Anonymous
Years ago

36ers vs Hawks, Sep 19 at Starplex

The Adelaide 36ers have come from ten points down in the last quarter of their match against Wollongong at Gawler on Sunday to record a gutsy 89-84 victory.

In a see-sawing battle that saw both teams in foul trouble (Ballinger and Hill for the 36ers would foul out whilst Forman, Davidson and Saville would do the same for the Hawks) the 36ers carved out a tough win in front of the sold-out crowd at Starplex.

Due to the number of foul calls it could be said that the game was won from the foul line. The 36ers hit 31 out of 37 free throw attempts where as the Hawks would only hit 25 from 35 attempts.

The key momentum swing of the game would come after a contested Larry Davidson lay-up miss. Davidson's subsequent remonstration with a referee earning a technical foul and would mean 36ers captain Adam Ballinger would hit two foul shots and then a three-pointer on the next play, bringing the 36ers right back into the game to be down two points.

In the frantic last few minutes Ballinger and Craig Winder would make huge plays to get the 36ers the lead and then also build a slight buffer.

Hawks import Gary Ervin would draw a fifth foul from Adam Ballinger and go to the line for two foul shots. He would ultimately miss both meaning the 36ers would maintain a small lead going into the last minute of the game.

The 36ers did enough at the defensive end to secure the victory in the last minute.

36ers High Scorers
Ballinger 24 (9/13 fgs)
Winder 23 ( 8/13 fgs)

Hawks High Scorers
Ervin 27 ( 8/15 fgs)
Davidson 18 ( 6/10 fgs)

Other highs

36ers - Holmes 8 rebounds Carter 7 assists
Hawks - Davidson 9 rebounds Saville 4 assists

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Pretty strong performance by Gary Ervin. Once again Ballinger been consistant and good to see that winder should have a impressive season the way he has been playing. Larry also keeping up his good form taking off where he left it from last year getting 18 and 9.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

thought Ervin would have had more than 27. He is a great pick up for the Hawks, great handle and finsher around the basket. Ervin has the ability to get to the basket whenever he chooses, made some nice passes also. The Ervin WInder match up was the highlight of the day for me.

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SRT070  
Years ago

Sixers coming back from behind....in the last quarter......and win??!! and people tell me a new coach wont make much difference. BAH to them. good work sixers. bring on the season.

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Camel 31  
Years ago

Sounds like DeVries was injured and Johnson did OK when Ballinger fouled out and when Anstey was injured;
and, the game should've been played at the dome.

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SRT070  
Years ago

I know how you feel camel but hey, atleast we get all the home games at the dome :)

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orbit  
Years ago

Anstey?

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Camel 31  
Years ago

Meaning - Johnson did good last season when playing minutes while Anstey was out, and did the right thing when Ballinger fouled out yesterday. So, I've got confidence in him.
( Dowdell's done his bit too. )
Harry, who at 7ft 4 would've been good to watch, to see - but may not be the right fit.

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Camel 31  
Years ago

Aw- and Ballinger top scoring - the pieces are starting to fit together.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Any stats for sam. Did he play much over the weekend???

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Camel 31  
Years ago

From hoops forum Sam only played a few minutes on the weekend. Stats for those 2 games would've been of interest to those here in the dark.

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Isaac  
Years ago

Some 36ers highlights from the game:

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Ineedmore  
Years ago

Official stats for that game shouldn't be relied upon.

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