NZ will win, should be a pretty nice game to watch Adelaide will run, but don't think they have the cattle to go with e Breakers team run by a dominant Webster. Breakers by 8-12.

What time SA time is it on ??? Thanks

Adelaide by 2 IMO.

Around 5.05pm Adelaide time.

Crucial game for both teams. Should be a good one with lots of good match-ups.
Probably lean towards Breakers due to home-court

Not much of an indication yet which way this game will go. With Randle, I can see Sixers being pesky enough to get it.

Sixers really are clueless on defence at times.

I can't handle Frank's voice. It's a painfull game to watch with his voice banging on

God, those dark floors are so amateur..

lol.. but suriously, buth NZ home courts are awful and plain bru

Adelaide's low post defence *facepalm *

And Gibbo doing the great disappearing act again.

Interesting first half.

Gibbo really needs to put in a Captain's effort in the second half. Cedric Jackson having a quiet one too. I reckon that matchup is the game decider. It's all in your hands Gibbo.

Webster is being well held, but if a few three's drop, then the game momentum will swing quickly.

You should all know by now I reckon Creeky >> ABBA. ABBA's having a quiet one, don't you think Mystro?

The Centres are showing each other respect in their offensive halves and scoring freely. A few guys heading for 20 pt and 10 rb games tonight.

Does anyone in Adelaide know what an offensive rebound looks like?

Hope all my Kiwi Cousins are enjoying themselves at the game

Talk about uninspiring courts and jersey / logo designs, Breakers brand needs a little revamp 21st Century revamp.

Easy money on total points. Over 160.5 at $1.95

4 points up with 5:37 to go, then we miss 9/10 shots and suddenly we're 11 down.
Disappointing finish.

Johnson would have to be the biggest laziest dog on defence how many did Jackson score under the basket because he doesn't know how to box out or is too lazy and soft and gets beaten all the time because he can't set his feet, oh but that's right the armchair experts will all defend him because he scored points, what's your centre doing on the 3 line sticking out his ass popping 3's get inside and some had the hide to attack peach for missing that layup last week, yes yes experts he missed one tonight but no foul call. Yes there were other factors tonight as well but bloody hell Johnson use that big frame

I agree our interior defence was abysmal, as was our offence down the stretch. How many bricked threes???

But I'm actually putting that loss on Gibbo - his lack of defence meant guys were getting into the lane, Johnson then had to come out leaving his man open under the bucket. He looked disinterested again. Non factor at both ends of the floor.

I wonder if Randle has a vision issue. He made a few bad fumbles and maybe he's just not seeing the ball.

Too many high risk 3 attempts in the end by the Sixers.

It was good to see Peach have a tangle with Vukona

Meanwhile the games worst player plays the most minutes for the 36ers

A huge STUFF the NBL for selling out to Foxtel.

STUFF, STUFF and double STUFF!
Going to lose interest fast this season

USELESS!

Great game.
Abercrombie didn't have to do a heap and did enough when it counted Jack.
Credit to Adelaides defence, they made it tough for Webster & Abercrombie on the perimeter.
Nice game for Charles Jackson at both ends but with Cedic Jackson forcing the d to collapse on him and then being able to drop the ball off it's a case of stand here, catch and dunk. He does get up and down the floor well and he looked like he was enjoying himself.

Fun game to watch being pretty free flowing high scoring up and down for the most part. Adelaide had their chances in the 4th but couldn't make their shots drop and then Corey Webster got a couple of looks.

reminds me of few years back, up by a margin to lose by a margin. cant remember the year but being up by 18 at 3 qtr time to lose by 7 or 8.

shit!

What are you talking about AyJay?

15 rebounds pfft, I might just reply the game and do my own stats, I think he gets given other ppl's, don't get me wrong DJ he is a talented player but does make some awful mistakes in missing his man and yes Gibbo is overstated, would not be in my boomers side

Its called help defence and their is none when certain players are on, Ebi and Peach come to mind.. Where was Hodgson. Oh not on.

Peach is one of the best defensive players going, yep help D he helps everyone but gets none in return, no one covers the back door for him.

Anyway no point in going on about it as there are a lot of armchair experts on here who think they know the game but would have no clue! Time to move on and beat the Kings!!

Very bad defensive games by Gibson and Randle.

Even worse was Gibson's 2 points in 35 minutes. You put a healthy Tey's or Sobey in for 35 minutes and they are giving you more points, better defense and better leadership! Wright should be telling Gibson to drive rather than being scared of the key and settling for weak jump shots. He usually looks good when he drives or at least work to get to the foul line from the drive.

Randle needs to work a lot harder in defense. For someone that is so quick he is extremely bad at defense.

Great game by DJ! He deserved more shots! Good games by Walker, Creek and even Hodgson looked good. All of them deserved more minutes tonight. Petrie deserved less minutes.

Kobe24's favourite player Ere had a better game tonight.

I am not sure about Wrights tactic to let Wesley shoot it. Wesley usually has good games against us.

An extremely poor 4th quarter. Up 5 then play poor defense and even worse offense by just jacking up 3's from the first pass. How about moving the ball and then getting a good shot. We had a good chance to win this game but stuffed up that chance.

Sad part King James is that was probably Ebi's best game... and still wasnt all that great. Atleast he was close to 50% shooting, not bad for a role player. Shame he simply isnt what the team needs especially when guys like Randle have a stinker.

One has to question whether Gibbo is still invested in this team. He can do so much more almost at will but can go MIA so easily. Even his great defence has left him.

Maybe this is a good opportunity to give Teys another try at starting once fit?

I'm liking what Ebi brings more and more, scoring with confidence, steals, I'm relieved its starting to fall in place for him.

I was keeping half an eye on live stats, was very excited to get home to watch the last five minutes when we were 5 points up in enemy territory.

The Sixers only scored about 3 points in the next 5 minutes. Yikes. Most of those 3s taken were good looks (Randle excepted) but nothing wanted to drop.

That said, jacking 3s is not the Sixers' best game plan. When they were down only 1-3, should have been getting it inside, which is presumably what got us the lead in the first place.

I assumed I could get 2points in 35minutes

I'll join the crew favouring banging it inside to Johnson rather than the sequence of luckless threes. The team played well until that point, from the bits I saw. Creek in transition, etc.

Giving up those late threes to Webster effectively handed NZ the game, putting Adelaide on the back foot.

Walker with 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals in just 18:17. Creek with 12 points in 16:01. Petrie had an excellent block and some critical offensive boards at the end which would've helped had we hit the resulting threes.

If Adelaide could play out the last five minutes they'd be second on the ladder. Against probably the three best teams - Melbourne, NZ and Perth - they've been in a winnable position late and fallen away badly.

A lot to like about the 36ers, much of which Isaac pointed out, but defensively they're not getting the job done late and their walk-up offence doesn't appear good enough to score late when taking the ball out of the net. Pick and pops for DJ, and some mid-post action would be a good start.

AS said by Paul, 36ers have been unable to guard the 3 pt line in the 4th quarter especially.
Melb, Perth, EVEN Cairns and now NZ have hit big 3's late in their games against 36ers. Only time 6ers did that was Randle first game.
3 pt percentage against 36ers in 4th quaters might be interesting stat.

I think Andrew Price has quarter-by-quarter stats at Spatial Jam. Not sure if it's team-specific, but he does have player-specific ones at least.