2010 NBL Season & Offseason discussion

[GWW]

Good result 6'ers

[Gozu]

Gold Coast have axed import Michael Joiner and he has been replaced by Erron Maxey who is expected to make his debut against Cairns tonight on Fox.

[aceman]

Fantastic to see the 36ers have a new "naming rights" sponsor in Hood Sweeney Financial.

[Gozu]

Excellent news. The Save Our Sixers ownership team seem to be kicking a few goals pretty early on.

[Johno6]

anyong goin to the game tonight?

ill be in attendance....

[Wedgie]

Wish I did go, sounded like an awesome win, 90-89.

A clutch basket to import John Gilchrist has earned the Adelaide 36ers a thrilling 90-89 victory over the Townsville Crocodiles at the Distinctive Homes Dome on Friday night.

After leading by 20 points late in a dominant second quarter, the Sixers fell in a hole, surrendering their advantage midway through the third.

It was anyone's game in the final term but Gilchrist came up with the final two buckets of the game - one with 25 seconds remaining and the second with 1.9 seconds left on the clock - to get his side across the line.

The match-winner smashed into the ring but luckily fell for the home side.

Peter Crawford got a shot away in the brief restart but his attempt fell short of the hoop.

[Gozu]

Great win by the 36ers last night. Gilchrist hit a few clutch shots.

[Gozu]

Round 3 results:

Cairns 83 (Jones 23, Mills 14, Rychart 12, Williams 12) def Gold Coast 66 (Harvey 17, Maxey 16, Gibson 15, Goulding 10)

New Zealand 79 (Bruton 32, Rickert 16) def Melbourne 74 (Corletto 13, MacKinnon 13, Knight 11, Worthington 11, Kendall 10)

Adelaide 90 (Ballinger 24, Gilchrist 21, Ng 17, Groves 11, Holmes 10) def Townsville 89 (Williams 32, Roberts 22, Hinder 14, Crawford 13)

Perth 89 (Redhage 32, Weigh 13, Wagstaff 11, Williamson 10) def Gold Coast 84 (Maxey 23, Ubaka 16, Gibson 10)

Townsville 103 (Hinder 22, Williamson 20, Williams 19, Tovey 16) def Melbourne 68 (Kendall 19, Worthington 10)

Wollongong 71 (McKee 20, Saville 12, Tragardh 11) def Cairns 59 (Melzer 14, Crosswhite 11, Rychart 10)

[CK]

Round 3 results:

Cairns 83 (Jones 23, Mills 14, Rychart 12, Williams 12) def Gold Coast 66 (Harvey 17, Maxey 16, Gibson 15, Goulding 10)

New Zealand 79 (Bruton 32, Rickert 16) def Melbourne 74 (Corletto 13, MacKinnon 13, Knight 11, Worthington 11, Kendall 10)

Adelaide 90 (Ballinger 24, Gilchrist 21, Ng 17, Groves 11, Holmes 10) def Townsville 89 (Williams 32, Roberts 22, Hinder 14, Crawford 13)

Perth 89 (Redhage 32, Weigh 13, Wagstaff 11, Williamson 10) def Gold Coast 84 (Maxey 23, Ubaka 16, Gibson 10)

[b]Townsville 103 (Hinder 22, Williamson 20, Williams 19, Tovey 16) def Melbourne 68 (Kendall 19, Worthington 10)[/b]
Wollongong 71 (McKee 20, Saville 12, Tragardh 11) def Cairns 59 (Melzer 14, Crosswhite 11, Rychart 10)

While I rate Townsville very highly and feel they are enormously underestimated, if anyone out there reckons they tipped them to roll Melbourne by 35 points in Melbourne, I simply won't believe them. Watched this one last night and the Crocs were SUPER impressive from all areas of the court. BIG, BIG watch on them for the season.

[Gozu]

I agree no one would've picked the Crocs to flog the Tigers in Melbourne especially after putting so much into a close loss against the 36ers the night before.

[Gozu]

Round 4 results:

Gold Coast 98 (Maxey 29, Goulding 17, Harvey 15, Ubaka 12) def Melbourne 86 (Worthington 31, Corletto 17, Johnson 12)

Townsville 101 (Williams 37, Crawford 15, Williamson 15, Hoare 11) def Gold Coast 91 (Ubaka 21, Harvey 15, Maxey 12, Petrie 12, Goulding 11, Vanderjagt 10)

Wollongong 76 (McKee 23, Tragardh 19, Davidson 13, Saville 10) def New Zealand 65 (Bruton 18, Henare 13)

Perth 110 (Weigh 18, Redhage 15, Cattalini 13, Schenscher 13, Robbins 12, Williamson 11, Lisch 10) def Adelaide 80 (Ng 16, Ballinger 13, Gilchrist 13, Holmes 10)

[aceman]

Round 4 results:

Gold Coast 98 (Maxey 29, Goulding 17, Harvey 15, Ubaka 12) def Melbourne 86 (Worthington 31, Corletto 17, Johnson 12)

Townsville 101 (Williams 37, Crawford 15, Williamson 15, Hoare 11) def Gold Coast 91 (Ubaka 21, Harvey 15, Maxey 12, Petrie 12, Goulding 11, Vanderjagt 10)

Wollongong 76 (McKee 23, Tragardh 19, Davidson 13, Saville 10) def New Zealand 65 (Bruton 18, Henare 13)

Perth 110 (Weigh 18, Redhage 15, Cattalini 13, Schenscher 13, Robbins 12, Williamson 11, Lisch 10) def Adelaide 80 (Ng 16, Ballinger 13, Gilchrist 13, Holmes 10)

What went wrong with the 36ers in this game, plenty by the scoreline.

[Gozu]

The Wildcats got hot early and it was obvious the game was over halfway through the second quarter. The 36ers unfortunately had that deer in headlights look for the whole game. Our defence was terrible but at least the Sixers get the opportunity to bounce back quickly against the Tigers at home on Wednesday night.

[Choccies]

Was interesting to see in the results that Perth played 12 players against the Sixers.... pretty rare and unheard of in this day and age of NBL where 8 or 9 players is the norm nowadays...

[CK]

Adelaide simply never looked in the hunt. Disappointing for a group that is more than capable of shooting 85+ on a regular basis. This Wednesday will be a good test against Melbourne, who are struggling initially.

The Crocs (Townsville), though, are already building a good record. They are my early title fancies. Very hard to roll at home and very dangerous on the road.

Until New Zealand can start travelling better - with or without Kirk Penney - it's hard to make a title case for them, despite being bookies favorites. To be 7 up with 7 mins to go, and cough up a 16-0 run against the Hawks like that is a worrying sign.

[Gozu]

I think the 36ers might've been a part of NBL history in that game against the Wildcats as Sam Harris who has been elevated from their training squad to the playing roster in place of the injured Paul Rogers became the tallest person to play in an NBL game at 7'3" surpassing former Wildcat Luc Longley.

Also tonight's 36ers/Tigers game is live on Fox.

[CK]

Very disappointing result. To cough up a decent lead so meekly is a real worry. Full credit to the undermanned Tigers - away wins for any team are not that common this year in NBL - as they spanked Adelaide and exposed some huge cracks in their psyche.

This afternoon will be a game worth watching though - Townsville travel to New Zealand in what may be a grand final preview. Even without Penney for NZ, this promises to be an absolute corker.

[Gozu]

Very disappointing by the Sixers I agree. At half-time I thought they had it wrapped up but Worthington and some truly inept basketball played by them in the second half conspired against them.

[Gozu]

Good bounce back win by the 36ers last night. There's a rare Sunday night game on Fox tonight Tigers @ Wildcats from 7pm.

[Gozu]

Round 5 results:

Melbourne 81 (Worthington 29, Kendall 15, Crosswell 13, Johnson 11) def Adelaide 70 (Groves 14, Hill 13, Ballinger 11)

New Zealand 92 (Storey 22, Rickert 16, Bruton 14, Abercrombie 13, Forman 12) def Townsville 82 (Hoare 18, Tovey 16)

Gold Coast 80 (Ubaka 25, Maxey 15, Harvey 10, Petrie 10) def Cairns 63 (Grabau 12, Jones 11, Melzer 11)

Wollongong 99 (McKee 21, Tragardh 14, Coenraad 13, Campbell 12, Davidson 11, Martin 10) def Townsville 77 (Williamson 25, Hoare 10)

Adelaide 106 (Gilchrist 23, Groves 21, Hill 17, Holmes 11, Herbert 10) def Cairns 69 (Melzer 22, Jones 10, Mills 10)

Perth 93 (Lisch 21, Redhage 15, Wagstaff 14, Schenscher 13, Weigh 11) def Melbourne 90 (Kendall 19, Worthington 19, Johnson 15, Corletto 13, Greer 12)