Sixers by 7. I don't know why...just go with it.

Finally a 36er road game on the box.

First away game on TV since our opening win in Perth. I guess it helps that its a) Sydney and b) no other games are on tonight. Though if Wollongong or Melbourne were playing someone tonight you could almost bet that One would show that game instead.....

Kings are playing really loose... 36ers offensive looks good. They are running the lanes.

Grant already grabbing splinters after two early fouls.

Did I read that stat right? Did 5'10" Chris Warren block 6'10" Julian Khazzouh??

Nice assist from Bartlett and just what the Doctor ordered, Darren Ng hits a 3 with 1 second to go to give us a 49-41 half time lead.

NOW we just need to keep it up for the next 2 periods.....

http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/100167/1/watch-sydney-kings-vs-adelaide-36ers.html#

Just how bad of coach is Moose.... Marty has questionable rotations, but Moose has no clue what so ever.

Worst coach in the league by a country mile.

thank you alolomous ,you made my night(hoping your a chic haha)

Khazzou is out of the game in the 3rd?

Please don't tell me Simpson is injured. Please just tell me Marty is a retarded idiot.

Why has he only played 15 minutes? He's only put up 1 shot in the second half. Hasn't been on since the 5 minute mark of the third.

Looks like we've finally worked it out.
Fouled out Khazzouh early in the last. Had Worthington in foul trouble early last week too.

great to get the win, how come so few minutes for Creek and Simpson?? just rotations?

Glad to get the win but surely these 2 need 20 + mins and Weigh carrying an injury should play a little less.

Great game from Johnson, Herbert, Helliwell, Warren, Weigh.

Solid numbers from Bartlett, seems to be a good pick up.

So we won another on the road, and our coach out-coached their coach.

maybe we should all buy x lotto tickets, and see how far the luck runs, ay?

Now that you mention it, Creek didn't play the last half either.
I'm getting really worried now. Captain and Vice Captain already gone. Now our superstar import and young up and coming star could be injured too.

And did I mention Ng only played 4 minutes too?

Win on the road 96-77

Good crowd tonight. 6,175. Well done to the people in Sydney for a great crowd.

No mention if Simpson or Creek were injured in the report just up on the NBL website.

Great crowd numbers according to the NBL website, I'll be curious to see how loud and full the stadium looks on the telecast (sorry to steal any thunder there Holden)

Correction.....6,165. Adelaide still has the best home crowd of the season (in Australia) ;)

That's funny, I must have been channelling you Holden.

No thunder stolen there BA. Anyone is free to put up things like that :P

The SEC looked good with a good size crowd (from the link above which had live streaming). We should see crowds like this in Sydney & Adelaide more often.

Weird, Creek plays 9 of the first 13 minutes then doesn't return, yet they don't mention it.
Same with Simpson not playing the last 15.
Or Ng only playing 4.

Surely Marty isn't that incompetent that he ran the risk of us losing by leaving 2 starters off for the majority of the second half?
Weigh was the one who was injured heading into the game I thought, not the other 3.

Is this game on one tonight? if so what time?

10:30pm on OneHD baller

Will have to watch this one.
Firstly to see us win for once.
Secondly to get to the bottom of the Creek and Simpson thing.

Robilliard and/or ratzsch must go after that. It might already be too late

Watching the telecast, Creek just got Subbed out. Didn't seem to be anything in it. Standing in the Huddle at the time out, no worries.
Will continue watching, but can't see much.

Simpson went for the dunk on a fast break. Seemed to jar his knee a bit. Now he's hobbling. Still out there at the moment, but might have shelved him as a precaution. Or maybe he injures it properly in the third

Gaze mentioned Simpson's knee giving way on an early break away dunk attempt off a steal. Perhaps that could explain Simpson's lack of minutes.

Ng was mentioned in the paper was being under a the influence of a virus.

Creek may have been confined to the bench after commiting a silly turnover, however I suspect Bartlett's game may have had more to do with Creek's time.

Gaze mentioned Simpson's knee giving way on an early break away dunk attempt off a steal. Perhaps that could explain Simpson's lack of minutes.

Ng was mentioned in the paper was being under a the influence of a virus.

Creek may have been confined to the bench after commiting a silly turnover, however I suspect Bartlett's game may have had more to do with Creek's time.

Wicked half court three by Ng on half time! Nothing but net!

Sorry for the echos, phone link playing up. Didn't see your post Hendo, but as you can see, I drew the same conclusion about Simpson.

And how the hell was there no foul call on the half court shot!

Travel and the foul both missed.

Damn even if you didn't know the final score and were just seeing the replay on One you'd know it was the 36ers night just from Ng's 3 on the half. Carfino was right, he traveled but not just before the shot, I thought he took about 2 or 3 steps before he even started dribbling LOL. Then he takes 4 steps going over half way and hits noting but net :)

Question, was he fouled as he took that shot? Looked like he might have been fouled by Bose..... Even though we won by 19 should that last play of the 1st half been a 4 point play opportunity?

Must say, from the half I've seen so far, Bartlett looks like a good fit. Handy player.

Sydney absolutely SUCKED this game, 0/9 3 pointers!..I mean REALLY..Good game by the guys and it was good to see them play the game out.
Marty still has alot to learn with his bloody rotations and the team he puts on the floor sometimes is scary..hes really been bailed out by the team lately. This team with an NBL coach would be alot stronger.

Ng's Half Court shot was fantastic and highlighted that the Ref's really did miss some BIG fouls tonight..and travel. Really annoying to see them miss very blatant obvious ones that knock people over then call hand slaps.

At one point, Simpson seemed to have no lungs, commentators pointed it out, so maybe he had some flu symptoms also.

Herbie is now great value off the bench.

Bartlett has the game which suits our style. Great decision making at speed, great transition game. Wonder if he keeps this up whether they would consider honouring Crosswell's last contract year as an assistant coach? Clarke has mentioned his smarts often.

Ng's buzzer-beater:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMx_acFUKBw

hardly earth shattering i agree but takes us 1 win from the 4, probably highlights the quality of ball in oz more then anything

I watched the replay on One last night and was impressed with Helliwell's effort. Apart from the two sloppy moving screens, he had a much improved game.

Hold the phone though, the olde Herbie is back.

Helliwell , who at 20stone , 7foot , hair in a bun
is not a pretty sight. Nevertheless , he began to play in the most meaningful way and we went to 21points in front when he fouled out.

Bruce definitely showed last night why Adelaide didn't want him this season. Even with people saying how great he has been playing against Adelaide his stats in the 4 games are

16 points per game @ 38%, 13 assist 13 turnovers.

Sydney he is all yours!

Great win by the Sixers last night. They showed they have heaps of talent and should be winning more regularly. Carfino and Gaze where surprised that we have been doing so badly with the team we have but never thought to mention it could be because of Clarke....

The umpires had some really bad non calls last night. DJ gets an obvious push in the back on the fast break and no foul is called. It was like the umpires where thinking "Yeah it was a foul but keep going". Then Warren gets a fouled called on him in defense when Khazzouh pushed his own player. Several other poor calls.

Helliwell is so frustrating to watch. EVERY GAME he gets called for a moving screen. We don't ask him to do much so he can at least get that right. Also almost every game he blows a layup. He is basically 7 foot, DUNK IT!!! If he misses the dunk then so be it but he is obviously struggling with this layup concept so he should just dunk it.

Yay we beat the 3rd to bottom team. Perspective here people.

Kobe24- Yes it was a lowly ranked side, but it sure as hell beats 100 people calling for the coach's head. It was a good 'away' win.
Does it get us out of bottom place now?

I still want the coaches head, for one. Not up to it, and full of excuses. I dare Clarke to change my opinion with results... not one win but many. This team should be pushing for a playoff birth with the roster they have.

Very true Kobe. I think we will beat Cairns and then everyone will just forget about how crap Clarke has been.

Was at the game with the tribe so a few quick thoughts:

- their video screens are terrific
- seats very comfortable
- merchandise excellent and a whole lot of it (you can even buy Blagoy Janev singlets!)
- cheerleaders and staff very friendly
- Dean Uthoff is still a man mountain
- Sixers played very efficient and were well led by a terrific floor general
- Kings were terrible and desperately need a floor general
- great night all round but .... $28 for carparking? Ouch.

Moses Guthrie, I agree that their video screen is excellent BUT no where in the building can you see which player has scored what.

Car parking anywhere in Sydney is expensive

Just to add to it..I still want Clark gone..Gaze was amazed were this low on the ladder and we all know why!

Good ol Gazey stays diplomatic till the end. Clarke hasnt got the chops, and like guys like Brad Hill Holmes etc, if he is to succeed in the NBL, im happy to see him do it else where, because he is clueless in Adelaide.

They need to string together wins before anyone should get too excited. Hopefully Cairns at home is gettable.

The Taipans won't be easy, obviously, but we can win that one I think.

I think there is at least some reason for 36ers fans to get excited. We went 3-3 in December after being 2-6 in November so despite the loss of Balls & Cross the team have improved regardless of whether its just the players finally stepping up or Clarke's influence.

And I'll be the first to admit that I MIGHT have been wrong in my objections to the signing of Bartlett. He's doing good so far, taking pressure off Warren and even Herbie somewhat and his scoring has been good, but I'll see how he goes over the long run before I'll admit total defeat there :P