Results we found for: Melbourne United
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 […]
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: WNBL – Round 3
IT was a classic round of Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) on the weekend, with plenty of close encounters. Perth Lynx rose to the top of the ladder off the back of some great work from Brittany McPhee. Despite the Capitals falling to second, Kia Nurse and Keely Froling both had big contributions over the […]
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 […]
Weekend wrap: NBL – Round 2
AFTER a great opening week of the 2018/19 NBL season, Round 2 featured a number of exciting match-ups. Another thriller between Adelaide and Sydney, another dominant performance from the Perth Wildcats and a Grand Final rematch all headlined a big round. Adelaide 36ers (106) defeated Sydney Kings (101) After a thriller between the two […]
Weekend previews: NBL – Round 2
SOME high quality basketball was on display last week, keeping fans glued to their seats as the National Basketball League (NBL) had upsets galore, among the longest NBL game in history going to quadruple overtime. This week includes a salivating Grand Final rematch and a few ex-players coming up against their old teams for the […]
