... then lose the next .... mostly win one and lose one ..... this season.....

I'll pick the sixers in this one also. Brisbane really doing them a favor in dropping their last two

If UTD's big guns perform & stay out of foul trouble, they win. Simple as that.

If Adelaide are clicking & running & gunning (& getting UTD in foul trouble), they win. Simple as that.

I'm not a fan of late roster additions, at the expense of cutting someone from the playing roster OR making the bench players feel like they aren't good enough. Suuuuuurely that must create some fear, disharmony or dent confidence. No coincidence that Brissy & Sydney have dropped a few games since making late (& unnecessary IMO) roster changes.

Now is it UTD's turn to slump with the addition of another unnecessary player?

Whilst I'm cheering for UTD, I'm thinking Adelaide may run away with this one.

DJ still to lazy to use his left hand....

And there you go, use your left DJ and you draw a foul from Boone.

Adelaide's transition D is garbage.

I was not against teys on the baseline.

I'm not even in Adelaide. But it's nice that they are talking about me

Why does DJ constantly pull at his shorts?

Lol Casper... What are you doing.

Thought he was lucky not to get a t for the lap, then he clapped...

Lol clear charge.

Can't believe I'm sticking up for adl. But Kennedy def initiated that

Wtf how do get a flop warning for that?!? Penalised for playing aggressive defence.

It was both a charge and a flop, which is usually called a charge.
Getting pretty floppy in there though so I think the refs just wanted to keep a lid on it

DJ has been pulling his shorts since forever. Lack of conditioning even though he's a pro athlete. NBL styles.

@luuuc yeah I think you may be right there.

Best minutes Bruce has given Adelaide so far. Super pass to Sobey and great D which should have resulted in 2 offensive fouls.

Great balance by Froling to get that over the rim.
Good recovery by the Sixers this quarter (assisted by some garbage play by United)
I'm loving McVeigh this season

Treasure this last game of SWOOP CITY jerseys.

I genuinely have no idea how this ends. Depends what team shows up in the 2nd half.

Sobey has convinced me.

Yeah he's been pulling the shorts for as long as I can remember. Doesn't make sense if it were conditioning, but in saying that, DJ doesn't make sense. It's probably an OCD thing like Nadal's nose-ears-nose-ears

Very entertaining first half with a great finish from Sobey. Let's hope Adelaide does not repeat their 2nd half in Perth.

Agree the shorts thing is OCD more than likely.

I'm a DJ fan, but his basketball IQ has been questionable for a long time.

Perthworld, do even know anything about DJ's motor!?!? He is the fittest big in the league and runs end to end for 30+ mins every game. Might need to get the red out of yours and watch a bit more closely!? ;P

game is pretty to watch ..... barlow shelling peas ...... he has nbl record 14shots without missing .....

18 offensive rebounds for the Sixers. EIGHTEEN

How many is McVeigh up to... He had 6 early-ish in the 2nd. Gotta drive home. Can't check

Still 6.

Seven team offensive rebounds

Haven't been watching. Has McVeigh just been rebounding his own missed shots?

@cavolo Ok. Back in the day on here everyone used to say it was fitness though.

Funny how coaches can bark and bark, and be disrespectful, toward officials but they rarely get pinged. The minute players do it, you gone son

Clutch; continuing to suck at it in a post Maher, Rose era.

Heal? Is he doing this game or was it pre-recorded?

Joey is a professional troll, deadset

"Haven't been watching. Has McVeigh just been rebounding his own missed shots?"

He's 3/11 FG so that might be part of it

Friends dont let friends play 3x3 hustle

Lol Shayno. Perfect.

CG 43 steps before shooting

We're not calling travel at all?

Cool.

Cool cool cool.

Yeah, that's the season. Back to Xbox.

I, for one, am SHOCKED to see another 36ers second half fade out.

Right?

Was looking like a potentially good final quarter but yikes

No team can be expected to thrive with Drmic as a starter.

Conger's foul unsportsmanlike?

I bet LV won't be complaining about that one.

Are Melbourne now playing horse?

Apparently he had a look in his eye so a perfectly legit block attempt was unsportsmanlike

I feel like I picked the right time to sideline the membership.

Then it should be called the Angry Look Foul.

But seriously, there was a legitimate attempt at stripping the ball.

That was me

Did they decide usf on Conger?

Crap call

Homicide might legitimately be the worst commentator across any sport I've ever watched.

I watch a LOT of sport.

I actually like Joey saying "run through him".

If they ain't going to call it... go get 'em.

Hahaha Joey's thug mentality on full display there

I feel like Adelaide would have ended some latte sipping flopping lives there lol

Let 'em fight!

The single most protected species in the League.

When you own the League? You own the League hahahahahaha

Melbourne looked terrified.

Looks like Johnson is yet another fiery dude on the sixers roster.
Venky not shy either.

Who is this bj Johnson dickhead

Don't need characters like that in the nbl. And typical cool headed joey Wright egging him on. Wright n Johnson both need a stern talking to from head office.

United really finding form but they need to do it against a team who plays D

Embarrassing, Adelaide.

It's funny how pissy they get. Rule of initiation if you want to play for the 36ers/Joey Wright: act like a testosterone-fuelled high school jock and fuck everyone else

Who is the little shit for Adelaide with dreadlocks.
Trying to get his 15 mins of fame.

Bench jobber Johnson haha tell him the 90s want their haircut back haha.

At least teys was on his best behavior this game which is weird

Their is a bad culture at the 36ers organization.

That little passage of play should end up in some major fines.

$250 for Joey Wright, halved with early plea.

$250 for B Johnson, luckily for Johnson the NBL accepts AfterPay.

Haha afterpay haha classic

Haha good Adelaide will finish 6th and will still act tough I'm sure. Culture issues aplenty

Sometimes you get your arse kicked and that's just professional sport, it’s how you deal with the highs and the lows that matters.
However, what I just saw at the end of the game was totally classless and disrespectful of the proud history of the 36ers.

Old Mate, is this the first Adelaide game you've watched in the last five years?

No koberulz, but that was pretty bad.

"moccasins"

You take that back.

I can survive Melbourne wiping the floor with the Sixers and my half hearted attempts at baiting people failing, but I will NOT suffer that indignity.

I legit change what I'm wearing three times before I put the bins out until I'm comfortable with my kit.

Least it wasn't a players missus throwing food at a child in the stands.

Or a coach pushing a development player after the game to get in the face of an assistant coach.

Flop went deep on the Adelaide embarrassment. Damn.

They aren't they only team with shameful moments.

Theirs just seem to be the most absurd

They're not dreadlocks, they're shitlocks !!!!

Venky Jois's bucket looked a sweet move. Looking forward to seeing more of his game in the NBL.

Last week I thought the Sixers might scrap in to finals but that is out of the question now and I expect there will be some serious shake up for the Sixers, and unfortunately not in a good way.

Thought I was back in the 90's, had visions of Kriss Kross and Lil Bow Wow...

Daddy Mac or Mac Daddy?

After the last few games, Grant Kelly might be better off selling the 36ers and keep the Lightning.

I feel like the agents have some good paying gigs for some of our players and most likely the coach. Are we trying to lose these games for an early end to the season, so we can get to our next contract?

We threw that game away by trying to compete with our bench. We are in win or bye, it's not good resting for our early exit.

Adelaide are so lame :P

Try living in Adelaide...... you'd be angry at the world too.

Couldn't be more pleased with the events of last night.

Anyone say anything about the Harry Froling attempted trip on Jois? That screamed class as well

Point Guard needed at Adelaide

1st time I've seen BJ Johnson.

Thought he was an ad-break for update (available) of the old Pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey game. 'Course the tail turned into the "dreadlock/shitlocks !!!!" but they kept the ass for both versions (tail & dreadlocks).

Seen plenty of clowns dressing up as donkeys, never seen a donkey dressing up as a basketballer before!

That's entertainment folks!

BJ Johnson looks like a First Ever model.

A change of head coach or a change of assistants?

I'd be very interested in seeing Joey with at least one and preferably two strong, experienced assistants prepared to suggest, challenge and calm when appropriate. And one needs to be a defensive specialist.

Drmic is a flog

Bijan Johnson (Adelaide 36ers)
While Conger needs to ramp it up, Adelaide development player Bijan Johnson probably needs to dial it back just a touch.
I mean, I'm all for young guys coming and bringing energy - and you certainly can’t play scared – but you’ve got to show some respect while you're at it.

Funny how a lot of you guys get so emotional and caught up in BS and hate on these guys. They are humans you realise and pretty cowardly talking trash and hating on a 20/22 Year old. I bet you wish your son was doing what Froling/Mcveigh are doing at their age. Couch potato wannabees

Sounds like you're emotional Rigley.

If I was lil bow wow (B Johnsons) parents I would be embarrassed.

Let's be clear first...what was the sum of what B Johnson did? 2 'hard' common fouls, not unsportsmanlike or technical ones.

Even if he took Joey's word to go after a United player, he didn't do a very good job of 'going through' anyone.

People are acting like these was malice, or tunnelling or intentional hurting.

Sorry....

I have just read there was extra bravado post-match which I missed as I turned off as soon as it was over.

I still haven't seen it, only those 2 hard fouls at the end of the game.

He shoved DJ Kennedy during the post-game handshakes for no discernible reason.

Tale of the tape- DJ Kennedy vs BJ Johnson

DJ Kennedy:
16 points
9 rebounds
6 assists
3 steals
1 block
6/13 FG
2 three pointers
Played a key role in his team's 23 point win

BJ Johnson
0 points
2 fouls
0/2 FT
3 fake tough guy moves
1 horrendous 90's haircut
1 post game scuffle instigated
1 bruised ego
Only got on court cos his team was getting blown out