Adelaide 36ers vs Tasmania Jackjumpers

When I saw Daniel Johnson starting back from Injury I was worried for my Tassie pick.
But I was still pretty confident, Rashad Kelly and Milton Doyle are two of the best imports in the league. I hate the disrespect the media gives the JackJumpers. They have probably the best coach in the competition now that Rob Beveridge and Brian Goorjian have left, and he picks strong teams with less money. Kelly and Doyle look to be two of the best value picks in the league.

1st quarter

Josh Magette drops a 3 to get he Jackjumpers (JJ's) going. 

And then a Milton Doyle 3, then a steal and another 3 by Magette and its a Time out from Adelaide. Dream start for the JJs  0-9 8:42.

Adelaide get things going as Craig Randall forces it inside for a nice floater and rights the ship for the first Adelaide bucket.  

Doyle has a big block on Cleveland and it looks like Tassie didn’t like being such heavy underdogs.
Milton Doyle just keeps hitting shots and Tassie are rolling 4-18. 5:22 1st Quarter.

 Kelly gets in on the action as he just forces his way to the rim, and goes through Franks 6-20 

Josh Magette puts up one of his long bombs and he finally gets one to go but the turns around and drops another on!!! With a Step back near the half way line 6-27 2:45!

Randall has a nice soft floater inside to finally keep the offence going for Adelaide! Tassie still played very good D as he gets to go having to take it one one against the defender.

But Milton Doyle pulls out a 360 spin on the spot and hits the J To close the quarter 10-32!

Josh Magette had  14 points 4/5 from 3 in the first Quarter!
8 offensive rebounds from the JJ's

2nd Quarter

Antonius Cleveland gets scoring started for Adelaide and hopefully its a better start this quarter for the 36er.
And Tassie starts cold, as they can’t hit multiple wide open 3s to start!

The 36ers play some much better Defence to open the quarter and Randall starts dropping shots as he drops a bomb 19-34 7:40.

Sunday Dech is also great addition. He is such an underrated player, he hits shots and plays great D.
Adelaide are rolling as they launch their comback 23-34. Tassie struggling to get it up the floor let alone near the basketball. 36ers start playing lock down D. 

Fabian Krslovic pushes it o the rim to steady the ship again for the JJ’s and Get the And one.

But Josh Magette is still on fire to hold a firm lead 25-50 at the midway point of the quarter.

Robert Franks has a strong play inside as he just dominates Jack McVeigh and lays it in then, drops the ball on McVeigh on the ground! Statement play by Franks 27-40. The refs give a Tech to Franks and one shot for McVeigh. Soft. Let them play.
 
Isaac White contributes some good minutes for the JJs to keep their offence going with 5 quick points.

Anthony Drmic and Mitch Mccarron get a block each the Mccarron pushes it in transition and throws the no look pass to Drmic! Great play to close the half 37-51.

3rd quarter  

 Josh Magette gets a steal and fast break layup to open scoring for the JJs. 

And then a Doyle drive extends the lead 37-56 with another good start to the half for the JJ's.
Franks open scoring for 36ers with a jam in an open lane 7:30

Then a Antonius Cleveland steal and monster jam in transition may just lift the 36ers. 41-57

36ers getting o boards and were staying in it 44-58 with 4:15 in the quarter.

The game started getting heated between Mccarron and Magette. A foul on Magette and its a coaches challenge. I love it. bu its unsunccessfull as Maggette did the initial foul and Mccarron gets away with the retaliation push. Good officiating! You ll never hear me say that again.

Adelaide are a fast break quick offence team. Jack jumpers have the opposite idntity as a team. They slow it down, move it through hands and find shots. Then they slow them down on D!

Tassie miss two free throws: Code word is FEED. Go get the free cheeseburgers South Australia. And they’re still down 14, 44-58 with 4 min left in the quarter. 

Craig Randall dropped a bomb from way out and the lead was down to 11 for the JJ's.
But a Kelly mid range jumper closes the quarter and Adelaide are right back in it, down 13 headed into the final quarter.

4th Quarter:

Turnover from both teams to open the quarter, both teams upped the defence again.

Jack white opened scoring with a pair of free throws and then a 3 ball for the JJ's.
And for the 36ers Drmc drives to the basket for the and 1 one play. 56-71
O board and Adelaide hanging around. 60-71 8:00  and Mccarron had a no look behind the head pass to franks under the basket for easy layup, Time out JJ’s!

Jarred Weeks drops a Jumper and 36ers can’t get within 10! as the lead is back out to 13. and it really breaks the run for the 36ers.

And then the JackJumpers get a couple of steals and the lead is back out to 20.! Tassie were not gonna fold. 60-80 6:20.

Weeks Drops back to back 3s! 65-88 He was killing it 4;45 left in the game That’s the final knock out punch. It was game over from here.

In one worrying note Milton Doyle takes a seat with 3:30 and a bit of a limp! Game 2 in the round he might be a bit sore. 

The game was over but both teams closed it out with a couple of nice highlights. Kelly had a Monster Jam with the and one in transition.
And in the last play of the game Kai Sotto found good post position and had a nice over the head lay in as the game closed out 72-97.

Game over the JackJumpers walking away with the W 72-97. 

Gotta say I called it in this one. I hope some people cleaned up on those odds. Great play by The Jackjumpers, they threw the big punch in the 1st quarter and took some good fight back, but were too good in the end.