2019/20 WNBL weekend preview: Round 6 – Top four clash to tip-off round
AFTER a weekend off with many players stepping up to Australian Opals’ duties, the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) is back with Round 6 tipping off on Friday night. The Melbourne Boomers and Perth Lynx play two games across the weekend to try and break up the mid-table gap between fourth and fifth. ADELAIDE LIGHTNING […]
2019/20 NBL Team of the Week: Round 7
IT was another week of tight games and individual match winning performances making the selection for Draft Central’s National Basketball League (NBL) Round 7 Team of the Week challenging. South East Melbourne Phoenix and state rivals Melbourne United only had one nomination each. With two wins under their belt from the round, reigning premiers Perth […]
NBL Round 7 review: Largest NBL attendance record broken as top three bridge gap on rest
THE NBL’s Rivalry Round exhibited close results from Friday to Sunday with Melbourne United getting the one-point Throwdown victory over the Phoenix and with LaMelo Ball Illawarra was able to gather the largest attendance record at NBL game in history, travelling to Sydney for the first time against Andrew Bogut and his Kings. We also […]
2019/20 NBL preview: SE Melbourne Phoenix vs Adelaide 36ers
The NBL’s Rivalry Round concludes tonight in Melbourne as the Phoenix host the 36ers at Melbourne Arena. With both teams coming off narrow defeats during their weekend games, the two sides will be looking for a positive outcome this evening. The South East Melbourne Phoenix who came up a point short against their cross-town rivals […]
2019/20 NBL weekend preview: Round 7 – Throwdown III to light up Melbourne
WITH one game down and still plenty of action to come over the weekend, we preview Round 7 of the National Basketball League (NBL), with a wrap-up of these games and preview of the final game of the round on Monday. MELBOURNE UNITED v. SOUTH EAST MELBOURNE PHOENIX Saturday, November 16, 5.30pm Melbourne Arena In […]
2019/20 NBL weekend preview: Round 7 – Adelaide vs. Perth
IN a standalone Friday night game, two finals hopefuls go head-to-head with Adelaide 36ers hosting Perth Wildcats in a huge night of Round 7 action. The Wildcats dropped their first game after gaining some strong momentum, sitting two games adrift of top spot, while the 36ers languish in sixth place following three consecutive losses. It […]
Griffin restores order to take lead for DC Medal
WITH no Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) action this week, we cast an eye over the current Draft Central Medal leaderboard to see who is out in front, the contenders and how the board is shaping up. After a dominant performance in Round 5 Kelsey Griffin pinched the lead from previous leader Mercedes Russell. Griffin […]
2019/20 NBL Team of the Week: Round 6
IN the hardest week thus far to try and pick just four guards for our Draft Central National Basketball League (NBL) Team of the Week for Round 6, it was cellar dwellers, Illawarra Hawks who had an impressive three players in the team. The Hawks won their second game of the season in impressive fashion, […]
2019/20 WNBL Team of the Week: Round 5
UNIVERSITY of Canberra (UC) Capitals have broken a Draft Central Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) Team of the Week record in Round 5, having a massive four players in the 10-player side after a couple of impressive wins in Victoria. Along with the Capitals, Adelaide Lightning and Perth Lynx both had two players following their […]
Long way to the top as quartet maintain chase in DC Medal
FOUR players remain determined to catch Melbourne United’s Shawn Long at the top of the Draft Central (DC) Medal leaderboard, with the center siting three votes clear of his nearest rivals following Round 6 action. The DC Medal is a 3-2-1 vote award we give for every game to determine our Most Valuable Player (MVP) […]
NBL Round 6 review: Kings and United stand tall in big round of action
SYDNEY Kings and Melbourne United stood tall with a couple of wins across the weekend, emerging as two of the four teams to beat, with South East Melbourne Phoenix also getting a win and Perth suffering a loss to the Kings. New Zealand Breakers (101) defeated by Melbourne United (104) Last year’s grand finalists, Melbourne […]
WNBL Round 5 review: Final three games see UC capitalise in Melbourne
REIGNING premiers, University of Canberra (UC) Capitals made it a weekend away in Melbourne to remember, downing the Boomers on Saturday after also getting the better of the Flyers on Thursday night. They moved to second on the table, while other results on Saturday saw Adelaide Lightning smash Bendigo Spirit, and Perth Lynx win their […]
