Brad&Boti: Winners are grinners, so we're glum
OUR WNBL preview with Kristi Harrower dropped yesterday and today we switch our attention at the Brad&Boti podcast to this week's NBL games, Brad Rosen as always denying his blatant Kings bias and me trying to keep my love of the Jackies in abeyance.
NBL Rd6 Rankings, Tips: Mystery solving on the cards
CAN Brisbane and Adelaide continue their newly-found revivals, is Cairns the real deal, will South East Melbourne continue its run, has New Zealand hit the skids and is Perth as bad as we all - even Bryce Cotton's better half - suspect? NBL Round 6 should have a few answers for us.
NBLTotW5: Gunning for the Teams title
A PAIR of wins again for Melbourne United, solidifying it at the head of the NBL ladder, held the club in good stead again as our NBL Team of the Week for Round 5.
That is until the Bullets came out firing.
Seriously, NBL's Upset Round a Nightmare
NBL tipsters experienced a nightmare NBL Round 5, with only league-leading Melbourne United fulfilling expectations, Chris Goulding alight for 33 points against Illawarra, and Brisbane closing the weekend with an upset over Tasmania.
Upsets continue rolling on
THE NBL's "round of upsets" continued last night with South East Melbourne staving off a fast-finishing New Zealand - not entirely unexpected given the Breakers' loss of Zylan Cheatham - and Cairns completely controlling Sydney for 40 minutes, Bul Kuol playing all of them.
Can the refs please just get out of the way?
TWO more big games in NBL Round 5 last night and the referees cannot help but get involved - to the detriment of all concerned - as United beats Tasmania in Hobart and the Bullets shoot down a very lame gaggle of Wildcats in Perth, a few of the local fans even voicing their disapproval.
Are the Breakers cooked with Zylan zapped?
THE fractured foot suffered yesterday by Zylan Cheatham as New Zealand succumbed to Adelaide 85-97 at Spark Arena will see him sidelined for 6-8 weeks and the Breakers in desperate need of immediate replacement help.
Brad&Boti: Crying in Commentary
ROUND 4 of the NBL certainly had its highs - and lows - with the 36ers in particular doing a "Jekyll and Hyde" routine while Tasmania continued to show its class. Brad Rosen and I watched it all and have our report for you at this week's Brad&Boti podcast.
That's More Like It for 36ers, Hawks
DEJAN Vasiljevic drove a stake through New Zealand's heart tonight, building on another big game from centre Isaac Humphries as Adelaide started NBL Round 5 with a monster fourth quarter that clinched a terrific 97-85 road win.
NBL Rd5 Rankings, Tips: 3 Top Game Contenders
SUPER tough call on what should rate as this round’s NBL Game of the Week, Tasmania hosting Melbourne in a top-of-the-table clash, surging South East Melbourne at home to New Zealand, or those bitey Taipans of Cairns entertaining Sydney.