Hoops

What the Sixers need to do to win

Schensher was a monster in the 3rd, with 18 and 10, yet because of the effort he showed, and Ninnis' lack of use of the bench, he ran out of puff. I'm pretty sure he played the full 24 mins in the second half? Was visibly tired, and needed a rest, the start of the 4th would have been perfect to give the most effective guy on the court a break, as he was quite obviously too spent to contribute effectively.

No Ballinger to take some time off him hurts, but even having coop play the 5 spot with jacob on the 4, as was the usual rotation for the first half, for just 3 mins while schensh sat and rested would have been fine. Maybe Ninnis needs to show some confidence in his bench. Winitana could easily have spent some time, 3 or 4 mins playing the 4 spot in the last, as he works hard, and is almost as big as holmes, if not taller?

"Adelaide 36ers coach Scott Ninnis said he was pleased with his team's effort but added the players' first-quarter turnovers put them on the back foot."

This is a quote from the match report on the NBL site. Is Ninnis in denial? His team's effort apart from 1 or 2 players was awful. How can someone who has the job of head coach watch his team play last night and say it was a good effort? Surely a good effort comes over the whole game and not just 1 quarter. The first 2 quarters was nothing short of woeful and the catalyst for setting up the loss. If this is the standard we can expect from him as being a "good effort", then the season is already over. He repeated a similar comment upstairs after the game. Is he just being polite to the media or is he seriously lacking leadership?

Perhaps when they play 4 quarters we might start winning. They had one good quarter last night. I assume it came after an ear bashing from the coach at half time. If they can play 1 quarter, they can play 4.