Do the Sixers have the ability to guard all of NZ's scoring threats?
Will the Breakers let the Sixers get out to an early lead with their average 1st Q transition D?
Will Clark limit his best players minutes?

Breakers by 7 is my prediction.

Abercrombie is the key for me. I would match him up with Creeky and let the best man win.

Breakers 96
6rs 86
Hoping Abercrombie, Corletto, Simpson & DJ have massive games for my fantasy teams ....

Stupid as it might sound... But I think we will win this.
Why? Because New Zealand are top of the ladder...
We beat Perth when they were sitting top.
We beat Melbourne when they were sitting top.
We beat Perth again when they were sitting top.
Seems like we only play well when we aren't expected to win at all.

(I actually don't think we have a hope, but this is the only reason I can come up with for us winning)

I won't be surprised if the Breakers drop this one on the road but the Sixers haven't been flash at home so they still may do it, won't hold my breath.

Simpson subbed at 5 minutes again???

Breakers win again on the road. 86/73. CJ might have to play off the bench when he is fit, Corletto has been playing great as a starter with 15 tonight, 18 against the Blaze and then 18 against the Tigers.

The thing that gives me the shits is how many times our bigs had an early seal on their guys down low only for the entry pass to be bad or completely waved away.

I've tweaked this topic date so there's a main thread for the game, but also note that there are a few other specific threads relating to today's match - on Crosswell's injury, potential replacements for Ballinger and Crosswell, on Johnson, on Marty Clarke, on the starting five for the fourth quarter, etc.

Another poor loss after a good 1st quarter,it started to fade into the second,Weigh needs to pass ball,its called teamwork and play defence.Johnson tried his best but was barking at refs too much,Simpson tried his heart out tonight,i belive Sixers must start winninggames as from now.We need quick replacements for balls and crossy fast or just play with what we have got until we find some decent replacements on whose available.IF Sixers lose more games we wont make finals again.Tough second half draw willbe hard to get in top 4 if in a losing skid.

Bad loss, a shake-up needed now, especially in light of the injuries

http://36reasons.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-36ers-v-breakers.html

I think we should actually give thanks to Isaac's bro Oscar and his Hawks for going down by 28 to the Wildcats at the `Gong last night (though by all accounts OF himself had an ok game). By doing so they've managed to keep the 36ers off the bottom of the ladder for the 2nd week running.

The winning margin of 98-70 dropped the Hawks percentage enough to have Adelaide stay 8th and Wollongong 9th.

I must say an honorable mention goes to Leon Henry who shot 3 air balls! That has got to be a record at the dome and possibly the league? None of his other 4 shots looked close either.

Anonymous, you should thank Holden for saving you the time from having to watch a 28 point blow out.

Anon: If you are waiting for delayed feeds, how about staying offline til the game is shown....Quite simple.

Holden, not really worth worrying about the ladder for now. I think last or second last is really only quibbling when it's on percentage or a single result. I thought last year was tough trying to follow Adelaide and Wollongong. I think Adelaide are more watchable now, but the Hawks results have been rough.

Only positive was going 4/4 with bets. Had Kings -3.5 (won by four), Breakers to win, Breakers to beat -10.5 (won by 12-13 or whatever it was) and Cats to top -5.5 (which they did). Would've been happy to lose them all though.

Adelaide

• Nathan Crosswell (4)
• Mitchell Creek (2)
• Tom Daly (1)
• Diamon Simpson (-2)
• Wade Helliwell (-7)
• Darren Ng (-9)
• Stephen Weigh (-9)
• Chris Warren (-14)
• Nathan Herbert (-14)
• Daniel Johnson (-17)

• Daryl Corletto (14)
• Mika Vukona (13)
• Dillon Boucher (13)
• Cedric Jackson (12)
• Alex Pledger (12)
• Thomas Abercrombie (7)
• Gary Wilkinson (1)
• Benny Anthony (1)
• Leon Henry (-4)
• Josh Bloxham (-4)

King James: lol at Henry shooting airballs, he's usually not that bad from outside even when he sits for long spells. Him and Abercrombie will be practicing their shooting heading into the next game.
Lucky Wilkinson hit 4/5.

This was my first 'live' game of the season and the sixers started well but to New Zealand's credit they did what they needed to do to finish the game on top. The sixers just don't have that killer instinct you see it in the good teams, doing all the things like good defence, boxing out, hitting the shots, stealing the ball, making it hard for the opposition. As soon as our shots didn't fall we didn;t look good. Breakers just kept the score board ticking over.
I thought Crosswell was a big loss he runs the team well and what can you say about Wilkinson shooting but 'DAMN!".

Never understood why people go on forums, read results threads and then complain about results being spoiled. Maybe it's just me.

Another disappointing loss. Pains me to say I've stopped caring if they win or lose by and large this season. Really not sure where to from here.

i know what i'll do
while waiting for the replay of a game im really looking forward to watching...i'll go online and check out hoops.com and click on some threads

i mean really
think about it


i see the usual last qtr fade out happened again
no surprise is it really

Obviously, try to avoid spoiling games outside of their relevant threads. Those that read here know the risks and in this case I'm sure it was accidental, but at least make the effort please. This includes things like no obvious giveaways in topic titles if you can remember.

cos I'd have no idea on how to troll teh interwebs ;)
lmfao at an ip ban

Agreed Issac, they are better to watch but nevertheless it has become tiresome to observe last quarter fades.

That is the 6th game this season in which the Sixers have been within 2 baskets of their opponent during the last quarter and ended up losing.

I'm trying to make sense of why; a lack of a 'go to guy', player rotations, a lock down defender for centres and power forwards (before people suggest Diamon is that player, Wilkinson clearly used his height advantage over Simpson and Khazzouh and Wilkinson are too agile for Helliwell). It is most likely all of the above.

I'm at a loss too, Ads. It's no single one thing. Can we put it down to a post Maher culture / lack of club identity?

It's like the only thing that carried over from the previous incarnation of this club was the crowd expectation.

I really used to look forward to getting along to game nights.

Perth and NZ have had the nucleus of their squads together for some time and avoid making too many changes from season to season. Few new guys in Adelaide combined with injuries to Ballinger and your first choice Import don't help chemistry or confidence.

It's defence. Good teams get stops down the stretch. This Adelaide team wouldnt get stops if they were a tram.