Maley’s Spirit not enough to contain Sykes’ Capitals
THE UC Capitals bounced back from their loss to Adelaide Lightning by defeating Bendigo Spirit 100-88, despite an outstanding performance from Anneli Maley. It did not take long for the Spirit to get on the board in the first term after Leilani Mitchell’s layup went in. The Capitals didn’t take long to respond when Brittany […]
Blockbuster clash opens proceedings for holiday round
FOLLOWING a week full of surprising results, the National Basketball League (NBL) returns for another round of exciting matches. The third weekend of the 2021/22 season saw some surprising results, with the competition’s two undefeated sides suffering their first losses of their respective campaigns. With the standings shaken up, the top four spots are suddenly […]
2021/22 NBL Team of the Week: Round 3
IN this series each week, we take a look at the strongest performing players at each position to create the league’s Team of the Week. Round 3 of the 2021/22 National Basketball League (NBL) saw some more exciting action and terrific individual performances from around the competition. There were familiar faces back at it, leading […]
Comeback Kings do it again to squash JackJumpers
THE final Round 3 match of the National Basketball League (NBL) saw the Tasmania JackJumpers travel to Qudos Bank Arena to take on the Sydney Kings on Wednesday night. The JackJumpers entered the match as the underdogs, given they have one just the one match this season, while the Kings have kicked off their campaign […]
WNBL Round 4: Can the Fire finally ignite against Flyers?
THREE Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) clashes tip off in Round 4 of the competition over the next two days in what should be some fascinating action. We take a look at the clashes between the Sydney Uni Flames and Melbourne Boomers, UC Capitals and Bendigo Spirit, and Southside Flyers and Townsville Fire. Since their […]
2021/22 WNBL Round 3 Team of the Week
AFTER another round of exciting WNBL action, there were plenty of star performances across all teams and all the games. Let us take a look at who the star players were that made this week’s Team of the Week. Point Guard – Lindsay Allen (Melbourne Boomers) Lindsay Allen was on fire in front of the […]
Boomers post big win to crush Spirit
THE third round of the Women’s National Basketball League continued on Sunday night, with the Melbourne Boomers travelling to Bendigo Stadium to take on the Spirit. The two sides faced off in round 2, with the Spirit causing quite the boilover to claim a five-point win, their first in over a season. The Boomers worked […]
Bullets hand Hawks first loss
THE National Basketball League (NBL) produced their third round of action over the weekend, with plenty for fans to enjoy and experts to analyse. It appeared to be the week of surprising results, with a number of the competition’s top sides on the receiving end of some shock upsets. One of these included the Illawarra […]
Lightning cruise home to big win
THE weekend saw another round of action in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) with some cracking contests around the competition keeping fans of the sport entertained. Sunday saw a double-header with the first match of the day seeing the Adelaide Lightning travel to take on the University of Canberra Capitals at the National Convention […]
United finish Round 3 in style over Breakers
IT was another exciting and entertaining Sunday of National Basketball League (NBL) games with another triple header. With Melbourne United and the New Zealand Breakers kicking off game one of the triple header, this game meant a lot to both teams. In the end, United proved far too strong and ran away with the 23-point […]
