Adelaide to win. Be in top 4 and stay there.... games in hand will assist. U ited ru to halt a d splitter. Randle to have his way. Frolinv to destroy. Too big.

I would like to say otherwise but Melbourne are starting to get going and with Prather back now and playing at home I can't see them losing this.

United by 12

Adelaide have lost all 3 games against the top three teams. Melbourne have won 2 and lost 3 against the top three teams.

Melbourne remind me of 2017-18, when they took a little while to gel, and they now look like they're getting into their rhythm. Just like this season, at this point in 2017-18 they were 4-4. Then they went 15-5 for the rest of the regular season.

Melbourne to win this one.

Melbourne wouldn't want to drop this one at home against a mediocre team.

I was wondering the same thing last night when Heal, Rosen and Hudson were in the bunker. The former two are based in Sydney and the latter in Adelaide as far as I know. So much for cost cutting on flights.

Adelaide going just nicely. United aren't.

Correct. I predicted and stay with it. Adelaide to play finals. United won't.... United ego ego ego.

The hottakes continue.

Adelaide won't play finals.

Has the NBL picked up more sponsors or advertisers, or does SBS sell half time ads in addition to the NBL's spots?

Knowledgeable commentators calling Rundle to improve over the season due to short pre-season.

Wasn't his best season when he came in as late injury replacement?

Goulding is the nbl version (lite) of James harden. Can't play defence to save his life (2 d breakdowns in a row) but can shoot.
But the fucking commentators still talk about him like he is Jordan and NEVER call out his defence!

Great job by Adelaide keeping Melbourne to 109.

Now that it pretty clear that finals are off the agenda and a championship just a pipe dream..

surely it is time to call out Joey for signing guys like Teys, White, Dillon etc.

They are just hacks who are not going to impact in any significant way to the team's overall success.

Why have them? Effectively, they are a waste of space.

Come on Joey, if you are going to insist on staying in Adelaide, what about signing some locals next season and adding some interest to the bench.

Wow Adelaide were awful.

Randle is both the best and worst part of the team. Can still score, but is super selfish. Takes awful shots and has zero interest in the team itself. He's interested in getting his numbers to help ensure the next paid job. It leads to everyone on the team doing the same and after quarter time that is what you saw, zero ball movement and offence, 100% isolated hero ball.
It was as ugly as it gets.

I felt Adelaide had to adjust to the ticky tack calls. Melbourne didn't adjust however that 2nd quarter was more like bashball then anything else.

NBL need to clean up the inconsistent game calling which occurs in Melbourne. Will Weaver was on the money. You have ticky tack crap called at one end and mugby happening at the other end.

Teams that adjust end up looking like they are giving open looks and open baskets, however they can’t do squat without a foul, therefore it’s adjust or ride pine.

Please please please. You dare bash adelaide at your peril. Team continually responds under pressure year in year out. 2 massive games coming. 2 massive wins and game on. Don't see Perth as tough as previously Brissy flaky and so are SEM. calling for joeys head - no sense. Foundation very solid group - tighten up D and she be apples.

Positive vibes positive energy positive mindset...
Power of collective energy will displace negative neutrons...meaning if you doubt you fail. You seek to doubt you become lost.

Has anyone ever scored 100 in 4 straight games in the 40 minute era?

Good win by Melbourne but I wouldn't rule Adelaide out of finals yet. The issue is the lack of depth but at home they will still be strong.

Comes down to one thing in this league at the moment $$$$
Hard to blame Joey when Adelaide doesn't have the $$$$ to spend on quality talent.

It is no wonder the 3 teams who are championship favorites pay well overs on the salary cap.

Commentators consistently referred to the lack of talent Adelaide has compared to the top team, unfortunately in the current environment $$$$ gets the W's

This is why it makes me sick listening to how good Sydney etc. are when you know how much extra they are paying. Championships are bought in this league at the moment.

It is great to go on about what a great competition it is and how much talent is in the league but it is far from a level playing field and actually what is happening is the smaller teams with no money are being forced out of the competition due to this short-sighted management strategy. Without these teams there is no competition, this is a fact.

Agree, it's any sport. There's an old saying in motor racing: "Speed costs money. How fast can you afford to go?"