Gut feeling tells me this will be closer than people think.

Tempted to get on the 36ers handicap of +5.5

For those of you who don't understand what that bet means, it means if 36ers lose by 5 points or less the bet wins.

If Benson plays like he did against United the other night, good luck Sixers. Creek will be up for this as well and Phoenix match up well in the guard spots as well. I'd say good night Sixers, Phoenix by 12 and Joey to blow a gasket.

SEM are vulnerable and Sixers being on the road will help them. Sixers can win this IF they stop doing dumb shit in the critical minutes. That's a big IF though as they have a pattern in games of falling down here. Don't look at the total stat numbers, look at when they're happening.

Some interesting stuff to play out after this game if the Sixers lose. Is Griffin safe or not? Regardless of how he plays in this game, if they lose he's in danger. Do they continue to waste 10+ minutes a game on Teys and White or are they better off putting that time in to someone else?
As a coach, if you're forced to have a player by management (Randle), what's your thought process when the shit goes south? Is it a case of well, you guys wanted this and this is what you got, or do you wear the flack coming your way for losing?

There are cracks, there's no doubt about that. Yes agreed, Randle has handled it well so far but he's a smoking volcano. You can see it the last few games and wouldn't be surprised to see words exchanged in this game if things aren't going well. Let's just hope there's no fisticuffs.
Griffin already targeted as the scapegoat so whatever he dishes up tonight is not going to save him in a loss.

Adelaide will give them 1 quarter. Phoenix by a few in this one, wheels are off for the 36ers. Doesn't matter how they spin it, how positive the bench guys wave the towels. They haven’t got the cattle this season. Creek will be up for this clash.

If the Phoenix are vulnerable, then what does that make the 36ers?

Changes need to be made in Adelaide, and their silence is deafening. I really wish they could pay Wright out his contract and move on. His voice has lost any sort vigour on that sideline.

any risen why Griffin isn't starting

The beginning of the end for Griffin, most likely the reasoning.

Griffin needs to fake an injury to save himself and his career. Getting away from this cancer of a team would be the icing on the cake.

Adelaide for the win. SEM on the back end of a brutal road trip and will be fatigued.....

Teys? Kyei? Phoenix by 25+

Like the idea of keeping some potency on the bench ... every week we start well and then fall into the proverbial sometime after the quarter break

The only time Teys should start is if Adelaide are up by 30 at the tip

I think the Phoenix will be just fine.

Tonight's WhatsApp question. Who is more protected in the NBL, Mitch Creek or Bryce Cotton.

Get Teys back on, we're struggling without him

Pinau is exactly who Harry should be striving to be.

Randle 15
Teys 4
Everyone else 2

Who fouled Griffin? Refs always destroy these games.

lol @ both Harry and Eric biting on a KYLE ADNAM pass fake, leaving him more open than a relation free throw for the shot.

Pathetic crowd by the Phoenix, even if they are just playing Adelaide.

Where is the crowd... pathetic

It's Monday, what do you expect?

Anon, cringe.

Joey is very well deserved of meaning knocked for his job performance. 1 half of basketball won't detract from that.

Move the Phoenix to Knox or Margaret Court (ew) Arena, better sized arenas and can call it their own rather than using United's leftovers.

Are the Phoenix using the decals of United's sponsors too or do these bigger companies sponsor both?

This game has shown we play through DJ too much, and it no longer works. Go through Randle and Drmic!

White, is a defensive pest, he doesn't need to know how to dribble lol

Few absolute dandy recruits for the 6ers this season, knew they didn't mean business when White, Dillon and Obei whoever were recruited. 6ers cost cut better than Tiger Airlines.

Zach Randolph looks like a prison nigga

Randolph was at the United game on Saturday and can barely walk now.. Shame what the game has done to his body.

Froling "I will be incredible" commercial is a bigger slight on the league than the actions of Glen Rice Jr. They should pull it immediately.

About time they called DJ for that illegal shit

Dane too big too strong for Harry.

Kyei has been great, boards, defence and a few points. Good to see him take up Wright confidence in him. Froling on the other hand is so lazy. Drimic also playing D and scoring. White please no more, send him back to Waratah league.
Phoenix look lethargic, who can work out there subs, guys that played well last game don't get time this game. Pineau, I still don’t quite understand all the minutes, maybe it’s homicide telling everyone how good he is.

Phoenix need Madgen to flop and get Randle thrown out

See you later Griffin

Pineau defends and plays his role to perfection. He hustles. Look at what he did to Froling when Harry was trying to back him down to see why he is getting minutes. He plays hard.

Phoenix have as many band members as they do supporters.

Creek a non factor yet he has 7 , 5 and 5 with 2 steals . WTF are you on about ? sure he has missed a few shots but he is league MVP at this stage

FFS Joey GET FROLING OFF

Besides a few blocks Griffin is horrendous on D , completely lost !

City of Churches or the City of Chokers?

Dillon sucks ass

Back to 4, welcome back to 36ers basketball circa late 2019

"Vaughan's back."

Yep

These refs are f..king the sixers proper

How so? Looks to me like the sixers are doing a classic job of f..king themselves, again.

How is that not an offensive foul . VM is a piece of schiff

How come Dwayne seems to always find a way to sound like he's barracking against my team no matter what sport I watch?

Anon, Frlong has 4 and 1 in 15 minutes of work. Thats terrible for a guy who wants to be a star. Take off the rose coloured glasses.

^ You have a point on Froling

There's the Madgen flop I was calling for earlier..

If we lose this we honestly have to start considering severing ways with Joey. Five straight

Did only Johnson's family of 4 and Randle's wife vote in the WhatsApp gimmick to get 80-20?

Griffin again absolutely stinking on D

Madgen biggest flopper in the NBL.

Adelaide are about 1 and a half seasons late on considering parting ways with Joey Wright.

DJ is such a lazy prick on D ... just let Creek waltz in there .

No reason for that shot from Randle, unless he thought that the shot clock was low (the clock is off that end), still looked nice

Anon, that's the issue. 1 win and some fans think all is ok? Adelaide are making up numbers, Bec cause they do so many little things wrong.

Why pick up your dribble Randle , stupid

6ers won't make finals. Not sure what pie you're eating, but this a massive over reaction to beating a team, coming off a tough run of games.

Zodiac wins this round with ease.

Kyei, Drimic, Randle and Dillon very good. Froling is a statue, Griffin very good offensively but got work on defence.

Creek is Creek rest side average, Madgen is in Goulding, Cotton flopping a grade category. SEM won't play finals.

Anon, the team is now 4-5, hardly anything to get cocky about. You really need to relax with the Joey stuff, the team is not heading in the right direction overall under him.

Perthworld, most likely. Only the cheap stuff for Adelaide. Aint no Dulwich bakery lol

I like what the Melb teams are doing for the NBL. Nostalgia still has me wishing the Tigers were a thing, but the Aus league needs this state up and firing, and overall the interest from the public is there is appears. Lots of social media activity.

Im curious now about Moore too, id assume it's his calves. He seems a mature type of guy, doubt highly its off court discretion type stuff. Could be a blessing in disguise, Adelaide as is, aren't doing anything special this season, but they are 1-2 moves away from being decent. Of course any moves would cost $ which the management don't like to spend lol

Out of curiosity does the Entertainment Centre have Villi's or Balfours?

Phoenix starting to shows their weaknesses. Be lucky to make finals.

So 'Restricted minutes' = you're not gonna play today because you're in my doghouse.

restricted minutes = caught in joeys bedroom

Coaches are a strange lot, you would think with there job on the line they would play best form players but seem to still back reputation. This year Wright, Lemanis and Flinn seem to change to guys that perform of late and got better results, well Flinn and Wright anyway. The playing of Kyei and Deck has made both sides better defensively which shows in results.
Gleeson has haters but you don't perform you sit, maybe it’s why he’s successful.

Yes, they won, but he didn't know they would win, prior to top off. If they’d lost, which was likely, Joey would’ve had questions thrown his way. Was a dumb move regardless of issue and result to sit Moore. ADELAIDE can’t afford the luxury of playing dictatorship when they are so bad.

Moore and Froling have been absolute crap this season, Sobey playing like a one man team at Brisbane, certainly was better at Adelaide.

Absolute bullshit. Medical. If you buy that excuse you know nothing about basketball. If it was 'calf tightness', then why did he warm up?
It's a message to not only Moore, but the rest of the group as well. Plus he becomes a convenient scapegoat. Moore has hardly been their worst player.
It may have worked....for that game. But it changes the dynamics now within the group. One of two ways it will go, they'll go on a winning streak or crash burn with the 2 games this weekend being the litmus test.

Suffered calf tightness in the warm up did he? Bullshit. Then why did he complete the warmup?

Why couldn't any of them, Wright (when interviewed), Randle (when interviewed) or the club just come out and say what the 'injury' was on game day? Why the ducks and drakes? I'll tell you why, because it didn't exist.

He hasn't been their worst player, but for an import he's been underperforming. Still, his underperforming has still been better than what others have dished up to that point.

Moore will play Friday, you can get away with it for one game, but they can't do it this week (hoping the message got through to him, and others btw) and they need him firing.