Early days, cracking start by both teams, Davis bee unstoppable

Cracking start by Sixers, I'm hoping my tip is wrong, Sixers passing been exquisite. Humphries and Cadee playing on there home court. They call fouls on Harrell that he doesn’t get at the other end. Davis is star, hope he stays in the league.

Kuol fouls on every defensive play, they just don't call them all.

Harrell has to come up on that pick and roll, doesn't seem to be learning and Adams is cooking them every time.

Refs allowing a lot of contact, Kings getting the benefit of it at the moment, good game to watch so far.

Cracking game, Adams 24 points at the half, been unstoppable. Kings by three. Cooks setting great screens for Adams Davis 16, Humphries 13 for Sixers.

Cracking thread.

Humphries been big defensively this quarter.

Humphries D in the third so far has been outstanding.

Hungry DJ.

Horrible call on Davis, his third, how does the video guy get get that so wrong.

Those 2 missed 3's killed the 36ers momentum for a good period there.

Sixers looking in control..no answers kings..

Kings are a rabble. They going nowhere in playoofs..
Sixers bandwagon is playing full steam. Greatest hits.

DJ getting hot at the right time. Could have gone into a big hole with Davis on the bench.

Davis touches Kuol and foul, Kuol grabs, grabs no call. Davis on four fouls. Harrell giving it to smith and Pondgrass of the free throw line. Humphries been absolutely brilliant on D. Cadee showing his experience.

They could have called that foul on Kuol all the way down the court

Wells rolling with Humphries against the recent trend of benching him for Martin is the smart move here.

Suddenly become very switched off.

Harrell is a dick head

36ers now .39% above Tasmania in 6th and Sydney drop to 4th.

KD not out of the MVP equation I reckon

Sixers let kings back in but still just to good. Humphries absolutely magnificent, joint by Davis, Harrell, DJV good in the last but very team first all game. Dech, Mayern, Cadee did exactly what was needed. Martin was sort ok but overall season wasted.

Kings imo get away with players fouling continuously and don't get it called enough. I thought Cooks would be to athletic but Humphries ate him and Oliver. Adams kept them in it but other than Goorj getting into the refs not much else.

Great game, great for the nbl, let’s hope Sixers can go on with it. Harrell is an entertainer, agree though some might think he a D head but overall great for the league.

Humphries best plus and index on the floor.

Humphries definitely huge and good on Wells to keep him in the game too because he hasn't been doing that lately. Definitely switched off a bit at the end, but they didn't get over emotional on the Kings physicality on D and apart from an uncharacteristically bad night from Davis everyone hit their FT's.

36ers managed to shut down their 3pt shooting in the 2nd half and kept pounding it inside to keep the score moving. Teams gonna have to hit a lot of 3's to make up for 60-42 on points in the paint.

That was the most impressive Sixers win for some time in a high quality affair. They could have wilted after being down at half time but instead played some of their best basketball of the season. They were even doing the little things like Trez diving on the floor which led to a huge DJV three at a crucial time. Haven't seen a lot of that from the Sixers this season.

Can we stop with any nonsense that the Sixers would be better off without Kendric Davis. He's played one of the best first year seasons out of any import ever. He needs to be priority 1,2,3,4 and 5 to retain. And if you think Trey Kell is a better player you're an idiot. Even without actually watching the two guys play where it's obvious KD is better he is beating him hands down in pretty much every statistical category. And despite being much smaller only averages 0.1 rebounds less per game. He plays better defence, is a much better scorer, shoots at a higher percentage and is a better passer. Need I go on?

And it's not as if Trey Kell's play translated into wins for us last season. In fact he got one of his triple doubles in a massive blow out loss.

Kudos to Trez and Humphries for massive games and DJV with some very smart and big buckets in the 4th qtr.

Adelaide surely make it from here with home games against the Bullets and NZ to come. Good enough to beat SEM on the road too. Probably a deep run in the post season in the offering with both the Kings and Hawks amongst their bunnies. Maybe some joy at last for the long suffering fans.

Cooks is too skinny you can see why the nba was too hard solid nbl player at best no jump shot either

Oh KL it's the Sixers. Nothing is guaranteed, if anything the opposite of of what you expect generally will happen.

My complaint about Harrell was that he was a big part of letting Sydney back in. His confidence out weighs his abilities, he's not a creative ball handler but thinks he can take anyone off the dribble then turns it over.

Then when he wasn’t ready for the poor pass they intercepted he was the last one to get back by a long way.
He doesn’t have the talent to be casual and cruise, he’s an energy guy. He hurt Adelaide in the last few minutes and that’s why I called him a dick head.

I just think some of our players/coaches have NBA disease in that NBA teams dont often play out the last couple of minutes because percentage does not matter when you have an 82 game season..

Not to mention the NBA habit where you only turn up / play proper super hard defence when you need to make a run...

" Kings imo get away with players fouling continuously and don't get it called enough."

Goorjian teams have always been like that.

Davis is still right in the mvp race, Sixers make a semi final should win it.
Humphries in last nights form is boomer material
Wells, maybe his ruthlessness has paid off for Sixers if they go on with it.

Sixers would have to make type 2 at the completion of the regular season for them to "make a semi final" as the award is announced Feb 10. Which is before the play-in tournament starts

Ok stats alone then as it stands now, Davis is the mvp, better in every stat except one point less a game. Davis has been more consistent in games, Cotton who I'm great fan of and wanted him in the boomers had a few high scoring games but overall it Davis for me.

When engaged like last night Humphries is the best local big in the league. Definitely has the talent to be so!

Best game he has played elite at walling up!

Good win as expected now just need to take care of business tomorrow to begin solidifying a spot in the Top 6.

Basket91, you beat me to it. If Humphries can be a two-way force like that, he is the best local big in the league. As someone else mentioned, his ability to change shots without fouling in that second half won Adelaide the game. Issue is that he could easily have gotten 3 fouls in 2 minutes on a different night depending on how refs are calling.

Rat10, agree that most of the Davis sentiment has been nonsense. Especially after the Cairns game where he was criticised for not identifying DJ and chasing stats even though DJ had managed 10 3 attempts in the first quarter alone and continued to Jack up 3s chasing records. Rosan said on commentary he believes Davis will be back.

Real danger game tomorrow against NZ, so need to keep playing like they are.

It's sixers and wildcats for me. Bc and Davis. Forget rest. Cats in series at home. Sixers are too strong for others. Interning both JR and wells had distractions but now both best I performed teams and coaches imo..shows importance of remaining true to programs..

Dotman, I agree that Adelaide have the capacity to overwhelm teams, and we've seen it with some of the leads they’ve had over quality teams in all of the recent wins.

In saying that, I don’t really like hearing Wells say things like "we are not the 6th seed". Mate, you haven’t even booked a spot in the top 6 at all, and even if you do, it’s going to be bloody hard to advance much further. Just sneaking into the 6th spot and not advancing beyond is still a failed season in my view considering the roster, so I wish they’d just shut up and keep doing what they’re doing. But they do seem happier, and I’m happy for Wells and the team if they’ve managed to figure things out a bit.

Humphries and Wells sat together in the press conference, and I think they had a social media employee travel with the team to capture a more cohesive image. Obviously very deliberate which might mean they’ve looked into PR and mediation to help them out a bit.

Humphries deserved to be at media conference, he was clearly the best player out there and stats prove it. If Sixers get sixth spot after injuries and suspensions derailed there season it's a good result. SEM last season, Brisbane, Cairns even nz are behind Sixers with same injury problems and are missing play inns.

I think it also suggests the Sixers are leaning towards keeping Wells by trying to work through things with Humphries. No need to bother with the PR if Wells is gone at the end of the season.

I agree Wells saying stuff like that isn't great when we're 12-13 and only in the Top 6 by percentage.

Dunkman, you're missing the point I was trying to make. I’m saying it seems very on purpose to have Wells and Humphries appear next to each other and seeming on good terms, regardless of how they played. In any case, I don’t think players consider attending a press conference a reward for playing well, I dare say it’s more a pain in the ass for them. Their social media was very focused on the post match celebrations, and I have never seen the girl who sat on the bench before. I dare say they are making an effort to solve the issues, and those little things help with perception.

Coaches don't have to be liked, they do need to get on with people, players etc. Sixers needed someone tough to run there program, hopefully they have found one.

Good result. It was weird, and a blight on the league, seeing this Kings outfit sitting in second place prior to the game.

Agreed Perthworld, don't want to sound like that idiot Jacket, but it's more a case of teams being bunched together because they're as bad as each other, not as good as each other.
Imagine if expansion is on the cards and it gets watered down even more.

Funny that because I wanted to throw out a huge LOL when the Kings climbed to second but didn't want to sound like you-know-who.

And coaches don't have to be liked, but they need to be respected. The most recent carry ons shows Wells has neither. Not sure what he's shown to being considered tough, players standing up to him publicly demonstrates that.

This result plus Tassie getting hammered plus PJC not playing tomorrow...

All good results for Adelaide. Can they take advantage or will they royally screw it up?

SEM smoke TAS by 36 points.

Points percentage now:

ADL 97.56%
TAS 95.65%

TAS and BNE don't have many bodies left so Sixers merely have to fade totally imploding and they're in (which you can never rule out).

How do you know Wells is not respected, are you in the know or just guessing. In yesterday game he and Davis were having very sound conversations on the sideline while free throws were taken, all looked like they were clearly on the same page. Sixers can't win, they play shit it’s the coaches fault, they start winning and the coach is still shit.

I don't know, maybe players wanting to fight him. Players saying they have no idea what their roles are. Coach having a personal dig at player resulting in aforementioned confrontation.

I've had low interest in the season thus far but its starting to look like Adelaide can do something if all goes right. Looking like the favourite for that sixth spot and I'd think theyve got more talent than whatever their play in match up will be.

If they go 100% on the remaining home games at a minimum, they should get there.

KET, it's a real danger game for me. Like Cairns recently, NZ will eventually win a game.

Sixers will only drop game to Perth. No team can match up.. too big too gd and confident..