It was a great leaders game. No-one would have given Adelaide much chance - undermanned with both Imports injured and starting Small Forward injured playing against the form team that had whipped us by 21 2 weeks ago.

It's been a long long time since 36ers have had our leader grit his teeth and really lead against the odds. Don't know what inspired it but it was great to see.

Until Motum, Gibbo was the only "real" Boomer actually playing in our league he actually played as if he beleives he is the best Australian in the NBL.

Lets see that more often!

I am not sure where it ranks amongst the great performances. Heck, I am pretty sure Andrew Gaze had entire seasons where he played like that every single game. But it was a great performance. I would say in the top 10 of the past decade somewhere. Easily the best performance from a 36er since Mahersy

It was a genuinely unbelievable game. I think it was made to look awesome by the fact he was knocking down his shots, if he shoots and misses then maybe it goes the other way. I'd like to see him play this aggressive more often, even if it means sometimes he'll miss his shots.

On the effort/defensive side of things, holy crap he was amazing. That was captain worthy stuff. I hope we don't lose him to Brisbane next year.

Yeah Goulding's 50 was better. I would say the 2 are the top 2 NBL performances of the past few years.

Missing 2 starters and an import who knew it was his last game.

Gibbo has elevated his play the season, I hope it continues

A very good game from Gibson. Not flawless but very good.

Goulding's 50 was the best individual performance since the 40 minute game that I've seen.

Hopefully Gibson can continue with his form....and Adelaide fans can continue to view the game with 2 eyes :)

Not to be a Grinch but Gibson did have 6 turnovers and 15 of his points came from the foul line. It was an awesome game and while we don't expect that every game he certainly has the ability to have great games every game.

Getting points at the foul line is a good thing, not a bad thing.

NZ nearly won, because the 6ers were insanely under manned. They played the perfect game and its what had to happen. There was literally no window for a bad spell. How the Breakers were paying as high as $1.58 is beyond me! Gibbo led the way, was a fine game, but not anything over the top crazy. Having said that, with some of the performances we have been blessed to witness at that stadium, its easy to be picky!

Gaze and recent times is an oxymoron.

KingJames, why complain about him getting free throws that had the added benefit of drawing fouls on his opponent?

Al Green's 70+ point game, then daylight

King James, pretty tired I think but still gave it his all, that is inspirational... Can forgive him for a few loose hands..

No doubt he had an awesome game I am just saying the huge amount of free throws with probably close to 10 of them coming because of the other team being over the limit, inflated his scoring stats.

Goulding's 50 point game he had 3 foul shots
Clarke's 39 point game he had 7 foul shots
Ennis's 32 point game he had 11 foul shots
Young's 31 point game he had 9 fouls shots

Gibson 34 points game he had 19 foul shots. Awesome game with the 6 steals, 6 rebounds and 9 assist but his points were inflated by the foul shots.

Just by adding his 6 steals, 9 assists and 6 rebounds onto his 34 points it's quite clear he had a great all round game. It's rare he even gets 20pts so full credit to him.

Why is everyone so hung up on the amount of points Gibbo scored?
It was more about the overall hustle and complete game at both ends of the floor. Its as though he almost willed Adelaide across the line.

The passing, the leadership, the defence. Not just gunning away and scoring 50.

"Why is everyone so hung up on the amount of points Gibbo scored?"

because we are comparing it with the best games ever so we have to nitpick to work out how it compares.

King James...getting to the foul line is a good thing, I'm not sure where you are going with your comparisons?

Getting to the foul line that much means Gibbo was attacking the defense and beating them, hence why they fouled him because they got out of position. Had they not fouled him he likely would have had more points for the game (I'm sure he didnt hit every free throw) as he coasted to the basket for an easy lay up.

In Gouldings 50 point game...what other stats did he have and was his shooting % decent?

I think if you analyse everything a little more closely you may find that Gibbos performance may have been better...for example, he scored 34 points, dished 9 assists...contributing to another 18 (at least) points, 6 steals...potentially preventing at least 12 points etc etc...

He had 50 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 turnovers. 11/19, 9/14, 1/3.

They're definitely comparable. The sheer weight of numbers with Goulding's game and the fact he earnt them all himself says that Goulding's 50 is pretty out of this world. You could argue that Gibbo was handed quite a few free throws from NZ playing foul tactics, had 8 in the last 1:33, 14 throughout the match when they were in the bonus.

Gibson definitely had a better all-round game. Everyone was frothing about Martin's 9 steals, 9 rebounds and 8 assists the other week, and rightly so. But Gibbo scored 32 more points than he did with relatively close other stats.

Just an interesting one, on DT points, Goulding had 84, Gibson had 94, Martin had 64 (kind of ridiculous for 2 points). I found a 116 from Anstey. 36 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 blocks and a steal! There's a 92 from Hodge. He had 31 points, 14 rebounds 9 assists and 1 block and a steal. That's the best off the top of my head. But I didn't search too hard.
I can't go back enough to get Gaze and the like. Also, Anstey's and maybe? Hodge's were 48 min games.

"Al Green's 70+ point game, then daylight"
If we're judging solely on points, Reg Biddings getting 63 in a 40-minute game with no three-point line beats it.