Hoops

NBL Blitz 2015 Day 2, Sep 24

Sixers looked good. But man, some of the fouls called against the Kings were very, very soft. I hope that game isn't a representation of the type of refereeing we see during the regular season.

I thought the same thing XY. Thornton has some nice skills, but he needs to work on his defence and getting others involved!

I liked the Sixers ball movement tonight, they were definitely doing a better job of creating in the half-court than they have done in the past. The question is, what will happen when they play a top defensive team? The Kings defence was pretty woeful tonight.

Just let Thornton shoot them out of it 4-12 downtown.

A good performance without Ere

We may still struggle in the half court, but will be unstoppable if we get to control an uptempo pace.

Thornton loves to shoot, hit a few uncanny shots, but gave away more points at the other end with his appalling defence. Open the door, and just waltz on by...

I really like the balance of this Sixers roster too. Best its been for a loooong time. Still the perennial concerns of rebounding, defence and an inability to score against a zone, but at least we finally have a few guys who can shoot!

McNeail has looked solid, he just needs to make better decisions driving to the basket. A few times he just put his head down and drove into trouble.

Mitch Creek looking great. His ball-handling keeps improving and it makes him a real threat in the Sixers up-tempo offence.

I like the look of Sobey and Hodgson too. Its nice to see a couple of young guys added to our roster with some real potential.

Sixers win 95-84

That eased a few fears for me.

Sobey can get up and down pretty fast as well.

Actually look very good when we are out and running.

36ers up 77-65 at the end of the third

Kings up 49-46 at the half

Some entertaining games being played pity the crowd didn't turn up pretty sad.

28-28 at Qtr time

Hodgson is big!

Can anyone tell me the box scores, I cant get onto the nbl website on my phone

love Rhys Martins 'Ginobli haircut'.....

Goaltending by Brad Hill on an and1, sigh.

Brad Hill still Brad Hill, misses a 3 then throws the ball away.

The Stephen Holt show 7-9 3pts

No audio as well. Let's hope the fox sports broadcast is more professional.

Melb up 47-42 at the half.

Hopefully they get the audio fixed in the second half

You would've thought they would've got the audio back on by now

Lost sound on the live stream.

Former 36ers & Hawks DP Kyle Adnam getting a run, haven't seen Brad Hill yet.

Holt's on fire 4 3pts already in the 1st

It's got to annoy the league a bit with teams resting a lot of their gun players.

No Childress for the Kings. Minor calf strain, so they're resting him.

I'm looking forward to these games tonight. Melbourne, Sydney and Illawarra all look to have made some significant roster moves, so I'm keen to see where they're at compared to the Sixers, who have gone for a steady as she goes approach.

Also, it was nice to see a quick rundown on the NBL site about how each team has gone in pre-season. Well done to whoever is pumping out content for the NBL site. I hope online stats and articles continue to improve.

Having an easy place to go to get information and stats about the league is such an important part of getting people invested in the league!