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NBL TotW10: Toughest week yet to find winner
THREE performances stood out above all others in NBL Round 10, making our Team of the Week a tough call between Perth pulveriser Illawarra, New Zealand negators Tasmania, and Sydney smashers South East Melbourne. This was an agonising condundrum!
WNBL TotW6: Three thrillers, three killers
OVERTIME again, three games decided by a single basket and three others by a total of 85 points, it sure was a fascinating Round 6 of the WNBL and another one where selecting our Team of the Week was no picnic. Sydney winning twice was meritorious but both times by two points suggested the Flames just as easily could have come home 0-2.
Aussie pair shine, closing NBL round
ROUND 10 of NBL 2023-24 concluded yesterday with a "day out" for two outstanding Australian stars, first Chris Goulding in unstoppable fashion setting up Melbourne's rout of Brisbane, then Mitch Creek leading a depleted South East Melbourne into Sydney and dethroning the Kings.
WNBL Wrap6: High Octane, High Octane, High Octane
PLEASE WNBL television commentators. Enough with the use of "high octane" as a descriptive term - five times in the first half of the Perth-Melbourne rematch, countless times through Round 6. If you're a friend of a TV caller please buy she or he a thesauras for Christmas. (OK, a copy of "A Type of Life" or "Patty Mills: Beyond Basketball" also would be an acceptable gift.)
Breakers screwed as usual, Sixers old habits
MINUS superstar import Milton Doyle, Tasmania still turned the tables - and the screws - on New Zealand in Auckland but it was no fairytale finish for interim 36ers coach Scott Ninnis in Adelaide, Cairns overwhelming his team with a decisive 31-17 final quarter avalanche.
Wow! Hawks pluck eyes out of Wildcats
ILLAWARRA last night produced arguably its best NBL performance in about a decade when it smashed Perth 100-82 in Wollongong, Sam Froling leading the rout which started with a crushing 38-18 first quarter that included him scoring 11 points inside the first five minutes.
BOB'S CORNER: Giddey woes and no Angel
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BOB'S CORNER: Our man on the spot, US corresondent Bob Craven is back with his take on two ongoing controversies - one involving our very own burgeoning superstar Josh Giddey, the other about NCAA star Angel Reese - and so much more in the way of NBA and college hoops.
Cummings and Goings in a Big Friday
IT'S been a truly bizarre 24 hours with more emerging from inside the Adelaide 36ers' club issues, a power outage crashing the Cairns-Sydney game, import Will Cummings sacked by South East Melbourne and training session video emerging of Sixers captain Mitch McCarron lashing his teammates with a long overdue "read the riot act" spray.
Brad&Boti: Josh Roberts, upsets and poor scheduling
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OUR guest of honour on this week's Brad&Boti podcast with Brad Rosen and myself needed no introduction ... because she was a no-show! But we had so much to discuss coming out of the WNBL and NBL rounds - upsets, overtime, it was all happening.
NBL10 Rankings, Tips: Fool's Gold or Emerging Threats?
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PERTH last week exposed defending NBL champion Sydney as not yet where it wants to be while South East Melbourne slowed its slide by outlasting New Zealand. Round 10 concludes with what could be the evidence necessary to either dismiss the Kings or the Phoenix as ready to challenge for the crown when they meet at Qudos Bank Arena.
