Second-half Hawks soar over Taipans
THE ninth round of the 2021/22 National Basketball League (NBL) season continued over the weekend, with Saturday’s action kicking off at Cairns Convention Centre, where the Cairns Taipans hosted the Illawarra Hawks in a late-afternoon start. The Hawks were heading into this clash as the favoured side, given their standing in the top-four, but the […]
JackJumpers record stunning win at home
FRIDAY night saw Round 9 of the National Basketball League (NBL) resume, with the Adelaide 36ers travelling across the Bass Strait to take on the Tasmania JackJumpers at MyState Bank Arena. It was an anticipated clash, given there was just one win separating the sides on the ladder, and both teams were eager for a […]
2021/22 WNBL Stats Corner: Capitals vs Flames
The Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) resumed hostilities on Friday night, with the UC Capitals hosting the Sydney Uni Flames at the National Convention Centre in Canberra. The Capitals entered this match as favourites, given the standings show them winning four of their seven matches, while their opponents and emerged victorious in just one of […]
2021/22 NBL Team Focus – Round 9: Perth Wildcats
THE ninth round of the National Basketball League’s (NBL) 2021/22 season kicked off on Thursday night, with the Perth Wildcats taking on the Illawarra Hawks at WIN Entertainment Centre. It was a highly anticipated clash, with both sides starting the season in red-hot form, and had the potential to shape the ladder moving forward. The […]
NBL Round 9 kicks off with top-four blockbuster
THE 2021/22 season of the National Basketball League (NBL) is well and truly underway, with the competition preparing for Round 9 this weekend. The most recent round saw a jam-packed schedule as matches took place for six consecutive days to help the league play catch-up after some COVID-related interruptions. Round 9 will see things (hopefully) […]
2021/22 NBL Stats Corner: Bullets v United
WITH the current round of the National Basketball League (NBL) stacked with action, fans were treated to a rare Wednesday afternoon clash. The match saw Melbourne United travel north to take on the Brisbane Bullets at Nissan Arena to close out Round 8. United entered this clash as favourites, but the Bullets delivered a terrific […]
2021/22 NBL Team of the Week: Round 8
IN this series each week, we take a look at the strongest performing players at each position to create the National Basketball League’s (NBL) Team of the Week. The eighth round of the 2021/22 NBL season wrapped up on Wednesday afternoon, concluding what was an entertaining batch of games. There were some big results in […]
Phoenix remove Taipans’ bite with impressive win
WITH the National Basketball League (NBL) continuing its run of matches taking place nearly every day of the week, Tuesday night saw another clash. This time, it was between the South East Melbourne Phoenix and the Cairns Taipans facing off at Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium, in what was some well-deserved action for fans in […]
2021/22 NBL Player Focus: Froling fires from deep
ILLAWARRA Hawks head coach Brian Goorjian highlighted the importance of their Round 8 clash with the Adelaide 36ers heading into Monday, stating their season was on the line and declaring the clash ‘all or nothing’. The team and the players responded in a big way, taking down their opponents to the tune of 11 points […]
Phoenix rise again to stomp JackJumpers
THE National Basketball League (NBL)’s stacked round continued on Sunday afternoon, with the South East Melbourne Phoenix travelling across the Bass Strait to take on the Tasmania JackJumpers at MyState Bank Arena. It was the first time the JackJumpers had been able to hit the court for a while due to COVID-related interruptions, so fans […]
Kings retake the throne against Bullets
THE National Basketball League (NBL) resumed on for some Sunday afternoon action, when the Sydney Kings faced off against the Brisbane Bullets at Qudos Bank Arena. This was the second match-up of the round between these two sides, with the Bullets taking the chocolates home in that clash. However, it was the Kings who were […]
2021/22 NBL Stats Corner: 36ers v United
THERE was plenty of action from the eighth round of the National Basketball League (NBL) from the weekend, and Saturday evening saw a clash between the Adelaide 36ers and Melbourne United at Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Due to the form of the two sides over recent weeks, this was a pretty anticipated matchup. United were back […]
