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Brad&Boti: Purple rain is falling finely
IT WAS mighty tough for former Sydney Kings captain and my Brad&Boti podcast colleague Brad Rosen last night, watching as 12 parachutists in purple uniforms bailed from the kamikaze plane being piloted in the cockpit by Mahmoud Abdelfattah somewhere over Adelaide.
Caps in hand, find the Lynx kinks: WNBL
UNI of CANBERRA did it again last night, this time collecting Perth's scalp and unsettling the Lynx's hopes of clinging onto a top four spot, Alex Sharp slicing the visitors to ribbons with a monster 25-point, 19-rebound tour de force. How she is absent from the 20-player Opals squad for next month's Olympic qualifiers in Brazil is a mystery.
First quarters fire up spirits: WNBL
HOW important are good starts in the first quarter? Last night's WNBL matches had openers which could not have been of greater contrast yet both determined exactly how those matches would play out. Abbey Wehrung paced Bendigo to a big win over Adelaide and Sami Whitcomb powered Townsville past Melbourne.
WNBL Rankings, Tips 11: Deja vu? Nah. Same old, same old
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DON'T be alarmed if you miss Melbourne hosting WNBL leader Townsville tonight to help tip off Round 11. They play again at the same venue on Saturday. Nothing new there. Townsville played Perth on December 31 in Townsville. Then again at the same venue on January 3. Yes, we believe we have located the culprit behind the scheduling.
WNBL TotW10: Flying high and 'flame on'
DEFENDING WNBL champion and league-leading Townsville was on fire in Round 10 as it saw off Perth's challenge at home, then hit the road to stifle the spirit out of Bendigo and stake its claim for our Team of the Week accolade. Sadly, it just wasn't quite enough.
WNBL Wrap 10: Big names take a big beating
THE 2023-24 WNBL season tipped off with bold claims "anyone can beat anyone on any given night". Round 10 certainly reflected that, Lightning bolting from Sydney, Canberra capping Southside, its season on the line Melbourne topping both Southside and Sydney before Perth took the gloss from Adelaide's weekend.
WNBL Rankings, Tips10: Lowering the Boom
MELBOURNE tips off a huge WNBL round tonight, hosting crosstown arch rival Southside and desperately in need of a win as it tumbles down the ladder and our rankings, struggling to string together a full 40-minute performance. And in more bad news, Lauren Jackson was working her way back to her best last round.
WNBL TotW9: Going up in Flames
THEY were desperately unlucky last round not to snare our WNBL Team of the Week honours, Canberra deemed just that smidgeon more worthy. But there was no way around it and the Flames enter 2024 as our most outstanding outfit of Round 9.
WNBL Wrap 9: McDonald down in Lynx shock
WOW! The WNBL closed 2023 with a gripping round but also with a serious injury to one of the league's marquee imports, Perth Lynx's Aari McDonald. One of the early favourites for league MVP, McDonald injured a knee late in the first quarter, described by the club as a "mild tear."
WNBL TotW8: Flames fine but Caps capitalise
SYDNEY Flames raised their hands for the first time this season as a contender for Team of the Week honours with an impressive road win over Melbourne, backed up by more success against Victorian WNBL teams by bouncing Bendigo. But the Flames weren't the only red hot team in Round 8.
