Thanks for the tip re 5.30 Ben, otherwise I would have missed it. Big game for both sides and winnable for both. Just think Sixers size up front and home court should see them get this. So much relies on Harrison keeping out foul trouble and Humphries is a tough ask for him. Harrel also going to be better after the last start. Davis also in top five players in competition. Bullets will need every point from Prather and Cook plus some good D from other players that probably going to play above their level. Hopefully a close game, Sixers by eight.

how much longer is DJ out for ?

Bullets by one at quarter time.

We have no one who can guard Isaac White

Isaac has been trash for most of the season, and scores 18 in a half. Heh.

Bench scoring - ADE 9 v BNE 4.

Bullets up by 3 at the half. Expecting this to remain close. Waiting for Trez to power up and grab this game by the neck, it's there for the taking.

51-48 to bullets at half time. Good game, White having his best nbl game ever, Harrison been very good, Rocco been good as well. Davis mother saying that he loves Adelaide and would like to stay, open your wallet, he's a gun. Neither side great on D Sixers need to tighten that up or can’t win even at home.

Anyone else noticing an almost unwatchable lag on the ESPN broadcast?

My Kayo feed has been fine.

They reported in the paper today that the 36ers will start negotiating with Davis in the new year to stay. I'd still put it as a slim chance of him staying as I imagine he could make more cash elsewhere.

They've just said DJV will be back on Saturday against Perth too. Dech back the week after.

Hack a Shaq gonna on Harrell for the rest of the year coming up.

Harrell is just killing them on offense at the moment. Missing free throws and jacking up 3's.

Martin must be the most expensive bench player ever.

Bullets are just straight up taking Adelaide's lunch right now. Lacklustre effort by the Sixers, just doesn't seem to be any aggression, fight or will to win.

Sixers in trouble, defensively just not at the level required.

Sixers do look dejected, they never recovered from the United game.

Sixers are terrible. Unmatchable. Just absolute garbage

Unwatchable oops

Unwatchable oops

They were often lazy on D, but they've become very lazy the other side of the ball tonight too.

Absolutely ridiculous for a professional basketball team to be shooting 54% from the free throws line too. Harrell has absolutely mentally checked out at this point and is just biding his time until he can leave.

Umps are looking to be 1 for 3 on correct calls on Davis taking charges tonight.

Getting blown at at home now. This team is now 100% done.

Four mins to go and I'm tuning out, seen enough. Have a good xmas day y'all.

Playoffs are not made in october.

Enjoy 36ers fans.

Ever worse? Wanting to bring back your imports next season. (As resported by NBL media)

Hype doesnt win games.

Davis chases stats.
Harrell is all about himself.
But yes lets re-sign them ASAP.

Davis hit the 3, but there's zero offensive system there. Just ends with Davis, Martin and Harrell all standing in the same space in the corner with 1 metre between them all.

Sixers need Joey and Ninnis as defensive coaches.

I think Davis is worth keeping, Martin needs to return 3/4 of his salary and he's still probably overpaid and Harrell was a fun sugar hit, but has shown he doesn't have enough tricks to get paid what it'd take to keep him around and be a featured piece on a team.

Merry Christmas Ben.

Well done Isaac White on a career night

I'd keep Davis but quickly replace Martin and Harrell (& maybe a few of the locals)

Watering my garden

Omg that wasn't not very merry. Someone has left the building. Compare attitude with Cats to get some spirit lol.
Something is not working and it starts with a D..

My Kayo feed has been fine.

Congratulations to Scheuler and his coaching team, building nicely from what looked like a very average starting base. A few more local pieces and they will be very good going into next season, should make play offs from here and try keep all three imports.

Sixers management still paying big coin for no results. Chase a good coach that has been through the system, Chance, McKinnon should be first cabs, keep Davis, Humphries and DJV are contracted and good pieces, Rasmussen, he plays D and works hard, Mayern probably but needs quality coaching, get rid the rest, maybe keep Marshall but he got learn to play D or gone. Get a defensive four that compliments Humphries, most likely an import and a three and D two, three. Find some decent locals that actually play D around them. It might mean you have raid other clubs to get a few decent locals or see who is coming out college. Sixers fans deserve better.

Eating home cooking. Want a clean out.

And Brisbane was really good, too. Don't you think?

I thought that that game would test Bullets' legitimacy for post-season involvement. It did and they passed that one. But the jump in the ladder position, 7th to 4th, shows how whimsical this season can be. Next 2 games will be tougher, Illawarra at home and Tasmania away.

Has Matt Weston handed in his resignation yet? Standards not being met and all that. Clown GM.

Another 20 point loss...

Matt Weston needs to stop sitting with the team. A couple of times he got up to argue with refs, and not a good look for a GM. Not to mention that Kelly sits too close, and it's also the Wells wife and son sitting directly behind him while he’s coaching.

Woeful to watch tonight ,seems like Sixers have lost interest in playing as a team ,not playing defence .
Time to look at next season. As looking at season now we have a lot of hard games ,and whisper DJV is back for Perth game will be bonus .

Davis a keeper
Trez will play overseas where refs are better .
Keep Martin as a cheap 3rd ( like Prather first season after knee injury he wasn't flash but look at him now Prather of the Perth days ,Martin I think will be same .
We need a big to replace Harrell ( I love the guy ,but after suspension he tends to argue with refs and no focus on game .
Retain locals ,need a player like Isaac white to replace Cadee.

The body language of the coach and most of the players was of frustration and resignation to another loss.

You can complain about Davis going hero ball but at least he was trying right to the end, and on behalf of the team. It's not his fault that guys he passed to couldn’t make their shots.

Show-pony Harrell only works in little bursts, and didn’t look interested in joining the team huddle afterwards. I see parallels between Harrell and the 'old’ Kyrie Irving - talented players who seem to reduce team harmony wherever they go.

I don't blame people leaving early, that performance was lazy, half-assed and they served up a giant lump of coal for the Sixers fans.

I understand they have injuries but what’s their excuse for actively not giving a sh*t? The only one that appeared to care was Davis, even though that resulted in over dribbling.

Someone needs to lock Trez in a gym over Christmas until he can learn how to shoot free throws.

In the spirit of Christmas I’m being extremely generous and forgiving.

Also dubious claim of 9.4K there with all those empty seats.

Keep Davis for sure, he has been excellent. With him, DJV and Humphries, Dech plus another defensive athletic big import is necessary. They'd both be extremely critical.

Then you need gritty shooters or rebounders to fill around. I miss the Dusty Rycharts of the NBL.

Has there been a more embarrassing club over a 6-7 year period in the history of the league than the 36ers? Kelly, please, please F off and give us back some dignity

Why so much negatively. Haven't any of you take note of bullets or cats who have risen above adversity by staying positively positive to the core values. Sometimes need to just back the team to gel and get systematic plans in place. Nothing achieved by being negatives. Roma wasn't create by lack of vision.. next game mentality

Yea, another year another sixers miss of the playoffs (most likely)

Import wise I would keep Davis and replace the others with quicker athletic guys who defend like Cleveland and Simon,

Then sign a good local 4/5 who plays hard even if its a role player like Peatling, ideally Olbrich would be great in this role.

Go more the Tassie path of hard working great culture players, instead of big names.

I wouldnt bring Wells back, chase a proven guy like a Gleeson, Buford, Weaver type (all probably unavailable) or give a guy like Matt Nielsen or Jacob Chance or Jud Flavell a go, or someone in between might be Paul Henare, but I think hes also contracted in Japan. Could also look at SA guy Justin Schueller, who has atleast built a bit more of an identity with Brisbane and I believe is out of contract. The easiest to get of these is probably Jacob Chance, who has done a great apprenticeship under Gleeson, Roth, Vickerman.

Wells still has 2 more years left on his contract.

Wells interview. Said a lot. Hard work is the solution and believe the process. No excuses.

With Grant Kelly right there for a front row seat, the team made an impact statement Get us a new coach for Christmas Grant.

Some forgot to tell KD however he was playing for his family in the house.

I looked at the row of seats I sit in, not many happy fans. This group has been around the same bay since AEC, all use to attend powerhouse, That tonight was the first time I've ever thought, just not worth it anymore.

Merry Christmas Adelaide.

Adelaide are going so poorly that they're probably only a 50/50 chance of putting up a triple digit score in their next game.

Riddle me this.

If Brisbane sucks, yet are now two places above the Wildcats, should Perth sack Rillie (in a non-sarcastic way)?

Sorry, had to.

Sixers just have no defensive presence. Davis should be able to lock down opponents and create turnovers, but wants to play offence mostly. Mayen gets lost, Cadee doesn't make contact with opponent, Humphries gets pushed under rim too easy and the whole team can't stay in front of their man. But would also like to see coach do something different. When game was mostly gone in 4th why not use Rasmussen and Davis to harass up the court together and not just let Bullets walk ball up the court. No fight in this group, went from 55-60 midway through 3rd and just let the game go with missed free throws, attitude and no teamwork. Harrell missed his free throws and threw the towel in. Pathetic. Sixers are soft. Another issue is Sixers lack of leg speed. When they get a stop Davis gets ball and pushes up the court only to find Harrell, Martin, and rest of team still in back court, the team doesn't get up court so they end up playing on terms of the opposition.
Sixers have gone from a team under Ninnis keeping teams to around 80pts, to now giving up over 100pts nearly every game.

Glad that Ben didn't say "Brisbane sucks" in his preview. Look what happened, they put the beat down on Adelaide.

Jumped to 4th now :)

It's great fun watching the dirty tricksters implode. Same old, same old. Merry Christmas you filthy animals.

Batemon injured for the season

Wrong imports but they will sign them again along with the coach. Not doing so admits they were wrong and they'll never do that, hence why they are in the debacle they are in.

Agree, PE