'We didn't get it done for DJ': McCarron

Adelaide 36ers captain Mitch McCarron was bitterly disappointed his side could not celebrate club legend Daniel Johnson’s 400^th NBL game milestone with a victory on Friday night.

The 36ers were swamped late by a Bryce Cotton-led Perth Wildcats, who scored 17 of the last 23 points of the match to win 98-90.

“The talk was about getting it done for DJ and we didn’t get that done, so that’s disappointing,” McCarron said.

“It was all about coming to play for DJ.”

McCarron, who starred for Adelaide with a team-high 20 points, 13 rebounds and six assists, said his side need to make some little tweaks to get back on the right side of the ledger.

“We played pretty hard for a majority of the game, but we made some mistakes on the defensive end and kind of lost the momentum there at times offensively,” McCarron said.

“We lost our pace because of those mistakes.”

Adelaide, who have now dropped consecutive games, now face South East Melbourne Phoenix at John Cain Arena on Sunday afternoon.