Kelly's Heroes let him down
CAIRNS Taipans pulling the trigger on their popular NBL coach Mike Kelly only was a shock because the NBL club usually errs on the side of caution and rarely has shown any sort of ruthless streak. But the decision could not genuinely register as a "surprise".
NBL21 Rd.21: This. Is. It.
WHICH two teams will join Melbourne and Perth in the NBL Final Four for the tilt at the title? It's going to take the final round of the regular season to find out as the wannabes face rival teams in the hunt, their fates in their own hands.
NBL21 TotW Rd.20: Red is the colour of the day
RED was the colour of the day when it came down to selecting our NBL Team of the Week for Round 20, with Perth Wildcats and Illawarra Hawks the two clubs battling it out for our top honour.
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
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.

