NBL Team of the Week – Round 17
THE PENULTIMATE Round of the NBL has wrapped, and before we head into the final week of play before the play-in, there were plenty of exciting performances to recognise over the past seven days. Round 17 saw some big scores from the league’s big guns, as the stars of the competition took over in what […]
Crucial round looms to wrap up NBL season
THE National Basketball League (NBL) season has reached the last round before the postseason, wrapping up an extremely entertaining campaign across 2022 and 2023. As is the case with every season, the final round will have plenty of say in how the finals structure looks in the coming weeks. The path forward is even more […]
Trio of stars announced as MVP finalists
WITH the NBL season in the twilight of the 2022/23 fixture, the year’s best performers have been recognised with the finalists for the league’s individual awards announced this morning. There is just one round remaining after the conclusion of tonight’s game, so the bulk of the sample size is in for the strongest players and […]
NBL Team of the Week – Round 16
ROUND 16 of the NBL has wrapped and there were some big scores across the courts as some of the league’s best bucket getters fired their side to victory, while others performed admirably in defeat. In a round of upsets, there were some forgotten players that managed to pop up for some impressive performances. With […]
NBL Standouts – Round 16
ROUND 16 of the NBL is done and dusted, proving to be one of the surprising rounds of the 2022/23 season by the time the final match wrapped on Sunday afternoon. There were a handful of impressive upsets as some of the sides that have struggled to date in the fixture managed to take down […]
NBL Standouts – Round 15
ROUND 15 of the National Basketball League (NBL) season is almost over, and there have been some agoniSingly close contests across the span of five days so far. With plenty of tense finishes over the weekend, there were a number of heroes that stood up for their respective sides and delivered some big performances on […]
Wonderful Williams shines in tough loss
DESPITE the SEM Phoenix falling to the New Zealand Breakers by a whopping 26 points at Christchurch Arena on Thursday evening, there was one positive in a tough loss. Import big man Alan Williams has worked his way into the NBL season over the last month, and produced his strongest performance of the fixture against […]
NBL Player Stats Watch – Round 8: Creek takes the lead
A SEM Phoenix veteran has taken the lead in the scoring title race for the NBL in season 2022/23 after Round 8 took place over the weekend with some big individual performances. Some different faces caught the eye as a number of stars found themselves restricted with some suffocating team defence. With that in mind, […]
NBL Standouts – Round 8
THE EIGHTH round of the NBL has almost wrapped up, with some big scores coming to the fray as the offence of many sides clicked across the weekend’s five games. As is the case with any week, there were a fair few eye-catching performances from an individual perspective, as some of the competition’s biggest and […]
NBL Matchup to Watch – Dererk Pardon vs. Aaron Baynes
THE EIGHTH round of the 2022/23 NBL season is underway, with some big matchups on the cards over the course of the weekend. While there are many clashes to watch from a team perspective, there is arguably an individual matchup that is set to be the most entertaining part of the round. Two of the […]
