Strange situation for a Sixers fan to be in losing interest in the last handful of games due to being so good during the season.

Carfino just said the flies in Adelaide are on crack.

Good start for us. Still in the game after 1. Sixers look lethargic The longer the stay asleep the further we can take this.

Joey you're a moron.

This helps. Joey gone. Bit rough, because he was right.

Bye Joey.

What was Joey arguing about?

It was the right decision to eject Joey. You can't walk on to the court like that after getting T'd.

Yeahhhhhh we're not winning this.

Creek is mad. Just swore on live TV lol

This helps. Joey gone. Bit rough, because he was right.

CEO's are not owners

neither are GM's

Lol NZ imploding

Who is the bigger Douche? Joey or Carfino?

At least Joey thought the call was wrong, Carfino had the benefit of the replay, which clearly shows the attempted tip-back hitting the rim before the clock expired, and he still keeps banging on that the call was incorrect.

Who is Joey's assistant? He seems extremely competent.

Who is Joey's assistant?

KB might end up with a better coaching record at NBL level than ABA level....

Take it easy Koberdick, why would I know or care who the assistant coach of Adelaide is?

Koberdick?

...

:/

" why would I know or care who the assistant coach of Adelaide is?"


Ahhh Ignorance is such a precious commodity, you have to be truly dedicated to stupidity, to maintain it at a high level.

If you don't care - why ask ???

This this answers the will sixers take it easy for the rest of season, randle is gonna play 35 minutes

Brooks waits until 2 mins left to bring Creek back and then DJ shoots a brick 3.

No wonder it's 1 point the margin.

Dazz, the Adelaide assistant is Kevin Brooks. Played NBA, played for Adelaide and for Sydney. Very good player. Great guy too.

Wow.

NZ take the lead.

We are blowing this win in the 4th but NZ's fight is great.

Oh dear Dillard

Why didn't we foul straight away?????????????????????

The season just got interestinger!

No foul? Lol wtf is that shit

If that's possible

Absolutely pathetic not to foul straight away.

Brooks was terrible when Joey left. Made some awful decisions that cost us the win.

Why Adelaide fans booing. Is there gonna be outrage here after people whinged about Perth

Totally bizarre game, well done to NZ in getting the desperation win, very poor play from the Sixers down the stretch with number of brain fade plays. Hopefully they can learn from this going into the playoffs. The rest of the league would have to be very pissed off with he Sixers after that one, could have knocked off the dangerous breakers for good

Why do Adelaide fans care anyway

Top spot wrapped up

Because you can't go into finals on top spot in bad form.

It's not hard to work out.

Was there an explanation on TV why someone can catch the ball slip, travel and get the ball back because they slipped?

Sobey not coming out aggressive was bad.

Excellent coaching by the Sixers to start Teys after half time.

Terrible coaching by the Sixers to start the last quarter without DJ, Hodgson or Randle. That was amature coaching!

Gutsy win Breakers. Last chance saloon though. Loe, Pledge combo, and Penney big down the stretch.Dillard got a bit distracted by one on one with Randle.

Brunson - invest in a dictionary!

Brunson - invest in a dictionary!

The last thing an one want heading into finals is a losing record in their last few games... could this be United 2.0??

Dillard's obviously been watching lots of NBA as he knows how to draw that BS foul that you often see in the NBA where the shooter initiates all the contact by either sticking his leg out or thrusting his body into the defender, falls down like he's been hit really hard and then gets the call. I cannot stand it. Dillard tried to do it earlier in the game when he shot a three on the break with Randle challenging only slightly but the ref didn't fall for the call on that occasion.

No doubt that's what Jerome was jawing with Dillard about in the last few seconds of the game.

Boti going pretty hard at the refs:

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/basketball/joey-wright-ejected-as-adelaide-36ers-fall-to-new-zealand-breakers/news-story/f661d71ba165f26fcaee120ee8362a64

There's a link to another article called "Sixers Boss in Racial Furore" that I can't get to as I hit a paywall. However I've heard from a mate that has read the article that Joey said post game that the ref who ejected him (Brett Hogan) apparently called him a "back mf" five years ago when he was coaching in QLD and Hogan was suspended then. Joey suggesting that Hogan shouldn't be reffing his games following that incident. Interesting.

Adelaide Now delivering horrendous news!

Damn that article sucks.

Thing is, Joey was actually wrong. Ball did hit the rim.

It's a problem now because he just got kicked out of a game. It's a pretty simple situation, if someone has a problem with you but they leave you alone you're not going to complain about it, but whether it be a week, a month, two years or 6 years later, if you feel that you've been treated unfairly by that same person it's an issue again.

I don't know what was said, i'm not actually saying Joey shouldn't have been double teched. I actually called it after the first tech that he'd get kicked out because he kept yapping. Joey claims in the media he was just asking it to be reviewed over and over again, but if you keep pushing you're gonna cop a T. But i'm not so naive as to wonder why he'd raise the issue given that there's a history, albeit one from 6 years ago.

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/02/05/36ers-coach-wright-race-row-ref

no paywall

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/7lzCqUEuT0x/NBL+Rd+18+Adelaide+v+New+Zealand/PbklGghZ741/Brett+Hogan

Oh wow :O
That just went up a notch

Ball did hit the rim Manu but it was a defection off a Breakers player from memory not a shot attempt by Adelaide.

What's the rule? Does it have to hit the rim on a "shot attempt"

I have no issue with Wright bringing up the past as Hogan shouldn't even be in the league after a comment like that.

The sound is clear Wright was not yelling at him and only saying "Shot clock, shot clock". No other coach in the league would be thrown out of the game for the same actions which shows biased hatred by Hogan.

As for the shot clock call it is debatable. Anyone have a FIBA ruling on it? All I could see was an NBA and general ruling on it saying "There is a legal field goal attempt", "when the offensive team in basketball either does not attempt a shot". From the replay Pledger tries to catch the ball and instead it flies off and hits the ring. So technically (if FIBA has the same ruling) it is the wrong call. Needs to be a controlled or proper shot, otherwise a player could have it bounce of their head hit the ring and people claim it hit the ring. Regardless, without the replay I can't blame the refs for getting that one wrong. How Hogan dealt with Wright after was wrong though.

"Dillard's obviously been watching lots of NBA as he knows how to draw that BS foul that you often see in the NBA where the shooter initiates all the contact by either sticking his leg out or thrusting his body into the defender, falls down like he's been hit really hard and then gets the call. I cannot stand it."

You mean like Penney, Clarke, Sobey, Randle, Lisch, Cadee, Goulding, Ware, DJ, Cotton, .....oh fk it most players do when they get someone jumping on a shot fake or out of position defensively.

When it becomes over the top CJ or Redhage style it gets annoying but Dillard from what I have seen is way down the list of culprits.

Cheers poster above for clarifying the rules as below. So it was a correct call. The ruling sounds strange that an illegitimate attempt still counts.

"29/50-32
After the ball has touched the ring of the opponents' basket for any reason, the shot clock shall be reset to 14 seconds, if the team which regains control of the ball is the same team that was in control of the ball before the ball touched the ring.

29/50-33
Example:
On a pass by A1 to A2 the ball touches B2 after which the ball touches the ring.
A3 gains control of the ball. Interpretation: The shot clock shall be reset to 14 seconds as soon as A3 gains control of the ball. "

Sit right behind where it happened and have no problem with the first T, but he was just saying shot clock etc He wanted them to check and no one cam to him and said the call was good or bad so he kept yelling for it. Then the ump finally came over his way Joey kept yelling and he was gone. I dont think he should have got the 2nd but i'm always amazed that he seems to have such a long leash. Personally I think the bad in-game calls were worse than the Joey situation.

What's the ruling on video review for umpiring decisions? Is it entirely umpire discretion as to whether anything gets double checked? I don't want to unnecessarily slow the game up but i have no idea why and when umpires go to the video. Joey asked for the shot clock violation to be reviewed but got chucked out. Later in the game the umps spent an eternity determining whether a Ferguson shot was a 3 pointer or not, long after the play. And then the back-court violation which I understand on replay was an incorrect call wasn't reviewed even with Adelaide coaches asking for it. In that situation the game was stopped and the umpire nearest the 36ers Bench appear to initially agree to review it, but then the controlling umpire was unaware and was about to throw the ball in so rather than get his attention he just shrugged and the game went on. Bemusing.

Sixers are coming off terribly here. Joey was wrong (can they even check the replay on those sorts of plays?) and wouldn't shut up, even after copping the first tech. Deserved to go for general stupidity. Then there was the tweet up on the club's feed til this morning about no foul being called at the end until it was too late, despite Hodgson not actually fouling (softly touching a player on the back isn't cutting it in that situation). And now the quotes in these articles.

We were up double digits. It shouldn't have even been a close one down the stretch, but even then we still had plenty of oppoturnities to steal it. Cop it on the chin, learn from it and take responsibility. Don't act like this, because quite frankly it's going close to ruining what should be a bit of a victory lap after an incredible regular season.

The shot clock and backcourt calls aren't reviewable.

Not sure which replay Boti was looking at, but from the one they showed on TV it was impossible to tell whether it was the right call or not.

Let's establish whether it was actually said first. The NBL has issued a statement which casts doubt on Wright's version of events that Hagan was suspended.

NBL are investigating the matter and will make a statement once that is done.

If the slur did happen, Hogan certainly shouldn't ref any of Wright's games. If Wright's claim is false he should be penalised strongly and probably taken to court for defamation.

As for the ejection, it was certainly warranted, the call was correct, Wright was given multiple chances to calm down and he didn't.

Paul what is your definition of calm down? To me it means he was yelling excessively and or swearing. The replay seems to suggest he did neither (until he was ejected where I am sure he said a few f bombs).

If he thinks the coach is not calm why not simply say "I will explain it to you later once you have calmed down" and walk away. or a simple "It hit the ring but they didn't reset the shot clock" and walk away. Why get in a coaches faces about something so trivial once he has already received a technical and treat them like a 8 year old. I don't see any other referee calling that second tech foul. Aylen and Mayberry would have just walked away. Hogan could have handled it better.

"Shouldn't a journo actually fact check that sort of stuff, instead of taking it as gospel"

What makes you believe he didn't check it?

We played badly , but don't wanna lose two games to cairns going into finals , so we are fired up agen and back to normal form...