nowhere close
Timmons will be under done
the team hasn't had time to gel (insert scarcasm here)
This team has shown week in week out they can't feed Horvath the ball constantly what makes us think they can find Timmons on a regular basis?

Personally I see a big loss by 20 or more.

Sixers by 14 points

I think that we will break the hoodoo and get our first won in Sydney since 1999,form says otherwise but if ever there was a time for a team to stand up and be counted then tonight presents the perfect foil and I for one will back Maher's fighing qualities.Sydney are not the poewerhouse that they used to be and we need to realise that and punish them inside by force feeding Horvath the ball early and often, play with passion and play every possesion on its merits , knock a Kings player on his ass if the situation merits it, we were once the benchmark of the competition and are now a laughingstock , a win could be a step in right direction.Also this is our first horrific season in 10 years, just imagine the bickering if we were crap every year.

I think the sixers should play a bit smaller tonight. Sutton should play 30 odd minutes and just wear kendall like a glove. Run Brett and Willie in the 2 and 3 spots with Lanard giving them a rest. Rotate Nash, Mastro and Timmons(?) on Worthington (this match up worries me greatly - but I do not see who can guard him - maybe a different look by going for Cooper or even Sutton on him for a short burst). Horvath in the five spot backed up by Cooper.

old timer Sutton is hamstrung playing defence of any type seeing he is out injured (hamstring pull)

And Lanard won't be giving anyone a rest. He is also out injured.

If Ng is travelling, I think this is who we have available:

Maher/Ng
Farley/Burdon
Timmons/Majstro
Horvath/Nash
Cooper/

Injured: Sutton, Copeland, Wheeler, Hill.

Sydney will not likely get full benefit from the home crowd tonight as I imagine that many of the Sydney supporters don't want to see a game against a "crap" team. It all helps. My head tells me Adelaide will lose, but my heart refuses to listen.

Sydney too disciplined for our rabble.

Well I give them no chance and the bookies give them less then no chance with sydney $1.09 to win. Also its $1.67 for Sydney to win by 11+ which I think will be the result.

The only chance is if farley has a break out game and scores 35+ and our defense some how slows them down.

Adelaide paying $6.75 for the win - two horse race with a few X-Factors in play - worth a $20?

Doc what is that saying


"a fool and his money are easily parted":)

Look for Ed Scott to make his mark in the league by torching our guards tonight. Sutton may have been a chance to contain him a little, but Farley has hardly been a defensive force this year, Maher may be a little slow for him and Ng isn't exactly renowned as a glove.

On the flip side, I reckon Horvath can get the better of Hinder and Crosswhite if he's given the ball.

Centrebet have the 36ers at $8.60 and $1.90 if they get within 13 points.

Horvath is $2.40 for more than 24 points.

Sydney ....... Daylight ...... That other team with the good warm up.

Sydney unbeaten at home this season? However also a penchant for not scoring big numbers so will win - easily but not by a huge margin.

LOL. i never get sick of hearing the 4-6weeks line. GOLD.

I dont think we can do it. We are too small and they are too agressive.

Only just spotted this - Boti has tied his game preview into the theme that the overtime loss to the Kings was a turning point for the season.

Seven-year drought a 36er hoodoo

They've never been the same since, doubt, injury and indolence undermining whatever confidence was being built.

Sometimes I think Boti gets his ideas from this forum.

Might get the occasional idea around the traps (including here), but I don't think pin-pointing the Kings game as a turning point comes from any high-level analysis. ;)

I'll put my $150 that I won on the Aussies on Tuesday on Sydney by 11+ (after the first 5 minutes).

Kings 110
36ers 82

How anyone can say a season was defined by one game is beyond me. "We dropped that one, so might as well give up on the rest of the season now"....yeah right. They simply are not that good.

Maher is officially due to light it up. Adelaide to win by 14, in huge upset. If Horvath keeps out of foul trouble, an even bigger win.

Just put a bet on Adelaide to up at half time Sydney to win, Paying $7.50.

I hope it pays off. Im a sixer fan, but thats good odds.

Dr.. could help tomorrow

Timmons coming in as #43

yea herers hoping he can deliver like good ol KB did wearing 43!!
The way things are going we may have to get KB to play, lol

Less then 5 minutes gone and Sydney are already on a run.

8-0, up 13-9

Majstrovich has scored 6 with two threes.

Smith has 8 including a 5-0 run by himself.

19-17 their way, coming back. Ng did travel.

Quarter Time

Sixers hit back with an 8-0 run.

Up by 2 19-17

Horvath has 6 rebounds!

Timmons has got three points and a rebound, Ng has hit a three aswell. Maher has 6 points, 2 rebs and 1 assist.

17-19 our way, coming back. Ng did travel.

In just 6 minutes, Nash has 4 rebounds!

Kings- 13 rebounds

36ers- 16 rebounds

Sixers rebounding better and shooting better aswell.

2nd Quarter

Burdon on! 11:42 left!

Nash hits a 3 followed by a Smith 3.

Sixers up 22-20

Why is Burdon on? I hope Farley isn't injured. He hasn't been on for a while

Ng playing well with 9. J Smith lighting it up for Sydney but has 3 fouls.

and has no stats. surely we could not get another injury. 28-27 ours. Horvath still no points as well, 3 ball seems to be dropping though.

Farley on now.

Kings had a 8-0 run to be up by 4 now.

32-28

Half time...

Sixers 43

Kings 44

Rebound Count:

Sixers: 27

Kings: 22

Assist Count:

Sixers: 7

Kings: 7

Foul count:

Sixers: 8

Kings: 10

3 pointers converted:

Sixers: 8

Kings: 6

we just keep hanging in there, hopefully they can nudge ahead.

a 13 point 3rd quater for Worthington

SIXERS UP!!!!!!!!

Mahersy has 18!!!

Have our noses in front by 1 point 75-76, on the back of AJ 3 free throws.

Farley is on court now with 8 minutes of the last quarter.

Sixers down by 2.

Had our chance to get our noses in front but one Sixer missed both free throws!

going down to the wire! time for some maher magic

The game is tied. With 5:54 to play, with all the BS that has occurred this season, the poor record and the memories of what happened when these teams met in Adelaide, you'd hope the team would have enough frustration built up to go on with it!

Timmons making some clutch baskets.... up 3

1 point up, 1 min to go

up by 1, 1 min left ahhhh

up 3, maher with the basket ( who else)....timmons with the rebound 52 tics left

farley with the basket with 9 seconds left to break deadlock, up 2....kings with the ball

Jason Smith 3 pointer at the buzzer, kings win

HA just joking, kings obviously have called a time out

Does anyone know what the error message is on the NBL site. Has anything progressed since the last 9 seconds?

dont joke

Then the NBL site crashed.

yeh nbl site is screwed....

It appears we won 97-99, from what I can get of the bloody NBL Live Scores.

yeah what a surprise, it must be an inbuilt script to crash when its an important moment.

unit, you jinxed the NBL site with your joke.

yeah as per sportal, sixers win by 2....good job fella's

Haha sorry.....had to pass the time somehow.....you could only ever blame me if what i said accuatly came true

oh thank god, anyone put cash on that game, 6ers were paying good.

Worst joke i've heard all year Unit. Well, if Smyth thinks things went wrong because of the loss in Adelaide to the Kings, will he be expecting a opposite response after this win?? With the Pigs next (I think), very nice opportunity to build what may resemble a winning streak!!

Oh, clearly Timmons was a nice addition, and the scare of lost court time may've giving Mastrovich and Nash a bit of a spark. All played well from what the stats show. With Copeland, Sutton and Wheeler fit, it will increase the level of play in training sessions no matter how relaxed Phil may want them!

YEa, great win for the team!!
Heres hoping we can retain timmons for the season and get the injured guys back and go on a bit of a role!! yea looks like Timmons has fitted in well 10 n 5 is a good start and he will probably improve and he will definatly make training a bit harder and force nash n majstro to perform if they dont want to lose there minutes!!

If the last Kings game was a turning point, hopefully this one will be too. Majstrovich must be relieved to get back into the numbers.

Who would've picked this result without Farley or Horvath putting up big numbers?!

Excellent work by the team. Hopefully they take that form into this coming round as the Pigs are taking it to a few teams.

Goes to show that when you rely on the top 3, it's not enough to win games. The whole team have to perform well. This is evident in teams like the Bullets where they have a strong bench. It doesn't matter who is subbed in, the game does not lose its quality. Basketball will always be a team sport and to play it well, the whole team has to play.