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NBL21 Rd 20 Wrap: Nothing to see here, move along
POLICE were directing traffic around the chalk outline of South East Melbourne as the Phoenix used NBL Round 20 as a chance to almost kill their playoff chances with a road loss to last-placed Cairns.
Bob's Corner: Dr J, Aussie Joe and Liz to the fore
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BOB'S CORNER: Our US correspondent BOB Craven has the latest on a landmark achievement by Dr J - Julius Erving - Aussie star Joe Ingles is part of a unique duo, Liz Cambage is in the middle of a WNBA controversy (how rare) and Seattle Storm's Breanna Stewart has rocked a record which belonged to Lauren Jackson.
Opals on a hiding-to-nothing
DON'T buy too deeply into the hype surrounding the Opals' Olympic team for the Tokyo Games and their prospects of bringing home the coveted Gold or you will set yourself up for disappointment.
B&B: Kevin Brooks on 3x3, basketball and life
WE feel as though we did it again, Brad Rosen and I super-pleased with this week's Brad&Boti podcast in which NBA forward and dual-NBL championship-winner and Larry Sengstock Championship MVP medallist Kevin Brooks reveals all about his life in basketball and Australia.
NBL21 TotW Rd.19: United against COVID
COVID may have struck in Melbourne but United has struck out on the road, comfortably handling playoff wannabes Illawarra and Brisbane to indisputably claim our NBL Team of the Week honours.
NBL21 Rd 20: The penultimate round
HOW many games can Perth win with the Wildcats' dual-MVP superstar Bryce Cotton sidelined by injury? Well, if you count beating Adelaide as having any significance, the Wildcats are off to a flyer.
NBL Rd19 Part 2: Cotton, COVID - it's all happening
THE shock news out of NBL Round 19 is less the games (covered here in our Review Part 2) but Perth's loss of superstar Bryce Cotton for the rest of the regular season and Melbourne's latest COVID outbreak.
Bob's Corner: Here come the girls
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BOB'S CORNER: Based in Seattle, our US correspondent BOB CRAVEN has the word on how our Aussie pair on the WNBA's Storm roster - Ezi Magbegor and Steph Talbot - have been travelling in the early going, twice running into Liz Cambage and her Aces, no less. And there's NBA news too!
NBL Rd19 Results Part 1: Do you recall the decals?
MUM'S the word, apparently, if you are employed by the NBL to commentate on its games and someone slips on an advertising decal, so it's going to not only take a serious injury but also that player suing the league for negligence.
NBL21 Rd 19 Part 2: Simon says let's play finals
SOUTH East Melbourne's announcement this week it is taking up its contract option and reappointing coach Simon Mitchell for NBL 2021-22 was timely ahead of the Phoenix's maiden playoff campaign in just its second season.
