Hoops

Sixers v Breakers Dec 10

Did you watch the game? Junk time, was fruitful

His game translates well enough to have had a 20 point game at a World Cup.

So Goulding is an international level athlete? Nope, unfortunately for him, his game doesn't translate well on the international stage. Good NBL player, on a team that will let him shoot whenever he wants.

Yeah that swish from 2m behind the arc was terrible. Lacks athleticism, oh dear. Maybe if you got out of your chair and achieved something might be better.

One game, good job Goulding. The reality is, his season will be very up and down, because he is a streaky player. Lacks the athleticism I remember him having and takes a bunch of lame ass shots at times.

Other than that....

Yeah, like he did today

Goulding can be underperforming when he's playing though, and he has played matches this season and he has underperformed in matches this season

Goulding can't be underperforming when out injured.

What is Sobey worth to NBL teams now? Mitch said at the end of the game that Sobey is arguably in the top 10 players. Which Aussie guards are better?

Sobey's athleticism continues to impress me. That trailing dunk on the break was very tasty - it looked like he was still rising when he dunked it and could have got a fair bit higher if he needed to. I only think it's a matter of time before he gives someone a serious facial.

Before the season, I thought Adelaide might be lucky to win 3-5 games, and they could still come undone, but not yet at least. Sobey has been great and if Drmic can improve further, they have a reasonable set of fast/athletic options in Randle, Creek, Sobey and Johnson.

There was one play last night where the 36ers were on the break and Randle had Sobey and Creek trailing. Not sure he could have better options in that situation; Sobey ended up with the dunk.

When the 36ers lose it's Joeys fault, when they win uts because the refs are handing them the win if the Hoops cohort are to be believed!

36ers are second on the ladder, unbelievable. Four wins in a row, including two at home.

I am astonished at how close this season is. Much of this is due to Melbourne/DD/Goulding
underperforming, Sydney dropping a few and Perth and NZ with the championship resume diminishing, no longer h&s above the rest.

Don't blame the refs if the players don't want to stay within the rules. Maybe we're seeing a lot more desperation from players because the league is so close. Personally, the over-physical stuff shits me as a fan, but inconsistent refine and all these empty warnings instead of just calling the thing shit me more.

Some credit to 6ers to no doubt Mystro.

NZ were terrible and didn't deserve to win

Not sure why there's such a focus on the refs when there was so many other things to talk about in this game. Randle just ridiculous with 37 on 15-19 shooting!! It's almost getting too easy for him with stats like that.

That was a very entertaining game with lots of highlights. Sobey throwing down a beautiful fast break dunk and DJ also surprisingly throwing it down with some force on another fast break. Drmic with a great cameo off the bench playing some awesome D, and hitting a big three.

With Creek back the Sixers are very deep. Looking back Creek's injury was a blessing in disguise for the Sixers with Sobey's impressive development and now a lock for most improved. Not an easy job for Joey sharing minutes around.

Funny thing - there were no home refs tonight, it was a fly in crew.
Some "interesting" calls.....

The way is to be consistent and up-front about it.

There was quite a bit of whinging in 2013 after the Blitz, but the league was quite public about what it was doing and why, and players adjusted.

Now, it's gone backwards, and wanders randomly between the two strategies depending on where the game is, who's officiating, what the score is, and which way the wind is blowing.

There was a sense of direction in 2013/14. That's been lost, so now there's just a whole lot of complaining.

It doesn't help when you tech people for flopping on a play that's identical to one which resulted in an unsportsmanlike foul earlier in the same game.

Randle's 2P FG% again. Wow.

Said it last season too. Refs can't win on foul counts. If they don't call enough, the thuggery takes over. If they call too much, they're exerting too much influence. There is no other way for them to tweak the league to favour offence and boost entertainment value.

I would also say the refs missed so many 3 sec in the key its not funny. For the last couple of weeks people have been camped in the key and it never gets called.

I think we can safely say, whether anyone actually wants to admit it or not, that the home team in the NBL will almost always get favourable calls from the refs.

Like I said, almost always.

I'm not saying that the refs blatantly favour the home team, unless its Perth, they always get the 'right' calls..... or that it happened tonight (Breakers fans might disagree), but occasionally it does happen.

Tonight though I think the better team won, and not just because I'm a 36ers fan. On the night we were better.

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Anon 371, thats a pretty rubbish comment, yes it was a bad refereeing perfomance with numorous poor calls going both ways but to say Randle was getting non-existant contact in the paint was rubbish. Pretty much every call he got, a breakers player either was out of their position with his body and made contact or had their hands/arms on him while out of position impeding his progress (ambercrombies late foul on randle when he was driving to the basket was a perfect example of this). If those fouls aren't called it rewards bad defense and would make NBL games very ugly.

To be fair the Breakers have always played a physical brand of basketball and Vukona has always struggled to stay out of foul trouble especially the last few years.

When the whistle is being blown at more than 1 per minute of a game, your game has a serious problem.

Yeah lets sell our game.

51 fouls in a 40 minute game

LOLOL

Not just this game, but every game is like pulling teeth.

Absolute tripe

That Anthony Hudson wants nothing more than to blow Nathan Sobey.

33 Free throws to 16 LOLOLOLOL

High scoring?

Anyone can FUCKING SCORE in this piece of shit league when if you even attempt to defend you get penalised with a foul.

This league is EMBARRSSSING and wont be around for too long.

How are the ratings? LOL

What will the ratings be like the big bash starts?

LOL...NBL has a free kick with just A league soccer and the ratings are still awful

Certainly has been a round for some big individual scoring.

(and yeah, reffing not doing NZ too many favours in the 2nd half)

What will you guys be doing when this league is gone in a years time?

31 Free throws to 14 LOLOL...

Oh well, i hope the referees enjoy there cocaine and prostitutes tonight from there 36ers bet win

Randle, Ware and Prather at the 1 2 and 3 on the All NBL First Team by the end of the season?

Was that even an over-and-back violation though?

Stockton is awful

Shae ili is atrocious

Just never try and take a charge in the nbl anymore.

Good turn around, up 2 at the half.

Looked like a flop by Teys

Why does the commentator Anthony Hudson get soooo excited as if he is getting blown by 10 girls whenever the 36ers score...

Yet when NZ score its as if he is in a funeral?

Nice dunk by Sobey looked like he wasn't going to get there not sure about the NBA call though Huddo

Has the sixers bad D returned?

Every time a team went full court press it resulted in either a wide open 3 or an open layup.

Absolute mind boggling

The full court press is the most dumbest, stupid thing i have ever seen in sport.

Absolutely mind numbing stupidity.

Yet it is rife in the NBL

Already down 10

Can see Creek just being there as an inspiration to his team, Sixers to get up by 5...

Jack's old avatar was better.
Not even going to offer a tip for this one. Anything could happen when these two up-and-down teams meet.

I can see the Breakers getting this one haven't been impressed with our play at home this season at all and we show much more fight on the road.

Breakers by 7