After winning three of their past four games, including on the road against top four sides South East Melbourne Phoenix and on Sunday against Perth Wildcats, those people might start listening.

The 36ers' 99-88 win in the west took them to a 6-6 record and puts them right among the teams fighting for a top-four spot.

They finished round 9 in fifth with another away game ahead on Saturday, against fourth-placed Melbourne United who lost both of their games at the weekend.

Wright has stars such as Daniel Johnson and Jerome Randle playing well and both were brilliant against the Wildcats - especially Johnson with 29 points and 17 rebounds.

But the coach said the impact that captain Brendan Teys was having was being overlooked.

"What Teys and Obiri (Kyei) does is underestimated in fans eyes - even the media to some extent," Wright said after the win in Perth.

"They get after it and do the things no one else wants to do.

"The one person in this team that guys go to whenever they need help, it's Teysie ... 'what are we running? What am I supposed to do?'."

Having Ramone Moore and Eric Griffin coming off the bench has them a lot more balanced now than at the start of the season when the rotations were different.

They could be much better than squared away at 6-6. The 36ers lost four consecutive games from late in round 4 to the start of round 7.

But two of those were by just two points to Sydney Kings and by four to Perth. They also lost to Brisbane Bullets by two points in round 8.

But all throughout, Wright was telling people that things were OK.

"I kept telling people, I don't think we're in bad shape," he said.

"No one is killing it except probably Sydney and then Melbourne to some extent. I don't think we were behind.

"Outside of that first game of the year against Sydney when we weren't in it from the jump ball, we've played good ball in every game."

Australian Associated Press