i think we miss ramone moore a bit .... even though not playing as well as last season ... still will be missed .... at jazz he looked comfortable ...not great ....but okish....
i think froling may have got 20points ..... seems a lot for a 20yo .....while some nblers caint do that ....no matter how hard they try ..

"It's the fish that John West reject that makes John West the best."

The Bullets organisation could learn a thing or two from John West.

The Bullets organisation could learn a thing or two from John West.

Adelaide to win.

No Patterson for the Bullets and no Moore for the Sixers probably cancels each out. After that humiliating loss in NZ I would expect the Sixers to bounce back tonight I think Sixers by 8 points.

Can i put my life savings on the 36ers shooting more free throws than the Bullets?

Pretty safe bet , there .
Camel ................. fecit...........

Can I put my life savings on the Bullets shooting lots of 3s?

What has happened with Te Rangi this year? He hasn't made a shot for the past couple of seasons but has managed to put the ball in the hoop at a good clip the last few weeks.

Mika shooting like he's playing for the Tall Blacks.

Both these teams are really jacking it

Great to watch

Had a giggle when one of the commentators said "reckless abandonment"..always thought it was reckless abandon

Reckless abandonment sounds like a criminal offence ;)

This hogwash of having daggy looking people stand on court holding up pieces of cardboard advertising a god damn budget phone company is AMATEUR and OFF-BRAND for the league. Really poor stuff

No I would NOT prefer the First Ever ads back but I would also not like to drink a glass of dog's piss. THat does NOT mean it is acceptable

Wouldn't like to drink dog piss but if you were paid couple million $$ youd down a glass and talk about first ever in the process.

Yeh I probably would

Drmic is a GOON. unsportsmanlike all day

Vukona should be tossed

I guess Sobey must have said something to earn that tech, bizarre otherwise. Should've been unsportsmanlike on Mika and Drmic.

Lemanis has got in the referees ears with the old victim mentality trick and referees have felt like they need to "even" this up a bit.

When they actually called the first 15 odd minutes fine and Brisbane were just been whingers.

I'm loving Kerle's commentary he's really starting to warm to it now. All three Casey & trigger too seem to mesh well together.

Third man in is an automatic technical.

Adelaide didn't get the two and possession for the unsportsmanlike, they just gave Gliddon a free-throw. Do the refs not know the rules?

Drmic's not hard to rattle, I'm sure Vukona knows that.

Anyone going to play any defence in this one??

There's no Drmic USF listed in the play by play that I can see, nor was one mentioned by the commentary team.

Reuben TeRangi for most improved player this year?

Te Rangi usually has 1 of these games a season and then goes back to airballing 3s and travelling in the post, but it feels like he's had more good moments than bad this season so far... maybe he's finally living up to his potential.

I dont mind DeLeon - but I think it's clear that Brisbane cant keep up with Adelaides fast break game. The problem is DL nullifies the faster style as he holds onto the ball for long periods and slows down the offence.

Really need a horses for courses approach I feel.

ADL can destroy teams in the fast break.

121 points already scored in the first half.

Why is everyone saying Vukona "got away with" the thing he copped a USF for?

All Cadee needs now for another signature game is to not hit another basket until Adelaide stretch out to a 30 point 4th quarter lead before Cadee hits 4 threes in a row in garbage time.

What is up with Brisbanes defence?

How many times down the court have you seen the likes of Cadee or Gibson or Gliddon having to defend Johnson or Wiley. that's BBQ chicken.

Is the lack of mobility of the a Brisbane bigs failing to run back and match up with the ADL bigs finally showing. Bairstow is slow and Vukona is old.

Even on the zone defense Brisbane are still been caught with those mismatches.

Admittedly ADLs defence is also non-existant.

Why the hell was Larkins on the floor?

Can we try McVeigh to give us some height when we switch. Just try it Joey.

Still dont know why/how Cadee plays so many minutes.

If I was Brisbane I'd be cutting Cadees minutes dramatically and give them to Holt - he could be their key of his season gets going.

Cadee has somehow played the 2 most minutes out of everyone on this court (1 min behind Gliddon).

Brisbane should run Gliddon and Holt a lot more.

This has got to be one of the most inept defensive performances ever from a Sixers team. To top it off, they are also getting out-hustled by Brisbane. Ownership needs to give Joey some money so he can cut DeLeon. This team needs a guy who can lead it defensively. How do you leave TeRangi that open when he already has 24 points?!?!

Joey was out of ideas in that last timeout, barely said anything useful. Never seen that before.

What's worse than an NBL ref?

An NBL ref with a visible shitty tattoo.

Hate that tech. Not necessary at all.

Is it pronounced Tayes or Tees? Teys has a y in it so how is it Tees?

No way that justifies a tech against Froling. Rubbish. And then Te Rangi taunted him after so if by the stupidly low threshold for a tech now why wasn't one issued against Froling? My god.

A tech for swearing.....

"How does anyone take this league seriously?"

They don't, well I hope they don't. I know I don't.

Sorry issued against Te Rangi*?

Cadee LOOOOOOOOOOL

Still a game while Cadee is out there.

Sobes2zero about to take over this one

How does Lemanis realise this? What a dodgy coach.

not realise*

I know, right? Not a good look for the NBL.

So after the timeout where Joey said "let them drive, no threes" a billion are scored by Brisbane. lol

DJ has been so disappointing lately after a good start to the season.

I can't watch this crap anymore. Who is the head of umpiring?? They need to pull their finger out.

Why the hell Wiley & Deleon switching that pick.

How many times in a row does Joey need to see DeLeon get stuck defending on the block before he does something?

Adelaide have to get much better defensively. The Perth/NZB/tonight games they've been atrocious on that end, and not good enough on the other to make up for it.

And leave Gibbo's weight alone - he just spent the offseason chowing down on his grandma's strawberries.

Sobey at least WILL NOT play in this league next year.

"And leave Gibbo's weight alone - he just spent the offseason chowing down on his grandma's strawberries."

Sick reference. Respect.

Imagine Brisbane with a good starting point guard. Jason Cadee is a backup at best. Great defense tonight.

Is Sobey going to play in Latvia or some shit

Oh well Bullets were the better team hope their play now starts getting some more people in.

On a Sixers front might be worthwhile just leaving Deleon at the airport.

If Patterson is decent, this team will have championship contending potential. They're top 4 material I reckon

Agreed about DJ Zodiac. His D was trash tonight. Needs to show more leadership. And Wiley might be a good athlete but he doesn't seem to have any idea defensively. We miss Childress and even Shorter badly right now.

Patterson would have to be MVP-level for that to be true, IMO. Top 4, maybe.

Yeah, DJ has never been a great defender, but for all Shorter's bluster his size along with Childress made the Sixers a bit of a defensive nightmare last year, and that's just all gone now. Sobey using more energy on offense and not showing the same defensive intensity he had last year either.

Steady on Manu - Sixers were garbage, no way Bullets are that good.

Might want to also check how many 3's we take compared to other teams as well.

Ease up on DJ. Sure responsibility of being captain is a factor. I prefer to have teys have the role
did larkins play tonight. What were his stats

i know te rangi got 29 , but i thought gibson's 100 percent shooting was the difference.

21 turnovers by adelaide. Never going to win with that many turnovers.

Not sure if it's an issue having Te Rangi and Delany have career nights on us. They aren't renowned player's, Te Rangi has been better this season but 29!
I know someone is going to score points when there is minimal defence played but surely you tighten up on someone when they are starting to get on top of you.

Perthworld, I genuinely believe they have championship potential if Patterson is decent, like a confident Blanchfield. But a consistently knock-down shooter.

Their guard play needs to be high-level and consistent, but their play from 3-5 is damn good. Damn good, with a decent Patterson.

You don't think Bairstow will be a top 5 big man in the league by the middle of the season?

21 Turnovers for the Sixers tonight and allowed Brisbane to shoot 59% from 2 and 43% from 3. From memory, last season the Sixers had the best FG% in the league.

Wiley only 2 rebounds. Needs to show a lot more on the defensive end if the Sixers are going to make any noise.

Deng not doing enough either - he's an experienced player now and needs to start contributing more consistently.

It has admittedly been a tough schedule the past week and they are down an import, but they not only gave up a very winnable road game, they played Brisbane nicely into form heading back to Adelaide this weekend.

I wish Sixers ownership would find some more cash so we can replace DeLeon. Joey's switching defence means they should just go with a 'no midgets' policy when signing players.

Doug, you make a good observation about Delany and TeRangi. I would add Terrico White to that in the first game. All three of those guys tore Adelaide a new one because we have no big wings like Creek or Childress to contain them. Wiley not good enough defensively, Drmic not athletic enough and Moore not quite big enough. Its going to keep happening IMO, unless Sixers ownership bites the bullet and replaces DeLeon. Bit of a shame they seem to have burnt bridges with Creek and Childress right now :(

Brisbane shows how to beat Adelaide - need power foward in the post against their short line up, ie Te Rangi and Mukona vs DL and Drimic.

Never mind top 5...Bairstow will be a top 1 big man in the league by mid season

"Is it pronounced Tayes or Tees? Teys has a y in it so how is it Tees?"

House kays. Car kays.

I don't think the reffing lost Adelaide the game. I think the refs in almost every game this season no matter who is playing have been appalling. It’s not great to watch anymore.

You're right. He's almost top 5 atm. I was going to say top 3... Yeah top 3

Againwhytbe heavy demands and reliance on DJ. Need solid contributions across the team Deny Wiley Deleon Sobey.get off DJ back.let him play his game without undue pressure. Struggling with burden of leadership.

Wiley was ordinary tonight only 2 rebs in 26 mins.

Adelaide monstered them on the boards, yet gave it all back with the 21 turnovers. There are no free games this season, comp is close. Te rangi also hurt perth from 3 last week, lesser extent though. I have a feeling the scout in him will change soon.

"why would Joey sign and suit THREE undersized PGs?!"

Umm, this Joey you're talking about. LOL

End of the day, you an't play small and then shoot 25% from outside.

Brisbane are strangely competitive this year, its certainly making the league interesting.

Adelaide's bench has been horrendous. I am not sure where last year's Majok Deng went but can someone put out a missing persons on him? And Deleon is not doing enough to justify his spot right now. When Adelaide is forced away from their style of play, they're left with only 3 consistent weapons and everyone else completely useless in any consistent way. When the game becomes a grind, Adelaide haven't got much of an answer. It will get easier when Moore comes back but I'd be looking at moving Deleon on and maybe getting right in Majok's ear.

Brisbane's bench was magnificent tonight, Gibbo, Vukona in particular were huge tonight and Te Rangi coming off the bench soon too and they will be fantastic along with Holt and Magnay will improve (still a 3rd import to come if they choose to take it).

Brisbane could be sneaky good but definitely good seeing them get another home win, will be interesting to see if they can attract fans to games or if we will continue to see it as the library.

Adelaide suck and McVeigh needs to see some court time as he needs 'on the job training' and the 36ers aren't going anywhere this season.

"House kays. Car kays."

Makes sense now, thanks.

"Brisbane could be sneaky good but definitely good"

Record: 3-3 after three home games.

"Adelaide suck ... the 36ers aren't going anywhere this season"

Record: 3-4 after two home games.

Love the passion of being a sports supporter! It's so easy to get caught up in the latest moment.

Good that Te Rangi had a big one. When he was retained in the off season you'd think they'd signed a rec leaguer or something with all the bagging he got. He's had a solid season so far and now has a break out game to go with it. Well done to him

Sixers really miss Moore and his coolness. He can beat a defence with his dribble and slickness. But his defence is as bad as the rest of the team. Deleon holds onto the ball too much which might be okay if you are scoring 20. One game for the season where he hit a couple shots. I would be cutting loose, but they need Moore back first.

Sixers sure love giving shooting confidence to opposition players. Gibbo 6/6 from the field, 4/4 from deep. Always seems to hit shots against 36ers. Last week they got Abercrombie and
Delaney into the groove. Last night Terangi and Gibbo. Both teams shot at high clip b ut 36ers poor 3pt percentage cost them badly as it always does.

Deleon is the scapegoat, every time Adelaide lose people call for his head but they will keep him.

I'm a little bit more measured than the average dickhead on here, Paul haha.

You don't see the potential in Brisbane?

Switchable pieces in Vukona, Te Rangi, Gliddon, Holt

Long range shooting in Cadee, Gliddon, Te Rangi, Holt, Gibson, Patterson

Active bigs who can rebound in Vukona, Bairstow, Hodgson

Multiple ball handlers/decision makers in Cadee, Gliddon, Holt, Gibson, Vukona, Patterson

Kind of okay as a passing team

Lemanis as coach. I rate the crap out of him. He just needs a smart unit, and he has more of that relative to last season (Vukona, Bairstow, Gliddon)

Manu, I definitely see the potential in Brisbane. At this point they're the best passing team in the league, which is where Lemanis tries to get with his teams. If Patterson can produce his previous two years' form they'll be highly-competitive, as I expected them to be this year if they got the SF position right. So far they're 3-3 without getting it right!

The point of my comment was not about Brisbane or Adelaide, more about how for many, their rating of a team can swing so much on the latest result! Every team in the league has quality about them and can beat each other, for many years now the NBL has come down to the little things being executed well each night and this season is no different. As boring as that sounds!

The keys seemed to be:

Shorter could hold his own defending the post if there was a switch; DeLeon doesn't have the size/strength. As another said, Doyle/Larkins don't really provide an alternative look there. If you end up with Te Rangi on DeLeon or Vukona on Drmic, it's not to your advantage. I don't know why we didn't keep Shorter, especially if the replacement is a flexing and streaky shooter too.

Drmic gets on the boards but neither he or Teys are big at SF. Nor is Deng at PF. Froling is an ample replacement for Hodgson, but losing Creek and Childress for DeLeon/Wiley is a drop in strength.

Felt like a similar pattern to the game in NZ and as I said on Twitter, I wonder if the refs overcorrect if the 36ers burst out of the gates drawing fouls. Seemed to me like they suddenly worked to call some touchy stuff on Adelaide or letting anything at all go, and you could hear the refs backing each other up as though they lacked confidence on a few calls. Adelaide got sloppy in the second half in Brisbane.

Not sure I would've been lenient on Vukona for pushing Sobey's throat (Sobey was the one who got the tech!) but if you're Drmic, you can completely ignore any of that drama.

For all his energy, Wiley has five boards over the last two games.

I guess we should know when the Bermuda Triangle of the worst ref's in the game walk on to the court that ANYTHING could happen.

@Hogwash
Deleon stats are not living up to an import, that is why he is scapegoat. Shooting around 17 from 48 for the season but if you take out the Kings game where he stroked 6/7 from 3pt line, he has only hit around 10 from 40. His assist counts are low. I'm not a big fan of + and - stats but he has been one of worst performers on the team for this too. Unfortunately he becomes a scapegoat as an import is one area you can make change. Apart from that Kings game at home he hasn't produced anything and Shorter was much better player.

First Kings game he was hot offensively, second game had a big impact defensively, since then he has struggled. Will be interesting to see whether at his age he has struggled with that big road trip or just hot and cold as we know him.

"Perthworld, I genuinely believe they have championship potential if Patterson is decent, like a confident Blanchfield. But a consistently knock-down shooter.

Their guard play needs to be high-level and consistent, but their play from 3-5 is damn good. Damn good, with a decent Patterson.

You don't think Bairstow will be a top 5 big man in the league by the middle of the season?"

I'm starting to see this now Manu. Patterson remains the wildcard.