NBL25 Wrapped – Round 5
THE FIFTH round of the National Basketball League (NBL) delivered in a big way, with some boilovers shaking up the standings in yet another buzzing weekend of action. The games took place from Thursday to Sunday, and there were several surprising results throughout the weekend, while multiple clashes went down to the wire in another […]
United still the best in town after Throwdown win
IT has been the perfect start to the 2024/25 National Basketball League (NBL) fixture for Melbourne United, moving to 2-0 on the season after defeating the SEM Phoenix by 12 points at John Cain Arena on Thursday night. Another installment of the Throwdown series between the two Melbourne-based sides brought plenty of anticipation, as evidenced […]
2024/25 NBL Team Preview – South East Melbourne Phoenix
IT will be a new-look SEM Phoenix that takes the court in the upcoming National Basketball League (NBL) season, after the team made some huge changes to the roster over the past few months. Coming off a poor 2023/24 campaign, the Phoenix expectedly made moves both on and off the court in the months that […]
United tip-off New Year with comprehensive victory over Kings
LOOKING to bounce back after a tough New Year’s Eve loss, Melbourne United continued to show why they are the team to beat, defeating the Sydney Kings by 16 points at Qudos Bank Arena. The win came following standout performances from Shea Ili, Chris Goulding and Matthew Dellavedova. United shared the load from majority of their […]
NBL | Stats Central – Round 6
THE sixth round of the National Basketball League (NBL) took place over the weekend, with the action stretching from Thursday to Monday. Once again, the landscape of the competition changed, and although there were still some expected results, a fair chunk of upsets shook things up for the second week in a row. Some more […]
NBL | As It Stands: Round 3
ROUND 3 of the National Basketball League (NBL) took place over the weekend, and there was once again no shortage of excitement in this batch of games. Although there was not quite the same amount of drama as the previous week, there was still plenty to unpack as there were a fair few surprising results […]
NBL | Stats Central – Round 2
THE National Basketball League (NBL) action resumed over the weekend, with the second round of play delivering just as much excitement as the first. Across eight games, there were plenty of excellent performance at both a team and individual level in what was a high-scoring and entertaining batch of matches. Some of the biggest names […]
NBL | As it stands: Round Two
THE National Basketball League (NBL) continued its 2023/24 season over the weekend, with another batch of entertaining games taking place from Thursday to Sunday. With the fixture now two rounds in, the state of play is becoming much clearer, although the amount of unbeaten teams was completely erased over the weekend, with the standings much […]
Fresh and familiar faces stuff the stats sheet in week one
THERE were plenty of standout individual performances in the opening round of the 2023/24 National Basketball League (NBL) season over the weekend. After months of waiting, proceedings finally got underway, as seven games took place over the span of four days, with no shortage of action from the first game on Thursday, to the final […]
2023/24 NBL Team Preview – Sydney Kings
THE 2023/24 National Basketball League (NBL) is right around the corner, with the fixture set to kick off on Thursday, September 28. The season is shaping up like no other, with an unprecedented amount of young and international talent complimenting the homegrown players set to suit up in the nation’s premier basketball competition. The landscape […]
