Weekend wash-up: NBL – Round 7
IF you are a fan of offence, then round 7 of the National Basketball League (NBL) season would have been an enjoyable one to watch! Several teams put on offensive shows across the weekend with scoring way up across the competition. It was another round of close finishes, clutch buckets and more Perth victories. […]
Number crunching: NBL- Round 6
NUMBER crunching for Round 6 starts with the numbers behind the competition’s new leading scorer and a neck and neck race between a budding National Basketball Association (NBA) star and a former Most Valuable Player (MVP). The theme for the rest of the article is field goal percentage and its importance in the National Basketball […]
Weekend previews: NBL- Round 7
ROUND 7 of the National Basketball League (NBL) gets underway on Friday, with two teams who are desperate to get back on the winners list. The Breakers and Wildcats will be using up plenty of miles, as they each make the longest trip in the league, with the two teams playing a double-header this weekend. […]
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 6
BASKETBALL returns outside of Auckland as the Breakers start and end this next round of National Basketball League (NBL) action, which is a little less full-on than other weeks, with just five games. Newly-announced 36ers import, Demitrius Conger will make his debut against the team he played with last season, while Brisbane won’t want a […]
Weekend wash-up: NBL – Round 5
TWO buzzer-beaters in one weekend set the tone for one of the most action-packed rounds of National Basketball League (NBL) we have ever seen. Unfortunately for Brisbane fans, the Bullets were on the end of both of them, but for Perth fans, their reigning Most Valuable Player (MVP), Bryce Cotton is unbelievably reaching new heights after five […]
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 […]
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 […]
