Burston will have his handful with Schneshecher(I know spelt wrong I couldnt remember it). This might nullify him a bit. Should be a good game this one, anyone know if its on Fox will have to position myself in the pub to watch it.

Perth by 15, for obvious reasons. Hope 6ers show something though.

perth 94 adelaide 75

Awww, 9:30pm. It is a lot less crazier than watching the majority of games at 4:30pm in the middle of summer.

Well I guess I can watch a bit of the number 24 spectacular while I'm waiting.

We needed those two 3's after a few sloppy turnovers.

Groves must go . He is lost out there .

Good start of course - not so good when starters are sitting

I disagree about Tez being lost - he wasn't being stupid, he was moving the ball ran an extremely good pick and roll with Burston and also played great D.

Without Tez who would we use to spell Gilchrist?

Bizzy.....his replacement.

C'mon Tez, if you're gonna blow kisses to the crowd, you need to make baskets like that!

For the f'n love of GOD - CUT CORTEZ. ENOUGH! FFS! You're more than a liability!

The heat over there has all the players doing a LYNX advert!!
We just need Gilly,Burston ,Balls combining and we will win this one .Luke is in foul trouble and will only come out at the end now.
Perth 42-39 half time

correct me if I am wrong but it looked like scott had this group on the court

Ng
Cooper
Groves
Burston
Hill

this group should never be on the floor together

9, Brad Hill, turnover ballhandling

"Where is Balls?"

Still cringe when Brad Hill drives in traffic.

75 - 67 adel are up

up 8 2.24 to go

up 10 2mins left

very nice win by the boys, unexpected on my behalf but very well done.

in the end it looks like good coaching with the rotations, went with Cortez over Ng at the end.

Used Cooper while Burston had a break and then Burston came back in for the last 8 minutes or so

Left Hill on the bench to cheer them on

who are you and what have you done with adelaide?

i dunno why i am asking this and not sure if i wanna know the answer, nor does it affect anything to do with how he plays basketball,but is Kevin Lisch gay?

Back it up on wed!

Cortez looked like he was getting a bit of confidence back. 11 points (5/9 shooting), 5 rebounds, 4 assists & 1 turnover. Plus some pretty good D. Can't really complain if he was putting that up every week.

Coretez massive last quarter, fantastic!

i dunno why i am asking this and not sure if i wanna know the answer, nor does it affect anything to do with how he plays basketball,but is Kevin Lisch gay?

Stupid question - it's none of your business

We have a secret weapon - Matthew Burston a super being from another planet.
Herbert of course so under rated.
A little bit of Cooper and Groves in the end.
Ng Hill Holmes - quiet.
Ballinger and Gilchrist of course.

awesome win, Tez huge in last qtr. I love how Gilly draws so many fouls of the dribble...
Burston big difference when in full flight! can't wait till Wednesday.

hooray!!

Looks like it's 4 years since our last win in Perth vide nbl game PREview.

Did we just play FOUR QUARTERS on THE ROAD???

What a win!

Balls great all-round game. Don't know what's gotten into him but he's chasing blocks all over the place and I love it.

Burston with a huge impact again.

Gilchrist had his best defensive game of the season and out-rebounded EVERY WILDCAT.

Tez back into some solid form.

Glad that one was on Foxtel, brilliant stuff.


...but, guess who was reffing again! Hedgehog! How can someone get EVERY out-of-bounds call incorrect??? Surely 50% is a given!?! Dude is a joke.

DJ Rod, no he has a girlfriend, Shawn Redhage.

That ad with all the Perth players shirtless was just embarassing! Plus the rim was obviously lowered for those dunks.

Oh and props to Herbert too. Unfreakinbelievable Defence and some nice work at the other end as well.

I dunno why i am asking this and not sure if i wanna know the answer, nor does it affect anything to do with how he plays basketball,but is Kevin Lisch gay?

Stupid question - it's none of your business

Great game I listened on perth radio and it was an excellent coverage.
Sounde like an allover great team performance.
Nice to see cortez pick up and contribute.
Commentaters thought his and Coops contibutions in the last quarter was what gave us the extra edge.
Looking forward to wednessday!

Big win from the boys! The true test now is whether they can capitalise and beat Perth again at home on Wednesday! Nice to see Groves with a return to form and it appears Burston is finally having the impact we hoped for at the start of the season!

On to the win - fantastic 4 qtrs, passion, commitment, desire. The guys had fiery from the get go and got it done.

Everyone contributed well and people played their roles and within their means.

For me tough call but I really liked Herb tonight, his usual tough ass defense but his smarts and movement off the ball in offense and his court vision is outstanding.

Great all round effort by the guys, now to bring a committed 4 quarters next Wed when they will be out for revenge and then keep it rolling!

Another thing to note was the defensive commitment as a team was superb, sure the Wildcats took some pretty poor offensive options in the fourth but the defense was committed throughout the game!

christ you guys are fickle. a few days ago you were calling for everyones heads. gillys too slow, tez is too crap, we need a real centre... pfft.

Great to read about a victory tonight and pleased to read we've won on the road. Let's back it up Wednesday night at home.

Just got back from the game.If you guys remember, i said you guys will turn it around after the Breakers game. look i allways knew Adelaide is quality.
Some thoughts

NG is you're best post entery and pick&roll passer. he is also very smart player off the ball.

Ballinger must have got 6 or 7 blocks i thught. not only that, he probaly effected and alterd alot more shots. he might be the most underrated player in the league. such a great low post scorer as well.

Burston the feel good comeback. he was killing us on the offensive glass and got a few nice buckets by gillys dribble penetration. he looks great. touch wood he stays healthy.

Gilly was fantastic. he attacked the boards really well. Robbins and Martyn put alot of Physical pressure on him, but he came through with flying numbers.

Groves with instrumental in that 4th quarter run. that jumper he hit over Schenscher just lifted the whole 6ers team. he shut alot of he's detractors tonight.

Holmes is a offensive rebounding machine. he is'nt the biggest bloke out there, but the way he gets he's hands on almost offensive rebounds is amazing.just a great rebounder.

Herbet was the most underrated player tonight,. he's defense on Weigh and Cattalini was First Class.they had no breathing room when he was on them. especially Weigh


Overral, i think Perth is in a major form slump as the 3 losses in the last 5 games indicates. but thats taking nothing from adelaide. i thought that was the best of any team i've seen at the jungle for a long time. the 6ers are for real if they continue to play with that urgencylike they did tonight.

Game on boys and girls. It's amazing how the team is so different with big bird

Cats Fan......you are class!!
To give a wrap like that when your own team took a loss is great.
Shame a heap of other posters here cannot act like you.
Personally would love to see a Perth Sixers GF

The Adelaide front court kept Adelaide in the game, basket for basket,
but once the tempo sped up towards the end of the 3rd quarter the 36ers edged ahead.

Tez was a lot more comfortable in a faster game,
and impressed.

Massive win. Had a very rowdy house cheering.

Groves with instrumental in that 4th quarter run. that jumper he hit over Schenscher just lifted the whole 6ers team. he shut alot of he's detractors tonight.

If an import can play one reasonable - not standout - but one reasonable qtr in 10 games, does that qualify as shutting up his detractors? I don't care how cheap he came. As I said to Burdon Fri night - you can do everything Tez can do with a lot more benefits.

The quote thingy didn't work before "Groves" and ending at "Tonight".

50 points in the paint!!!! What Sixers team is this???
Hey Cats Fan. Was Galen Young signed as an assistant coach?
Between Lisch, Cat and Weigh, 6 of 30. Probably not going to beat anyone shooting that poorly.
Wow this race for playoff 4 is anyone of 6 teams.

what happened? props sixers on a complete game in a hostile enviroment

Loco, Groves has been the subject of many calling for his scalp. He hasn't shown any of his glorious side of 3 years ago until the last quarter last night. If this is a sign of reversing the confidence that simply hasn't been there all season, is it really a time to continue with calling for his scalp? I say sit it out and wait and see a bit more. Its hard to make changes now when the Sixers look like they have turned a corner. Would you really disrupt this run they are having? Ninnis just needs to monitor him carefully and play him accordingly. If this is indeed a sign that Groves has found his long lost confidence, then its not too late to make good use of it. If its not, then the season end is not too far away.

I would always take urston over Schenscher, he is one of the most underrated players in the comp, alot of what he does wont show up on the stats sheet.

As for Groves, that was probably his 6th best game of the season, but if he can create that spark and not commit turnovers, that is exactly what Sixers need.

The entry into the offence was much better tonight and brought the big guys into the game more.

Totally agree with cats fan in reference to Ng's passing. It was exceptional! For a shooter of that calibre to be able to pass the ball like that is quite phenomenal.

Ng's stats last night 6 assists no turnovers. Fantastic!

expect cortez to take off from there, he started to feel it, with him and burston improving we are a 15 point a night better team and much better defensive too.

Im with Loco cut Tez now. He got a lucky ally-oop, got stripped in the 4th and had the ball fall right back into his hands, hit a lucky shot that he should never have taken over Schenscher, got a chest pass from a perth player for a lay up I still thought he'd miss.

Ever heard the saying better to be lucky than good? The sun shined on the dog's ass last night, he is still garbage.

The minute he hits one or two in a row (rare I know) he feels he has a licence to jack anything he wants. He refuses to go to the hole and throws up off balance threes, might as well count them as turnovers. Id rather Burdon any day of the week.

Anybody else feel ripped off having to pay to see Cortez play? I really wish the next game I pay to see Groves in, he is playing for any team but the 36ers. He has to be the worst import in club history, if not prove me wrong?

Better than Mike Chappell and Jo Jo English for mine. Probably ahead of Paris McCurdy too. On a par with Tyndale?

Sad you're Welcome mate.

Bill, Young should be cleared for the game in Adelaide on Wednesday. the Paper work should be in the clear anyday now.

AK-47, NG is a great passer. Adelaide should use him more as a Post entery passer.

I think the kiss to the crowd is being blown up a fair bit. I'm pretty sure it was more a case of one particular Perth fan behind the basket heckling him just before he hit that shot, and Tez blowing a kiss to him once he hit it, rather than a shot at the whole crowd.

Yeah I forgot to say, that alley-oop from Ninja to Tez looked like it never touched Tez at all. I thought it should've been a 3 to Ng but we didn't get a replay and it wasn't even discussed by the refs.

I'd also just like to mention that I just traded for Matty Burston in DT last week when he was $64,000. 98pts baby! Thankyou, thankyou, you're so kind.

I seem to recall Groves mentioned by NBL in contention for player of the week , once or twice.
Doubt this was his best sixers game therefore.
Anyways - Chappell got 35 in Singapore and Tyndale won a coupla games for us. At the moment is our worst, even so off the bench for mine 'cause there's a bit there- looks a bit better than Burdon to me,of course.

No way is Groves better than JoJo English. If anyone id say its a toss up between Jeff Brown and Groves for worst Sixers import ever.

from memory Jeff Brown was 96-97. We replaced him with Willie Simmons for the remainder of the season.

The Supposed kiss nothing major. i've seen players from other teams do worse. remember Sammy MaC's middle finger salute?

I must try to listen to boti , since there's been no basketball on news adelaidenow since friday morning and there's been a few games,Hodge getting cut and the like, since then.

EC: Pretty sure Tez is going nowhere, so agreed, best we can do is support him and hope his confidence gets back. Was glad to see him play well in the 4th. Hope it continues.

Willie Simmons, oh boy could he block shots. He was an amazing Shot blocker.

Great win. Well done by the team (plus Breakers won in Melbourne too(. The ladder is still choked up and anything could happen from here.

Hopefully there's an up and down game again on Wednesday. Always love the Perth v. Adelaide rivalries; regardless of place on the ladder, both teams seem to match up perfectly when they play.

Props to the Perth crowd btw. Might not be able to get the numbers of the Adelaide crowd but certainly lead the league (w/ Townsville) with the atmosphere you generate.

Would be nice to see more butts in seats and more support behind the local team. Think we're that into BBall around here; it takes alot to get the crowds going.

Anywho; great match to watch.

Willie was awesome! Remember seeing him at my first ever NBL game in 1987 and just being amazed at his height (I was about 4 foot at the time!). The highlight of my 'career' is shooting a teardrop over Willie - of course he was about 50 by then!

That was Boti on rph just then. Talked a bit about the players meeting then a Gold Coast win and a win in perth! HE thought Groves found a bitta from in Perth and Luke's heart wasn't in it .
(ADL offered Luke a contract with outclauses but declined it - made a mistake).
And was still talking about Hodge playing and Anstey will take time.

Talking blocks how good was Ballingers blocks on sat night his workload and team passion last few games been awaesome.
Keep Burston injury free as with him we have a team without him we have 10 players running around the court. Defenitely greater value than Schens as a all round player.
Have been a critic of Cooper selection in team and then posters views he was doing a team role .
Well that was their imagination but on Sat night he was very strong in the minutes was given and at crucial time as well. Well done Coops.
But agree with other posters that Groves had a lucky game and trying to be positive about him because they wont change him now ,but like vannexe views, everything about way plays the game annoys me totally and spoils my watching my team.
Look at the alley oop on replay if got .
He didnt even catch it , I think it came of his shoulder .
But to see Sixers play with passion and teamwork now is great and can only lead to good things

Aw - and you could ask Boti 2 questions and he could talk for 2 hours. Anyways - 'previous seasons anyteam could fluke an unlikley away win. But this season definatley any team can win at any venue and I don't write off ANY team.'

( seems Groves could come off the bench and do a few good things and annoy a lotta hoops fans)

CAN NOT believe i was away for this game, first time in the 4 years ive been in the West that we have missed a game.. and its the first time we have beaten the filthy cats.. and i missed it.

Still crying :(