Young gun spotlight: NBL- Round 4
WITHIN Round 4, our young guns were still firing, but none were better than Melo Trimble, who kept dropping basket after basket on Saturday night. Twenty year-olds, Harry Froling and Brian Bowen were hot in defence and got a few points themselves, whereas Rhys Vague made the most of his court time. #1 Melo Trimble- […]
Weekend wash-up: NBL – Round 4
IT was an exciting round of basketball across the long weekend, featuring two matches between the Bullets and the 36ers, including a last-second thriller in the second of those meetings. We also saw another impressive outing from the Wildcats and the big game between Melbourne United and the Sydney Kings on Melbourne Cup Eve. […]
Weekend previews: NBL – Round 4
ROUND 4 features two games between the Bullets and 36ers, as Brisbane look to build on its upset with over Perth, while also welcoming former Atlanta Hawk Lamar Patterson, following Alonzo Gee‘s departure. Melbourne United continue to host Monday night basketball while New Zealand and Illawarra come up against tough opposition. Sydney Kings v […]
Weekend previews: NBL – Brisbane Bullets v Adelaide 36ers
BRISBANE will feature on Thursday night basketball for the second time this season. The Bullets host the 36ers at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, setting up a big occasion for both sides to get an upper hand on their ladder positions, as sides start to consolidate their status. Brisbane Bullets v Adelaide 36ers Thursday, […]
Number crunching: NBL – Round 3
ROUND 3 saw Perth continue to own its home arena. Nathan Sobey also continued to impress for Adelaide, while Chris Goulding had an unusual week. Sobey’s coach, Joey Wright also stole a bit of the spotlight off him, reaching 450 games as the 36ers coach. Chris Goulding off the bench Melbourne United star, Chris […]
Young gun spotlight: NBL – Round 3
MANY young stars rose to the occasion in Round 3, as another action-packed weekend took place in the National Basketball League (NBL). Two Cairns jets in Melo Trimble and Devon Hall both had promising weekends while Finn Delany (New Zealand Breakers), Harry Froling (Adelaide 36ers), Brian Bowen (Sydney Kings) and Rhys Vague (Perth Wildcats) all proved convincing with solid performances. Cairns Taipans – #1 Melo […]
Weekend Wrap: NBL – Round 3
AFTER an exciting first two rounds of the season, Round 3 featured a number of intriguing match-ups as well as breakout performances both individually and as a team. The ladder has began taking shape, with several teams emerging as championship fancies with the other sides establishing their identity to try and include themselves among the […]
Number crunching: NBL – Round 2
THE match between Illawarra and Cairns rewrote history on the stat sheet, with the Hawks breaking the Cairns hoodoo and the Taipans diving head-first into a hoodoo of their own. In terms of individuals, Todd Blanchfield had a career-best performance, Damian Martin is proving to give opposition headaches while Andrew Bogut and Josh Boone lead […]
Weekend previews: NBL – Round 3
ROUND 2 of the National Basketball League (NBL) season produced close match-ups, as all teams finished the round with at least one win for season 2018/19. A Grand Final rematch was game of the round, as United’s David Barlow sunk a three in front of the Adelaide bench to satisfy the Melbourne home fans. This […]
Hawks bounce back to defeat the undefeated Taipans
IT was a battle of attrition between Cairns and Illawarra last Sunday, where spectators saw a battered Hawks outfit overcome the Taipans by 11 points to put their first win on the board. This victory came off the back of Todd Blanchfield, who scored a career-high 32 points for the Hawks. Illawarra coach, Rob Beveridge finally […]
