Well said Jack. Go sixers!

Great value for the Sixers @$2.23

Yes I am really shocked that Tigers are $1.65.

I expected Adelaide to be at $1.65 but the tigers at home will put up a fight.
Perth is at $1.44 v Hawks $2.81 but the game should be closer than the odds suggest.

6ers will smash them, If Tomlinson has any issues at all with his cramp, forget about it. Go ahead be physical, Tigers will throw 1 good quarter at us, 6ers by 12+.

Is this game on FTA? I can only find the Perth-Gong game.

All good - found it:
12:30-2:30 on 10.

RET ROW RIXERS!!!!!

I expect the sixers to close this one out the tigers are pussies when the pressure is on

Lots of empty seats.

Looks like there's more Sixers fans there than Tigers fans - or at least the noisy ones!

Well that escalated quickly.^^^

Goulding just throws himself into the defender on drives and it's a foul? Cool....

Anon 396..you watch the game, and take the time to post about it. If it is so bad, why are you wasting your valuable time watching and commenting?

Not sure what the boomers squad has to do with this game. If you don't like it don't watch it. Simple logic.
Barlow a boomer? Wtf.

we are doing 2 things at once watching the game and swearing a lot

Goulding in beast mode as usual. NBA bound

Cheap shot Ervin

Ervin, a weak front runner.

Gary Ervin is a vagina.

Ervin needs to be rubbed out for that. Disgusting stuff.

I hope he gets at least 1 game suspension for that we play a lot better without him he has annoyed the crap out of me nearly all season

Ervin is a little bitch! Dirtiest player in the league

Ervin - as a 6ers fan have had a love/hate relationship with him all season. Loved his game on Thursday, back to pathetic cheap shots at the worst times this afternoon. Basically threw the game away

Was undisciplined and unnecessary, but was Goulding's reaction on par with the contact? Me thinks not.

Cheap yes, but knowing Goulding, he may have probably put a little acting into it.

What is going to happen to NBL on Tuesday as Melbourne is set to win and will be played at the same time as Swimming. The events are supposed to be on One

Goulding may have gone down harder (flopped?) than was called for....but he had every right to IMO. Seriously WTF was Ervin thinking? Joey Wright did the right thing immediately benching him.

Brendan Teys has been good today from what I've seen.

More than a few 'home town' calls out there but you'd expect that.

Game 3 in Adelaide it will be.

With the angle of the camera available, how anyone can say that Gouldings reaction wasn't equivalent, is rubbish.

Taking an unexpected knee to the midsection would drop a lot of people.

Dirty move, and not one person should be condoning it. Regardless of who you go for, or your thoughts on Goulding.

He should be rubbed out, but the league will take the soft option and not suspend him.

Doesn't matter if Goulding added some more. Ervin deliberately raised his knee in to his groin. Moronic and dirty.

Massive CHOKE from Adelaide.

Anon - the games are suppose to be live on FTA

Goulding didn't say much in his post game interview with Andrew Gaze....but did say it wasn't in the mid-section. Ervin got him square in the balls (man parts Goulding called it).

Stupid stupid move.

Only the first two games were promoted as live, I believe.

Foul ding comments on it at the end of the game... Could've declined like the AFL players do.

As for Goulding stating he felt something in his man parts... Ervin made no contact with Gouldings forehead!

After that play, no Adelaide fan should be commenting on who the leagues biggest dickhead is. It's been Ervin all season and he just confirmed it.

Knew it wouldn't take long for adelaide supporters to start calling goulding for flopping

@The Situation - yes but that's only if it doesn't go into a third

Ervin rightfully copped an Unsportsmanlike foul. Shouldn't that be the end of it?

I love his passion, but Ervin seems to have a pretty laissez-faire approach to the professionalism of the NBL in general. Seen a few 'street-ball' style cheap shots from him. And if you check his twitter page, some of the comments he's made about the refereeing ... let's just say he certainly isn't worried about getting any fines.

Before jumping on Ervin for alleged contact, need to look at the whole situation. What provocation was there? What caused Goulding to fall onto Ervin's body? With a dodgy ankle perhaps Goulding slipped and Ervin was trying to stop him from falling on the court?

I don't mind the series going to a third game. When it comes to cooking Tiger, you need to cook the meat slowly to seal in all the flavour.

Won't they just put it on channel 10 instead of OneHd? By the way how awsome is it having two live games in a row? It should happen every weekend

Missed the game but sounds like Goulding burnt us. What did Ervin do ?

Worried about game 3 now.

When will tickets be available for members?

Ervin is jeckyl and Hyde. Superstar in game 1 and wanker in game 2.

Have to agree with @thesituation........looked pretty from what I saw. Even if he was verbally provoked you can't do that. There is no real excuse that I can see. I cannot see how he is not rubbed out for Tuesdays game.

According to Facebook, tickets on sale at 4pm today. Post doesn't differentiate between members and general public though

Wow lots of keyboard warriors here bagging Ervin. Ok maybe he can be a bit of a loose cannon and that was a stupid thing to do but id like to see if any of you guys can call him a vagina or dickhead to his face?? Maybe by email losers?

Everyone needs to stop s**ting themselves about Ervin. It was a knee to the balls, he got an unsportsmanlike foul, that should be the end of it. It's nothing that can be excused but you lot are talking like he doused the guy in petrol and set him on fire.

James, I wouldn't hesitate to say it to his face.

I thought he was lucky getting an unsportsmanlike foul - should have been ejected. Tigers actually handled the situation well as had the right to jump in.

If this incident happened in the AFL is would be 2 -3 games IMO

Respect to Joey for dragging him and not putting him back in the game.

I clicked on the same proticket link used for the first game tickets and they say they go on sale at 4.30 will check at 4 but just be patient if it's not up that may be the reason.

Clarification for members: seats being held until 4pm tomorrow. I assume that general public sales are open at 4pm today for seats that aren't held by members. Hope to get a much bigger crowd than Thursday

Back to back games is quite awesome.

Unfortunately sixers missed lots of layups and open 3's. Overall defense was good.... goulding just impossible to stop at times.

Does anyone else comment on the actual game play or just complain about players they dont like?

Im guessing Ervin just repayed the cheap shots he's been getting on all the moving screens set for Goulding....

Joe was at home game I think.

4044 record crowd in a stadium that holds 10,200
piss poor! reflect on the figures of 3800 and 4000. One is on a Thursday night and the other is on a sunday arvo lunchtime. Melbourne is no longer the sports capital.

however game aside, they think south autralians are feral. nah mate! not when my missus and family get spat at. we clapped, cheered and said nothing (cos we are in enemy territory) but spitting? more of a joke when you consider security chuckled and said, "that's your fault".

its a poor reflection on the game, the NBL cos my parents wont go again. see what the club thinks and the nbl. bet we get nothing from the nbl. (all too important!)

but game 3 comes up Tuesday with redemption. lets see what happens at home

2 games of Afl on this afternoon in Melbourne might have something to do with crowd and I was sitting next to an Adelaide supporter today and I was very pleasant to him - I'm sorry if you were spat on - unfortunately there are people like that everywhere you go

Sixers did try too many 3's to close the gap. Where did the transition game go that gave them a 13 point lead?

I cant believe how poor attendances have been for finals! This is what the season is played for. Sure anyone can pull out any excuse.... oh it cost too much... its on tv... its on a weeknight bla bla bla.

I hope this thread can calm down, last couple of games is been nothing but back and forth between fans about shit. Just stick to the games, not school boy name calling and trying to one-up each other.

Hoping for a big crowd from the Adelaide faithful. Oh and tickets are live now.

Where do members enter their details to retain their seats? Did it over the phone for last game, but that option doesn't appear?

Great call joshuapending!

Love to see how many posts on here Isaac says are from the one person agreeing with themselves.

Pretty poor effort overall from the 6ers today, really didnt play to win.
Some horrible calls seems teams get home court advantage but after last Thursday I doubt we will Tuesday. The screens set for Goulding are always moving and should be called and Scott Morrison just pushing people around under the basket. Funny to hear during the Perth game that the ref's have been told to watch out for it but he got away with it the last 2 games!!

Ervin should not have hit Goulding but I would love to hear or see the lead up to it. Goulding is the biggest actor in basketball so likely the contact was not as severe as he played it to be.

thought redhage was? U guys are gone in game 3!

Whatever cats4choke.

Can't wait to see Adelaide hold up the trophy on your court in game 3, just like NZ last year :)

Let's see if Adelaide make grand final first.

Joe was at home game I think.

I think the bigs are the main factor in this series, dj schenchier and Petrie all outplayed Melbourne in game 1 and won, Morrison walker ballingier got it done in game 2, cant wait for Tuesday night it's going to be a cracker of a game

Unfortunately missed this one due to junior state commitments, looking forward to game 3 though...

Sat down in front of the box at tea time watching the news, waiting for highlights tonight, sorry to say all I saw was highlights of just about every other sport known to man.

Then, right at the end, with 3 seconds to go the news reader mentioned that the Melbourne Tigers got over the Adelaide 36'ers in the NBL, that was it, no highlights and nothing about game 3 or anything else at all!

I know we have covered the poor media coverage about the NBL before, just wanted to share, maybe someone else also noticed this?

I hear ya Bear, its very sad when the product is good, the fan base is there and the importance is very high - A Semi Final in a professional sporting league. To receive a token mention at the end by the local news is very poor.

On a national level its much worse - this morning, was flicking between Weekend Sunrise and Today and not a single mention by the sports reporters of either the upcoming games today, or the results so far. Every other sport played overnight and upcoming games today got plenty of coverage over and over.

The NBL could be thriving for all they know*, but I fear it will never get a foothold in mainstream media. 119,000 viewers for Game 1 in Adelaide, a 10,900 strong crowd in Perth for Game 1 on Friday, and live coverage by One of both Game 2's today played at a high standard, and yet its still ignored completely.

*The NBL is obviously not thriving, but it's done enough to at least get some attention. Nope, not even worth a second of airtime... Happens every year and I hope the NBL has this high on their agenda to improve on in the future.

Skud - home court advantage on calls today??
The calls on wortho (fouls 2 & 3) were very soft, calling that ridiculous ball up between Morrison & Schensher??

Skud - home court advantage on calls today??
The calls on wortho (fouls 2 & 3) were very soft, calling that ridiculous ball up between Morrison & Schensher??

Interested to know what other people think about the TV Coverage showing images/talking about/interviewing AFL players.

I know that from a marketing perspective it may help bring in more 'AFL fans'.

But, it does kind of piss me off -- trying to promote the NBL and help it grow and they're talking about the AFL. The NBL should be trying to differentiate itself/compete with the AFL, not promote it.

Farrakhan shot the ball with 15 second left in the game when they were up 11.

Isn't that going to make Ervin even more angry?

Em,

Did the Sixer fan next to you get spat on or were you joking?

I expected to be taunted by at least one person after the game but it never happened. It felt like a very civil crowd.

Excuses excuses why must people have a shot at the refs.
I'm not some ref lover but I saw the better team win today .
At least we all agree Ervin is nuts (sorry Chris).
Very hard to pick a winner for game 3 at this stage.

"The Sixers have a great opportunity to put the Tigers out of their misery and unless the Tigers are wind assisted, their rough house tactics will be their undoing"

Oh, Jack.

Sadly, they did have an opportunity and it was missed, and I think the foul count of the Tigers in the first quarter showed the way the game could have been played.

Gouling was a beast and was the difference between the two teams. Desperately needs a new nickname, "Bubbles" just doesn't sound right. It's what 20 stone murderers call their cell mates.

..sorry that i wanted game3 at home.....we weren't much good at doing layups, while goulding got 37 at the other end....

Wortho's dummy spit was entirely justified due to a terrible call for his third foul, and I think for all his toolishness in the past, walking off the court and away from the bench area to vent was the best thing he could have done.

Agree - I didn't like that comment at all, and I'm a Lachy Reid fan. There's no way even the most talented basketball player that plays AFL can even come close to playing NBL ball.

I generally don't mind the cross over to AFL players in the crowd, in a way is adds some credibility to the NBL that they can get high profile AFL players interested in this league and thats good to see.

If it was reciprocated in AFL telecasts however, that would be bloody great, but of course that will never happen.

Just have to live with it.

I also disliked that comment. A SEABL star like Massingale was generally made to look hapless in the NBL. Almost every AFL player would be useless. They could run and mug but that would be it. Idiotic call by the commentator.

There were a couple of AFL players doing a shoot out at the last 36ers game and they could barely hit 1-2 FT out of 10.

I managed to get to the game having had a wedding in ballarat on saturday, Was able to convince the Mrs to come with me to support the sixers. Was unfortunately a disappointing loss, and the cheapshot by Ervin was just dumb, although I didn't see it properly. Sixers were still in the game at that point but after an unsportsmanlike was called - it was over.

Goulding was on fire, impressive to watch him hit some of those high degree of difficulty shots, the elevation he gets is what makes him so dangerous cause even with guys in his face, he is still able to get a good look at the basket. Exciting to have that talent in Australia. Was a fair few home town calls - Morrison was allowed to get away with a lot of contact everywhere on the floor, but I guess thats to be expected.

Was my first time watching an nbl game at a venue other than adelaide arena. Must say the crowd was rather dissapointing and the atmosphere in Hisense wasn't great, Adelaide arena and the Adelaide fans are better in this regard. Those damn clappers they gave the melbourne fans were so annoying but I guess they need something to distract them from their skinny soy chai lattes and help them make some noise. The court anouncer was also pretty terrible, much better done in Adelaide also. Hisense arena itself is a nice new venue with good facilities though, probably needs a more comprehensive scorboard however.

Will be sad to miss game 3 as i'll stIl be on holidays. Pretty confident the sixers will win even if Ervin is suspended.

"Hisense arena itself is a nice new venue"
It was built in 2000, it's hardly 'new'.


"probably needs a more comprehensive scorboard however."
There's a maximum of one more Tigers game there in the foreseeable future, so it's probably not something they've worried about too much.

Game 2 Recap can be caught on PnR here:

NBL 2013/14: SF Game 2 - Goulding, Tigers force decider as Ervin loses cool