Weekend previews: NBL – Round 18
HERE we are, the final round of the 2018/19 National Basketball League (NBL) season. We arrive at this point knowing three teams are locked in, but fourth position is still up for grabs for Adelaide and Brisbane, as is the top three order, as Perth, Melbourne and Sydney vie for a home court advantage first […]
Weekend previews: NBL – Round 17
WITH the top three teams locked in, the penultimate round starts tonight with a double-header, in New Zealand where Adelaide travel to face the Breakers, before two teams – Illawarra and Brisbane – are hunting for the final top-four spot too. It is one of two games the Bullets are hoping to win; the other […]
Weekend wash-up: NBL – Round 16
A HUGE round 16 featured two mini playoff series with the New Zealand Breakers and Melbourne United, as well as the Brisbane Bullets and Sydney Kings playing a home and home series over the weekend. The top three was officially locked up with Melbourne, Perth and Sydney all securing their place in the post season […]
Weekend previews: NBL – Round 16
THERE is not long to go now in the National Basketball League (NBL) home and away season, and some surprising results last week puts a lot of focus on Round 16. The Bullets and 36ers had losses last week that could have seen them break away from each other, and the top spot changed so […]
Weekend wash-up: NBL – Round 13
AS the regular season winds down, teams continue to jostle for positions in the final weeks, as the postseason draws near. It was another round filled with upsets, thrilling finishes and huge comebacks. Illawarra Hawks (96) defeated by Adelaide 36ers (102) Two teams battling to keep pace kicked off the round in an important contest. […]
NBL- How your team went over the Christmas break
THE Adelaide 36ers were back to their winning ways with three big wins over the Christmas break. But it was the opposite for the Perth Wildcats, who lost two games out of their three games in Rounds 10 and 11. The Sydney Kings are definitely the team to beat at the moment, sitting on top […]
Weekend previews: NBL – Round 9
IT’S a light National Basketball League (NBL) schedule this weekend as Round 9 starts late in the night in Perth, as tensions continue between the Wildcats and Kings amid Angus Brandt and Andrew Bogut‘s war of words. The ladder-leaders also travel to Melbourne in a potential championship clash, with United keen to leave behind the trauma of last […]
Big wins over Iran and Qatar prepare Boomers for 2019 World Cup
THE Australian Boomers qualified for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup with a win against Iran on Friday. They backed this up with a big victory against Qatar, scoring their highest amount of points in the FIBA World Cup qualifiers in their 51-point win at Melbourne. These matches complete the Boomers’ fifth window of FIBA […]
Weekend wash-up: NBL – Round 6
ROUND 6 presented another spectacular weekend, as we saw a number of close finishes and exciting games. The underdogs hung in there against some of the best teams in the competition and the stars were out, combining for a number of big plays in what made for a great round of games. New Zealand […]
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 […]