Red-hot Adelaide 36ers cool off at Henley Beach after weekend double header victories
The Adelaide 36ers hit up Henley Beach on Tuesday for a recovery session after back-to-back wins put them inside the NBL’s top four. SEE THE PHOTOS.
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Where do you go to cool off when you’ve won four of your past five games, including a buzzer beating thriller over New Zealand, and the mercury is nudging 40C?
The beach, of course.
The Adelaide 36ers moved training from the St Clair stadium to Henley Beach on Tuesday after back-to-back wins over South East Melbourne and the Breakers put them inside the NBL’s top four.
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And that’s where they intend on staying, and point guard Jerome Randle said complacency won’t be an issue against Illawarra at home on Friday night and Cairns on the road on Sunday.
“We know the task at hand, we’ve still got some tough match-ups starting with Illawarra,” he said.
“We’ve got to keep our focus, we still have a long way to go and it’s our job to figure out a way to keep it going the way it’s going right now.
“It’s basically who’s playing the best basketball at the right times.
“We’re winning some games, we’ve put ourselves in fourth spot, but one loss can put you right back out.
“We need to win four, five, six in a row and hopefully get some separation.
“Everybody’s tough, you see Cairns beat all the top teams so you definitely can’t relax on a team like that.”
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