Kings have gone 1 and 4 in their last 5 games. So much promise at the start of the season and now they have a one way ticket to destination pain.

Sixers on the other hand are like a pack of sharks with blood in the water. It's time for the Wolfman to clean up the blood.

The battle for 3rd and 4th is wide open and has come down to four teams. United, Cats, Kings and Breakers. A loss tonight by the Kings and they need games to go their way and when that happens, you might as well head for the showers.

But that's what it'll be tonight with the Sixers Tsunami crashing down on the Kings.

Sixers by double figures

Jack I reckon it's actually six teams battling for 2nd, 3d and 4th.

There is only one loss separating Illawarra and Cairns, who play tomorrow in Cairns, and I think it's actually possible (though not probable) that we could have six teams on 12 losses by the end of tomorrow, which would be ridiculous!

Paul, yeah. Bullets are the only team you could draw a line through and Sixers are a finals lock in

Is Newley playing?

Kings win..... daylight 2nd.

Kings to be up at the half but lose game by 12+

11+ please 36ers

Newley not with the team during warm up.

Also consider yourself warned: Russell and Carfino (w Jenkins) doing the broadcast.

Kings by -15.

With the Bullets' win over United, a Sixers' win will lock in a top 2 finish.

Go 6ers!

Stream dies, can't wait until Adelaide gets the internet!

Blackout! Does that give Sydney the win?

LMAO Zodiac

Something has gone wrong with the Live Stats too. It says Sydney are up 15 to 4. That can't be possible.

Correct AussiePride, its 15-6

FMD I have had it with NBL TV.

Adelaide can score at this pace for 4 quarters but Sydney can't.

Foxtel guys, just sayin', no dramas here...

Vintage Cadee contested miss from 30 feet to engineer the opposing team's run that Q.

^ My thoughts too, AussiePride

@Bear, yes Foxtel would be much better but I'm too cheap to get it lol

Foxtel Go is fairly cheap.

Foxtel guys, just sayin', no dramas here...

As frustrating as it is, I have to agree with Zodiac.

Hey Luuc,


Carfino agrees!

Jason Cadee is the type of player who if he ever hit his straps he could probably take teams apart with his shooting.

Problem is that he rarely does that.

Tommy killing us on both ends.

Which doofus runs NBL TV? For crying out loud......

Stream been fine for me since early in the 1st

Mine died about 5 minutes ago and still isn't back.

Randle - Arrogant Dribbling. Gotta Love it!!

It'd be handy if the Kings got the same calls around the hoop that the Sixers are.

Has it been Adelaide's defense that has gone up this period, or have the Kings just shot like crap?

Mine died about 5 minutes ago and still isn't back.

Kings hot start was just a combination of getting out on the break a little and working hard on the offensive glass. That's all gone away, so now we're back to our inept halfcourt offense.

I have to say for Gaze, better late than never. Took him this long to realise that he's got bodies sitting on the bench that can force plays and test the refs for fouls.

Kings starting to get suckered taking long range shots again though. Should resist the temptation and turn it into a paint and foul slogfest, use up the bench.

Unfortunately SteveK2, that's kinda what happens when you get behind, especially against a good team who you know can hurt you like Adelaide. Teams drop into the habit of jacking up 3's or long range 2's hoping they'll fall rather than drive to the hoop and force things to happen like fouls and free throws.

I think we should be playing Jackson more, as with Newley out he is the only guy we have who looks to attack the rim.

Sydney were just 3/16 that period and were 1/6 from outside.

Adelaide on the other hand went 7/14 and 2/5 from outside.

Every time Randle gets it inside the arc our entire team sinks inside the arc, no discipline.

Jeezus. Cadee could have cut right to the basket for an open layup there, but he's happy camping behind the arc while Lisch battles to find a passing lane.

It's the 6ers time and year! No matter what you do, things are rolling in every way! And a big congratulations on having sold out games!

Great to see the passion back for you supporters, you guys been through shit on and off the court! Well done!

terrible patch there for Garrett Jackson

Well that blew back out quickly

Yeah, that 30 seconds probably sealed our fate.

Moller ... smh ...

Cadee should have sat down after his first 3 early in the game and never hit the court again. His missed contested 30 footer in the 1st Q was what began the Sixers run, and from that point onwards he's been the basketball equivalent of a dumpster fire.

Sydney turnovers:

Cadee - 3
Whittington, Jackson and Hill - 2

Adelaide:
Randle - 2

Welp, that should be the season. Need to clear shop next season - keep Lisch & Newley, everyone else expendable.

Heh game over for the Kings, no one wants to play defense and rebound. Its going to be a bad perimeter shot galore.

I wonder how many times I've seen Garlepp about 2 seconds late closing out on 3pt shooters since he first put on a Kings singlet.

Powell is a cancer.
Thinks he's too good for our league - but he ain't.
Worst body language in the league!

Yeah if Sydney had a few more players with Lisch's heart and a few less with Powell's they'd be a completely different proposition

IIRC Lisch signed for 3 and Newley for 2? McDowell-White has said that he's thinking of skipping college next year and maybe staying in the NBL so he could be a keeper, plenty of upside. I'd also retain Moller but I pretty much agree with you AngusH, clear the house.

Is Matt hodgeson alive still

Bam! that was tasty

Yep, McDowell-White would be a no-brainer, hell at this point I'd be starting him over Cadee for the rest of the season.

I think Newley signed for 3 years too.

Anyone know the attendance?

Remember when some were hailing the Kings line up as the best ever in the NBL? Lol. Their coaching and recruitment need to shoulder the blame for this abysmal fall from grace.

Keep Lisch & Newley plus McDowell-White & Moller.
I think Garlepp has really had a dig late in the season too, though has really slow feet and struggles to guard mobile bigs. Hill would be worth keeping too, just hasn't really had an opportunity this season.

Just under 8100

Garlepp is too one-dimensional and very poor rebounder. For someone with his size and length, its a shame that he shuns physical contact. Sure there were a couple of games where he must have taken some funny pills before hitting the court and played great defense, ripping down boards, but mostly he plays like tonight. 28 mins playing as a starting PF and only pulled down 3 defensive rebounds. Wouldn't keep him for his occasional offense off the bench, if he's a guard maybe but too much liability as a forward.

I wonder if that's actually true the Sixers are looking to play home playoff games at a larger venue like the Entertainment Centre?

The Adelaide Entertainment Centre has 10,500 permanent seats compared to Titanium's 8,000.

I guess with extra floor seating they could squeeze in 500 or so more seats at the ends (AEC), but with the permanent seating there, the front row basically at floor level.

Attendance was 8,096. That's the second time we've broken 8k this year to a home game (8,104 saw us beat Illawarra a couple of weeks ago).

Hmmmmmm and on the other side, Brisbane beat Melbourne 88-71.......

Yeah with that Bullets win and the sacking of Beal, the signing of Kendle now makes perfect sense! Smart bloke that Boomers coach fella. :)

have never seen a Sydney bench so uninterested in what their team on the floor is doing as this lot from the time that 36ers caught up from the end of the 2nd Q.

In the last Q, the game was still there to be won and I don't think i saw anyone on the sideline other than Gaze off their chair the whole Q. Absolutely Zero peer encouragement.

They are certainly not a playing group that are playing for each other, it seemed all "Me, Me, me". like having 4 D Keogh's on the floor.

I believe tonight's win locks in a top two finish for the Sixers and top spot if Illawarra lose tomorrow.

That effort midway through the last when Creek put up two shots that missed, grabbed the rebound both times and finally got the points with his 3rd shot.....that said a lot about the Kings at that point. Outsized by his two Kings opponents, but Creek wanted it more.

Big Ads, Adelaide has locked up top spot.

Not if the Sixers lose all of their remaining (four) games and Illawarra don't drop any of their last five.

I accept the odds are in favour of the Sixers but it is still possible for the Hawks to finish top.

No, four losses to the Sixers and five wins to Illawarra would see the Hawks on top. Very unlikely however.

Illawarra can still tie Adelaide on wins and currently lead the season series.

Yet another really impressive team performance by Adelaide. They rarely drop their heads or play selfishly. It's a bit bizarre how fancied teams are stumbling around them while they march onwards.

A lot has been said about Randle (deserved MVP) and Sobey (runaway MIP) but Creek and Johnson have been excellent as well. Creek has become that versatile beast everyone hoped, and Johnson has ironed out some wrinkles in his game.

Good game, more dodgy officiating. Going both ways, i was confused and the players looked it too. Kevin Lisch impresses me again, just having a terrible run of form but goes about his business in a professional manner even when the tides going against him. Hope for the sake of the Kings competitiveness he turns it around soon.

Kings got handled by Randle. Wish we got an import PG when we could have had Ware, Cotton, Dillard. Been saying this 9 weeks ago. Teams are still making changes to roster 1 week ago. Kings too afraid to make tough decisions. Hope coaches and management have the balls to make the tough calls next year.

A lot has been said about Randle (deserved MVP) and Sobey (runaway MIP) but Creek and Johnson have been excellent as well.

Good point Kobes, although Rotnei Clarke will give him a run for his money for that one.

If Clarke qualifies, he'd be a strong chance.

Drmic had a VERY good game. If he develops into next season like some of the other players have ( Sobey and Hodgeson are obvious) - but I'm really looking at creek and DJ, who were present without great improvement during the previous reign of Australia's best male player development coach, then I'll have to say that joey can develop players as well as coach stacked teams.

I never saw any sign of that when he was at gold coast, and perhaps he has just had to become that because of the financial weakness of Adelaide, but still, credit to him.

even jakobsen seem to have developed - but they may just be a case of first pro stint requiring that. Teys has probably peaked for the moment.

Coaches can develop as well.

Jacobsen ^

There's a point: Drmic is probably the best of this year's rookie class, too.

Adelaide could sweep the awards night.

I like Lisch but F me, he is a protected species...or maybe it was just that 1 ref?!

I very rarely have problems with NBLTV, streaming fine for the games on my iPad. Don't think NBLTV is the problem but somewhere else.

Creek is a bulldozer. Jacobsen was great last night. As I've posted before, sets great screens for Randle, Sobey and loves a scrap. The versatility of having either Randle or Sobey handle the ball is such a strength. If you watch Drmic when he is on, when Adelaide have the ball he cuts and creates space and movement, rebounds well for his size and defends well.

@anon232 if you took out the first couple mins of the game the sixers would have won by 25+
Kings did well to stay in it, but pressure from sixers too much. When sixers scored the kings have no intent to get the ball back in play allowing sixers to get full court defense set. They nearly got a couple of steals in back court which would have led to easy buckets.