Hoops

36ers vs United, October 5th

Westbrook play against Pelicans right now, was supposed to be injured.Good luck United. Lol, get with in 30/40 be good result.

Not bad for a season opener seems to generally take a few games for people to realise basketball is back on again.

6,312 punters according to Boti. I didn't see the crowd figure displayed myself.

What was the crowd figure?

I thought it was a great game and a very good effort by the Sixers. Yes they were missing Goulding but we were down an import big too and if not for some silly 3pt attempts late in the game it might've been a different story. Ware banked a couple of threes too.

I saw plays where DJ was outside the 3P line chasing his assignment, leaving virtually no rebounding strength with Hodgson on the bench. They really missed a third big. The drop in height after Hodgson and DJ is dramatic.

Melbourne had 16 more FGA, largely thanks to offensive boards.

Realistically, United are the favourites and a narrow loss down a key player/role is no shock. But I do wonder why they aren't trying to draw fouls with DJ late in the game rather than jacking threes. Wonder if that was instruction from the coach or players floundering in a nervous first game.

Drmic should become a great asset at this rate, after his nervous start in the NBL.

Prather is awesome! Sobey is up there as the best Australian talent in the comp. Fun game to watch and the refs did a great job I think.

Over all great start to the season

Cant say I went away disappointed but given that it could have been shut up shop time at 3/4 time, we choose to stay and play.
The series is well and truly alive and a good cobweb buster for game 1.
Like Shorter, like Moore's output, Sobey is a gun and Drim had a nice game. Mitch, meh didn't do it for me tonight and DJ wasn't fantastic but all good for the run.
I like to draw on that its a season of 28 games. 1 game over, 27 to go.
I would expect to get the W in Sydney cos definitely good enough.

Pretty entertaining game to watch really. Sobey awesome in the first quarter and Drmic's game was ultra impressive. Really, the Sixers were only 2 Casper Ware bullshit banked threes away from winning.

Many positives but there are a few concerns too. They killed us on second chance points so hopefully our new import addresses that. But it also looks like we've downgraded significantly from Randell to Shorter. In this league you really need a guard that can drain the three and his shot just doesn't look good enough. Ware and Prather looked significantly better than our imports although Moore is simply there to play a role not star.

We've got a very good Aussie core with Sobey, Creek, Hodgson, Drmic and DJ so it would be a shame not to capitalise on that with better imports.

Good game from both teams first up, but the Sixers really miss that third big man who they can count on for rebounds and defence. Getting a good replacement for Roberts will have a big impact on the outcome of this season.

Anyone know of a good reason why Joey kept Hodgson off the floor in the last 5 mins? The Sixers badly needed his rebounding and defence and instead Joey refused to put him back in. I would have rolled the dice and put him in on 4 fouls.

That third quarter collapse of defence was costly. Why didn't Joey try to address it?

analysing the stats shows Sixers took a heap less shots but at a similar percentage and a heap less boards mainly offensive and they then fell shorter on the second chance points. says it all. easily fixed when they review as all the other stats were on par and Sixers better in some. not worried. they had a heap of talent, money and imports with loads more experience overall.

Great game to start the season. Unfortunately, it appears teams will continue to live and die beyond the arc again.

Hurry up and get a guy that rebounds! Geez a switched on Roberts would have been amazing.

Exciting game, really enjoyed it. Prather, Anderson and Ware sensational. Young guys contributed well.

Close out hard on Shorter - said no-one ever.

Melbourne would not have won that game last year even at full strength.

Although Casper led the way, Prather was the difference.

DJ never stops being infuriating

Sixers need more composure closing out a tight game and someone to step up as the go-to guy. Its the first game of the season but they need to sort that out quickly.

Not going to win with 4 on the clock, but why in god's name would you draw something up for DJ there...

Why is Teys captain?

Just give it to Sobey and get out of the way.

Adelaide a bit unlucky with some of those near misses, but they are playing like they are down 10 with a minute left.

Yeah I love that BPM widget. Amazing to see what a vet Andersen is, slowed his heart rate before the FT.

DJ is a dead-set spud.

Bloody DJ

Spoke too soon on Shorter... two terrible misses in a row...

Shorter + 3pt = facepalm

Adelaide look like they need a Majok Majok type.

Jeez... give the ball to Prather and everybody GTFO. Certainly worth going over the cap big time for him.

Google chrome worked well so far, stats going now as well.

40pt qtr to Melb. Ouch

That last 3pt attempt from Shorter was a bad decision and he's made some errors on D, but I think he looks OK overall.

Creek went to sleep there, lost Barlow and got punished for a pathetic close-out. Have to say though, United showing flashes of their potential.

Real soft call on that foul.

nbl.tv.is working on this link:

http://pages.nbl.com.au/tv/

apparently nbl.tv is not working in chrome, but will work in edge or safari

Homicide has "heard good things" about Casper Ware, so he's expecting him to perform well in the NBL.
Clearly unaware Ware played here last season.

Comparing Homicide to a whoopee cushion, LOL.

no nbl.tv at all :(

Eh, I like some of the awkward tangents Homicide goes on. He'll learn the current guys soon enough.

Homicide is the human whoopee cushion of this commentary team.

does the bylaw still exist that in the last 4 rounds you can not play in any division lower than the one you played in with 4 rounds to go ?

Boone struggling at both ends, favourites my back side.

Not a good start for NBL scores are not working.

Barlow - what a dope

Fire Vickerman!! He's had plenty of opportunities with this United group.

Melbourne struggling defensively, no help other than Moller, Adelaide look so fast, Melbourne got get the game at their pace.

Yeah not a good quarter from Moller. It all started from the opening tip where he started jogging the wrong way...

try this one

pages.nbl.com.au/tv/

Moller looks lost out there

Pretty great D from Adelaide all quarter, by the time Melbourne are running their halfcourt sets the shotclock is getting awful low.