Hoops

R4: 36ers vs Kings

Yeah, fair point Ads. Given that it's just me and the old man week in week out, I guess I never even considered the family aspect.

One day, when I have kids of my own though...




...they will be men.


Manly men.


And they will love the Sixers :p

I'm glad Isaac told us and I'm still convinced that you're the same person!

Troy DeVries , and not as previously reported Gary Ervin , is the most significant Import signing.

The Dome (122 Williams Street, Beverly) is owned by Edmund (Eddy) Groves and the Reserve upon which most people park (Toogold Ave Reserve) is owned by Council.

There is an agreement to use the Reserve for parking and Edmund had (at 13/09/2010)outstanding Council rates.

The dirt you refer to I believe is owned by Groves yet he allows the Adelaide 36ers to collect parking fees.

Loco, I can appreciate where you are coming from but when my wife, sister in-law and mother in-law (all season ticket holders) tell me the routine is inappropriate for a regular family outing I have to listen to their opinion (and disagree naturally).

I thought the routine was great and would be happy to watch it again, but if I had a daughter going home after sixers games and trying to replicate the routine I would be placed in the somewhat difficult situation of having to explain to her why it would be inappropriate for a child to re-enact, and especially in public.

I was told that parents being put in that situation after attending a family oriented event should question whether they are making the correct choices in terms of what they expose their children to view.

It might be just the son and myself attending the games if the routines remain somewhat saucy.

Yeah, chairs are pretty hardcore...

Are we in Utah? How many season ticket holders are Mormons? Jebus.

To collect a hundred bucks - it's not worth the hassles.
I'll book a taxi Friday.

Surprised to see ABC Radio there (good surprise) - only 2 Sat nite games and Adelaide United playing last night (although I think it was regionals or something got half the sixers and then they went to the soccer.)

The idea of charging to park in that area (in my street) is some-what unsound and deserves the hatchet job as not worth the hassle or aggrevation to anyone,
including the Adelaide 36ers.
A peace disturber and a resultant loss situation for the sixers.

FM, I think you got it right.

But whats the deal with these chants? They are so old and boring. Id love to know why 'Adelaide' isnt used? Is this reserved only for the Adelaide Crows.

Isaac, I think what Wall-e is trying to say is the crowd were incensed and felt the refs had lost control. If I read between the lines it seems like Wall-e puts forward the suggestion that the guy sitting behind the microphone next to the score bench whoever that is, probably should have just waited until the storm of boos and stuff settled down before beginning the chant of 'lets go sixers'.

I cant find anywhere in Wall-e's piece where he says the MC said anything. I think this has been taken out of context. Its messy to say the least but I sorta understand what he/she is saying. I also dont think the poster is having a dig at anyone. My opinion I guess!

If the crowd boo, let them boo. When 5000 people all boo together, it says the refs missed something.

Anyhow, enough from me. I think that just did my head in.

There's been a few comments before on Dowdell / Johnson. Was watching them on the court last night and the two of them really do combine well together. Both seem to be very agile around the court and there were a couple of plays we scored off which looked like they had been playing together since U12.

I reckon there could be a bromance there......

Kings seemed to have a lot of basic skill errors. Lots of bad passing, fumbles and general sloppiness.

I do like some of the key plays the Sixers have been running. Also, 23 assists from 70 FG is a 33% assist rate. Sydney went 10 assists from 63 (16%). Says a lot about how the plays are setup and how the team is working as a team.

There's no "i" in team!

this game got ugly pretty quick. It seemed like the kings couldnt handle the defensive pressure at times so they resorted to dropping sneaky elbows and things that just shouldnt be happening in a basketball game. Good to see the sixers kept their cool and didnt take the bait. Troy was a perfect example of copping an elbow but the reaction could have been worse. However i did see balls pushing a few buttons after he would get a score and he was running if a sydney player was in his path he was giving some big nudges and elbows too. Not much love between these teams. Good to see troy in the last hit two consecutive three's

Xztatik, its not what he said. He didnt say anything, however his actions are all played out by the use of his microphone. He never said, 'dont boo' however he got the boring old chant of 'lets go sixers lets go' when it seemed obvious people werent happy with the call.

Perhaps next week when the calls dont go our way or seem unfair, how about everyone just chants or says nothing. Everybody including the club talk about Adelaide and the BMC being a fortress. It seems like most people believe it to be the Members Stand at Adelaide Oval.

Also worth noting, the Sprint Auto song came on during the jeering and boo's when all match it hadnt been played. What timing hey(to try and break it all up).

99, Michael Aylan is a top referee who really only does Melbourne games (cos he lives in Victoria), but to allow play to continue when you have a player down says to me, he has lost his touch. It doesnt matter who it is, the game should stop and correct me if I am wrong, but DeVries was on the southern side and on court when he went down and he didnt really remove himself until we ended up with a throw in.

Might've been Ng standing perfectly still - taking the charge.. and Ng getting called for a foul....( ? )

Crowd - Harris into the game would've been good.
A little bit of Burdon Dodman in the end was popular - 48min games though then.

( 'He'll have a specific role ' Clarke said about Harris? )

Michael Aylan is a good ref but tonight his reffing along with the others was far from good. The NBL wants crowds to behave, yet ref have to tow the line and during the 3rd quarter, they lost partial control for only a split second which caused the deafening boo's from the faithful.

On our game, our game had good minutes but was dominated throughout with poor passes, hopeful shots and not much else. The enthusiasm we saw for the opener has long gone but we still string it along.

What I was pleased with was the guys determination after squandering the lead in the third, to produce a fine 2 mins and get that lead back.

One thing I also noticed, was more crowd involvement. However, if people arent happy with the reffing, they should have the right to make their presence felt however the feel. Luke, the MC needs to remember that. This isnt the Melbourne Cricket Club where you clap and thats it...., but a group of knowledgeable supporters who know the game backwards. It might not be good for radio or TV but the club doesnt come out and say, the group feels the refs didnt do their part. The crowd does. Thats what we do well!

Good crowd I thought

Reffing was very ordinary

Nice to see some plays for Ng, breathed some life into the second quarter with his almost above the rim plays. Ballinger with the hot hand in the first quarter but stone cold in the second half. Holmes huge again on the boards, Devries a poor shooting night but attacked the basket and got to the stripe. Hill was ok but turnovers hurt and Carter,Dowdell and Johnson give their usual energy off the bench. Winder much the same as previous games but this time not dogged by poor shooting or early fouls. No time given to Daly or Harris.

Defense ok, employed full court pressure early and worked well. Again opposition shooters got to many open looks (especially Ryan). Good double teaming of Khazzouh but but created holes for others to exploit.

Umpires contribution was a good as the recently release Murray-Darling Basin water plan for public consultation. Shizenhousen. At one point I thought both teams and the crowd were going to lynch them. Just awful.

The sixers still don't look a top 4-5 team and they are perhaps the best of the bottom 3-4 teams (Melb,Syd,Towns, 6ers).

good to hear about Winder!

Craig Winder has fairly nice stat line, what are peoples toughts of how he played who were at the game?
Good to see Ballinger get more shots and Devries still scored well even though he did not shoot at great % from the field.
Well done 36ers!!

" Training this week was like war. " Radford told ABC radio at half time. " We couldn't have the 36ers like the last 2 games."

They've come out better. Good game.

Same starting 5, but started a little better.
Look confident, going about it pretty well.

Also live on 891ABC Adelaide.[http://www.radiosport.co.nz/ for NZ games+
http://www.sportfm.com.au/ Perth games]
Julian Khazzouh next best rebounder against the 'Elbow'Holmes

My heart is telling me - I love you , but your strange

Imagine Winder will contribute more than 12/6/6
Khazzouh will get his 20ish
Harris will be on for just a few minutes
DeVries n Carter plenty of assists
A little surprise for us - Johnson at Centre Ballinger at PF - sure would be a whole lot better and just enough FTW.
Crowd 5500 Sixers by 5.

I am predicting there will be a H U G E roar when Sam "Lurch" Harris hits the court, an even bigger roar when he gets his first board, and the dust to come off the rafters when he has his first slam.

My loyalty says Sixers by 8.

My logic says Kings by at least 6.

That is unless we can contain Khazzouh, and get some perimeter defense back so we don't leak three pointers like last week.