NBL25 Wrapped – Round 7
ROUND 7 of the National Basketball League (NBL)’s 2024/25 season is mostly wrapped, with seven of the eight games taking place as of Monday afternoon. It is a bumper round of NBL action, with a rare Monday night clash in Melbourne set to coincide with the public holiday eve. The ladder was shaken up once […]
Oliver delivers in tough Kings loss
IT MAY not have been the result the Sydney Kings were looking for as they fell to Melbourne United, but Cameron Oliver‘s bounce back performance would have been encouraging. United hosted the Kings at John Cain Arena on Thursday night, kicking off the action for Round 7 of the 2024/25 National Basketball League (NBL) season […]
2024/25 NBL Team Preview – Sydney Kings
IT is hard to see anyone other than the Sydney Kings entering the 2024/25 National Basketball League (NBL) as title favourites, after the team from the Harbour City loaded up on talent over the off-season. Following back to back championships in 2022 and 2023, the Kings were eliminated in the play-in last season, in a […]
New look sides continue to impress at Blitz
ON Wednesday night’s action at the National Basketball League (NBL) Blitz on the Gold Coast, it was the teams that have been seriously transformed over the off-season that got the job done. The 2024/25 NBL season is shaping up to be one of the most even fixtures in recent memory, largely due to the large […]
Sydney still the Kings after belting Breakers
THE Sydney Kings have sent an ominous warning to the National Basketball League (NBL) ahead of the 2024/25 season, completely dominating the New Zealand Breakers in their first preseason clash over the weekend. The Kings hosted the Breakers at Qudos Bank Arena on Friday night, giving a first glimpse of how each team was shaping […]
Familiar faces and Next Stars join the NBL
THE off-season action in the National Basketball League (NBL) has been heating up of late, with two major signings announced in the past couple of days. With teams beginning to finalise their rosters for the upcoming season, there are some big names either joining or returning to the NBL after one of the most exciting […]
Cairns Taipans Season Review
WITH the National Basketball League (NBL) season done and dusted we take a look at the performance of each team and how they fared in season 2021. The first team under the microscope is the last placed Cairns Taipans. Season Summary: Season 2020/21 will be one to forget for Mike Kelly and the Cairns […]
2021 NBL Round 19: New Zealand play first game on home soil
WITH finals just around the corner, Round 19 of the National Basketball League is set to be a blockbuster as teams jostle for prime position. Melbourne United will be out to hold onto top spot while the New Zealand Breakers will play their first game in New Zealand for the 2021 season, after spending the […]
Wildcats secure finals place, sentence Snakes to fifth consecutive loss
PERTH Wildcats are through to a remarkable 35th consecutive National Basketball League (NBL) finals series after downing cellar dwellers Cairns Taipans on the road by 11 points. In a battle that was perhaps closer than many anticipated, the Taipans refused to go away at Cairns Pop Up Arena, and it was not until the final […]
Phoenix fly high to dominant four-quarter win over Taipans
SOUTH East Melbourne Phoenix have produced a dominant four-quarter effort to help themselves to back-to-back wins in Round 18 of the 2021 National Basketball League (NBL) season. The Phoenix won every quarter to get up 29 points, as the middle two quarters did the bulk of the damage in front of more than 1700 fans […]
