Hoops

Adelaide 36ers v Sydney Kings - 17/12/10

Nagy said Mayberry's brain snap when Janev twice bumped and brought his forehead into Creek cost us 4points in a 4point game.
Clarke on Hill Dowdell and the like in Ron Howard the missing piece , amongst other interesting comments..
worth a read, just up on Adelaidenow.

I like the look of the Sixers squad at the momment, I will be interested to see how the new import slots into the lineup. Shannon and Carter are a great guard duo and def keepers and I have never been a Ng fan but if he can play D like that every game and keep knocking down his open looks he's def worth some sold game time.
Mitch Creek bought some enthusiasm and energy and will be a player to watch, he has a bit of size to him and still looks quick, I can only see him getting better.

Mitch Creek got robbed on that tech

I like the look of the Wolf - reminds me a bit of John Rillie.

Eddie Shannon had a childhood accident when a rock took out his eye.
What was the figures for attendance?
Who is the jaw dropper/ cheerleader featured on cam throughout the telecast? OMG...........

Seeya Brad Hill you shit me to tears rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Why is he still around? Id rather bring back J Will

My son recognised why Trey Gilder was given Shane Heal's 23 last week. He can't pass.

It was a good win and a game we probably would have loast last year. It's all good. Just a small question with regard to the coaching panel. Why didn't they take a timeout with ten seconds to go, there were two left. It would have automatically advanced the ball to the front court and taken the possibillity of a backcourt violation out of play.

Solid win over a much improved Sydney outfit. Sixers should start making their way up the table with Shannon controlling the point and I agree that Ng had one of his better games, espesh on d

Booyah i got one right. sixers by 4. had a feeling it was gonna be close

Regarding the timeouts...I actually like coaches that go through plays and the X's and O's during timeouts. It's important to remind players of the reads they can get, defensive rotations etc.
I agree most of that should be done in practice but Marty told them that stuff merely to remind them. With a young squad and with Shannon and Creek new to the team, learning the plays and finding reads is paramount.
I think too many coaches these days talk about hustle and trying to fire up their team. IMHO, coaches shouldn't have to talk about hustle --that's a non-negotiable/constant. And the coaches shouldn't have to fire up or lift the teams intensity--that should come from the players.

Outsider, with the timeouts, I think some of it might be to do with the fact that Marty has a new and quite young team. Considering our generally horrible offence, I'd say he has needed to do all the play calling he can thus far. Might change now that Eddie the All-seeing Eye is playing PG for the Sixers though.

Also, if you watch any NBA you will see that coaches do the same thing there too. Some coaches (like Doc Rivers) have a veteran team and don't need to call plays all that often. Even so, at critical points of the game, Rivers will call the play for his team.

I'm not sure about the substitutions, I'd need to pay closer attention to exactly who is playing when, but I suspect Marty is resting players when he thinks they need it. Eddie had also picked up 2 quick fouls before he was subbed in the 3rd and only had one assist and zero points in that quarter. Suggests he might have needed a breather to me.

Another thing to consider is that, when Eddie was off for the last 4 mins of the 3rd, the Sixers played some really good basketball, built the lead to its largest at 9pts and kept it there.

Balls stayed in for another minute, but apart from that, for the last four mins of the 3rd, Johnson, Dowdell, Creek, Ng and Carter played really good team basketball.

Hill n Ng pretty good....
I think Trey may.. have hada coupla three chances to win it.. in the end there.

I like hearing what the coaches have to say in timeouts. Its interesting to see what diff coaches try to communicate and how diff players interact. One thing I was thinking tonight during a Sydney timeout was that too many players wanted to get their 2c in and this distracted from the message Moose was trying to give them.

In a perfect world, players would think carefully before interrupting/ contradicting their coach in a time out. For better or for worse, he is the guy who is supposed to be guiding the team. Several voices throwing out their own little tidbit in such a short span of time doesn't get everyone on the same page and working to the same plan.

This is great, for the first time in ages I enjoyed watching a Sixers team play. They are finally playing with some purpose and self belief.

Still some late game jitters, but from top to bottom I saw a team of players that are finally backing themselves and generally making good decisions.

Ng - good last week and tonight was the best I've ever seen him play. Did good stuff on BOTH ends of the floor.

Hill - Great block late, some good drives, clutch FTs tough rebounds, good D and solid 3pt shots

Shannon - Finally the Sixers have an import worthy of the name. And he's all mine ;-)

Balls - Not a big scoring night, but his D and rebounding has improved a great deal and kept Khaz to only 10 pts.

Dowdell - Not big numbers, but everytime I look this guy is in the right position. Plays the pick and roll really well and is money from the 3pt line. Plays with controlled aggression and passion and has his team mates backs. When was the last time we had a role player this good? Sapwell?

Carter - solid job as usual. One of the most consistent performers all season.

Johnson - Couple of ill-advised plays, but had a nice slam and was solid. No reason to think he can't keep getting better.

Holmes - only 16 mins, didn't notice much that he did or didn't do.

Wolf Creek - Just off on his alley plays but boy has he got some athleticism. Made his FT's and kept his head when then Balkan Bull tried to intimidate him. Got screwed getting a tech against him there. First time I've seen him play and I can see what everyone is excited about.

Well done Marty Clarke and well done to all the players on tonights game. Progress is a wonderful thing.

p.s. - for those who say it was just Sydney, they are a different team with these new imports. Both guys can score the ball and they have a lot more length in the paint with Gilder now. Lets also not forget that Adelaide only had 1 import and he has only been in the country a week!

Sixers look good with Shannon running the ship, like him as a point guard and a nice little flurry of points never hurt either

Is Balls shooting every single ball he gets ... i guess since he is starved he figures he might as well put it up.

BTW Maher calling is awesome

I think we started a little later tonite x..
anyways I think Shannon leading the scoring and Gilder the boards.

... seeing he's an NBA player n we're down one.
Gonna be an interesting game t' watch.

from memory - Holmes did hava good one and Khazzouh a little quietier than normal.
All were puzzled by Gilders first game.. looked a bit of a dud.. If he's any good tonite could be the difference in a close one.

if anything he might be suited up skip. It seems to me that marty will use him if we have trouble defending someone.

Anyone know if Harris is getting a run tonight?

Shame the NBL can't do a Friday night double-header. Would be great to lead off with Hawks/Breakers and end with Sixers/Kings.

After that Hawks game, the last time I remember seeing a free flowing offense was when Aaron Bruce was running point. He worked some magic w/ Balls and Luke that year.

Sixers should be able to get the W by about 12-15 pts. If they can implement the great defence they've done against the Crocs and the Cats, then the win should be by 20+

18? dont hold back LC. i hope it is by that much would be good to see a game where we walk over for a change.

Adelaide to win by 18.

SVD - it is a Kings game isnt it?

I think its going to be a bit tougher, sixers by 4

Sixers should take the win

What's Balls paying to top score?

i liked the way shannon found him in the right spot last week, I just wish he did it more, which i'm sure he was told a few times during the week too....

Just wondering if Isaac has made a private competition on the Nbltipping.com.au like last year? If so what's the group and password?