2014/15 NBL Season + Off-season news/Boomers

[Gozu]

Fantastic news now confirmed Daniel Johnson has come back to the 36ers for the rest of the season as an injury replacement for BJ Anthony after his stint in Poland

http://www.nbl.com.au/article/id/gmqtr1 ... utd2t3ikh6

Hopefully his FIBA clearance goes through before Friday night's game in Wollongong because he needs to play at least 7 games (we have 7 games left) to be eligible for the playoffs.

[Gozu]

Melb Utd just beat the Wildcats 86-78 in Perth tonight which effectively puts the 36ers 2 games behind Melb with 7 games to go.

[wristwatcher]

Melb Utd just beat the Wildcats 86-78 in Perth tonight which effectively puts the 36ers 2 games behind Melb with 7 games to go.

Oh shit, I hate the Wildcats but we really needed them to help us out. Typical selfish West Australians

[Brodlach]

Wildcats play their next three on the road, they might be the team Adelaide can catch

[Gozu]

I wouldn't put money on it though the Wildcats have made the playoffs the last 28 consecutive seasons.

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

Friday night: Adelaide @ Wollongong at 9:30pm (One)

Sunday afternoon: Adelaide @ Sydney at 2pm (Ten)

[Brodlach]

Adelaide win, Perth down at halftime

[Gozu]

Just finished watching the 36ers game and although we won 89-85 we didn't look like losing but did tighten up a bit there down the stretch. Motum was excellent, 4th straight double-double and DJ looked out of sorts.

Perth unfortunately got up over the Crocs in OT.

[Brodlach]

Wildcats lose to the Taipans tonight. Too bad they got up in OT last night

[LaughingKookaburra]

Taken the Sixers more than half the year to gel and now with Johnson in the line up its as good a line up going around imo. Hope we win enough to get in the finals but worst case scenario if we miss then we need to keep this squad. This squad doing a preseason is a better line up than we had last year when losing the GF.

[Grahaml]

Had been starting to look strong before they signed Johnson and now they look super powerful. Still feels like they haven't got a great sync with Wilson yet though. If that happens then you'd be slashing their championship odds. The front court stocks they have are frightening. Certainly not something we're used to in Adelaide.

Johnson will quickly improve. Just hope they don't go to bad habits from previous seasons and expect him to carry the load. After my bake Motum has motored along nicely so I expect the 36ers have sent a check to cover my assistant coaching fee. I reckon though Gibson is the key. I reckon a lot of the disconnect I'm sending between Wilson and the rest of the team can be sorted by Gibson's influence both as a leader and as a player. Having that second option bloke who has a sense of when to leave a ball handler to do his work and when to get involved can be massive.

[Gozu]

That was a very dominant performance against the Kings today, we were up by more than 30 for a good portion of the second half.

The 36ers haven't looked that good in a long time.

[Gozu]

Round 16 results:

Sydney 101 (Childress 28, Garlepp 16, Cadee 13, Ellis 13, Perry 10) def New Zealand 81 (Jackson 21, Webster 13, Abercrombie 12, Vukona 12, Wesley 12)

Perth 93 (Beal 21, Wagstaff 19, Jervis 12, Redhage 12, Daniels 11) def Townsville 85 (OT) (Conklin 28, Blanchfield 18, Markovic 15)

Adelaide 89 (Motum 18, Wilson 17, Creek 16, Gibson 10, Schenscher 10) def Wollongong 85 (Coenraad 20, Carson 13, Forman 13, Hill 12, Ervin 10)

Cairns 92 (Craig 21, Wilbekin 19, Tragardh 14, Loughton 13) def Perth 66 (Redhage 16, Daniels 14, Wagstaff 13, Beal 12)

Adelaide 105 (Motum 18, Creek 17, Wilson 17, Teys 15) def Sydney 86 (Madgen 24, Childress 16, White 14, Garlepp 11)

Townsville 81 (Blanchfield 27, Conklin 24, Gladness 12) def Melbourne 69 (McRae 14, Barlow 13, Kickert 12, Worthington 12)

[Gozu]

Bad news for the Kings with Josh Childress out for the rest of the season with a torn pec muscle from the loss to the 36ers.

[Gozu]

NBL games coming up on TV this weekend:

Friday night: Melbourne @ Wollongong at 10pm (One)

Sunday afternoon: Townsville @ Adelaide at 2pm (Ten)

[Brodlach]

Perth lost again last night, way things are going they will be the team to miss the finals

[Gozu]

Perth lost again last night, way things are going they will be the team to miss the finals

4 of their last 5 games are at home but they really are slipping at the wrong time of the season.

[Brodlach]

Melbourne United beaten by Wollongong tonight really helps Adelaide

[Gozu]

With that Melb loss to the Hawks last night means the 36ers officially are now 1 game ahead of Melb and in the Top 4.

[wristwatcher]

Looking good early against Townsville up by 7. In the 2nd. Look like a different team from earlier this year

[BoundaryRider84]

36ers win. Here we come!