We'll dispose o' the posers

Moore isn't travelling with the team.

Cairns are my pick in this one.
They would want to bounce back after the loss there to Brisbane.
Adelaide can cover the loss of Moore though.

I think the loss was to the Hawks .
MY first home game of the season so all in on the Taipans
Hope Joey is ready for some grief .

Yep my mistake they did lose to the Hawks.

Stop being so polite, this is an internet forum for God's sake

Stop being so polite, this is an internet forum for God's sake

*Also I didn't mean to capitalise the 'G' on 'god', phone did that automatically

How did you know I had Dandruff ?
I am 6'4" in shoes too .

For Christ's sake Manu, who cares?

Well I'm 6'5".

This is fast becoming worse than the Bullets v Perth thread.

Haha Jesus H Christ, Paul. I guess you're right. Shouldn't matter

Tend to agree with you Manu. Cairns pretenders. Adelaide much better than their 2-2 record tends to suggest, noting those losses were to Perth and Melbourne and even then they were competitive. Moore loss not a big deal - he's a good player but not having much of an impact yet this season while Teys (can't believe I'm about to type this) has actually been playing well.

I'll be really keen to see if Trimble goes off for another big game or if we're able to slow him down a little.

Moore is a tough out for us but I would still expect us to get up, we usually seem to play well up in Cairns.

Taipans win the first quarter by 8, and somehow it feels like it should have been a lot more. No rhythm at all to the 6ers play.
Very correctable though.

I wish these Sixers had shown up for the two Sydney games.

Must be the 36ers worst quarter of the year so far!

Come on Taipans.
DKD and Teys start lol

"Less action than a white crayon!"
How can you not love Trigger's commentary?

This little fool in the Lowry singlet is starting to grind my gears

SOFTEST unsportsmanlike foul. Garbage call smh man

Some of the 6ers players still seem to have gone to the Italian soccer diving (flopping) school. And some of the calls are soft!!!!!

Yeah, that Walker unsportsmanlike was one of the dumbest yet, especially considering the review as well. Didn't even warrant a review, the refs 100% just responded to the Sixers' reactions.

I don't understand why they have so much of some commentators and less than others. Alll we seem to see is Homocide, heal and Tragardh

I guess 4.5 secs is enough time for 36ers to tie up the game.

Why the hell was that a delay of game?

Didn't see what Young did to get the tech, assuming he touched it when it went through the net.

Hell of a game for Sobey, but overall a D- grade for the officiating crew tonight.

hmm box score has stolen Sobey's triple double. Only 9 assists.

Sobey did not get a triple double. No way you get an assist from free throws. Stupid commentary.

It pretty much fell into Young's hands, not sure what he was supposed to do

Yeah that was the ugliest game of the year so far. It seems each round we're given two games that are of fantastic quality, one of two that are okay, and one that was a deadset stinker and this is the stinker. Gladly it wasn't on 9Go because it wasn't a great advertizement for the league.

Good news for the Sixers is they're unlikely to play that poorly again, so if they're able to will themselves to a win while literally everyone is playing shit, then you'd have to think they'll be up there this season.

Cairns really missed DJ Newbill. They might want to start looking for a replacement for Devon Hall as well because he does bugger all.

"Sobey did not get a triple double. No way you get an assist from free throws. Stupid commentary."

Actually, you do get assists for made free throws. Re the game, after quarter-time I thought it was a cracker. Thought it was well reffed until late in the piece, but unfortunately the two young refs got overawed in the pressure situation.

Still, Adelaide were the better team and deserved to win, they defended very well when it mattered and made the big plays at the other end. Sobey is just a super star, who knows how good he's going to get.

Sobey did not get a triple double. No way you get an assist from free throws. Stupid commentary.

Ahhh I see its one of those stupid Fiba rules. My mistake.
My comment about stupid commentary still stands though.

If the player misses the first shot but makes the second does it still count as an assist?

No...pretty sure it's just if they make the first

LOL 34 Free throws to 12 attempted

I would love to be an NBL referee.

All i would do is bet on games i officiate in, call everything and anything on the team i bet against and watch the team i bet on win.

It really is that simple.

Who will catch you?

Amazing how when fans from anywhere other than Perth critiscise the refs and the calls adelaide especially get its ok. As i have said before, when the refs fall for thise adelaide flails and they end up plus 20 im fta, they won't lose too many

The TV ratings for this league are a farce.

36ers are nothing special. It is just that the referees ADORE THEM.

34 Free throws to 12 LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

10 of those are from hacking the end of the game. Another 8-10 are from the different game styles played by the teams. And then throw in a few random calls which might go either way. Why does this need to be explained after every game?

Watching the game highlights video on YouTube (https://youtu.be/_PB3-S4BYFA) and shit, the clips starting at 0:35 and 1:07... if they aren't the haunting screams of tormented souls residing in hell...

Classic stuff

Fouls 31-19, MVP Mayberry!

Cairns have shot 30 FTs the past two games and given their opponents 70. They've got to start defending. Trimble is a good offensive PG but he's got a lot of work to do defensively, and without Walker fully fit they don't have bigs who are great at defending the other side of the on-ball.

"Trimble has only been good offensively in one game"

Game 1 - 32p, 8/13, 3a
Game 2 - 28p, 8/15, 5a (6/9 triples)

That's two pretty handy offensive games, even with some bad turnovers in the second one.

I'll take that as a yes ;-)

In regards to Deng, he does seem to pick up cheap fouls which would likely restrict his minutes. Think he had four last night. Put him on too early and for too long and he may be fouled out quickly. The main issue Adelaide has is that Johnson is really a 4 not a 5, as is Deng and should be sharing minutes. Wiley is a 3/4 so there is not the balance of last season with Hodgson as a pure 5. Perhaps further down the track Froling will be able to be the starting centre and guard the Jawai's of the league as he certainly has the stronger body. He has also shown he can shoot the three so would still drag the centres outside. Deleon is a big worry with inconsistent shooting plus poor shot selection last night. However, his defensive work last night in part made up for it. Long tern, they cannot win a Championship with Deleon in an import position.